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ok so they did add a new scare in the dark room lol i thought i was going crazy when i felt something touch me
Alot of things changed drastically and im glad to see those changes. i would go with a 8/10 to for all the good scares i got in there this time around. There were still a few blanks room....well i only noticed like two this time which is betteryaaaaay i officially have 700 post
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ahhhhh what a let down :/ every time i pass by that place i always say how i have to try it because it looked like a great spot . oh well thanks for saving me $17 bucks ahaha
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Well actually the lines were MUCH better than last week im talking things were barely approaching the 20 min mark or so around 9 when i checked. I got through everything rather quickly and even had time to re-do some mazes and rides. Kind of got bored so i thought hey i still have 3 days remaining to come back and do it all over again. It actually felt like HHN yesterday for some reason last week i didnt get that feeling. I was in such a greater mood and the mazes improved from my last visits.
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yes it was a good video but on tv it made it sound like a hour special lol.
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Perhaps the stadium is the new set up for the Stab-A-Thon that they'll be moving over in front of the Bates Motel like we all thought should've been done from the beginning? One can only hope.
Sucks they couldn't get their stuff together before opening night though and I'm glad I got to experience the "original version." It's amazing that it only lasted ONE weekend. And yeah, as barebones and clogged it got there, it was the only thing that even SORTA made it Scream/Stab. I can't imagine how lame the TT is now. Are the Scream 4 soundbytes still playing in the area?
nope the stadium had nothing to do with the TT as a matter a fact it was across the way from the TT. I told you DTH going opening weekend can has its benefits
could you imagine have missing this if you went later in the month ? well it wasn't that big but it was still a nice add to the TT. Freak already answered this but yes the soundbytes are still in effect....for now at least 0.oI just got back from HHN. To answer your question, the maze is completely gone, but the sounbytes are still there. To make up for this, there were a lot more Ghostfaces jumping out of the Bates Motel. The reason for this removal, from what I've heard, is because the manager hated how it clogged up the line so he demanded that it be taken out. That's quite a shame since it's the only thing that's made the Terror Tram stick out from previous year. Now it's Chucky's Revenge all over again...except without stiltwalkers or fire. To sum this all up, the "adjustments" they have made for the Terror Tram only made it worse than it really is. It's a shame they had to blow all of their budget on the dumb sound walls.
I found that reason to be really foolish considering the fact its become even more clogged with the route they went back to. Your right those it made the TT worst. I cant believe they actually took a property like scream and did this to it
hopefully it will get a maze next year to make up for this. And did you see how many sound walls there were freak ? holy moly they added alot down there since last week. -
^^^than your gonna be even more disappointed when you see that they completely removed the fence maze
sucks for the people who didnt get to go last week and experience it. that was the only thing that really gave the "stab 8" sets some little recognition. Great review though freak i enjoyed reading through everything -
DTH is right once you see La llorona in its prime theres no way you cant love this maze...not saying that you didnt. When the SA's are at there most energetic levels is the best time to go. Great review though
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i already talked about how great a maze it was but how the scares didnt capture me as much but this time around that all changed. I was actually seperated from everyone and it was sooooooo scary wondering around the maze by myself i practically ran out. It was just a creepy feeling as if you knew something was coming but it got you when you least expected it. There wasn't one SA that didnt get me this time.
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Great review DTH ! i've never eaten at the flintstones bbq area either can you tell me if it was good or bad because i was thinking about stopping by on one of my trips.
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well i went through it again today and let me tell you it was MUCH better than the first time around. i can see maybe murdy went through and addressed a few problems or maybe i just truly went in at a bad time. I got scares non stop from beginning to end. The pitch black room was actually DARK this time around i found myself running into a wall and im not sure if they put a SA over there but it felt like something grabbed me
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This is realy f'en cool G4's Attack of the show did interviews for Horror nights
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/55481/jessica-chobot-visits-halloween-horror-nights/?quality=hd
thanks grind for posting it here i had actually came across it on TV and i wanted to watch it but it came on while i was at horror nights! thanks again i thought it would be much longer though
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i already posted this info in my review thread but imma re-post it again here just in case someone were to skip over it. If you didn't make it out on opening weekend than you missed the fence maze with ghostfaces.They completely took it down and it doesn't look like they'll be putting it back up. Also they added a bunch of sound proof walls in. The route around the bates motel was changed back to the same route from last year through the bates motel. There were more bushmen this time a round and they did a AWESOME job camouflaging with the environment and timing there scares. i got some more scares this time round. Also i noticed they had some sort of mini stadium with lights going on im not sure if it was for filming or whatever it might have been but it didn't relate to the tram. Not sure if these changes were for the better because it shortened the tram experience and quite honestly i think the fence maze area was the best part of the tram. It was the only thing that really some what resembled the "stab 8" sets as it was and now its just kind of eeehhh
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thanks guys ^^ i agree we need to be stable with 6 mazes first before we move up to expand more. I actually just got back from horror nights a little early today and it went GREAT !! alot of my perspectives on things changed. Ok first off La LLorona. I already told how amazing of a maze it was but how it slacked on scares for me and this time around i got scared from beginning to end. The SA's did a awesome job and since my group was by itself it felt so much scarier that i practically ran out the maze. Same goes for the thing. i was so disappointed the first time around but this time my perspective changed. i got ALOT of good scares in here. The pitch black room was actually pitch black this time i think murdy addressed the lighting because i could not see one thing in front of me i even ran into the wall once and it felt like something was touching me. (shivers down my back) well the tempature was a little colder this time around not to much of a change but none the less i got some GREAT scares in this time around. Also if you didnt go opening weeking guys im sorry to say you missed out on the fence maze on the TT. im completely confused why but they took it down and re routed the tram through the original route from last year. The TT actors were more active around this time and i got some good scares in. Especially the bushmen they did a awesome job camouflaging and timing there scares. there were also alot more of them.
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Ok so i now have time to write a full fledged review on my HHN opening weekend experience. There are a few things i loved about this year and something's i didnt so i dont know if i can call this the BEST year yet. Ok well lets start. Around 6:30 after getting through traffic and making alot of stops we finally arrived up to universal. Now usually Opening weekend is a tradition to go the first day but one thing i never seen normally on opening weekend kind of killed the experience. The lines were LONG ! and i mean they jumped up from 5mins to 30mins and farther beyond that in a matter of minutes so its like i was struggling to get through everything as quickly as possible. I've never seen opening weekend this packed and i can see that HHN has grown ALOT ! well technically thats not universals fault but standing in 70 mins lines on the first day came to a surprise. And i arrived later than i usually do on opening night so i was kinda forced to the back of the line. Still i was able to make my way to the front for the opening ceremony. Boy how excited i was to finally be back my heart was racing so fast.The opening ceremony was nice and once the fire went up and the clowns were unleashed everyone took off. I always set myself to hit the lower lot first before lines get to out of control down there so my first destination was hostel.
Eli Roth's Hostel: Hunting Season
What a GREAT way to start off the night and luckily i was one of the first ones down there. I loved how the reapers basically scared you into the maze line and how the hostel girls were utilized to draw you in. there were even certain code names you could say to receive a card from them. The maze's facade was nothing less than AMAZING. i liked how the shadow gag was used and the facade really was structured as if you were entering a factory. The scare actors did a amazing job from start to end in my turn through. The costumes looked awesome and the scares were executed perfectly. Loved this maze but it went for 2nd on my list. the final scare wasn't a big scene but i did get scared a few times throughout the maze. My next trip was to WTMN.
Grade: A
Rating:10/10
Scares,enviroments,effects : 9/10 only because the re-used boiler scene.
Alice Coopers: Welcome To My Nightmare
Personally walking in this maze i knew nothing to expect which made the anticipation even greater. Well i knew of the overall theme and all but as far as alice cooper ? i knew nothing of the guy and his music...well still dont. None the less this was my FAVORITE maze of the night. I set my expectations low for this maze so maybe thats why. Scene by scene as you walk through the maze you realize this is all things that can be put into a nightmare and they were done rather correctly. Great use of effects, puppeteers and the scenes and atmosphere fit perfectly into the mix of things. Im glad this maze exceeded my expectations and was pulled off really well. I got scared alot and the SA's did a great job in here to. Im glad they didnt over do his music but still kept it as a element throughout the maze. The facade wasnt the best i've seen this year but it did come out nicely.
Grade: A+
Rating: 10/10
scares,enviroments,effects : 10/10
Well after these two mazes it was time to hit back up to the lower lot. As i traveled up the escalator i did dread the fact of having to hear alice coopers voice and music. i personally liked rob zombie playing on the escalator better but thats just me. It was time to head to the rather overly hyped Thing maze and see what it had going.
The Thing: Assimilation
it was only around 7:30 and this maze had already jumped to about a good 20mins. No biggie we had hardly wasted anytime on the first two mazes and looking at the facade just got me super stoked to enter. Standing outside i can feel gust of cool air coming out of the maze which was rather weird because the tempature said otherwise in the maze. So it was time to finally enter the maze. The first hallway into the first room with the ice block seemed kind of blank well for me actually the whole maze felt that way. Awesome puppeteers though. This maze just didnt meet up to my expectations sadly. Murdy definitively over hyped this maze into something it wasn't.First off didn't murdy say they would be using all the vents in this maze to make it extra cold ? as i walked through it it was rather humid. i was even wearing a sweater and it got hot to the point i had to take it off. that was the first sign. I would walk from room to room just watching victims be consumed by the thing and acting out crazy and some scares i didnt get to see from behind me or getting the tail ends. To me it seems that not that many SA's were in there from the get go. Most of the scares were based off the puppets work and the final scare wasnt that good. It was actually something you see in the first room of the maze and i wont spoil it for others.My most anticipated part i was really looking forward to was the pitch black room. Which wasnt too dark because i could clearly still see everything and it was done poorly not one scareactor in this scene. just a bunch of noices. Im guessing i might of went at a wrong time because some people are telling me different so ill try this over and fix my rating for it after but as of now it was a disappointment probably because my expectations were set to high on this maze.it was ranked forth on my list....for now hopefully.i even went sat. and decided to skip over it instead of waiting in a 60min line
Grade : C-
Rating : 6/10 for effort i guess
Scares,enviroments,effects: 7/10 there were some detailed rooms and than the rather blank and repetitive rooms with nothing in them. Some of the effects were nice though.
Next up was La LLorona. Boy have i been seeing how this would be played off after its fail as a SZ last year. Would the tales of the weeping women leave me weeping in disappointment or will this maze pull through for its make up of last years waste........
La LLorona : Villas De Almas Perdidas
WOW! what a AMAZING MAZE ! so the wait time was already beginning to grow so i guess i got there on time before it went crazy long which it was after i left. I liked how you could here the voice telling you the story as you walk to the entrance and there was even a few posters around the queque explaining the story briefly. IDK how this got ranked third on my list because they did such a awesome job. The facade was the BEST I've seen in HHNH history hands down. and it looks rather nicely lit up at night. Scene by scene you were tooken into different tales of the la llorona character which i liked how they spread it out instead of just sticking to one story. the stilt walkers were utilized nicely and this maze was just so detailed and done correctly. The SA's didnt get me as much as they could have because i got the tail end of scares but just watching them was nice. The dark room and here was done correctly and there were some pretty unforgettable scenes in here. Great job to murdy and his team for not screwing this one up.
Grade: A
Rating: 10/10 and nothing less.
Scares, enviroments,effects: 8/10 the scares didnt get me that much.
Now it was time for us to Scre4m for are life on the TT...or not
Terror Tram: Scre4m for your life
I never was a big scream fan. i enjoy watching the films but ghostface was always the clumpsy humorous killer to me never scary as to match up with the notorious villians such as michael, freddy or jason. Now does that mean i think he couldnt be used for the TT? hell no he has it written all over him and when it was done not as good as it could of been it came to a disappointment.Theres just so much you can do with this property even only having the rights to scream 4. Ghostface is such a Major marketing icon which is why idk why he wasnt advertised as good as he should of been. was he our main icon ? who knows alot of the other icons come into questioning there. Ok so the TT video wasn't our best but it was still descent and something we can work with. Even the ending video was kind of good but than like WTF?
Ghostface kills the trams guide person but leaves everyone to survive ?
kinda foolish lazy thinking if you ask me. The TT was no different from previous years really. Same route for the most..same theme. Such as the bushmen or the camp props reused at the bottom of the hill for camp crystal. The four fake films was a good way to theme the TT better but they hardly went noticed with me. Well i guess besides Zombiez on a plane. And can we talk about the overload of ghostfaces ? he was literally EVERYWHERE !!! The only thing that really stood out to me was the fence maze and even there i got no scares. Just seemed like a way to take up time and rest your feet a bit while on the tram. Thank god we skipped the mummy tunnel this year.Murdy said this was the TT's biggest cast but it sure didnt feel that way. Felt like the same number from previous years if not lesser. I mean what can we really expect out of the TT that we haven't seen before ? unless we get a different route and actually re-theme areas better such as the WOTW( not always needing zombies) or the psycho house always needing norman bates. The TT needs alot of work done...Grade: D
Rating: 4/10
scares,enviroments,effects : not gonna rate it. just base it on previous years.
After heading back upstairs i made my way to the wolfman maze.
Wolfman: The Curse of Talbot Hall
Now this wasn't #1 on my to do list but i still had hope in this HoH overlay. I hated the remake perfectly and unlike some it may hard to believe i am glad they didnt waste a full maze on this and through this in the HoH. None the less i thought it could pull off to be a good HoH overlay. Just like it feels like your doing the same thing repetively on the TT it felt the same as in the HoH. Just a whole bunch of wolfmans and random actors thrown in. the mummy and chucky room served as a predictable theme killer rooms. The costumes looked descent and you could tell some of the actors were doing the best they could to keep this maze alive. there was no wait time in this maze which is why i dont know why people wasted there FOTL passes on it. The strobe effects were kind of cool and the second day i actually got one scare in. Not the best HoH ooverlay certainly and i did like how the voice of Sir whats his name
was talking throughout the maze.Grade: F
Rating: 3/10
Scares,enviroments,effect: 5/10 for effort.
i didn't mean to be so strict on the wolfman maze but i expected more from it. Now it was time to take my first break of the night to get a bathroom stop and eat at mels diner. After i made my way to the HOTC.
HOTC: in 3D zombievision
Nothing really different from last year. The SA's kind of seemed rather lazier this year though. i got one scare in here none the less. It even seemed as if they took out the final scare room. im not 100% sure about that but the 3D was better than last year to me. At least i got something out of standing in a 70min line.
Grade:B
Rating: 7/10
scares,enviroments,effects: 8/10 same as last year.
It was now time to check out the B&T show for this year.
Bill and Teds Halloween Adventure:
This show seemed rather longer than usual. Bill and Ted were hardly even in it lol The videos played before the show began were neat. The parodies were not as good as previous years but there were some enjoyable parts. I wanted to see rebecca black and the hangover 2 get made fun of and it had its scenes . Was a good way to rest my feet from continually running my shoes off all night.
Grade: C
ratings : 6/10
performances : 7/10
Well besides hitting some of the rides (mummy and simpsons) that was my night. I finished everything with 30mins to spare. Not sure if this year met up to par with my expectations but it was fun and enjoyable none the less. Next year we have alot to work on. Starting with these RIDICULOUS price changes and deals. was universals motivation solely based on GREED or aiming towards to better the park ? With transformer coming out next year and having a bigger budget this can mean better quality. Is it possible that well be getting a 7th maze next year? or even our lost forgotten SZ or even sliders? Opening night is always enjoyable but theres clearly things that need to be worked on throughout the upcoming weeks of the event. As far as the SZ's go for this year they were probably at there worst. Zombieville was good and the reapers costumes were cool but without the full decorations or at least adding a few props down there i cant give it the full credit its due. Freakz for a 3rd year is no longer appealing, klownz is still good and they even added more props in but for a second year when WTH didnt even get that ? of course we lost a SZ which made matters even worst. Hopefully with the budget for next year alot of these problems can be forgotten and fixed. Also they had a sells person at every corner of the park
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I just thought I would mention that October 1st has been added to the Killer Deal Nights.
thanks freak for the update i would of never known. good to see they added at least one extra date
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one thing a SZ needs this year is sliders
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{SPOILER ALERT] the part where you walk across the bridge with her children in the water i think they should consider lowering the lighting more in there. i wanted it to be extra dark in that scene
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honestly i think you can go in the maze around anytime and the SA's will still be energetic. Sound problems and such are a different story. I had missed the final scare somehow on my way out on opening night but when i re did it last night i caught it.
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i dont think i could of went at a bad time. I went around 7:30 after hostel and WTMN so everything should of still been fresh. I'll definitively be doing this over on my next trip on Friday to see if im reconvinced. I had such high expectation for this maze and it was such a let down. As a matter a fact ill make sure to be going to this first when everythings just put together. And really i expected the maze to be colder whats up with that ?
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ugh i think DTH summed it up as best as we could. In all it was a utter disappointment. Here we are with such a big and major property that was hardly put to use. Im glad to see murdy see's were we are coming from and that he will be working on it this week but quite honestly there will probably be hardly any changes. Unless he goes full out to adding stuff to the TT than nothings really gonna fix the damage thats been done. And honestly i dont think the TT wasnt as good as it could of been because of the same route. That hardly bothered me. And besides the zombies fake film in the WOTW sets the other films were represented so poorly. I guess the plus side of this experience was not having to go through the mummy tunnel. And DTH made a good point.
Why would ghostface only kill the trams spokesperson and leave everyone else to live ? Ugh it seems as if they kind of half assed this.
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I hit this maze first on opening night and let me tell you i was FAR from disappointed. I LOVED this maze more than what saw did to me. What i loved most it wasn't just all about watching a bunch of victims getting tortured. The SA's were probably the BEST i've seen in all the mazes with WTMN as a exceptions because those were great to. The gore level was high.and the scenes were very well executed. I find it hard for anyone to be disappointed by this maze. It came in 2nd on my list right behind...and i mean like white on rice behind WTMN lol. i'd give them both 1st place if it were up to me. The hostel girls were a great add to the maze and the facade speaks for itself
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i actually thought hostel was better than saw IMO. And ill give the win to hostel. The overall experience was great. The details and SA's were awesome. The thing on the other hand had great sets but didnt meet to my expectations
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Both were INCREDIBLY detailed and decorated but i think WTMN takes the crown for this one.
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I had to go with WTMN ! no doubt we had a crowd of good maze competitors this year but every inch of this maze had me loving it ! i loved the overall concept and how the music was used not to abundantly. Was a great way to start off the night. The sets, atmosphere, SA's , scares and effects were just AMAZING! it beat hostel by a half a second followed by la llorona. SZ of the year i gave to klownz. It was just so much going on in this SZ that made you not to be disappointed. The SA's are GREAT especially the clown stilt walker. Zombieville came in second. The SA's were AWESOME over here but the lack of fog kind of took away the experience for me. I love not being able to see whats in front of me when i walk through this SZ and when i walked through and seen basically no fog i was let down. I seen Trevler was doing a awesome job. And this SZ gets the award for being the BEST DECORATED ! i loved the decorations and everything. Reapers was nothing special. The costumes and SA's were cool but nothing to get to overexcited about
Alot of things changed drastically and im glad to see those changes. i would go with a 8/10 to for all the good scares i got in there this time around. There were still a few blanks room....well i only noticed like two this time which is better
could you imagine have missing this if you went later in the month ? well it wasn't that big but it was still a nice add to the TT. Freak already answered this but yes the soundbytes are still in effect....for now at least 0.o
hopefully it will get a maze next year to make up for this. And did you see how many sound walls there were freak ? holy moly they added alot down there since last week.
kinda foolish lazy thinking if you ask me. The TT was no different from previous years really. Same route for the most..same theme. Such as the bushmen or the camp props reused at the bottom of the hill for camp crystal. The four fake films was a good way to theme the TT better but they hardly went noticed with me. Well i guess besides Zombiez on a plane. And can we talk about the overload of ghostfaces ? he was literally EVERYWHERE !!! The only thing that really stood out to me was the fence maze and even there i got no scares. Just seemed like a way to take up time and rest your feet a bit while on the tram. Thank god we skipped the mummy tunnel this year.Murdy said this was the TT's biggest cast but it sure didnt feel that way. Felt like the same number from previous years if not lesser. I mean what can we really expect out of the TT that we haven't seen before ? unless we get a different route and actually re-theme areas better such as the WOTW( not always needing zombies) or the psycho house always needing norman bates. The TT needs alot of work done...
was talking throughout the maze.
Terror Tram 2011 [Reviews]
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well like you said the bright side of this is these walls wont have to come out of our budget next year now that we got them out of the way. And yes i noticed the hostel sound walls as well.