ZekeStarr

Well, what is there to really say about myself? I'm just your average person really and to be honest, I really ain't that talkative of person but I guess I could give a little insight into my history with horror though.

When I was young, I was a wuss. Not just any wuss though, I was one of the sissiest wusses you'd ever meet. I would scream, cry, and make a scene in public when my parents would try to get me to go on a roller coaster of all things and at home I would cry when I heard and saw Tales from the Crypt come on because I was terrified of the Crypt Keeper popping out of that coffin of his and laughing like he did! How lame is that?

Over the years though and with help, I slowly got over my fear of scary things including roller coasters. It took many years but now, you can't stop me from riding the most intense of roller coasters and other thrill rides. As for horror related things, I've grown so used to them that I'm finding it harder and harder to get scared. I'm always looking for something to scare me and give me that rush of terror induced adrenaline that I've grown to enjoy. In 2006, I finally found something that could do that and it was my first visit to Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights.

You see, I had been following Halloween Horror Nights online since HHN XII when The Caretaker was introduced. I did all kinds of research and reading on the history of the past events but I never was able to go until Halloween Horror Night's Sweet 16 in 2006. It was then that I first experienced Halloween Horror Nights and I got to see Horror Come Home. I flew down to Florida with my mother's now ex-boyfriend(I was a bit nervous to fly alone and go to the event by myself. I would've gone alone otherwise)so I could go to Halloween Horror Nights XVI and had an absolute terrifyingly fun time even though I was only able to go for one night. From that point on, I fell in love with the event and I wanted more. I wanted to visit again and again so I could get scared even more.

Sadly, I was unable to go for HHN XVII but I once again got my chance to experience Halloween Horror Nights in 2008 and I felt that bone chilling fear once more as I entered Bloody Mary's World during HHN XVIII. I was only able to go for a single night again but I still got to experience the fear I craved and this time I went all alone too. Once again though, I wanted more. I fell in love with the event during my first year but my second got me completely hooked. I was, once again, unable to go to the event in 2009 and was forced to miss yet another year.

Then 2010's event arrived and after pestering my mother for years to come with me to the event, she finally decided to take a family vacation in order to experience the event I've talked about for years. So me, my mother, my mom's new(at the time)boyfriend, and my sister all came down to Florida on vacation. Finally, I got the whole family to come to Halloween Horror Nights. Yeah, we did other things like Disney and what not but HHN XX was the main reason for the vacation.

We all had a blast during our single night visit at HHN XX but the even better thing that came out of this vacation was the fact that my mother extended the vacation another week in order to go house hunting so we could move to Florida. To my surprise, the move came sooner then I thought it would and we ended up moving to Florida in January of 2011. Now that I finally lived in Florida and lived only ten to fifteen minutes away from Universal, I could finally experience HHN every year! I got my first FF Pass to HHN XXI in 2011 along with my sister and we only missed five days of the event.

Then in 2012, I once again got a FF Pass along with my sister and even my mother. I really enjoyed HHN XXII even though I didn't go as often as I'd have liked mainly because of how bad the crowds were. 2012 was also my fifth year in attendance. I can't wait for HHN XXIII and am looking forward to it very much!