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Re:Trilogy of Terror
Hope I'm not too off topic but thought it was a neat story to share....
On our honeymoon we visited Universal Hollywood and there was a museum-type of attratction that had lots of Universal props.
I remember a lot of the Night Gallery paintings being there. The biggest treat was the zuni doll in a glass case. I thought it was
the coolest thing ever and was in horror-geek heaven at the chance to see it. My bride didn't want me to take a picture of it
because "it was evil". I didn't. Not sure if I would comply as easily today
and I remind her how mean she was to me whenever the subject comes up.
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One unused idea for 2006 was to have Jack's entire family of evil clowns all named Jack, and I believe one of these was to have been a Pirate Clown called One Eyed Jack.
A pirate also appeared in Orfanage last year.
So, pirates have been used or planned for HHN in the past, and it is possible we may see some more in the future.
Damn Orfan Pirate --I curse you
He got me every frickin time
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Something based on The Divine Comedy. With the exception of Hades and the Underworld, have we really encountered Hell and Satan? Could make for some creepy scareactors as you walk through the many circles of Dante's Inferno. Or are the overtly religious going to get their panties in a bunch?
Of course they will but then again look at all the free publicity they will bring
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Although both the military and western theme are apealing for a couple houses and/or scare zones it would be a real challenge to
"sell" to the general public. I think by going totaly in either dirction would turn more people off than draw more people in.
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Discuss any of the Halloween Horror Nights ICON back stories posted on the HNN main site.
ICON Horror, the stories behind the HHN ICONs!
If you have anything to add, or see any mistakes made in any of the stories, please post it here!
Amazing job!!!!
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My apologies to the mods if this dosn't belong here but my wish is for a year-round tribute to HHN beyond a couple statues
in the lobby of the Horror Makeup Show. It's got to be the resorts single biggest event in revenue and press coverage and deserves
some real recogination. The most obvious location would be in the Lucy tribute...perfect size and the gift shop could sell classic
Universal Monsters merchandise, movies, and posters. Don't know what kind of contract they have for the Lucy stuff but it's a good
chunk of prime park real estate that hardly ever seems to be busy. Inagine some displays like we had in the VIP lounge with a video
and a few interactive exhibits. Obviously it would be great for us nuts, but I think it has a wider apeal to even a casual park guest
than Lucy does.
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I got my wife a Kuerig coffee machine and a bunch of pods...very cool stuff. As to me lots of small stuff but the most notable were
Back to the Future ble-ray, Inception top, card dealer nutcracker, remote control magic wand, and the biggie... tickets to see
Penn & Teller at Hard Rock in February...FRONT ROW CENTER BABY!!!!
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Im just wondering something here, Does anyone know if Uni has shirts for sale now in City walk? I was wondering I don't know anything about it, does anyone know?
Last night the HHN cart still had the HHN sign on it but had been converted to Grinch merchandise
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In case anyone missed it they were selling Faer shirts and House shirts at $9.99 and B&Ted shirts at $8.99 last night PLUS I was able to still get 20% off by using my universal charge card. The blood mugs were gone...I went back and forth on them for weeks..guess I really didn't need it after all
There were still a small supply of lantern pins at the register (not reduced). I imagine if anything is left it will make its way to the exit store this week. -
Didn't get to visit as long as I would have liked last night but got to "say goodbye" to HHN XX.
It was a more emotion--less scares kinda visit but that was the state I was in. Once again the
Orfanage goes down in the record books. Damn pirate (again) and a sweet goodbye to my
favorite Cindy. The biggest laugh however was in a room that I ususally get ignored in. I guess
its a barn--where the dunking for apples tub is set up. The orfan on the right gets my daughter
and keeps pace with her while the one on the left is my companion. He looks at me and says
something along the lines of "Gee you're real old mister...wow..how are you still alive". Could
possibly be the funniest line all season.
I wish I could adopt you all--but don't think I could aford the home owners premiums
I miss my orfans already
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This is not one of my faves overall (Jaws queue imposes too many limitations), but we've had some really good run throughs. It has improved over the course of the event. I can't even imagine working in there without AC. We always go through early, before the lines build, and have managed to do it "Alone" a couple of times. Yesterday was a riot when one guy (in a pirate costume I think...on the righthand side, jumps out with red lights) scared me and then told me, "I scare you every day!" Quite true, since we're there every FFP+ day at the same time, and that jump scare always gets me. I go through blind because of the bright sun and then sudden darkness, which enhances my vulnerability.
That darm pirate gets me every frickin time. The combination of a great location and perfect timing is lethal in this case. Shaping up as my favorite house
due solely to the amazing cast. The first Cindy, the pirate, the little clown girl, the garaffe, the trick or treat twins, the baby animals ..you are all very sick people and I love you
dearly. My fave for this year has got to be the finale Cindy in cast B she has the perfect mix of cute and creepy nailed, she "burns" me every time!!
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Still no nets so very unlikely.
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With just tonight and tomorrow left we sadly bid farwell to Fear and his minions 'till next we meet. Although our time
together was short it will live on in the stories, thoughts, and memories that we share about this year.
This is not for reviews per say but more for your overall impressions of the event. Interactions, memories, the things
and emotions that you will remember long after the calendar tells us to stop remembering.
Still processing my thought here as it has been an emotional year for me. I have attended since year one and this
is the first year that I have done so without my wife. The hectic pace and walking is something she was just not up
to this year. Although she was a casual fan and only attended once each year she was as happy as anyone to
stomp out some Bohemian Rhapsody or scream in my ear while cutting off the circulation in my arm as we
stumble thru the dark. I love her dearly for the sacrafices she made of our rare alone time to let me enjoy the event.
Although I have purchased a FFP since it's inception, I rarely used it more that 2-3 times. One tour with the Mrs
and then a follow up quick solo visit to wander or catch a show a second time. A theme park is not designed as
a solotary environment and HHN even less so. This year I have gone 9 times (with hopefully a final visit tomorrow)
thanks to the stamina and enthusisum of my daughter. After many years of begging (being responsible parents
this was years after her friends were going) she attended her first HHN for the IOA/Terra Queen/Storyteller year
and we found that she had more of her dad than mom in her in this area and became a devoted fan. This year was
her first with a FFP and she has used the environment to work on many assignments from he photagraphy class.
This gave us the chance to really appreciate the scarezones like I never have before. She has also done her
share of cuting off the curculation in my arm many times so perhaps there's a bit of her mom in her after all
I'm thankful that there was enough of the past in this event to give me the oppurtunity to pass along the tales of
Halloween's past to my daughter to help he appreciate the depth and layers there are to see. I'm thankful for all
the new friends I have met on the fan boards and facebook and look forward to meeting you all and reading of
your stories and memories here. You have made it so that no matter how many years pass seeing the image "XX"
will always bring a smile.
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Well heck I might actually be able to make it for that time 10PM was getting too late for this old-timer.
I'll skip the house but shoot for the picture. There's a family issue going on that has me now at only
a 50/50 shot of even making it out Sunday night but cross your fingers. I didn't anticipate my last visit
being my LAST visit so I'm hoping it all works out so I can say good bye to Fear and the skeletons,
steamers, doctors, zombies, icons, witches, dogs, ghosts, inmates, underworld demons, and of
course my beloved orfans.
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Needless to say, Jack gets more guest negatives in a night then most scareactors will accumulate in the entire month.
...and that's why we love him
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I forgot all about the peach cobbler line! Thanks for reminding me, it always surprises me what sticks in people's heads.
Blonde Eddie=my cast. This seems to be the easiest way to tell one cast from the other, because the Eddies look so different.
Thank goodness it's another FFP night, because you guys really make my night. The true fans, who are well-behaved, appreciate what we do, and know who we are, is what makes this job so wonderful. Don't get me wrong, I get good guests on Saturday nights too, but not like the other nights. Rarely, rarely do the "regular" guests know who any of us are in Fear Revealed.
Finally caught Kim's cast and got a lovely pic with the Storyteller. She showed such evil glee when I called her by name. A short visit
but a memorable one.
We tried to catch Cindy but she was darting around like there was a fire or sumptin--I got tired just watchin her.
My daughter was on photo hunt so we hung in the "warehouse" set a bit I enjoyed the Frankenstein monster creping up on her while she
was fiddling with her camera and scaring her.
She also had a great interaction with the vampire...he came up glaring at her she said "do
you want a picture" he said nothing "she said back up a little please" he took a step back. She took the picture and he came close to
look at the picture on the camera. She said "pretty good" he looked at it, then her, then grunted/growled, nodded to us and walked off
funny stuff.
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Ah-ha! Invader_Butters! You're my hero too! Cast A or B? Because that's amazing when you do that, makes the house fantastic! Keep it up!
I finally caught Butters around the house opening last night. I gave a shout out "BUTTERS!!" and he kept on rolling. Saying something about
someone knowing his true identity and rifting on it without breaking his stride at all--it was a beautiful thing.
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Ryan is right, we ARE supposed to know our character's back stories. It's possible you may have gotten a designated back-up person as the director on your night.
That is Margie; remember, she has a square shawl, mine is triangular. Easiest way to tell us apart, now that her blouse matches mine. And, I'm the taller one.
Looks like I got the wrong Storyteller too. I was very respectful and said yes Miss Strict and no Miss Strict...she was kind enough
to give me the blade to the throat
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Thanks for the appreciation. I try my hardest to get as many people as possible. I get a lot of "What the fuck was that?"
The scareactor who said that in PS:HFTH is actually in that house. She enjoyed that line as well!
Cool---send my kudos. It was the perfect mix of great line AND great delivery.
"I like ....(short pause) cheese"
When we went on the daytime tour that year we stopped in that room and the guide said "there is usually a scaractor near this tree"
Everyone in my group interupted and as one said "I like cheese". From that point forward people that didn't know each other
in our tour group acted like old friends...it was a beautiful thing. We were "bound" together by cheese
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I don't know... Sometimes the people working in the house are nice enough, they even smile and say welcome to the house, or enjoy your stay, when they see my camera out they tell me to put it away very nicely,
But the ones inside the house look so angry all the time, some of them look furious, and Yeah I was in Hallow'd past and I was Also like 5 feet away from the people in front of me, And every single one of them told me to Move forward, I just kept walking my normal walking speed, and In every room they told me /flash me, it wasn't until I was literally touching the back of the person in front of me that they stopped.
Also, it seems smoking is not a problem now? there has been a smoker almost in every line I went trough, and yeah people do that, but there were many times that they went past them and they didn't tell them to stop, the worst one was the line for legendary truth, 3 people were smoking behind me, we were near the entrance already, no one said anything. Same thing happened in Hades and Orfanage,
OK smoking in Orfanage line is scarey stuff...way to close to that fire effect for my liking. I do agree it seems this is not a focus anymore. I remember in years past that there were more line ops that seemed were single focused on smoking and cutting in line. It seems that there have been cut backs in the number of line ops and that this is just not monitored like it used to be.
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Last night in one of the early rooms in Psycotheraph. The guy that snuck up to the side of my daughter
and said "stabby stabby" to her made our night.
It will go down as one of the greatest line since "I like cheese"
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I've got a guest columnist piece up at Behind the Thrills about our love and hate relationship with the Bill & Ted show. Enjoy.
http://behindthethrills.com/2010/10/keepers-tales-the-love-hate-of-bill-ted/
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Finale Cindy cast b (i believe) Orfanage around 7PM last night. My absolute favorite character this year---
she makes me laugh and cringe at the same time each time I see her.
Me (happily) : "I love you Cindy!!"
Cindy (popping around the corner with an almost whisper in my ear) : "I love you enough to BURN you!"
oh my god how can anything be so freekin creepy, adorable, and funny at the same time.
An amazing cast in this house...that darn pirate kid got me pretty bad last night also.
and I remind her how mean she was to me whenever 
HHN XXI Wishful Thinking
in Halloween Horror Nights 21
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Yes I'm pretty sure the reason there is no GB presence in the park is because Uni DOESN'T have the rights.