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Hi all.. or hi to the three or four of you still here. I thought they closed these forums becuase I was looking for this months ago, and there was nothing. I understand now that the thread was just late in getting posted. I like to read any and all spec on HHN, so I'm down for jumping into the discussion. I've been reading at Inside Universal, too, and I'm loving the construction pics! HNN is still my favorite place to be though, so I'm hoping conversation picks up here. The maps from this site are rightly revered, so maybe that will draw some people back. Let me say, I'm not thrilled over the Weeknd. I realize it's "something different" and all, but being an old fart, I scratch my head at this decision because I would think someone like Ozzy would've been the ultimate choice for a "musician house". Ozzy has been horror before the Weeknd was out of his nappies... and he still rocks that vibe. Have you seen the video for Patient Number 9? Badass.. But I digress, sorry. From all I've heard, Evil Dead is no longer on the table. I would suspect that we get an original to replace it. I realize some people will be pissed by that, but I am very excited for an original heavy year. Honestly, the originals are always the scariest and most interesting houses. I understand the appeal of wanting to walk through your favorite horror movies, but, if you think about it, the point of a haunted house is to scare you! What better way to get a scare than walking through houses where you have no idea what to expect? Has anyone heard any further ideas/details/rumors on the "witch" house? I'm very curious about this one.

Maybe drive? Not sure how all this works. That is insanity though. I am lucky that I'm coming from Chicago. We never had huge spikes here.. and we are in Phase 4. My heart just hurts that all this happened.. I feel bad for all the people affected, and I'm absolutely shattered that the BIG ANNIVERSARY YEAR will suffer for this.. no matter what.

Same I haven't bought plane tix yet because I am unsure if the event will happen. If it DOES happen, I don't know if we will get Frequent Fear which makes it better for us to travel down for several different weekends. If we have to pay for each night individually, that could get VERY expensive. All that being said.. if the event happens, I would literally have to be dead to miss it. This is what i look forward to all year long. If i have to sweat my ass off wearing a mask the whole time to do it, I will. Screw this virus.!

I could definitely do without Chucky as well. I absolutely HATE Chucky.. but I've said that before here. We need some things that haven't been done in the last couple of years (i.e. No more Chucky, Stranger Things or TWD). I'm ok with Uni Monsters because that is timeless and so much can be done with it. Monsters was my fave house last year. I'd love to see more of it.

Not sure what you mean about the "A&D structure" because David is definitely still involved. I know because he's my friend. Also, Dylan has been getting in on it as well. He did a lot for Nightingales last year.. A lot of great minds doing great things. Can't wait to see what happens this year!

David is still very much hands on..

Kind of a condescending remark. Further, who the hell has "fallen for the marketing"? If it was only about the marketing, I wouldn't still be attending after 16 straight years. It's about the creativity, the adrenaline, the love of horror, the camaraderie, the fun, the BEST TIME OF THE YEAR extended into two whole months! I get that Universal is a business first, no matter what. I get that the whole idea is to cater to the GP because they make up the most of the attendees. However, let's not forget that those of us who are rabid fans of this event are also, by default, sometimes their best marketing. We buy all the merch, and we wear it every where. People comment on the shirts, and we are thrilled to be able to talk about HHN to someone who doesn't know. We preach it like a religion, and we, therefore, also help to grow the "GP" at the event. I have worn my HHN shirts all over this country and in other countries as well, and I have lost count as to the many comments I get on those shirts and how many conversations I've had about HHN. Also, A&D doesn't discount its core fan base. They enjoy giving us whatever they can related to HHN history or to horror classics or whatever. I don't care about what Marketing says or does - to me, they are incompetent regarding this event. Too many tropes and cliches - they lose perspective as well as opportunity. A&D know how to pull the triggers, get the reactions and keep the fans. That's how you convert the GP into the crazies like us and organically grow this thing every year. I'm kind of tired of this whole snobby, eye-rolling reaction whenever the rabid fans wax nostalgic on a friggin site whose sole existence is for HHN. Let's keep a little perspective here.

Frankly, I'm thrilled GOT never made it. There is so much better out there for house purposes. Did I miss something? What's the issue with the lagoon show? Is it not going to be a different version of Mayhem each year?

First - hello all - long time.. excited to be back reading spec for this year. I would LOVE it if they finally got a Conjuring house. I've said for ages that I thought the original Conjuring movie was the scariest horror movie in 10 years. I was so disappointed that it was pulled due to legal issues a couple years go. Other than that - my wish list is the same as it has been for years. I figure if I keep repeating it, maybe some day, one or all of these will happen: Phantasm - I've wished and wished for this every single year. I've told TJ and Aiello and David Hughes directly that we needed this. Hope I planted a seed. Stephen King - yes, I know. I, of all people, know of his resistance to allowing a haunt to do a house based on his stuff. But, I can still wish. However, as SK himself says, "Wish in one hand, crap in the other, and see which fills first." Bloody Mary - if they were able to bring her back, I would lose my mind Legendary Truth - how can we have a HUGE anniversary year without LT??? Body Collectors - another version of BC would be great. We've had SO MUCH FUN in the BC houses previously. The actors have been amazing, and they all play with us An original as breathtaking as Winter's Night A scarezone in Central Park like Grown Evil - one of my faves of all time Monster of Mayhem Part 2 in Lagoon And here is my last big one: A "limited edition HHN only Horror Makeup Show". I've laid this out many times, but it's a new spec year, so I'll do it again. Every year at HHN, we walk by the Horror Makeup Show and wonder aloud why this isn't used at a HORROR event. There are always so many of us asking for more shows.. so why not use one of the best gems they have sitting RIGHT THERE? Theme the limited edition show to include whatever content is out there for that year.. create a script around that. Play some clips from the trailers of whatever IPs are being featured that year. Give a little makeup / FX history in the script for those same IPs. It's pretty much a no-brainer.. and they would fill that little theater for every single show. It would also be the humor show we've all been missing since the loss of B&T - but this would be better because the humor would be tailored to the event and the jokes wouldn't be stale. I presented this idea to A&D last year.. the response was "can I steal that idea?". YES, YES YOU CAN. Let's all start hoping now.

I think I only agree with you on Ghostbusters. That should be #1 on everyone's list. I literally cried after going through it the first time. It was my childhood in a 5 minute walk through. I loved it!!!! I'm going to write a review as well, but I want to attend one more time before doing so. We went three nights over last weekend. We will be back a week from Thursday to attend two more nights.. then, it's review time! FYI - aside from Zombieland - the scarezones are one big pile of suck.

I thought the new lagoon show was kind of silly as well. I mean, the effects were good, but the content was a snore. However, if they projected a bunch of monsters there, I'd be into it. Rob Zombie.. meh. I think he's an overrated hack. NOTE: THIS IS JUST MY OPINION. I'm happy for those of you who like him. I'm also happy there are nine other houses. Wonder when they will tell us what the other show actually is?

I would love a lagoon show.. I enjoyed the hell out of it when they had the monster movie collage going - what year was that? It was a while ago. Kinda cool we actually have something else to speculate on. However, I am sure the rest will be announced pretty quickly. I'd suspect before week end. So thrilled that Zombieland is coming!! Rob Zombie.. meh..

From what I've seen in the last 24 hours.. it appears we are getting another announcement on Thursday. Anyone want to guess what it is? I think Killer Klowns.

We've done Hollywood four different years in addition to Orlando. I've always said that Orlando is WAY ahead on quality overall. The only house I enjoyed better in Hollywood vs Orlando was Alien vs. Predator. That's it. Even given that, if I had to choose, I'd take Orlando every time. Unless there is an extremely compelling reason to attend the Hollywood event, I doubt I'd travel there to do it again. My money goes to Orlando. I agree on the Express - it seems to get worse every year. Also, since you can only use it once per house per night, you KNOW they are WAY over-selling Express. I could see express lines going beyond 30 mins if you could use it more than once.. but you can't. So, there is the answer. I have no doubt they make an absolute killing on those passes. Frankly, I wouldn't object to paying a bit more for the Express if would price out a larger group.. but they would need to cap the sales at a smaller number. I really don't have complaints about HHN Orlando. I love this event more than anything else all year. I just hope common sense overrides greed when it comes to pricing these passes in the future.

You beat me to this! Your comments wouldn't apply only to overseas travelers, but for out of state travelers as well. Legacy's insane idea for pricing would have me paying $2400 for my group of three to attend 8-10 nights. That's ridiculous. If they wanted to increase passes by that much, then they would have to take into consideration the fans who travel for the event who can only go a certain number of specific nights. Even Matt's suggestion wouldn't work for us though because we travel to Florida 4 different weekends over the course of the event, so we can make it last as long as possible. However, most times, we attend two nights for each weekend we are there - except the last weekend, we go three nights. So, again, buying FF+Express is currently the best financially for me.. but not if they were to ever increase it that much. It would really break my heart. There are lots of HHN fans who don't live in Florida.. and considering how much they push for tourists.. it probably isn't good business to piss us all off at once. They could do a reverse resident pass - so, if you DO NOT live in Florida, you can get a separate HHN pass. How about that?