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How were lines last night?
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Backlot then Exorcist or should we still wait until the end of the night?
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How were lines last night compared to the first weekend?
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Are you allowed to choose which path to take? And which one is the right one for future reference?
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Thoughts on this potential schedule for a Thursday night w/ GA?
Early Entry
The Exorcist (Don't want to deal with a 2 hour line after visiting the backlot and the maze opens 15 minutes earlier than the backlot anyways)
American Horror Story
Freddy vs. Jason
Krampus
Halloween
Jurassic Park
The Mummy
Terror Tram
Food
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Jabbawockeez
The Walking Dead
Edit: (Depending on time, food and Jabbawockeez can be cut out)
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He said he lost the location yesterday. That must be really annoying now that construction has already begun and it could definitely hurt whichever maze has to move. Speaking of which, I went to see Captain America at CityWalk yesterday and bumped into Murdy on the upper food court leaving a meeting. May have been him finding out that he can't use a specific location.
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He's really hyping up the soundstage maze this year. Can I put out my early bet for that? Everyone can give me $5 if I get it right.
Jurassic World.
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Seems like Exorcist to me.
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In order, here's what I and 2 of my friends got done with Early Entry and NO Front of the Line Pass. This was our first trip this year. May be going next Thursday with free tickets USC is providing my dorm's floor. Also the USC tv station thing I work at (TrojanVision) may be interviewing John Murdy at Universal on Wednesday and if we do, I'll be there for that. Anyways, here's the list with a quick review for that specific run through next to it.
1. Walking Dead (30 minute wait since it was closed): The outdoor light from it being 5:40pm hurt the first part of the maze in Terminus. But overall, it was seriously awesome and terrifying, especially the scene outside the church. My 2nd favorite maze this year. (A) Edit: Got to see Eric Stonestreet from Modern Family get filmed leaving the maze and getting chased by a swarm of walkers.
2. Insidious (10 minute wait): This was insane. The Man Who Can't Breathe scenes were constantly scary, especially the room with the hanging clothes if you know what I'm talking about. It was so detailed and beautiful and scary all at the same time. My favorite maze of the year. (A+)
3. Revenge of the Mummy
4. This is the End 3D (10 minute wait since it was closed): Eh. Sometimes I feel you guys are too cynical on these forums and thought I would actually enjoy this maze. Nope. This was pretty terrible. Would be good as a home haunt, but awful next to Insidious and The Walking Dead. Definitely the worst of the 3D mazes in my opinion. (D)
Purge Scarezone: Pretty damn great and seems longer than the previous Walking Dead scarezones in the area.
5. Alien Vs. Predator (5 minute wait): Saw John Murdy talking to a group of people next to this maze. Seemed a bit worse than last year from this run through. I enjoyed it, but I guess I just knew what to expect and was a bit disappointed scarewise. My friend who had never been to HHN was also underwhelmed. (B)
6. Crimson Peak: Not feeling this one. I saw the movie and absolutely loved it, so maybe that hurt the maze for me. I thought the sets looked incredibly fake, and some of the characters and atmosphere didn't translate from the movie. (B-)
7. Transformers
8. Jurassic Park in the Dark: The falling car worked! (A++)
9. Terror Tram: After waiting a couple minutes in line, we got on. Love the story behind this one. The Purge Party concept was pretty great and somehow convinced my friend who hadn't gone to HHN that we were actually about to do cookie decorating. His and the rest of our car's reaction of "Wait, we have to get off now and walk?" reminded me of how I felt back in 2010 when I first went to the event and made me pretty warm and fuzzy inside. I missed the mini show at the Bates Auction which was disappointing and it seemed many scareactors were on break, but overall, I really enjoyed this incarnation of Terror Tram. (B+)
10. Halloween (45 minute wait): Maybe it was the super long wait or how hyped this maze was for me, but it didn't live up to expectations. I actually enjoyed the beginning and middle of the maze far more than the mirror scene. I got some great scares and they really did a good job of recreating the movie though and making Michael Myers seem intimidating, so it was still a pretty great maze. (B+)
Got dinner at Krusty Burger. Went in that room where all the artists drew over the walls and had a lot of fun pointing out easter eggs. This was my first time in Springfield and I'm impressed.
11. Simpson's Ride (30 minute wait): Wouldn't normally do this, but my friend had never been to Universal and we just went to the Springfield land for the first time so had to. It's been a few years since I've ridden it and all the jokes in the queue and on the screens hit pretty hard, so this was a lot of fun. Will probably be a while before I go on it again though. (Is it just me, or does the ride itself already feel dated?)
12. Jabbawockeez: It's no Bill and Ted and certainly not my type of music, but I had fun. The little horror intro was a nice touch, there were some funny moments, and the last dance routine was great. So I'm not angry at all about the Jabbawockeez being there. Pretty good all around.
Exterminators Scarezone: The costumes were awesome and the sets were great. Really an accurate depiction of New York with those giant killer rats and dead people on the sides of the road. These scareactors brought it too! Good job!
Corpz: I liked the atmosphere here. Not totally scary, but it was an interesting concept that I feel worked.
13. Despicable Me
Dark Christmas: Love this scarezone, not much to say here.
14. Repeated Insidious (50 minute wait even though it said 75): The second run through was slightly less scary since I knew where and when to expect things, but it proved itself once again as one of the best mazes at the event if not the best maze I've ever been through.
15. Repeated Walking Dead (45 minutes): After I won a Crimson Peak poster for knowing when it was released (The 16th), my friend won 2 movie tickets for knowing John Murdy's name, and our whole group got the James Franco Party Invite, we got into the maze. Got to finally see this one in the dark and it made the experience a whole lot better. Made me question whether or not this was the best WD maze (Yes, I'm including the first in that even though that was fantastic). The cast was on fire and the maze was just so good.
Chainsaw Chaseout: Got the tail end of this as a bunch of rat people saluted the chainsaw weilding scareactors as they revved their weapons and walked off the street. Pretty awesome ending to an incredible year at HHN. We did all the mazes and repeated two, did all the rides, got dinner, and saw the show all because of Early Entry and careful planning. What a great year!
What I hope HHN does in the future: We need at least one more scarezone, one more show, and one more maze. Hopefully after construction finishes, everything opens for Wizarding World, and the revenue pours in, we can get that. And bring back sliders! Please?
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You guys would be disappointed with the information Murdy told us about shows... (at least told Walking Dead).
What do you mean?
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Got my email today! I got the job! The only issue I have now is I'm starting college end of August and may rather want to get settled than have a difficult job to deal with during this major transition.
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I really wanted a humor related show. I feel like that just gave me some time to sit back and was a welcome change to the carnage outside. This is pretty disappointing. At least we have a show though!
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The next maze to be announced will be the one code named "Post Punk" A hint to the theme can be found in a song title by a "post punk" band
Insidious up next. Who figured out the code name 1st over here anyways?
I did. It was basically right when the codename was announced too.
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So Murdy confirmed CP as a metro set maze. Does this add more credibility to the leaked list?
What leaked list?
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Made it through, folks!! Had my audition at about 2:45pm.
So excited!!! Hope I officially get hired!!
What's the rate of people who make it through auditions to those that get hired?
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Just came back to the forums after a while. Trying to get used to the new look. Anyone wanna update me on which mazes we're speculating?
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I had a dream last night where I was at HHN which was at Knott's for some reason. And all the rides were closed and under construction. And there were 3 mazes. And one of the mazes was Klownz 4D. And the reason there were only 3 mazes was to make way for a massive tent to hold our new show, "In Conversation With John Murdy and Chris Williams". It was horrible.
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I think we're jumping to conclusions here. These clues are way too broad and have so many possible combinations that it makes no sense that we're already stuck on this being American Horror Story. It's very possible, but I really wouldn't stop researching just yet.
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Any Post Punk songs with the word "dinosaur" in the title? lol
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"well my initial number was...10. So after this year wraps up I'll make some decisions." - Murdy on how many years he wants to do this job.
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What specifically did he say? He hints that a lot, it seems, but one of his recent tweets seemed to contradict that.
Firstly, he said the amount of years he'd work there he could count on his fingers. So that's 10 at the most. And this is the 10th year. I asked if this would be it for him and he said "I guess you'll just have to wait and see". In past years he's been much more willing to say "No, this isn't my last year" or "Probably not".
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You said it exactly synopsis of this season of "A SHOW" Murdy is talking about reality for hint two. In reality human rights killed freak shows because it is cruel to abuse people because of deformity, besides he said one of the words in the title.
Which is why IF it is that (Still probably Insidious), that clue would be the partial carny trick.
BTW, Murdy hinted this may be his last year to me on Twitter.
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It's not whether or not I agree it's History
not trying to be anal but just trying to be realistic!
From the plot synopsis of this season: "One of the only surviving sideshows in the country struggles to stay in business during the dawning era of television."
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Ummm yeah modern technology (as in technology that are significant to the present day as we speak) did not kill the freak show (in fact if you count Cable it is kind of bringing it back into style) Human rights killed the freak show. Human rights is not technology we are grasping at straws here...also for future reference Mayonnaise is not an instrument.
I don't know if you've watched this season of American Horror Story but the entire plot is about tv taking over while the Freak Show is left in the dust. We may not agree with it, but there's no denying that that's the plot. I still think it's more likely Insidious though.
HHNH Planning & Insider Tips (The 2016 Edition)
in Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2016
Posted · Edited by JGmoney1996
Also yesterday, AHS, FvJ, and Exorcist all opened at 5:15. Lines got bad later on but let me go over everything I did with a GA pass (I'm pretty impressed with myself and my friends):
American Horror Story (So dark and so goddamn scary and good)
Freddy vs. Jason (Jason won) (Decent maze, not my favorite)
Krampus (Really fun)
Freddy vs. Jason again (Freddy won)
Halloween (Incredible ending and fantastic maze overall)
Transformers
Terror Tram
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Some great moments in this one)
Dinner
Purge Gauntlet a couple times (So good! Better than Terror Tram imo)
The Exorcist (Terrifying and super well done. One of my favorites of the night.)
Jurassic Park
The Mummy
Krampus again
Jabbawockeez (Really enjoyed their show this year)
The Mummy again
Transformers again
Krampus a third time
Freddy vs. Jason a third time (Jason won) (This maze is much better in the dark than it was during early entry)
American Horror Story again
Halloween again
Chainsaw Chaseout
Edit: So just missed Walking Dead and The Simpsons Ride. Not bad. Not bad at all.