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    Dr J's short review on opening night because my computer is broke and i dont want to do a long review from my phone.

    in HHN 2017: Reviews

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    Havent been active on the forums much but i gotta put up my opening night review. Overall i thought this was one of the weakest years i have been to and i have been going since 2009 ill review everything in the order we went. We did early entry, had FOL and we didnt see opening scaramonies. The scarezones were nothing special either so lets get that out of the way. We went on Walking Dead first and i wont review that because its a permanent attraction. The Merch this year was awesome though. 

     

    Insidious- It was ok but nothing like the last one which i thought was one lf the best mazes. Seemed to be thrown together which was the case for alot of mazes. There were parts where it was way too dark to navigate through. (C)

     

    Saw- Another one that was just thrown together. I think the facade was the same as Freddy vs Jason last year which was lame. Seemed like the Saw mazes from 2009/2010 had alot more effort put in them. (D)

     

    Ash Vs Evil Dead- One of the better mazes of the night but more fun then it was scary. Not familiar with the show but i was satisfied with what i went through. (B)

     

    American Horror Story- This was probably my third favorite maze but between this and saw im tired of seeing pig masks. I wish they wouldve had season 2 and 3 included but nope we are not special like orlando. I thought there was a surprise ending but where was it? (B) 

     

    The Shining- I was iffy about them making this a maze but this was my favorite maze. Alot of good scares in this maze and looked like they put alot of effort into making it a great experience. (A)

     

    Terror Tram- It seems like its getting worse with cramming as much people as they can in this thing it takes the fun out of it. I like the theme of the tram but its just the same thing over and over. Loved the Freddy scene though.

     

    Blumhouse of Horror- When this was announced i was really disappointed but it wasnt too terrible. Purge part was just the gauntlet from last year and the purge needs to go away it was the worst part of the maze it was a very cheap and lazy attempt. I was pleasantly surprised with the Happy Death Day part even though the movie looks dumb they couldve just stuck with that as a sole maze. Sinister was just ...there....i dont have any familiarity with the movie but nothing too special. This seemed like the longest maze (D)

     

    Jabbawockeez- ok you can go away now....

     

    Titans of Terror- This maze was a letdown. The facade was cool and the first room had a neat nostalgic feel to it but after that it seems like you go through the secret lair of each character. This maze couldve been something special they dropped the ball on it big time. (D)

     

    So this year was a disappointing year if not the most disappointing. I knew going in it wasnt going to top 2016 but it had potential to be one of the better years on paper.  Too many mazes seemed to have been half assed when putting together. Looking forward to what you all think and reading everyone elses reviews

     

     

    Dr J at Opening Day!!! (event review)

    in HHN 2016: Reviews

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    lol i was just reading your review and yeah you are right total opposite for the most part. I agree yeah TCM did have parts from 2014 they did use but FvJ reused a lot from past mazes as well! And I'm sorry but the scene of young jason being eaten by snake freddy looked gross because snake freddy looked like a (excuse my language) penis.

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    HHNH Planning & Insider Tips (The 2016 Edition)

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    If you get general do as everyone else said and arrive EARLY and do EARLY ENTRANCE and BACKLOT MAZES FIRST THEN WORK YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE PARK. Honestly i wouldn't even bother doing rides if you already been on them before. We did that in 14 and 15 and it worked out good and we did see all the mazes. If you can afford FOTL go for it but what sucks is that its good for one time use at each attraction. Also, do keep your group small or if you have a group you all should be on the same page don't bring someone that is a sissy and they don't want to do mazes and just do rides or want to see the jabbawockees twice or something lol

    Dr J at Opening Day!!! (event review)

    in HHN 2016: Reviews

    Posted · Edited by Doctor Jeffula

    Another year another HHN. This year we got FOL passes and thankfully so the lines seemed to be really bad this year, a few of them reaching a whopping 140 Minutes!!!. Thank you Universal for not having Harry Potter open! 

     

    We got to USH later than usual around 5 and did our traditional eat at Camacho's Cantina which was very busy at the time we got there, not that any of you care lol. Afterwards we lined up and went thru the new security area they have which i think is great. We line up get in......and no opening scareamony? I was confused we got in 15 before 7 and they handed us a red wristband i have no idea why because they had people corralled up in another area I'm assuming for early entry? Yeah just a confusing moment but we headed towards Walking Dead and was pleasantly surprised about the Purge Gauntlet we will go through afterwards

     

    The Walking Dead

    We stayed in line for a good 10 minutes waiting for it to open. Yes its boring ol walking dead we seen this for half a decade at HHN and now we will see this attraction for the next couple years I'm assuming. My GF is a huge walking dead fan and this was her favorite attraction but for me it was decent. I thought the scene where the house was on fire was pretty epic but other than that it was all scenes I've seen before in past mazes and its a little bit from each season they touch on. The attraction is based on the first 4 seasons I'm assuming but it seems to be way too short than what it should be. Not enough scareactors in here either. 

     

    Grade: C

     

    Purge Gauntlet

    This was something we didn't expect. It was kinda a mini maze/scarezone. Nothing much to it you just walk through and theres purgers that jump out and scare you. Theres no wait at all and its nothing really special. I won't grade it because i feel its not something to be graded.

     

    Jabbawockees

    I thought i read that the show was "horror related" somewhere on the forum. It wasn't. Us hardcores don't really care much for the Jabbawockees but i watch the show anyways because its included with the price of admission. Its not my thing to be honest but they are talented at what they do and it takes a lot of stamina to put on those shows. I would have to say it was better than last years show. No grade for this either.

     

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Blood Brothers

    Finally almost 2 hours in we get to do a HHN exclusive maze. This was the maze i was looking forward to the most out of everything because I'm a big TCM fan and its an original concept and I'm all for original concepts. The facade was a bbq restaurant which went with the theme of the story and throughout the maze we got a mix of restaurant scenes and scenes similar to the 2014 TCM maze such as the dinner scene and of course various forms of Leatherface scaring us andhacking people up. Chop Tops room was pretty cool I'm jealous of the posters. I loved this maze and the scare actors were on point got plenty of scares. People complained that there was a lot of blank hallways in the 2014 maze but i didn't notice any for this one. You might ask why give TCM a great grade? Well there was never a dull moment in this maze it was on fire!!! Don't miss this one

     

    Grade: A

     

    Terror Tram

    Well, Well, Well........ Everyones favorite attraction. The only reason why we went on the terror tram was because some people who went to employee preview night said this was the best terror tram they had in a while. Well.....sorta. There was a decent original background story to the maze and it was creepy to pull up in front of whoville (i think thats what its called) to see Hollywood Harry standing there with balloons waiting for us. Also if you remember 2011 and they tried to have a walk through whatever you want to call it in front of bates motel they did it again this year except they put effort into it. Also John Murdy said they rerouted the maze and no more dirt hill. Yeah no more dirt hill but you still have to walk up hill on pavement going towards the psycho house (photo ops available). Once on top of the hill you go through a lot of storage trailers and you also see sweet licks ice cream truck! Then war of the worlds area and back home. Im not gonna like i didn't hate the Terror Tram this year and i appreciate that they tried to spice it up a little bit. There is probably a little to much storage containers to go through and it does create a lot of congestion which is always a drag.

     

    Grade C

     

    Halloween: Hell Comes To Haddonfield

    Halloween was one of the better mazes last year. When they announced that Halloween was coming back this year but based off of the sequel i was really excited about it not because Michael Myers is an icon but they are basing this off the sequel. The maze starts out at the end of halloween and you end up in the hospital just like the movie and thats where a good chunk of the maze takes place. There were a lot of cool scenes a few good scares. It was going pretty good.....but then things got a little strange. Without giving away any spoilers what you would think the end of the maze would be is kinda cool then you get to the real end and its.....just.....weird. I came out of the maze saying "ok wtf was that?". Other than the ending the maze was cool very solid.

     

    Grade B

     

    The Exorcist

    The most anticipated maze in HHN history has finally arrived!!!!! A lot of people have been asking for The Exorcist at HHN and we finally got it, but was it worth it? Look, The Exorcist was gonna be a very tough maze to create because most of the scary scenes take place in a bedroom so are we gonna get a bunch of scenes in a bedroom? You bet we are and we are also gonna get a bunch of black hallways! like a lot of black hallways, no one likes black hallways right? But don't be too disappointed things actually happen in those black hallways unlike some mazes we get where there is nothing going on and i got a few good scares in those hallways but still they are black hallways and i don't pay to see black hallways. There is a very intense scene in the maze as well where everything is going apes*** in the room and the other non black hallway scenes are ok. The Exorcist wasn't the best maze at the event but they took a stab at making the maze and it wasn't as terrible as some have people said. It looked as though they really really really wanted this maze to be good and tried their hardest to not have any dull moments but sorry i don't think you can make this into a good maze.

     

    Grade C

     

    Walk to the Backlot

    Yes we have to talk to the backlot this year which sucks but they can't provide tram service due to the fact that AHS is in the way. 2 years ago we wanted something going on during the walk in the tunnel to make things more interesting. We got it and it sucked. I don't know about everyone else but those flashing lights messed up my eyes not only in the tunnel but also in the Jabbawockee show. We then get another scare zone going to the backlot maze area where it seems to be a lot of she purgers. Its the same ol like any other year

     

    Krampus

    When they announced this maze i thought we shouldve had this last year well we didn't and we got it this year. I have a feeling this maze may be a dark horse of the event i can see a lot of people liking this maze. The facade is spectacular and so is the maze design. A little bit too much fog in the entrance room they can cut down on but the design of the maze as a whole was great with The attic and snowman scenes were my favorite. The only downside of this maze is that i didn't get any scares but it was really fun going through it. If there were a lot more scares when i went through this could've gotten an A

     

    Grade B

     

    Grilled Cheese Food Cart

    The serviced sucked but in all fairness they did say their ticket machine went down several times and they ran out of cheese. But OMG the mac and cheese with bacon was AMAZING! The truck is located by Krampus. 

     

    American Horror Story

    This was gonna be an interesting maze. This one is based off of a tv series (you probably already know that) but its an anthology series with every season being different I only seen The Murder House season, half of The Freak Show season and i started the current season to me the series is so-so. With 6 seasons the maze covered 3 which the maze covered in the order of The Murder House, Freak Show, Hotel. It seemed like the majority of the maze took place in the murder house which was outstanding. I got hit really hard on the shoulder by a guy looking like the gimp but he waved his hand in apology but ouch this was suppose to be fun. The Freak Show part wasn't scary at all and it seemed to be a "blink and you'll pass it" moment in  the maze. It looked really cool but no scares just scareactors  standing around (i am enjoying the freak show season though). The hotel part was better than the freak show part scare wise but not as good as the murder house part. They did an amazing job with the maze design which maybe was the best of the event and it did a lot to enhance the maze experience. A lot of people don't like the facade but i think its appropriate. I didn't think i would like this maze but i liked it a lot

     

    Grade A

     

    Freddy vs Jason  

    Last maze of the night! Orlando got this last year and we didn't and i did not like that we didn't but knew we would get it this year. I seen a lot of high praise about this from employee preview night and I'm a HUGE F13 fan and i do like NOES but not as much as other series. From my understanding they didn't base this off of the movie and they went with their own concept which ok cool the movie wasn't great anyways. I have to say though that this maze was half good and half not so good. Walking out this guy behind us said "that wasn't worth the 2 hour wait". I wish they split Freddy and Jason up and gave them their own mazes this year but it would be even more redundant with TCM and Halloween being at the event. There were plenty of scareactors in the maze and they made a good effort at scaring .  The cool part of the maze is the victor of the FvJ battle changes at the last scene every so often....damn straight Jason won when i went through.

     

    Grade C

     

    Merch

    This is the part where i wish i was a rich man, especially this year. Out of all of the years of HHN i would have to say this is the best year for merchandise. I got the Texas Chainsaw Massacre shirt but i also wanted the Titans of Terror shirt, All of the lunch boxes, The Freddy Vs Jason shirt, All of the playing cards, and pretty much everything else. But much of this stuff is pricy ($10 for playing cards) but you have a lot of great merch to choose from.

     

    Closing thoughts

    This HHN was for the fans and did it satisfy the fans? Well it did satisfy me. I thought this year was one of the best years and it could be THE best year i been to and I've been going since 2009. We finally got The Exorcist and NO 3D MAZES!!!!!! They even attempted to make the Terror Tram a little better! and the merch is incredible!!!! The one thing that caught my eye (maybe i never noticed) is that the maze designs for every maze were incredible and it really enhances the experiences. This is definitely the year to go though.

     

    Rankings

    1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

    2. American Horror Story

    3. Krampus

    4. Halloween

    5. Freddy vs Jason

    6. Exorcist

    7. Walking Dead

    8. Terror Tram

     


     

     
     
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    HHN Hollywood 2016 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2016

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    5 hours ago, StraightEdge said:

    wait, by any chance, will it matter if I'm a minor? I know at Disney, you can't pay for your own Disney Pass monthly if you are a minor. So is there a chance that when I try buying tickets on Friday, it won't accept my payment?

    Yeah you have to email them your ID and birth certificate. You also have to get a permission slip signed by your parents lol. JK you should be fine. Its a one time payment you are not agreeing to pay off a balance on a season pass

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    Most Anticipated House for HHN Hollywood 2016

    in Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2016

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    15 minutes ago, Henry14 said:

    5. American Horror Story

    Out of all the seasons in ahs, I would say murderhouse is the less 'maze-worthy' season of the show in my opinion. But I'm still curious to see how it's pulled off. It's no doubt freak show will be the strongest aspect of the maze. I can't wait to see twisty the clown right in front of my face! I haven't seen the hotel season so it might not have a big impact on me. Overall I can't wait to see how weird and sadistic this house will be.

    I only watched this season.....It doesn't convince me that it should be made into a maze. The show is not bad though i gotta check out the other seasons.

    SITE IS UP GET YOUR TICKETS!!!

    in Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2016

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    Does anyone remember the price of FOL last year on opening day i want to say it was in the $120 range? It seems the price has gone up quite a bit and they are gonna max out at $199 a ticket on some nights and they STILL won't make it unlimited . They took away VIP, They won't have Harry Potter or Despicable Me open, They won't let the day/night ticket holders in until after 2pm. I understand their power bill comes at a hefty price but jeez can they atleast open Harry Potter and close Simpsons or even Mummy? and really i want to know why they won't make the FOL unlimited this event happens once a year, they release a limited amount of these passes, they are $100 bucks more than general....WHY CANT THEY BE UNLIMITED i really want to know the reason. 

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    HHN Hollywood 2016 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2016

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    28 minutes ago, AsylumSB said:

    My flight does not get in until 3pm and I do not have time for a combo pass.  Was hoping it would be open to help with capacity concerns. Not a deal breaker but a bit disappointed. 

    Yeah i have a feeling that the lines are gonna be a nightmare this year (no pun intended). I wouldnt be surprised if they opened up Harry Potter up. I remember in 2011 when the King Kong deal opened you were able to take a tram to just see it because it was new and Despicable Me was open in 2014 when it debuted. However last year they did not give Fast and Furious the King Kong treatment till later on in the season. 

    HHN Hollywood 2016 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2016

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    6 minutes ago, StraightEdge said:

    wait, why isn't Despicable Me open during the event? It was open for Horror Nights in 2014, idk about last year

    It was open last year but there wasn't a wait on it, they probably have to save a buck by not having despicable me and harry potter open. It sucks i was looking forward to Harry Potter maybe they will change their minds.

    HHN Hollywood 2016 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2016

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    1 minute ago, StraightEdge said:

    how fast do you think front of the line tickets for the first three dates will sell out?

    I get paid this Friday and I'm trying to buy them the moment I get paid

    I think you have a really good chance and getting FOL.....its not the super bowl we are talking about.....well its OUR super bowl but it shouldn't sell out quick

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