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50 minutes ago, deliciousoatmeal said:
Does anyone know if they've allowed re-entry in the past? We might need to leave the park to check into our airbnb, and I was wondering if we would be able to come back in afterwards.
No re-entry, per the FAQ on the official site.
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2 minutes ago, zombieman said:
Haven't read the thread recently, so if asked and answered - apologies.
Is tonight an employee preview night? I was about to head over to the park (Friday evening) and noticed it closes at 6pm - super early for a non HHN Friday.
No, team preview is Tuesday. Not sure why the early close tonight. Maybe just slowing things down since summer season is over.
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2 hours ago, AsylumSB said:
Give it up for the 9/16 VIP crew! Whoop Whoop! Hoot Hoot! Yelp Yelp! (Or whatever the kids say these days).
I missed out by a day! Were 9/15 RIP!
Side note, it's going to be weird doing Hollywood before Orlando this year. Usually at Orlando every day opening weekend.
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8 hours ago, StraightEdge said:
Well, 2 weeks away and our beloved event starts. I got RIP passes and I'm hitting it up with family. I went from just getting GA 2014, to FOL in 2016 and now I get to experience the event with VIP, lesgedit
Kind of the same for me! We're coming out from Orlando. did FOL in 2013 and 2015 and jumped at the chance to do RIP this year, can't wait!
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From what I recall of seeing B&T in 2013, one of the lines that got them in trouble was Zod saying "On your knees!" And Superman replying something along the lines of "With pleasure!" Or something like that.
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I did the tour this past Sunday and had David once again. He truly is an asset to these tours, and he's probably what made the tour worth it even without photos. Much like others have reported, we did (in order) TCM, Tomb facade and entry room, Halloween, Krampus, lunch break, Exorcist, Ghost Town, TWD facade, AHS.
The tour was super insightful, and the Easter eggs always make it worth it. My favorites are the Amityville Horror house inside the snowglobe in Krampus, and the AHS inspired Devils Night invite list in Ghost Town.
If you're in the fence, I say still do it, request David. You'll have an awesome time and learn so much about the event.
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It is absolutely mind boggling that it's been a week and they've still not resolved the issue. I wonder if they've handled any partial refunds, for if you still would like to do the tour, but it's unfair for those who aren't allowed take photos, while we paid the same price as those who were able to. I'm really crossing my fingers that they're able to get this resolved by this weekend. Really breaks my heart to not be able to photograph the tour this year.
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3 minutes ago, Arsik_22 said:
I havent tried filming inside the mazes the last 2 years I've attended Orlando's event, but I was wondering are they completely opposed to that or is it fine as long as theres no flash? The show control employees here in Hollywood don't say anything or try to stop the filming.
Orlando has been pretty strict about no cameras at all in the mazes.
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1 hour ago, Jediwhit82 said:
Best show? Or best thing in general?
Definitely best show, but I'm inclined to say best thing overall.
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My two cents on how the houses rank after the first weekend:
1. Halloween
2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
3. American Horror Story
4. Krampus
5. Ghost Town
6. Tomb of the Ancients
7. The Exorcist
8. The Walking Dead
9. Lunatics Playground
Wasn't crazy about Bill and Ted this year, but Academy of Villains is probably my favorite thing at HHN, not only this year, but from the last few years as well. Can't wait for Thursday!
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Hey everyone, I'm actually on my flight back from LA right now and I just wants to share my thoughts on this years event.
Overall, I was extremely happy with the event this year, coming from the perspective of someone who has been going to the Orlando event since moving there in 2012 and having only been the the Hollywood event once in 2013 (which I loved, btw).
While I'll admit that I prefer the Orlando event as a whole more, I prefer the houses in Hollywood, mainly for the aggressiveness of the scares.
We got to the park around 5:10 and immediately went down towards the lower lot to take advantage of a Early Entry for Walking Dead and Insidious, and I have to say that they got the Early Entry thing down to a well oiled machine at this point (or we got extremely lucky). We watched the Raptor meet and greet thing for a few minutes and then jumped in line for TWD, which went by very quickly once the house opened at 5:45. I never thought I'd say this, but what an incredible Walking Dead house! Of the 6 different TWD incarnations I've seen over the last 4 years, I've usually met them with a resounding "Meh!" but this house got me so damn good! We immediately jumped right back in line and did it again because it was empty and we loved it. Another thing I wanted to mention that I loved about the Holywood event so much more than Orlandos is the pulsing of the lines. This gives us the chance to actually get the scares instead of watching the people 4 spaces ahead of us get it. Standout scares were the very first Terminus guy who pops out at the beginning, and the dual scare in front of the church.
Once we got our second helpings of TWD we jumped in line for Insidious, which was posting a 30 min wait around 6:10, but got us in there in about 20. Having loved the previous Insidus houses in 2013 and Orlandos this year, I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this one, but wow, I was extremely impressed with this house. The Man Who Can't Breathe scars from above were fantastic, as well as the projection of the wall leading to one of the first Demon scares. The candle hallway was beautiful, and the Further was so unsettling.
After that we went to check out This Is The End, which I was cautiously optimistic and extremely excited sbout all at once. I love the movie and the idea of a haunt house based on it is both stupid and wonderful, though the reviews were starting to worry me. Well, maybe the reviews lowered my expectations, or the house got better since those reviews, because I had a blast throughout this entire house. Loved the facade with dead Michael Cera, as well as all of the possessed Jonah Hill stuff. The thing I loved the most about this house was how it used the wide open spaces and still utilized scares well in those spaces. Also, one of the more fun 3D houses I've been in a while (though for my money, 2015 is a good 3D year on both coasts, with Asylum in Wonderland 3D being a ton of fun as well, with some of the best scares I've had in a 3D maze.
Now that the sun has officially gone down, we head down to the backlot for AvP and Crimson Peak. First up was AvP, which had big shoes to fill for us because of how great Orlandos maze was last year, but I can absolutely see why this was brought back as the fan favorite this year. I loved the different setting than Orlandos (which was set mostly in a Weyland Yutani facility), seeing both of these creatures wreaking havoc on a residential area was great. Special shoutout to the scareactors in the first fight scene, where they both attack from each side. I saw my life flash before my eyes because of how close the Alien claw came to my face. Also can't say enough good things about the Queen, what a sight to see.
Crimson Peak was up next, and while I was excited about it based on my love of Guillermo Del Toro, I really didn't know what to expect, but boy was I not ready for what happens here. I had heard all the complaints about the all black transitional rooms, but I didn't mind them so much as they helped set up one of my favorite scares of the event. I believe it's the 3rd blackout hallway we were in when is happened, but we were just expecting it to be another "safe" transitional room, maybe just filled with the little strings hanging from the ceiling. That's when something else touched my buddies face he raced out of that room like a bat out of hell. I was laughing way too hard to believe him, swearing that it was just one of the those strings and he's flipping out for no reason. but he's still on edge for the rest of the house, which was absolutely incredible and beautiful. As we leave the house we eventually get his calmed down and believing that it was just one of the strings. More on that later.
On our back to the upper lot, we decided to hit This Is The End again since it was only 5 minutes. Still a lot of fun the second go round.
We finally head up to the upper lot, grab some pizza from Luigis and then jump on the Terror Tram. It was enjoyable, but was definitely the least scary part of the event, as all 6 houses legitimately got all three of us in our group scared on multiple counts.
After Terror Tram it was time for Halloween, which I was very excited for as Halloween from last years Orlando event is one of my all time favorite mazes, next to American Werewolf In London in 2013, and Paranormal Inc from this years Knotts (this maze was seriously worth the price of admission alone). It was great to step back into the Myers house, and while it was familiar, I liked the different touches than last years version The dog room was disgusting in the best sense of the word, and this maze also made great use of the scares from above. My one nitpick about this version of the house is the strobe room at the end isn't nearly as effective with the mirrors and how well lit the room is. Orlandos version last year was a pure black room with nothing but strobes, and it as smaller. Made the effect a bit more intense, in my opinion.
At this point it was about 10:30 once we got everything done the first time around, so we decided to head back down to the backlot and begin using the Front of Line pass. All 6 houses held up on their second (and some third) runs. I was very impressed by that. When we finished the lower lot again, we hit Jurassic Park In The Dark and The Mummy before making our back up to do Halloween once more and then call it night.
Going back to Crimson Peak and my friends freak out early, we discovered on the second run through that maze that there actually was somebody in that blackout hallway, whom we think is hiding in the wall with a feather or furry stick of sorts. The timing of this discovery was perfect, as it occurred just as my friend officially resigned to the fact that it was the strings and he overreacted.
Scare zones were great, for what little time we spent in them. Dark Christmas is thicker winner here, and I very much (hopefully) look forward to a full maze based on this one day.
All in all, I was so damn happy and impressed with Hollywoods event this year. I honestly don't understand the hate that any of the houses are getting, and I'm very much looking forward to coming back for next years event. I even saw Murdy as we were leaving AvP. I wanted to say hi and thank him for all he's done for the event, but there were too many people to maneuver through.
Final House counts:
Walking Dead - 3
This Is The End - 3
Insidious - 2
Crimson Peak - 2
AvP - 2
Halloween - 2
Terror Tram - 1
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Is Alice all inside like a soundstage? In other words, I'm wondering how it's affected by light if you do it while it's still light outside. I know in the past some light gets through the tents and Disaster house, but not soundstage or parade building I think.
Yes, Asylum is inside the Shrek building, entirely indoors, no chance of outside light getting in.
Edit: To expand on that as well, the facade of the maze is a good ways into the building, so even if you were to go through it when it was still light out, I can't see any way that it could hit even the facade.
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Has anyone found out which mazes will be for each of the Unmasking the Horror tours? Already booked both on Oct. 3rd but I figure I should find out sooner than later. Lol
If I had to guess, I'd say:
TWD
Insidious
FvJ
The Purge
25: Monsters & Mayhem
Body Collectors
My rationale for the other 3 not being chosen are:
Run: Disaster queue house is rarely a part of the tours since it's all outdoors and it will still be fairly warm
AWIL: Was a part of the tour two years ago, no logical sense to include it again.
Alice: In the Shrek building, which is in use during the day, also 3D houses don't make for good lights on tours.
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I was pulling for Maskerade for street of the year. Yes it was very minimally themed, but the cast made the absolute best of it. I saw some of my favorite scares there, which is amazing considering they had practically nowhere to hide and not a lot of fog either. It was definitely my favorite "hang back and watch" scarezone this year.
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I picked up my ticket (they switched to actual LT tickets with a return time on them for the last night) in front of Rental Services around 8:40 On Saturday night.
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They kind of streamlined the ticketing process last night, started at 8:40, they were giving 9:20 and 9:50, not sure if there were more times than that.
The experience inside the LT Headquarters was pretty amazing. It felt very intimate and was highly interactive, which helped up the creepy factor. The technology they were using was pretty impressive and I can't wait to see what they do with this next year.
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I ended up going back for the last night, here are my real totals.
15 Nights
Halloween - 20
AVP - 19
FDTD - 15
TWD - 11
Dollhouse - 11
Giggles -10
Roanoke - 10
Dracula - 9
Bill and Ted - 4
Legendary Truth - 1
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Final Counts
14 Nights
Halloween - 20
AVP - 18
Giggles - 9
Dollhouse - 11
Roanoke - 10
FDTD - 14
TWD - 10
Dracula - 9
Bill and Ted - 3
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9 Nights
Halloween - 12
AVP - 12
FDTD - 10
Dollhouse 9
Giggles - 7
Roanoke - 7
TWD - 7
Dracula - 6
Bill and Ted - 2
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I gotta show some appreciation for Candleman in Maskerade. I've seen him several times before, and I've always found him entertaining but last night took the cake. I was walking through Maskerade, and I saw him walk by. I casually say "Hey look its Candleman!" and he turns right around, and says "THATS ME!" as excited as possible. It was fantastic. Bravo, Candleman.
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8 Nights as of 10/12
Halloween - 11
AVP - 11
Giggles - 6
Dollhouse - 8
Roanoke - 6
FDTD - 9
TWD - 6
Dracula - 5
Bill and Ted - 2 -
I really don't get the arguments that Halloween should still have been in a soundstage. Anyone who's been through it can vouch the house is phenomenal, and it's one of the only houses this year that I've noticed is always "on." The location shouldn't matter, and I'm sure we've all noticed at some point that great houses can go in tents, and sometimes not so great houses can go in soundstages.
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5 Nights so far.
Halloween - 6
AVP - 6
Giggles - 3
Dollhouse - 4
Roanoke - 3
FDTD - 7
TWD - 4
Dracula - 4
Bill and Ted - 2
RHPS - 0
After 10pm Front of Line?
in Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2017
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Hey everyone, quick question. I'm going to be in Hollywood again for the day in late October for a show at the Hollywood Bowl, and am thinking about another visit to HHN after the show is over. I know in Orlando we have the after 10 express which is like $49. Is there anything like that in Hollywood? Any info would be appreciated (price, where to buy, etc). Thanks!