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    Halloween Horror Nights 29 Speculation

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    This will probably merge so caplocks:

     

    HORROR MADE HERE IS NOT HAPPENING IN 2019. 

     

    Murdy’s tweet about a surprise pitch is officially far more intriguing than before. It happened the same day as Mike’s tweet about a successful pitch. 

     

    Now...everyone remind me to be cynical. Cause my inner King fangirl is trying to freaking claw her way to the top. 

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    Halloween Horror Nights 29 Speculation

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    1 hour ago, marc said:

    I know it’s highly unlikely, but I will be so happy if Treehouse of Horror happens. Plus haven’t the press releases already confirmed 5 scarezones? That list has 6. 

    Simpsons has be an unofficial scarezone for the last few years with a roaming horde located there. That’s probably why it was included on that spec map. 

     

    You are correct, though. 5 zones is the confirmed number. Simpson’s may have another roaming horde, but an actual Treehouse of Horror overlay wouldn’t be considered an unofficial scarezone. 

     

    Zombies on South Street could fall into the roaming horde category. Silent Hill is another one that is improperly located. It was probably chosen for atmospheric reasons, but NY would be a better location for a popular fog filled SZ and would allow for 3D projections on the buildings. Not to mention, Pyramid-head would need to be a stilt character and would draw tons of photo-ops. NY just provides more space for that. 

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    Halloween Horror Nights 29 Speculation

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    6 hours ago, HHN Pro 2 said:

    Alright, someone made a serious speculation map.

     

    Houses

    Stranger Things - Soundstage 22

    Slaughter Sinema: Director's Cut - Soundstage 24B

    Dead Waters: Black Tide - Soundstage 24A

    The Haunting of Hill House - Soundstage 25

    Halloween - Tent 3

    Killer Klownz from Outer Space 3D - Sprung Tent 2

    Frostbite - Sprung Tent 1

    Seeds of Survival - New Parade Building

    The World's End - Parade Building

    The Four Horsemen: Reign of Terror - Shrek 4D Theater 2

     

    Scare Zones

    The Gateway - Plaza of the Stars

    Vamp 2K - New York

    Zombies!!! - South Street

    The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror - Springfield

    Silent Hill - Central Park

    Classic Monsters - Hollywood

     

    Show

    Academy of Villains

    I know the apocalypse is supposed to be clad in leather, but that isn’t why this year’s event received the nickname I gave it. 

     

    The map is cute, but very wishful thinking. Locations aren’t very well thought out. A house called Frostbite wouldn’t go into a location that isn’t thoroughly climate controlled. The tents can’t produce the necessary temperature. KKFOS would need to be in a soundstage. While derivative IPs have happened in the same year, derivative originals are less likely. 

     

    1 hour ago, HHN Pro 2 said:

    Oh right. They said on the map it could be an End of the World theme.

     

    If I can easily produce four non-derivative originals to cover the Four Horsemen while producing an end of the world theme, I’m sure A&D can. 

     

    Pestilence - Plague doctors

    Famine - Scarecrows

    War - Nightingales

    Death - Body Collectors

     

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    Halloween Horror Nights 29 Speculation

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    15 minutes ago, Fearlessferret said:

    Ok people lets get to work

     

    If you’re looking for some fun
    You can choose from 41

     

    What awaits for this year’s fright?
    The data is very light
    So from my flames, I’ll arise
    To remove a little guise

     

    For now, we only know a day
    Of when it is, they’ll have a say 
    Undercover in this riddle
    Rationed out, the pieces little

     

    Each line hiding part of the clue 
    Look very closely at the view 
    Expect that you will be quite pleased
    Visually, with how it’s teased
    Echoing last year’s template
    Not really sure what we’ll get

     

    The ifrit

    The 41 was already answered. There will be 41 nights of HHN this year. He tweeted that prior to the full date announcement 

     

    There was another one:

     

    1, 2

    Pink and blue

     

    The best I have for figuring out that one is:

     

    He’s partially color blind, and was referring to 2 seasons of StrTh. The posters for StrTh always have a red/blue color scheme. 

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    5 hours ago, littlegreenghouls said:

     That house was no make up like any, maybe black eyes. 
    . Their outfits were sweat morph suits. 
     You know that  most of the a/c vents in these houses are focus on the guest area.. about under 40 % gets to Actors. 
     If they can do water effects, and mirrors. I think they can get a little heat.  We got flames in the past and only caught a tree on fire. 
     

    The flames were outside the house. Heat was an issue in Disaster! and Jaws. Scareactors became ill from it. Adding heat creates a liability issue to Universal. 

     

    No theme is worth making scareactors ill. 

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    On 3/30/2019 at 7:44 PM, littlegreenghouls said:

    I wish that  Seeds had more dessert feel. 
     They could had heaters..

     

    I doubt we will ever get a house that increases the heat. Too much of a liability. Not the guests, but the scareactors. 

     

    Besides the fact that makeup can be effected by heat, heat could make the scareactors lethargic and heatstroke is a real risk in Florida. 

     

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    5 hours ago, zombieman said:

    I don't know if it's been mentioned, but the website sure took on a different look this year.  Looks almost exactly like Knott's Scary Farm's last year, showing placeholders for every single house, scarezone, show, and even attraction.  This is in the "Haunted Houses & More" section.

     

    Houses - 10 placeholders (ST revealed so far)

    Scarezones - 5 placeholders

    Attractions - 6 placeholders (there were 6 attractions last year)

    Live Entertainment - 1 placeholder

     

     

     

     

     

    Yay! The website is devolving even more. I want to look at it as a potential evolutionary step, but I’m sincerely doubting it.

     

    It appears that they are attempting to garner more clicks, but they know what used to bring the traffic. Daily traffic with multiple refreshes at that. 

     

    This reeks of an attempt to appease fans while trying to lure in the GP for clicks. 

     

    Yes, I’m still salty about the lack of decent websites.

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    Stranger Things

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    2FEDSYa

     

    Welcome back to the Upside Down. 

     

    Okay, mouthbreathers, get ready! Netflix’s Stranger Things is returning to Universal Orlando Resort’s Halloween Horror Nights.

     

    Netflix’s supernatural thriller, “Stranger Things” returns to “Halloween Horror Nights” 2019 at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, debuting all-new mazes inspired by seasons 2 and 3 of the critically-acclaimed series.

     

    This year’s chilling mazes pick up where last year’s mazes left off, continuing the suspenseful storyline where a predatory entity terrorizes the small town of Hawkins, Indiana, and delving even further into the parallel universe, referred to as the Upside Down.

     

    The mazes on both coasts will also parallel the hit show as it leaps forward to 1985, taking guests on a terrifying excursion through portions of “Stranger Things 3,” which begins streaming July 4 on Netflix.

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    1 hour ago, Oysterhead00 said:

    10 houses = 10 houses

     

    5 scare zones = 5 scare zones

     

    other live entertainment means one of two things:

    1.  Marketing is so stupid and inept they can’t count past the number of fingers they have

    or

    2.  There is other live entertainment.  Shows.  Magic Performances.  Concerts.  Parades.  VR experience with live humans involved.  Carnivals set up with barkers.  Upcharge experiences with live humans.

     

    I don’t know if people needed charts to understand the post...or if it’s just the desire to crap on marketing and blame them for not spoonfeeding people exactly what they want, when they want it, and how they want it.

     

    The words 10 houses still to be revealed in an announcement that reveals a house does not automatically correlate to 10 houses=10 houses. 

     

    The way the sentence is structured implies that “still to be revealed for The World’s Premiere Halloween Event” is applicable to each item listed. One simple word change would remove any and all confusion regarding the sentence. Change for to at. The interpretation that “still to be revealed” applies only to live entertainment would be accurate and clearer with that one word change. 

     

    Personally, I think they just copy/pasted from the dates announcement, forgot to change 10 to 9, and didn’t proofread. 

     

    Edit: Universal Marketing is not the only one to peak my ire. I rail against many inept information sources. Misspellings, grammatical errors, and poor wording choices are a pet peeve. Poor editorial work frustrates me. 

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    51 minutes ago, zombieman said:

    Unfortunately I tend to think it's the former, as 11 houses would be an announcement of its own.

     

    Agreed. 

     

    34 minutes ago, Drummanmatt said:

    Marketing eh? Waste of space :lol:

     

    Don’t get me started. This isn’t the first time the marketing material was confusing due to poor writing. 

     

    They need an editor or a better editor. 

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    2 hours ago, sororitysacrifice said:

    I'd say its either an accident with bad phrasing, or they're talking specifically about the live entertainment number being yet to be revealed.

    The whole quote leads me to believe it’s an editing error/bad phrasing or there are 11 houses. 

     

    “Get ready because this is just the beginning, with ten haunted houses, five scare zones, and live entertainment still to be revealed for The World’s Premier Halloween Event.”

     

    Still to be revealed applies to all of the items listed based on sentence structure. 

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    SS22 and MiB house permits are up. 

     

    Yes, the MiB Permit is worded differently. Interior build out vs alteration like the other permits. My best guess is that the difference is due to the nonpermanent nature of the tent. An interior build-out is the interior alterations done to an existing shell. 

     

    One more edit:

     

    There will be 4 or 5 more permits. The current descriptions being used creates the possibility of needing only one permit for houses sharing a soundstage. 

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    On 2/22/2019 at 5:44 PM, TheShape1031 said:

     

    3.) Judy Greer is the worst actress ever. She was terrible in Jurassic World (watch when she tries to "cry" on the phone with her sister) and she is terrible in this movie too. She is not believable at all, she shows no real emotion. She's the worst. 

     

    I never saw that scene as a true attempt to “cry” on the phone. That was a manipulation move, and was acted perfectly for those of us who have seen it in action in real life. She wasn’t really crying. She was pretending to cry to get her sister to do what she wanted. 

     

    To keep this HHN related:

     

    Original scarezones will always be better than IP zones in my opinion.

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