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    HHN 27 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights 27

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    1 hour ago, Midnight Detective said:

    Is beard guy wearing a Soviet Army Uniform?formaban.jpg

    It very well could be. That was my initial thought too.

     

    i'm assuming it matches with The Fallen. Possibly something to with the Tunguska event awakening demons that the Angels have to come down to fight.

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    HHN 27 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights 27

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    20 minutes ago, Pandry said:

     

    If you like beer, The Leaky Cauldron has some great craft brews.  But...as you'll be legal drinking age at HHN for the first time - they sell shots at most of the bars :D.  I know I need them the first weekend to help me forget how much money I just spent.

    Don't forget...Butterbeer with a shot of Fireball.

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    HHN 27 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights 27

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    5 minutes ago, hunnylvr said:

    No!  Just..  NO!  If you want a "safe zone", go over to MIB.  Not a damn thing happening over there.

    Whoh whoh whoh...stop the clock there Hunny.

     

    I specifically said that I'm against a safe zone.

     

    I just think that if they take the actors and most of the budget, and make another SZ around the back of park, but keep CP the same with the fall theme...that could be a pleasant distraction. Especially now that B&T is going away. 

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    HHN 27 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights 27

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    34 minutes ago, criticalanalysis said:

    I actually think Central Park shouldn't be a scare zone. Just let it be the pumpkins and maybe tombstones with some fog for atmosphere and spend the resources elsewhere. It's never been that great of an area for a scare zone.

    I could get on board for this. Maybe it could be the "safe zone" a few people are always asking for.

     

    While I'm against a "safe zone" at a horror event, I could get behind a place for some downtime...while still being heavily themed.

     

    Maybe even sell some seasonally appropriate foods/drinks at each end of the zone so people can really get in the Halloween spirit (ciders, fritters, etc).

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    HHN 27 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights 27

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    23 minutes ago, ForeverEvil1 said:

    The Devil's Advocate in me says they may have just let Mike take it for one night in order to stir up some excitement and positivity after the sweepstakes incident.

     

    That being said, I hope Marketing at least takes a lesson on how to interact with fans in the future. You don't need a "spooky personality", just talk to them as honestly as you can.

     

    Answer questions that you with all reasons you be able to answer, like the IP / original split question, which there shouldn't be an issue in answering.

     

    No proof, but the tone and style sure sounded a lot like Mike

    HHN 27 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights 27

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    2 minutes ago, Futurion said:

    If we know all the houses, why are we all complaining?  Technically Universal doesn't owe us anything until the end of the month.  At this point I just feel like everyone is whining. 

    I guess because nothing is official until it is official. Lack of announcements (when compared to previous years) indicate the possibility of issues. Issues this late tend to lead to crap houses (ahem...Purge).

     

    So...I guess it's more nerves than anything. At least from my end.

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    HHN 27 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights 27

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    1 hour ago, CNYHHN315 said:

     

    People are letting themsevles down by expecting information before mid august for an october event. Plain and simple

    The event starts in September, and we're actually about three to four announcements down vs previous years

    HHN 27 Speculation

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    13 minutes ago, wow said:

    Vampire/BEK House: Conjuring aesthetics, based on the concept of "a vampire can only come in if you let it". Ifrit hinted it to be about Black Eyed Kids, others have stated it isn't; so expect one of the two concepts

    I don't think Ifrit ever implied it was BEKs. I think that was just (incorrectly) inferred from one of his tweets, and it took on a life of it's own. 

    HHN 27 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights 27

    Posted

    I posted this on Reddit, but I wanted to put it a few other places as well.

     

    Here's my mostly calm view on the situation, and why it was handled terribly.

     

    Take personal feelings and disappointment out of this.

     

    The "soul counter" ended today, and many of us expected something pretty good. Maybe not a full reveal, but something big since it's been going on for a month.

     

    What we actually received was a social media picture frame and a link to a sweepstakes we can enter daily (until September 1st). We'll focus on the sweepstakes, wherein you can win a trip for two to Horror Nights this year. Fun, right?

     

    Here's why it's an absolute garbage fire of an idea:

     

    The overall point of advertising and marketing is to create excitement and demand with the end point being a purchase.

     

    So, what does a sweepstakes do to promote sales? Absolutely. Nothing.

     

    It actually discourages people from purchasing tickets and/or booking a trip.

     

    They drive you to the site (potentially daily). You give them your information (which they probably already have from the Soul Collectors)....and then you wait and hope to win a trip.

     

    Not purchase tickets, add-ons, book a flight, hotel, etc. Because that will all be provided if you win.

     

    So what happens? Remember, we're talking about the general public here. Not the HHN faithful that have had their trip planned for months. Because that's who we can really influence with ads.

     

    Well...they wait until September 1st. Possibly forget completely about entering to win. Then they don't go on the trip they never planned.

     

    Now. Let's assume that maybe someone is still interested in going after almost a month (and then not winning).

     

    They assume since they didn't hear anything, they didn't win. But, that event sounded pretty cool. Let's price out a quick trip...

     

    Tickets are decently priced. Ok. How much for a room?

     

    Oh. Most of Universals on-site hotels are already booked up. Hmmm...guess I'll stay off-site.

     

    That's OK though. How much is a flight? Oh snap! those are some expensive tickets (because it's only two weeks from the start of the event at this point).

     

    Hmmm...maybe we won't go this year, but we'll remember to plan something for next year.

     

    Next year comes...maybe they forget, maybe they don't. But, the end result is no sales for HHN27.

     

    Sorry for the long example, but I wanted to submit an objective review rather than just saying they did a crap job this year.

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