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No clickable features aside from the normal ones. When I clicked on The Shining link on the side, it asked me if I wanted to take a survey about the website/event so I did. On the "other comments" section I wrote about how this whole "no announcements" game is getting really old and needs to stop. Not that they'll actually listen and do something, but it's better than nothing.

As soon as I read this my brain came up with "They had to wait and so do you". The icons had to wait for their time, therefore we have to wait for announcements. Biggest reach award goes to me!

Which fraternity are you in? Throw what you know, Critical.

Dude your preferences are confusing AF. Have you been around fraternity brothers lately? It would be like if the Purge kids from the first movie grew fangs and were more rowdy and drunk. No thank you. Anyways, ForeverEvil1 is probably right, they probably wanted to wait until everything the Pulse memorial has settled down to announce anything.

Omg please no. Regular fraternity brothers are scary enough (no offense to any fraternity brothers on here), we don't need a whole house full them dressed as vampires. When the greaser vampires hit on the girls last year, it was cute and fun. Vampire fraternity brothers, not so much. Plus, I can only imagine their maze being a shit show and smelling like stale beer.

Damn I was so ready for disco vampires

Ok but they'll always be able to get away with this because no matter how many returning guests there are, there will be more guests who have never experienced HHN and may possibly never experience it again. It sucks, but that's one of the main differences between a theme park haunt and a good ol' homemade haunt.

Stilt walkers will probably be in the Day of the Dead scarezone. I remember during 25 they had candy skull stiltwalkers in the Icon scarezone. They were fun so I'll be excited to see them back.

Give me ALL the jack o lanterns in Central Park! Just from the speculation, this year is giving me some good classic Halloween vibes and I'm loving it so much. The new horror is great and all, but classic Halloween just feels so nostalgic and wonderful. I might need to throw some bite sized candy bars in my bag to snack on during the event.

Ok but Vamp 74 sounds like it would be so much fun. I'm down for that.

I understand this too. I work in special events and so I get a feel for some of the reasoning behind why they do and don't do certain things. I'd say probably 80% of the time they make a decision that gets bad criticism, they aren't doing it because they're stupid they're doing it either because they have to for logistics or because that's what will work best to achieve their goal. The other 20% of the time probably is just poor decision making/not listening to the masses. Everything is placed and done for a reason and it's easy to get huffy about it when you don't understand why.

I'm still really hoping for a year of Cindy/Caretaker but the Day of the Dead doesn't seem to far off. This is a major stretch, but maybe the Caretaker makes a deal with Lady Death to bring back Cindy and with Cindy comes the entire land of the dead. But then that would mean A&D would have to give us 3 icons and we all know that won't happen considering they have a hard enough time with 1 icon.

It's definitely still possible to experience the house with no one in front of you. You just have to hold back a bit from the conga line. The best is when you can time it so there's no one in front of you OR behind you. I went through Krampus and Chance's house a few times like that and it was so much fun!

I think there were copyright issues with Mary (please correct me if I'm wrong!). I would LOVE to see Bloody Mary come back but I don't think she ever will.

Plot twist: Cindy is Lady Luck. How ridiculous would that be.

Here's my thinking with the repeat houses/zones: I don't think HHN really became as super popular as it is until a few years so for many of the new fans, myself included, it is exciting to see houses such as Saw coming back as they weren't able to experience it the first time around. A lot of you guys on here have been going to HHN for years and years, but for us new babies it will be nice to see some of the houses we missed out on in the past. I would speculate that HHN probably gets more guests that are new to the event than ones that have been making the pilgrimage every year for 5+ years. They need to keep it fresh. As for AoV, I will be so excited if that comes back. I really enjoyed how they included Shadybrook in their performance and it wasn't just straight dancing like Jabbawockeez. I know there's a lot of unpopular opinion about this, but I think they're party atmosphere was a good highlight.

Ehhhhh I don't know about a Wicca scarezone. Even though it's not as common as others, it's still a religion that is practiced by people and making a scarezone out of it just seems....wrong? Like, yeah Wiccan practice includes a lot of stereotypical "Halloween" things, but it just doesn't seem right. Then again, they did make a voodoo scarezone. I just wish they would drop the lineup already, scarezones and all. The suspense is killing me!

I mean this in the nicest way, but if you dislike the event so much, why do you keep going? Anyways, if they do have a BH mashup house, how do you think they'll do it? I'm thinking it might be like Monsters and Mayhem where each room is something different but even then, I don't see how that could work with the properties that BH has. Also, does anyone know (or think they know) which version of Evil Dead will be used?

I've always found that if you do Stay and Scream, to wait in the Springfield area. Every time I've done that I've been able to hit up 4 of the houses within the first hour and then I don't feel as rushed the rest of the night. Once the map comes out, try to make a game plan to best utilize your time. Also, do the houses closest to Bill and Ted WHILE the show is going on. It's a mess if you hit those houses once the show gets out. Lastly, I like to walk through the scarezones as much as I can because you notice something different every time. Have fun, friend! You're in for a great time!

Anyone else cringing at the thought of a Shelley Duvall scare actor all over the house? I don't know, I'm not super pumped about this house. I'm really hoping they don't pull a FvJ with the elevator scene. I'm also calling it now that the scene with the dog in the bedroom will be in there but they're going to do it like how they did Drilldo in the AHS last year; blink and you miss it.

I think, if done properly, Cindy could be a great icon. My only concern is it possibly being too similar to Chance too soon. Having Cindy's "playthings" just seems too familiar of a theme, after Chance's "minions". Maybe that's just me though since I did actually play with some of her minions in her scarezone last year on slower nights. I would love to hear everyone else's opinions. I would prefer to see this year given to Eddie or the Caretaker, and then maybe give next year to Cindy. Give the long lost icons their moment in the spotlight before possibly bringing them back for 30.

Can't tell if you're mocking or agreeing. Like I said, if I was incorrect about HHN having book based haunts, please correct me. But as far as the Shining goes, if it's going to be made it's going to be Kubrick's version, as much as that sucks.

I don't think they'll ever do a house based solely off of a book. As amazing as that would be, you have to remember they're trying to appeal to the masses. True horror fans may be stoked to see King's name attached to it, but the new clientele that they're trying to pull in (the people who treat it as one big party) aren't going to be attracted to a book based haunt. If the Shining does come (which is looks like there's a great chance that it is), it will never be King's version. But please correct me if I'm wrong with the book haunt idea. I'm simply looking at it from a marketing and events standpoint.