Despite us "hating" it, Universal realized that IP's sold tickets and that people hated the marketing. I think it's inevitable we'll see a large IP come to the event, but it will be marketed differently.
People had mixed emotions on hordes, some found them scarier, others found them less so. Hordes however worked, I think we'll see 3 hordes and 3 scarezones this year.
Seven houses probably won't happen this year, I think people were too pissed off about that one. I'm expecting house 8 to come back.
Universal spent a lot of money on the technology for the lagoon, I expect something to return there. I hope they actually put showtimes in the guide though.
Construction won't be as bad, atleast there won't be light bleeding in NY.