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Jakemeister

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  1. More fun facts please. :-)

    The Terra Queen was supposed to be the official icon of 2005 but marketing opted for The Story Teller.

    A decent amount of the props seen in the Saw maze were actually donated to Universal Orlando by Lionsgate

    In 2007 in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre there were initially many more chainsaws but were scaled back to electrical difficulties.

    Opening night of Screamhouse: Resurrection had Caretaker minions asking guess if they had seen Cindy (Caine) but the reference was lost and later dropped.

    ScareTales 3 was originally intended to be used in 2006.

    As far as shows go, anything that eats the crowd is fine by me. I don't care if it's RHPS or not. I watched Penny once last year and it was fairly forgettable, but 2 shows and an actual lagoon show with showtimes could make a difference in crowds.

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  2. I like the sound of that. I think the change in environment and greater volume of scareactors that a scarezone provides is necessary to create a more intense atmosphere. If the whole park were just woods I feel like I'd just get used to it y'know?

    Like last year, I was expecting to run into random hordes so it stopped being scary. The change in environment that you get with a scarezone takes you out of your comfort zone and reminds you that everything is still out to get you - I love that feeling, walking into a scarezone, knowing someone is gonna get me before I walk out of it.

    I love the overarching theme of woodland, it's totally creepy and I think that veritas is completely right- there is a lot you could do with it. I'd love to see scarezones as clearings featuring the various nasty things that one could come across in the dark forest.... awesome :)

    .....i'm gonna go think of all the horrible things that could be lurking in the woods...possibilities are endless

    I personally expect to see a mix. 3 or 4 hordes and 2 or 3 scarezones. Would make a nice mix and if the hordes are done in a fashion like last year could really intensify the event overall.

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  3. So Goth pretty much alluded to the 24th being our update day. But which site?

    That's a bit late to get our "teaser" but then again last year's teaser revealed little more than a font and the site is already pretty generic right now. (oh for a mirror, a hand, a lantern, a movie theater facade, a carnival, a bunch or drawers... or anything different than last year.)

    But will we see our customary theme change this week?

    Now the Lgenday Truth site is up as it no longer directs to HHN... But it's 403 right now.

    Will Legendary truth go live the 24th? My guess would be yes.

    When we got our first real update in 2011 it revealed a lot and it was even later than this update. I think 2007 handled updates the best. We got them early and frequently after that. I wish we'd have another website like that, but I'll take what I can get.

  4. Honestly, the best way to show a business you're not pleased anymore is to A. Quit using their service. B. Tell them you quit using their service. They read that sort of thing. Knowing the life of an HHN Forum Reader, I'm sure everyone will just complain heavily about the event all the way up until it opening and then it will be the best year everyone has ever seen just like last year, and the year before that. Until Nov. 1st when they start complaining again.

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  5. 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.

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  6. That I can agree with, alteast marginally. The houses last year were definitely grand and there were obvious improvements that could have been done with the 2 main I.P. houses. My guess is that with such popular I.P.'s that their companies did not allow as much creative license. It is quite obvious that AMC did not allow Universal to have face characters in the house, only walkers. So that hurt it, and I'm guessing Konami only allowed certain characters in the house as well.

    I think that is why in the past, they have used their own films for promotional houses, save for 2009 and 2007. In those cases, I think they were given much more creative license. Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Chucky all had fairly independent story lines from their films. Saw, was a "best of" house, but it worked well with what they did.

    All of my large complaints with 2007, 2010, 2011, and 2012 deal directly with how I felt outside of houses. I almost feel guilty for including 2007, just because of how much they actually did end up doing that year with the event and atleast in 2010 they have the huge Fear Revealed and 20 Years that blended together.

  7. This. one-hundres-and-fifty-thousand times this.

    If the day park gets better, everything else will be better. Potter did nothing but amazing things for Universal. I wish more people realized this.

    Potter took a park that was in limbo and made it more than attractive to buyers. Universal is scaring Busch, and Disney is so disconnected from their audience that they don't even realize how well Universal is doing. Potter and Comcast are some of the best things that have happened to UOR, and if you're just an HHN fan you might not have a grasp of all the projects Comcast has in store for Universal, but all you have to do is look and you'll see how hard this company wants to play.

    Am I a little disenfranchised and jaded? Definitely. Do they have a better reason than in 2010? More than definitely. Do I still try to make an effort to visit other haunts so I will appreciate HHN? Of course. There were however mediocre years pre-Potter and Comcast too, and I think they had much less of an excuse in 2007 than they do now.

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  8. While I think this is a good point, I think it neglects to consider the sheer level of productivity, both from an operational and output level, that Universal must contend with. Netherworld may have a stronger haunt, but it has a smaller space, and a single attraction to deal with. And I'd be surprised if their traffic is anywhere near what HHN sees (although I'm sure it's quite impressive). Netherworld and its ilk are the exceptions though, not the rule. Whenever you see a special haunt documentary, or anything about the top of the line haunts, it's always the same 6 haunts (Darkness, Netherworld, Headless Horseman Hayrides, etc...).

    But they aren't indicative of your average haunt. Far from it, in fact. As I said, the vast majority of haunts use the same tricks and tactics, and aren't all that impressive (I've been to a fair number of them, both seasonal and year-round). And they have the benefit of smaller scale and scope, so they can be more focused. I can't say definitively, as I haven't been there, but I have to imagine that not a whole lot changes from year to year in terms of content. HHN, on the other hand is 95% new each year, with generally only some repeats of props or costumes. I think it's very unfair to come down on HHN for some of this stuff, when the park is not a dedicated haunt attraction, and has to look at much higher volumes, along with the constraints of putting things up and breaking them back down easily and quickly. I'm sure the budget for HHN is not what it is for the top haunts, percentage wise. Or at least, it can't be allocated the same way the top haunts in the country allocate theirs.

    Oh, I'm right there with you. I think if any year has an excuse to take a bit of a hit it is this one. From a fan perspective I can understand that with the company merger and all the projects going on around the park that HHN is going to take a hit this year. I think it'll even take a hit next year with Wizarding Phase 2 and Springfield Project. The issue is that people are consumers and that as a consumer you don't care about Universal have a better day experience. I do however though, and I'll take 3 or so bad HHN years for Transformers, Springfield, Wizarding Phase 2, and the other refurbs across the resort. I was the first person to say it, and I'll say it again. For a better day in the park, HHN can take the hit.

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  9. I can understand mild disenfranchisement with HHN22. It felt like a step back from it's predecessors, as did HHNXX. When people are really jaded towards the event it is typically because they know and have seen or seen footage of haunts on smaller budgets doing a lot more. Universal is a corporate ran event, and it is easy for people to find it lackluster when Netherworld is only 6 hours away and is blowing it out of the water in terms of tech.

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  10. Shoutout to Miguel-The Warrior for giving me the best damn scare I have gotten this year.

    Shoutout to Elf-The Prisoner for 2nd best scare I've gotten in the streets.

    Alice Cooper around 11:15, you guys gave me the best run I've had through that house all year. Not sure why you were so on point but you were. If I had only had that run and not the mediocre ones your house would be viewed in a different light by me.

    Thanks to my Elvis friend as well!

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