This will be my first HHN. As an outsider, I am excited to see what the hype is about. As a person who shelled out a considerable sum for flight tickets (coming from Canada), passes, RIP passes, I want to buy souvenirs, hotel nights etc, for two people, I do find this model of ‘just trust us’ is a bit lacking. Our modern world doesn’t really work that way.
I find the tweets from the official HHN feed to be trite. I find the hurry up and wait frustrating. My wife told me that my best friend (who I am going with) and I should go annually to HHN, but frankly, I can’t take this sort of frustration annually. This event is supposed to be a source of fun. Entertainment. Stress relief. I am finding the opposite to be the case from the way this has been handled. This is my view as a newbie and an outsider of sorts. I can’t imagine the frustrations felt by others who have seen the marketing campaign handled in a more forthright manner in the past. I can hear the polite frustrations being expressed on boards like this, but I suspect they are more close to the surface than is being let on. I am invested so I wait for the news, but honestly, if I had not already paid for stuff, I probably would just pack up my bat and ball and stay home.