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    Halloween Horror Nights 30 Speculation

    in Halloween Horror Nights 30

    Posted · Edited by ultimateforce

    Monday the standby line for Bride went along the edge of the Plaza of the Stars straight into the sound stage. Zero stopping or waiting to get in. For Fairy it went from the Tribute Store, around the corner and straight in to the stage. 10 minute wait for express pass holders to filter in. As far as I can tell express is only for premiere pass holders. The HHN hype is dead for the general park guests. I saw people come to the line and turn around the second they heard it wasn't a house. I saw one group of people walk all the way to the end of the line, look in the house, and turn around to leave. Didn't even want to try it. Even the Tribute Store was dead and empty most of the day. The Skeleton Bar had ZERO people in it. 

     

    Edit: This was 2-5pm Monday on a holiday weekend. 

     

     

    The lighting and cast improvements for the houses are outstanding and with the pulsing these are the best HHN houses I've never experienced. I'm really afraid this is going to put the brakes on further HHN events, but I am wildly speculating here. 

    Revenge of the Tooth Fairy

    in Haunted Houses

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    Disclaimer: I am going to write this review as spoiler-free as I think is possible to properly explain the house. If you don't want to read anything before entering for yourself maybe skip this one for now.  I went through this house back-to-back twice before writing this and waited a week to record my thoughts here.

     

    This is a classic, return to form, HHN house. Lots of tight, winding spaces with pinball scares. Plenty of fake outs and misdirection. When compared to the lineup of HHN 29 this could be in the top five of most people's list. The Victorian house theme and monsters design fit well with what the HHN team can create and do well. I think this is a stark contrast to the monster design of Depths of Fear of which I found more comical than scary. This house had an excellent smell factor that every great HHN house has too!

     

    The Covid precautions took little away from the scares, in my opinion, and I consider this a must-do house if you have the chance. 

     

    1 - bad
    5 - average for a HHN house

    10 - best of the best

     

    Overall score: 8
    I noticed some scares that were either removed due to Covid concerns or not staffed when I was visiting. This house suffers greatly from not having 'SIF' scene transitions. One scene in general obviously was missing a divider and I think would make a great addition for a do-over next year.

    Use of theme potential: 10

    I couldn't think of any ideas to expand on the lore or theme when thought about later. Completely nailed it.

     

    Visuals / Audio / Smell: 8

    In my opinion this house was still a little too brightly lit, but a lot of opening week houses suffer from this too. 

     

    Should this house return next year: YES

    Should there be a sequel to this house in the future: YES

     

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