Cramer

My first night, I didn't even realize there was a scarezone there. I had to experience it the second night I came through. I knew that I was missing one somewhere, but couldn't quite pinpoint it, until I was home looking at my map. DOH. It's pretty spooky, and one of the shrieking hags got me, but it's definitely at the bottom of my list this year just because the witches are mostly just walking around....I dunno, could be a lot better.

The one and only thing that I don't like about this zone would be the people who stop in the alley and gawk at the "victim." Right in the middle of the walkway. While I love standing around and enjoying the atmosphere, sometimes I like to just walk through because I'm going somewhere....and these blockers are quite annoying -.-. Is it just me? Lol.

Heh heh, I always think to myself "I'd have a great new facebook status picture if I got a shot of me in that chair..." but then realize that it probably isn't too good of an idea, and make my way on XD. Also, on the keys...wtf? I have a (de-milled, completely safe)30.06 bullet on my keyring, and I've had it for years, and never has a security guard said anything at Universal. Granted, I did have to throw it away once (and of course buy another) when I had to go into a court house, but that's different. I know that I'm beating a dead horse here, but maybe Universal will get the point and get a contract through a security company that's a bit more professional. And I hope it's Wackenhut. I love seeing their revolvers XD.

That's exactly what I'm saying Giant. I was tempted to go to one of the security people to let them know that I just walked in with them, but then envisioned a scenario in which they bully me for "sneaking" it in, and kick me out. Not probable, but possible, and I didn't want to ruin my night. They should have a separate line for people that openly admit they have weapons that they'd like to check, and then check the bowls thoroughly for those who don't admit it...and just have them check in the weapons. Not so hard....and for the love of God, keep it to real weapons...not pins or buttons or nail clippers or something stupid like that -.-. This isn't an airport lol.

Yeah when I smell weed, I get a bit pissed off that ops is doing nothing. When I went in '07 I was walking behind this guy in a kilt who was OBVIOUSLY smoking a blunt, stinking up an extremely crowded Amity. While I'm not particularly against weed, I'm against it in public and in crowded areas because those people could inhale enough to show up on a particularly sensitive piss test...and end up losing a career out of it. As for the smoking areas, they're marked on the map, but I've never seen signs or anything when walking about....just ash trays that kinda hint to it. One or two are right beside a major walkway that isn't easily avoided (The one near B&T rings a bell).

Posted it in the shoutout thread, but I'll post it again here....The storyteller/Cindy combo really got me chilled out! I don't know if it was Kim or the other storyteller, but man...Cindy pops up and surprises me when I thought she was running away and says "Hi! Let's play a game: You can go hide, and I can come and kill you!" and as she turns around to scamper off, I jest "Well, what if you don't find me?" and she responds in the holy crap cutest voice "Oh, I'll find you" smiles and runs off...I grin, turn around and there's the storyteller in my face saying "Oh yes, she'll find you." I was utterly creeped out, and that was one of the best moments of that night.

Awesome! She is revealed. You make this scarezone more epic than it already is! And the shakedown we had with your rattler and my keys the other night was simply amazing! It made my night...hell, it made my week. Can I call you by "Iwa" next time I see you? Lol.

Yes, queue smokers should be shot and stabbed, in no particular order. I'm looking for a place that I can do it away from people who are allergic...and looking to see if there are any particular rules against pipes/cigars (Though as stated, I'd never smoke a cigar in the park, but I wouldn't see why not to smoke a pipe). I honestly would have thrown a fit if an ops didn't take care of a rude guest telling someone to suck it up. I would have at the very least gone out to find a security guard, because that's just simply uncalled for.

So, I felt like riding Jaws...and some drunken idiot is carrying on annoying everybody. Finally one of the staff comes up to him and says "Come with me sir, you're not riding this ride" the guy starts getting extremely defensive as if he's going to attack the staff member saying "Oh, I hope for your sake that you're not serious!" until the staff said "You're right, I'm just kidding." and he walks off....WTF?! Follow through. I was about to clap as he escorted him out, then he chickens out. Of course the guy boasts to his friends how he was going to "lay out" the staff member if he was serious enough to escort him out of the house, and a bunch of tough guy mantra of course. He went on to be loud and drunk on the ride, almost ruining it, but our skipper turned his volume up and was able to be heard over him pretty well.

Thanks to Cindy/Storyteller in Fear Revealed for utterly creeping me the hell out. I was walking through a crowd and thought to myself "eh, guess not much is going to happen this time around" and saw Cindy breeze by me going the other direction. I said her name in a bemused voice, but it didn't seem like she heard me....wrong! Just as I'm approaching the storyteller she pops up next to me with some AWESOME energy and says "Hi! Want to play a game? You can go hide, and I can come and kill you!" I smiled and as she was turning away I jested "What if you don't find me?" She turned around, grinned and said "Oh, I'll find you." and when I turned back around, there's the storyteller in my face saying "Oh yes, she'll find you" in an awesome voice...epic. Had an awesome scare from the pirate in Orfanage. And in Saws n Steam tonight, I had a few green goggles guys talking to me, but I couldn't hear them over the music so I just kept walking. Now I feel kinda rude, but I wanted to hit a few more houses before the park closed. I was standing off to the side earlier in the night when C_D made eye contact with me. He slowly starts walking towards me, trying not to make it obvious, and I smile knowing what's about to come...then another man with a chainsaw walks by, says something to him really quick, and keeps on going....and C_D turns around and goes about his business. Awww. Also, saw a "civilian" with a chainsaw, take it to a little alcove like thing off to the side to work on it apparently. The scareactor that it belonged to began distracting people by raising his cloak up, as another scareactor went in for the kill. I was a bit confused as to what was going on with that....as a staff member went to him, helped him, and they handed the saw back to its owner...and the staff member says "Do you even work here?" o.0 All in all, decent night, everybody was on their A-Game.

I feel the same way. I think I worded my post poorly. I mean, the designated areas don't seem to be marked too well, so it's hard to tell where it's ok and where it isn't...I brought two heavy smokers with me a few nights ago and every time they tried to light up in a scarezone, I'd direct them to a bench that seemed to be a smoking area (but was hard to tell.) They always complained "Look at those guys walking right through with lit cigarettes, and nobody seems to mind them doing it." I still did everything I could to get them to move to a bench or something at least. We wasted a good hour or so put together for their little smoke breaks, wish they coulda just held off.

I remember in previous years many people complaining about smoking in the wrong places and whatnot....well I have yet to find someone smoking in the lines, but there are quite a lot of smokers in the scarezones.. What are the scareactors/ops thoughts on smoking out and about? I personally get a bit peeved about it, but the "official" smoking zones are pretty random and aren't marked very well so it's hard to form an opinion about it. What are the official rules about it? Also, I don't smoke cigarettes. I think that they smell horrible, and taste horrible as well. However, I do smoke a pipe, but I've never taken it into the park for fear of an overzealous security officer accusing me of smoking illegal substances. I smoke tobacco only. What're the rules regarding pipes in the park? On that note, how about cigars? I'd never smoke one in the park, but...y'know, while I'm asking, I figure that it's probably in a similar category. I have a few occasions where I'd love to just whip out my pipe and chill out, watching a scarezone from afar, but I never did for fear of breaking some unwritten rule, or offending a scareactor or security officer. My motto is "The worst they can say is no." Rather get a no from here than a no from a security guard while breaking a rule.

Yeah, I for one was a bit disappointed to not see the Terra Queen. But, then again, I think she had less publicity than Eddie even, so even less people would know who she is. It would make sense though....Jack and Chance, Caretaker and Cindy, Director and Usher (I know that they have no correlation in their stories, but they do kinda go together in their theming, and they seemed to be hanging out near each other), storyteller and Terra Queen, and then Fear and his minions. It'd all fit together perfectly. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20. The zone is still pretty amazing. I may actually spend a bit more time in it next time, usually I speed through because of the crowd but now that I'm nearing visit number 4 I have a bit more time to blow.

I think we're all talking about the same female lol, sure sounds like it to me. One awesome scareactor making us all remember an already awesome zone.

Security is a joke this year. First night I didn't bring my mace or knife, as i remember my dad having a chain on his wallet and them forcing him to remove it back in like 2005...and then my dad decided to be an ass and take his sweet time removing it they let him just go with it lol....The check system is actually working, as I checked in my knife the second night I came, and retrieved it easily. Third night I came I put my knife in the bowl, expecting them to give me the coupon so I could go check it in...they said nothing. I held it up visibly, and put it in my pocket...nothing. Oh, not to mention the pepper spray I've been carrying with me ever since I started traveling on a motorcycle. Absolutely nothing. I complained about it on the survey. I understand that it made it a hell of a lot easier for me to take the knife in, but anybody easily could have snuck one in, and while I don't carry my knife with me for self defense (That's what the mace is for...the knife is a tool for when something on my 30 year old motorcycle inevitably breaks) those people may be...and they may be the type to pull a knife on a scareactor. I shudder at the thought. Also, a lot of the staff is really awful this year. Having an ops lady point her flashlight for me to follow the quite obvious conga line makes me just want to scream "I'm not five lady! I can see those people that are one foot in front of me! I know that I need to follow them!" The guest services lady who SCREAMED at a staff member in front of everyone because he told us we didn't need a coupon for the Florida discount...and then tried arguing with us so we'd pay the full amount. Uh, yeah, NO. We were told over the damn phone that we didn't need a coupon. Anyhow, what got me the worst was the condescending voice to her underling "Just go ahead and sell it to them!" Like it was really that hard to do. Though there are quite a lot of great staff members out there, and EVERY scareactor is awesome this year. The bad staff just make everyone look bad, I'm just happy that the hard feelings from the second to last time I went didn't stick with me (They almost did, but I forced myself to go). I'm still enjoying myself, and I plan to enjoy myself....that's how I get revenge on my antagonisers.

Out of curiosity, is it designed so someone can actually sit on you, or is that just hype from the video? I know that nobody would ever sit on you in the house, though a friend of mine said that a friend of his (Yeah yeah) sat on the bed in Legendary Truth because his legs got tired...y'know...THE bed. He all of a sudden had the urge to walk again XD.

They did a shout-out to the vault and to all of the fans who participated in Legendary Truth and the related games in the past, and pretty much had a great time. The shift change going through the building was awesome. Especially when Eddie snuck up behind some poor unsuspecting girl and growled loudly or barked or something, and she about jumped out of her skin....and the entire room began clapping. When I went up they first told me it was still 21+, then the staff member literally chased me down and told me "Sir! Sir! It's just changed, you can come in now" I was very pleasantly surprised. I really want to keep coming to these, it's very interesting to chat with the creative team and hear about the past that I've "geeked out" over so many times from the people who've created it. Such amazing stuff. And the props were nothing short of amazing.

You guys were phenomenal last night (Thursday the 7th) when I got triple teamed! I shouted you out in the shoutout thread, but you guys deserve it here too! I have no idea who got me (I am horrible with names and faces) but it started off with a huge furry one....lol. Then it kinda moved on to three just taking turns keeping me from going anywhere! I wish that I could have thought up something creative to do, but I was at a loss I was so amused, but yet freaked out at the same time haha. Next time I'll think of sacrificing myself to you (How the hell do I go about doing that?) or take a bottle of water with me, and offer it up in return for my continued ownership of my limbs XD. Awesome job out there guys. For me, this sz is tied number one with Escuelto Mueretes, or however the hell it's spelled.

This zone as improved exponentially from opening night! Awesome scares, and awesome interaction. I had a girl shake her rattle at me, and spur me on to shake my keys at her....and then another joined...and we shook for a good couple of minutes till they threw their arms up and pointed me out! One of the most memorable moments of the event, and puts this zone on the top of my list...tied with Saws n Steam.

Amazing night tonight! I came in a little late to save on parking, and the first thing I did was learn that the VIP lounge was *just* changed to any ages! Yes! Catacombs, nothing out of the ordinary, but still spectacular. Then the fun began....I went through Saws n Steam the first time, and got a point at my vault shirt, and a throat slitting motion. I saluted. Thank you sir! Then in Esqueleto Mueretes (I know I butchered the spelling) I had one of THE BEST experiences I've ever had in HHN! Not the scariest, but the most entertaining! This scarezone is top notch! A few jumps from the new guys in black...then a male skeleton blocking my path. He finally let me by, and a female came up with this skull rattler and kept shaking it and shaking it, and start backing me up to the curb...and just wouldn't stop. So I decided to take out my keys, and started shaking them at her....and we shook...and shook...and SHOOK! Then another scareactor joined in and we had a competition to shake the hardest apparently, and eventually she threw up her arms, and pointed me out! EPIC! Then up to the VIP lounge, I had a blast with the VIP stuff...and later I learned that the cast change occurs through that building. First Jack comes in. He stands next to me as I'm watching the discussion, and I'm holding a cup of water. He moves in and starts caressing the case that I'm leaning on....I back up nervously and drop my cup. "That wasn't me, that was this guy!" he shouts. Heh. Eddie comes in and scares the CRAP out of this girl by growling loudly, making everyone in the room clap. Chance comes in and creeps everyone out. The caretaker is all snippy with his scissors, the usher is telling everyone to shush, and the director just kinda walks by haha. Shout out to all of them. Then the next change occurs....usher 2 comes and sits with the crowd. Then says in the trademark voice "I'm watching ALL of you" and walks out. Another Jack comes in and makes a funny joke..then the rest just kinda shuffle. Oh, and I'm definitely not done yet. I decide from there to go to Zombiegeddon, but to take the "shortcut" through Saws N Steam again....haha this is another awesome never-forget moment. First a big furry guy comes up and is chaining at my legs...saying something about forfeiting my body for their world XD then he blocks me...and a friend joins in, and they're both hacking and slashing at me! And then a THIRD friend joins! And each took turns keeping me at bay for a good five to ten minutes! Finally I was able to sneak past haha. Another epic moment, from another epic scarezone! I finally made it to Zombie. Great work, and a shoutout to the Zombie who ran out to the exiting queue to point at my shirt. I gave you a salute . Then I realized that there were two minutes left, and I walked extremely briskly towards The Orfanage. One of the zombies in Zombie Gras just wasn't having it, and matched my pace, then blocked me off...backed off, and pointed at my shirt. I grinned, stood at attention and saluted him, and he cocked his head like I was stupid. Then walked away....shoutout to him for keeping the already humongous smile on my face going. After that I was the very last through Orfanage...great scares, but no particular shoutouts. And Cindy at the end was gone . Epic night! Epic scareactors! I thought at first that this year was going to be so-so. I was definitely wrong! Keep these things coming, guys! I entered the park in a bad mood with a headache, and here two hours after it ended I'm smiling and feeling so awake that I can't even sleep. Awesome!

This! When I went on the 30th there were people driving in the walkway, it was a catastrophe....we were driving to our parking spot, and there's a friggin SUV on the right hand side trying to pass us. Really?! Are you really that impatient that you MUST pass someone in a parking garage to get to a parking spot before them? We ended up matching their speed (please note, that I was not driving lol) so they couldn't pass us, and then taking a pretty nice parking spot before they did. We hopped out of the car and walked briskly to avoid a confrontation from a road rage addled idiot, which we get a lot of here in Florida. I didn't even think about it until you mentioned it, since I went straight into the event afterwards and forgot about all of my worries.

Last time I went, I think it was in the Psychoscareapy house, there was a very tall black ops guy right next to a doorway, leaning against a wall. He was wearing complete black, and could not see him....so naturally, I stomped on his toe when rounding the corner. Oops. I turn around immediately to apologize, but the guy is a friggin wall....looking back towards the guests coming through, earplugs in his ears, and doesn't even flinch. That weirded me out a bit. Still, he's an idiot for standing right in the walkway. Anyhow, I had a horrible experience right before going into the even this past Thursday, that stuck with me for the rest of the event and in my opinion lowered the quality. I posted an entire thread about it in the other forum, but didn't realize this thread was here. I'll retype it....be warned, it's hard for me to condense this. I'm still pissed about it. Previous Thursday, 9-30-10, I stopped by a friend's house before going to HHN. My two friends that were there expressed interest in going, but said that they can't afford 70 dollar tickets. I told them that they're only 40 with the burger king discount....and I called in the ticket office about the BK discount. They told me "All you have to do is mention it to the person selling your ticket, and you'll be fine." I said "Are you sure now? I can stop by BK on the way up there, but we don't want to get caught without enough money." she said "Yes, you'll be fine. Just mention it to the ticket person." Ok, I thought, cool. We show up, and sure enough the ticket person says "Sorry, I can't do that..." then tries selling them frequent fear passes. I politely push my friend aside, and say "Excuse me ma'am, but I was told over the phone that we just need to mention the discount and we get it. We are Florida residents, and we all have our IDs." She calls over her lead, who again tells me "No, we can't do that. There's a Burger King in City Walk, go get the coupon there." Ok, so the lady on the phone lied to me. No biggy. Go to BK, and sure enough, THEY DON'T GIVE THE COUPONS. Ok, now I'm pissed. So the ticket lady over the phone lied to me...and the ticket lady in the booth lied to me. I storm over to guest services, and the kind gentleman at the beginning of the line asked me what my problem was before allowing me to go into the line. He told me "Oh, you just got a really crabby ticket person. I apologize for that. We don't need your empty coke cans or coupons, they're just trash and get thrown away anyhow. Go ahead and wait in line, and they'll take care of you." Ok, wait in line, get to the guest services person and...guess what? "We can't do that without a coupon or coke can, sir." Really? So she calls her manager...lady by the name of "Jackie" who is extremely crabby herself. "You may be Florida residents, but we NEED the coupon or coke can to give you the discount." "Ma'am, no we do not. I was told by TWO people that I do not." "WHO?!" uh oh. "That guy over there at the line, for one." so he comes up, being very kind...and she starts bitching at him. "WHY ARE YOU TELLING THESE GUESTS THESE THINGS?!?!" and he retorts "We don't need their trash ma'am, they're Florida residents just like the rest." she continues to scream at him, then screams at the lady who was taking care of us "Just go ahead and sell them the tickets! And you, sir, I'll see you around back." So the kind guy was apparently in trouble. As he's walking around, I catch him and say "Sir, I apologize if we got you in trouble." he says "It's ok, I'm just trying to do my job to keep the guests happy. Besides, we don't need your trash to give you the discount." I'm still taken aghast by this horrible service from the park that usually gives me awesome services. Had I known that this was going to happen, I would have taken down everyone's name, but the only name I remember is that Jackie lady who I think was from NY (on her nametag) who was a total bitch. The nice gentleman, all I remember about him was a mole on his left eyebrow...heh.

Back in the days that I was afraid to go by myself, I brought a friend with me who had a horrible case of ADD. This was during HHN 16 I believe. He would chase the scareactors into their booholes, point the scares out to me, scream at them that they weren't scary and I remember once in the all night die in house, a scareactor covering their self with a curtain or blanket or something, and he went and pulled it off of them. I apologized profusely to every scareactor they he messed with, and never took him with me again. The thing was, I went with him to HOS the year before with no issue, so I was stumped. I'm still a bit embarrassed about that to this day.

Oh hells yeah...glad I didn't watch that before going in, it spoiled most of it lol.....still pretty epic. I would love to be able to look through those props for a few hours, but can't afford the UTH tour.

Let's see if this'll work...... I have some good pics of me, but not too many in my "natural habitat" of HHN. Here's me last year with the usher And here's me this year with my friggin' eyes closed and...every other pic of me has my eyes closed from this year. Lovely. I figure that that one is the best. Person on the left (my right) is "just a friend." Person on the right (my left) is another good friend....and she got cut out of the picture pretty hardcore...lol. I'll most likely be going with other people, if not alone, so if you do see them again it may not be with me....and you have my permission to mess them up XD. Feel free to do whatever the hell you want to me. I won't sue. I promise.