Cooger and Dark

Did anyone else get the 'What people are saying about HHN 24' email? Based upon this quote included in the email: "Halloween and The Walking Dead houses were my favorite. I cried and screamed in both lol. Loved it!!" and the fact that they have questions about TWD returning on their survey, I would guess we will get another year of TWD.

We became such good friends with some people in front of us in line that we all hung out for the rest of the night and met up at The Magic Kingdom a few days later to go on some rides and have lunch.

Halloween, AVP, and TWD all get long waits early so the sooner you can get at least two of them done, the better. If you are going to be in the park and in a holding area, then go AVP, Dollhouse of the Damned, and then wait for Halloween to open up. After Halloween, Giggles and Gore is your best bet. Dracula can hold a long wait, but I never saw FDTD over 40 minutes. Roanoke is a wild card, but it never seemed to climb higher than an hour. Save TWD for last, not because it is the best but because the lines are stupid all night. If you are not going to be in the park, be at the gates at least an hour early to make sure you are one of the first ones in. At that point, you can either follow the above pattern or just go straight to Dollhouse and proceed from there.

My wife and I both took the surveys last year and pointed out that the shirt she most wanted was AWIL and they did not sell it.

Guys, those are obviously being saved...for next year...

Yeah, pretty much. If only there were some central face of the event that could unite all these things together. Some person they could use to "Prop" up all this advertising and serve as a sort of "Master" of ceremonies. Too bad that will never happen. All in all, the merch looks ehh, but I am happy that they are making a house shirt that does not have TWD and my wife is happy that she might get her AWIL shirt.

Or, to make the easter egg easier, The Dollhouse of the Damned.

Maybe the odds are good. After all, Chucky has not been seen in Orlando since the 2010 20 Years of Fear SZ.

I am just glad TWD is not all over the house shirt this year!

Yeah that was a reach. Maybe the Bill and Ted character list?

The only things I can think of are merchandise being out and maybe announcing a 'bonus' clown scarezone.

Well, that's one less show I have to bother with this year. We have a first timer attending with us this year so I had sort of resigned myself to the fact that I would be seeing RHPS again (even though I really did not want to) but I know he would not be happy with how this is being handled. It looks like it's time to get a new tribute show... Off the top of my head: Little Shop of Horrors, Repo the Genetic Opera, The Devil's Carnival, Toxic Avenger: The Musical, or Evil Dead: The Musical (the last two are real, look them up). DO IT, UNIVERSAL, DO IT NOW!

When we were talking about whether or not the Alien house was even happening, there was a lot of talk about how it would not be a financially feasible house to build. There was a suggestion by me and others that it could be done within a budget by reskinning the wolf puppets. So it was not so much a rumor, as just guessing to make things fit. From what I was told a while ago, Orlando shipped the wolf puppets to Hollywood and the Alien puppets are all new.

Honestly, I have never gotten an express pass since I have started attending in 2009 and I have ALWAYS been able to get through every house in one night and (depending on how busy the night is) repeat a couple of houses. That being said, I do waste time in lines, but that's what spouses/friends are for. I usually attend multiple nights and divide the rides/shows/scarezones between the nights so that I can see everything. I guess it all comes down to which do you hate more: spending extra money or waiting longer than 20 minutes?

Interesting. It would be cool if it were a bit like Nightmaze in that regard but instead of just plain black walls they moved around giant mirrors or maybe dummy dancers.

Yes, just call customer services and they will just have you pay the difference. I have had to do this this year, so I know it is possible.

Should we assume that the surprise at the end is what "Separates this house from all the other houses this year"?

I do not know if you are doing the AP party or what time you are arriving at the park, but be warned that both nights you are going have an AP party so the Parade building and tent houses will not be open to the GP until 6:30.

Based upon the map, I think they learned their lesson on that one. I am curious if the new setup will alleviate the cluster that was CitW last year. Do we know anything about cast times or which HNN members are cast in which houses yet? If I missed this discussion/topic, I apologize.

I know, but the thing is, they list that TWD and FDTD will exit in the exact same place, and yet they have different exiting places listed for D:U and AvP. It confuses me because, unless I am mistaken, they are exiting in the exact same area.

After looking at the map I have two questions: 1. Why does it seem like Dracula and AvP are exiting in the same place and yet listing them as exiting in slightly different areas? 2. Given that we now know the queue entrances, what house do you think Stay and Scream will be?

That picture is from Hollywood...

I cannot wait until RTU is over so we can see how they set up the SS queues this year!

Hahaha! Oh, man, I forgot about that argument entirely. Switching gears, how much of this house do we think will take place inside the fort and how much in the woods?

Your best bet is to pick a side (SS or Tents) and clear that side completely without using your Express Passes. Which you choose is based entirely on preference. Since you have multiple nights you could try out both ways and work off of that. If I had to guess, the three big draw houses this year are going to be TWD, AvP, and Halloween so take that as you will.