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Well-written review, appreciate your take!
Worth pointing out that the Monsters praise isn't limited to this/other "hardcore" forums. It's scoring EXTREMELY well.
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2 hours ago, zombieman said:
Thank you for that information! For what night were you buying tickets?
Last night (Thursday) was not very busy, and I saw that at 10PM they were selling "After 11PM" Express passes in the park. I did not stick around to check the price.
The $100 upgrade came from whose who mentioned it. Looks like it's been lowered drastically in the past 24 hours - going into a weekend!
RIP passes are now cheaper than two weeks ago. They used to top out at $419. Now $399.
I just went to the site and experimented with several dates:
10/5 (Friday) = $199 Express + $50 Unlimited Upgrade. RIP $379
10/6 (Saturday) = $229 Express + $50 Unlimited Upgrade. RIP $399
10/7 (Sunday) = $189 Express + $50 Unlimited Upgrade. RIP $349
10/20 (Saturday) = $199 Express + $60 Unlimited Upgrade. RIP $399 (this will be about the busiest night of the season)
Remember, in Hollywood Express includes park admission.
Something to note here, in addition to the lowered Ultimate upgrade and lowered RIP. Not a single night is sold out at this point.
I've been tracking HHN since forever and by now the most popular nights would have been sold out.
Last night was not busy at all. In past years, a FFP Thursday would have been jammed. Stranger Things was 20-25 min all night. It is not sustaining the hype. Purge and Halloween 4 seem to be the consistently long waits. The first weekend was a madhouse with ST having three hour waits. It appears to me that attendance is down this year. Maybe they are paying the price of how bad 2017 was?
I don't recall seeing prices EVER drop across the board early into October
Methinks you're on to something.
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41 minutes ago, zombieman said:
I remember when they had the entrances to the "Purge Tent" and "Poltergeist Tent" side by side. Not this year, obviously. I don't know if those locations have official names, so that's what I call them. Yeah, you'd think they would have the Blumhouse sign face the zone exit, but nope.
I'm almost wondering if this was a deliberate choice. Universal/Blumhouse would likely prefer to promote Purge versus Unfriended/Truth or Dare, and the Purge tent slot (there aren't really any official/useful names) has always seen the lowest traffic of any of the Metro slots. Maybe this shows just how pivotal an entrance sign location can be...
Similarly, I feel Trick r Treat is suffering from its entrance. Stranger Things has the projection on the Transformers building and the prominent sign as you reach Transformers. Trick r Treat can only be seen if you're headed to Metro and is extremely inconvenient to access if you're leaving Metro (you have to go all the way around). Other than Blumhouse, it's reliably had the shortest waits of the night...
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13 minutes ago, zombieman said:
They do have the entrance sign closer to the exit of Holidayz in Hell than I remember. So it's the first thing people see as they exit the zone. And you don't really see Blumhouse until you're leaving Metro. Othwerwise, I got nothing. I mean, in my opinion, this is the best Purge house so far, counting both coasts, but I don't go out of my way for the Purge, so, yeah, I don't get it.
Oh, that's interesting... didn't realize they moved up the entrance sign. Previously the AHS slot has been far more prominent/the most "obvious" maze exiting the zone, so it would make sense that people naturally flow into Purge, the exit of which leads to Poltergeist, then filter into Blumhouse on their way back.
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2 hours ago, zombieman said:
I was going to go yesterday (Thursday 9/27), but couldn't get out of work in time for the free parking.
I tracked the wait times through the night using the app, and the place was a ghost town!
7PM - 5-10 minute wait for everything
Through 8:30 - 20 min H4, 15 min Monsters; otherwise 5-10 for everything
From 10PM onward it was really weird. It was as if there was a roaming hoard moving from house to house. Everything was 5-10 except where the roaming hoard went, it would be 45 min.
So you would see Purge go to 45 min for about 20 min, then drop to 5 min, and Poltergeist would go to 45 min, then drop to 5 min, then Blumhouse go to 45 min. But everything else 5-10 min.
Then at the end of the evening, H4 spiked as everyone was leaving.
Would have been a hell of a night to go. I think 10/4 and 11/1 may be the last nights like that.
I have no idea why (other than the IP is hot, I guess?), but First Purge has been consistently outperforming Poltergeist and Blumhouse on the Metro... regularly commands a 40+ minute wait when the rest of the park is dead (and, based on my glances, seems like it's an accurate estimate).
Last night was definitely weird, though, with that heavy onslaught of each maze that quickly dissipated. Was strange seeing Stranger at a 10 minute wait most of the night. Seems like ticket sales may be a bit soft...
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13 minutes ago, zombieman said:
In Orlando there is a Demi that pops out of an irregularly shaped hole about 2/3 of the way through on the left. The face moves form partially open to fully open. I saw it four times. I hear what you are saying, but if the face was fully open, it would not make it through the hole. I was so amazed by this effect that I paid close attention on two walkthrus. I wanted to see if the flaps were attached to black fabric that made it appear to open as the actor's face pushes through the hole. I did not see any evidence of this. And when I went through the UTH tour, the hole was just a hole. The guide said there were three costume variations of the Demi - one closed, one articulated, and the rest open.
I'm not doubting what you have seen, Fallow, but I'm not doubting what I saw four times. If it's not a mechanical effect, then it's a damn nice artifact of motion.
In any event, one of the Demis in Orlando is much cooler than the others.
To be clear, I'm referring exclusively to Hollywood. Orlando has some puppeted and I think one costume capable of doing the mouth open/shut. None of that ever made it to Hollywood, for whatever reason.
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Um... going to step in here and say that there is no Demagorgon capable of opening and shutting its mouth deliberately.
This may have been an intended effect/feature of the costume at one point, but it did not make it to the finished product, for any of the costumes.
I say this with 110% confidence. Any "opening and closing" you're seeing is the flaps of the costume moving unintentionally as the performer does an abrupt or severe movement.
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I'd agree Skeletor looks a little "off" (I think it's his facial expression) and The Girl looks a little too corny.
Everything else looks pretty rock solid. Really impressed with the Monsters masks, especially.
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1 minute ago, zombieman said:
My daughter and I were in line and the people in the group in front of us had RIP lanyards. one of the characters at the lab entrance handed each member of that group a flashlight. At the last room, they showed the flashlights to another character and they were led off into a side room. When we exited the house, we hung around and saw them come out a few minutes later. The exit they came out of was easily the size of an entire house room.
So what do you think we were seeing?
No idea, but I guarantee it wasn't an extra room. It doesn't exist.
My only guess is you thought you saw RIP lanyards that were actually staff lanyards (from a distance they look similar) and a lab goon handed them a non-working flashlight to be replaced. No idea who you're referring to in the "last room" - that's the blackout space with the final two Demagorgons - but if it was another lab goon, chances are they were examining the flashlights, which are having issues. Lab goons physically do not have enough flashlights to hand out to every member of a group and are certainly not equipped to take on that sort of additional task work (they can barely see faces, much less whether or not someone is wearing an RIP lanyard). The alternate exit you saw could either be the initial forest or the Hawkins lab entrance, both of which run parallel to the maze entrance/exit.
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3 hours ago, zombieman said:
Can you describe the "special room" at the end of the stranger things house that is only for RIP?
This isn't a thing. I'm not sure what you thought you saw, but there are no hidden/VIP rooms contained in the Stranger Things maze.
There are special Stranger Things photo ops at the lounge - I believe it's the bikes, a Demagorgon sculpt (same one used in the school hall scrim effect), and the Christmas lights.
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47 minutes ago, AsapHorror said:
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16 minutes ago, MysteriousStage said:
Hey guys! I got an AWESOME role that I can’t WAIT to do! However it says I am a swing....does anyone know what this means in relation to HHN? I know what it means on broadway but what does that mean at Univerdal? Does it mean I only get to be this role sometimes!? If so then what else would I do?
Your instincts are correct. If you're a swing, that means you're the "third" person for a role shared between two other people. When one of those other two people are sick or otherwise unavailable, you are the first (and probably only) alternate to be slotted in. In the past, there's only been a "swing" for the speaking role. That might have changed this year with the amount of look-alike characters (especially for Stranger Things). For AHS, they had de facto Countess swings, but it was never formalized.
When you aren't filling that role, you'll be in regular pool, getting slotted where you're needed in other holes. If you have more questions, feel free to PM me - I've dealt with swings before.
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A few quick clarifying points, since I'm seeing some confusion...
--Blumhouse only has one set of offices in Koreatown, near Downtown. They do not operate offices on any studio lot.
--I think the confusion stems from people associating James Wan (creator of the Insidious franchise, among others) with Blumhouse. James Wan's production company, Atomic Monster (responsible primarily for The Conjuring universe), maintains offices on the Warner Bros lot. They are separate from Blumhouse.
--Blumhouse carries a lucrative "first-look" deal with Universal Pictures. This is a common mechanism in the industry in which a studio invests an agreed-upon amount of money annually to a production company in exchange for the privilege of having "first dibs" on any project they pitch or make. If Universal passes (and they have), Blumhouse is free to take their projects anywhere else - including Warner Bros. This obviously precludes franchises that began before that first-look deal, including Paranormal Activity or its sequels.
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3 hours ago, Grime said:
A friend of mine somehow convinced Universal to give him all Wednesdays and Thursdays off. He's not fire crew or ABU either. No idea how he swung that one, but I guess it's possible. If you work a regular 9-5 in that case I suppose the only day for your full time job that would be rough is Monday's (after working Sunday night).
That's what I'm doing (no Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays), but I'm pool.
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AHS Round II. Excited, a few of us are back. Won't post role name but let's just say it's an ironic pick given last year...
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47 minutes ago, JonaMar said:
You worked AHS?
AHS alum here, now I'm curious...
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Yep, emails are going out. I'm told they will go out into tomorrow, so don't panic if you haven't received one yet.
Not that it matters much, but how **does** one get the little "Scare Actor" moniker on here? Got my e-mail despite some pretty staggering unavailability. Kind of shocked.
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On 6/7/2017 at 5:31 PM, OhHaiInternet95 said:
Back in 2009, a user on the Vault (don't know if he's still here?) had this idea for the Grim Reaper as an icon. It sounded really good (though it did copy a lot of '08 concepts)--one of the scarezones was an evil version of Candyland.
Oh man, that's a trip. Amazed someone remembers that pitch in such detail. I think his name was Billy Kushner - a farmer who grew closer to the dark arts (eventually becoming the Grim Reaper) after the death of his wife.
Candyland was a fun zone idea. I wish I still had those docs somewhere.
EDIT: Realize my post was vague. I'm the guy who wrote that.
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Halloween Horror Nights is the most attended halloween event in the country each year. I've been going to HHN for the past 15 years so I can tell you from personal experience that the event just keeps growing and growing every year. And it's always for the better. I understand that every one has opinions but for me I say HHN isn't going anywhere. The future for HHN is stronger now than it ever was...
I would agree that there is no end to HHN (at least in name) in sight. There is the risk of HHN becoming too commercial for its own good (a trend I believe some are starting to pick up on). But that's a discussion for another time...
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I recall the effect was a slanted mirror below you - high above you was the actual set with the Mary Shaw figure. The effect was used again for Interstellar Terror in 08.
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Just this happy little dolphin that swam along the boat and splashed water onto the guests. Real friendly. Yep.
What, the fire? The dolphin breathed fire.
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One thing is for sure: If Potter is included in any new HHN festivity, be ready for even higher prices with less deals! (Remember what happened with regular tickets?)
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Top 10:
10) Catacombs: Black Death Rising
9) Chucky: Friends Til the End
8) The In-Between
7) Body Collectors: Collections of the Past
6) Scary Tales 3: Once Upon a Nightmare
5) Winter's Night: The Haunting of Hawthorne Cemetery
4) Frankenstein: Creation of the Damned
3) Nevermore: The Madness of Poe
2) Dracula: Legacy of Blood
1) Dead Exposure
I'll echo BruinsFan and do my bottom 5 as well...
5) The THING (2011)
4) Zombiegeddon
3) Reflections of Fear
2) Psychoscareapy: Echoes of Shadybrook
1) The Spawning
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Let me rephrase, they now use Context Optional to make and maintain the Facebook (and twitter) app they use to post/schedule their social media. They do not even bother using a custom application to hide it on Twitter. When you go to one of Universal's tweets and click the method it was sent ("Social Marketing Suite") it will take you to a log in page for Context Optional.
Coffee table books is a great idea and all but I'm not sure if it'd have the same wide appeal every single other piece of HHN merch has. I don't know how many people that go to HHN would want to buy a coffee table book. DVDs on the other hand I could see being a great hit and selling as well as the hoodies and such.
I think a coffee table book, produced in a limited run like the hoodies, could sell fantastically among the hardcore. Fill it to the brim with high-quality, glossy images, various stages of concept art and blueprints, construction shots, and designer anecdotes. Remember all of that jaw-dropping concept art of the scare zone characters for 2008? Imagine that in a book! Think of it like the souvenir books they always sell at Broadway shows... those sell like hotcakes.
Is 4 hours enough?
in Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2018
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They were selling After 11PM Express last night (Thursday), for what it's worth.
Best of luck!