NINJAAA Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 so whats the gameplan now? for the people who went to employee night. I was thinking Insidious, Evil Dead, backlot, Walking Dead, Black Sabbath, then go back up to take a small break, go Terror Tram, el Cucuy, and then Remix. (If there's not enough time for remix, then go finish the night with Bill and Ted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) Black Sabbath had the longest line at the top of the night and it stayed that way the whole night. Hopefully its not like that when the event actually starts though. But ya know, these are people in the know, and so they all figured to do the backlot first. It'll be a much more mixed bag with the GP involved. I'm still sticking with my lower lot first gameplan, UNLESS the entire crowd is herding to the backlot. This is also depending if there's Transformers early access. So I have 3 gameplans that can be used, depending on the circumstances. Who knew going to HHN would be so hard haha Edited September 19, 2013 by DTH316 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferox Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 I'll be keeping track hard tomorrow. One thing I noticed is that the sign for El Cucuy is right by Survive the Night, which is certainly going to suck up some of the crowds early on. I'm trying to think about which house has the most to gain from being the center of the scares. I think Insidious and Black Sabbath are going to be more scenery based compared to Evil Dead and Walking Dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentOfChaos93 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Just in case anyone is interested and could benifit from this plan: I did the early entry for the backlot first, then lower lot then upper. Got done with everything including all scare zones. Jurassic park, and transformers by 11:30 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGmoney1996 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 What was your exact maze / ride order, btw? Just to see if I can follow it the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I'll post mine in a bit, but he's absolutely right. You Must Do The Backlot First MUST I promise you TWD and BS both reached 2 hours and 30 minutes at some point. And had an hour long line at least by 8. Must - do - the - backlot - first. And if at all possible, do early access. HEED MY WARNING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurseddragon Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 (edited) Well, not necessarily. I wanted to early entry, but ONE person in my group wanted to see the opening, when we weren't even close to the front when we were lined up at the gates, so we didn't go... (My whole fucking group was just a bunch of fucking retards tonight.) Pre TL;DR: We did Lower lot first, then backlot. Had all of that done excluding Jurassic Park (Which we could've done if we wanted to) by 8:30. ANYWAY, we ran straight to lower lot. And for the first year ever, a LOT of people ran to the lower lot first. The most of I've ever seen BY FAR. It was kinda scary. We went to Insidious first since the line had this weird shape to it, even though I meant to do Evil Dead first. We just stuck it out 'cause we were in line. I expected Evil Dead to have a huge line after that. It didn't, 10 minutes. We did: - Insidious - Evil Dead - Walking Dead - Black Sabbath (Had like a 30-45 minute wait by this time, I think) - Transformers - The Mummy - Simpson's Ride - Monster's Remix - Chucky and Clownz scarezones - El Cucuy - Bill and Ted's By the end, it started getting stupid. My group decided they wanted to sit down for no reason at all, and when I started leaving, and they slowly got up, my girlfriend and I separated from them. We went to Monster's, even though I wanted to go to El Cucuy, but I wasn't saying anything. Then we went through the scarezones, then onto El Cucuy. We got out by like 11:00. Could've easily done the Terror Tram and had time to make it to the 12:30 Bill and Ted's. But we decided we wanted to meet up with our friends again. Who in that time (About a full hour), got food and went into the no wait Monster's remix. We caught up with them by 11:30 in front of Bill And Ted's. They decided they wanted to wait the full hour for the show. -.- I wasn't talking tonight for other reasons that I won't go into on this thread or possibly ever, so I just sat there with them. For an hour. When we could've done the Terror Tram... So, in the end. I would recommend backlot first, too, but if you hustle, you can do lower lot first and not have that much of a problem. That being said, I'm going again tomorrow and will be doing the early entry to the backlot. With only my girlfriend and I. So no stupid shit group decisions. Edited September 21, 2013 by Kurseddragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Wait, so you missed TT?! Too bad, they were on fire when I went through. Sorry about your group. I know what that's like. That's why HHN is something best done in very small groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentOfChaos93 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 So my maze/scare zone order was: Scarecrowz Dead on Arrival ( a little after 6:30. Our tram was empty except for car 3) TWD: No Safe Haven (maybe a 5 min wait, maybe even less than that) Black Sabbath (10-15 min wait) Insidious (About a 5 min wait) Evil Dead ( About a 5 min wait) Jurassic Park ( walked right in) Ate at Jurassic Cafe ( the mummy had a 0 min wait at this time so we could have done it but decided not too) Transformers ( 25 min wait) Went though all upper lot scare zones which led us to UMR: (10 min wait) Terror Tram: 45 min wait El Cucuy: 50 min wait Then the simpsons to finish the night Also to correct myself we finished everything above at 12:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindhousehero13 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 yeah for some reason evn if you knew these people a long time and there the coolist people once in a large group their worst comes out. anyways from seeing Sharpproductions videos I would say do the backlot mazes first even if you have a FOTL pass Walking dead was congaline hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Okay guys I got 4 mazes done by 8 o'clock and I didn't do the early entry, I watched the opening scareamonies. I ran to the lower lot did took the tram to the back lot waited like 10 mins for black sabbath then walked into walking dead litterly!!! Then went back to the lower lot and walked into insidious and evil dead not kidding guys!!!!! I should note that I did run from the opening scareamonies to the back lot tram though. Anyways that just left El Cucuy and Terror Tram left so you guys can do it all in one night especially if you do early entry But yea towards the middle of the night like at 12 the lines in the back lot were insane!!! DO THIS FIRST!!!!!!! Literally they were almost 3 hour waits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHNemy Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 How do you get early entry? I absolutely hated walking dead because it took 20 minutes to get through. I was stuck in cell block C for 5 minutes. Next time I go I need to be there before it's backed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Yea I agree all the mazes got backed up pretty badly especially walking dead i stood starring at the helicopter seen for like 4 mins lol The early entry is all the way to the right at the turnstiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Early entry confused me last year too, but I get it now. It needs some good explaining, so here it is. Its RIGHT AFTER SECURITY CHECK. Go all the way to the right. There will be a few signs that say EARLY ACCESS. There's a will call/VIP pick up area and you'll know you're in the right place. Then there's a line where they scan your tickets and you're held in front of WATERWORLD. From there, they let you in closer and closer and then finally they let you go at 630. The way it was explained to me last year is I thought I actually go in Universal the normal way and then just go to the right by Waterworld and there'd be some line. Apparently not. Your night does start off weird though with no scares. It didn't feel right. But I prefer being done early and not worrying about lines. However, it did make arriving at DOA all the more epic as that was the first real scarezone (sorry Scarecrowz) that you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 I'm noticing something a bit strange. 9 o clock and the upper lot mazes are less than 10 mins. Cucuy and UMR with a 10 min wait each. TT with a 5 min wait. Looks like the backlot and lower lot are a vortex for crowds now at the beginning of the night. This is very strange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGmoney1996 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Is it normal for all mazes to have significantly shorter waits on Saturday nights? Cause all lines were longer last night at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin.lee1550 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Do we need a VIP Pass for early entry or is it available to anyone with a general HHN ticket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenagerFromMars Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Early entry is for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwyjibo Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Opening Night we did Insidious first (I got the very last Spectral Sightings card), Then Evil Dead, Black Sabbath, Walking Dead. We finished the first four by 8! We did Terror Tram after, then El Cucuy with a posted 45 minute wait but it was about 30. Then UMR which was a walk on. We finished with pleanty of time to line up for the 11:15 Bill and Ted. So that game plan worked out really well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurseddragon Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Opening Night we did Insidious first (I got the very last Spectral Sightings card), Then Evil Dead, Black Sabbath, Walking Dead. We finished the first four by 8! We did Terror Tram after, then El Cucuy with a posted 45 minute wait but it was about 30. Then UMR which was a walk on. We finished with pleanty of time to line up for the 11:15 Bill and Ted. So that game plan worked out really well for me. You were literally right in front me if you got that card.. ): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Quick question, as I was heading to the backlot tram, I believe I saw a sign that said "last tram departs at 12:45". Anyone know if that's true? Or do they shuttle you out even if its 1:59? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurseddragon Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) Idk if they stop you, but times dramatically drop at 1 am, that's for sure. Also, a planning tip. Listen to the people around you. Everyone on Friday was talking about Black Sabbath. Whether it was they heard good things about the maze, or knew to head there first, or just plain liked Black Sabbath in general. That line was the longest and filled up quickest. On Saturday, all I heard was Walking Dead. Nothing but Walking Dead. That line filled up and nearly doubled Black Sabbath that night. Which was weird 'cause the Walking Dead Terror Tram was walk-on the entire night. Never passed 10 minutes, but still. LISTEN AROUND! Edited September 23, 2013 by Kurseddragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTH316 Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 What I wanna know is how all these people know to go to the backlot first! Damn them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwyjibo Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 You were literally right in front me if you got that card.. ): I was wearing a bright green STAB t-shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeenagerFromMars Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 So for those who went, if you get to WD from early entry is it still basically a jam packed line in it? Debating as to whether I should jump on that right away or BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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