MGregorio594 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) I took a look back at Universal's Blog page and researched when the first house announcements were made for the past two HHN's... It looks like Texas Chainsaw Massacre was the first house announced for HHN 26 on April 14th, 2016: https://blog.universalorlando.com/whats-new/texas-chainsaw-hhn-26/ and American Horror Story Volume 2 was the first house announced for HHN 27 on March 29th, 2017: https://blog.universalorlando.com/whats-new/hhn27-american-horror-story/ So with that, can we assume that we will learn what the first house is going to be by next month or even sooner? If the trend follows, they may announce the first house by mid-March, possibly early March. I'm leaning more towards early March, but who knows. With It and Stranger Things being so heavily rumored and desired by guests, it makes sense for them to announce one of these, if not both, as soon as possible so people can begin planning their trips now. If both are mazes, they are going to draw in so many people. You would imagine Universal would make these announcements earlier than usual to get the hype train going. I am unsure when the dates for the event were announced for 26 and 27, but from what I found, TCM and AHS2 were the first announcements made overall for their respective years. Sound off on when you think Universal is going to make their first announcement/house announcement concerning HHN 28. Edited February 21, 2018 by MGregorio594 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny rabbit Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 late march/early april if the past shows anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgito2001 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 If its either of those IPs, it would be WISE of Uni to announce them earliest possible (March). They are hugely followed and would definitely bring a lot of guests this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxmoser Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 March 9-23 should happen. Pre-Easter it should be announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny rabbit Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 8 hours ago, jorgito2001 said: If its either of those IPs, it would be WISE of Uni to announce them earliest possible (March). They are hugely followed and would definitely bring a lot of guests this year. yeah but they had the fucking shining, the excorcist, and american horror story for 26 and 27 and they didn't get the first announcements (I think AHS was more anticipated the first time around) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikku Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 On 2/22/2018 at 10:59 PM, fvcking cvnt said: yeah but they had the fucking shining, the excorcist, and american horror story for 26 and 27 and they didn't get the first announcements (I think AHS was more anticipated the first time around) I am confused by what you are saying...didn't AHS get first announcement last year? Teaser video was posted March 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny rabbit Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 7:29 PM, Rikku said: I am confused by what you are saying...didn't AHS get first announcement last year? Teaser video was posted March 29 yeah but like I said: The Shining was much more anticipated than AHS was, especially as it was AHS's second time around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearlessferret Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 All I know is after the extreme disappointment that the non-icon was, I hope they decide to make the first announcement an icon announcement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny rabbit Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, Fearlessferret said: All I know is after the extreme disappointment that the non-icon was, I hope they decide to make the first announcement an icon announcement Was there really much backlash outside of the superfans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearlessferret Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 40 minutes ago, fvcking cvnt said: Was there really much backlash outside of the superfans? I'm mostly speaking for myself. I think doing something with IT as an icon or Jack again and making it some big clown celebration with a parade would be really fun. I know poor Jack has been beaten to death but I can't help it, I love him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny rabbit Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Fearlessferret said: I'm mostly speaking for myself. I think doing something with IT as an icon or Jack again and making it some big clown celebration with a parade would be really fun. I know poor Jack has been beaten to death but I can't help it, I love him. Yeah, I think icons are only being used for anniversary years, at least that’s the rumor. If it does come, I imagine Pennywise and StrTh with be in the advertising a LOT, maybe even as much as some icons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HHN Pro Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 I feel that tomorrow will be our first house announcement thanks to that being the beginning of spring break in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny rabbit Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 15 hours ago, HHN Pro said: I feel that tomorrow will be our first house announcement thanks to that being the beginning of spring break in the area. I mean, it would be a pretty early house announcement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearlessferret Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 21 minutes ago, fvcking cvnt said: I mean, it would be a pretty early house announcement Well ahs was announced at the end of the month last year but one of the big complaints last year was the long space of time with no announcements. I feel like they SHOULD make an early announcement and space them out equally while keeping the actual announcement days secret. I just hope marketing does better than last year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny rabbit Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 37 minutes ago, Fearlessferret said: Well ahs was announced at the end of the month last year but one of the big complaints last year was the long space of time with no announcements. I feel like they SHOULD make an early announcement and space them out equally while keeping the actual announcement days secret. I just hope marketing does better than last year. dude, I 100% agree I just don't see universal catering to the fans lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGregorio594 Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Okay, so Universal just announced dates and the lineup for Rock the Universe, the Christian concert event they do every year right before HHN, for this year which is the weekend before the supposed starting date of September 14th: https://blog.universalorlando.com/whats-new/rtu-talent-announcement-2018/ Last year they did this announcement on March 27th: https://blog.universalorlando.com/whats-new/rock-the-universe-2017/ So the announcement for this is earlier than last year. March 27th of last year the Rock the Universe announcement was made. My original post for this thread was about AHS being announced on March 29th of last year. That's a two day period that they waited. They might just give us our first announcement by Wednesday or by the end of the week, is my prediction. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGregorio594 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 Or they'll just skip over HHN entirely......: https://blog.universalorlando.com/visiting-us/universal-holidays-2018/ 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxmoser Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 3 hours ago, MGregorio594 said: Or they'll just skip over HHN entirely......: https://blog.universalorlando.com/visiting-us/universal-holidays-2018/ So Bob The Minion an icon for HHN 28 Orlando? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearlessferret Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 5 hours ago, Maxmoser said: So Bob The Minion an icon for HHN 28 Orlando? now thats scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxmoser Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Fearlessferret said: now thats scary The ideas for the photo ops for 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy bunny rabbit Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 8 hours ago, Maxmoser said: The ideas for the photo ops for 28 dude, cmon I know this isn't necessarily a family friendly site, but this is kinda extreme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunnylvr Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I almost fell over when I saw the "big announcement" for Christmas stuff.. it came up in the news feed I have set up to review several blogs. I had to actually click on the home link for the article to make sure I wasn't getting some weird post from last year. And there it was - 2018 Christmas. Seriously? I would hope we get something by end of week. Anything.. any crumb will do. Please, for the love of god and everything holy (threw that in hoping the easter connection would make magic happen.. not holding my breath). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearlessferret Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 We did get our official dates announcement today yay! September 14th through November 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGregorio594 Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 https://blog.universalorlando.com/visiting-us/dates-and-ticket-offer-hhn2018/ https://orlando.halloweenhorrornights.com/hhn-news.php For reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearlessferret Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 3 hours ago, MGregorio594 said: https://blog.universalorlando.com/visiting-us/dates-and-ticket-offer-hhn2018/ https://orlando.halloweenhorrornights.com/hhn-news.php For reference. I'm trying to figure out if that hotel package deal is going to be the best deal or if I should wait... Last year we got the coke barcode deal and buy 2 nights get 2 free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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