+Hi again! We are attending HHN and have reserved a non private RIP for Sunday, Oct 7. I THINK our RIP time is 7:30. I need to confirm that somewhere because it's not on my confirmation email with my tickets.
Anyway, I have a few questions with regard to our stay if someone can help me out so we are better prepared:
We are staying at the Sapphire Falls resort and I understand that there is a dedicated park entrance for on site hotel guests. Where is that located?
How early should we make our way to that entrance point to be there when HHN begins at 6:30? We will NOT be IN the park that day. Only doing HHN.
Where is it that we go to pick up our HHN & RIP tickets AND, can we do that BEFORE Sunday night?
Finally, where is it that we meet for our RIP tour?
Thank you so much. We are very much looking forward to our trip!
We are doing the RIP tour on Thursday the 4th. Our tour starts at 7pm. After we do the houses and whatever else the tour gets us in to, will there be time leftover to either re-do a house we liked or even venture to the Harry Potter area to look around?
Also....anyone know if warm butterbeer is 'in season' yet?
Thanks...
Jess
Before 5-early yes but parking and lines into parking were bad from reports. Heck we went on a Thursday after 10 and the line to get through parking was backed up (free after 10pm). Get in early and eat at Citywalk and get to gates early tooWhat time do you all suggest lining up at the gates for HHN if it starts at 6:30? We will not be staying on-site or have day tickets. We will have EPs, so we don't care about being at the front of the pack but don't want to waste the first hour of HHN waiting to get in either.
Do they ever open the gates early or is it promptly at 6:30?
Is the queue for HHN clearly marked outside? Last time we were able to wait inside in a holding area.
Thanks!
We were on top of the garage the thursday we went (after 10-free parking had kicked in). We were always down and close when we went around 3-4 ish after that-preferred parking with our AP.out of curiosity, has universal studios ever closed for capacity during hhn?
How about the parking garage?
There was 2 corrals the week we went (last week=has it been over a week already??). The super early birds got first corral and walk on to Stranger things and Poltergiest. We were back of first corral a week ago Friday (after eating at Finnegans) and go on Stranger things in 45 minutes. sunday we were near the beginning of 2nd corral and got into Poltergeist in about 20 minutes.Also, they are kind of lining people up weird in the Finnegan's waiting area. Some people eating inside have gotten put back at the end of the pack. Also, people are reporting that the posted wait times are inflated.
In my experience it depended on the day: Friday was inflated by a bunch early, Saturday was right on, Sunday was pretty close, inflated by 5 minutes in a couple places.Are the inflated times from the app or from the house itself?
Did you happen to see if the cup works during the day? I've seen mixed reports.We got our $30 refillable HHN cup. I was told I couldn't get it at IOA, so we picked one up at Monster's Cafe. There is no AP discount on them.
Did you happen to see if the cup works during the day? I've seen mixed reports.
They aren't on a skewer this year. They are on a plate with red frosting drizzled on top. They have powdered sugar and cinnamon. I don't know if they are cooking them fresh or not. I haven't been yet; I have just been following stuff very closely.
I don't think it has closed. However, opening weekend, people were waiting in very long lines to get into the garage. I'll PM you about parking with the RIP tour.
Honestly, it really depends upon the night. If you really want to see Stranger Things, and you get to HHN when it opens, then you might want to hit that first. I would check the wait times though on the app, because they will be a good estimate for the EP times. I have also heard that ST slows down in the last hour or so of the park. Otherwise, I would just look at the times and go see what you want.
I think that was opening weekend. Are you entering the park before it closes? A lot of people have been getting there early, like before 4pm on really busy days, and everyone wants to hit Stranger Things. Also, they are kind of lining people up weird in the Finnegan's waiting area. Some people eating inside have gotten put back at the end of the pack. Also, people are reporting that the posted wait times are inflated. So, 1 hour at opening, may really only be 20 minutes. The 1 hour+ waits at opening that i have hearing of are coming from people who did not do Stay & Scream. I would do S&S. Go to Finnegan's early on your day, like before 4pm, and see what the crowd looks like. You might even be able to talk with a Team Member to see how they are going to line people up. It might mean that you have to stand outside in the sun though. It really depends upon how busy the day you are going will be. Good luck.
I've always already been at universal during the day for hhn, yesterday was the first time going at opening time, yeah traffic is insane, had to drop someone off and go back and pick my dd from work and go back at 9pm and it was so much better.
It was crazy busy but did 2 houses and the wait times are slightly inflated. Trick r treat said 60 minutes, real time was 40. Scary tales said 60 was actually 20. Btw scary tales is so far my favorite house
Tried the waffle sundae, delicious.
Can't wait for Friday
Hi again! We are attending HHN and have reserved a non private RIP for Sunday, Oct 7. I THINK our RIP time is 7:30. I need to confirm that somewhere because it's not on my confirmation email with my tickets.
Anyway, I have a few questions with regard to our stay if someone can help me out so we are better prepared:
We are staying at the Sapphire Falls resort and I understand that there is a dedicated park entrance for on site hotel guests. Where is that located?
How early should we make our way to that entrance point to be there when HHN begins at 6:30? We will NOT be IN the park that day. Only doing HHN.
Where is it that we go to pick up our HHN & RIP tickets AND, can we do that BEFORE Sunday night?
Finally, where is it that we meet for our RIP tour?
Thank you so much. We are very much looking forward to our trip!
All right.
So we got to the Simpsons holding area around 5.
I had got spots in the Passholder Q&A session tonight and completely forgot about it until 10 minutes after it started So much for that.
They let us out around 5:40. We headed to Slaughter.
Slaughter: In line at 5:45, out of the house at 6.
Liked this house, but will definitely have to go back when it's dark. Couldn't even see any of the film clips that should have been projected on the screen, way too bright for that.
Dead Exposure was still not open, so we went to Blumhouse.
Blumhouse: In line at 6:06, out of the house at 6:10. There was absolutely no one ahead of me so no safety conga line. Of course I got lost in a corner and went to some backstage area. I swear I'm the worst at that. I'm probably more afraid of getting lost in the houses than getting actually scared.
This house was awful. Pretty much all I have to say about it.
Dead Exposure: In line at 6:13. Out of the house at 6:34.
Liked this house...I think. So dark. This would probably be a great house to see in the Behind the Screams Tour. I wish it was just a touch brighter in there.
Trick R Treat: In line at 6:43. Out of the house at 6:53.
I really like this house. Nice to see they reused some aspects of the scare zone from last year.
Seeds of Extinction: In line at 7. Out of the house at 7:22.
Enjoyed this house, definitely want to go back when it's dark.
On second reflection, I wish we had headed to the front of the park after Dead Exposure. Trick R Treat and Seeds stayed a bit lower for the next hour or so.
Waits were up at this time so we checked out all the scare zones and got a gelato waffle sundae (really good, prob not worth the $10 price tag, but it's theme park food so what are ya gonna do).
Vamp 85: Loved this so much. I wish I knew my 80s music better because I'm pretty sure that there are even more music icon vamps besides Thriller Michael Jackson, Prince and Run DMC.
Killer Klowns: Excellent. They even had the shadow puppets on the side of the building.
Chucky: I enjoyed it. It's pretty much just Chucky doing stand up and ripping on the audience.
Harvest/Twisted Traditions: I honestly don't know which is which. I thought the one with the pumpkins was just a pale imitation of the Trick R Treat zone there last year. The one at the front of the park is the typical selfie scare zone like usual.
House waits had stayed around an hour and we'd been up since 7 that morning so we tried one more.
Scary Tales: In line at 9:04, out of the house at 9:43. (posted wait said 55 minutes)
I reeeeeally liked this house. This was the only one we saw tonight after we got dark, so I'm sure that helped. Loved the witch and the lion was amazing. Got pretty wet in the Humpty Dumpty room, poor thing.
We are going again Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The game plan for Wednesday will be Finnegan's waiting area. We'll try for Stranger Things if we're near the front, if not Poltergeist will be up first then we'll knock out the front of the park then head for the back.
Before 5-early yes but parking and lines into parking were bad from reports. Heck we went on a Thursday after 10 and the line to get through parking was backed up (free after 10pm). Get in early and eat at Citywalk and get to gates early too
Not overly impressed with food options this year.........
Pizza fries we bought ended up in trash........fries with a slurry on top........not a fan of sweet options.
Drinks are mediocre...........shame. Still bought a couple of drinks to get souvenir cups though.........
Question I'm curious about just because I've never been to universal in the fall - what is the park like in the day during HHN? Can you see the exterior of the houses as you walk around? Are any rides down?