schumigirl
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- Joined
- May 15, 2007
Yeah - exactly why I left the Disney side of the forums many years ago.
You can just watch "Expedition Theme park" and they have a bunch of videos on the History of HHN each covering several years - the difference is night and day.
The Rat Lady, Jack the Clown show, Bill and Ted - fire - motorcycles craziness .
The scare zone used to be actual scare zones where they scared people - not just a selfie zone.
I remember SAs trapping people in stores and they were really scared and the SAs would wait and watch for them and pounce- it was a lot of fun.
That said its still fun overall - and you always have Universal to do during the day.
This version of HHN is brining in the people so Universal is doing something right, but we will always talk about what was.
As for what I see on social media I take it with a grain of salt - the streamers really cant say a lot because they wanted to be invited to the events.
Most stuff on social media is hyped positively - it not about reality it about likes etc....
What I do listen to are the folks that have been here for years, or even a couple of years, that I know from here and what their opinion is.
One of the problems with HHN is that two people could go to HHN on the same night and do the exact same things in the exact same order by be 10 seconds apart - one has an amazing walkthrough and raves - they other misses just about everything and hates it.
I do all the houses on multiple nights and sometimes multiple times on the same night and the experience can be the luck of the draw.
Last year I did a private RIP tour and we did a walkthrough on one of the houses and it was terrible - we did it again later and it was great.
If you can afford it and have the time I highly recommend doing the behind the scenes tours during the day - I do the 6 house and 5 house every year and it adds a ton of context and really makes you appreciate the event even more.
If you can do a private RIP tour do it - it was the highlight of my many nights at HHN last year. A private RIP tour is often less than a regular RIP tour if you have an AP and the 10 people to do it.
If you can afford it get the Express Pass - sounds like this year more than ever it is needed - I don't think I could ever go without it again - but it hurts to pay for it.
I would not tell anyone not to go - especially since I have not gone this year myself - and wont be able to - although I am trying my best to even swing a weekend there.
I will say its not what it was - and we will talk about it here and its going to seam negative - but HHN is still worthwhile overall - and no matter what you are in Orlando and have lots to do and hopefully nice weather - and there is always StrongWater to visit.
Also if you can check out the Sea World event - yes its armature hour compared to HHN - but there was a time when Universal was armature hour compared to Disney and now its nipping on its heels.
You make so many good points Tony.
Yes, it seems most opinions now need to be shouted over to show how "wrong" you are, I think that`s why in the last year I have put 4 people on ignore.....never had to do that before despite being a member since 2007. I don`t miss the negativity.
But, your points are excellent. Yes, I don`t think anyone was saying not to go, I`d never tell anyone not to visit HHN. Go with lower expectations if you have gone before in the golden years, but yes, first timers and folks who haven`t seen it years ago will most certainly enjoy it.
I don`t read social media reports either, not interested, like you I go with opinions from folks I know and actually trust their opinion. That can be several folks on here or real life friends who work the event every year. There was a definite decline this year in money for the event, and it shows. Anyone can disagree of course, that`s too easy at times.
We always buy the Rush of Fear with EP.....this year the EP was not a perk in several houses over several nights. 45/50 minutes is not Express, so I couldn`t imagine not having it. I get some folks say they didn`t need it and I believe them of course, timing is everything and yes, two folks on the same night can have very different experiences.
If folks go, I do hope they love it.....there`s a lot to enjoy if you can. Fact is, they are letting too many people in most nights. When a SA tells me they can`t scare anyone because it`s too crowded, I believe them.
I also agree with Seaworld. They have a fabulous event that will grow in time, I have no doubt about it and one day I`ll be happy to say I saw it before it got too big too.