Here is tonight's quick report.
Got to the park a bit before 5, into Finnegan's holding area. Was nowhere near getting into the first holding pen for Stranger Things. Sat near the exit for the secondary holding area. The first holding pen was let out right around 5:30, we followed after.
Poltergeist: in line at 5:40. Done at 6:20. I don't think this house opened until 6.
I liked it well enough, but I didn't think it lived up to The Shining or the Exorcist of past years.
Carnival Graveyard: In line 6:22. Out of house at 6:54.
Solid house. About in the middle of mine.
Scary Tales: in line at 6:57. Out of house at 7:22.
I liked this one the second time. It's not particularly scary (though I'm not sure if I'm really scared by any) but it's very well done and interesting.
Halloween 4: In line at 7:34. Projected wait time was 40 minutes. Out of house at 8:22.
I liked this one, which surprised me because I didn't think the movie was particularly strong. And I was sad there was only one redneck ahahah.
All the waits were looking longer than we would have liked at this time. Earlier in the day we had decided to leave the park and have dinner at City Walk for a break. Originally we were going to leave around 9:30, but since we were at the front entrance and very hungry we just left then. I somehow had not eaten since lunch the day before besides
MNSSHP candy yet I wasn't hungry. Which is odd for me. Was probably super dehydrated.
So we had dinner at Antojito's which was delicious. I had the Budin, which very oddly kind of tasted like the HHN houses smell. The restaurant also had a mariachi band play which was nice.
We went back to the parks, which were sadly still busy. My feet were hurting at this point (pro tip, not a great idea to wear combat boots as part of your MNSSHP costume for roughly 9 hours. We went thru some scare zones, bought our shirts and decided to watch the Clockwork Orange/French chainsaw people at the Simpsons. We kept our eye on the app and took off when a wait plummeted.
Seeds of Extinction: In line at 11:28. Posted wait time 20 minutes. Done at 11:46.
Much easier to see this when you go after it's dark.
Slaughter Sinema: In line at 12:07. Posted wait time 20 minutes. Out of house at 12:23.
Walked through Vamp 85 and saw them dance to Thriller on stage. The Thriller Michael Jackson scare actor was also walking thru the audience acting out what he did in the music video with various guests.
Carnival Graveyard: In line at 12:43. Posted wait time 35 minutes. Out of house at 12:51. This one would have been a bit shorter, but we had the most annoying group ever in front of us. They were petrified the whole house, they kept refusing to go forward, trampled me once so I then stayed a good 5 feet back.
Stranger Things: In line at 12:54. Posted wait time 90 minutes. Out of house at 1:38.
This was our first time in this house. It is more theatrical than scary, but still good. I think we saw most of the actors represented, which is always nice (especially after the Walking Dead houses, that never had any of the main cast represented). I'm glad we didn't really wait 90 minutes though. Those lines are so nice after express pass ends.
Well there was my Wednesday.
Hope these write ups are helpful.
