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[KathyM2]

Well by now we've all heard the news that HHN is officially cancelled this year.

I'm so sorry to hear this. But....not a huge surprise unfortunately. You are lucky you still get to travel some though....I'm getting so desperate to go anywhere that I'm considering doing some more travel within Canada. Which hey, probably something more Canadians should do anyway, seeing more of our own country. Right now even that is pretty restricted for us...and people are getting their cars egged for going into different provinces when people see their licence plates....so....not sure about that either....

Chicago is amazing though, always a fun trip. I'm sure you have done this but have you gone on the architectural boat tour? I really loved that and recommend to anyone, I may have even said that to you before lol but just in case I haven't!!

I'm sure when HHN comes back it will be better than ever!

 

[Jules76126]

Hello. I have been a lurker, but I have to say I feel you on trips getting canceled. My husband and I had a bunch of different trips we were planning and we have had to cancel all of them. I actually live right outside Boston and we have decided just to go to Cape Cod for a few days so we don't have to deal with any quarantine orders. We could isolate for 14 days as we are both WFH right now, but prefer not to have to deal with that.

Boston is very strict right now. You cannot walk anywhere without a mask. Since we live outside the city, it is a little more lax, but Boston is being very tight. Many times are open now with limited capacity and lots of restaurants have outdoor seating, including turning sidewalks into patios. Good thing here is everyone is pretty compliant with the measures. I don't see Baker restricting NY or other New England states unless things got really bad. I hope you enjoy wherever you end up.

 

[missangelalexis]

I'm sorry about HHN and no Orlando trips for this year But hopefully Chicago or Boston will pan out!

 

[Raeven]

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[Tracy161]

Ugh, what a bummer about HHN, but I'm glad you took the news better than expected given you had suspected it for a while. I still cannot believe this is our reality, even many months into this pandemic. LOVE the pics of the arboretum though! (that's the reason for me "loving" your post... NOT because of the trip cancellation ) Looks absolutely beautiful!

 

[lvcourtneyy]

Even though it's no surprise that HHN was cancelled, I'm still sad about it lol.

I agree with you though- it would stink if the event still went on and we couldn't go so that is one positive.

We have a bunch of flight credits now too lol hopefully we can all use them in 2021!

 

[Raeven]

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[vrajewski10513]

I’m glad they decided to cancel. I just don’t see how they could have safely ran that event on the state Florida is in right now. I feel awful for the TMs who have been laid off due to the cancellation. We had already decided we were taking the year off, so selfishly, I’m glad we won’t be missing anything this year.

I don't know what that means for the IPs they had and it's probably too early to speculate, but Beetlejuice was what I was looking forward to the most. (I really like Hill House, but I'm not sure how relevant that'll be by next year? I know they're doing another season with a different ghost story so maybe it's still possible. But I did really like the first season).

I have to imagine that the licensing agreements have expiration dates and will need to be renegotiated if they want to use them next year. I don’t see them using Hill House as a stand alone next year, but possibly as a hybrid house with Hill House and Blythe Manor (like they did with AHS). I love Hill House, so i have high hopes for Blythe Manor!

I've been doing more trip planning and research on our backup trip ideas. Right now we're leaning towards Chicago unless quarantine rules change. There seems to be more open, and more we want to do. In Boston a lot of restaurants still seem closed, and right now we're one of the only states allowed in without quaranting, but that can change if numbers do

It’s so hard right now to be a NYer trying to travel anywhere.. more so just to come home.. 75% of the country is under travel quarantine when we return home! We’ve been trying to find things within NYS that would be fun long weekend type trips.
Good luck! I hope you guys find somewhere fun to visit!

 

[Raeven]

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[Monykalyn]

Bummer about HHN but when Craig did the Unplugged show about it-I agree with him. I want to go and NOT have a diminished experience-and I will wait for the full experience next year.
And so the flight credits rack up again...my original flights on one airline were outright cancelled a few days before the HHn announcement so I made bookings on another airline as prices were better and days fit better-and now i cancelled those too.

Still moving the kiddo into UCF in a couple weeks so we will be in Florida anyway and will probably go to Universal a couple days. With the low crowds it's better there than local grocery store!

Hope you get a getaway somewhere!

 

[Raeven]

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[Monykalyn]

Yeah I do want the 30th to be special. I would’ve tried to go to it if they had it this year even if it was diminished, but I’m glad they’ll be able to do it justice next year.

We had bought flights for 3 different trips, so lots of flight credits

Ooo that sounds fun! & I hope so too! Still looking at places, but I’m not sure how good the probability of going anywhere is looking right now. It’s going to be really last minute when we know for sure since everything changes everyday.​

Where do you fly from?
If you listened to Dis Unplugged this week (i think it was this week-things are blending) you heard Silver Dollar City was in top ten amusement parks. Fall is gorgeous here, and Christmas season at SDC is really spectacular-although it can be cold! We haven't had passes to SDC in a few years (got caught up in the disney AP/Universal AP) but would like to get back during Christmas season.

 

[Raeven]

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[Raeven]

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[KathyM2]

A little trip is better than no trip and I'm jealous of anyone travelling anytime soon!! Denver looks really beautiful, I've only passed through its airport, but the views were great!! I look forward to hearing about it if you get to go! Otherwise your backup plans look pretty fun too, I think any Halloween stuff anywhere will be new and different and also something great to look forward to!!

 

[Raeven]

Denver looks really beautiful, I've only passed through its airport, but the views were great!!

It does! We passed through the airport last year, but didn't get to see anything else.

Otherwise your backup plans look pretty fun too,

Yes!

I think any Halloween stuff anywhere will be new and different and also something great to look forward to!!

Hopefully we get to see something Halloween! ​

 

[Tracy161]

Ugh, I'm really sorry to hear about Chicago but I'm confident you'll find something fun to do... somewhere I haven't been to Salem in many years but remember really loving it when I did go. Halloween just won't seem the same this year, that's for sure! But we'll focus on the "I'm going on vacation" part of your update

 

[Raeven]

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[Monykalyn]

Bummed about Chicago but Denver is nice back up plan!
Salem sounds pretty neat too.
So hard to make definitive plans right now, and frustrating.

 

[missangelalexis]

Stinks about Chicago, I hope you're still able to pull some kind of trip off!

The Jack O Lantern Blaze is really cool- I hope you get to go!