Halloween Horror Nights 2013

[BuddyThomas]

What's "the release"?

 

[patrickpiteo]

What's "the release"?

The run lol from the pen to the houses when they drop the rope and release you...

 

[meryll83]

Greats minds think alike, we have a 4.15 ressie too.
Is it around 6pm they let us into the wild?

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[macraven]

usually in that time frame.

kind of depends on the date.


one time, and only one time on a saturday, we weren't released until 6:14.

 

[RAPstar]

Was that the time we were there and it was pouring rain like all night? God that was a long night.

 

[BuddyThomas]

The run lol from the pen to the houses when they drop the rope and release you...

Thanks for the answer......but......."the pen"? LOL, that doesn't sound very pleasant and neither does dinner at 4PM.

Do you think it is necessary to be in this pen if we buy the Express Pass?

Thanks again.

 

[patrickpiteo]

Thanks for the answer......but......."the pen"? LOL, that doesn't sound very pleasant and neither does dinner at 4PM.

Do you think it is necessary to be in this pen if we buy the Express Pass?

Thanks again.

You hang have a drink mingle with all the crazies good time very laid back.

 

[Metro West]

Thanks for the answer......but......."the pen"? LOL, that doesn't sound very pleasant and neither does dinner at 4PM.

Do you think it is necessary to be in this pen if we buy the Express Pass?

Thanks again.

The holding area by Finnegan's is quite nice...that's where I always go. They have a beverage cart set up with drinks and snacks for purchase and lots of shady places to sit out of the sun. Last year was the busiest I've seen the holding area. I remember the days when the Boneyard was used before the Universal Music Plaza was built. That area was very uncomfortable...all concrete, nowhere to sit and not much to do. The Delancey Street holding area is the best.

You wouldn't necessarily need to do Stay & Scream if you have Express but you would be able to do 3-4 houses before the general public makes it back there...therefore saving your Express for a second trip to those houses. If the line is under 20 minutes, don't use the Express...do the standby line and then come back when it's really busy.

I rarely eat dinner before HHN but sometimes I arrive around 4PM and head to Louie's then over to the holding area. Finnegan's is very busy right before HHN and you run the risk of not being ready to go when the holding area is released into the park.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Well you guys rock! Thanks for all of this seriously awesome info. I really appreciate it and will make a 4PM res at Finnigans, much to my partner's horror, but then again, it is Horror Night, so it's kind of appropriate. Thanks again you guys!

 

[Tinachichi]

Is there anyway to buy tee shirts for this years HHNs before we get there? I've been looking around and can't find a site that sells them. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[macraven]

if you are in the park during the day, the shops will have hhn shirts for sale once the event begins in september.

 

[imprint]

Our meal plans on HHN days: Brunch at 10:00, Linner at 4:00, and Booze all night. Wish I could do that every day!

 

[agavegirl1]

sooooo....like wear a tank top and buy a T-shirt when you get there?

 

[Victoria3]

I believe they'll sell them on Universal's online store when it gets closer. I think they did last year.

 

[macraven]

I believe they'll sell them on Universal's online store when it gets closer. I think they did last year.

i think you are right.

 

[RAPstar]

"WARNING: In this all-new original house the train convoy has derailed and the bloodthirsty maniacs are loose.

Escaping them this time will be a hard feat&the Dogs of War return to HHN23 in this sequel house, Havoc 2: Derailed."

 

[RAPstar]

There's a Legendary Truth shirt for sale on the site right now but that's it till closer.

 

[DanniDeer]

I don't like that they're calling it an "all-new" house, when it's a sequel. I get what they mean, but I think they could have chosen better wording.

I'm sure all the houses will do their jobs and scare the crap out of me, but we just got so attached to Gothic and Dead End last year.

I'm expecting a lot from the original houses, and maybe I shouldn't.

Though, when we go this year, we'll actually have watched TWD. Aesthetically, it was a nice house last year, I just don't think I ever got scared once in it, on any night we went. We also never saw Pyramid Head any night we went through the house, which I know DBf was super disappointed about.

 

[mischief32]

I saw Pyrimad head as he ran towards me. Scared the ..... out of me as I ran away. My husband got a big laugh out of that.

 

[Lemonademouth]

I don't like that they're calling it an "all-new" house, when it's a sequel. I get what they mean, but I think they could have chosen better wording.

I'm sure all the houses will do their jobs and scare the crap out of me, but we just got so attached to Gothic and Dead End last year.

I'm expecting a lot from the original houses, and maybe I shouldn't.

Though, when we go this year, we'll actually have watched TWD. Aesthetically, it was a nice house last year, I just don't think I ever got scared once in it, on any night we went. We also never saw Pyramid Head any night we went through the house, which I know DBf was super disappointed about.

I went through it once and I saw pyramid head but all the scares were in reset mode, just scared people in front of me, now getting those behind me. It kinda sucked.