Halloween Horror Nights 2013

[SharkyGoddess]

I'm not a huge CITW fan, but will visit the house just the same. Can't wait for the rest to be announced!

 

[heidijanesmith]

if you go on a saturday night, it is a necessity.

house waits on a saturday could be 2 hours on some houses in the regular line.


if you have a day ticket and hhn ticket, stay in the park in the holding area.
you can easily cover 3 houses, possibly 4, before the crowds are let in.



or avoid going on a peak night and only go on the non peak nights.
some wed, thurs, sun.

We are going Thurs Oct 10th, I just bought my tickets with my AP discount. We are planning on IOA in the AM, taking a break and then returning to US in the early evening.
Your idea above to stay in the park in the holding area and cover 3-4 houses before the crowds are let in sounds great. We have never been to HHN before.
What time would we need to be at US?
When do they start letting people already in US into the houses before the crowds are let in.
Would an express be necessary on a Thursday night? I was also thinking of doing the non-private RIP tour as this is our 1st time. I see last years price of $150.00 is quite a bit, but for a 1st time HHN we want to see all the houses and not wait in line a bunch.

Any tips would be great!

 

[Metro West]

What time would we need to be at US?
When do they start letting people already in US into the houses before the crowds are let in.
Would an express be necessary on a Thursday night? I was also thinking of doing the non-private RIP tour as this is our 1st time. I see last years price of $150.00 is quite a bit, but for a 1st time HHN we want to see all the houses and not wait in line a bunch.

Any tips would be great!

To take advantage of S & S, you would need to be inside the Studios before it closes at 5PM. You should be there no later than 4:30PM in case of delays. The holding areas are released around 6PM to enter several houses that open early for the S & S folks. The outside gates open at 6:30PM.

EPs are nice and if you're only going for the one night, you should invest in one. Lines build very quickly and waits of two hours are not uncommon especially later in the month.

There are several posters who do the RIP Tour every year and love it. It's expensive but worth it to skip the lines and to see everything.

 

[Malin]

I purchased one of the Rush of Fear tickets and selected will call. The site promised an e-mail recipt to follow shortly but two hours and nothing has turned up in my Inbox. Has anyone else buying tickets received an e-mail yet?

 

[meryll83]

Ooh, I take it tickets are now on sale? Must investigate!

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[Metro West]

I purchased one of the Rush of Fear tickets and selected will call. The site promised an e-mail recipt to follow shortly but two hours and nothing has turned up in my Inbox. Has anyone else buying tickets received an e-mail yet?

Give it a little more time. If you haven't received the confirmation by morning, call them and get it over the phone. That's all you need to activate the kiosks...the credit card used and confirmation number.

 

[heidijanesmith]

To take advantage of S & S, you would need to be inside the Studios before it closes at 5PM. You should be there no later than 4:30PM in case of delays. The holding areas are released around 6PM to enter several houses that open early for the S & S folks. The outside gates open at 6:30PM.

EPs are nice and if you're only going for the one night, you should invest in one. Lines build very quickly and waits of two hours are not uncommon especially later in the month.

There are several posters who do the RIP Tour every year and love it. It's expensive but worth it to skip the lines and to see everything.

Thanks for the info! We are super excited to try HHN for the 1st time. I think we will try the RIP tour for our first HHN experience. Now I just need to wait for the RIP tours to become available.

 

[macraven]

Ooh, I take it tickets are now on sale? Must investigate!

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tickets are on the hhn website.
no express is listed yet.

i always wait a few weeks after the prices are up before i buy.


to the poster above that asked about the email confirmation when you purchase online, sometimes i don't get my confirmation email soon after.

a few times i received that email the next day.

 

[DCTooTall]

Ooooo...

So I went to explore my pricing options for my date(s) this year, and I saw this add on one of the ticket pricing pages.

Soooo... Does anyone who's been following things a bit more closely than I this year have any idea what this is about?

 

[sonofanarchy]

Universal is so awesome to passholders!!!!

Just got my tickets for HHN. $44 each. Plus we got a great deal for the 3 nights at Royal Pacific. No complaints here!

 

[ashearer]

We are staying at HRH for 4 nights in Oct. I have found a great deal for 2 weeks unlimited tickets for both parks and also unlimited horror nights for £145,meaning we could also do 3 of these if we wanted.Can we get express pass using our room card for these nights or do we have to purchase special ones?seems odd to buy 14 day tickets for 4 days but they're cheaper than buying passes for 4 days!

 

[Kogo Shuko]

Quick question. Do you need to buy a regular ticket AND an express ticket to get express, or should I be waiting until express passes are on sale?

 

[DCTooTall]

Quick question. Do you need to buy a regular ticket AND an express ticket to get express, or should I be waiting until express passes are on sale?

Yes, You need admission to the Event, and then the Express to get access to the express lines.

If you are just going 1 night, NORMALLY there aren't any major advantages to waiting to buy your primary admission until the Express pricing is released.


If you are going more than 1 night however, It's usually a good idea to wait until the Express prices are released since they will also usually release the RoF and FF w/ Express passes at the same time, which is a combo ticket that includes both your event admission AND Express tickets.

 

[AllyElly]

We are going to HHN on 10/4 and 10/5 and purchasing the Rush of Fear pass. We will be in the parks on Sat (10/5), will we have to leave the parks and re-enter or is there some place for us to stay? We have done the stay and scream in the past, but we wanted to add the Friday night on our arrival day.

Thanks!

 

[macraven]

i'm waiting to see if the combo ticket is going to be available again this year.

reason why i wait a few weeks before buying.


but, if you buy now and find out a combo ticket is for sale later, you can call and modify that purchase.

(if it is handled the same way as it has been in past years)

 

[MRAven]

We bought our online tickets today for Oct 20th and will be staying at Portofino Bay Hotel

Should I expect any benefits from staying at on site hotel ?

 

[DCTooTall]

We are going to HHN on 10/4 and 10/5 and purchasing the Rush of Fear pass. We will be in the parks on Sat (10/5), will we have to leave the parks and re-enter or is there some place for us to stay? We have done the stay and scream in the past, but we wanted to add the Friday night on our arrival day.

Thanks!

You can take advantage of the Stay and Scream holding pen in NY on the Saturday you are already i the park. You only need valid HHN admission to wait in the holding area, it doesn't matter if it's a "Stay and Scream ticket" or an multi-day ticket as long as it's valid for the night's event.

We bought our online tickets today for Oct 20th and will be staying at Portofino Bay Hotel

Should I expect any benefits from staying at on site hotel ?

The only perk onsite guests get for HHN is a special entrance gate and "early entry"... which is basically just thru the turnstile and waiting in the S&S holding areas before the S&S guests are released. If you are already in the park and taking advantage of the Stay and Scream holding areas, there are not any special onsite perks. (Your onsite Express is not valid during hard ticket events like HHN)

 

[Metro West]

We are staying at HRH for 4 nights in Oct. I have found a great deal for 2 weeks unlimited tickets for both parks and also unlimited horror nights for £145,meaning we could also do 3 of these if we wanted.Can we get express pass using our room card for these nights or do we have to purchase special ones?seems odd to buy 14 day tickets for 4 days but they're cheaper than buying passes for 4 days!

Hotel benefits are only good during regular park hours. Since HHN is a hard ticket event after regular park hours, you would have to purchase Express if you wanted it. Onsite resort guests do however get early entry into HHN at 5PM but not Express.

I'm going to merge this thread into the other thread.

 

[meryll83]

Hotel benefits are only good during regular park hours. Since HHN is a hard ticket event after regular park hours, you would have to purchase Express if you wanted it. Onsite resort guests do however get early entry into HHN at 5PM but not Express.

I'm going to merge this thread into the other thread.

Early entry to the holding pen with the S&Sers as opposed to the event itself / houses?


I hate that you can't book S&S online unless you're buying your day tickets at the same time. (Going to go with cheaper multi day tickets from a UK travel site) It lets you buy express without buying any other ticket, grrr. Phone call it is...

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[MISSYLEXI]

This is for all you experts! My in-laws live in Florida, we live in NH. They plan on going with us to HHN, can they purchase tickets for all of us? There is the 2 of them and 5 of us for a total of 7 tickets. Or is there a limit to how many they can purchase?