Pictures of HHN-SPOILERS Mysteries of The Midway Pictures Too

[PatriciaH]

We just got back from our behind the scenes Mysteries of the Midway Tour. They allowed pictures this year! Great tour-we saw the 3 sound stage houses and the HHN museum. HHN on the 4th was a lot of fun! I would rate the houses this way (best to OK):

1. Dead Silence (so much like the movie, some great effects)
2. The Thing (scary and good props/gross)
3. Psychoscarepy (detailed! good scare actors)
4. Jacks Fun House (nice effects, scary clowns)
5. Friday The 13th (scary kills in front of you)
6. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (these guys are tall and imposing!)
7. Nightmare On Elm Street (really dropped the ball on this one-could have been great, boring sets, lots of scary Freddys though)
8. Vampire Blood Bath (short, boring sets, great makeup though)

Thursday night was a great time to go. We will never go on a weekend again. Much less drinking/smoking and much less crowded by about 50%! We were finished with all the houses, 2 shows and Jaws by 10pm. Hard Rock Hotel was great. Finnegans was a lot of fun! We got to the park around 4pm, did Twister, The Mummy and ate dinner. Then we got in line for Nightmare on Elm Street. I am so glad we did that house first as it was a big let down. I was really looking forward to Freddy. Not a lot of thought in this house considering they had a huge sound stage! Rocky Horror was good if you like the movie. Bill and Ted was funny but last year was better. We did not see the other 2 shows. There were scareactors on the streets-quite a few. There ARE a few scare zones/walk through set areas. Carnival themed. Enjoy the pics!

Mysteries of The Midway Tour!

 

[herbiesmomma]

Awesome pics! I can't wait to get there! I still have to wait 19 days.

 

[Metro West]

Yeah...great pics. I would have to put Psychoscarepy on the top of my list after doing it twice last night. I love the details and the Christmas feeling.

 

[AlexandNessa]

Thanks for sharing your pics!

BTW, how was the "themed amenity" at the HRH you ordered?!

 

[Melisa1]

Awesome Pics - Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bubba's mom]

Loved the pix!!! Some great shots/ideas! I'll have to try to remember to "spray my abs on" like the chik at the Blues Brothers spot did

 

[PatriciaH]

Thanks for sharing your pics!

BTW, how was the "themed amenity" at the HRH you ordered?!

It was really cute and very tasty! Here is a pic:

 

[lorax123]

Thanks you for the great pics! These are the first I've seen of the event for this year.

 

[MartDM]

Thanks! We go this Thursday...can't wait after those pics & your assessment of Thursday crowds!

 

[Metro West]

Thanks! We go this Thursday...can't wait after those pics & your assessment of Thursday crowds!

I went this past Thursday night and the crowds were relatively light considering it's a work night for a lot of us. The crowds seemed to get a little heavier as the evening wore on but if you're doing S & S and have EP's, you'll be fine. Macraven and I were able to do four houses EASILY w/o using the EP and then went back and did a couple again. Remember...if the wait in under 20 mins...DO NOT use your EP...save it come back again for a repeat.

 

[terbethk]

excellent pix! thanks for sharing, it looks like it was a lot of fun!

 

[keishashadow]

very ; luv the photo op w/gent on the floor looking as though it was time to call the coroner

 

[patster734]

Thanks from me too! I'm not able to go to Universal this halloween season, so its a real enjoyment to look at other people's pictures and read their trip reports. Thanks alot!

 

[Minniespal]

Thanks for the photos, they should keep me going till we get there on the 31st.

 

[fairfax]

Fantastic pictures! We are definitely going to do that tour next year. Thanks so much for sharing!

 

[taylorl25]

Love the pictures! I really wanted to do the tour but DH didn't want to, definetely be doing it next time. There's so much detail in your pictures that I just didn't see going through the houses at night, think i was too busy looking for the next scareactor!!

 

[PatriciaH]

Yes, there was a ton of detail in the well done houses (Dead Silence, Psychoscareapy.) This one is gross, but in the kitchen in Psychoscareapy is a lady on the table. We noticed (only in the daytime) that she had cookie cutters cut into her back-euuuwwww....

Notice the lamp...

and Dead Silence-lots of detail:

Embalming Fluids

Mary's workshop for her "perfect doll"

 

[bulah1]

Notice the lamp...

OMG! Flashback to "A Christmas Story" - but gone very wrong! LOL
The "other" leg lamp

 

[Spidey7]

Very cool, more please, the vampire chicks are sexy.

 

[FloraFauna]

Cool pictures. I can't wait to show them to my teenage son when he gets home from school. I could deal with the spooky sets, but I hate when people jump out and scare you. Is there a lot of that going on?