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Going to the Fan Preview tomorrow night and I can’t wait! How do you guys think it will be in terms of the crowds? Hoping to be able to hit everything and get out before midnight if I play everything smart.
Also my first year with a frequent fear pass instead of doing one night with Express or...
They’re talking about the fan preview night, not employee preview night.
Fox had a big say over what happened with The Simpsons in Universal Parks. Murdy said the reason they couldn’t put a scare zone in Springfield was because Fox said no, and rumor was the also turned down doing Treehouse...
Doctor Sleep is being marketed as a sequel to Kubrick’s adaption of The Shining because it IS a sequel to Kubrick’s adaption, not necessarily just an adaption of the Doctor Sleep book.
Flanagan was able to convince King that if they were to do Doctor Sleep as a film, it would have to be...
Universal will never get Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Like someone else said, WB owns it and more importantly, it was on a survey they sent to guests this year for potential properties they’d like to see next year at Horror Made Here.
I posted this in the general discussion thread, but I’ll repost it here. I’m honestly surprised by all the positive reviews I’ve been seeing. I’ve always been forgiving of the event, but this was the first year I was completely disappointed with it. Here’s the review:
I love HHN and I get...
I love HHN and I get scared very easily, especially at HHN. I’ve always loved HHN, but this was the first year I was disappointed by HHN. I know this is only preview night and I’ve got tickets to come back in a few weeks, so I’m really hoping it improves by then.
Here’s my spoiler free review...
This might've been me. Sorry for the two month late reply lol.
I had a friend who relayed to me a lot of accurate info for last year that HHN was planning something big for next year that was something a little different, but they I don't think even they knew what it was yet. We'll see if any...
FINALLY got to go to the event last weekend, so here are my thoughts on it:
First off, the RIP experience: Loved it. The food was GREAT and I ate so much that I could hardly walk afterwards (paying $300 for a buffet, I'm gonna eat as much as I can). My group stayed with our guide the whole time...
My same source who confirmed this year's lineup and told me HoB's lineup also told me that this year's budget did get cut because of a clerical error last year that caused them to go $1 million over budget.
They said that they're also already planning to go very big next year (including with...
Probably because it's in Japan and Universal/WB don't have full control over the park since a Japanese company would need to own a controlling portion of the park, so WB might not get to tell them no.
And like I said, Universal tried, and WB gave it a very hard no, and they have final say. And...
Potter not being open is 100% a logistics thing. The ride cannot be open for that long. If they keep it open for HHN every night of the event, the attraction would not be ready to be open with the park the next morning. It's like when Disney does 24 hour days and certain attractions like...
Thanks for the responses, guys! Still debating on whether or not my gf and my friend and I will partake in the actual guided tour or for how long, but good to know that the buffet's definitely worth it.
The only thing I love more than Halloween is a good buffet.
How was the RIP experience overall? Was the food good? I know there's no special RIP backlot experience this year, so how was the tour itself? Do you know if they were strict about sticking with the tour group for the full four hours?
Thanks in advance for whatever answers you feel like providing!
Man, all this talk of an overabundance of black walls is really bumming me out. I'm hoping I still have fun with the RIP experience.
Speaking of which, did anyone here go and do RIP last night? If so, I have a couple of questions because I know RIP has been gone for a couple years and I want to...
Neat, I wasn't talking about you. There were multiple people who told me I was outright wrong. I know what the alcohol rules were for the event, so no need to reiterate them to me. I specifically mentioned that it would be alcohol offered to all guests, not just VIP, and that was correct. Not...
It’s pretty disheartening to hear some of the stuff about the event this year. I’m not going for another few more weeks, so I’m hoping a lot of these issues get sorted.
Remember when I told you guys that they’d be serving alcohol this year, but only at Duff Gardens, and you guys told me my source was 100% wrong and that it was not happening?