Personally I feel we should've gotten Chucky & Killer Klown
z scarezones as well anyway... although I'd hope that A LOT more effort would be made for a Chucky scarezone than what was seen in 2013. So much potential, little to no effort made from Murdy. The only positive was Chucky's mini insult emporium being part of it.
Killer Klowns wouldn't need that much set details except for cool lighting & maybe a few props here/there. The klowns themselves are what sells it. Hell, just let them loose over in Springfield plaza.
I still wish they'd use the scrapped "Killerz" scarezone concept. It's got the scareactor designs. Use it.
Also, I'd love for this never-done concept to finally be used as well...
"In 19th century France, restrictive laws and social norms prevented medical colleges from acquiring the one asset they need most – human cadavers. To solve this “body shortage crisis,” universities employed “unsavory characters” to do their dirty work and steal corpses from cemeteries in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, the grave robbers on Universal Studios Hollywood’s French Street have developed a morbid fascination with the dead – and a taste for human flesh!"
The event can do more than 3-4 scarezones... hell 2008 had "The Strangers" hanging out near Animal Actors and classified it as a scarezone. It was ridiculous last year having French St blocked off for RIP.. That was a waste of a perfectly good street & since RIP has been trimmed down to Orlando standards of little-to-no extra fluff, its an unnecessary option, especially when it means one less scarezone. Hell, considering baker street remains partially accessible due to the bathrooms back there, it wouldn't kill them to have a small handful of zombies ("walkers") on the loose (like 4 or 5) especially with TWD queue right there. The Lower Lot is going to be an interesting clusterf*ck this year due to no JP, no JP queue maze, BUT two popular IPs (Stranger Things & Trick R Treat).
Baker street, Springfield plaza, & Lower Lot don't need a lot of scareactors or to be fully themed zones. Just a very small cast each to make the event feel not-so-empty. Hell, if they can put Academy of Villains on the lower lot for their 2 "after party nights" in 2015, they can still make it a scarezone. 2014's "Skullz" only had roughly 4-6 scareactors anyway.
One of the issues with last year was that the metro sets had 3 of the weakest mazes at the event, so it didn't draw the masses back there like in 2016. If you don't spread the masses out properly between the mazes, you end up with longer lines for whatever is closest as well as fill the streets with bored unhappy guests.