lol even some the cast of ash vs evil dead was disappointed in their house by the end, and not only would have the shortest waits overall, it had the lowest word of mouth of the event and the house with the most actors missing at some point. by the end going through the house was depressing from the lack of energy and the missing spots
sometimes even with the wait time being 10 minutes, ffp people would be like "eh.... lets do something else"
overall the house was a disappointment and it kinda failed. i get that people hate Hive and you can call it boring, but the house was not a failure like Ash vs evil dead ended up being.
you might have had a bad run during Hive or you might think the subject was boring or that the sets were not that great, but the house delivered on its premise, it delivered on the scares, the house was a great replacement for what was supposed to be done and the vampires looked great. the vampires also acted great and they were really into it.
i can understand why someone would not like it, but i think the house was at least much better than Ash Vs.
i think ive done it 3 times and by the third time the strobe effect has no impact on me at all and im used to it now and now i get to see the sets fully and thats why i can see how bare and minimalist the house is.
I do know and i realize that most people that love it and most people that rate it high is because of the intensity of the actors, the disorienting effect the strobes have and the big scares the house gives. I fully get why some people are super freaked out when they leave the house and why someone would rate it the scariest house of the event or the most intense.