So I finally have some time to write on my latest trip. Pretty much stuck to the plan by galindoverhere. Was able to do everything except for Despicable Me with an hour to spare by the end of the night. Saw a real flip of crowds on the lots around 10-ish when wait times for everything on the lower lot really got long.
When my friends and I first arrived we went straight to the lower lot and knocked off Insidious and The Walking Dead, Insidious with around a 15 minute wait and we walked onto Walking Dead. After that we hit Transformers (my friends hadn't been to Universal in a few years so they wanted to get the rides in too), and then we went to the lower lot to knock off AVP and Crimson Peak, again not really long waits here. About 10 minutes for AVP and 15 for Crimson Peak. I really liked the Purge scare zone when getting off the tram, a lot of fun seeing the people try to avoid the scare actors. This is The End was next on our list, with a 10 minute wait, I enjoyed it, I thought the 3D effects really made it stand out among the other mazes. Next we hit up Revenge of the Mummy with a 20 minute wait, the most I wait for that is 5 minutes but I stuck through it because of my friends lol. Once we got off I noticed how crazy long the lines were getting downstairs, This is the End had gone from 10 minutes to 85 in a short span, TWD was 90 minutes too. I was really glad we were able to beat the crowds.
We went back upstairs and knocked off the Terror Tram, Jabbawockeez and Halloween in that order. We waited 5 minutes for the Terror Tram and Halloween was our longest wait of the night with 40 minutes. I really liked the Terror Tram and the Purge theme, I really enjoyed walking around the sets in the backlot too, a nice change from the normal studio tour. I felt a little underwhelmed with the Jabbawockeez show, I'd heard mostly good things about it but I just felt like it never really got going. It was good but not amazing. Halloween was a great maze, I definitely got most of my scares for the night from this maze.
Overall a really fun experience, glad I was able to get my friends and I through everything except Despicable Me on a Friday of all days. Favorite maze for me is a tie between Halloween and AVP. If I could chose the Terror Tram as a maze I would, but it'd be unfair to compare it to a maze.