Halloween Horror Nights 32 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors

[Kichkinet85]

Wounder if we we’re supposed to get an announcement today and I got pushed back

 

[Wigglepebbles]

For the record I never said there’d be an announcement today. Only chaos. And honestly, it’s glorious.

Week’s not over yet.

But there’s chaos only because you said there’s chaos?!? This is like a Chicken Little situation

 

[HHN Yeti Lover]

 

[Alicia]

But there’s chaos only because you said there’s chaos?!? This is like a Chicken Little situation

not getting a Thursday announcement when all signs pointed to a big thursday announcement feels like chaos to me, but what do I know

 

[rageofthegods]

For the record I never said there’d be an announcement today. Only chaos. And honestly, it’s glorious.

Week’s not over yet.

This is an excellent bit. Like a GOATed bit. We should do this every year.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Universal's marketing team really must have determined that announcing things prior to the event means ABSOLUTELY nothing for the bottom line lol

 

[snayberry]

It's not like you guys don't know what the line up is already. August is right around the corner, everything is about to get announced.

 

[krazyhorrorkid]

They might as well take down the vamp stage because the event is gonna get cancelled.

 

[Kichkinet85]

It's not like you guys don't know what the line up is already. August is right around the corner, everything is about to get announced.

I mean to play devils advocate, we only know the basic stuff

 

[Wigglepebbles]

not getting a Thursday announcement when all signs pointed to a big thursday announcement feels like chaos to me, but what do I know

Every Thursday points to a big announcement at this point; plus midsummer is happening so it’s just misdirection…

 

[TheCodeMan95]

I mean to play devils advocate, we only know the basic stuff

Yeah, I mean we have general ideas but there's a lot of actual details we don't know lol

 

[ssirin88]

Vamp: Corn

 

[HHN Yeti Lover]

Every Thursday points to a big announcement at this point; plus midsummer is happening so it’s just misdirection…

I feel like it was bound to happen since no one also considered the fact that Food and Wine is today at Epcot, so all the news will be coming from there. Plus no one said that announcements were happening today, we just kind of expect them to happen on Thursdays, but that’s not always the case.

 

[hunnylvr]

 

[Killer Klown]

I mean to play devils advocate, we only know the basic stuff

And to further that devils advocate we are a tiny fraction of the HHN audience and most people still have no idea beyond the 2.5 houses that have already been announced.

 

[Grabnar]

Vamp: Korn

Punched that up for you

 

[Sledge]

Universal's marketing team really must have determined that announcing things prior to the event means ABSOLUTELY nothing for the bottom line lol

Those of us that come from out of state don't use house announcements as a factor in deciding on whether or not we will make an HHN trip. Room availability has been limited for months now, even before TLOU or ST4 was announced. Out-of-towners that hear about an IP they love and decide to plan a last minute vacation are very, very few and far between.

Announcements are exciting for us, but for the casual/general public/locals, an announcement in July for a Halloween event in September is going to be forgotten by the time the event draws closer. It behooves them to wait.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Those of us that come from out of state don't use house announcements as a factor in deciding on whether or not we will make an HHN trip. Room availability has been limited for months now, even before TLOU or ST4 was announced. Out-of-towners that hear about an IP they love and decide to plan a last minute vacation are very, very few and far between.

Announcements are exciting for us, but for the casual/general public/locals, an announcement in July for a Halloween event in September is going to be forgotten by the time the event draws closer. It behooves them to wait.

I'm right there with you, as a fellow out-of-stater.

My hotel was booked in February lol

 

[moistowlette1989]

Those of us that come from out of state don't use house announcements as a factor in deciding on whether or not we will make an HHN trip. Room availability has been limited for months now, even before TLOU or ST4 was announced. Out-of-towners that hear about an IP they love and decide to plan a last minute vacation are very, very few and far between.

Announcements are exciting for us, but for the casual/general public/locals, an announcement in July for a Halloween event in September is going to be forgotten by the time the event draws closer. It behooves them to wait.

This x 1000. I live SEVERAL states away. If I waited for all the announcements to make a decision, it would be bad for me, financially. I had my trip booked and paid off by february/march.

 

[Galactus]

Those of us that come from out of state don't use house announcements as a factor in deciding on whether or not we will make an HHN trip. Room availability has been limited for months now, even before TLOU or ST4 was announced. Out-of-towners that hear about an IP they love and decide to plan a last minute vacation are very, very few and far between.

Announcements are exciting for us, but for the casual/general public/locals, an announcement in July for a Halloween event in September is going to be forgotten by the time the event draws closer. It behooves them to wait.

I think that's an overly simplistic view of the role of advertising (and these announcements are just free advertising as they spread on social media and traditional media). Ford doesn't expect every ad they run to result in a new car sold, they know that if they keep running the ads then when you do need a new car, you might be more likely to think of them.

Obviously HHN isn't selling cars but I don't see how it's that much different. If they announce some here and there over the year and you keep seeing it, you'll be more likely to answer HHN if someone asks you "what should we do this weekend?" if you're a local. Obviously you're right, if they just dumped everything in April that would be really poor advertising but I think spreading the announcements out, letting them breathe and circulate a little bit to keep the event in the forefront of the minds of people that aren't nerds like us would be wise. But also obviously I don't have the data they do so maybe I'm totally wrong.