Halloween Horror Nights 32 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors

[TheCodeMan95]

It's hotter than normal in Florida this year, is Universal going to add mist fans to Stay & Scream/Queue locations? It's hot every year, but we've gotten daily heat advisories for the past few weeks now and there's no sign of a drop off in the next week or two.

Hoping they plan accordingly with a mass of guests in black shirts arriving next week

I've been begging for this for years. Those holding areas in the beating sun are not for the weak

 

[JungleSkip]

I've been begging for this for years. Those holding areas in the beating sun are not for the weak

This is why Springfield is the best

 

[Imperius]

I've been begging for this for years. Those holding areas in the beating sun are not for the weak

Yeah after last year I think we’re just going to forgo stay and scream and pregame in city walk. The animal actors area was fine if you got a table but even then when you line up to start moving it’s rough. Got an Apple Watch alert last year as my HR was so high because it was so cramped and no air movement.

 

[Alsands]

The Merch so far has been a little underwhelming. Haven’t seen anything I like except the Oddfellow T-shirt. Last year this time, I had already bought a few items. Maybe they are going for that 90s T-shirt look. The flannel was so cool last year, not for me this year.

 

[Wigglepebbles]

The Merch so far has been a little underwhelming. Haven’t seen anything I like except the Oddfellow T-shirt. Last year this time, I had already bought a few items. Maybe they are going for that 90s T-shirt look. The flannel was so cool last year, not for me this year.


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It looks like someone puked on my 70$ flannel

 

[Lucky Planet]

The Merch so far has been a little underwhelming. Haven’t seen anything I like except the Oddfellow T-shirt. Last year this time, I had already bought a few items. Maybe they are going for that 90s T-shirt look. The flannel was so cool last year, not for me this year.


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It looks like someone puked on my 70$ flannel

Oddfellow spilled the Bleach !

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Yeah after last year I think we’re just going to forgo stay and scream and pregame in city walk. The animal actors area was fine if you got a table but even then when you line up to start moving it’s rough. Got an Apple Watch alert last year as my HR was so high because it was so cramped and no air movement.

Yeah, we have dinner reservations for 6 PM each of those nights. We'll eat dinner in Citywalk then make our way in. Hopefully by that time the front gate crowds are mostly gone!

(We also want to dedicate 1 evening to staying in IOA until close)

 

[hhn28andbeyond]

It's hotter than normal in Florida this year, is Universal going to add mist fans to Stay & Scream/Queue locations? It's hot every year, but we've gotten daily heat advisories for the past few weeks now and there's no sign of a drop off in the next week or two.

Hoping they plan accordingly with a mass of guests in black shirts arriving next week

That’s exactly why I don’t really do stay and scream. The lowest feels like temp for the dates I’m there is 110, hoping that they do add mist / fans not only in ss but in house queues as well.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

This is why Springfield is the best

That and Richter's was open last year with nice A/C as well and very little crowds.

Stay & Scream in NY has gotten so popular over the last few years that there's almost no advantage to it anymore unless you are the first hundred or so that show up the moment it opens.

 

[Lucky Planet]

That’s exactly why I don’t really do stay and scream. The lowest feels like temp for the dates I’m there is 110, hoping that they do add mist / fans not only in ss but in house queues as well.

i guess an umbrella and one of these would help

 

[Alsands]

That and Richter's was open last year with nice A/C as well and very little crowds.

Stay & Scream in NY has gotten so popular over the last few years that there's almost no advantage to it anymore unless you are the first hundred or so that show up the moment it opens.

Don’t some of the houses open at 5:15-5:30…. I think that’s a pretty big advantage if they are not allowing the general public in until 6:15-6:30.

 

[kingcooger]

Don’t some of the houses open at 5:15-5:30…. I think that’s a pretty big advantage if they are not allowing the general public in until 6:15-6:30.

What we found last year was that Halloween opened at 5:30, BUT once you were out of that, you had to stay in the New York area until the front gates opened.

I wanted to run across the park to the tents or Blum since most of the NY area doesn’t open until 6:30, but that was a no go.

I am not sure if this will still be the case this year.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Don’t some of the houses open at 5:15-5:30…. I think that’s a pretty big advantage if they are not allowing the general public in until 6:15-6:30.

It is an advantage, but you have to be one of the first 200ish people or so, if not you're still looking at an hour or so wait... might as well stay in the A/C out of the sun instead of the brutal sun

 

[Alsands]

What we found last year was that Halloween opened at 5:30, BUT once you were out of that, you had to stay in the New York area until the front gates opened.

I wanted to run across the park to the tents or Blum since most of the NY area doesn’t open until 6:30, but that was a no go.

I am not sure if this will still be the case this year.

It probably will be but you can hit the other houses in NY area after Stranger Things. I personally use the hotel guest entrance which the only downfall is you have to go through the house to get in … Hellblock last year and I’m assuming Blood moon this year.

 

[Jake S]

It probably will be but you can hit the other houses in NY area after Stranger Things. I personally use the hotel guest entrance which the only downfall is you have to go through the house to get in … Hellblock last year and I’m assuming Blood moon this year.

when does the hotel guest entrance open? I assume it closes with the park and re-opens when horror nights begins?

 

[Tbad556]

I feel like some of y'all are drastically undervaluing S&S hah. I post these every year, but this is one of my runs from last year as an example:

September 9th:

• Halloween: 5:18
• Coven: 5:37
• Blumhouse: 5:52
• Bugs: 6:06
• DoD: 6:14
• Monsters: 6:33
• The Weeknd: 6:54
• Hellblock: 7:18
• Dead Man's Pier: 7:55

That's 5 houses done by 6:30 opening time and 9 houses done before 8 PM. The sun suuuucks, but the amount of progress you can make without express is worth it.

 

[SixBillium]

For what it's worth, I've done Springfield Stay and Scream every year since 2010 and have always had a better experience than when I've tried NY the same visit.

I have a personal umbrella that fits in my cargo shorts that I'll use to block out the sun, and just chill off to the side until things start moving for the haunts. Yeah, the heat get's brutal for a bit, but as long as you're prepared with water / mister / umbrella / sunglasses, it really isn't too bad.

At least last year I was able to hit up The Weeknd (1 run) and Monsters (2 runs) before the tents opened, and still do DoD and Bugs (2 runs each) and Blumhouse (1 run) by 6:30pm, and then Chubacabra and Coven (1 run each) by 7:30pm.

I can't comment on the success of the smaller zones, but given how packed I'm assuming NY will be this year with Stranger Things and Dueling Dragons up front, Springfield is worth it. Trying to queue up for Stranger Things 2019 with Stay and Scream was just nuts.

 

[Imperius]

I feel like some of y'all are drastically undervaluing S&S hah. I post these every year, but this is one of my runs from last year as an example:

September 9th:

• Halloween: 5:18
• Coven: 5:37
• Blumhouse: 5:52
• Bugs: 6:06
• DoD: 6:14
• Monsters: 6:33
• The Weeknd: 6:54
• Hellblock: 7:18
• Dead Man's Pier: 7:55

That's 5 houses done by 6:30 opening time and 9 houses done before 8 PM. The sun suuuucks, but the amount of progress you can make without express is worth it.

Not undervaluing the time savings. More of the comfort of actually doing it. We are religious with doing it but it’s to the point it’s too dang hot to care.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

What we found last year was that Halloween opened at 5:30, BUT once you were out of that, you had to stay in the New York area until the front gates opened.

I wanted to run across the park to the tents or Blum since most of the NY area doesn’t open until 6:30, but that was a no go.

I am not sure if this will still be the case this year.

Yeah this really threw us off as well. We were probably within the first 50 people going into the house. Once we got out, I ran into the Fallon bathrooms and my wife waited outside - when I came out of the bathroom a TM directed me somewhere else and I ended up behind a barricade away from my wife. When they let us back together, we went back into NY and were shocked to find we literally couldn't leave the area lol

 

[sparky]

We went on opening night last year and had no idea this was a thing. When they told us to wait, I asked “What are we in line for?” She said “Hellblock Horror”. We were so confused. Now that I know to expect this, I’m excited to get a house done before the event even starts.

We had a weird experience last year. We came in the hotel guests entrance before the event opened. We needed a bathroom urgently. The ones at that entrance were closed. So, a nice employee walked us into the park, like way inside the park. We came out of the bathrooms and he was gone. We ended up wandering over to the Halloween entrance area. We beat the crowds. Ended up going thru halloween and the witch one before the crowds arrived.
The next night the hotel entrance sent us directly to hell block.