Halloween Horror Nights 34 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors

[saint.piss]

You need something at the entrance to set the stage and establish the theme. I think they REALLY need to bring back the heavily themed entrance arches of the old days and get rid of the industrial metal signs that have been there since Walking Dead. If Uni does that, I think they can get away with just a few costumed Scareactors in the entry plaza - or even just leave it empty aside from some light theming.

Sadly I dont think they will, but I agree they should bring back the themed entrances. They were so cool. I miss how elaborate they use to be with the set design around the park. The entrance/scarezones dont get the same love they use to lol

 

[Legacy]

You need something at the entrance to set the stage and establish the theme. I think they REALLY need to bring back the heavily themed entrance arches of the old days and get rid of the industrial metal signs that have been there since Walking Dead. If Uni does that, I think they can get away with just a few costumed Scareactors in the entry plaza - or even just leave it empty aside from some light theming.

You need a theme to set a theme.

 

[Viator]

I have to think Plaza of The Stars is off limits--if only because they don't really have the luxury of non-IP around that space now compared to before (especially as Wicked should be sticking around for 2025 and a portion of 2026, in lieu of For Good coming out at the end of the year). Considering how much was diminished; I think it makes sense that Plaza is removed from the equation (and that they could put that investment elsewhere in turn).

 

[Casper Gutman]

You need a theme to set a theme.

That’s a bit worrying. They’ve been pretty good about having a theme - or at least a unifying aesthetic - the last several years.

 

[Clive]

You need a theme to set a theme.

I do think a general "gothically spooky but grand" overlay to the arches would be better than the industrial metal things we've been saddled with for over a decade now. Doesn't have to be specific to any particular year's theme or aesthetic.

 

[Scarematt32]

If a zone goes do we think or have any knowledge that this is a budget cut decision. I'm in the camp of the opening zones have been terrible ever since they moved the location, however, I think it's going to be a very tough sell to charge more, and let's be real they most likely will, and offer less.

With next year being an anniversary year I just wonder if they are going to scale back the spend this year.

 

[Kooks]

If a zone goes do we think or have any knowledge that this is a budget cut decision. I'm in the camp of the opening zones have been terrible ever since they moved the location, however, I think it's going to be a very tough sell to charge more, and let's be real they most likely will, and offer less.

With next year being an anniversary year I just wonder if they are going to scale back the spend this year.

Even before they moved the zone it’s been hit or miss. Aside from Anarchade really, this area has basically been a mish mosh of characters from other zones/houses with limited theming for probably the last 10 years. I won’t miss that at all, but I do wish they’d go back to giving this area its own theme. The Masquerade zone and even the Chance zone in somewhat recent years were great and I never understood why they made the change. The mish mosh zones always suck, IMO.

 

[Neo]

If a zone goes do we think or have any knowledge that this is a budget cut decision. I'm in the camp of the opening zones have been terrible ever since they moved the location, however, I think it's going to be a very tough sell to charge more, and let's be real they most likely will, and offer less.

With next year being an anniversary year I just wonder if they are going to scale back the spend this year.

Or maybe it's just a matter of them reading/seeing/hearing the feedback that nobody likes the zone and they know they are hamstrung with the location now and thinking the creative time, budget, and staffing that zone normally took up would be well suited elsewhere in the park.

Personally, I'd love them to just put a barker in the new area back by the tents and put in like 5 food booths. As crazy as the crowds are in the park, the food lines are beyond ridiculous. When the least popular house(s) at the event has a wait time of 15 min later in the night and it takes the same amount of time to get a beer, or double the time to get a twisted tater, you know something's not right.

 

[Chumpieboy]

Or maybe it's just a matter of them reading/seeing/hearing the feedback that nobody likes the zone and they know they are hamstrung with the location now and thinking the creative time, budget, and staffing that zone normally took up would be well suited elsewhere in the park.

Personally, I'd love them to just put a barker in the new area back by the tents and put in like 5 food booths. As crazy as the crowds are in the park, the food lines are beyond ridiculous. When the least popular house(s) at the event has a wait time of 15 min later in the night and it takes the same amount of time to get a beer, or double the time to get a twisted tater, you know something's not right.

Yeah. There’s gotta be a way to manage the food demand that is between “every twisted tater is bespoke planted and harvested for each order” and “we made a years’ worth of pizza fries at once are keeping them under a heat lamp to put the quick in quick service”.