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It was never white.

The track was already installed a while back. Besides, it's not that interesting.

Err... no it isn't. The banked turn around the firehouse is the only part of the coaster that's up. I was just there yesterday (first two photos are mine.)

If Hollywood is anything like Orlando, they work 45 minute shifts with Cast A going on first. Of course, you won't know which cast is better until you see both of them, and even then, they may lack consistency.

Sounds like your bad time was your own fault. You should have gotten Express or had SOME sort of game plan. Either way, you can hardly critique the event after going through one haunted house. Sounds like you don't even enjoy haunted houses, so why were you there? There are plenty of us "idiots" who enjoy them just fine.

Odd. This is my favorite year since 2003. There's definitely been no lack of scares for me.

Don't know about the one by Jurassic Park, but the one by Seuss Landing hasn't gone anywhere, and I don't see why it would.

http://www.legendarytruth.com Viral "mystery" site.

Just the houses for now.... Scary Tales -- This house pretty much met my expectations and came away as my favorite of the night. Very imaginative design in both the sets & costumes and good scare tactics. Kudos on the bear. Unfortunately, it was the first house I went through and seemed a little dark, possibly because my eyes couldn't adjust. Hopefully I'll be able to see more of the detail next time. Design: A+ Scares: A Overall: A+ The Hallow -- This was probably my biggest surprise of the night. Nice set design and very surprising length for a "tent" house. Could easily pass as a soundstage house. They used some interesting concepts here. Look for a cameo from Bloody Mary. Again, things were a little dark, but I liked what I saw. I think the cast could be more aggressive though. And the facade needs to be fixed... already. Drunks versus styrofoam -- the drunks always win. Design: A Scares: B Overall: A- Reflections of Fear -- Pretty big letdown.... sort of. I really wanted to like this house, with Bloody Mary being an intriguing character and all, but the Jaws queue does her no justice, just as I thought. It's too damn short. And while I can see where they were going with the concept, I would have much preferred a house where Mary is stalking you personally rather than acting out her experiments on patients. You feel like a spectator in this house, like you're not part of the experience yourself. It has a lot in common with last year's houses, trying too hard to be cinematic and losing it's interactive aspect in the process. Design: D+ Scares: D Overall: D Doomsday -- I refuse to watch the film. I could tell it's crap, and pretty much everyone who has seen it thinks it's crap. So with that said, I probably missed out on the meaning of a few details. No matter, the house itself is still decent. Unfortunately, it reminded me of every other house that's been in this location. If you've seen one, you've basically seen them all. Loud grungy gorefest. Not a waste of time, but very forgettable. Especially when all eight houses are fighting for space in your head at the end of the night. But I will say, those are some big-ass chainsaws... Design: C Scares: B- Overall: C+ Creatures! -- I went into this house expecting to hate the inate cheesiness of it, but to my surprise, that didn't play much of a role at all. In fact, I only saw two of the dumb looking cyclops creatures, only one of which was actually moving. In retrospect, this really hurts the house's theme, but I didn't really care at the time. This house is mostly drunken redneck fun with some Thing-ish design elements thrown in. It has good length and some fun scare tactics. Design: A Scares: A Overall: A Body Collectors -- Ahh, the return of the much-touted Collectors... I'm not gonna lie, I think the original BC is the most overrated house ever and I wasn't a huge fan of the concept. This version is an improvement, but still critically flawed. You see, I enjoyed the setting. I enjoyed the scare tactics. I did NOT enjoy all the dead space. Seriously, what the hell? Why am I going through so many empty hallways? It makes the house feel a lot shorter than it should. Besides that major gripe, it's a well-themed, eerie house with an amazing facade. I liked that the Collectors were more aggressive this time, actually coming at you instead of just shoving body parts in your face as if they expect some sign of approval. I got several good startles in here. Unfortunately, it looks as if the full potential of this concept will go unrealized due to poor planning. Design: C+ Scares: A Overall: B Interstellar Terror -- This house is... strange. It has a few interesting scenes, but at the same time, it felt unfinished for some reason. Much of it lacks polish in the design department, especially for a soundstage house. Scares were minimal. I found it disappointing overall. Besides specific scenes that had creative effects or highly visual props, the rest of it is a blur. Design: C Scares: D+ Overall: C- Dead Exposure -- This is the "Let's try something new" house of HHN 18. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what to think of it, although it wasn't a massive failure by any means. The set design is very simplistic, mostly black with white highlighting and nearly constant use of black lighting. I liked that it tried to tell a story, even if I couldn't actually tell where I was supposed to be most of the time. Despite the low visibilty, there's still ample opportunity for scares here. The costumes are a little kooky though. Looked more like skeletons than zombies. I still enjoyed it. Design: B- Scares: B+ Overalll: B

No. They sacrificed a show this year for the sake of scarezones. Bloody Mary can only be seen at the entrance and in Reflections of Fear.

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Plaza of the Stars is the main path when you enter the park, between Shrek and Neutron. And yes, The Skoolhouse will be in that small area, sandwiched between Asylum and American Gothic.

I wasn't sure if this was deserving of it's own thread, but for those of you coming down to Orlando for the Halloween festivities, you might also be interested in Busch Garden's Howl-O-Scream. Their site has gone live. http://raventwins.com/

For those of you who may be wondering where each scarezone is... Normal streets: The Path of the Wicked (Production Central - Plaza of the Stars) American Gothic (Production Central - 8th Avenue) Streets of Blood (New York - 5th Avenue) Fractured Tales (KidZone) The Skoolhouse (Mel’s Diner) Asylum in Wonderland (Hollywood Boulevard) Roaming streets: Dark Reflections (Entrance) Chainsaws (San Francisco) Zombies (World Expo) The roaming scarezones are basically just scareactors without theming, who may occasionally creep into another area.

There's actually a couple "roaming scarezones" this year, in addition to the ones listed. So there should be no shortage of street scares this year. My most anticipated houses are Scary Tales, and since I put an automatic trust in them, the soundstage houses. However, it looks like everything has the potential to be high quality this year.

Basically, it just means they were expecting her to materialize. Universal owns the domain for legendarytruth.com, so you should expect to see that up soon.

I watched the commercial.... and I almost peed.

I'm so glad you posted that. It adds a whole lot to the discussion. I suppose I could stop talking and let you supply all the information I otherwise would.

Thing is, baby steps shouldn't be necessary. This is their third year since the reboot. USF was hauling out a new lineup of attractions every year from the very beginning. Sure, there were some repeats, but nothing this ridiculous. If you ask me, this isn't even a step forward at all. Anyway...

It's a photo from the set of the commercial. There are others, but she is out of character in most of them. It ruins the effect, so I wouldn't recommend trying to find them. But yes, it's the real deal. Otherwise I wouldn't post it. You're on candid camera!

Mary says hi.

USH has updated their side of the HHN site. Have fun with Freddy... again.

It's nowhere near the airport. It's between SeaWorld and I-Drive.

It.... uhh... should be nice to look at. The view from inside? It'll suck. Terrible location. Should have at least put it downtown. It would have gone nicely next to the new arena.

Dueling Dragons and Flying Unicorn.