Robgraves

yah, i got that same shirt... actually Universal bought it for me cause i ate olive garden salads for 20min... mmmmmm

Ok, my review/trip report of the second night of HHN! First off, we (my wife Freyja and myself) got to Universal at about 3pm after spending our whole morning at Magic Kindom and heading to Epcot for lunch at The Land. We went straight to the Mummy to get in a Pre-HHN ride, we saw the AP zone and heard the terrible music and were glad we would miss at least 20min while in line for Mummy. So, after a great ride on Mummy (minus the false unload scene being in a bit of a b-mode) we headed over to the AP "Party Zone", music wasnt my type... but zombie hookers... well that sways me over. They then announced they would be opening Screamhouse for us at 5:30, so at about 5:40 they opened up Screamhouse while they had the Zombie Break Squad out breakdancing.. (!?!) We went through Screamhouse and then they opened All Nite Die In and by the time the park had been open to guests for 10min we had been through Screamhouse, Die In and Psychoscarepy. (i will review the houses and such at the end.) So, after those we decided to try to catch the first B&T show and well... we got distracted in Deadtropolis (Zombie Hookers!) and ended up missing the fist show so opted for Last instead... So we went into Dungeon of Terror... and wandered toward Psychopath and PUTS and saw the 75min waits and went over to grab food and watch Universal 360 and the Arrival... went through Harvest of Souls... Hit Mels for cheap eats Universal 360: The Directors Cut- Ok, now admittedly i have yet to catch the normal show... i usually leave before then.. i love universal.. but im usually done by 5. It was... ok, i watched a family leave disgusted at the zombie gore lol... i liked the bits with the Icons... overall an ok show. The Arrival- Ok, this was AWESOME. My wife has a thing for Darkness so she loved the show, we both loved his minions...but the Icons were great. I loved the rituallistic setup of the whole thing, won't ruin it for those who have not seen it... great great show. after that we went and did psychopath... Great house... horrible queue... more on that in review. our feet were hurting from being at it since 9am so we sat down for a bit and waited for the last B&T show... but ill save that review for last... and now THE HOUSES! Screamhouse:ressurection- Ok.. i have to say this house was great... all the Cindy references everywhere was AWESOME and Caretaker was all over the place. I got it good from a Caretaker that hopped out of nowhere running at me... beautiful... speaking of beautiful the set design was gorgeous. 4/5 All Night Die-In take 2- Ok, well The Director is my favourite Icon but i was a little apprehensive of this year's after hearing about the movies involved. The opening scene in The Director's studio is cool and he got up in my face saying "Don't be afraid.. it's only me." The scream part started off bad... Drew Barrymore girl was AWFUL... but the garage scene was cool! Then we went into The Ring part... OMG i thought this was going to be lame... i have NEVER heard that much screaming in terror in my life... nothing scarier than small asian girls. The Hellraiser part was cool, famale Cinobite heard me and the wife call her hot and got in our faces saying "mmmmm... i can smell your sins...." I'll end my thoughts there... 5/5 Psychoscarepy- Ok, i had heard all the hoopla about no Jack but i will say this one was pretty decent, i couldnt enjoy it too much though cause the guy behind me was going on about how he could kick anyones asses and was talking on his cell phone throught the house. I will say this though... the bathroom... disgusting... I could have lived my whole life without the illusion of having a toilet spray me with feces.... I got sprayed... ugh... that gives this house a higer rating cause it illicited a reaction out of me... though it may have been shudders and screams of "WHY!!!!!! OH GOD!!! UGGHHH" AND Jack was in his full glory at the end... they fixed it folks. 4/5 Dungeon of Terror- Not a fan of The Storyteller... just sort of a weak Icon to me... but i love House of 1000 Corpses. overall i liked this house, it wasnt great but it wasnt terrible. i didnt get scared, but i did enjoy it. One bad part was near the end, i hear from behind a curtain "Heads up folks" real quiet then the guy pops out with the drill.... warning me first... BAD. 3/5 Psychopath- ok, ummm the queue for this sucks... i mean i was pretty sure when i reached the INTERSECTION that i might need a handstamp to get back into the park!!! Poorly planned. The house however... I loved, the whole in normans mind concept was neat and the Disentorium parts were neat... 4/5 Will do RUN and PUTS this weekend. 75 and 90 minute waits kept me away. The scarezones this year... I loved Deadtropolis... but HOS didnt do much for me.. niether did BM. I miss Midway of the Bizzare and the Festival of the Dead parade. The Rat Lady procession was awesome. B&T- OMG! I thought this years show was great... offensive, brash, beautiful. The Mel Gibson joke was beautiful, and Sthupermaaann! was FABULOUS! loved the show... Tom and katie was great, Katie had great... umm.. floatation devices. 5/5 overall review 4/5 I was taking most the pics minus the many pics of Darkness... those were hers. More Pics next weekend! More DT zombies DT zombie Zombie Hooker and radom guy who walked in front of me. Freyja and Jack Freyja and Caretaker More Caretaker The Caretaker more Darkness and more Minions BM vamp Darkness and Minions The Arrival- one of the only shots that wasnt shrouded by fog

honestly, the only dissappointment this year as far as i have heard is RUN.... i didnt make it in there last night, so i am unsure... but the first nights are always sort of a feeling out period... i will say this though... nothing is scarier than small asian girls *shudder*.

Jack was Jack last night in psychoscarepy... ill have a full trip report a little later... soooo tired.

oh yeah... really its the only thing he does that i find funny...

WHAT! He's GAY... i always thought he was... Bi, bi, bi.... (crickets) but seriously... sitcom could be coll... cause i admit, i have a deep heterosexual love for the Fat-One.

i dont see opera either.

no industrial or noise... i cant vote... not sure if neo-folk could fall inder any of those either.

Damn, wish i coulda gone this year.... my friends from Blue Blood have a booth there and it prolly woulda been a blast... oh wel... i probably would have been at the blizzard booth all weekend anyway... at leat until they tried to get between me and the WoW expansion demos and make me leave... then i would have started hissing and biting... next thing you know, its another few months in the happy place. theres always DragonCon

just got back from seeing the movie..... wow. imo it IS Smith's magnum opus. I laughed, i cried, i felt something.... and it solidified Randal as my favorite charachter... and had an amazing message. i wont say much more except.... "i'm sorry jesus" and PORCH MONKEY 4 LIFE!

The original dragon warrior, Tetris, Diablo, Baulders Gate 2, Empire Earth 2, Phantasy Star 3-4, and World of Warcraft.

Personally i cant wait.... fell in love with clerks when i first saw it way back when.... 10yrs ago.... i have always identified with Randal... i have many stories of my time in retail that would make the charachter proud as far as his other movies.... Mallrats was a kinda funny buddy movie, Chasing Amy is probably my second favorite Smith film.... and Dogma has a special place in my heart... mostly caus ei loved Jason Lee in that one. J&SBSB and Jersey Girl don't exist, it was a temporal vortex. i think Clerks 2 needed to be done, those chars needed revisited. I personally will be there on friday at the theater... Kinda dissapointed about Fletch Won though... I was soooo hoping for that one as Fletch is a right up with Caddyshack on my favorite movies list. maybe someday... just like Nicholas cage as Superman.

^^ lolercaust

i know... you had to have been at the cafe i was watching it at to get why i spelled it that way though. That was probably the most fun part of the game... Italian fans and French fans in one cafe watching the game... it almost got messy. Italy only started to play the dive game in this one after france showed in that early bit that it was going to rely on that. France's only goal was tainted, and Italia's was PURE and UNDENIABLE. I am proud today.

mmmm hobo babes.

that game was great... been rooting for italia the whole way and to see them win was.... well... lets just say it ranks as one of the most exhilerating feelings ever! zidane was a classless fool. And IMO Bufone has a perfect regulation play record this world cup. That france goal was a fluke that should never have happened in the fist place... and the one against the US doesnt count. Italia!

yah, there was a theory last night about it being a possible Cerebral Hemmorage... ("VEEKOMAAAAA") but, i think this pretty much seals this shut.

*cough*Hulk is at universal *cough* do you know how many times i had people ask me about Universal rides when i worked at D-MGM? but seriously, it may not have been a heart thing after all... but still a pre=existing condition type thing. wont know for a few days... just going off what i have heard. YAY! Park Scuttlebutt! apparently according to updated sentinal article they do have AED's in the parks now.... just none in sunset.... -.- however... if its what im suspecting the AED wouldnt have done a whole lot.

well, thats one thing i will commend Universal Orlando for... and trust me... i'm a Disney Fanboy... is that they have AED's EVERYWHERE! Resturaunts, Cat In The Hat... pretty much at every onload point or withing a certain distance throughout the park.

The Reedy Creek Improvement District is a local governing body created by and for the Walt Disney World Resort, so that the parks wouldn't be subject to any state or city zoning or land use regulations that they didn't themselves create. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District I"m aware of what the RCID is. Emergency services districts don't necessarilly follow other districts, however. Reedy Creek Emergency operates on WDW properies only, including the Cities of Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake. The first people notified are Guest Services, then An Alpha is dispatched. This is so guest services can be there first... and with the family the whole way..... note the Statement from Disney i posted earlier

That they asked isn't odd. AED's are becoming quite prolific and it is usually asked anytime a 911 call comes from a business these days. What's odd and unfortunate is that she said no. Matt Well it wouldn't be odd if it were a regular 911 dispatch... but it wasnt, it was Reedy Creek. It was the company's 911 disppatch and he was asking all the company questions, that one was... new... to me at least. I'm clearly not familar with WDW's emergency services. Are you implying that the Reedy Creek dispatch services WDW and only WDW? Matt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District Reedy Creek IS WDW. That is why you are tauhgt to only call 911 from a company phone and to not allow people to call from a cell phone and such. someone beat me to it... the rotten.com link about reedy creek on the wiki page is an interesting read though. Im gonna try to dig up some of the stuff from my last time through Traditions.

Wes ftw! awesome... just awesome. Im tickled Pink reading that. I wonder do wonder if theis kid had any Toys In The Attic like a bum ticker.

That they asked isn't odd. AED's are becoming quite prolific and it is usually asked anytime a 911 call comes from a business these days. What's odd and unfortunate is that she said no. Matt Well it wouldn't be odd if it were a regular 911 dispatch... but it wasnt, it was Reedy Creek. It was the company's 911 disppatch and he was asking all the company questions, that one was... new... to me at least.

She said No on the AED... that they even asked is odd, some must have been added to property... i am pretty sure there are none anywhere in sunset though. I wonder where they put them, as Sunset would to me be a priority area considering its two anchoring attractions....

Doesn't mean they wont.... In fact... im hearing Heart Attack. btw, heres some lovely reporting from Orlando Sentinel.... joy HEAR THE 911 CALL!!!! http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/orl-bk-disney911call1,0,5444412.mp3file?coll=orl-home-headlines Guests React!!! http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/orl-bk-disneyvisitors06292006,0,1567373.story?coll=orl-home-headlines