Florida or California for Halloween?

[KBrylczyk]

Hiya, dudes (and dudettes)!!

 

Looky here, my buddy Mike and I are looking into a vacation for mid-October. October 12-18th, to be precise. A little backstory, you ask? Why, certainly!

 

As you may know, I went on a vacation to California earlier this year with my sister for a week, same type of dates (Wednesday thru Tuesday) and had a blast, aside from a pretty crappy day at Magic Mountain. I would love to go back, but it seems like it would be too soon in October.

 

My buddy Mike, well, he doesn't have the experience I do. He has been from NJ to VA and back again, with one trip to Florida, and he's two years older than me. I kind of feel bad for the guy since he hasn't gotten to experience half of the things I have.

 

Anyways, one of the things Mike has not experienced is Halloween Horror Nights. He also hasn't experience California. I've looked on Priceline and found similar deals for the same dates, but I'm still undecided on which I should push him towards.

 

Florida would be Universal and Busch Gardens, along with area attractions, for the week, with HHN being on Thursday and Sunday (Frequent Fear).

 

California would be Disney, Knott's Scary Farm, and USH HHN.

 

Now, I've done HHN in Orlando many times and loved it every time. My main concern is if the smaller scale of USH's HHN plus Knott's Scary Farm is worth it over HHN in Orlando.

 

Any advice would be excellent. Thanks!

[robbalvey]

It's a hard call. Orlando's HHN is still my favorite Halloween event ever (even on off years), and Howl-O-Scream is not up to par, but still a good night of fun. Knott's Haunt can be hit or miss, and Universal Hollywood's HHN, while really good, is also a much smaller event than what you're used to.

 

I'm guessing you've have a really good time on either coast, but if you're used to Orlando's HHN, I can't imagine that the California offerings wouldn't disappoint, at least a little.