Invertalon Posted October 9, 2015 Posted October 9, 2015 I just finished editing and uploading all my HHN images from our trip about two weeks ago to my Flickr page... I have about 400 photos up, so check out the link if your interested in more! This year was really solid... I think it was my 8th year or so of HHN since 2004, only missing a few years in there at some point. House wise, the 25th anniversary house was probably my all-around favorite. Freddy vs. Jason, Insidious, Purge, Body Collectors and Werewolf in London were all really good as well. I found Walking Dead fell the most flat, again, no surprise there. Some cool scenes and such, but these houses do absolutely nothing for me. Love the show, but the houses are as stale as you can get. The 3D house was "fun" and RUN was decent, but nothing spectacular. Zone wise it was a very good year... I really loved the mini-"legends" zone in front of Disaster, All Nite Din In. Psychoscarapy fell flat at first, but once you loiter around and watch the scareactors do their thing, it's amazing. Scary Tales was the most disappointing, for sure. Evil's Roots was really good, very Halloween which is always nice. Some great characters and the overall atmosphere was really nice. The Icon's zone was fine, but I am not a huge fan of the little mini-stages everywhere. I like the purpose of them, but would rather have the icons roam around when those shows are not in progress vs. just standing on stage the entire time. The Jack Show was incredible! I miss HHN having a show like that every year... So well put together, amazing gag's and "stunts" if you will... I overhead a few people tell who they are with how creepy and uncomfortable the show was. Perfect! Bill and Ted was better this year than the past few, I thought. You can never really go wrong with this show though, it's always a fun time. So overall this year was really good... We did four nights total and beat our record last year of total house "laps" , this year we did 46 compared to last year of 41. So next year we go for 46 or higher! Also since I know people may ask, I was using a Canon 5D Mark III camera along with a few various lenses. 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DoinItForTheFame Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 Great review, and awesome photos!! This is by far my favorite of the bunch: Thanks for sharing.
KBrylczyk Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 Awesome photos, though I wish you had the chance to get more with the show lighting in the haunts. I miss Orlando's HHN. Hollywood's just feels so mediocre in comparison.
Invertalon Posted October 12, 2015 Author Posted October 12, 2015 Thanks! Trust me, I wish I could have taken photos with all the "show lights" on. The tours are really nice for seeing all the details in the house you typically would miss and such, but isn't near the same when the lighting is on and the actors are in place doing their thing. I always wonder how Hollywood's would compare... The layout at USH is just so weird between the upper/lower parts of the park, I always was curious how they set that park up for it. Maybe one day we will get there and hit up Knott's as well!
Samuel Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Whew -- breathtaking pictures! Although walking through these attractions with the lights down makes for great atmosphere, having these shots with the lights up allowed me to appreciate some of the grisly details that I sometimes miss when I keep moving and dodging scare actors in low light. A few years ago, one of the biggest scares of the night was when I backed into a set piece mannequin and said, "Hey, I'm real sorry, I didn't see y...AAAHHH!" Universal certainly puts no shortage of unsettling love into their set details, & you captured that very well!
Invertalon Posted October 13, 2015 Author Posted October 13, 2015 Whew -- breathtaking pictures! Although walking through these attractions with the lights down makes for great atmosphere, having these shots with the lights up allowed me to appreciate some of the grisly details that I sometimes miss when I keep moving and dodging scare actors in low light. A few years ago, one of the biggest scares of the night was when I backed into a set piece mannequin and said, "Hey, I'm real sorry, I didn't see y...AAAHHH!" Universal certainly puts no shortage of unsettling love into their set details, & you captured that very well! I agree on that point! With these lights-on tours you see details that you will NEVER see normally, which is unfortunate. One house in particular was Roanoke last year... I didn't realize just how gore-heavy it was because you really can't see half of it when going through... Once you do the tour you can look out for certain things, which is cool, but sometimes a bit better lighting would make some of the houses pop a bit more. I always recommend to the tours to any of my friends who head down to HHN... The price really isn't bad for the experience you get... Makes for a fun day!
Beanzear Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 Hey what attractions are closed during HHN? Just wondering cause I heard that some of the attractions house haunted houses. Just curious?
Invertalon Posted October 21, 2015 Author Posted October 21, 2015 E.T., Shrek, Terminator and Twister are closed (along with Disaster now, of course). All else is open I believe.
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