I'm looking to come across in September 2015, are there any rough ideas when HHN 25 would start?
I'm looking to come across in September 2015, are there any rough ideas when HHN 25 would start?
Well if they auditioned correctly, maybe things like this wouldn't happen. They need to do auditions more like Howl-O-Scream, where they actually put you through the situations you'll be in, rather than typecasting and hoping you'll be able to portray the role convincingly and well enough.I'm hoping they seriously try a lot harder scare-wise than they did this year. While 2012 was the worst year I've been to, this year felt like they were going through the motions in the house department.
Sept 25.
Thats a shame but thanks for clearing it up. Would it be possible to do it all in one night or would it be too busy?
Dead Space, yes ther'd be a lot of it. But getting between parks? It shouldn't be a problem. It's rather simple actually.In terms of a event being held in both parks, to be honest I'm really not too sure about that.
Is it possible? Yes. BUT...this isn't 2004 where it was somewhat easy to go between the parks. There was no bus stop nearby Cat in The Hat backstage, there was no HRRR and the Hollywood Bowl blocking access to the breezeway. There was no Blue Man Group making it tricky for a pathway in front of it due to it going out of the park.
There's a lot of logistic nightmares here concerning going between the parks, and that's not even going into the sheer amount of walking you'll have to do, and the metric ton of dead space that'll be in the parks.
Dead Space, yes ther'd be a lot of it. But getting between parks? It shouldn't be a problem. It's rather simple actually.
Don't people go between 2 parks now when the Grinch show starts? You enter from IOA but walk over to one of the USF soundstages. It's a pretty quick, simple walk.
Yeah, pretty much, since the Grinch show is held in a soundstage. That route is definitely the most direct and easiest way they'd have to access IOA from a guest standpoint. They could even do a scare zone along the path if they really wanted. I know they did something like that back in 2004.Don't people go between 2 parks now when the Grinch show starts? You enter from IOA but walk over to one of the USF soundstages. It's a pretty quick, simple walk.
Put an HHN crowd in that walk and push them to USF between the soundstages, all the while managing queue lines for the Soundstage houses. It's a nightmare with the front by Blue Man and rear by Hogwarts closed off.
It was never crowded back when they first did it and, honestly, there's times the streets of HHN aren't that packed since everyone's in line for houses. Of course, there's bottleneck areas but they're the same every year (outside Bill & Ted, MIB, Simpsons, etc).
Attendance was so bad that they had a costume contest every night the final week to bring people in.
Think about that and realize that 2004 is not a good year to use as a barometer for crowds, moreso comparing it to the current HHN.
If they do it as a 2 park event, I fully expect no connectivity between the parks with separate entry at each park. Hogwarts would be a great pass through, but let's be realistic and say it won't be running.
Sorry to drift off topic, but I remember this Halloween night. The 70s track team doing calisthenics during the Terra Queen show. If looks could kill... Rivals the foam party under Kong for most surreal moment at HHN--God I'm old, but the event will never be that weird again.
I completely agree. Two separate events, each using the main entrance. Staff each gate at 2/3, total staffing goes up only 1/3 over current level. Similarly, could "trade" restaurants--say, Richters for Thunder Falls--and again keep staff levels fairly consistent. Staffing costs and the fear of closing both parks at 5 seem the only downsides to this. On the plus side, increases capacity, hypothetically doubles the number of single-night tickets sold (the event's real bread and butter I imagine, besides booze), generates huge buzz and gives them a great excuse to double the price of multi-day tickets by making them hoppers.