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So they just release you back into Citywalk for an hour?For us, they took us back to blue man group. We finished up Blumhouse and walked back.
*anxiety intensifies*
So they just release you back into Citywalk for an hour?For us, they took us back to blue man group. We finished up Blumhouse and walked back.
So they just release you back into Citywalk for an hour?
*anxiety intensifies*
Yeah, our plan was to order ahead for Breadbox, Today Cafe or Red Oven and do that (if we have 60 min).No need to get anxious...but I've done the 6 house where they've offered us the option of 60min or 30min and the group has voted 30. I just ran to Annie's Pretzles worried about time, but they gave the 30min, then walked around BSing with each group/table and asking for feedback for another 10min, and then gave it "a few more minutes" for everybody else to get back. Unless you're waaaaay over the time limit, they aren't going to leave without you...and if they do, I believe someone from BMG looks you up and radios your tour guide so they can get you caught back up ad I think I've seen people do that.
If you do any kind of fast service, including going in park, you should have plenty of time and can bring it back to BMG and eat there. They aren't going to make you cut your meal short.
But you're likely not going to be able to go to Hard Rock and have a sit down meal (which I've done in the past and we had to repeatedly ask the bartender - ate at the bar - to get back in time).
Sorry about the delayed reply! They took us back to Blue Man Group and told us we had an hour. We had the option to grab food and bring it back to BMG to eat, or we could eat at the restaurant. We were a little stressed about figuring out what would be quickest, but we ended up going into the park to Today Show Cafe and it worked out very well. Our tour guide also suggested if we were going to eat in City Walk that we mobile order to save some time.Where did your lunch break happen? In other words, what area of the park were you in/what house did you stop for a break after? I’m trying to plan ahead on where we’ll be grabbing food.
My guy, I believe we were in the same group, haha, I was with my brother and friend.I did the 3-house tour on Sunday
Speaking of guides, I had Michael from CT who was great. He also helped open Beijing earlier, so it was nice chatting with him about that afterwards.
My guy, I believe we were in the same group, haha, I was with my brother and friend.
Michael was great, and I wholesale cosign what you said here, feels significantly less restricted than past years! Loved the little black cat on the facade of Spirits, and the newspaper headlines in the windows.
No inside knowledge of any issues that could be occurring, but here's my general understanding of HHN house staffing (and sorta the haunt industry in general, from my experience working at Fright Fest):Idk if this deserves its own thread to discuss but wanted to talk about staffing and the holes this year in a majority of the houses, especially opening and closing hours it seems. Last year with COVID I understand an increased call out rate and is anyone hearing that it's people being sick again this year at a higher rate or universal having to be more accommodating to people's schedules (i.e. showing up later or leaving earlier) due to a lack of availability. I would assume howloscream orl eats some of that but also saw on Twitter people saying they weren't cast for HHN this year.
So kinda just curious for people's insights. I mean at the end of the day, these are people and I would hope universal is paying them enough to entice and retain talent year to year.
P.S. I've always wanted to do it just for fun since I love the event but enjoy going too much. I would totally do like part time fire crew type stuff if they ever did that but it always seems that universal demands full availability for the event.
Tbh, as this year was both my first time at HHN Orlando, and my first time doing the tour, I can say while taking pictures is great, and its a fun way to sort of archive the memories of everything, they give a lot of extra context and facts for every single room of all the houses that you visit, and for me that made it worth it and made me appreciate the houses a lot more seeing them in action later in the night. Even if youre someone like me and you try to read up on all the extraneous lore material Universal puts out and go through the houses multiple times to catch everything, it's a pretty different ballgame when you have a multi hour tour going into detail in every single room. So if that kind of thing is something you like, even if you dont like taking pictures, I'd say its absolutely worth it.I never did the tours. It seems like the value for people is taking pictures? I never cared about that or the premium placed on pictures at any places.
I never did the tours. It seems like the value for people is taking pictures? I never cared about that or the premium placed on pictures at any places.
So there ARE listening devices? I had heard rumors about that, and I even called Universal to make sure - and they ensured me that listening devices were not being used. WTFNo kidding?! I was the guy in the backwards cap and the only one who had an issue at first with the listening devices because I didn't plug it in all the way. X3
And yeah, the tour was great! I know there's multiple factors on what rooms can or can't allow photos, but I could've sworn last year a factor was if a scene was too gruesome/gory. Due to that, I was certain there were multiple scenes in Chupa that were gonna' be photos down, but they were free game! As for Spirits, the newspaper clippings in the windows were really amusing, and my favorite cat detail was the bell.
So there ARE listening devices? I had heard rumors about that, and I even called Universal to make sure - and they ensured me that listening devices were not being used. WTF
I really hope not, lol. I'm not looking to go out and get some cheap earbuds to bring on vacation.I think it depends on your tour guide. Ours did not and he just projected. I did have headphones with me just incase. I liked it though because I didn’t want to have an earpiece/headphones on in every picture I took of me with facades and whatever else I wanted a photo of me with.
Hi All -
First night is this coming Saturday without Express. Was following the Touring Plans guide and this is what it says for a game plan:
Rope drop
1) Universal Monsters
2) Descendants
3) Bugs
4) Blumhouse
5) Dead Mans
6) Break - see both shows (time pending) and walk through scare zones
7) Chupacabras
8) Hellblock
9) Coven
10) Halloween
11) Weeknd
Does this sound like a good plan? Any adjustments from what you’ve seen? This was written on 9/6 so not sure if there’s been any trends since last weekend.
Sadly no stay n scream - does the plan change if we enter at rope drop?If you're doing stay & scream, this is exactly what I would do. It's pretty much the schedule I had for some friends who didn't want to pay for express... and then they changed their mind after seeing how many people were in Central Park haha.
The stay and scream add on is worth it. It's the only reason I don't have to buy express for a single night. You arent going to get value at the gates for the savings.Sadly no stay n scream - does the plan change if we enter at rope drop?
I get that - but we’re not going to be able to get there before 5 to enter the park. Probably going to be entering Citywalk at 5:15.The stay and scream add on is worth it. It's the only reason I don't have to buy express for a single night. You arent going to get value at the gates for the savings.