Oh yeah, I just kinda threw that list together as a catch-all for IPs that would make sense at the event. I don't think we would see all 3 (or really, even more than 1 of them)
While it would be a people eater, it would probably be more on-brand to run the Horror Makeup show. While the capacity is small, it probably takes 10-12 people to run at most, and all you have to do is add a few adult jokes, have shirtless Eddie stand up there as the assistant for 90% of the show for eye candy, rewrite a section or two with improv so it plays out slightly differently (they already do that anyway), or maybe use a different Universal Classic Monster each night, and repeat four times an event. You get the regulars to see it once and the people who aren't visiting the daytime.
I can’t believe they don’t open the Horror Make up show. It’s perfect for HHN and will at least eat some of the crowd.
HHN needs a major humor show, preferably one that is improv-heavy. Fuel is absolutely sincere (one of the reasons I've never seen the appeal) and creates a big opening for something with the kind of silliness that defines many of the best houses in HHN history. Makeup would be good, but I'd hope for something bigger and custom-designed for the event in addition to that.
I think it was asked before what kind of show HHN could even support, and I think this would be the right call. Comedy feels right. Maybe something with Beetlejuice, maybe something else, but altogether a Dance show, a Lagoon water spectacular, a comedy show, and a few smaller street level offerings like the Vamp 85 "Shoot to Thrill" bit, a longer Death Eater stage presence, the M3gans, etc feels like a good mix to me.
Well hopefully with DreamWorks opening, the parade buildings will have their normal entrances again (and Sprung 2 will lose its atrocious walk).
I’m in wait and see mode due to the rumored changes/additions of new buildings for HHN.
I mean, I was mostly just saying that last year's lineup + a comedy show would be pretty well-rounded. I don't think any of the ideas I threw out would add too much complexity from last year's event.
Or in a perfect world, we could have a totally awesome reunion tour *plays air guitar*
I would 100000% be interested lol
To be fair, we are about to see a massive expansion next year with 3 new hotels and an entire theme park that requires a massive bus fleet, back-of-house expansions, let alone all the required TMs to operate the place... very worried to think that if Universal can't acquire an additional 100 or so TMs for HHN 'expansion'... what does that mean for the resort in 2025 when Universal claims they will need 10,000+ TMs?
So what exactly can Universal do? Keep HHN limited to its current version and hope price increases alone will deter the need to increase capacity? Follow the Not-So-Scary route of limiting visitors to 1-night with expensive single night tickets?
I did hear a rumor… just not interested in air guitar…
Howl o Scream runs less nights and only to midnight, but their Christmas event (at least from the entertainment side) remained fully staffed for the 2-month run it had this past year and the cast of every show was just as energetic as they were on opening night.
Yes, every time I went it was the same people. I know for many years the same singers and sax player were in the Shamu show. So I was curious what made HHN more difficult than those types of things.
