Okay! So My First trip to HHN in over 5 years! I had a blast! I went into every house except Exorcist (I don't tolerate things of that nature too well). I even did Walking Dead and I've never been a fan! So I'll share my reviews of personal opinions only. Last time I was there Ammity, Twister, and Disaster were all houses lol.
Halloween - This is where we started. Creepy house, but tons of fun! Great scare spots especially with the setting inside! Easy queue.
Tomb of the Ancients - Favorite house! Excellent use of props and characters! My favorite by far. Reminded me of the Mummy Ride so much. Very quick queue as well.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Okay so I've never seen the movie but of course just from browsing and tweeting, I'm aware of what it is. The house to me wasn't scary. Absolutely smelled horrible (on purpose maybe?) and was a bit creepy, but more so funny because of the accents of the scare actors. Sound just like a few people I know personally from Texas lol. I just thought it had entirely too much going on too closely together and that made anticipating actor locations in that house a bit easy. But absolutely awesome setting and atmosphere.
Lunatics Playground 3D: You Wont Stand A Chance - This was a strange and interesting house. Reminds me of Laff Trakk at Hershey Park, but on foot. Not sure if the 3D was needed, but I will admit it set a very cool affect to the actors and props used in the house. Another word to use is crazy. The house was crazy but definitely fun!
Bill and Ted - Didn't get a Chance to do Bill and Ted. Not even sure what it is, but the way people were lining up, I plan on doing it next time.
Dead Man's Wharf (Scarezone) - One of the coolest Scarezones I've ever seen. The Fog effect, Music, and the eerie feeling being especially along the lagoon made everything gel together. The customs the actors used were sick! I actually ran because they terrified me.
Here are a few photos of that scare zone.
Survive or Die Apocalypse (Scarezone) - Probably my favorite scarezone. The sheer size and action from Fallon all the way down to Right before Louie's Pizza made this an epic scare zone.l The dark streets of New York, eerie Halloween music, and screams of people mixed with fog on a wide street creates great opportunity. This scarezone also had the ultra awesome affect of some creative lighting upon the facades with effects of buildings turning into rubble and collapsing, added great great energy to an already live streetscape for that scarezone!
The Walking Dead - Not a fan of the series, so this was originally one of the houses we were not going to do along with Exorcist, but we decided to give it a shot. Initially, just blood wrenching, stomach turning once you walk in, but the house is a must do because of the ending. Won't give that away but it really made that entire house worth it!
Ghost Town: Curse of Lightening Gulch - This house had the uniqueness of looks and setting, but the actors couldn't do much. The Music could have been a bit more dark, and the layout was a bit funky hindering the actors from actually being scary, more so existing. Great idea bad execution?
Skipped Exorcist
American Horror Story - I absolutely hated the queue for this. But it moved so it made it bearable. The house though, WOW! All I can say is BOOOOOOOOOOOM! Straight CREEP! and FREAK! Spot on! Loved it. Very tight turns and made some awesome scare scenes. Had so much going on but not too much. The lighting, turns, and hanging materials made this house an absolute horror ( in the best way possible). THIS IS A MUST DO AND DO IT FIRST IF POSSIBLE!
Last but not least in any shape or form, Krampus - First off, we shifted away from this one because of the crazy wait times! it went down and averaged about 20 minutes or so but it started off crowded! The LOOKS! AWESOME. Here are a few not so good pictures of the exterior.
And one of the entrance basically! I love the cold air and sounds that makes it feel like you are in the setting!
Krampus was fun. I wasn't too afraid because the scare actors were short lol. It was funny. Oh and the Kitchen smelled absolutely delightful! It brought more excitement than horror but def one of my favorites purely because of the atmosphere! I will say, it was a bit short though. This one should be tweaked the most. This one is one of the houses that should probably only let a few people go at a time. IDK if that is something they can do but the layout isn't set up for a continuous flow! It drives the actors scare ability down in that house.
In All, tons of fun even without the rides! I also forgot to mention the scare zone between Beginning of World Expo and Mels was weak. I didn't even realize it was a scare zone. Hopefully it was just for the night though.
I also want to note, the lights all over the park had some awesome lights and these were my favorite. Made the night sky even more awesome.
Hopefully I did spoilers correctly. First time using them.