Halloween Horror Nights 34 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors

[Brian G.]

They've done it a couple of times, in different forms (teasing HHN 20 during the last week of 19's event, announcing Jack's return at end of HHN 24) but ultimately, I agree - didn't really set a precedent.

Despite my sanity, I think May is probably the sweet spot for HHN SZN to start.

 

[Wesker69]

Despite my sanity, I think May is probably the sweet spot for HHN SZN to start

February! Unless the HHN groundhog doesn't see his shadow, then we are stuck with 6 more weeks (months!?) of suffering

 

[rhino4evr]

I can honestly see them waiting until June to announce the houses all at once , and then sell tickets. This event is well known enough that word will spread fairly quickly. I think it’s a bigger deal that they keep promoting Epic.

Funny. A friend told me That they knew someone who had already booked a trip to Orlando on the first week of May with all intentions of going to Epic universe, just assuming it was open due to all the commercials and recent promos.

 

[Itsprettycurz3d]

I can honestly see them waiting until June to announce the houses all at once , and then sell tickets. This event is well known enough that word will spread fairly quickly. I think it’s a bigger deal that they keep promoting Epic.

Funny. A friend told me That they knew someone who had already booked a trip to Orlando on the first week of May with all intentions of going to Epic universe, just assuming it was open due to all the commercials and recent promos.

i mean that would be interesting if they would sell tickets after announcing the houses, like fan fest

 

[Wesker69]

i mean that would be interesting if they would sell tickets after announcing the houses, like fan fest

Back in the dark times of the interwebs... long ago, longer now than it seems..

Tickets & houses weren't available/known until a month or so beforehand.

Hard to imagine that scenario in today's world

 

[Itsprettycurz3d]

Back in the dark times of the interwebs... long ago, longer now than it seems..

Tickets & houses weren't available/known until a month or so beforehand.

Hard to imagine that scenario in today's world

in the day and age of social media, and also having massive ips. they kinda gotta announce stuff ahead of time

 

[rhino4evr]

Hell the first few HHN I went too , I didn’t know the houses until arrived at the event. Ha ha

 

[Wesker69]

Hell the first few HHN I went too , I didn’t know the houses until arrived at the event. Ha ha

That's okay, neither do a good number of the GP that attend nowadays, even with social media/giant banners. Even then, they still don't

 

[TheCodeMan95]

They've done it a couple of times, in different forms (teasing HHN 20 during the last week of 19's event, announcing Jack's return at end of HHN 24) but ultimately, I agree - didn't really set a precedent.

Despite my sanity, I think May is probably the sweet spot for HHN SZN to start.

I think May is a pretty good sweet spot - but I imagine they'll be spending this May going all-out on "EU OPENS THIS MONTH"

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Despite my sanity, I think May is probably the sweet spot for HHN SZN to start.

100%

Starting in May, you have most, if not all, houses & zones locked in. Marketing would have likely selected a motif/theme to use and the results of summer bookings can sway what they do/offer during HHN season to entice visits.

Start first week of June, and you'll have 10 consecutive weeks for HHN house announcements through mid-August. Release FF passes 2nd week of July (halfway through announcement season) once they can determine how sales change with each IP announcement.

 

[HHNIcon]

 

[Jake S]

Darkest Deal but make the devil Guy Fieri is now my most wanted Horror Nights house.

 

[Killer Klown]

Darkest Deal but make the devil Guy Fieri is now my most wanted Horror Nights house.

Gordon Ramsey: Kitchen NIGHTMARES

 

[TheCodeMan95]

Darkest Deal but make the devil Guy Fieri is now my most wanted Horror Nights house.

The Darkest Deal: Rollin' Out

 

[LPCaptainDeath]

Darkest Deal but make the devil Guy Fieri is now my most wanted Horror Nights house.

 

[HHNIcon]

Seems Meetz may be returning…

 

[Neo]

As I've said, every season, and many other have said this year and past years as well: Multinight tickets being held back for so long really hurts the out of town die hards. And let's be honest, Universal has to love and want to cater to those people as they're the ones who party hardy, stay on site, eat all their meal on site, etc.

Like you look at annual music festivals. They put full weekend/event tickets on sale at a discount super early, then they announce a few bands and tickets go up a bit, then they announce more bands, then they raise ticket prices again, and then they announce the full lineup, tickets are more expensive...and THEN they release single day tickets.

Look at Epic, they did the same thing. Ticket bundles on sale first, then, eventually, single day tickets.

HHN does the opposite. It's really frustrating and I think it might cost them some money. Like last year we had the RoF date issue (which was equally my group's fault, I admit) where we had to reschedule our trip to get the most out of the ticket. We had to book more expensive flights, book an additional rental, etc...and it cut back our spending at the event. For the first time in over a decade, nobody in my group did the UTH tour. We also didn't do Stay & Scream at Finnegans every night, but had dinner at our resort and came late a few times.

Had the multinight tickets been on sale earlier, we'd have know the exact dates of the tickets, purchased them, then booked a single resort suite and gotten our great deal on airfare. Would have had a ton more budgeted/disposable dollars to blow at the event.

I'm not saying we need announcements sooner, we're going regardless, but to have your most loyal attendees, who buy the multinight tickets and dump the most money into the concessions on a nightly basis, over the barrel is crazy. It would be like dynamic pricing for any kind of concert/flight/sporting event making it harder to purchase tickets early and then making them more accessible the closer it gets.

And that concludes my rant for this year, stay tuned for my HHN35 rant coming in 12 months.

 

[TheCodeMan95]

As I've said, every season, and many other have said this year and past years as well: Multinight tickets being held back for so long really hurts the out of town die hards. And let's be honest, Universal has to love and want to cater to those people as they're the ones who party hardy, stay on site, eat all their meal on site, etc.

Like you look at annual music festivals. They put full weekend/event tickets on sale at a discount super early, then they announce a few bands and tickets go up a bit, then they announce more bands, then they raise ticket prices again, and then they announce the full lineup, tickets are more expensive...and THEN they release single day tickets.

Look at Epic, they did the same thing. Ticket bundles on sale first, then, eventually, single day tickets.

HHN does the opposite. It's really frustrating and I think it might cost them some money. Like last year we had the RoF date issue (which was equally my group's fault, I admit) where we had to reschedule our trip to get the most out of the ticket. We had to book more expensive flights, book an additional rental, etc...and it cut back our spending at the event. For the first time in over a decade, nobody in my group did the UTH tour. We also didn't do Stay & Scream at Finnegans every night, but had dinner at our resort and came late a few times.

Had the multinight tickets been on sale earlier, we'd have know the exact dates of the tickets, purchased them, then booked a single resort suite and gotten our great deal on airfare. Would have had a ton more budgeted/disposable dollars to blow at the event.

I'm not saying we need announcements sooner, we're going regardless, but to have your most loyal attendees, who buy the multinight tickets and dump the most money into the concessions on a nightly basis, over the barrel is crazy. It would be like dynamic pricing for any kind of concert/flight/sporting event making it harder to purchase tickets early and then making them more accessible the closer it gets.

And that concludes my rant for this year, stay tuned for my HHN35 rant coming in 12 months.

I've always been of the opinion that all ticket options should just drop at the same time. I never really understood the reason for splitting it up

 

[LPCaptainDeath]

...out of town die hards
...the ones who party hardy, stay on site, eat all their meal on site, etc.
...we're going regardless
...your most loyal attendees, who buy the multinight tickets and dump the most money into the concessions on a nightly basis

Hey Neo, why would Universal change anything when they know the above? You answered this yourself, my dude!
They put out tickets tomorrow, they put out tickets two months from now: It changes nothing.
They know you'll bend over backwards to make it work, often at our own begrudging deficit.
(See ya next year! lol)

 

[Jake S]

Hey Neo, why would Universal change anything when they know the above?

I think the idea is that you keep your most loyal fans loyal by treating them well. I don’t think releasing tickets when they do is a problem as long as I know what dates are available, but I get where people are coming from.