My spoiler free mini review of HHN 2014:
My favorite mazes from favorite to least favorite:
1. American Werewolf in London
2. Alien vs. Predator
3. Dracula Untold
4. From Dusk Till Dawn
5. The Walking Dead
6. Clowns 3D
7. Terror Tram
8. Face/Off
American Werewolf in London and Alien vs. Predator are by far and away two of the more enjoyable mazes that Murdy and his team have designed. The Werewolves, Predators and Aliens look spectacular. Dracula Untold was a surprise for me, probably due to the fact that I went in with low expectations. That was the one maze that I felt had the most scare factor to it. From Dusk Till Dawn was interesting, because I've never seen the movie or TV show I had no idea what to expect in the maze, except that I was walking into a "strip joint". Clowns 3D was the weakest maze of the new original mazes (not including Face/Off aka HOH). I don't remember anything about the music that was written and performed by Slash. In regards to the Terror Tram, there's not much to say except, it's the Terror Tram. There is nothing new in this tired part of the event. the lack of originality really shows in this part of the event. Now my least favorite maze...Face/Off music by Wub Wub (or whatever that annoying music is). For the most part nothing from House of Horrors had been removed, except for one scene, which I won't spoil for anyone. The lights and music were almost nausiating. I hope they never bring back this type of maze again.
The Scare Zones were interesting. I loved Dark Christmas and Mask-a-Raid. The Purge: Anarchy was pretty much the same as last year and Skullz (aka dumb) was just two people walking on stilts (yawn).
One cool collectable you can buy at the event and during the daytime is a Chucky pin. It sells for $12.95. They only made 1,000 of these pins and 500 of them went to Orlando. So get the while you still can.
I have three major problems with this years event. 1) The lack of shows will truly hurt the crowds and you will feel it in the longer waits for the mazes. 2) The horrific walk you have to make to and from Transformers- The Ride to the Metro sets. You should wear your most comfortable shoes. I made a mistake in not doing that. I hope that Managment realizes that this was a mistake and they rectify that ASAP. 3) One specific gag was used in five of the seven mazes. I won't say what it was but you'll notice it in each of the mazes. After the third time I saw the gag, I was thinking "Someone ran out of ideas."
It'll be an interesting year and I'll be curious to hear everyones thoughts about HHN 2014. I hope you all have a blast and remember WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES!!!!!