Well we went to HHN XX last night...not so sure we conquered. LOL! Never saw so many teens in one place in my life. Didn't know about the no-school for Orange County thing today. Reminder: we're the old farts...56/63 and we went to the 1st HHN. We did the "Early Scream" upgrade so we were first group in line for HHN houses which opened at 5:45. (General admission HHN started at 6:30.) We saw three houses. Other guests found me entertaining...when a scareactor would startle me and I'd jump up and down, screaming. Them houses is DARK!
Saw Brian Brushwood's illusionist show (waste of time), grabbed a bite to eat about 8, did a couple of scare zones...then it was 75-minute wait times for houses so we didn't do anymore. We could have done more houses w/o the break...something we figured would be the case when we took our break. Getting there and doing all eight houses with no break...definitely a young person's game! Somewhere in there we went on the Jaws' ride (after dark). That was a lot of fun. Got soaked on my left side tho and had to walk around "squishy" the rest of the night. (I could have wrung the water out of my jeans...THAT kind of soaked.)
Almost didn't do Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween show because of all the negative comments on HHN's FB page. (People who go every year commenting that it was "lame" this year.) It was SO much fun!! We loved it! (Reminder: We're old farts and we have no previous years to compare to.) We walked in about 8:50 for the 9:00 show. Place was packed but we still had pretty good seats.
Beause we went early, we also saw the Beetlejuice show (last one at 4:00) which was memory lane for us. First HHN had a Beetlejuice show. We liked Zombie Gras and Esqueleto Muerte best for scare zones. Did Saws n' Steam, back and forth a couple of times, which was also fun. Didn't remember them using real gasoline before! (Jim kept reassuring me the saws didn't have any chains but you couldn't prove it by me...too dark.) Fear Revealed was beyond lame...the character, the whole thing. (What were you thinkin', Universal?!? This was your 20th HHN anniversary!)
We were going to stay later but about 10:30, we'd had enough of the crowd, teens, and stale beer (Reminder: We're old farts and had a 2-hour drive home.) so we headed out. Glad we got to go but sure wish we'd gone another time on a real "school night" when it wouldn't have been so unbelievably crowded.
P.S. Loved Jack the Clown...but didn't manage to get a photo of him. Maybe when we go for HHN XXX. *grin*
Saw Brian Brushwood's illusionist show (waste of time), grabbed a bite to eat about 8, did a couple of scare zones...then it was 75-minute wait times for houses so we didn't do anymore. We could have done more houses w/o the break...something we figured would be the case when we took our break. Getting there and doing all eight houses with no break...definitely a young person's game! Somewhere in there we went on the Jaws' ride (after dark). That was a lot of fun. Got soaked on my left side tho and had to walk around "squishy" the rest of the night. (I could have wrung the water out of my jeans...THAT kind of soaked.)
Almost didn't do Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween show because of all the negative comments on HHN's FB page. (People who go every year commenting that it was "lame" this year.) It was SO much fun!! We loved it! (Reminder: We're old farts and we have no previous years to compare to.) We walked in about 8:50 for the 9:00 show. Place was packed but we still had pretty good seats.
Beause we went early, we also saw the Beetlejuice show (last one at 4:00) which was memory lane for us. First HHN had a Beetlejuice show. We liked Zombie Gras and Esqueleto Muerte best for scare zones. Did Saws n' Steam, back and forth a couple of times, which was also fun. Didn't remember them using real gasoline before! (Jim kept reassuring me the saws didn't have any chains but you couldn't prove it by me...too dark.) Fear Revealed was beyond lame...the character, the whole thing. (What were you thinkin', Universal?!? This was your 20th HHN anniversary!)
We were going to stay later but about 10:30, we'd had enough of the crowd, teens, and stale beer (Reminder: We're old farts and had a 2-hour drive home.) so we headed out. Glad we got to go but sure wish we'd gone another time on a real "school night" when it wouldn't have been so unbelievably crowded.
P.S. Loved Jack the Clown...but didn't manage to get a photo of him. Maybe when we go for HHN XXX. *grin*
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