Halloween Horror Nights 30 (UOR) - Speculation & Rumors (2021)

[hhn28andbeyond]

Yeah. The pumpkin tunnel outside the tent is more ambiance than anything. The sprung has, what is essentially, an indoor facade.

will growth also have a outdoor facade? Not something near as complex as blood pit but enough to make it look less like you’re walking into a tent

 

[Legacy]

will growth also have a outdoor facade? Not something near as complex as blood pit but enough to make it look less like you’re walking into a tent

It has the pumpkin tunnel. That’s the only exterior element.

 

[Living Dead Dude]

It has the pumpkin tunnel. That’s the only exterior element.

Is the pumpkin tunnel a rotating tunnel?

 

[JJ591]

Is the pumpkin tunnel a rotating tunnel?

Vortex is being used in Beetlejuice if that's what you're referring to. I don't think they'd use 2 of them at the same event (if they even have 2).

 

[Wigglepebbles]

Man I love a good façade. I swear we could have a whole thread dedicated to the best facades ever.

What are the best façades out there?

 

[Legacy]

Is the pumpkin tunnel a rotating tunnel?

It’s a tunnel lined with the Central Park pumpkins.

 

[SirAustin77]

Indoor facade for the sprung tent?!?!?! Universal is really going all out this year.

 

[PenguinCowboy]

What are the best façades out there?

I know this is off topic, so I'd love to see a thread for just this, but my short list from more recent years includes but is not limited to:
Dead Waters - Half sunken riverboat in a backwoods bayou
Scary Tales: Deadly Ever After - An entire fairytale castle complete with flying Wicked Witch
Carnival Graveyard - Looming junkyard gates with refuse spilling outward, but glimpses of the chaos inside visible in the air behind it (it really set the tone IMO)
Body Collectors: Recollections - Massive Shadybrook Asylum building, mid snow storm. Just beautiful and frightening.
Jack Presents: 25 Years of Monsters and Mayhem - Huge carnival sideshow-esque painting of Jack's face frames in surging fairground lights, with rotating columns filled with bodies and adorned with stylized sideshow banners of the other icons. Cut such an impressive figure each time!

 

[graspthesun]

While I wouldn’t mind a near-exact replica as Hollywood’s with some adjustments, I feel like that may be the start of an alarming new trend where they may just copy + paste Hollywood’s IP designs and paste them
into Florida’s. I don’t want to see an over abundance of black walls in Florida.

I don't think we're in any danger of that. I did both coasts in 2014 and 2019 and we got completely different houses for each of the shared IPs:
Alien vs. Predator was a completely different storyline
I don't remember Dracula Untold from Hollywood
Walking Dead: End of the Line had different effects on each coast and emphasized different scenes
Ghostbusters was completely different (Orlando was way better)
Stranger Things was different (Hollywood was scarier)
Hollywood followed the storyline of House of 1000 Corpses more faithfully
Us was way different on each coast
Killer Klowns was way different also

I know I kind of went into overkill, but I don't think we're ever in danger of a copy and paste, at least not as long as Murdy is in charge of Hollywood. He approaches the event in a different way than Orlando does - more freakout and less film quality.

As an aside, I think Orlando would've done Crimson Peak more justice than Hollywood honestly for those reasons.

I know this is off topic, so I'd love to see a thread for just this, but my short list from more recent years includes but is not limited to:
Dead Waters - Half sunken riverboat in a backwoods bayou

Totally agree with Dead Waters. I loved the Exorcist facade and I still think about the Picadilly Circus scene from AWIL even though that's not a real facade.

 

[Brian G.]

Here y'all go

Favorite Facades at Horror Nights - Orlando

Discuss! My list off the top of my head. Screamhouse (2002) Silver Screams (2009) Dracula: Legacy in Blood (2009) Dollhouse of the Damned (2014) Body Collectors: Recollections (2015) Dead Waters (2017) Graveyard Games (2019)

forums.insideuniversal.net

 

[graspthesun]

Looking at the spec map, I think this is the first time that lines for the back two soundstage houses are starting at the Public Library facade. Combined with the Tribute Store and the scarezone, I think that's going to create a lot of congestion. It also looks like the end of the Hello Kitty staging area between park close and the event start. That's all assuming that we're looking at relative normalcy this year. If we're still distancing in the fall and Tribute needs its own line for entry, NY is going to be a nightmare on busier nights.

 

[BBPH]

Looking at the spec map, I think this is the first time that lines for the back two soundstage houses are starting at the Public Library facade. Combined with the Tribute Store and the scarezone, I think that's going to create a lot of congestion. It also looks like the end of the Hello Kitty staging area between park close and the event start. That's all assuming that we're looking at relative normalcy this year. If we're still distancing in the fall and Tribute needs its own line for entry, NY is going to be a nightmare on busier nights.

All queue locations at least on this may are the same as 2019 are they not?

This also isn't necessarily correct, remember the La Bamba location?

 

[Living Dead Dude]

So do we think there’s still a chance of 11 houses this year or will they more likely wait to do that?

 

[RevFreako]

So do we think there’s still a chance of 11 houses this year or will they more likely wait to do that?

extremely wishful thinking

 

[Ringwraith]

So do we think there’s still a chance of 11 houses this year or will they more likely wait to do that?

While trying to sound the least passive aggressive as I possibly can. Did I miss something? I think that was a rumor last year, but I believe it got squashed early on. Did something else indicate that changed? I'm legitimately asking.

 

[BoSoxFan1022]

While trying to sound the least passive aggressive as I possibly can. Did I miss something? I think that was a rumor last year, but I believe it got squashed early on. Did something else indicate that changed? I'm legitimately asking.

Legacy had brought up 12 houses like a month ago

 

[Ringwraith]

Legacy had brought up 12 houses like a month ago

 

[Tbad556]

For context, these are the referenced posts:

Twelve were floated a while back, since two houses were opened last year. Up the total number to twelve so that way there are still ten new houses.

When the budget was initially approved back late last year. But with promises of enough vaccines for every adult in America, Universal is bullish.

They already expedited the EU announcement.

 

[Ringwraith]

For context, these are the referenced posts:

Yeah I've been busy and completely missed the boat.

 

[PlatinumFate]

While trying to sound the least passive aggressive as I possibly can. Did I miss something? I think that was a rumor last year, but I believe it got squashed early on. Did something else indicate that changed? I'm legitimately asking.

Yeah, I think it floated around a bit this year when Tooth Fairy and Bride’s demolition was still unknown. Some people thought they’d get rid of Tooth Fairy and add two new ones or something. Some thought they’d just add two new ones so they could stick with having 10 new houses for 12 total. But now we’re pretty sure it’ll continue to be Tooth and Bride with no new houses other than Eilish replacement.