Annie and Tom’s Honest Review of Halloween Horror Nights 32 at Universal Studios Florida
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
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Great review by you both👍🏼Thank You!
Truly loved Tom’s facial expressions when Annie was giving her list😂
Thank you Ann and Tom for the preview
Second… thanks guys for your honest review. It helps the rest of us who are investing serious money, travel and time.
Great reviews with multiple perspectives. Since Tom is a Disney guy its also good to hear his thoughts from a non universal fanboy perspective.
I have to honestly say this is by far the strongest year for hhn
Annie your reviews are always fantastic, loved hearing your thoughts!
Will you be going to Knott’s Scary Farm? Would be interesting to hear the difference.
I replayed the game right before going and the house confused me soo much.Why base a house around a 2-3 hour section of the game?
Why not
I've gone 2 nights and have done most of the houses twice now and personally my ranking is closer to Anne's 🤷♂️
Can’t agree enough with Annie about Chucky!
Never watched these folks before but you can tell from the comments that there are Disney folks on here, living in the past, and they are with Tom.
Lots of sniveling hate and jealousy from Disney folks today.
We understand, believe me. Sad to be on a Disney sinking ship while Universal sails it’s success at serving guests right passed you.
It’s impossible to keep defending Disney today without looking very sad.
Im surprised they arnt playing music where you are standing
8 of the houses were strong this year and everyone has them in a different order.
chucky had the weakest set, weakest scares, too many screens, and the FF que did not do it any favors.
ST4 was disappointing, vecna face mask was cool but the rest needs work, the clock room is low quality, too many mannequins, and there’s too few scares
It was great meeting the other night! Im glad you enjoyed your night!
I disagree somewhat with this review this year, I think this is an amazing year in regards to the scare zones and houses, just like Tom never played the last of us video game I have never seen Stranger Things so it wasn’t high on my list but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a good house. Everyone was completely into it this year and Nightmare Fuel Revenge Dream was amazing this year best one yet. One criticism this year is the lack of food booths, there are quite a few less this year which are making the lines insane they definitely need to fix it. Also I do think Tom likes Disney more, that’s why Annie does most of the Universal News stories in the park, but he does still like Universal so like anyone else can have an opinion, as echoed in a lot of comments Universal has been kicking butt and beating Disney at every turn recently and with Epic opening up Universal clearly is in a position to be on top. There is a reason HHN Orlando is the #1 horror destination in the entire world and this year definitely shows why that is so far, best opening weekend I have been too in years and can’t wait to see how it improves more since Universal really does take feedback to heart for horror nights and will change things if needed
I feel most IP houses are all about the member berries. If the IP doesn't resonate with you then the house will feel much weaker.
1. Dueling Dragons
A double scare in the dragon room!
2. Universal Monsters
Phantom of the opera, and that hunchback scare!
3. Darkest Deal
Amazing original concept, I wish I could just hang out in that house. Cool devil costumes and I love the era and on stage scenes.
4. Stranger Things 4
Def a museum house but so well done! I loved season 4 and therefore adored this house. The vecna wall, come on! So good.
5. Dr Oddfellow
Felt like a classic haunt, in the best way. Reminded me of old school HOS a little bit.
6. Yeti
Honestly was hard to put this this far down on the list because I adore Sasquatch so much. But imo there’s so many detailed, great houses this year. When I learned the backstory of the house, I just loved that it was a momma squatch protecting her baby squatch!
7. Blood moon dark offerings
The bell tower was cool af, love the use of the height of the soundstages.
8. Chucky
Like you said, that animatronic was WILD.
9. Last of us
I was not a fan of the movements of the scares and I’m not sure if that was just our cast for that run or if it has to do with the game.
10. Exorcist
Maybe I missed it but I wanted someone levitating off a bed and I did not see that. This was actually the house I was going in the event looking forward to and it ended up at the bottom. 🤣
Saying some house are so bad they should not exist? That is pretty harsh Tom. It is the first weekend. The house can take a little time to get into the swing of things..
Tom is just getting so cranky and complainy, I cannot even watch him anymore. He obviously does not like Universal... wait no, he doesn't like anything (except Disney Japan). I am sorry Tom, please try to find some joy in life your again.
Agree with Tom dueling dragons was mind blowing!!! Even if you have no idea about the roller coaster it’s easy to understand and appreciate
1) Dueling Dragons
2)Monsters
3)Odfellow
Is your review of a media tour? Curious as I did not hear that mentioned. I understand RIP is available to non-media, but if you had a media tour.. how different is the media tour RIP it to what us regular people can buy as a RIP tour? You said you went through houses multiple times which I don’t think is part of a RIP tour for purchase. Thanks!
We took a regular paid RIP Tour (non-media). If you get the private RIP Tour you can go multiple times.
Thanks. I do appreciate your reviews and the opinions. @@WDWNT
I feel like some things at the event this year are a little too high concept and therefore executed poorly
Going in two weeks. Doing the behind the screams first day, second day RIP. Was looking forward to the Exorcist but now, not so much.
Yes @Tom, I've noticed that there are ...some... who seem to be trying to use the 'Honest Review' as well.
Others may be doing honest reveals but i value users the most
We did Annie and Tom to team up for reviews more often
All hail the queen.
I agree with Tom that this year doesn't feel as "big" as some previous years. Last year was the 31st, so it tied into Halloween being October 31st. Very classic Halloween. Still some things I like this year. I honestly can't rate all 10 houses because to me the IP and original houses are apples and oranges. I can only rank the top 5 IP and top 5 original in order. The Exorcist being based on something that hasn't even come out yet is a big miss.
I do worry about Universal watering down the scare-factor of HHN in an attempt to attract a wider demographic - a creeping reliance on popular IPs and promotional houses is taking away the event’s edge IMO.
I would also love for the event to be 21 and up as well, when I went this past weekend it kinda felt like a high school babysitting party
I also found that last year when I went. Far too many young kids at an event which sells hard alcohol. There was also a lot of disruptive antisocial behaviour from teenagers.
I haven't been through them yet, but I have watched video of them. Just by that, I'm going to say that Dueling Dragons looks best and Chucky looks the worst. I grew up with Chucky, so I was hopeful. I never got to ride Dueling Dragons, but the set design is very cool.
Houses were liked in order with 1 being the best and 10 being the worst
1: The last of
2: Universal monsters unmasked
3: Yeti campground kills
4: Stranger Things 4
5: Blood moon dark offerings
6: Dueling Dragons
7: The darkest deal
8: Dr. Oddfellows
9: Exorcist believer
10: Chucky ultimate kill count
OMG. Last of us number 1????? They must have 2 Last of Us houses because the one our group went in was absolutely horrible. 2 and half hours waiting in line that I cant get back. I have been in many many haunted houses in my life and there is NOTHING special about this house
David S Pumpkins
Yes Tom yes!!! Thank you for putting Last of Us at the very bottom!!!! The setting is literally something we've seen hundreds and hundreds of times and I'm done with it.
Not to mention post apocalyptic settings aren't my favorite thing ever. I must say though, as an actual horror scare house, it was far more scary and actual horror based that what the actual game was, and that's saying something.
Dueling Dragons was absolutely the best house for me. So much love went into that house and it clearly shows. Love the choose your ending as well.
Tom, Annie may be the "Universal" person but your picks seem to be slightly more in tune with the other fan sites so far. Then again, there's not nearly as much consensus as there was the past few years (especially last year when most lists were very similar). It seems those that are fairly consistently in the upper part of lists are Dueling Dragons, Stranger Things and Monsters: Unmasked. (Looking at your Top 3s: Tom matched 2, Annie matched 1.) At the bottom are usually Exorcist, Bloodmoon and Darkest Deal (once again: 2 for Tom, 1 for Annie). But even those last two have appearances higher up on some lists. Oddfellow's is the only one that seems to appear in the middle section on the vast majority of lists. It's feeling like the one that is in the slot "just before" the best houses. The other three seem to be the most divisive, with Chucky scraping rock bottom on quite a few lists, but in the Top 3 of several others. Yeti is another one really low or really high, probably due to the humor factor. The Last of Us does seem to be affected by whether people played and/or saw it beforehand. Having played it and watched the series, I can't imagine wanting to walk through it. I think Tom's Walking Dead comparison is apt. What's scary about zombies or clickers or bloaters is them actually attacking you, which isn't going to happen in a haunted house. If they aren't trying to chomp on your face, then where's the scares?
Nah, you get completely different reviews from completely different folks. Every time you go through you get different scares, miss or see different special effects.
People on UA-cam are rating Blood Moon Rising their favorite house.
Others are saying The Darkest Deal was the best.
Exorcist was the scariest according to many.
Yeti was the most fun house for some.
Many folks are saying that any of the 10 houses could be a favorite for a different person.
The first two nights do not compare to the 11 or 12 nights.
Universal, unlike Disney, listens to and surveys their guests and improves the offerings accordingly.
Nothing at HHN will ever be as rough as the first weekend.
Universal made dozens of improvements last year in scare zones and houses after the first week.
Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion. Just experience the mazes urself.
Unfortunately,
I think HHN has become predictably unpredictable. Same scare zone looks and same houses with different names. Not sure how to fix this but they need to flip the switch and become the innovators that they are. Dead coconut club and tribute store was a good start but now getting old. Maybe all the “ influencers” have over done thing with content but we need more, different, out side the box thinking.
Sadly I can’t attend but I had absolutely no interest in the last of us or stranger things. Monsters and dueling dragons looks the most interesting.
The sets are amazing but the scares are all the same. Repetitive and predictable. Knott’s scare actors have more organic interactions with guests. Each monster creates a backstory. Universal has the same jump scares in each room, in each maze. No variation.
Dueling Dragons was the worst.
I mean I love you guys but I disagree with the rankings 😂😂😂😂
Looks like a pretty weak year, tbh. Last of Us looked very underwhelming, and Exorcist looked about as good as the new movie is bound to be 🤢
I thoroughly enjoyed this vid. Though I never been to Universal, yet, I am curious to HHN. Thanks Tom & Annie I really enjoyed the review. 😁 I agree The Last of us seem like TWD. So, I may like it. One day I may do Universal. I like the explanation of the reasoning of Tom's pick of #1. I have a feeling that Universal listens when Toms speaks, better than, you know. 😉
Tom, you come across like you really wanted to hate this. Really throwing cold water on everything like you don’t want to support Universal.
You a big Disney guy?
You come across prejudiced to dislike and pretty whiny. That’s why I’m guessing you may be a big Disney fan.
Disney has been getting their butt handed to them by Universal for 5 years now and it’s just getting worse and worse for Disney.
Ain’t that THE truth!!!
I got engaged at the Disneyland castle, honeymooned at WDW, that was all 30 years ago.
I straight up hate today’s Disney management.
On a woke quest to kill of all male role models like Luke, Han, Indiana Jones, Mandolorian ( but the actor refused to film the scenes), rid princesses of the princes, etc.
You know what you hear together all the time over the last 3 years? Disney and my least favorite. Disney and the worst of….
Universal is busting its rear to try and appreciate their customers.
Universal animation has CREAMED Disney in numbers of folks buying tickets over Disney animation the last 3 years in a row.
Here comes Universal Epic Park and a new park in Texas…..
I hope Disney is enjoying eating Universal’s dust.@@bongovonzipper
He didn't come across that way at all. This is how he always is in his honest reviews
So he isn’t a big Disney fan?!
So he isn’t a big Disney fan?!
So he isn’t a big Disney fan?!
1.The Exorcist
2.Unmasked
3.Stranger things
4.Yeti
5The last of us
6.Dual Dragon
7.Bloodmoon
8.Dr.Oddfellow
9.Chucky
10.The Darkest Deal
Curious, why does Chucky rank so low for you? It’s hit or miss with everyone apparently, I love the idea of the theme but maybe it’s just not scary?