Halloween Horror Nights Recap: Better Late Than Never

Jas getting his first taste of Butterbeer!

We started the day with an early entrance pass to Universal Islands of Adventure. It was such a good idea to do this. We had a blast, and it was only $20 add on to our HHN tickets, making our day at Universal a whopping $60 each, which is half the price of a regular park ticket.  Not bad.  In October, on a Sunday, it wasn't as crowded, our waits were short, and we were able to see everything we wanted!  I've been to both Universal Parks, and so I didn't need a full Universal experience, but I did want to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.Jas and I got to drink butterbeer, fly a hippogryph, and escape from Hogwarts! 

We even took a trip to Jurassic Park, where we were so incredibly soaked that I had to change my clothes!  We even spent $5 to stand in this gigantic dryer.  Some girls came off the ride soaked to the bone, and we let them hop in for the last few minutes of warm dry air.

It was cooler than we expected it to be, but it is Florida, and as much as I love my home state, the weather is fickle in late October. This trip was a gift for his Birthday.  He loves horror, he loves halloween.  It was a win win situation!

At around 6PM, we decided to head over to  Universal for the main event, HHN!  We got to enter through the backlot, and after a brief search, and a surrender of our tickets, we were in! We were able to see all the houses but one, and were able to ride all of the open attractions, minus the roller coaster.  We even managed to get in Bill and Ted, which was hilarious.

No photography allowed in the houses, so we didn't get pictures. But we got this awesome map with the house info and all the rules for the night.

Silent Hill House - This was the first house we went into.  It wasn't too bad. I only had one scream moment, and I had a great time!  I think Jas just enjoyed having me clinging to his arm the entire time!

Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare.  First, you enter his mouth. Creepy.  This house made me sick.  Literally, so I don't remember much about it.  Flashing strobe lights triggered some photo sensitivity and we had to take a break from the scares for a while. I've never had this happen before, but maybe it was a combination of the bloody freaks and the flashing lights that caused me to get so dizzy I could barely walk.

We headed over to The Simpson's Ride and the MIB ride after that to settle down the crazy.  Jas also decided that we needed the Express passes after that, considering the ultra long wait we had for Alice Cooper.

House of Horrors - Skipped.  We saw the exit in line for Alice Cooper, and based on discussion with some of the folks in line, we decided not to take a chance with the strobes.


Penn and Teller's New(kd) Las Vegas - The 3D house.  This was interesting.  I imagine that's what an acid trip might be like.  I was tempted to take off the glasses, but I was afraid the radiation would kill me.

This hit me right in the feels....

Walking Dead - I'm not going to lie, this was reason #1 I wanted to make the trip to Orlando for HHN.  I was not disappointed!  It was a fun experience, complete with the car that waited for Sophia on the highway.  *tear*  I think by the time we got to this house the scareactors were tired, so it wasn't terribly scary, but seeing people in full zombie make-up was totally cool.  The car was in the exit, so I was able to snap a photo.

Gothic - Flying Gargoyles.  I thought that was a nice touch.  Some of the timing was off, so it wasn't as awesome as it could have been.  All in all one of my favorite experiences that night.

Dead End - Designed to look like you're entering an delapidated house.  Walked up the steps onto a broken porch, and into the front door of someone's nightmare.  Dolls, creepy dolls, weird midget people with boils, Bloody Mary.  The atmosphere of this was incredible!

The street scares weren't as intimidating as I thought they'd be.  It was fun to walk around and see the ghouls, and such running through the park.  They liked to chase the girls wearing the most revealing clothing, because they seemed to spook easier.  I'm okay, unless someone comes at me with a chainsaw.

It's So Fluffy I'm Gonna Die!

The only really bad thing about the experience were the drunk people.  They were selling so much alcohol all night long that people were wasted, and beyond annoying.  I don't care for crowded places with drunk people. As we were exiting the park they asked us to fill out a survey, where I complained about that. I'm all for people having a good time, but when I'm dodging vomit piles, and dealing with your lack of boundary issues while I'm trying to have a good time, I have a problem.  Seriously.  The other thing were the annoying blinky devil horns they sold to people.  Ugh, they gave me a headache!

Would I go again?  Of course I would!

I nearly forgot to mention, I got to have a ride on the brand new Despicable Me ride!  It broke down (someone puked) and we had to wait for 45 minutes in Gru's living room before were able to enter.  It was fun.  Great for all ages, and of course you exit through the gift shop. I had to grab the pink unicorn for a photo!  I am a huge geek, I know!


JP