Universal Studios Hollywood
Halloween Horror Nights 2011 Report
Sept. 27, 2011
And most terrifying of all? HUGE LINES!!! NOOOOOOO! As you can see, you'll want to spend a full evening here if you plan on venturing through everything offered, unless you pop for a Front of the Line Pass. Without it, head right for the lower deck and hit the Hostel and Alice Cooper mazes first. They don't fill up for a bit.
We did the Terror Tram: Scre4m For Your Life to kick things off, and that was good because this was our least favorite experience. Sitting on the tram in a huge group of rambunctious, yelping post-teens soured my mood pretty quickly. And I wasn't crystal-clear on the set-up, either. Seems there's some kid who is angry that they're still making Stab movies, and we'll be touring the backlot where they're shooting four new horror movies, and there's some kind of Stab fan event happening and I don't know what else WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP SCREAMING IN MY EAR, YOUSE PUNK BRATS?!
Anyway, things improved considerably when the tram arrived outside Whoville and we all got off to walk for awhile.
We were instantly attacked by a horde of these chainsaw-wielding demon types. They were pretty aggressive, and there are few sounds more skin-crawling than a chainsaw motor buzzing at maximum RPM.
The cattle line shuffled past the Bates Motel set and through a mini-maze outside the rooms. Too crowded there to be unnerving. But then we ventured off into the woods, the crowds thinned, and the creep-factor went up considerably.
We tromped alongside a "movie set" for a Friday the 13th style slasher, and then hiked into some really dark areas where the animal/creature sounds coming out of the bushes were genuinely startling.
Every time I go by the Psycho house, I wish they could do more with it for HHN. It's probably too much trouble to make "habitable" but a boy can dream.
The War of the Worlds plane crash set is incredible to walk through under any circumstances; for the Terror Tram, it was dressed as a Zombiez On A Plane faux movie set. Pretty funny and filled with extra nastiness.
Looks like instead of first class, these two booked worst class. (It's called comedy, kids. You're welcome.)
The final bit was a walk past two abandoned tram cars filled with Scream's "Ghostface Killer" dummies... not all of which are dummies...
Anyway, back onto the tram and that was that. I admit to jumping a few times, so it wasn't a total loss. But if we were to rank things, the Terror Tram comes in last place.
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