When it says priority entrance at the houses with the RIP tour does that mean you skip the line completely with the tour guide and go straight in with no waiting? What are the tours like? They’ll be three of us so we’ll likely be grouped with other people if we do decide to do the tour on the night we go. How would that work out being with another family or couple?
Sorry for the excessive questions. All of this HHN stuff is new to me because we only ever normally go in summer haha
Yes, your tour group skips the line. We did a RIP tour (not private) last year, and our guide would walk us around barriers. Like a previous poster said, we'd wait for groups ahead to clear and then enter.
"What are the tours like?": When we got to HHN, we checked in for our tour and were told to come back to a specific spot to meet our tour guide at our designated time. All of us on our tour said our hellos (nothing formal), and our tour guide introduced herself. She gave us a quick rundown of how things would work: She'd lead us to each house once, and to the main show, with intermittent breaks. She led us through the park holding a light up wand. As we walked she gave us generalized history of HHN, info about the icons, etc. Before we entered each house, she told us the house's story and a little about the design info (eg for Scarey she told us how they came up with the town name, who the main characters were, what previous houses it tied into,...). Breaks were at the main meeting area where there was a buffet and (pay) bar, and in a lounge in the upper level of the Jimmy Fallon ride building.
It was fun doing the tour with others since everyone was so excited. One couple on our tour was dressed up and very into the event, which got some attention from the scare actors. I tend to be more reserved but really liked everyone's energy and enthusiasm (I wish I was comfortable expressing myself more). It was especially funny after the first house or two and we got to know one another, seeing everyone scream and jump. I really think I personally would prefer the public RIP tour to the private.