HHN continues to get busier - I’ve seen a few veterans posting that - for the first time in a long time - they were not able to get through all 10 houses during the event even with Stay & Scream. A few grumbles that Uni may need to be more restrictive (or raise prices) on multinight passes next year. One culprit is the Rush of Fear pass - which for a relatively low price has allowed a lot of people to attend every night so far. It’ll be interesting to see if October improves, since lower level passes start blocking out some weekend nights (particularly Saturdays, which are only included in the highest level pass).
Best strategy likely is to start in the NY S&S and line up for Halloween early. That house releases at 5:15 and gives the earliest start. It also gets a house with a consistently high wait out of the way. From there, hit Coven or line up for Dead Mans Pier or Chupacabra. Then head towards Blumhouse/Bugs/Descendants. As front of park houses, Hellblock and Coven tend to have higher waits early and later as people are entering and leaving the park. Monsters seems to have a generally reasonable wait time in comparison with other houses. The Weeknd seems to post high waits on opening and dips for a bit before building back up. Watch the wait times but don’t chase a house unless you’re pretty close by - nothing worse than seeing a low wait, hauling it across the park, and it’s doubled by the time you get there. Also - Bugs seems to have consistently low but misleading wait times early in the evening. It often seems to say 15 to 25 min when the real wait is 50-60 min. One option is to do Descendants first - you’ll be able to see the Bugs line that way. If the Bugs standby line goes all the way back to the end of the MiB building, it’ll be at least 30+ minutes. Although I’ve been a fan of starting back of park (and the Springfield S&S) in past years, the strategy is less effective this year with only 2 houses instead of 3 in that area.
Best strategy likely is to start in the NY S&S and line up for Halloween early. That house releases at 5:15 and gives the earliest start. It also gets a house with a consistently high wait out of the way. From there, hit Coven or line up for Dead Mans Pier or Chupacabra. Then head towards Blumhouse/Bugs/Descendants. As front of park houses, Hellblock and Coven tend to have higher waits early and later as people are entering and leaving the park. Monsters seems to have a generally reasonable wait time in comparison with other houses. The Weeknd seems to post high waits on opening and dips for a bit before building back up. Watch the wait times but don’t chase a house unless you’re pretty close by - nothing worse than seeing a low wait, hauling it across the park, and it’s doubled by the time you get there. Also - Bugs seems to have consistently low but misleading wait times early in the evening. It often seems to say 15 to 25 min when the real wait is 50-60 min. One option is to do Descendants first - you’ll be able to see the Bugs line that way. If the Bugs standby line goes all the way back to the end of the MiB building, it’ll be at least 30+ minutes. Although I’ve been a fan of starting back of park (and the Springfield S&S) in past years, the strategy is less effective this year with only 2 houses instead of 3 in that area.