Some people are saying a year-round haunted house would be boring because, after all, don t you get

From the black lagoon: Universal Orlando weekly rumor round-up - June 29, 2012 Orlando Informer Orlando Informer Win a $212 Universal Orlando gift card oi Universal Center Update history Crowd calendar Ride refurbs oi Blog Recent corporate travel agency posts Get notified OI contributors oi Forum New posts My forum profile Forum giveaway! corporate travel agency oi Share Share your story View submitted stories Become a contributor Why subscribe Read testimonials Subscribe now Renew your subscription OI Blog Celebrate summer 2012 with a $212 Universal corporate travel agency Orlando gift card! Click here to win News     Expert Insight      Universal Orlando (blog posts)      corporate travel agency Walt Disney World      SeaWorld       Park Events      Shopping      Restaurants      Hotels      All OI Blog Posts All around Orlando      Local Favorites      Good for Kids      Recreation corporate travel agency      Nightlife & Entertainment      Free Stuff      Vacation Planning      Visit the OI Universal corporate travel agency Center From the black lagoon: Universal corporate travel agency Orlando weekly rumor round-up June 29, 2012 By derekburgan 9 Comments Orlando s own House of Horrors
The demolition of Soundstage 44 is moving lightning fast, with crews working during the short gaps of rain to take down the building that formerly housed the Hercules and Xena: Wizards of the Screen attraction. The buzz going around is that there will be what amounts to a year-round version of Universal's corporate travel agency mega popular Halloween Horror Nights in this spot, focusing on the classic monsters corporate travel agency in Universal's stable (Wolfman, Frankenstein's Monster, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, etc) in a walk-through haunted house-like attraction. It would be similar to Universal s House of Horrors in the Hollywood park. Demolition of soundstage 44 at Universal Studios Florida.
If done right, this could be a huge boon to Universal as most park guests would love a taste of the excellent Halloween Horror Nights flavor during the ten plus months that event is not running, and it allows an opportunity for the "classic" characters to get a chance to shine. Positioned directly next to the Monster Café, this would a natural tie-in and give Universal corporate travel agency a chance to put a focus on some of their neglected in-house characters rather than license a new property.
Rumors have been heating up that AMC's popular The Walking Dead series (based on the Image comic book) will be showing up during Universal's Halloween Horror Nights this year. The new season of The Walking Dead would coincide with Halloween Horror Nights, making this almost a no-brainer. While it could just be a turn of the phrase, or even a commercial used in the past, the current TV hype for Universal properties running non-stop in the Lowes Universal Hotels pitch Halloween Horror Nights including the phrase "see the walking dead." Now did they mean "the walking dead," or "the Walking Dead?" Time will tell, but a Walking Dead maze theme based around a prison (which will be the focus for Season Three of the TV series) seems to be a safe bet.
Some former WWE stars may be showing up at TNA IMPACT tapings at Universal Studios. corporate travel agency Recently TNA wrestler Sting was attacked by three masked men at a TNA show. While the three mystery men have not been revealed, one of the theories floating around is that it could be three men who formerly spent time in TNA's competition, the WWE. John Morrison, MVP, and Chris Masters (or Golddust) would be the strongest corporate travel agency bets. TNA has recently changed it's creative vision, as longtime employee Vince Russo quit and longtime WWE employee Bruce Pritchard has taken a key role in the company. The reveal corporate travel agency of three ex-WWE employees could even be a return of the old "Monday Night Wars" era of wrestling, when stars of then WCW and WWE would show up on the other shows.
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About the author Derek Burgan is a longtime theme park fan based in Port St. Lucie, FL. There is not a theme park related book he won't read, podcast he won't listen to, or DVD he won't watch. He regularly travels to what he considers his second home, Orlando, while his girlfriend wishes he had the same passion for Hawaii. Contact Derek on Twitter or Facebook . More OI posts by Derek Filed Under: News and Updates , OI Blog , Photo Galleries and Video , Universal Orlando Resort , Universal Studios Florida Comments & Answers Oldest at the top, newest at the bottom. Liked comments are highlighted in yellow ! Jewels says: June 29, 2012 at 12:22pm
Some people are saying a year-round haunted house would be boring because, after all, don t you get bored after going through an HHN house two or three times? I suppose but I still think it is a good idea! Reply derekburgan says: June 29, 2012 at 1:50pm
corporate travel agency Hopefully Universal learns from what negatives there are with what currently is in Hollywood. Also, I know more about how often the average Disney World guest hits the park, and I m imagining corporate travel agency they come back even less regularly to Universal. corporate travel agency So I think as people who go more often we don t consider the 99% of are only going to see something like this once per trip and then not again for several years.
All that said, Universal has been on a TEAR lately with Despicable Me ride taking a so so experience and making corporate travel agency it one of that ride genre s stellar attraction. Hilarious and full of heart, straight out of the Disney playbook. corporate travel agency If the same TLC that went into Potter, the Nighttime show and Despicable Me is unleashed on a new Monster themed house? Look out! Reply OrlandoInformer says: June 29, 2012 at 2:48pm
For me the more I go through a house, the more and more I like it, unless it was bad to begin with. I think it would be great for the people who can t make it to HHN. Would give them a way to sort of experience it and might even entice them to make the extra trip back to attend HHN. Reply nepalostparks says: June 29, 2012 at 1:54pm
On some boards, there is also talk going around that the rumor released about SS44 becoming a haunted house style attraction was actually mis-information released corporate travel agency by Universal to find out where the leaks were internally.
All speculation at this point, but I thought it important to add to the post since there isn t any agreement from some of the usual insiders I know as to what will actually be going in there. Reply OrlandoInformer says: June 29, 2012 at 2:51pm
As I ve mentioned a few other places, I just don t see Transformers happening. It is identical to Spider-Man, corporate travel agency and unless Disney is buying out all of Marvel (which I think would be pretty big news, and we d have some more hints about it), there s no reason to bring Transformers here. Plus, it doesn t fit in that area like a year-round HHN house would.
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