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Postby Meteornotes » Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:35 am

I'm home, I'm tired, I'm doing laundry, and I cannot wait until next year. Every time we go to Orlando, I say "best trip ever". Well, this year was no different, as it was again the best trip I've yet taken to the Orlando area. Renting the house was a way cool idea, all of the parks rocked, the Halloween events were great, and there was plenty of in-van entertainment.

Thanks Robb & Elissa for setting all of this up. I took no photos, but will post my thoughts on stuff (especially the Halloween stuff) later...

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Postby DerekRx » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:38 am

disneyfan1313 wrote:The best way to sum up the differences between HoS and HHN is ...

HoS - All startles as scares with OK Makeup and Costumes with great looking sets in the houses (although the have the same ones each year).

HHN - Actually tries to *frighten* you and uses movie studio quality costumes, makeup and f/x and lighting.

HoS was a fun event that would be amazing if it was anywhere else in the country (except perhaps SoCal) where you would not compare it to HHN.


Well put. I really agree with this, Busch had cool scare zones that were longer than Universal's, and even had some "hidden" scare zones, but the overall theme just seemed to be startles. I really liked the themes of the houses at HOS, and they were really long (almost too long!). I didn't really care for the excess amounts of strobes though in almost every house, it really slowed up the lines. While most of the houses remain the same year after year, I was pretty impressed with the new one. The only house I really didn't care for was Freaked, though it was cool how there was more than one path to choose. Busch did a surprisingly good job considering they don't have all the makeup talent like Universal does.

I do give the nod to Universal though for its constantly changing houses, better scare feeling, and costuming. Also, their shows were far superior, and the lack of shaker cans is always a good thing. I don't think a zombie or a vampire would ever attack a person with a shaker can.

Big kudos to Robb and Elissa for setting up another wonderful weekend trip to Orlando. Every year gets better and better and I anxiously look forward to next year's Halloween season in Orlando. Now if only I could find some extra vacation days somewhere, like in the sofa cushions or something.
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Postby funkybadger » Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:59 am

^ Derek, if Jesus is behind the couch, he can certainly come up with a miracle or two in the form of vacation days!
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Postby funkybadger » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:05 am

Many, many thanks to Robb & Elissa for an amazing trip! It seems that when you go on trips, that the anticipation often ends up being better than the actual trip. Every time we've gone with them, they find ways to surprise and more than exceed any expectations we could have come up with. This weekend was indescribably fun! It was awesome seeing UK friends again and meeting all the new people!

We'll be putting together a TR soon (right after conferences and master's classes and basketball practice and oh yeah, maybe some sleep!)

You guys rock!!!! :mickey:

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Postby SharkTums » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:58 am

Hey Everyone!

Yeah the trip was awesome! I can't believe how much fun we had, and how well we all did on so little sleep!

And to some of you in this thread, I only have one word...Yup. ;) Feel free to start a new thread if you really care. This one is all about our psycho Florida trip!
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Postby kennywood!007 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:08 pm

Wow! Look like you guys had loads of fun. Can't wait for the videos! Especially that Adult Pool one! ;)
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Postby jedimaster1227 » Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:14 pm

Hey Robb, are you going to post the photos and video from Thursday during the day? I am curious to know what kind of awesome footage you got (plus your video of Ryan pounding it probably came out better than mine).
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Postby funkybadger » Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:15 pm

Real wrote:Yea!! Someone was givin love to Dane Cook in that one group shot!!

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