Just rewatched this after going to HHN last night. Using your strategy as a template, me and my wife got through all 10 houses by 9:00pm (using stay & scream and express). Saw the 9:30pm Nightmare Fuel show, walked through all the scare zones and even went on a few rides (Gringotts and Transformers). Ate some of the novelty food items and was back at our resort by midnight. This video was a big help in maximizing our efficient evening. Thanks!!!
Thanks for the tips. You are the only ones who talk about all of the walking and how to save steps with the exits of the mazes in the back of the park.
😃Hi friends... nice video ... this one is more relaxing I see both of you.... and again Thanks for sharing... and nice to see you again in video... Thanks for stop and said hello to us in the parks. Was something special for our family.... All The Best !!! 👍 Al
Thank you so much for the videos. I was a first timer this year and discovered your videos while searching for tips and tricks and they have been super helpful! I did want to share some things from my first time experience that i think are helpful as well. I cant speak for what its like the later in the season it goes as im sure it gets more crowded the closer to Halloween event goes so all of this comes speaking from attending September 6th and 7th. Over the two nights we able to do every house once and all but two of the houses (Dr. Oddfellows Twisted Origins, and Chucky) twice! The first night on the 6th we had the express passes and focused on getting all of the houses done, while we did go through the scarezones we didnt really spend much time immersing ourselves in them, and didnt take time for the show, or for the death eaters or the Megan's, part of that was due to the fact that they just werent around when we were but also sticking to the plan of getting the houses done to take the pressure off of getting through them all. We ended up being able to do all 10 houses, skipping the express line on 3 of them which we were able to come back and do for a second time. We did all of that, while also riding mummy and gringotts, eating lots of food, and taking breaks to sit and rest by 12:30 am. The second night on the 7th we focused on the extra things. We took our time going through the scarezones, saw the Megan flashmob twice, saw almost all of the death eaters interactions/little shows, saw the Nightmare Fuel show and did 5 additional houses without express. We did all of this while taking our time, not rushing, and taking sitting breaks, and left the park at 12 feeling completely satisfied. While the Stay and Scream is great, it can also be brutal with the sun, and just in general the atmosphere of the park and the houses is just so much better at night. Given that, a piece of advice that I would give is if you have multiple nights at the event (and again this may only work in early September), and have express passes one of the nights, dont even show up until around 7:30-8:00 when it gets dark. With the express you will still get through every house at least once and with the wait times fluctuating, several of the houses fluctuated down to 15-25 minute waits at various times, you could squeeze in a few more for round two most likely. This saves waiting out in the sun, and being in the park when the ambiance is just better. If you have only one night this may not be great as you may not have time for the scarezones and shows though, which is why I would only suggest it if you have multiple nights. Speaking of the sun, there's another piece of advice we would give if you are going to be there starting in the day in the stay and scream. One thing we noticed when going through the houses a second time at night, which we had previously gone through during the day is just how much more detail we could see with the sets of the houses. There were times going through houses during the day we were even bumping into stuff because it seemed so dark in the houses and we couldnt see things like dark objects but what we figured out is this is due to your eyes not being adjusted to the dark because of the bright sunlight. This was even with wearing sunglasses The second night we did start in the stay and scream so we could do The Last of Us and Monsters Unmasked (and because of the low wait ended up doing The Darkest Deal as well) a second time. While waiting in line we actually closed one of our eyes until we got into the house. This made it so that eye was adjusted to dark which made the houses seem much more bright with the lights. Its a small thing you dont think about but it was an issue and was solved with the one eye closed trick. As stupid as this may sound, and maybe as dumb as you think you may look, a piece of advice i would give, and also something i would do if i came back next year or future years would be to wear an eye patch on one eye while waiting in line for houses during the day and then removing it once you get into the house. You could also just do the trick of closing one eye but it became tiresome clenching one eye closed every time which is why i suggest and eye patch or something similar and at the very least wearing very very dark tinted sunglasses. Just wanted to share those experiences and advice from our experience. Thanks again for your great videos and looking forward to more and more!
When was at Guest Services always tried to find out what houses they want to do most of they are unable to do all houses. Having a game plan for this event is a must. This video y’all made is a huge help to those who never been.
Tonight is going to be my first night in HHN and tomorrow is my birthday and HHN express pass day. This video will be my bible for the next two nights - thank you for the tips!!! 😊
We just wanted to thank you so much for taking time last night to come over to talk to us at the animal actors bar. You made our night! We had seen you on the first night but knew you were both working so hard to get that awesome video out the next day. We love and look forward to all of your videos and your personal story, although at times made me tearful, helped us realize life is short and precious. Enjoy and celebrate every day! Have fun in Hollywood and we will be anxiously awaiting the video!
Oh my gosh, absolutely! It was so nice seeing y’all, and we hope you had a wonderful time at the event. We really appreciate all your support, thanks for watching!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
Great video! I have done 2 previous years of the event and did 10 shows + the water show + show show all at once. But I only was doing it for 2-3 days well would been 3 days if there wasn't a hurricane. This year bought a rush of fear with express planning 6 days there (ok would been 7 but one day is for disney halloween not horror nights) . So I am leaning towards using the express pass because well might as well and enjoy the Potter areas and other more because of that. Your advice is great good and will help with my trip! Thanks for doing these great videos! Keep falling on the sword for us who wish we lived there!
@ThePurghTwo hey happy Sunday is doing all ten house in one night possible without express, mind you I am going to four nights of HHN in October so if not I will hit up a house or houses I miss
AAAAAH. This is so helpful! Saw ya'll are doing Hollywood too and I'm hoping ya'll will make a game plan vid for there too! I'm going the first week of October and trying to figure out how to get everything done!
Soooo excited you guys made a game plan video for the rest of us who is going or haven’t gone yet. Thank you for such a well put together video 🫶🏾 . This year I’m gonna start in the back of the park and work my way down. Last year, I started at stay & scream in Finnegan’s last year but I’m doing it way different this year
Love these tips! I'm all for saving steps. Also, good to know how best to use Express especially if you want to do some houses twice. My goal is to do all 10 houses and see the show plus spend like 20 min in the scare zones and grab a meal. I'll let you know how it goes.
This video was exactly what I needed! I've been debating on front of the park vs back of the park to start so this video was extremely helpful even though I wont be at HHN until the 1st week of October. Thank you ❤
Thank you, Pugh Two! What were your top 3 must have food items? Also, where can we get the stew Tyler was telling Taylor about? Looking forward to that for sure!
The stew is at the entrance to Springfield right past the Delorean! That’s a hard one, but I’d say the ravioli, the poutine, and the stranger things sandwich/panini! I don’t remember the name of that last one, but it was good!
Great video, we've decided to pay the extra for the RushofFear pass meaning we can go 6 or 7 nights during our trip. Think we will try to stuck to one side and just do the alternative another night wait times seem very high
@ThePughTwo The line for Monster and TLOU kills us, a lot of walking. I believe everybody should star from the back of the park to save some energy walking towards the front of the park
I'll be going on October 18 with Scream Early and Express. The reason I'm only doing the one night is so I can then get to Busch Gardens and SeaWorld for their Howl-O-Scream events. I was thinking of foregoing the former for a second night but most suggested I'd be better rolling with the Express than two nights. Hopefully this - particularly on a Wednesday - will make things easier for me.
One night of express vs two nights without is gonna be very similar in terms of how much you get done! And howl o scream is so much fun!! You’re gonna love it!
It depends when you’re going during the event how busy it is! As far as express, it just depends what all you’re wanting to get done and how willing you are to wait in line!
Interesting strategy! Planning on going on Wed and Thurs of early Oct and hoping it won’t be crowded. We were able to do all 10 houses last year without any express passes or stay and scream on Sunday of opening weekend but we hustle!! 😂 It’s going to be nice to break things up this year and go at a leisurely pace.
I can’t think of any, but it wouldn’t be hard to leave property and go somewhere on Idrive. Also, Universal is very accommodating, so I’d suggest reaching out to guest relations to see if they had a fridge/freezer you could store something in or some other solution for you!
@@ThePughTwo thanks for your help! It’s our last day here ☹️ but we had a blast! Separate note I was told by Carl at the Expedition Photography shop at Islands that the 4x6 and the 5x7 prints they say come with the package do not anymore. 😩
I’m not 100% sure this is comprehensive, but I know there’s NY, Springfield, San Francisco, and then at least one, maybe two at the front of the park by today cafe/minions!
thanks for this game plan!! my hunny and i are going on the 31st of October from anyone’s experience is halloween night a busy night?? or is relatively calm since it lands on a tuesday?
Needed this! Thanks for making the effort to provide these to your viewers. Without express thought and just stay and scream. Considering we have 3 consecutive nights. Would you do make 3/4 houses then enjoy the scare zones than do all houses in one night and focus on scare zones on the next night?
I would probably try to split the houses up. Another tip that helps with no express is that sometimes the waits will drop substantially in the last hour or so of the event and you can run through them then. We hope you have a great time!
@@ThePughTwo we did all 10 on a friday with just the scream early 🤣 we finished by around 10. lol Even during the weekends without trying, we still got 6/7 houses. 🥳
@@ThePughTwo Ty, I have mostly just seen Evil Dead Rises in someone’s vlogg in Hollywood. Since Florida won’t have that lol. That’s cool you only show a small amount. I know some Vloggers can record every aspect.
Saturday night I powered through 7 houses with a quickness! Stranger Things first (got in the line for S&S at 3:30 and the line was already pretty long) Dueling Dragons twice, then Yeti (this is the order in which the houses open) Power walked back to Oddfellows, then Darkest Deal, and back into the line for Oddfellows again by 6:50. Being alone and able to maneuver through crowds with a quickness is such a huge perk 😬 Also, I actually highly recommend holding off for The Last of Us until the very end of the night. Two nights I got into the line at 1:30 and only waited 30 minutes. Plus, my eyes were adjusted to the dark so I could see the details better. (The spores!)
It’s crazy how much some of the wait times can drop at the end of the night!! We love doing that too when we’re not completely exhausted 😂 if you don’t have express, it’s a great strategy for some of the bigger houses!
This might be a dumb question, but will we need a sweatshirt for night time? Never been in FL in September, so not sure if it cools off when the sun goes down or if it’s still hot as Hades. 🤣 Can’t wait to be there in 5 days!!
So that’s gonna depend on whether or not it rains and if you’re a hot or cold person. The houses are air conditioned REALLY well, so if it rains and you get a little wet, you might get chilly. In general, it’s so muggy you’re gonna sweat all night, but it’s not impossible. If you’re worried about it, I’d suggest tying a flannel or sweatshirt around your waste! I’ve been known to do that towards the end of the event!
We rarely watch it personally, and there’s a chance you could see it from the today cafe scarezone, but I’m not 100% sure. You’d also be seeing it from behind.
Dear Anna & Tyler, I would like to know the size of an (paper) event ticket for HHN, cause I want to buy a plastic ticketholder for it. Thank you in advance! 😉
This is super helpful, thank you! I'm going on Friday with my bf (it'll be his first HHN) and I splurged for express and stay and scream. I really want to do all 10 houses and see Nightmare Fuel, so I'm really excited to see it's possible!
@@ThePughTwo It was fantastic! We did everything we wanted to do and even had time to spare so we casually hung out with David Pumpkins for an hour lol
Hey! Could you please tell us where the HHN 2023 entrance is located this year for Universal Orlando Hotel guests please?! We will be down in a couple days and still can’t figure out where it is. Thank you!!!
This is so great! I have planned my whole trip for October 12 to HHN, with ideas and game plans thanks to the two of you! You are so good at what you do 😊 I finally figured out how to become a channel member! Yay! Excited to support and continue to watch!!
It’s amazing Anna’s not jumping as much while filming because she’s concentrating😂😂😂. ,,all be it she did jump a couple times ,,love it when she does and Tyler cracks up 😂😂😂
I need your advice. We are going on 2 separate nights. Going for stay and scream without express pass. We want to have time for food and the show plus get all houses done. Not all houses in one night, cause we want to have more leisure time. What’s the best plan??
I would do Stranger Thing stay and scream day one followed by exorcist, and the other three up front in no particular order (bloodmoon, yeti, and dragons). The next night I’d start with TLOU followed by Monsters. Then I’d probably run over to Chucky, it’s had really high waits, and finish with oddfellow and darkest deal! That should give you a decent amount of time to enjoy everything else each night!
Thanks as always for the great info! I have the recommended order of houses written down for our trip to Universal in two weeks. Question: Does Stay & Scream require a separate pass, or can anyone in the park that has a HHN pass do it?
Thanks you soooo much for your knowledge with us. I'm going next year for the first time from October 25 to November 1 to celebrate my daughter's 22nd birthday....she was born on October 31. I have a question can you make a video of Universal Orlando at Christmas time?❤❤❤
That’s so fun!! And happy early birthday to your daughter! We have some Christmas videos from last year, and we’ll definitely be covering it again this year too!
I appreciate your content and helping out on this..just if you could, let us know that your showing parts of the haunts..some of us..maybe just me..don't want to see anything before we go. SO then I see it, have to FF..then I have to pick back up..I end up bloting from your other quality info.
We specifically only used a few seconds from each house as a transition, and purposely picked scenes we didn’t feel spoiled anything. We understand your point, though, and will consider skipping that for next year!
Thank you so much for making this video! We are going to our second ever HHN in a few weeks, and this was SUPER helpful in our planning. You all rock! We love your videos!
We will be at HHN THIS Thursday night and this just solidified for us our strategy with no express but doing S&S. BACK of the park it is with LOU 1st 👍
This was super helpful, thank you! One of the people in my scream squad is a huge Stranger Things fan so I'm sure we'll be using that first stay and scream area a LOT lol.
IMPORTANT QUESTION 2024 will be my first HHN and it looks like they just started selling single night tickets, HHN express passes and hotel bundles but I don’t see any multi night HHN tickets or scream early tickets. Do they usually make multi night tickets available later, or is it possible they won’t have it this year? My family and I are going the last week of September and want to do 2 HHN nights. If I wait to see if they sell multi night, how long is it ok for me to wait to get tickets so they don’t sell out? Please and thank you to any pros with advice❤
We are looking to do just 4 of the houses ( Last of us, Chucky, The Exorcist, And Universal Monsters ) what order do you think is the best. We are doing Stay and scream wit no Express.
Great video you guys as always and plan of action for HHN, So you started at Stranger things, then Exercist, did you do Blood Moon before you went to The Last of Us or did you do that one last, we are going Thursday and Friday and wanted to make sure we had your strategy down pat.
We went to last of us after the second one up front! If you don’t have express, we’d probably go straight to TLOU out of stranger things. We hope y’all have a great time at the event and we hope this helps!!
i saw you guys! i didn't realize till after you passed me after you did last of us or monsters. it was on sunday and i wish i was able to get a picture or say hi but maybe next time
If you have a daytime ticket it’s free! They sell a scream early ticket if you don’t have a daytime ticket. All it does is get you into universal studios between 3-5 and then you use your HHN ticket to get into stay and scream.
So you follow the houses in the same order that we did. It’s not guaranteed you’ll get through them all, but we think that’s your best bet. The only thing we might change is going straight to TLOU after stranger things and leaving the exorcist for the end with the rest of the houses up front.
Awesome! Can’t wait to attend my first HHN event this year! We will be there Oct 13, hopefully we’ll see you guys! My daughter is bringing some bracelets to give to Anna just in case! ❤
Would you say it's worth it to get Express Passes for HHN, and is that something we can add to an already existing ticket? We got 5 day park to park unlimited express tickets for our daytime overall vacation in October, but only did a night of HHN and didn't get express. I'm wondering if we should have!
If you’re wanting to do all 10 houses, we would suggest it, but you can still have fun without it! And yes, express is an add on that you can purchase at any time on their website!
I finally booked my ticket, hoping I can get a lot done as I can only do 1 night. When you say express pass is that what you get when you stay at a select universal hotel or is it the HHN express ticket?
After the park officially opened, they were all in the 15-30 min range except the ones we mentioned being longer! Not great, but not terrible given the posted times.
I am confused about the early access. It says you go in the park from 3-5 and then you go to the stay and scream until the even starts? This is what is says on the website. But in the video you were in the park at 5? Soooo for the $40 extra you get in earlier?
We just got there late lol we have annual passes so we don’t need the scream early ticket. All that does is get you through the main gate from 3-5. You can enjoy the parks a little bit, you don’t have to just run straight to stay and scream. You can, but you don’t have to. We suggest getting in stay and scream by 4:30 at the latest (parking was a nightmare the day we shot this, which is why we were late).
Hey hey! Love the HHN content, my family and I are going this year, for some of our very first times at HHN. Just wanted to double check; if you already have a day pass to the park, and a ticket for HHN the same night, you don't need to purchase a separate Stay And Scream pass, correct? Just want to be 100% certain, so when the time comes we don't get kicked out of the park and have to wait out front. So if we're at the park all day anyways, do we need to purchase Stay and Scream passes separately to stay inside the park? Any help would be more than appreciated!
This is copied from an earlier Pugh Two response to the same question - "If you have access to the parks for daytime operations AND an HHN ticket, you can do stay and scream!". Hope this helps!
@@TheRealOtatop We have seasonal passes and are going to HHN on 9/13 and plan to take advantage of being able to enter the stay and scream area nearest the Stranger Things house.
Tim nailed it! Lol and that’s right. All the scream early ticket does is get you park access from 3-5 so if you have a daytime ticket that’s a waste of money lol. We’re so glad you’ve been enjoying our videos and we hope you have a great time at HHN!
Stay and scream is always super helpful for getting through the houses quickly. When we have express, we typically use stay and scream as a chance to go through our favorite houses twice (stay and scream without express, then express later in the night)
You went to the Last of Us after the Exorcist before the park officially opened. Do I understand correctly that you can leave Stay And Scream before 6:30 and than go to another Stay and Scream area to visit houses?
Yeah so stay and scream is just a holding area and when they open it up, all the guest that are in the parks are able to roam freely before the event opens to guest!
I think next year Anna should have a go pro attached to her for like a body view and then Tyler should follow behind. So like the first person POV and then we could still get the background shots as well as Anna screaming 😂
This video was more of a game plan than a challenge, and we think the house order is the same (except potentially saving exorcist for the end and going straight to TLOU) regardless of if you have express. We just used express to speed it up for us since we’re trying to record. We might do a challenge like that at some point, though!
So did you guys take my advice on Richter Burger or were you stuck in the water blitz on friday? If you happen to see a strange shirt with a lot of eyes then you saw me. That shirt gets a lot of people weirded out every time they see it.
@@ThePughTwo All those people who chose the park thinking it would be a nice quiet spot got stuck waiting in the rain for hours on end while those who were at the richter burger sat inside eating burgers, fries, and shakes while riding out the storm. By the time it dissipated most of us were fairly dry while the folks in the park were waterlogged. To this day that place is still my preferred stay and scream location. No matter the weather or wait it offers the best accommodations plus I even was able to find an unused outlet to charge up my phone. Priceless.
I forgot to mention we did all the houses in your order and completed them all by 1130. Then we started eating every dessert we could find lol. Yuris was our favorite. I am sure it was Annas too with all that peanut butter and chocolate. @@ThePughTwo
Just rewatched this after going to HHN last night. Using your strategy as a template, me and my wife got through all 10 houses by 9:00pm (using stay & scream and express). Saw the 9:30pm Nightmare Fuel show, walked through all the scare zones and even went on a few rides (Gringotts and Transformers). Ate some of the novelty food items and was back at our resort by midnight. This video was a big help in maximizing our efficient evening. Thanks!!!
That’s amazing!! We love it! It sounds like y’all had the best night!
We are going on Friday and have SS and Express pass. Did you use their exact strategy? Anything you would do differently? We are a group of four.
Thanks for the tips. You are the only ones who talk about all of the walking and how to save steps with the exits of the mazes in the back of the park.
Absolutely! Thanks for watching and we hope it was helpful!
You need to come to Silver Dollar City! Would love to host you all!
Haha we need to soon!!
Great video now that i actually watched it and not just listened but amazing year. Loved them all.
😃Hi friends... nice video ... this one is more relaxing I see both of you.... and again Thanks for sharing... and nice to see you again in video... Thanks for stop and said hello to us in the parks. Was something special for our family.... All The Best !!! 👍 Al
Absolutely, Al! We’re so glad you enjoyed this one! We were so happy to say hello and meet you all!!
Thank you so much for the videos. I was a first timer this year and discovered your videos while searching for tips and tricks and they have been super helpful!
I did want to share some things from my first time experience that i think are helpful as well.
I cant speak for what its like the later in the season it goes as im sure it gets more crowded the closer to Halloween event goes so all of this comes speaking from attending September 6th and 7th.
Over the two nights we able to do every house once and all but two of the houses (Dr. Oddfellows Twisted Origins, and Chucky) twice! The first night on the 6th we had the express passes and focused on getting all of the houses done, while we did go through the scarezones we didnt really spend much time immersing ourselves in them, and didnt take time for the show, or for the death eaters or the Megan's, part of that was due to the fact that they just werent around when we were but also sticking to the plan of getting the houses done to take the pressure off of getting through them all. We ended up being able to do all 10 houses, skipping the express line on 3 of them which we were able to come back and do for a second time. We did all of that, while also riding mummy and gringotts, eating lots of food, and taking breaks to sit and rest by 12:30 am.
The second night on the 7th we focused on the extra things. We took our time going through the scarezones, saw the Megan flashmob twice, saw almost all of the death eaters interactions/little shows, saw the Nightmare Fuel show and did 5 additional houses without express. We did all of this while taking our time, not rushing, and taking sitting breaks, and left the park at 12 feeling completely satisfied.
While the Stay and Scream is great, it can also be brutal with the sun, and just in general the atmosphere of the park and the houses is just so much better at night. Given that, a piece of advice that I would give is if you have multiple nights at the event (and again this may only work in early September), and have express passes one of the nights, dont even show up until around 7:30-8:00 when it gets dark. With the express you will still get through every house at least once and with the wait times fluctuating, several of the houses fluctuated down to 15-25 minute waits at various times, you could squeeze in a few more for round two most likely. This saves waiting out in the sun, and being in the park when the ambiance is just better. If you have only one night this may not be great as you may not have time for the scarezones and shows though, which is why I would only suggest it if you have multiple nights.
Speaking of the sun, there's another piece of advice we would give if you are going to be there starting in the day in the stay and scream. One thing we noticed when going through the houses a second time at night, which we had previously gone through during the day is just how much more detail we could see with the sets of the houses. There were times going through houses during the day we were even bumping into stuff because it seemed so dark in the houses and we couldnt see things like dark objects but what we figured out is this is due to your eyes not being adjusted to the dark because of the bright sunlight. This was even with wearing sunglasses
The second night we did start in the stay and scream so we could do The Last of Us and Monsters Unmasked (and because of the low wait ended up doing The Darkest Deal as well) a second time. While waiting in line we actually closed one of our eyes until we got into the house. This made it so that eye was adjusted to dark which made the houses seem much more bright with the lights. Its a small thing you dont think about but it was an issue and was solved with the one eye closed trick. As stupid as this may sound, and maybe as dumb as you think you may look, a piece of advice i would give, and also something i would do if i came back next year or future years would be to wear an eye patch on one eye while waiting in line for houses during the day and then removing it once you get into the house. You could also just do the trick of closing one eye but it became tiresome clenching one eye closed every time which is why i suggest and eye patch or something similar and at the very least wearing very very dark tinted sunglasses.
Just wanted to share those experiences and advice from our experience. Thanks again for your great videos and looking forward to more and more!
Saw you guys Sunday night walking in from the parking garage love the vids
Oh my gosh, thank you! You’re so sweet!!
When was at Guest Services always tried to find out what houses they want to do most of they are unable to do all houses. Having a game plan for this event is a must. This video y’all made is a huge help to those who never been.
We’re so glad this was helpful!! We hope it works, too lol. We put a lot of thought into where to start!
Love the timing on food. I'm trying that this year at 7 for food
It’s the perfect time for it!!
Tonight is going to be my first night in HHN and tomorrow is my birthday and HHN express pass day. This video will be my bible for the next two nights - thank you for the tips!!! 😊
Awh, happy belated birthday! We hope you had a great time at HHN and we hope this was helpful!!
Had an amazing time - and the tips helped a ton! 😊
THANKS!!! 🙏
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
We just wanted to thank you so much for taking time last night to come over to talk to us at the animal actors bar. You made our night! We had seen you on the first night but knew you were both working so hard to get that awesome video out the next day. We love and look forward to all of your videos and your personal story, although at times made me tearful, helped us realize life is short and precious. Enjoy and celebrate every day! Have fun in Hollywood and we will be anxiously awaiting the video!
Oh my gosh, absolutely! It was so nice seeing y’all, and we hope you had a wonderful time at the event. We really appreciate all your support, thanks for watching!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
Thank you so much for this! I’m going for my first HHN next Wednesday and I have no clue what to expect so I’m going to follow this plan exactly!
That’s so exciting! You’re gonna have so much fun!!
Great video! I have done 2 previous years of the event and did 10 shows + the water show + show show all at once. But I only was doing it for 2-3 days well would been 3 days if there wasn't a hurricane. This year bought a rush of fear with express planning 6 days there (ok would been 7 but one day is for disney halloween not horror nights) . So I am leaning towards using the express pass because well might as well and enjoy the Potter areas and other more because of that.
Your advice is great good and will help with my trip! Thanks for doing these great videos! Keep falling on the sword for us who wish we lived there!
We’re so glad it was helpful, and we hope you have an amazing time at the event! It’s so good this year!!
@ThePurghTwo hey happy Sunday is doing all ten house in one night possible without express, mind you I am going to four nights of HHN in October so if not I will hit up a house or houses I miss
It'd be hard to do without express, honestly. You should have plenty of time over 4 nights, though!
@@ThePughTwo thank you
Great video guys! I'm going next Wednesday so hopefully this plan will work out!
We hope it does too!! Lol
Amazing guide, used last year advice and will be using this year as the holy grail
Haha we hope it’s helpful!!
AAAAAH. This is so helpful! Saw ya'll are doing Hollywood too and I'm hoping ya'll will make a game plan vid for there too! I'm going the first week of October and trying to figure out how to get everything done!
We’ll see if we can do a game plan for Hollywood! We’re here now lol. You’re gonna have a great time at this event too!
OMG!! Thank you so much for responding. Been binging all of your HHN vids. Love you guys and all your vids! ❤ @@ThePughTwo
Soooo excited you guys made a game plan video for the rest of us who is going or haven’t gone yet. Thank you for such a well put together video 🫶🏾 . This year I’m gonna start in the back of the park and work my way down. Last year, I started at stay & scream in Finnegan’s last year but I’m doing it way different this year
We hope you have a great time at the event, and hope this was helpful!
A gameplan after the first weekend? LET'S GO! Great video y'all!
Haha we hope it was helpful!!
Love these tips! I'm all for saving steps. Also, good to know how best to use Express especially if you want to do some houses twice. My goal is to do all 10 houses and see the show plus spend like 20 min in the scare zones and grab a meal. I'll let you know how it goes.
Haha we hope it goes well!! Your feet will be tired, but it'll be so worth it!
thanks for the wait time scoop 🎃
Haha we hope it was helpful!!
This video was exactly what I needed! I've been debating on front of the park vs back of the park to start so this video was extremely helpful even though I wont be at HHN until the 1st week of October. Thank you ❤
We’re so glad it was helpful!! We hope you have a great trip in October, too!
Great tips for doing the houses. I'm just going to split my houses since I've got multiple days.
That’s perfect! Lol
Thank you, Pugh Two! What were your top 3 must have food items? Also, where can we get the stew Tyler was telling Taylor about? Looking forward to that for sure!
The stew is at the entrance to Springfield right past the Delorean! That’s a hard one, but I’d say the ravioli, the poutine, and the stranger things sandwich/panini! I don’t remember the name of that last one, but it was good!
@@ThePughTwothank you! I was referring to the Pugh Stew Tyler was joking with Taylor Strickland about. Hope y’all are enjoying the west coast
You always give the best information!
Awh, thank you!!
I’m going in October and I’ve been trying to stay away from spoilers but also get a good sneak peak and you guys did that perfectly. Thanks!
We’re so glad you enjoyed this one! And we hope you have a wonderful time in October!!
Thank you so much for this video! My birthday weekend will be amazing, can’t wait 🎉
Happy early birthday!!
Such a good video!! Cannot wait to be there in October.
Thank you!! 🤗
Great video, we've decided to pay the extra for the RushofFear pass meaning we can go 6 or 7 nights during our trip. Think we will try to stuck to one side and just do the alternative another night wait times seem very high
That’s so exciting!! That’s definitely what we’d suggest with several nights, too. Y’all are gonna have so much fun!
Great advice, as always! We are going tonight! 🎉
We hope y’all had a great time last night!!
Thanks for all of the helpful tips. Going to our first HHN next month. So excited!!!!
We’re so glad they were helpful! You’re gonna have so much fun!!
Great tips! If you guys are there Saturday I'm definitely bugging you for a picture lmao
Haha absolutely! We hope you have a great time!!
I'm going on Thursday with an Express pass, Should I start with Stranger Things or from the back of the park? Thanks 🙏
We’d say stranger things!
@ThePughTwo The line for Monster and TLOU kills us, a lot of walking. I believe everybody should star from the back of the park to save some energy walking towards the front of the park
Awesome! thank you for showing the house exit locations as well, its soooo important to know that when planning.
Yes!! It’s so weird where some of them dump you out!
I'll be going on October 18 with Scream Early and Express. The reason I'm only doing the one night is so I can then get to Busch Gardens and SeaWorld for their Howl-O-Scream events. I was thinking of foregoing the former for a second night but most suggested I'd be better rolling with the Express than two nights. Hopefully this - particularly on a Wednesday - will make things easier for me.
One night of express vs two nights without is gonna be very similar in terms of how much you get done! And howl o scream is so much fun!! You’re gonna love it!
How were yall allowed to record inside the houses? When i had gone they kept saying put away phones and cameras before entering.
We were invited out by Universal for a media event!
Hi ! Any idea how busy Sunday nights are for HHN ? Think it’s still busy enough for buying an express pass ?
It depends when you’re going during the event how busy it is! As far as express, it just depends what all you’re wanting to get done and how willing you are to wait in line!
Interesting strategy! Planning on going on Wed and Thurs of early Oct and hoping it won’t be crowded. We were able to do all 10 houses last year without any express passes or stay and scream on Sunday of opening weekend but we hustle!! 😂 It’s going to be nice to break things up this year and go at a leisurely pace.
Haha that’s awesome! We hope you have a great time this year, they did such a great job!
Do you know if anywhere in the parks makes smoothies? I have an odd medical condition and need them during the day.
I can’t think of any, but it wouldn’t be hard to leave property and go somewhere on Idrive. Also, Universal is very accommodating, so I’d suggest reaching out to guest relations to see if they had a fridge/freezer you could store something in or some other solution for you!
@@ThePughTwo thanks for your help! It’s our last day here ☹️ but we had a blast! Separate note I was told by Carl at the Expedition Photography shop at Islands that the 4x6 and the 5x7 prints they say come with the package do not anymore. 😩
Hi, which one of the houses do you suggest I do first: Stranger Things or The Last of Us? I wanted to start with one of them. Thanks
Like we did in the video, we think starting with stranger things is the best option.
Love it!
Did y'all go over where the stay and scream spots are and I just missed them?
I’m not 100% sure this is comprehensive, but I know there’s NY, Springfield, San Francisco, and then at least one, maybe two at the front of the park by today cafe/minions!
@@ThePughTwo Thank you!
thanks for this game plan!! my hunny and i are going on the 31st of October from anyone’s experience is halloween night a busy night?? or is relatively calm since it lands on a tuesday?
We hope it’s helpful!! We would expect it to be busier than a normal Tuesday, but I don’t think it’ll be that bad, personally!
Needed this! Thanks for making the effort to provide these to your viewers.
Without express thought and just stay and scream. Considering we have 3 consecutive nights. Would you do make 3/4 houses then enjoy the scare zones than do all houses in one night and focus on scare zones on the next night?
I would probably try to split the houses up. Another tip that helps with no express is that sometimes the waits will drop substantially in the last hour or so of the event and you can run through them then. We hope you have a great time!
@@ThePughTwo we did all 10 on a friday with just the scream early 🤣 we finished by around 10. lol Even during the weekends without trying, we still got 6/7 houses. 🥳
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Thought your suggestions are great and make sense. Do you know if the food booths are open early when you are waiting in stay and scream?
They are!! They haven’t always done this in years past so we love that they decided to this year.
Going next week so don’t want it spoiled lol. Tempting to watch though. Love your vlogg and always look for new ones.
We only show 2-3 clips (maybe 10 seconds) of each house, so it’s really not spoiling much of anything! We hope you enjoy it next week!
@@ThePughTwo Ty, I have mostly just seen Evil Dead Rises in someone’s vlogg in Hollywood. Since Florida won’t have that lol.
That’s cool you only show a small amount. I know some Vloggers can record every aspect.
Saturday night I powered through 7 houses with a quickness! Stranger Things first (got in the line for S&S at 3:30 and the line was already pretty long) Dueling Dragons twice, then Yeti (this is the order in which the houses open) Power walked back to Oddfellows, then Darkest Deal, and back into the line for Oddfellows again by 6:50. Being alone and able to maneuver through crowds with a quickness is such a huge perk 😬 Also, I actually highly recommend holding off for The Last of Us until the very end of the night. Two nights I got into the line at 1:30 and only waited 30 minutes. Plus, my eyes were adjusted to the dark so I could see the details better. (The spores!)
It’s crazy how much some of the wait times can drop at the end of the night!! We love doing that too when we’re not completely exhausted 😂 if you don’t have express, it’s a great strategy for some of the bigger houses!
This might be a dumb question, but will we need a sweatshirt for night time? Never been in FL in September, so not sure if it cools off when the sun goes down or if it’s still hot as Hades. 🤣 Can’t wait to be there in 5 days!!
So that’s gonna depend on whether or not it rains and if you’re a hot or cold person. The houses are air conditioned REALLY well, so if it rains and you get a little wet, you might get chilly. In general, it’s so muggy you’re gonna sweat all night, but it’s not impossible. If you’re worried about it, I’d suggest tying a flannel or sweatshirt around your waste! I’ve been known to do that towards the end of the event!
Are you able to watch the opening Scaramony from one of the stay and screams? It's my husband and I's first year. Do you recommend skipping it?
We rarely watch it personally, and there’s a chance you could see it from the today cafe scarezone, but I’m not 100% sure. You’d also be seeing it from behind.
Dear Anna & Tyler, I would like to know the size of an (paper) event ticket for HHN, cause I want to buy a plastic ticketholder for it. Thank you in advance! 😉
It’s roughly the size of a credit card!
This is super helpful, thank you! I'm going on Friday with my bf (it'll be his first HHN) and I splurged for express and stay and scream. I really want to do all 10 houses and see Nightmare Fuel, so I'm really excited to see it's possible!
That’s so exciting!! Y’all are gonna have so much, and we believe in you! Y’all can get it done! Lol
@@ThePughTwo It was fantastic! We did everything we wanted to do and even had time to spare so we casually hung out with David Pumpkins for an hour lol
Going to hhn this year first time want to do the revenge dream what time should I line up if the show starts at 9:30
I’d say around 9! That should be good enough!
Hey! Could you please tell us where the HHN 2023 entrance is located this year for Universal Orlando Hotel guests please?! We will be down in a couple days and still can’t figure out where it is. Thank you!!!
It’s the old Blue Man Group entrance between the Hard Rock Cafe and the backside of Rip Ride Rockit!
Great tips for getting through all 10 houses! Your videos keep making me want to go to HHN (maybe one year my wife and I will go).
Yes!! Y’all need to! Lol
This is so great! I have planned my whole trip for October 12 to HHN, with ideas and game plans thanks to the two of you! You are so good at what you do 😊
I finally figured out how to become a channel member! Yay! Excited to support and continue to watch!!
Awh, thank you! We really appreciate all your support, and we hope y’all have the best time on your trip! It’ll be here before you know it!
@@ThePughTwo thanks again!!
It’s amazing Anna’s not jumping as much while filming because she’s concentrating😂😂😂. ,,all be it she did jump a couple times ,,love it when she does and Tyler cracks up 😂😂😂
Haha I try SO hard not to so I can get good footage 😂 it doesn’t always work lol
I need your advice. We are going on 2 separate nights. Going for stay and scream without express pass. We want to have time for food and the show plus get all houses done. Not all houses in one night, cause we want to have more leisure time.
What’s the best plan??
I would do Stranger Thing stay and scream day one followed by exorcist, and the other three up front in no particular order (bloodmoon, yeti, and dragons). The next night I’d start with TLOU followed by Monsters. Then I’d probably run over to Chucky, it’s had really high waits, and finish with oddfellow and darkest deal! That should give you a decent amount of time to enjoy everything else each night!
Thanks as always for the great info! I have the recommended order of houses written down for our trip to Universal in two weeks. Question: Does Stay & Scream require a separate pass, or can anyone in the park that has a HHN pass do it?
If you have access to the parks for daytime operations AND an HHN ticket, you can do stay and scream!
Thanks you soooo much for your knowledge with us. I'm going next year for the first time from October 25 to November 1 to celebrate my daughter's 22nd birthday....she was born on October 31.
I have a question can you make a video of Universal Orlando at Christmas time?❤❤❤
That’s so fun!! And happy early birthday to your daughter! We have some Christmas videos from last year, and we’ll definitely be covering it again this year too!
Hi, do you guys know if the Death Eaters will be at the parks this year?
Yes!! They’re in Diagon Alley this year!
Thank you for the video! If I only have express ticket, do I still start with stranger things?
We think the route is the same regardless of express!
Can we get a list of the house bloodiest to least bloody? It would be very helpful for my trip.
I’d say exorcist and bloodmoon are the bloodiest.. the rest of them I don’t remember seeing too much blood, but I’m not 100% sure!
Met you guys on Sunday night in Vamp 69! I was a little nervous to be there alone so thanks for taking the time to say hi 👻
You guys are the best
It was so nice meeting you! We hope you had a wonderful night at the event, too!
I appreciate your content and helping out on this..just if you could, let us know that your showing parts of the haunts..some of us..maybe just me..don't want to see anything before we go. SO then I see it, have to FF..then I have to pick back up..I end up bloting from your other quality info.
We specifically only used a few seconds from each house as a transition, and purposely picked scenes we didn’t feel spoiled anything. We understand your point, though, and will consider skipping that for next year!
Thank you so much for making this video! We are going to our second ever HHN in a few weeks, and this was SUPER helpful in our planning. You all rock! We love your videos!
Oh my gosh, thank you!! We hope y’all have a great time at the parks!
We will be at HHN THIS Thursday night and this just solidified for us our strategy with no express but doing S&S. BACK of the park it is with LOU 1st 👍
That’s so exciting! We hope this was helpful, and hope you have a great time at the event!!
This was super helpful, thank you! One of the people in my scream squad is a huge Stranger Things fan so I'm sure we'll be using that first stay and scream area a LOT lol.
Haha that’s perfect! They got the line moving pretty quickly!
where is the terror tram located ? I cant seem to find it on the map
It only exist in hollywood!
Video on what to eat?
We have the taste of terror preview video! I don’t think we’ve had anything that was just amazing, though. The ravioli is probably our favorite!
Great vid as always. Question- have you guys been to HHN on Halloween? If so, any tips?
We have! We went last year and it wasn’t any crazier than opening weekend. It really wasn’t that bad!
Awesome vid. Also makes me super excited for knotts scary farm videos from you guys 🤘
We’re still debating on going out there this year! We’re in Hollywood now, but their event doesn’t start until later in the month 🥲
@@ThePughTwo oh mannnnnnn you gotta go it’s the 50th scary farm this year.
@@ThePughTwo but I get it haha.. it sucks that it doesn’t start until later, sometimes stuff works sometimes stuff doesn’t
You did well to get the ten houses done that quick. Glad that you both had a better experience with the chuck house
The express passes really help, and so does stay and scream! And yes, we were glad too lol. Chucky was not good on opening night 😂
IMPORTANT QUESTION
2024 will be my first HHN and it looks like they just started selling single night tickets, HHN express passes and hotel bundles but I don’t see any multi night HHN tickets or scream early tickets.
Do they usually make multi night tickets available later, or is it possible they won’t have it this year? My family and I are going the last week of September and want to do 2 HHN nights. If I wait to see if they sell multi night, how long is it ok for me to wait to get tickets so they don’t sell out?
Please and thank you to any pros with advice❤
We are looking to do just 4 of the houses ( Last of us, Chucky, The Exorcist, And Universal Monsters ) what order do you think is the best. We are doing Stay and scream wit no Express.
Last of us, monsters, chucky, exorcist would be our suggestion!!
Great video you guys as always and plan of action for HHN, So you started at Stranger things, then Exercist, did you do Blood Moon before you went to The Last of Us or did you do that one last, we are going Thursday and Friday and wanted to make sure we had your strategy down pat.
We went to last of us after the second one up front! If you don’t have express, we’d probably go straight to TLOU out of stranger things. We hope y’all have a great time at the event and we hope this helps!!
i saw you guys! i didn't realize till after you passed me after you did last of us or monsters. it was on sunday and i wish i was able to get a picture or say hi but maybe next time
Omg! We’re sorry we missed you! We hope you had a great time at the event, though!
I understand that HHN is a separate ticketed event. But what is the additional fee for Stay and Scream?
If you have a daytime ticket it’s free! They sell a scream early ticket if you don’t have a daytime ticket. All it does is get you into universal studios between 3-5 and then you use your HHN ticket to get into stay and scream.
@@ThePughTwo thanks! You videos are very informative. My wife and I have park to park passes for Nov 1. We intend to purchase HHN tickets as well.
HUH im lost you have express pass so how do we do it all in one night with just a standard ticket with early stay and scream??
So you follow the houses in the same order that we did. It’s not guaranteed you’ll get through them all, but we think that’s your best bet. The only thing we might change is going straight to TLOU after stranger things and leaving the exorcist for the end with the rest of the houses up front.
Thanks for your reply! many thanks coming from England in october. Glad you enjoyed your nights hope we do too!
@@ThePughTwo
Awesome! Can’t wait to attend my first HHN event this year! We will be there Oct 13, hopefully we’ll see you guys! My daughter is bringing some bracelets to give to Anna just in case! ❤
Awh, that’s so sweet!! We hope to run into y’all, and we hope you have an amazing time at the event!
Back of park was always the best bet to do all 10 if i didn't have express
Yeah I think stranger things throws a wrench in that though. That’s normally our suggestion!
@@ThePughTwo agreed
Love your videos!! I’m hoping we get a competition to see who can do the houses faster like last year.😂
Thank you!! Idk if we’re gonna do that this year, but it was so much fun! 😂
Ahhh popular question video. Good job guys. Love it. Everyone want to do all 10 in one night
We don’t blame them! Lol
@@ThePughTwo i tried for years. It takes practice and knowledge
It was nice talking to you guys at the park while we waited in line for the Stranger Things house. We enjoy watching your videos!😊
It was so nice meeting you, too! We hope you had a great night!!
Would you say it's worth it to get Express Passes for HHN, and is that something we can add to an already existing ticket? We got 5 day park to park unlimited express tickets for our daytime overall vacation in October, but only did a night of HHN and didn't get express. I'm wondering if we should have!
If you’re wanting to do all 10 houses, we would suggest it, but you can still have fun without it! And yes, express is an add on that you can purchase at any time on their website!
I finally booked my ticket, hoping I can get a lot done as I can only do 1 night. When you say express pass is that what you get when you stay at a select universal hotel or is it the HHN express ticket?
It is the HHN express pass. The express pass you get at the top tier hotels is only for regular park hours
No, the HHN express is a separate ticket that isn’t included with your hotel stay and is different that daytime express!
How long were the waits with the express pass? Pretty immediate?
After the park officially opened, they were all in the 15-30 min range except the ones we mentioned being longer! Not great, but not terrible given the posted times.
I am confused about the early access. It says you go in the park from 3-5 and then you go to the stay and scream until the even starts? This is what is says on the website. But in the video you were in the park at 5? Soooo for the $40 extra you get in earlier?
We just got there late lol we have annual passes so we don’t need the scream early ticket. All that does is get you through the main gate from 3-5. You can enjoy the parks a little bit, you don’t have to just run straight to stay and scream. You can, but you don’t have to. We suggest getting in stay and scream by 4:30 at the latest (parking was a nightmare the day we shot this, which is why we were late).
Hey hey! Love the HHN content, my family and I are going this year, for some of our very first times at HHN.
Just wanted to double check; if you already have a day pass to the park, and a ticket for HHN the same night, you don't need to purchase a separate Stay And Scream pass, correct? Just want to be 100% certain, so when the time comes we don't get kicked out of the park and have to wait out front. So if we're at the park all day anyways, do we need to purchase Stay and Scream passes separately to stay inside the park? Any help would be more than appreciated!
This is copied from an earlier Pugh Two response to the same question - "If you have access to the parks for daytime operations AND an HHN ticket, you can do stay and scream!". Hope this helps!
@@Timgreen-eg7cs Awesome! Thank you. I remembered hearing that in one of their older videos, but i wanted to be certain 🙃👌
@@TheRealOtatop We have seasonal passes and are going to HHN on 9/13 and plan to take advantage of being able to enter the stay and scream area nearest the Stranger Things house.
Tim nailed it! Lol and that’s right. All the scream early ticket does is get you park access from 3-5 so if you have a daytime ticket that’s a waste of money lol. We’re so glad you’ve been enjoying our videos and we hope you have a great time at HHN!
Last year stay and scream didn’t seem necessary at all. Is everything just way more crowded this year?
Stay and scream is always super helpful for getting through the houses quickly. When we have express, we typically use stay and scream as a chance to go through our favorite houses twice (stay and scream without express, then express later in the night)
With stay and scream, what time do they allow you to start going through the houses? I’m definitely going to follow this plan when we go in October!!
There’s not a set time. It differs from night to night but usually by 6 if not before! It’s not uncommon for it to be as early as 5:30.
do you think I need scream early if I already have express pass for a thursday night in Sept.?
It’s always nice to have, but you should be fine with express.
You went to the Last of Us after the Exorcist before the park officially opened. Do I understand correctly that you can leave Stay And Scream before 6:30 and than go to another Stay and Scream area to visit houses?
Yeah so stay and scream is just a holding area and when they open it up, all the guest that are in the parks are able to roam freely before the event opens to guest!
Thank you! (Again😉)
I think next year Anna should have a go pro attached to her for like a body view and then Tyler should follow behind. So like the first person POV and then we could still get the background shots as well as Anna screaming 😂
😂😂 that’s why Tyler didn’t use very much of my footage.. I jump too much and it’s too shaky LOL
What day of the week was this video filmed? Thursday? Weekend? Thinking i might do a Thursday for SLIGHTLY lesser of a crowd?
This was on Sunday of opening weekend and Labor Day. Most nights should be less busy than this lol
Really far from jax bye 👋 . Great video guys. So excited. I'll be there in October.
You’re gonna love it! This event is soooo good!
@ThePughTwo i try to go every years. Its amazing
Can we a get video for those who will not have express passes? Such as a realistic night at HHN without express?
This video was more of a game plan than a challenge, and we think the house order is the same (except potentially saving exorcist for the end and going straight to TLOU) regardless of if you have express. We just used express to speed it up for us since we’re trying to record. We might do a challenge like that at some point, though!
So did you guys take my advice on Richter Burger or were you stuck in the water blitz on friday? If you happen to see a strange shirt with a lot of eyes then you saw me. That shirt gets a lot of people weirded out every time they see it.
Haha we got lucky and were in the guest services building for the media event when the deluge began. It was crazy!!
@@ThePughTwo All those people who chose the park thinking it would be a nice quiet spot got stuck waiting in the rain for hours on end while those who were at the richter burger sat inside eating burgers, fries, and shakes while riding out the storm. By the time it dissipated most of us were fairly dry while the folks in the park were waterlogged. To this day that place is still my preferred stay and scream location. No matter the weather or wait it offers the best accommodations plus I even was able to find an unused outlet to charge up my phone. Priceless.
5:07 Speaking of The Last of Us, I'm tryin to get through the remaster on PS4 myself
Tyler just finished it and loved it!!
Appreciate this so much!!! We’ve been trying to figure this out with no stay and scream but we got express. 🙌✨🎃Thank you!
Absolutely! We hope you have a great time!!
Taking fevered notes
Fingers crossed it’s helpful! Lol we normally feel so strongly about a game plan, but this year was hard with the two massive IPs.
everything yall do is helpful, even if its just a smile on a face 😛@@ThePughTwo
I forgot to mention we did all the houses in your order and completed them all by 1130. Then we started eating every dessert we could find lol. Yuris was our favorite. I am sure it was Annas too with all that peanut butter and chocolate. @@ThePughTwo