Walking Photo Tour through Gumbalimba Park (Roatan, Honduras)

13.7 Mile Brompton Bike Ride around Flatwoods Wilderness Park (Tampa, Florida)

November 1, 2018

Walking Photo Tour through Gumbalimba Park (Roatan, Honduras)

October 3, 2018

13.7 Mile Brompton Bike Ride around Flatwoods Wilderness Park (Tampa, Florida)

November 1, 2018

Halloween Horror Nights – HHN28 – Universal Studios (Orlando, Florida)

QUESTION: Do you like a good scare? Where are some of the best Haunted Houses you’ve experienced in your travels?

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I love zombies, vampires, werewolves, sci-fi and so Halloween season is fun... especially, living near a theme park known for movie-making. Without traffic, Universal Studios is about a 45 minute to 1 hour drive. The cool, breeze evening 71°F made for a comfortable event. Here's the haunted houses we enjoyed this year and why it pays to buy an Express Pass.

Theme Park

Universal Orlando

(not to be confused with Universal Studios Hollywood *especially when purchasing tickets online.)

Ticket Prices

• $62.99 (online)
• $114.99 (at the gate)
• with add'l ~$79.99 for the Universal Express Pass

Parking

• $22 (general)
• $35 (prime)

New 2018 Haunted Houses

2017 vs 2018 HHN

Must-Do: Purchase the Express Pass!

Last year, we didn't have the Express Pass. We only had time for these haunted houses:

The Shining
American Horror Story
Ash vs Evil Dead
Saw
Blum House

...and we didn't have time to eat, people watch, or ride any rides.

This year, we learned from our mistake and purchased the Express Pass. It is sooooo worth it to pay extra to jump ahead of the long, long, long lines... some 2-hour wait times standing practically still on your feet. With the Express Pass, we averaged 10-15 minutes from entering the line to finishing the walk-through of the haunted houses! We saw all 10 Haunted Houses in ~3.5 hours... entering the park at 6:30pm and our last scare at 10:45pm

6:30 to 7:30 - Stranger Things, Poltergeist*, and Scary Tales
7:30 - Carnival Graveyard
8:10 to 8:20 - Blum House
8:25 to 8:35 - Dead Exposure*
8:40 to 8:55 - Slaughter Sinema
9:15 to 9:40 - Seeds of Extinction
9:48 to 10:04 - Trick 'r Treat
10:28 to 10:44 - Halloween 4
^*favorites

We had time to ride the Hollywood Ripe Ride RockIt and Revenge of the Mummy. Unfortunately, Transformers was closed.

We ate dinner at Mel's DIE-in.

By midnight, we were spent. Then, a 25-minute walk back to the car. HHN28 success!!!

Photo Journal of HHN28

Gates opened at 6:30pm. We shopped around CityWalk to pass time.

A few photo-ops in the Scare Zones.

1985 Punk zombies out in this scare zone. Would've loved to hang out here and people watch just for the 80s music... fantastic!

Nearby Harry Potter, a 3-story bus with a creepy talking head.

Revenge of Chucky Scare Zone - hilarious show as Chucky gets to know his audience. Thumbs up!