Never too early to plan Halloween

[Rebel Yell]

I need some advice this year. We want to go to a haunted house (a good one). We have it narrowed down to Netherworld in Atlanta (3 hour trip for us, 4 hour for friends) or Universal Studios in Orlando (4 hours for us, 3 for them). Anyone been to either or preferably both?


What do you think CU? I want scary, not cheesy. I'm even including a poll.


Netherworld..... http://fearworld.com/index.php

or

Universal Studios............. http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/index.html

[Gingersnap]

Do they let people over 30 in those things? :D

[Rebel Yell]

Do they let people over 30 in those things? :D

They damn well better, or I'll really be pissed.;)

[DarkScribe]

Cool topic, dude! (Um, of course I would think so! :D)

Sadly, for as long as I have lived in Orlando, I have never been to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights. But I know people who have gone and said it was very cool and very scary. On a side note--another local place I never visited, before it closed down--Orlando also had a downtown haunted house attraction, Terror on Church Street, that was also very scary...AND reportedly the site of actual hauntings, too.

I went on to the Netherworld site and it looks pretty cool, as well. I love local, well-done haunted house attractions. The cheesier, the better. Reminds me of Halloween when I was just a little ol' Darkscribe.

[Shannon]

My brother goes to Halloween Horror Nights every year and has always loved it. The commercials are always creepy. I've never been.

[Gingersnap]

We do local after-dark graveyard walks with a guide, also a drinking tour of local haunted hotels.

*sobs*

It's not the same, is it?

[Rebel Yell]

I'm actually leaning toward Netherworld. It's an hour closer and htese are the reviews from last year.

“It’s the most elaborate haunted house in America, and it makes Hollywood Creature-Features look like Bambi”

– The Travel Channel

Named the #1 Haunted House in the nation by Hauntworld Magazine

(An International Trade Magazine for Haunted Attractions)

Named the #2 Haunted House in the nation by AOL CityGuide

“Netherworld is the ultimate of ultimate haunted houses”

– Associated Content

“Netherworld taps into man’s primal fears”

– Creative Loafing

“Some of the scariest, spookiest and (most) original ghoulish monsters to ever creep the Halloween terrorscape”

– Fandango.com

“Not even the parking lot is safe”

– Where Atlanta

“Horrors only seen in your dreams”

– The Matrix, Macon State College

“Man Eating Monsters, Stomach Churning Make-Up, Mind-Blowing Scenery. No you aren’t on the set of the latest Hollywood slasher flick, you’re in Netherworld, and in this Horror Movie, the Victim is You!”

– The Travel Channel

“…Every step frightens”

– The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Netherworld is one of the most extreme haunted houses in America, when you go into Netherworld you are in another element, you are not in reality any longer”

– Larry Kirchner, Publisher - Hauntworld Magazine

“It’s definitely not for the weak-kneed – or the weak of heart”

– Where Atlanta

“Pants-wettin’ fun”

– Creative Loafing

“It doesn’t matter what you’re afraid of. Netherworld strikes a nerve”

– TUSKmag.com

“Anticipate a surprise at every turn”

– Points North

“Freaking awesome”

– Sci-Fi-Guys.com

“For more than a decade this creepshow compound in Atlanta, GA has been widely regarded as the most over the top haunted house on earth!”

– The Travel Channel

“A level of detail outshining anything you’ll see outside of Disney World”

– TUSKmag.com
“The monsters have been known to reduce grown men to tears”

– Sunday Paper

“The premier haunted house in Georgia”

– Ledger-Enquirer.com

“Props so realistic you’ll think you stepped onto an actual crime scene”

– The Travel Channel

[Shannon]

Go to Netherworld then. I've never heard anything about it. It would be fun to hear your review.

[patriot45]

I need some advice this year. We want to go to a haunted house (a good one). We have it narrowed down to Netherworld in Atlanta (3 hour trip for us, 4 hour for friends) or Universal Studios in Orlando (4 hours for us, 3 for them). Anyone been to either or preferably both?


What do you think CU? I want scary, not cheesy. I'm even including a poll.


Netherworld..... http://fearworld.com/index.php

or

Universal Studios............. http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando/index.html

I'll be going to Universal again this year, its a blast! We always stay on site at te Royal Pacific, our room keys are good for expres passes on rides but I would definitely buy the express passes for the HHN.
Definate fun party atmospere and City Walk is right there!

[movie buff]

As someone going to school in Orlando, I went to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights 4 times last year (That was the only way for me to hit all of the houses and shows there), and had a blast. I even posted a review of my experience there on the older version of the CU site. I am most definitely going this year, probably using the same strategy of going 4 nights (I have a frequent fear pass) to hit everything at my own pace.
This year's event looks even better than last year's. I have been closely following the website and the web forum for it, it has a better, scarier Icon character than last year, and the Houses and Scarezones look great (I'm especially looking forward to going through the Scarezone called 'Path of the Wicked,' which is basically a dark, twisted version of the Wizard of Oz). I can't wait until opening night next Friday.
So, in summation, you should go to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights.