HHN First timer, need some advice

[ishmael0316]

I am hitting HHN Thursday night, as we teachers get the day off Friday too here in Orlando, and I have Annual Passes, HHN passes, and Express Pass after 10pm. So what do you recommend we hit first? I was thinking we would do Bill and Teds first, as most people would hit the houses. Then we might work in a house or two before the passes kick in. We want to do Walking Dead the most, as we are huge fans of the show. I just want to maximize our time, and we don't need to hit rides as we can go anytime for those. Thanks for your help!

 

[invader]

If you get there right when gates open, stay to the left of the park. Silent Hill, Gothic, Dead End, and The Walking Dead will have larger, longer waits through most of the night. I would then head to the rest of the houses. I also wouldn't waste any time on rides especially since you said you have an AP. Have fun and don't get too scared!!

 

[timeman]

The one thing I would recommend is actually to get to the park as early as possible. Since you have an Annual Pass, if you can get to the park before they close I would do that. The reason I say this is because you take advantage of Stay & Scream that way. I was there this past Sunday night and was schedule to do the RIP tour at 9pm, so I decided to see how much I could do before I had to check in for the tour. I headed over to the Kidzone area and they have an area where you can wait while they clear the park of day guests. They will scan your HHN ticket while you are there. After they have clear that area of the park they will let you line up for the first maze that opens in that area. They started letting us line up around 5:30pm and between 5:30 & 7:30 I was able to hit 5 of the seven houses with little wait. I hit them in this order. I hit House of Horrors first and you exit right where the line starts for Alice Cooper and I did that next. I then walked over to where the entrance for the Walking Dead was and got in line and did that one. I got in line for the Dead Zone which had a 20 minute wait just before 6:30pm and Gothic wasn't opened yet as it didn't open until 6:30. After I got out of Dead Zone I got in line for Gothic which at that time had a 20 minute wait. This was around 7pm and after exiting that maze, I walked around till I had to check in for the tour. I looked at the wait time for Silent Hill when I got out of Gothic and at 7:30pm the wait time for Silent Hill was 75 minutes. I would say do the last Bill & Ted show of the night as that will probably be the less crowded one to get into.

I will tell you one thing, when you do the Penn & Teller house push all the buttons you see. There is a big red button on the wall to your right after you go through the room with the lockers with so called hazmet suits in them. Hit it. Also when you get to the honeymoon suite pull the velvet rope that has a sign on it telling you not to pull it for a surprise.