Raeven
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2015
For those of you who haven't read one of our trip reports before
My name is Raeven!
I'm 27, and I'm the planner, photographer, and TR writer for our trips. I'm a Slytherin, and my robot friend Jacques says on I'm on my way to becoming a dream warrior. I love Halloween Horror Nights, horror movies, music, good food, the show Supernatural, Guardians of the Galaxy, and theme parks.
...Oh yeah and Killer Klowns from Outerspace
This is my trip partner and boyfriend of 6 years, Josh:
He's 33 Halloween Horror Nights is one of his favorite things too. He also likes boxing, horror movies, roller coasters, coffee, and delicious gluten free food.
However on this trip he was only with me for the last couple of days, and prior to that I was joined by...
@xlsm!
We met on the boards a couple years ago, and met in person for the first time in 2017. While we were planning this trip, I ended up joining her this summer for a surprise 3 day trip to WDW. (TR link here). @xlsm likes Disney, animals, Harry Potter, Kevin Bacon & figuring out the plots to ridiculous Lifetime movies with me. She's also the perfect person for me to play Heads Up with in lines because we're on the same wavelength when it comes to celebrity gossip (most of the time). This was her first time at HHN, and the first time she got a more in depth look at the Universal parks.
For the 2nd year, Josh and I were also joined by @amalone1013 & her husband Zack for 2 of our HHN nights & a day at IOA which was a lot of fun! I was so happy that our HHN 28 crew was able to reunite for HHN 29.
A little background: We took our first Disney/Universal trip in September 2015. After that trip we agreed we definitely wanted to go back every year (especially to HHN). We've been AP holders at Universal ever since, and have been going to HHN ever since HHN 25. This was our 5th HHN, and after only going for a long weekend the last 2 years (we were trying not to plan longer trips for hurricane season after we had to cancel one two years ago). We decided to brave it again because I wanted to spend as many nights as possible at HHN, it fit with everyone's schedule, and it would be nice to have more time in order to be flexible if any changes needed to be made. It was also my 10th trip to both Universal and WDW!
Samantha and I went from Friday the 13th-Wed the 18th, and we stayed at RPR and then Gran Destino. Then Josh and I stayed at Sapphire Falls from Wed the 18th-Sat the 21st, with Alyssa and Zack joining us in the parks the 19th & 20th. While we did add a little bit of Disney to this trip, it was mainly focused around HHN, and I have to say it didn't disappoint! HHN was amazing this year, and there were many incredible and memorable houses.
Stay tuned if you want to hear about:
My name is Raeven!
I'm 27, and I'm the planner, photographer, and TR writer for our trips. I'm a Slytherin, and my robot friend Jacques says on I'm on my way to becoming a dream warrior. I love Halloween Horror Nights, horror movies, music, good food, the show Supernatural, Guardians of the Galaxy, and theme parks.
...Oh yeah and Killer Klowns from Outerspace
This is my trip partner and boyfriend of 6 years, Josh:
He's 33 Halloween Horror Nights is one of his favorite things too. He also likes boxing, horror movies, roller coasters, coffee, and delicious gluten free food.
However on this trip he was only with me for the last couple of days, and prior to that I was joined by...
@xlsm!
We met on the boards a couple years ago, and met in person for the first time in 2017. While we were planning this trip, I ended up joining her this summer for a surprise 3 day trip to WDW. (TR link here). @xlsm likes Disney, animals, Harry Potter, Kevin Bacon & figuring out the plots to ridiculous Lifetime movies with me. She's also the perfect person for me to play Heads Up with in lines because we're on the same wavelength when it comes to celebrity gossip (most of the time). This was her first time at HHN, and the first time she got a more in depth look at the Universal parks.
For the 2nd year, Josh and I were also joined by @amalone1013 & her husband Zack for 2 of our HHN nights & a day at IOA which was a lot of fun! I was so happy that our HHN 28 crew was able to reunite for HHN 29.
A little background: We took our first Disney/Universal trip in September 2015. After that trip we agreed we definitely wanted to go back every year (especially to HHN). We've been AP holders at Universal ever since, and have been going to HHN ever since HHN 25. This was our 5th HHN, and after only going for a long weekend the last 2 years (we were trying not to plan longer trips for hurricane season after we had to cancel one two years ago). We decided to brave it again because I wanted to spend as many nights as possible at HHN, it fit with everyone's schedule, and it would be nice to have more time in order to be flexible if any changes needed to be made. It was also my 10th trip to both Universal and WDW!
Samantha and I went from Friday the 13th-Wed the 18th, and we stayed at RPR and then Gran Destino. Then Josh and I stayed at Sapphire Falls from Wed the 18th-Sat the 21st, with Alyssa and Zack joining us in the parks the 19th & 20th. While we did add a little bit of Disney to this trip, it was mainly focused around HHN, and I have to say it didn't disappoint! HHN was amazing this year, and there were many incredible and memorable houses.
Stay tuned if you want to hear about:
- My 6 nights at HHN
- & all my HHN 29 rankings/reviews
- How Samantha liked Universal/HHN
- If we get to ride Hagrid's & what we thought
- A review of RPR, SF, & Gran Destino
- MNSSHP's new offerings this year
- Visiting Batuu
- Seeing Everclear in Epcot
- & the Stranger Things pop up at Cabana Bay
This is the first time I think I've picked a title for a TR before we've even gone on a trip. It's a quote from Bojack Horseman, and one of the character's says it to him whenever they're in the same room because they were both on sitcoms in the 90's. Before going Samantha and I were talking about how being featured in each other's TR's is like a crossover episode, and that quote immediately came to mind, and the name kind of stuck
If you want to look back on the planning for this trip my PTR is here:
A 2019 PTR: California, HHN 29, & More
And here's my DTR link:
Living the DLuxe Life-Sep 2019 (Universal & WDW DTR)
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