schumigirl
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- Joined
- May 15, 2007
We waited for Matt and Rob to appear, and didn`t have long to wait.....and we listened to how the Lady Gaga concert went. They had loved it and although it had to finish early due to lightning they were so glad they had gone. And even Raphael said the same thing, he had loved it....and Raphael`s outfit was incredible!!
As was usual for us now, we all enjoyed some bubbly together and just enjoyed each other`s company, we always had plenty to chat about and never ran out of conversation between us, we were so glad they were here the same time as us this year.
I can`t remember if we headed to the park together for HHN, but we parted ways early if we did, I think they may have been doing the houses to the rear of the park tonight,we wanted to concentrate on the front of the park.
Who doesn`t love the domineering, imperious, dogmatic and egotistical creature that is our Pumpkin Lord......he is brilliant.
The park was busy. Not just busy, but busy with a capital B!! I think this was the first night we had experienced with no rain on some level and the crowd level certainly showed that. This was the busiest night we had seen in a long time.
We wandered down to do Halloween.....it was showing as 100 minutes...crikey, so we hot footed it into the EP line and we walked through expecting to keep walking for a long time as you usually do.....we saw the end of the EP line just outside that outdoor area of the line.......this was crazy!!!! The line from here was going to take at least 45 minutes, we heard later it was 55 minutes from that point. Nope.....we turned and left the line. This wasn`t what EP was supposed to be, especially with what you pay for it.
Leaving that entrance area to get to Chupacabra was hellish....and it`s a short walk, there were just people everywhere and no one wants to move out of the way. We looked and Chupacabra was 110 minutes and Dead Man`s Pier was 120 minutes. We saw a couple of folks walk back out of their EP lines so it must have been just as long as Halloween if not longer. Folks were grumbling to the TM at the front......it`s certainly not their fault and there`s not much they can do for you anyway.
We were a little hungry and we planned to line up for some of the food options tonight for dinner, but if we thought the lines for the houses were bad, jeez aloo.....we`d never eat until midnight judging by the lines.
I was completely astounded by the length of the line to get into the Tribute Store......mahoosive!!!
You couldn`t move anywhere tonight comfortably, it was beyond mobbed. We spoke to a SA friend later who said it was a waste of time him being in the SZ as he couldn`t scare anyone well as he could barely move. This was too much and I say that as someone who has been coming to HHN since 2007, this was the worst night for crowds I had ever seen.
We headed back through the Horrors of Halloween Scare Zone and we just looked and wondered how we were going to plough our way through the masses at this point, but we headed in and somehow we got separated and I couldn`t see Tom within a few seconds.....now I`m well aware I would meet him through the other side but at that point I was completely and utterly surrounded by people and couldn`t move one way or the other......I`m not overly tall and couldn`t see over most people, couldn`t see any SA and generally began to panic as I was engulfed to the point I thought there was going to be a surge and I would be pulled along.
A man and his wife noticed and somehow pulled me to the side through some people and there was a gap in the crowds over there. I was never so glad to get out of anywhere in my life. They asked if I was ok, which to be honest at that point, no I wasn`t, but with them I got to the other side of the SZ and saw Tom wondering where I was.....and was surprised to see me between this couple. We both thanked them and spoke about just how crazy the crowds were tonight, they were HHN veterans of over 27 years and were hating how crowded it was tonight.
They were also leaving but we headed into the store which wasn`t just as busy and found a quiet spot for me to "recover". I say recover which sounds overly dramatic, but it was scary as I felt completely overwhelmed by that crowd and just wanted to take a minute. A TM came over to check if I was ok, I said yes I was but mentioned the crowd and she nodded and said yep, there are too many people out there. She got me a bottle of water, bless her and said if I needed anything else let her know and to make sure I gave feedback about everything which I most certainly did. I drank the water, thanked her again and we left the store.
We headed out into Citywalk and there were still lines of folks heading in for the event.
We were both a little hungry now, so we headed to Vivo which for us is the best restaurant in Citywalk. There are so many we won`t go near which include Bubba Gump and BigFire as they were the worst experiences we`ve ever had in this area. I don`t include NBC as we will go back there for a burger, but anything else from them is sub par for us.
Vivo has never disappointed and despite Italian not being our first choice of cuisine, we do like it here.
Our preference is to sit at the bar over waiting for a table, it always seemed so confused and unorganised in here for folks waiting to dine. I think we were lucky tonight with bar seating as there was only a couple of seats left, so we snagged them quickly before anyone else did.
This is one of our favourite bars to eat at.....staff are fabulous and we were delighted to see Sean who have know for a long time working on this bar tonight, he is the best!! His partner in crime Tommy wasn`t working tonight but we had Kira who was nice too. Sean always remembers us and is a very good barman too!!
Although Sean makes some engaging cocktails, we decided on wine tonight and I was surprised tonight to notice they sold this malbec, Trapiche is one you regularly see on grocery store shelves, I had tried it when someone brought it one evening and it was fine to drink, nothing special, but then neither was the price point.
Tom has tried many dishes in here and had enjoyed them all, except maybe the underseasoned meatballs once, but tonight he went back to his original dish of linguine with clams. Tom likes pasta more than I do, I rarely eat it unless it`s lasagne and that is not an every week dish, so he will order pasta now and again when we go out.
I do taste a clam or two and the sauce is divine, there is just a hint of spice, but it`s not too spicy of you don`t like food too hot.
I cannot see past my chicken piccata dish in here, always substitute the pasta for their incredibly delicious and buttery potatoes...they are beautiful. The chicken is also beautiful, just the right amount of lemon and although it wasn`t sizzling hot, it was hot enough, I really enjoyed this dish.
Sean was talking to us about the Dead Coconut Club and he`d heard it was quite quiet tonight, yes because they were all in the bloomin park!!! He suggested we head up as you can see quite a lot more when it`s so quiet. He works there some nights but obviously not tonight, so we said yes, we`d head up there for a rumble around.
The normally named Red Coconut Club had been transformed for HHN and renamed Dead Coconut Club and they had done it amazingly well.
As soon as you go in you are immediately immersed into the old classic movies that Universal are ultimately known for, these are the movies that made Universal into the Studios they are today, so to be able to be surrounded by a bar themed to these classics is wonderful and it was an incredibly popular addition as so many folks enjoyed it and the feedback has been incredibly positive which means it will come back, I`m sure of that.
Sean was correct, it was dead tonight....pardon the pun......but did give us a chance to have a good look around with very few folks around.
I loved The Invisible Man on piano.......and yes, this happened, I mentioned to someone who shall remain nameless to save their blushes that the Invisible Man was playing the piano......they said in all innocence....I never saw him.......well, I was gone, I burst into laughter and couldn`t stop and no one but Tom got why I was laughing.......until they did get it......... Doh
We did find a spot and sat with the cocktails we had, we didn`t buy the souvenir one`s just the regular cups which do look a little bland but we don`t need another souvenir mug......I got the Bleeding Eye which was tequila, creme de cass, lime juice, ginger beer and agave and came with a blueberry lychee eyeball, it was very nice. Tom had the Java Monster which had 2 rums, kahlua, fruit juices and bitters, this wasn`t as nice, I think it was the Kahlua that put us off this one.
No one was dancing tonight which was a shame as the music was very good......and no I`m not one to start the dancing going.....I much prefer to blend in with others!! I always admire the first folks that get up to dance anywhere!
The atmosphere was a little flat as it was so quiet, but we`d be back and it did get better, but we had enjoyed tonight albeit a little quiet.
It was a beautiful night and we would be walking as we were already nearer to the path than the boats and didn`t take us long. On the way we caught up to a couple who were staying at Aventura and asked if we had been to HHN, we said earlier on we had but left, they said they couldn`t believe how mobbed it was either. They didn`t have EP and were disappointed with only being able to do a couple of houses.
Once back in the room we reflected on the night and decided if it was like that again, we`d just leave. It had been crazy and everyone who was there said the same thing, some folks of course may have had a different experience, but for us, it hadn`t been worth it tonight.
Feedback was given and it was addressed, but it doesn`t change they are seemingly selling too many tickets for this event.
We had enjoyed Vivo which is always good and the Dead Coconut Club had been good to see.
We were in bed for around 11.30 and looked forward to another park day tomorrow.
As was usual for us now, we all enjoyed some bubbly together and just enjoyed each other`s company, we always had plenty to chat about and never ran out of conversation between us, we were so glad they were here the same time as us this year.
I can`t remember if we headed to the park together for HHN, but we parted ways early if we did, I think they may have been doing the houses to the rear of the park tonight,we wanted to concentrate on the front of the park.
Who doesn`t love the domineering, imperious, dogmatic and egotistical creature that is our Pumpkin Lord......he is brilliant.
The park was busy. Not just busy, but busy with a capital B!! I think this was the first night we had experienced with no rain on some level and the crowd level certainly showed that. This was the busiest night we had seen in a long time.
We wandered down to do Halloween.....it was showing as 100 minutes...crikey, so we hot footed it into the EP line and we walked through expecting to keep walking for a long time as you usually do.....we saw the end of the EP line just outside that outdoor area of the line.......this was crazy!!!! The line from here was going to take at least 45 minutes, we heard later it was 55 minutes from that point. Nope.....we turned and left the line. This wasn`t what EP was supposed to be, especially with what you pay for it.
Leaving that entrance area to get to Chupacabra was hellish....and it`s a short walk, there were just people everywhere and no one wants to move out of the way. We looked and Chupacabra was 110 minutes and Dead Man`s Pier was 120 minutes. We saw a couple of folks walk back out of their EP lines so it must have been just as long as Halloween if not longer. Folks were grumbling to the TM at the front......it`s certainly not their fault and there`s not much they can do for you anyway.
We were a little hungry and we planned to line up for some of the food options tonight for dinner, but if we thought the lines for the houses were bad, jeez aloo.....we`d never eat until midnight judging by the lines.
I was completely astounded by the length of the line to get into the Tribute Store......mahoosive!!!
You couldn`t move anywhere tonight comfortably, it was beyond mobbed. We spoke to a SA friend later who said it was a waste of time him being in the SZ as he couldn`t scare anyone well as he could barely move. This was too much and I say that as someone who has been coming to HHN since 2007, this was the worst night for crowds I had ever seen.
We headed back through the Horrors of Halloween Scare Zone and we just looked and wondered how we were going to plough our way through the masses at this point, but we headed in and somehow we got separated and I couldn`t see Tom within a few seconds.....now I`m well aware I would meet him through the other side but at that point I was completely and utterly surrounded by people and couldn`t move one way or the other......I`m not overly tall and couldn`t see over most people, couldn`t see any SA and generally began to panic as I was engulfed to the point I thought there was going to be a surge and I would be pulled along.
A man and his wife noticed and somehow pulled me to the side through some people and there was a gap in the crowds over there. I was never so glad to get out of anywhere in my life. They asked if I was ok, which to be honest at that point, no I wasn`t, but with them I got to the other side of the SZ and saw Tom wondering where I was.....and was surprised to see me between this couple. We both thanked them and spoke about just how crazy the crowds were tonight, they were HHN veterans of over 27 years and were hating how crowded it was tonight.
They were also leaving but we headed into the store which wasn`t just as busy and found a quiet spot for me to "recover". I say recover which sounds overly dramatic, but it was scary as I felt completely overwhelmed by that crowd and just wanted to take a minute. A TM came over to check if I was ok, I said yes I was but mentioned the crowd and she nodded and said yep, there are too many people out there. She got me a bottle of water, bless her and said if I needed anything else let her know and to make sure I gave feedback about everything which I most certainly did. I drank the water, thanked her again and we left the store.
We headed out into Citywalk and there were still lines of folks heading in for the event.
We were both a little hungry now, so we headed to Vivo which for us is the best restaurant in Citywalk. There are so many we won`t go near which include Bubba Gump and BigFire as they were the worst experiences we`ve ever had in this area. I don`t include NBC as we will go back there for a burger, but anything else from them is sub par for us.
Vivo has never disappointed and despite Italian not being our first choice of cuisine, we do like it here.
Our preference is to sit at the bar over waiting for a table, it always seemed so confused and unorganised in here for folks waiting to dine. I think we were lucky tonight with bar seating as there was only a couple of seats left, so we snagged them quickly before anyone else did.
This is one of our favourite bars to eat at.....staff are fabulous and we were delighted to see Sean who have know for a long time working on this bar tonight, he is the best!! His partner in crime Tommy wasn`t working tonight but we had Kira who was nice too. Sean always remembers us and is a very good barman too!!
Although Sean makes some engaging cocktails, we decided on wine tonight and I was surprised tonight to notice they sold this malbec, Trapiche is one you regularly see on grocery store shelves, I had tried it when someone brought it one evening and it was fine to drink, nothing special, but then neither was the price point.
Tom has tried many dishes in here and had enjoyed them all, except maybe the underseasoned meatballs once, but tonight he went back to his original dish of linguine with clams. Tom likes pasta more than I do, I rarely eat it unless it`s lasagne and that is not an every week dish, so he will order pasta now and again when we go out.
I do taste a clam or two and the sauce is divine, there is just a hint of spice, but it`s not too spicy of you don`t like food too hot.
I cannot see past my chicken piccata dish in here, always substitute the pasta for their incredibly delicious and buttery potatoes...they are beautiful. The chicken is also beautiful, just the right amount of lemon and although it wasn`t sizzling hot, it was hot enough, I really enjoyed this dish.
Sean was talking to us about the Dead Coconut Club and he`d heard it was quite quiet tonight, yes because they were all in the bloomin park!!! He suggested we head up as you can see quite a lot more when it`s so quiet. He works there some nights but obviously not tonight, so we said yes, we`d head up there for a rumble around.
The normally named Red Coconut Club had been transformed for HHN and renamed Dead Coconut Club and they had done it amazingly well.
As soon as you go in you are immediately immersed into the old classic movies that Universal are ultimately known for, these are the movies that made Universal into the Studios they are today, so to be able to be surrounded by a bar themed to these classics is wonderful and it was an incredibly popular addition as so many folks enjoyed it and the feedback has been incredibly positive which means it will come back, I`m sure of that.
Sean was correct, it was dead tonight....pardon the pun......but did give us a chance to have a good look around with very few folks around.
I loved The Invisible Man on piano.......and yes, this happened, I mentioned to someone who shall remain nameless to save their blushes that the Invisible Man was playing the piano......they said in all innocence....I never saw him.......well, I was gone, I burst into laughter and couldn`t stop and no one but Tom got why I was laughing.......until they did get it......... Doh
We did find a spot and sat with the cocktails we had, we didn`t buy the souvenir one`s just the regular cups which do look a little bland but we don`t need another souvenir mug......I got the Bleeding Eye which was tequila, creme de cass, lime juice, ginger beer and agave and came with a blueberry lychee eyeball, it was very nice. Tom had the Java Monster which had 2 rums, kahlua, fruit juices and bitters, this wasn`t as nice, I think it was the Kahlua that put us off this one.
No one was dancing tonight which was a shame as the music was very good......and no I`m not one to start the dancing going.....I much prefer to blend in with others!! I always admire the first folks that get up to dance anywhere!
The atmosphere was a little flat as it was so quiet, but we`d be back and it did get better, but we had enjoyed tonight albeit a little quiet.
It was a beautiful night and we would be walking as we were already nearer to the path than the boats and didn`t take us long. On the way we caught up to a couple who were staying at Aventura and asked if we had been to HHN, we said earlier on we had but left, they said they couldn`t believe how mobbed it was either. They didn`t have EP and were disappointed with only being able to do a couple of houses.
Once back in the room we reflected on the night and decided if it was like that again, we`d just leave. It had been crazy and everyone who was there said the same thing, some folks of course may have had a different experience, but for us, it hadn`t been worth it tonight.
Feedback was given and it was addressed, but it doesn`t change they are seemingly selling too many tickets for this event.
We had enjoyed Vivo which is always good and the Dead Coconut Club had been good to see.
We were in bed for around 11.30 and looked forward to another park day tomorrow.
but everytime I see this building, I always remember that overpowering perfume we were all wearing way back in the 1980`s....Giorgio Beverly Hills!!! 
