La Llorona Billboard -  Image Credit: directorsweet16

La Llorona billboard.

So the HHN website saw a minor update today.  When I say minor, I mean, teaser at best. The real information went out through the HHN Facebook page. It confirmed the dates for the event!

Sept. 20-21, 26-29
Oct. 3-6, 10-13, 16-20, 23-27
and Oct. 31-Nov. 2.

My count shows that as 27 nights this year! This is the most nights we’ve ever had! I forsee new ticket packages sneaking in this year. Either that or expect to pay up.

We also get another tidbit, the event is confirmed to be in USF this year. We speculated on this in our previous post. Could we be getting 27 nights because we only get 7 houses?

Some other rumors floating about seem to point at yet another HHN Hollywood favorite making the jump to Orlando: La Llorona. (IMO this was Hollywood’s answer to Orlando’s Bloody Mary) I wouldn’t count this rumor out. We’ve seen a lot of Hollywood recently, why stop now?

Hopefully more info soon! On another note, the Legendary Truth website has gone forbidden! So keep your eyes on that!

2013 HHN Rumors in Full Swing

Posted on April 4th, 2013 by Chad Burton

HHNRumors is back for 2013

We’re back in business

I’m sure you thought you’d never see this page change again. However the rumors keep haunting me.  Those who know me personally know that lately I haven’t had much time to devote to my web projects. A 2 year old can do that to you. That being said, after 2 years, I’ve finally got a bit of time to rebuild the site and keep the rumors going! The forums aren’t going to be far behind, so look out for that in the near future.

Disclaimer:  I haven’t been reading speculation so sourcing these rumors is difficult. (Feel free to help in the comments below)

So today brings us some things to discuss, these rumors have been making their way to me in all forms: IMs, emails, even a few text messages. They all seem to point to the same few things

  • One Park
  • 8 Houses (Where? Your guess is as good as mine)
  • Lots of IPs (Intellectual Properties)
    • American Werewolf in London (AWIL)
    • Resident Evil
    • American Horror Story
    • The Walking Dead (Season 2-3 please)
    • And a few others

So, not much substance yet. Remember these are all rumors. Rumors that are likely someones wish for the event.  You know, not confirmed… Remember, it’s only April!

One Park
Fancy new rides can do that to ya. Despite the event completely outgrowing USF, there is absolutely no way marketing could pass up letting guests ride the soon to be open Transformers ride. Yes, I get that the ride could easily be open with two parks, however unlike us die-hard super fans a good amount of people go to the park and ride the rides during HHN. Remember, they’ll be plastering billboards and having commercials air all the time with Transformers, that is likely to be a focal point for this year. Priorities! They’ll have an easy time catering to those guests by keeping this in one park.

AWIL
The AWIL movie is a bit dated for the core audience (1981) but was also one of the big movies for Universal horror. Considering that they’ve pretty much done all of their classic monsters, you could say this was bound to happen eventually. If you haven’t seen the movie, I suggest doing so, this could easily make a great house.

Resident Evil
I know there are a ton of kids that love the franchise. I’ve played the games back in the day but haven’t kept up with it in some time. After a successful run with Silent Hill, I can see this happening this year. The IP covers a good bit of the target audience and can also fit right in with pretty much any HHN theme they could come up with.

American Horror Story
This one I can’t really speak for, I know little about it. I’ll blame that on me though. I’ve only heard good things. I’ll eventually catch up, so feel free to yell at me in the comments.

The Walking Dead
This was clearly a fan favorite last year. I was still new to the show when I experienced it last year. However, it has since become one of my favorite shows. There is so much untouched content they could easily do this again. Prison anyone?

8 Houses
Last year obviously wasn’t what A&D wanted as far as house count. Although everything went well, you could easily see the missing queue made its way to the streets in the form of crowds with nowhere to go. My guess is that with TNA gone, we gain another soundstage house and end up with a messy queue.

 

So there ya have it. Be sure to keep up with the latest HHN info  and speculation on our newly opened HHN 23 forum!

 

HHN 2012 Shirts

Posted on September 5th, 2012 by Chad Burton

The much awaited HHNRumors 2012 shirts are now available over at the ParkRumors Store. The shirts are a new design this year and were done by PixelB.us. Once The Walking Dead was announced we decided to go with a zombie theme, it was originally drawn on a whiteboard and then it progressed into the end result. The gray part of the shirt does glow in the dark! The shirts are $20 shipped in the USA and $25 international. Act now, shirts are only available for a limited time!

 

HHNRumors 2012 Shirt

 

 

And we are…..

Posted on February 28th, 2012 by Chad Burton

ParkRumors.com
 
Well, this is going to be a fun post!
 
HHNRumors started as a small blog that I used to keep track of the
latest HHN gossip. With the help of many it has somehow turned into one
of the leading HHN news sites :-P (No complaints there).
As I'm sure many of you have noticed, the HHNRumors blog has been pretty silent as of late. We aren't gone! We've just been heavily working on our new project, ParkRumors.com.
 
I went from tirelessly googling and searching various government sources to eventually searching my own forum for the latest HHN news! The forums have become a tremendous asset to the HHN community and have played a huge part in HHNRumors' success.  
 
So what does ParkRumors.com have to do with HHNRumors.com?
In short, everything! While searching those government sites for HHN stuff, I often passed up scoops on stories that were quite awesome and didn't really fit the theme of HHNRumors. Sometimes they'd get posted on the front page (Project 722) and other times I'd pass them off to other websites. With haunt season just a few months out of the year and a site themed to only one event, how was I to expand? 
 
So how does this change things at HHNRumors? 
The forums will remain as is! The blog will/has moved to ParkRumors.com so you can get all the latest news one website! Don't want to read all that other crap?!? Then skip it and go directly to the HHN section of ParkRumors – http://parkrumors.com/category/hhn/ we will still carry all of the latest HHN news, trust me! 
 
But I want a forum for everything, not just HHN!
Perfect! ParkRumors.com has just opened their forum, it covers much more! It has new staff and even has "The Economy" to keep things honest. Don't get it? Go check it out!
 
Will I still be able to get a HHNRumors shirt?
Yes and no. ParkRumors will (soon) have a shirt which can be purchased year round and will feature a seasonal HHN shirt. (Also, I hear they are doing a HHNRumors shirt giveaway this week)
 
Now what?!?
We aren't slowing down, we are only growing stronger! Wish us luck!
 
Also, be sure to download the free ParkRumors Android app!

Project 722 + Internet Research = JAWS Replacement

Posted on December 21st, 2011 by Chad Burton

 

Universal Demolition Permit

 

On December 19th, 2011, Universal Orlando filed a new demolition permit (DEM2011-00109) with the City of Orlando. The permit's description reads: "Project 722 – demolition of single attraction with several components". This permit is very likely for the demolition of the Jaws ride, which was recently announced to be closing on January 2nd, 2012. Now, what's Project 722, you ask? A quick google search for "Project 722" +Universal  and "Project 722" "Harry Potter" reveals several LinkedIn profiles listing "Project 722" as their current project, and they all have one very interesting thing in common:

Sarah Marshall

Project 722
Universal Orlando
September 2011 – Present (4 months) Shepperton Studios- UK
Art Dept Assistant

Art Department Assistant
Warner Bros. Pictures
February 2007 – January 2008 (1 year) London, Royaume-Uni
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (D. Yates) – Art Department

Assistant
Art Dept Assistant
Warner Bros. Pictures
July 2006 – September 2006 (3 months) London, Royaume-Uni
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sarah-marshall/2b/aa8/72b


Nicholas Henderson
Art Director, 'Project 722'

Universal Pictures Group UK

September 2011 – Present (4 months) London

Art Director, 'Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows 1 & 2' (Feature, Dir. D. Yates/Des. S. Craig)
Warner Bros. Studios
September 2008 – April 2010 (1 year 8 months) Leavesden Studios, Londo

http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nicholas-henderson/29/66/428

Gary Tomkins

Art Director
Project 722
September 2011 – Present (4 months) Shepperton Film Studios

Art Director The Harry Potter films
Warner Bros. Pictures
March 2000 – April 2010 (10 years 2 months)

http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/gary-tomkins/2a/ab1/879


Julia Dehoff-Bourne

Draughtsperson
'Project 722' at Universal Studios
November 2011 – Present (2 months)

Props Draughtsman, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 & 2' (Feature Films)
Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies
September 2008 – August 2009 (1 year)

Draughtsman, 'Strongarm' (Harry Potter Theme Park Orlando USA)
Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies
April 2007 – July 2007 (4 months)

http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/julia-dehoff-bourne/18/1b4/977

 

 As you can see, all four of these people have worked on at least one of the Harry Potter films, and one of them even worked on "Project Strongarm", which was the code name for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure. It would only seem logical, given the people involved and their previous work, that project 722 is also Harry Potter related.

 So, with the above evidence, and assuming Universal doesn't plan on announcing the closure and removal of another one of their attractions before year's end, I think it's a pretty safe bet that Project 722 = Harry Potter expansion = the Jaws replacement. Now let the speculation begin on what 722 stands for! My guess? The number 722 could be a reference to the high security vaults in Gringotts Bank (all vaults 700+ were high security, were they not?)