This is a very solid lineup for Six Flags! Especially taking a franchise that was just a at HHN last year. As much as I love HHN and wouldn't change it for the world, I hope this becomes competition and forces them to become better creatively and also creates better pricing. The last couple of years haven't felt as strong as it use to be and the pricing is getting crazy!
Local haunts already feared Universal IP houses, even if USF was across the country, regional parks having IP haunts just an hour away is a whole new game
Universal probably laughed when Six Flags announced their IPs. The conjuring maze that six flags did last year had to be one of the worst mazes. Six flags makes mazes for the 13 and under crowd. I also went to the fright fest at six flags in Maryland that had 3 actors total in each house 😂. They are setting themselves up for failure knowing they can’t properly execute IPs, let alone “original” ideas.
@@ADAM-tw6ej just like they haven’t been able to get scream or it. They’ll be just fine because they have established trust with the public by providing quality, high-budget houses. Six flags best house couldn’t even compare with HHN’s worst house
Probably right with at least a chuckle but probably also more eyebrows raising for the Netflix addition of Stranger Things. Fans would probably welcome Haunting of Hill House back to Universal to get a proper house without lockdown restrictions making the house a bit difficult to enjoy. Universal definitely has their eye on this imo.
Competition is good for us consumers! Having more choices and some more close makes us not have to be forced to go to only one location to enjoy Halloween themed event. I love universal, but it’s nice to know there are closer themed parks near me here in Pennsylvania.
It’s something to build off of I hope they succeed that way it can make all the other parks actually try harder the more Halloween events for us the better
I'm glad Six Flags is getting some good IP's. They can use it. HHN has been reigning supreme for Halloween events, I think since it's inception. I don't think this will touch HHN's loyal audience. It will just give another company some bigger profits and give all people a great new option. I think there is enough for everyone to benefit. Especially us, the consumer. After this news, I may even go visit my family in NYC to go to Great Adventure for Fright Fest, and I live 25 mins from Universal Orlando.
I hope this means Cedar Fair parks are able to use these properties once there merger becomes finalized. That would be awesome for my local park Kings Dominion to get some of these IP properties for Haunt.
My initial reaction to this announcement: Cool! Bring it! Competition is good. Just like with the heating up of our theme park wars here (i.e. UOR and WDW), if this sparks a haunt war, we all win. However, I'm not convinced they have the umph to pull it off yet. Unless Six Flags has an ace up their sleeve, or rather, a whole lot of aces, I can't imagine they will be direct competition for HHN. Universal is a working movie studio and has more in-house, innate talent in their figurative little pinky than Six Flags could possibly have access to. But I honestly and truly hope they do it up and do it all justice. It's good for everyone and there's always room for more good haunts. As for me personally, I would totally go if I was near one of their big ones. Would love to see Trick 'r Treat and their take on Stranger Things. But my heart will forever be here at Universal Orlando and the World's Premier Halloween Event. As far the Stranger Things IP at Six Flags, I have to wonder if this is a Netflix strategy move to keep it fresh in the consumer's mind while they get the final season done. It's been forever and people lose interest. "People' would not be me, LOL, but you know😂
I have a gut feeling Universal Orlando is slowly going back to all originals (which would be amazing!) & Hollywood is following behind at a distance. My prediction is that after the 40th anniversary, we will only see 2-3 IPs that are Universal/Blumhouse properties each year. It will save them a lot of money in the long run to where they can go all out on the mazes & zones
I live close to 2 different Six Flags and seeing Trick R Treat definitely makes me want to go to at least 1 of the parks. I could probably spend a weekend at each and it would be far cheaper than an HHN trip.
My home park is Six Flags Great America so having these haunted houses come to Fright Fest is very exciting and not something to see this happening this year I always thought Halloween horror nights was amazing I always want to go never had the chance to go always going to Fright Fest instead
After seeing HHN merchandise this year and seeing Ghostbusters afterlife used as a ip house. I have decided to give Six Flags great adventure in New jersey a shot. That means imma book a flight from Florida and get airb&b to go to SIX FLAGS. Cheers to getting spooky. I like this competition creates better events for us as the fans. See you in the fog.
I may or maybe not have been doing any research on how to travel to Great Adventure. Not the easiest but definitely doable. Hope you have a great time.
Six Flags New Jersey Local here!! I’ve been going to fright fest for over a decade now (in fact there’s tons of vlogs that I did on my channel over the years) it’s always a fun time and great entertainment but the mazes are a joke compared to HHN quality. I’ve gotten scared in most of the HHN houses I’ve gone through - it’s insanely rare for me to have that experience at fright fest, instead I laugh so much 😂. I’m so intrigued how they’re going to do stranger things and trick r treat especially because I have no expectations… maybe it’ll be some cute merch at least. 😅
👋 hopefully it means six flags are putting some money and production into their mazes. Because to make a bold statement in the haunt industry. This is now the time.
Six Flags Great Adventure is my home park and it is run horribly, so I wouldn’t worry about Fright Fest giving HHN a run for the money. I’ve been to both and HHN blows Fright Fest away.
Totally agree this is solid as a lineup. As a west coaster, I can tell you that the houses are much less intense at magic mountain than HHN. For example we went to HHN then next day we went to fright fest last year. The houses weren’t bad but they weren’t good (as good as HHn). We both felt we could do without Six Flags in 2024. That being said, the lineup is interesting and making me rethink it. They can license all they want, but six flags has been in financial turmoil for decades. There is no way they can bring the “juice” that Universal does. As an aside, I do love the diversity in video Chris. Keep up the originality here.
I think Six Flags Magic Mountain is getting the full experience because it’s in California and they are competing with Universal Hollywood is like almost a 40 minute drive
Firstly, I welcome any competition between the different parks, as I think it’ll make everyone work harder. Saying that, I’m not sure how much competition Universal has in Six Flags. The only Six Flags park in direct competition is Magic Mountain in California, but other than that I don’t think Universal Orlando is going to feel any pressure from this move.
Six flags over texas Arlington is getting 5 Ips, stranger things, trick r treat, Saw, conjuring universe, chainsaw massacre. I know this info because that is my home park
I live right next to Six flags magic mountain and still work at HHN for haunt season. Six flag's quality is questionable. Their Saw Maze felt really low budget. I hope they up the budget and give the houses some love. I would love to see a high quality maze from them.
Hi Christian I’m from Mexico and I’d totally LOVE to visit Six Flags MM. However, I don’t know how to get that far to Valencia area from the central area (like Disneyland Anaheim area / Universal Studios area) Besides Uber which I don’t know if it will be easy to get a ride to return at night… neither if Uber can pick you at the park or you have to cross the whole parking lot and exit to be able to grab an Uber.. do you know any local transportation service for groups? I’d surely appreciate some advice, thanks !!!
@alanblaze7 Hello! There are transit systems (Santa Clarita Transit), but I don't think they run that late. You are probably better off using an Uber. There is a drop off location in front of the park, and usually you can catch an Uber pretty late at night. Hope this helps!
i'm hoping they didnt want stranger things this year because they didnt want it back to back years (with no new content/season released) but ive only been going to the event a few years so maybe im unaware that they have not had a problem with repeating a house back to back years before
TLDR- Competition is good, Six Flags needs to capitalize this year to compete going forward, and prepare yourselves for a few years of budget cut HHN's due to Epic Universe. So I am deeply concerned for the next few years, including this year, thanks to Epic. We all know budget cuts are not just going to be for this year. You're looking between 3-5 years of budget conservation. You have to ask, how does HHN continue to find success? I think there draw with Oddfellow in 2023 shows that a general audience will embrace icons again if you tie a story around them like older days. I am pretty sure at this point Universal and WB are not on good terms. Six Flags is WB hub already. Since the studio haunt event a few years back WB is realizing they can do their own haunts, and do them quite well in certain markets. If this becomes a competition Six Flags has to show up this year and not do anything they did with their houses from last year, that was atrocious. I agree, competition is good and will put the Universal executives in a place that embraces more IP solutions but also embracing more original concepts.
👏 👏 👏 Extremely well spoken. Yes universal has so much in the pipeline planned afterwards for when Epic opens. Those budget cuts will be felt into other events for sure.
Last year was the first year six flags did that sort of thing but I feel like they Probally saw the complaints. But if Six flags can work with WB for some of those mazes and do them well it would be interesting
This could affect Universal more than everyone thinks. If this is successful it will branch out to other Six Flags parks. They are a significantly larger theme park company after the Cedar Fair merger. More parks could mean more incentives for the IP’s
That’s a super valid point I did not think about. That Cedar Fair merger plays a much more important role. It’s an exciting future for both events down the role.
I really don’t think that HHN has anything to worry about in terms of competition. To give Fright Fest credit they have better scarezones (at least compared to HHN Hollywood), but the overall quality of the mazes (especially the IP ones) leave much to be desired.
Here’s my opinion. With Universals money invested in the new rollercoaster I’m Hollywood and in the new theme park, they didn’t pay for those properties. That’s just my take. I think next year they’ll come out swinging. But way to go six flags
I'm close to six flags georgia. I would buy season pass during labor day sale for usually less than $60. Haven't been since 2020. No way you can compare hhn to fright fest. Not bad mouthing fright-fest, no way six flags spends even close to the amount universal spends on hhn, you get what you pay for. This year is a separate ticket for fright-fest, but before if you had day ticket or pass, it was gas money to get there. Being an out of towner, going to hhn is thousands. So if money was tight, people might go to fright-fest instead.
Hey never know maybe Netflix kept the same quality control clause they had with universal and at least the Netflix ones will be good honestly think they might have these IPs for the long run and they’ll get better over the years that’s what they are doing with saw and conjuring rn kinda hope not because it’s moving to a new model so I would saw the less chance for negative feedback is best but let’s see what six flags do lol
They may have strong IP's this year but it doesn't mean they know how to use them. Six flags quality is High school level not to mention the poor Scare Acting. They are leagues below what HHN and Scary Farm are.
Also six flags Mexico is getting a DC Dead house to. But u have to think of this year goes well for six flags it’s possible we start seeing more at both six flags and Ceder fair parks
I hope six flags gives hhn some competition. Would keep hhn quality up and may drive prices down. I cant see six flags keeping pace. Probably cause they know uso is focusing on epic. Likely six flags just wants to rake it in while they know this years hhn will probably be a cost cutting year.
I live in los angeles close to magic mountain and universal im going to both and compare because in the past magic wasnt good thats why i stoped going 10 years ago
I love all horror movies alike and no hate to you at all but dark universe is coming and will blow everything out of view there’s no way Halloween horror nights wouldn’t be able to compete 🤷♂️
😂 true for me not everything has to compete on a level of the houses. Howl O Scream Tampa is far more scarier of an event and their a mid level theme park haunt.
Six flags quality isn't the same as HHN. There budget is horrible compared to HHN. They have these IP's but until they get a bigger budget, the quality won't be there.
Sure nothing will compare to HHN budget or the sizes of their houses but this is just the start of Six Flags attempting something bigger. Time will tell how this plays out for both them and Horror Nights.