"Halloween Horror Nights" 2015 at Universal Studios Hollywood kicks off on Friday, September 18 and continues on select nights through November 1. The popular event brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in a living, breathing, three-dimensional world of terror.  Featuring an all-new slate of unrivaled film production quality mazes, frightful scare zones and a fully re-imagined “Terror Tram” experience uniquely themed to today’s most definitive horror properties, “Halloween Horror Nights” will taunt, terrorize and torment guests with spine-chilling haunted attractions during Southern California’s most extreme Halloween experience.

            Recent maze announcements include “Guillermo del Toro Presents Crimson Peak: Maze of Madness,” based on Legendary and Universal Pictures’ much-anticipated Crimson Peak film directed, co-written and produced by celebrated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; “The Walking Dead:  Wolves Not Far,” based on season 5 of the critically-acclaimed, Emmy Award®-winning television series, “Insidious: Return to the Further,” based on the bone-chilling Insidious film trilogy, and “Halloween: Michael Myers Comes Home,” based on director John Carpenter’s cult-classic horror film.  This year’s event will also feature the global phenomenon and multi-talented dance crew, Jabbawockeez, direct from Las Vegas in an all-new original show, performing multiple times per night throughout the run of “Halloween Horror Nights.”

Join the “Halloween Horror Nights” conversation using #UniversalHHN on Facebook at Halloween Horror Nights – Hollywood, Instagram, Twitter and Periscope @HorrorNights.  Add username HorrorNights on Snapchat, for nightly live content and watch the terror come to life onHalloween Horror Nights YouTube.

To learn more about the all new “This is the End 3D” maze at “Halloween Horror Nights,” click here.

THIS IS THE END synopsis:  THIS IS THE END follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unravels outside, dwindling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear apart the friendships inside. Eventually, they are forced to leave the house, facing their fate and the true meaning of friendship and redemption.

About Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. For additional information, go to http://www.sonypictures.com.

About Universal Studios Hollywood: Universal Studios Hollywood, The Entertainment Capital of L.A.SM, includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour; the CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining complex, the Universal CityWalk Cinemas and the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art outdoor concert venue. World-class rides and attractions include the renowned, behind-the-scenes Studio Tour featuring the intense “King Kong 360 3-D” attraction and the all-new “Fast & Furious—Supercharged” thrill ride as the Studio Tour’s grand finale.  Other popular rides include the 3D-HD adventure, “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and immersive “Super Silly Fun Land,” the critically-acclaimed mega-attraction, “Transformers™:  The Ride-3D,” “Revenge of the MummySM—The Ride,” “Jurassic Park® —The Ride,” “Springfield,” hometown of America’s favorite TV family, adjacent to the award-winning “The Simpsons RideTM” and the “Nighttime Studio Tour,” offering evening tours of the iconic movie backlot through labor day.

Be sure to check out other recent Halloween Horror Nights Announcements as well as our latest update featuring Wizarding World and HHN Construction: 

• Halloween: Michael Myers Comes Home
  
• Jabbawockeez
  
• The Walking Dead
  
• Insidious: Return To The Further
  
• Crimson Peak: Maze of Madness
  

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"Halloween Horror Nights" 2015 at Universal Studios Hollywood kicks off on Friday, September 18 and continues on select nights through November 1. The popular event brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in a living, breathing, three-dimensional world of terror.  Featuring an all-new slate of unrivaled film production quality mazes, frightful scare zones and a fully re-imagined “Terror Tram” experience uniquely themed to today’s most definitive horror properties, “Halloween Horror Nights” will taunt, terrorize and torment guests with spine-chilling haunted attractions during Southern California’s most extreme Halloween experience.

            Recent maze announcements include, “Guillermo del Toro Presents Crimson Peak: Maze of Madness,” based on Legendary and Universal Pictures’ much-anticipated Crimson Peak film directed, co-written and produced by celebrated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; “The Walking Dead:  Wolves Not Far,” based on season 5 of the critically-acclaimed, Emmy Award®-winning television series, and “Insidious: Return to the Further,” based on the bone-chilling Insidious film trilogy.  This year’s event will also feature the global phenomenon and multi-talented dance crew, Jabbawockeez, direct from Las Vegas in an all-new original show, performing multiple times per night throughout the run of “Halloween Horror Nights.”

Join the “Halloween Horror Nights” conversation using #UniversalHHN on Facebook at Halloween Horror Nights – Hollywood, Instagram @HorrorNights, Twitter and Periscope@HorrorNights.  Add us on Snapchat, username HorrorNights for nightly live content and watch the terror come to life on Halloween Horror Nights YouTube.

To learn more about the all new “Halloween: Michael Myers Comes Home” maze at “Halloween Horror Nights,” click here.
 
About Trancas International Films/Compass International Pictures:

Trancas International Films is a motion picture production and distribution company based primarily in Los Angeles, California, but operating worldwide.  In addition to numerous other films in its library, Trancas, along with its subsidiary, Compass International Pictures, has been involved with each film in the iconic Halloween franchise, and production deals with companies including The Weinstein Company, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Dimension Films. Halloween Returns, the next installment of this iconic franchise is currently slated to head in to production for release next year.

About Universal Studios Hollywood:  Universal Studios Hollywood, The Entertainment Capital of L.A.SM, includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour; the CityWalkentertainment, shopping and dining complex, the Universal CityWalk Cinemas and the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art outdoor concert venue. World-class rides and attractions include the renowned, behind-the-scenes Studio Tour featuring the all-new “Fast & Furious—Supercharged” thrill ride and intense “King Kong 360 3-D” attraction.  Other popular rides include the 3D-HD adventure, “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and immersive “Super Silly Fun Land,” the critically-acclaimed mega-attraction, “Transformers™:  The Ride-3D,” “Revenge of the MummySM—The Ride,” “Jurassic Park® —The Ride,” “Springfield,” hometown of America’s favorite TV family, adjacent to the award-winning “The Simpsons RideTM” and the “Nighttime Studio Tour,” offering evening tours of the iconic movie backlot.

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Ok, let's first start off with what we DO know. The only thing that is 100% as of today is that Disney bought the Carousel Inn a few months ago. At the time everybody kept insisting that they would be keeping this hotel as a kind of "value" hotel. If there's one thing Disney doesn't do, at least not in CA it's value. If you look at this hotel on the map, it's strategically placed for what could possibly, someday be where a pedestrian bridge could be. We all saw it. 

Other than that, there's nothing known by anybody who's saying anything. If people do know it they aren't talking, or rather, they shouldn't be talking. 

That's where the speculation comes in, so why the hell not. 

Below is the land that Disney has supposedly purchased (supposebly, supposebly) in red along with the Carousel and the existing Pumbaa lot. 

Now, looking at this right off the top it's a pretty nice chunk of land. The Pumbaa lot itself is big enough for another parking structure that the resort has needed for years, why this hasn't happened yet is beyond us. 

The rest of the red is how the rumors got started. And that rumor is that certain backstage area's/buildings at Disneyland will be moving over to this area to make room for Star Wars Land which will be placed in the area now reserved for ToonTown along with the aforementioned backstage area's. 

And at first glance, this seems like it would be a great idea, until you start looking at the logistics. 

We've also highlighted above (in green) the current hotel/bus/tram drop off area's. Because conceivably, if a new structure is built across the street, and a pedestrian bridge is built (the blue), the hotel drop off can also go across the street and then this area could be used to expand either DL or DCA ... but that's another story for another day. We'll just keep that as a nugget for future reference. =)

So let's move over and look at the area's where this new land could possibly go. 

Let's start off with Toontown, above in Blue. Obviously too small for Star Wars Land in and of itself, which brings us to the green area. 

These are some of the possible buildings that could get moved across the street in order to make room. Sure this could cause issues with certain things like maintenance, but that's not our headache. 

We've also included the Festival Arena and Big Thunder Ranch just for shiggles. 

So first issue we see here ... the yellow space. This is Circle D Ranch. Sure they could just bypass this and build Star Wars around it. But this is a spot that can't be moved off site. You aren't going to have horses coming across Harbor Blvd every day. So it's either gotta be worked around or moved to a different spot backstage, which is possible of course. 

Second issue ... the red dot right in the middle of that, and something we mentioned on our Facebook yesterday. Fireworks. yes, this is where they are fired off from. Due to their proximity to Toontown that area of the park closes nightly in order for Disneyland to perform the fireworks show. It's a headache as it stands now, and that's just Toontown, which has one standard roller skater and a great dark ride in Roger Rabbit. 

Imagine them trying to close a Star Wars Land early every night? It's simply not going to happen. 

And you may be saying to yourself ... "Self ... couldn't they just move the launch point of the fireworks back". They could, but then you'd get close to Ball Road and eventually the 5 Freeway and that's a whole other issue. 

At the end of the day, being Disney we're sure they'll find a way to make that work. Figuring that stuff out is above our pay grade. =)

So we've outlined a few things so far, but not once have we gotten to something Disney prides themselves on ... and that's themeing. 

So let's say they did buy the land, let's say they do move the buildings across the street, let's say that everything we hope for comes true and they build a Star Wars land in this spot ... where would they even dream of putting an entrance? Small World doesn't exactly blend in with Star Wars. With Toontown it's acceptable, but not with Star Wars. 

How about over by Big Thunder Ranch? Sure, it could work. But then you are getting into Firefly territory with Space Cowboys and while that would be pretty awesome, wrong park chain for that one. 

That's also not even taking into consideration the other Star Wars themed ride the park has, which if it's built where Toontown is will be about 0.2 miles. While not really that far from a walking standpoint, from a themeing standpoint it sure is. 

So what have we learned? Absolutely nothing, but we'll learn something in 9 days, maybe. Because who even knows if Star Wars is going to be a part of the Parks Presentation? They could say they are building one, but not where which puts us right back where we are today. 

But it sure is fun to speculate ... =)

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So yesterday we were just planning on having a normal USH update, seeing the progress, blah, blah, blah. But as we walked by the arch, they were putting the finishing touches on the amazing looking entry sign. And it does look amazing. 

The Greenhouse ... not very green yet. 

Moving over, you can see a lot of progress happening and all of the trees they planted last year are really coming in nicely. 

Moving on to Halloween Horror Nights, the maze near Mummy is getting worked on. I'm always amazed at how much maze they can fit into a relatively small space. 

Work is going on for The Walking Dead which will be on the former location of Stage 28. 

Moving up top, the maze in the Parisan Courtyard is getting a nice facade. No word on what this maze will be. 

Some nice advertisements for Crimson Peak which will be down on the backlot. 

Be sure you are following along on our social media pages this weekend as John and Chris will be announcing the next maze at ScareLA Saturday at 4:30. 

If you missed any of the recent announcements for the Jabbawockeez show, The Walking Dead, Insidious or Crimson Peak mazes, be sure to check them out. 

Lastly, a few things from around the park. Finally made it down to the lower lot to check out the Raptor Encounter. It's very cool and quite popular. 

Lastly, work on the new dining/retail location is coming along. Still no word on what exactly will be here. 

As we were leaving, our good buddy Beetlejuice posed for us. 

Alright, that's gonna wrap it up for this update. It will likely be a few weeks before we have another USH update as we've got a few VERY busy weeks coming up. 

Be sure you are following along this weekend on our social media pages as we'll be at ScareLA all weekend to bring you not only the maze announcements for HHN but highlights of all the other amazing panels such as the Hatbox Ghost, Queen Mary, Knott's and of course the amazing show floor. 

Next week we'll be up in the bay area checking out Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk on Monday and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom on Tuesday. Then we'll be at D23 on Saturday the 15 for the Live Action (Star Wars/Marvel) panel and the Parks Presentation. 

As if that weren't enough we'll be at Sea World San Diego on 8/22. And then well start having park announcements for 2016 and then Halloween Stuff. Whew, exhausted just typing it. =)

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You can see wait times, park hours, buy tickets and sign in to your existing account. 

Park Hours and Blackout dates are also available and you can select the individual pass type to see when you can go (in green). 

There are a few different ways to get wait times, the most convenient for Disneyland pro's seems to be the map view and if you zoom in it will also show what's closed. Apparently Starport 77 was having some issues earlier today. 

Want to find your favorite characters? How about some dinner? Want to show somebody where the "secret" bathroom is or how about Photopass? It's all here. 

Sadly, no sorting just for "bars". =)

Shows, Parades, Fireworks are a great help and of course guest services if you should need assistance. 

You can also explore not only the on-site hotels but Good Neighbor hotels as well in addition to shopping, lots and lots of shopping. 

You can slso sort by a "list" view by all locations, just Disneyland or DCA, the hotels or Downtown Disney. This would be very useful for those unfamiliar with the park. 

Here are the attraction times for both parks combined, obviously you wouldn't want to look at both parks unless you want to do a lot of park hopping. =)

Overall it seems like a good app, which isn't surprising at all. It will be interesting to see if the wait times are accurate. If you'll be heading to the park soon and using the app, let us know if you'd like to do a review of it. We're interested to hear how accurate it is. 

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            "Halloween Horror Nights" 2015 at Universal Studios Hollywood kicks off on Friday, September 18, 2015 and continues on select nights through November 1. The popular event brings together the sickest minds in horror to immerse guests in a living, breathing, three-dimensional world of terror.  Featuring an all-new slate of unrivaled film production quality mazes, frightful scare zones and a fully re-imagined “Terror Tram” experience uniquely themed to today’s most definitive horror properties, “Halloween Horror Nights” will taunt, terrorize and torment guests with spine-chilling haunted attractions during Southern California’s most extreme Halloween experience.

            Recent maze announcements include, “Guillermo del Toro Presents Crimson Peak: Maze of Madness,” based on Legendary and Universal Pictures’ much-anticipated Crimson Peak film directed, co-written and produced by celebrated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro; “The Walking Dead:  Wolves Not Far,” based on season 5 of the critically-acclaimed, Emmy Award®-winning television series, and “Insidious: Return to the Further,” based on the bone-chilling Insidious film trilogy.

Join the “Halloween Horror Nights” conversation using #UniversalHHN on Facebook at Halloween Horror Nights – Hollywood, Instagram @HorrorNights, Twitter and Periscope@HorrorNights.  Add us on Snapchat, username HorrorNights for nightly live content and watch the terror come to life on Halloween Horror Nights YouTube.

To learn more about the all new Jabbawockeez show at “Halloween Horror Nights,” click here.

About Jabbawockeez:  Jabbawockeez has developed a one-of-a-kind style that has positioned the group as the most influential dance crew in the world, effectively changing the way people view dance entertainment. Known for their creativity, choreography, athleticism and intricate synchronization, each member of the dance crew brings a different technique and perspective to form the original style that makes the Jabbawockeez so distinct.  Dressed in ubiquitous white masks, they guide the audience’s attention away from individual identities and towards a unified group. They were crowned the original champions of “America’s Best Dance Crew” on MTV and their fan base grew with their first production in Las Vegas, entitled MÜS.I.C. which opened at MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 2010. Their most recent production, entitled “PRiSM,” opened in 2013. They have appeared on numerous television shows including “Dancing with The Stars,” 2009 NBA All-Star Game, “So You Think You Can Dance,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” and most recently, “I CAN DO THAT” on NBC.” Jabbawockeez “PRiSM” runs through August 30 at Luxor, will debut at “Halloween Horror Nights” at Universal Studios Hollywood on select nights beginning September 18, and returns to the MGM Grand, as a newly re-imagined show in the Jabbawockeez Theatre, in mid-October. For more information please visit www.jbwkz.com or connect on Twitter @Jabbawockeez and on Facebook.

About Universal Studios Hollywood:  Universal Studios Hollywood, The Entertainment Capital of L.A.SM, includes a full-day, movie-based theme park and Studio Tour; the CityWalkentertainment, shopping and dining complex, the Universal CityWalk Cinemas and the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art outdoor concert venue. World-class rides and attractions include the renowned, behind-the-scenes Studio Tour featuring the intense “King Kong 360 3-D” attraction and the all-new “Fast & Furious—Supercharged” thrill ride as the Studio Tour’s grand finale.  Other popular rides include the 3D-HD adventure, “Despicable Me Minion Mayhem” and immersive “Super Silly Fun Land,” the critically-acclaimed mega-attraction, “Transformers™:  The Ride-3D,” “Revenge of the MummySM—The Ride,” “Jurassic Park® —The Ride,” “Springfield,” hometown of America’s favorite TV family, adjacent to the award-winning “The Simpsons RideTM” and the “Nighttime Studio Tour,” offering evening tours of the iconic movie backlot through Labor Day.

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