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New To The Fog | A First Timers Impression Of HHN · Park Days Podcast

• Ryan: What's up, Park Hoppers? Welcome back to another Park Days podcast episode. I'm your host, Ryan, and as always, I'm here with my co-host, Charity. Charity: What up guys? Ryan: What is up? What is up? On today's episode, we're gonna be doing something a little different. We're just gonna be kind of chit-chatting about someone's first time going to Holly and Horror Nights. On today's Charity: Yes. Ryan: episode, we have a special guest, my little brother Braden. Woo! Brayden: Hello? Ryan: What's up Braden? How you doing? Brayden: I'm doing alright. Ryan: Doing all right. I know this is late. I know this is late and it is a school night. I do apologize. I do apologize. Brayden: It's fun. Ryan: We're really excited to have you here. Charity: We'll make it a quick little chat, yeah. Brayden: Yeah, thank you, thank you. Ryan: We're really excited to have you in here. So this past weekend was your very first time coming to Halloween Horror Nights. Brayden: Yeah. Ryan: Can you give us just a little bit before we go into your first time on Holly and Horror Nights, just maybe your connection to the theme parks and even like if there was anything ra other than just your older brother loving Holly and Horror Nights? Any connection to the event? Brayden: I mean, it's been a while that like, that I've been like asked to go to it by you. And Ryan: Mm-hmm. Brayden: it's like, at same time, it's like, I've been interested for a while, but always like too scared. But I finally decided to go because I was kind of felt like it, honestly. Charity: Yeah. Ryan: Yeah. What about what about the theme parks? Yeah. Everyone's gotta start somewhere Charity: Yeah. Hey, everyone's gonna start somewhere, so but Ryan: and what about a what a perfect year to start, honestly. Charity: Yes. Ryan: But what Brayden: Mm-hmm. Ryan: what about the theme parks? I mean, you know, you you mom and I always go Brayden: well yeah, we go a lot of the time, so, you know. Ryan: Do you have a favorite do you have a favorite park out of all of the parks? Brayden: All the parks. Ryan: Yeah. Brayden: for ugly just universal videos. Like just, Ryan: Universal Studios? Brayden: yeah. Charity: Do you have a favorite ride over any of the parks? Disney, Universal, anything? Yeah, all the Brayden: All the parts Charity: parks. Brayden: Probably guardians at Epcot. Charity: Yeah. Ryan: All right. That that that's a good choice. That is Charity: We l love guardians on this podcast. Ryan: We do love guardians Brayden: Mm-hmm. Ryan: on this podcast. So don't worry, you fit right you fit right in. Anyways, I think we can start talking about your your first time. Do you wanna we're kinda just gonna let you just let you yap about it. We're gonna we'll ask you questions if we Charity: Yeah. Just thoughts, feelings, yeah. Ryan: we'll chime in when we feel like we need to chime in or if we wanna just or if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Yeah. Brayden: I mean, the main way I can kind of just explain it is just kind of going through the night. So obviously, like we first got there and honestly, I was feeling really nervous at first. But luckily we did just go through all the scare zones first. And to be honest, I'm kind of like, I'm only like a tiny bit upset because I didn't get jump scared as much as I thought I would in the scare zones. Like I was kind of hoping to get more jump scares, but... A lot of it was just Ryan: More just more scared and the scary things. Brayden: mom, just getting, constantly getting jumpscared right next to me. It was kind of funny. Well, yeah, I don't love them. Just cause it's funny. I did like Fortnite Marist the most. I Charity: As you should. Ryan: Yeah, as as you should, as you should. Brayden: used to play Fortnite lot and it's really funny seeing Fortnite skins trying to be scary. and no ones are nice. I didn't get to see side, side chill decay as much, but it was still pretty interesting. Ryan: Yeah, we did kind of just walk through that. We did kind of just walk Charity: It's okay, you're not missing out on anything. Ryan: through that. Yeah, I feel like it is definitely more of like a Hollywood Horror Knights history fan. Charity: What time did you guys first get there? Brayden: I think like... Ryan: We got there at seven. Brayden: Yeah. Charity: Was it still was it still light out? Okay. Okay. Ryan: Yes, it was. We Brayden: Kinda, yeah. It was kinda like... Ryan: had we had some issues with my mom and Braden's park tickets getting in. No, we did the reservation. Charity: Did you guys for forget to pre get the Brayden: Yep. Ryan: So so I did the reservation and it didn't s it didn't Brayden: He messed it up. I messed it up. Charity: Mm. Ryan: send it didn't send my mom the confirmation email, meaning it didn't go through. Mind you, we were at Disney when it happened when we were making the reservation. So I'm gonna low key bring it down to Disney was sabotaging their their Horror Knights night. Cause the Disney w Disney was upset that we weren't Charity: Okay. Disney can do no wrong. I'm gonna guess it was user error. Brayden: Sure, sure. Ryan: Disney was upset that we were not going to Mickey's Not So Scary. But yeah, I I wanted to bring that up because you were saying that you didn't get jump scared as much. And one thing that I remember from that from just going through the scare zones was we went into Springfield so that you could see the the chainsaw horde and you literally were like walking in the middle of the street. Cause I cause I was telling you, I was like, if you're like I thought you'd be scared of the chainsaws, and I was you're like, I'm gonna walk in the middle of the street, I want them to jump at me. I want them to jump at me. Brayden: Yeah, well it's because I wasn't getting like any interaction even then I got like like like one small bit and that was it So, it was a little bit disappointing, it was still fun just to see it, you know? Ryan: So you said you said Fortnite was your was your favorite scare zone? What? Brayden: Yeah, mainly just because I've like played for one day before and it's just funny because they're not actually scary at all. Charity: I begged a different. Brayden: Really Ryan: I mean mom would bet Charity: We'll have to get Ryan: mom mom would beg to differ as well. Brayden: Yeah Charity: Listen, those little purple things, they're not little, they're Brayden: You Charity: huge, they're terrifying. Ryan: Yeah. Do you want to talk about the other Charity: Anyways. Ryan: scare zones, Braden? Brayden: Clown town a downtown Ryan: We had a clantown, yeah. Brayden: clown town. I mean it was funny too some of them were creepy, but I'm kind of upset that in the killer clowns area I got like no interaction because we didn't go in there as much like I Like it's okay. It kind of sounds like I'm just like saying everything was not like fun or like like fun like I don't know how to word it but it sounds like like making it sound like it was bad but it wasn't it was literally just because I wasn't getting jumpscared by Ryan: You just didn't get Brayden: any of them Ryan: Is it is it because you were fully expecting to be very like extremely scared of this event that when you walked in you're like you're kind of disappointed Brayden: No, like- Ryan: that you weren't getting as scared? Brayden: I mean maybe kind of but it's like I was just hoping for more interaction but I didn't get as much as others did. Ryan: Yeah. I f I I I agree with you there. I feel like I haven't gotten in in the killer clown section itself, I feel like I don't I haven't gotten as many interactions. I feel like I've had to put myself into the interaction rather than the interaction happen happening to me. Like when I was like went to take a picture with Shorty, I had to approach Shorty. A lot of the times like I had to approach a clown if I wanted to try to interact with it. It wasn't like Charity: Yeah. I feel like that's very much that way for just the all of downtown Clown Town. 'Cause if you go to any other scare zone, like they do interact with you. Well, I guess maybe not Fortnite. They co they do kind of just walk past you and they try to scare you and walk away. But 'cause like sideshow of decay Ryan: You mean they you mean they do scare you? You said try, they do scare you. Brayden: Yeah. Charity: Man, I was on the ground. I was crying. 'cause like Sideshow Brayden: Yeah Charity: Decay, like, even though I don't wanna interact with them, they they will come up and interact with you. But yeah, downtown Clowntown, I feel like they just kinda same thing, they just kinda walk past you. They're not gonna stop and hold a charades conversation with you. Which I Ryan: Yeah. Charity: do I don't I don't I don't wanna we we can cut this out if you need to. Ryan, what was the convers what was the context of that video that you were were trying to have a conversation with the clown? What was he trying to tell you? I never I I Ryan: the Brayden: that one. Ryan: one when we were when we were with my mom. No, I'm I'll I'll keep this in. So I was I was wearing my backpack on the front of my on on the front of me because I was getting my w I was just putting away I think I was putting my way putting away my Fortnite magnet. And Charity: Okay. Ryan: Rudy comes up and he looks and he points towards he points at Lil Boo, he points at the other skull that's on my back, he points at Jack and Oddfellow, and then he points at Charity: Yeah, yeah. Ryan: himself. And he's like, Where am I? And then he tells me he told me to he was telling me he like he kept pointing back at the tribute store. He's like he's he was like, Go Charity: to go buy him. Ryan: go buy him, go buy him. And I was and I was and I was telling him that they they don't have anything for him. Like they don't have like a Rudy thing. They don't have like Rudy pins, they just have like the the traditional killer clowns from outer space shirt. They don't have Charity: Yeah. Ryan: like just Rudy. And I was really upset. Charity: Yeah. Ryan: Like afterwards, I was like, I was laughing, it was funny. I was really upset because I have a shirt. That has Rudy on it. And I've worn it three times to the event and didn't get a single Killer Clowns reaction. And then the one the one time that I haven't worn this or that I didn't wear the shirt, because I was planning on wearing it, I was thinking, I'll wear it. And then I didn't. An interaction happened. And that was like that's the first time that I've gotten a like Killer Clown Sumatter Space reaction where I didn't approach Charity: Actual clown interaction. Yeah. Ryan: the killer clown. But I did have another reaction. You said Charity: Interesting. That's really funny. Ryan: l you said miming our conversation. One of the clowns was trying to have a conversation with me. And I didn't realize until after like he wasn't saying anything. I was talking to him, he wasn't saying anything, wasn't making any jokes. He was miming everything out. And it didn't register to me until after we walked, and I was like, he's a mime, 'cause he kept honking his horn, but his horn wasn't making any noise. And I was like, your horn is broken. It's cause he's a mime. So the horn Brayden: Mmm. Ryan: was also a mime. It wasn't making a noise because the horn was also Charity: Which cl what is what is he dr what is he dressed as? Ryan: It was like this short clown. He's he's he d it looks like a mime. He looks like a mime. He has like black and white striped shirt. He's wearing a little like bowler hat. Charity: so you're just I haven't seen I haven't seen Ryan: He's usually nort near the puppet tier stage. Charity: Yeah. Ryan: I don't know. I it didn't register me register to me in the moment. Charity: So the striped shirt didn't give it away that it was a mime? Ryan: So it was because we were it was like it was like a quick interaction that happened when I we were just trying to get from point A to point B. So my brain was get to point B, not this Charity: This clown is in my way, yeah. Ryan: clown is in my way. But yeah. Is do you wanna talk about I know this is later in the night, Braden, but it it's a part of c downtown clowntown, and you really wanted to see this clown. And I know charity doesn't want to hear about this clown, but do you wanna talk about Art the Clown? How many times can you say clown in one sentence, talking about Halloween Horror Nights? Am I right? Charity: Well, the whole event is clowns this year. I don't know if you've noticed. Brayden: you I mean, I really only saw art once, realistically. Ryan: Yeah. Brayden: And Charity: He what? Brayden: I only saw art once, like I only saw him Charity: once, okay. Brayden: one time and that one time was when Ryan got his head chopped off. Ryan: Mm. Brayden: Like it was interesting to see from my point of view. It was hilarious. Charity: How how is that from your point of view? Yeah. Tell us. Ryan: Can yeah, can we c I wanna can we get your perspective? Brayden: Like, like the video or? Charity: He let the kid talk? No, just tell ex like from art grabbing Ryan, like from him pointing out to Ryan to like the very end of the direction, like what were you thinking? Brayden: So honestly at first I didn't realize that he did point at Ryan I didn't realize that was Ryan at first because I thought he was still standing back until I saw him walk up and turn around it's like that's Ryan and then it got really funny Charity: Like I know that dude. Brayden: because because Ryan kept on like turning his head and just he kept on getting turned back each time it was really funny and like I kinda hoped him, like maybe he did just chop off his head but unfortunately he stopped because Ryan just didn't taste well, you Unfortunate, unfortunate. But, Ryan: What? Charity: did it Brayden: it was really funny. Charity: did it scare you because a scare actor touched him? Like were you 'cause like that scared me when I watched the video Brayden: I mean, well, okay. Charity: I was like, they're not supposed to touch you. What is he doing? Brayden: To be honest, at first, I didn't think, like, okay, so he did, I was like surprised for sure, because I knew they weren't supposed to. Like, I was like, okay. Ryan: We are, we are. Have you did you see my face? Brayden: Yeah, but I thought it was just like, he was just like lightly touching you until you told us after that he was actually like grabbing and turning your head. That's what it was like. It was pretty crazy. But what's it called? It was just crazy, because I think that's the most I've like, seen well maybe not but like definitely one of the most i've seen like someone as art like do like i all of like all like videos online like i've never seen him like do something like that Ryan: He has been getting pretty crazy. I've been seeing videos of him acting like he's chopping off someone's someone's wiener and saying, Brayden: HMMMM Ryan: Never mind and it's too small and I was just like, okay. So art the clown's going in that direction for the rest of the year. Brayden: you Charity: I dunno, there's something about this year's scare actors. I don't know if maybe they change the warning when you buy your ticket. because these scare actors are getting comfortable with touching Ryan: Yeah, I think their show I Brayden: You Ryan: think their show directors are definitely telling them, y you know what? I think something is like we need Charity: Do what you want. Ryan: they're trying they're trying to bring back the OG Halloween Horror Knights feel. And I think that's this is one of the right directions. Charity's showing Brayden: Yeah. Ryan: the the silence was cause Charity just showed a still from the photo video of Art the Clown touching my head. If you haven't seen that video, it is on TikTok. It is on TikTok. Go Charity: Go see it. It is funny. Ryan: follow our TikTok at Park Days Pod. It is there. Braden, do you wanna get into the houses now? I know we skipped like far ahead into the night 'cause the the art the clown was closer to the end of the night, but Brayden: it's fine. so the first house was the Jack and Aladfell one because, well, it wasn't really a choice of mine, but So, that's the first house. Ryan: I did bring it up. I did bring it up in in in announcement season that Jack Jack Nodfellow was gonna be the first house you go through no matter what. Brayden: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyways. Charity: Yeah, but you did lie to him. You lied to him. You told him the first house you would have to do is HR blood and guts because it's not as scary. And you lied to his face. You lied to his Ryan: I did not. I did not. Charity: face. Ryan: I did not I told him Jack and Oddfellow and then Charity: And then you force him to go through check it. Ryan: he and then then he seemed like he seemed like he was gonna back out of doing Halloween Horror Nights in general. Brayden: Yeah. Ryan: He seemed like he was gonna Charity: Mm. Ryan: do back out in Halloween Horror Nights in general. And then it was like fine if you really want to, we will do HR Blood and Guts first. And then the day of, he says, fine, we'll do Jack and Oddfellow first. And so I took that as my cue as Brayden: Because, okay, well you were really pressuring me into it. Don't act like you weren't. You were Charity: Any Brayden: seriously pressuring me into Jack and Alta. Ryan: Okay. Maybe I was, maybe Charity: Okay, so you Ryan: I wasn't. Charity: did Jack and Oddfilla first, how was that? Brayden: Yeah. It was creepy, scary. Ryan: Come on, give us our give us your your raw Brayden: Like. Ryan: reaction to your very first haunted house. Brayden: That kinda was, Charity: Yeah. Brayden: it was scary. Me and mom kinda just rushed through it, mainly cause of me. I did look away from a few, no, like most of the jumpscares, cause it was my first one, and the main thing I don't like are the jumpscares. But so, it was an interesting house to walk through, it looked cool too. apart from the people jumping out at me and then at the very end it's got me and mom there there's a jack jumped right out like as soon as we got through that like last like black curtain jack jumped right out at both of us and it was so bad because i was expecting it and mom was definitely not expecting it and that was something the best scare of the house for a fact because it was the least Charity: Yeah. Brayden: expected one Ryan: The the one at the very end? Charity: Those end of house scares, yeah, Brayden: Mm-hmm. Charity: they they get ya. Even when you know that they're there, they still get ya. Ryan: Yeah. Brayden: But yeah, the first house as Jack and Alpha was actually pretty good. Charity: Were you in front of Ryan or behind Ryan? Brayden: I was in front of him. Charity: Okay. Ryan: I do wanna say before we get on to the rest of the houses, because we are on the Jack and Oddfellow, this is an anniversary year and you don't really know why it's an anniversary here or anything. But like what are your opinions on like Jack the Clown and Dr. Oddfellow? This can be quick. Just like I'm just curious to know as someone who's never experienced the event what their opinion on icons are. Brayden: they're weird. He is odd, so... And there's a jack out of the box, so I think they are pretty weird. Ryan: Okay. You can we can go into our next house. Brayden: Okay, getting an after hat. That's when Charity: That's all you're asking. Brayden: we did do HR, Blood and Guts, which pretty much was just a goofy house. Not really scary. There was a jump scare too that did get me though. In the like pumpkin lord one, there's that one person that comes around on like the first side of the sign and then on the other side. Ryan: the witch lady. The pumpkin headed Brayden: When we were going Charity: She says all Brayden: out... Charity: hail the pumpkin lord. Brayden: I Ryan: Yeah. Brayden: didn't know she was there and I hadn't really realized at first because there was like a spray or like wind thing that like got blown out my neck. Like it hit like right on my neck. And I didn't Charity: the puff of air. Brayden: know she jumped out at first and I felt that turn around and she's just right there. And that got me. And then as I turn around and I'm walking around, the other guy gets me. It was just that one room that got me so bad. Like one little area. And those are the only two that really got me bad because the rest of them. I was suddenly expecting and that was just the main two. The rest of the house was just goofy and fun. and another Charity: It's Skiffy. Brayden: one was the schoolhouse actually. Cause one of them Ryan: The schoolhouse got you. Interesting. Charity: yeah. Brayden: sitting in the chair, I don't remember where, I thought they were a mannequin cause they looked Charity: The the first Brayden: just like one. And then when they jumped out, it genuinely got me. Like it wasn't right at me they jumped out, but I still saw them and that still spooked me cause I wasn't expecting it. Ryan: Geez, I feel like I blanked out on our run through that house. Brayden: So there's that and, well yeah, you weren't really interested in it. You were talking about wanting to just skip it. Yeah, that one was just pretty much fun. Charity: Pumpkin Lord Pumpkin Lord. Brayden: Okay. Ryan: So ready to go? Charity: Nothing. I was I was sh Brayden: Anything to say? Ask. Charity: Ryan No, Ryan just hates that house so much, which makes me sad because 'cause Ryan: If you is. Charity: Pumpkin Lord is in it and I just feel like you can't hate a house that has the Pumpkin Lord in it. what was your Ryan: I love the pump I love the pumpkin lord. I love the pumpkin lord. I don't hate the house. Do you not remember do you not Charity: Shut up, Brian. Shut up, Brian. Ryan: remember do you not remember last week's do you not remember last week's episode of my rankings? Brayden: And this isn't about you. Charity: No, I'm talking about last night when we went and we had to spend six hours in that line. No, what was your what was your favorite room in HR Blood and Guts? Brayden: Favorite room? Charity: Yeah. I can name them all if you need me to. Brayden: No, I remember them. And... I really don't know. Charity: There's only one right answer, so Brayden: Yeah. Ryan: Okay, there's two right answers. There's two right answers. Brayden: Well, I'm pretty sure recording you guys would be the pumpkin lord room. Charity: Yes. Brayden: But I Ryan: Okay, that's one of the right answers. Brayden: really liked, I really liked, the, well I thought the pumpkin spice room was stupid. Ryan: Yoos and that's the second right answer. Charity: That is the second right answer. Brayden: And I liked the funk room. Ryan: Conjure the Funk. I do love that room. I don't know why. I don't I just it's just like it's so clever. Just you're summoning dis disco disco Charity: I really like Brayden: no, just, I think it's just kinda stupid. That's why I like it. Ryan: witches. Brayden: Anyways, yep. Charity: No, Ryan: More Charity: no. Ryan: coffee. Brayden: huh. Charity: Pumpkin spice? Do we like pumpkin spice Brayden: So. Charity: just 'cause we're barisas? Ryan: I think we do just like pumpkin spice 'cause we're baristas. Brayden: then they didn't fully register until H &R Blood and Goats because that's when I kind of had to go, you know. Ryan: I I remember we were in line and Braden Woods. He was freaking out right before the house saying, I feel like I'm gonna throw up, I feel like I'm gonna throw up, I feel like I'm gonna throw up. I I know, I know, Brayden: I did feel like I was about to throw up. I was not wrong. Ryan: it was your anxiety. That's okay. Charity: Aww. But hey, at the end of the day, it was just theater kids. It's what I tell everybody. Brayden: Yep. Ryan: Anyway, just connect. Charity: It's just a bunch of theater kids. Just a bunch of nerds. Ryan: And yeah, we can do you wanna move on to the next house, which I'm excited to hear what you wanna talk about. The next house. Brayden: yeah. So, next house was a... Ryan: Wait, did we do anything did we do anything in between getting food and doing this house? Brayden: Nope, just walked, well we had a lot of indecisiveness. was either Stranger Things 5 or EO Deadburn. Ryan: yes. Brayden: And honestly, I'm glad that we did Stranger Things 5. At the same time, I'm not sure if I am glad, because, well, I'll get upset, you know? So, so that's Stranger Things 5, right? I'm gonna say this now, this was the scariest house of the night. Charity: No Brayden: Let's, no, cause let me explain why. The people in front of me and my mom were like basically just as scared as us, but like even more that they would jump back at everything. And they would also rush through things. And because of that, they would rush through the rooms that have like jump scares in them. And then me and my mom would get stuck right at the like hole where they jump out of. So we hit like, Every single Demogorgon jumpscared. like that first one. Well, no, we got past the first one in the in the kitchen But every single one after that God is so bad and if we got like a bag enough in like that one room where will is like like Like like using his powers or something where he's like lifting them up Yeah, Charity: where he comes around from the left side. Brayden: that nut is just walking towards where we are and the thing is didn't help my mom is like terrified of that So so it didn't help that she was just so and I'm I think I kind of helped her because I think we would gone gone by it got hit by it bad there's that Vecna right at the like the like the title like that title part of the house Charity: Yeah. Brayden: like right before you start and there's a Vecna right there I told my mom about that beforehand because I feel like that would have gotten us really like like really bad so I mean yeah it might mess up the experience a little bit but I wasn't trying to get scared by it, so tell her about it so we can get through it. Charity: You're like, go, go, go. Brayden: But yeah, like the entire time, we just kept getting the Demogorgons. And they were like, since they're like, the costumes are kind of like bigger, because it's a Demogorian, they were getting like close, like Charity: Yeah. Ryan: They they are Brayden: close. So it was so scary. Ryan: jumping out like rent is due. They are scaring Charity: They are Brayden: don't know, like... Ryan: like Charity: I'm telling you, this year Brayden: So genuinely. Charity: it's yeah. Brayden: Yeah, that was definitely the scariest house of night. Luckily, once we got into like the mind flayer, think rental movie was, cause I'm being honest, I haven't seen season five. So I didn't fully understand what was going on. But once we were in Charity: yeah, yeah. Brayden: that like the place where the walls were like, like the Vecna stuff, Charity: Yeah. Brayden: honestly, there wasn't as many jump scares. Wasn't really that much. Charity: Yeah, it's not scary after that. I always say once you once you get into the Mind Flayer it's over, it's a bad house Brayden: Yeah. Charity: th that point on. Ryan: Yeah. Brayden: I know it's all good, but beforehand, well that was so bad. It was terrifying. So yeah, that was the scariest house of the night, which is silly. Especially when we talked about the house I went in. No, no, not the next house, the house after the next house. But first, the next house we went through was Madlands, which I think I was too worried about. because it really wasn't anything. I did like, I don't know in all the houses, I ducked over like, ducked down under like two or three scares. But most of the ones I did get hit by were kind of just nothing much. Like my brother told me just things in costume, or not things, humans in costumes with armor and stuff like that. And it wasn't, it wasn't really Ryan: Mm. Mad Max. Mad Max D. Brayden: bad. Yeah, Mad Max. Charity: Yeah, just it's Mad Max. Ryan: How'd you feel I wanna know your opinion. I don't think I I asked you this after the house. Do you do you remember when we Brayden: The Mavans? Ryan: walked into the back the bat cave place? Brayden: of Madlands? Ryan: In Mouthlands, yes. Brayden: I don't even remember the house. I didn't really care for it. Ryan: Do you're do you remember do you remember a scene in the house that smelled really bad? Brayden: No, I think it was, I'm telling you, I don't remember anything about the house. I was almost simulated, because there was like a lot of things, because Ryan: Yeah. You're probably too overstimulated. You're probably too overstimulated to poke to focus on Charity: Yeah. Brayden: it wasn't scary enough to make me scream. I was jumping, but it's like so many things were just happening all over the place that I couldn't have focused on enough. Ryan: Yeah. Brayden: But what about this bat cave? Ryan: I just wanted to know how your like what your opinion was on the smell and if you think it smells extremely bad or or whatnot. If you thought it smelled bad. Brayden: I don't remember how it's been. All the houses had some kind of weird stink to it, bro. Ryan: Sure it wasn't just your pants? Brayden: all of it was... no, I'm sure it was... I'm sure it was your pants, you're the Ryan: Sure. Brayden: one... you're the one who had... ooh, it's like, Charity: We said ha. Brayden: like... it's like a whole accident, okay? It's okay, Ry, unless you pooped yourself, it's okay. Little Ryan: All right. Charity: Ryan really doesn't like that house. Brayden: dookie. Ryan: I don't like my lands. Brayden: You're the one that chose to do that over like what other houses we could have done Ryan: No, 'cause the choice was either Madl the Charity: 'Cause always a short line. Ryan: the choice was either Madlands or Evil Dead Burn and you chose Madlands. Charity: Mad Lance will always be better sour to say. Brayden: Well yeah, don't... Ryan: Right. Brayden: I Sorry, damn it. Ryan: No, no, give your opinion. Brayden: I'm just gonna say I didn't really want to do evil dead burn only because they are exactly just humans because like I don't know why but I thought that'd be like a little more creepier than then like monsters because monsters you can at least like know that they're well humans could be like real like they can actually like you see them on daily basis so like like like I don't know I think it's just a me thing Charity: D Did you guys end up doing the house? No, yeah, Ryan: No, we never did evil that burnt. Brayden: No. Charity: no, that house is awful because as you're going through, they've got these like Ryan: Hey, I don't don't don't bring spoilers into this. Don't bring spoilers into this. Brayden: No, no, no, you can spoil me, no, no, no, you can go on. Charity: Calm down, Ryan. So as you go through the house, the like this is why it is the least ranked on my house because I really, like, I hate the house. I hate it so much. Because they've got these mannequins that they'll have in the mirrors that got like the demon glowing eyes because they're possessed. And it just I I hate it so much. I really Brayden: heck. Charity: hate it. And no, and there is something about it because they're human that I'm like, or it's also just demon possession, which I hate. hate and I will continue to say it that I hate it. but I will say the actual scare actors themselves that's not scary because you just you just see people in really pale makeup and you're just like, what are you doing, bro? Get out of my face. Ryan: Grandma. It's just grandma. Charity: Just grandma. Ryan: So that does bring us into what I think and I think charity agrees is the scariest house at the event. But you said Stranger Things was scarier than this house. We went to Cyber Gloria next, is that right, Braden? Charity: Really? Brayden: Because, okay, I think that I think back on it also it's same thing with Madlands the reason I didn't screen as much I'm pretty sure it's also just because I was kind of tired at that time So when we were going through Cybergoria Ryan said to what I was saying was that people were seeing the jump scares before me But you weren't seeing that Charity: Okay. Brayden: I was still getting hit by jump scares Ryan like there is multiple that still hit me Ryan: I think I think I was too busy getting scared myself 'cause I feel like Brayden: Thanks Ryan: I do feel like Charity: Yeah. Ryan: Eileen and I got more scares than you did. Brayden: You definitely, y'all probably get more, but I was still getting jump scares. What I meant, because okay, what I told Brian was I saw a lot of the actors, like kinda like, okay, don't know, I don't really literally saw them, but I could easily tell where they were coming from. Like their scare areas, Charity: Yeah, yeah. So when you got people in front of you, it's easier to see. Yeah. Brayden: their scare areas were really like obvious to me. So a lot of the scares were for me, I was, easily able to prepare for them. Like, so on top of me just kind of being tired, because I don't know what that was it, but maybe on some of me being tired or whatever, whenever they did jump out, it wasn't that bad. The only ones that really got me are those like window ones, like those like one like that, like one guy with like the like those hands that are like, like claws or something. That guy that's like in one of the windows, he got me and then very end hallway where it's just like windows on all sides. I kinda just tried not to look at all, cause I didn't know where I was gonna get John scared from. But other than that, I don't know. I also just, I also thought, yeah. Ryan: Didn't you say didn't you say the blob touched y you or mom? Brayden: No, not touch. We just, we got blobbed and I saw him. didn't see him. Charity: We got blobbed. Brayden: Mom ducked down and just bolted. We both did. But I like, I had my head up like a tiny bit. I still saw them coming from the sides. I just wasn't fully getting the jump scare because like I wasn't fully paying attention to them. I was just focusing on getting through and like in my peripheral and kind of I saw a blob but like it was only once. But what else I was gonna say was another thing, I don't know if this is surprising or not, but like I honestly thought they would look scarier. The robots. Like... Ryan: So bro bro just wasn't looking at the you Brayden: No, Charity: So so did you just not open your eyes because of their horrifying? Brayden: I was! I was most definitely looking at them. I was, no, I'm telling you, I was most definitely, I was most definitely looking at them. I'm telling you, I didn't think they were that scary looking. Like the ones that Ryan: Yeah, pardon. Brayden: jumped out at me, yeah, they're scary looking, but I thought they would be like terrifying. They weren't terrifying. They were, they were just scary. Like I definitely get jumpscared by them, but I don't know. didn't. Ryan: Alright, well you hear this, you hear this. If anybody's listening and you are in the Cyber Gloria house and you see Brayden: Okay, but but but I'm gonna be honest That's not even that scary! Charity: What i Ryan: Pull up the blob, pull up the blob, the blob Charity: Like what is that? Ryan: is terrifying. Brayden: Okay, the blob, no, the blob is... Yeah, that... Charity: The bl the bloat the bloater? See, listen. Ryan: The blob. It's the blob. The giant blob at the end of the house has like just a bunch of flesh Brayden: That's scary. Yeah, I... Ryan: put together. Charity: The bloater, yes. from The Last of Us. It's just the bloater from The Last of Us. See, okay, that the only reason why that thing scares me is 'cause it's just huge and it leans out the wind like out its window at you. The I feel like it's not super scary looking. Whole thing is terrifying though. Ryan: The flesh bot blob. Brayden: what? Charity: It just it's such a grainy photo. I don't know if you guys can actually see like the face that's in Brayden: yeah. Charity: the bottom Ryan: Yeah. Charity: of it. 'Cause that's usually up top is all I see for the viewers listening. I'm showing them photos of Just the house. The thing that really makes Ryan: The flesh bot blob. Charity: me laugh is the very last thing at the very end of the house. It's not scary, but the one time we walked through it, it got in my face and I was like, dude, back up. Brayden: It got mom. Like bad. Charity: But Brayden: like mom was like trying to get through that. Ryan: Plate the flesh the flesh suit guy. Brayden: No, no, the guy in that like cobweb of like blood or whatever. yeah, mom Ryan: Yeah, the flesh suit guy, yeah. Charity: Yeah, the fl the flush flush soup. Just Brayden: was trying to get through it as fast as she could and like at that very last part, he like came rushing at her and it was funny. But like I could see him coming so. I don't know. there's also, but I also say I can see where they're coming. There was one of those guy that was behind like these drapes, but they were so like, Ryan: I don't know how you can see where I don't know how you can see where they're coming from. Brayden: no, like, like there was just Charity: Because listen, we've Brayden: one spot. There's this one spot that was like, he's behind these drapes that were really like, they were easily be easily see through. And then this is big open window right next to him. Like he didn't have anywhere to hide because it wasn't dark in there either. That's where like the red light was. Well, there's red light everywhere, but if it's bright enough Ryan: Why Brayden: to just take away the darkness, like, I don't know how explain it. There was literally just one area where it was just, it was open, like where he was Charity: The Brayden: hiding. Charity: Like Brayden: Like those like, those like dreams that they come out of. Charity: Plastic Yeah. Brayden: Like, I don't know if I'll explain it, but I remember seeing it and he jumped out, but I anticipated it because I could see him while we were walking up to it. And he didn't just scare someone else because he was standing behind it I could see him. I could literally see his legs because he didn't reach the floor. Ryan: Interesting. What was your opinion on the the tarp? Brayden: Wouldn't it be hard, like, going through it? Ryan: The do you know the the the Charity: The white tarp? Ryan: the white tarp that like blows out or did you not get it? Brayden: that? I mean it kinda- Ryan: Cause what it the reason it's supposed to do that is cause you're supposed to already be so scared and overstimulated that when that happens, cause on the right side of you, the tarp is blows out on the left and it pushes you towards the right side of the wall where there is an open window for where a scare actor is. And so Brayden: Yeah, I know. Ryan: it's like to what was your like what was your opinion on that? Like did did did was was that scary to you? Right. He did not Brayden: It was... it's hard. Ryan: go to the he did not go through the same house. He did not go through the same house as us. Charity: Him to go through the house again because here's the thing: I just feel like so you did miss all of the good scares because the whole point. Ryan: He did. Cause I was getting them. Eiley and I were getting them behind the Charity: I'm getting terrified just talking about it. Just because the last run through that we did the other night was so Ryan: Yeah, the last one it was terrible. Charity: awful. I'm like shaking because I'm scared. that tarp is the worst. It is such a simple thing, and that's how you know this house is psychological. It is such a simple thing that just it terrifies people. Ryan: Especi especially when you know that we s we stop to make sure that the the the to make sure that the tarp goes down so that we can run past it. Brayden: You Charity: And we it's also the fact that we still don't know if if it's someone's hand Ryan: If there's Charity: or if it's just air. Because if it's just air, you could easily just touch it and go. And I feel like one of us needs to sacrifice ourselves, honestly. Brayden: Probably just wind. That's probably like, it's probably a rotating Ryan: It probably is just it probably is. Charity: Anyways, anyways. Anyways. Brayden: fan. Ryan: A rotating thing. Charity: Yeah, it's it's probably just like a thing it's like a blow up house that it probably clicks on and clicks off every ten seconds. Brayden: I to, yeah. Charity: But the whole point is that it's Ryan: Okay. Charity: supposed to push you. Ryan: Push you towards a scare actor. Brayden: Yeah. Charity: Towards yeah, towards the scare actor. So that way the scare actors can be down above you. Brayden: I think I need to watch the video over again because I don't remember seeing the window on that side. I think I was too focused on the tarp at that time. Ryan: Yeah. Charity: I just opened my phone. Brayden: that's not even that's scary to you he Loki Loki wait wait wait Loki he looks like that one that one for Ryan: I Braden, you haven't Braden, you haven't had the run you haven't had the Charity: Brayden, I I need you to go through the house. Brayden: tonight's game he looks like chaos agent Ryan: You haven't had the run throughs that we've had of this house. Charity: Because I'm telling you every Brayden: yeah, I've had one one-term. Ryan: I'm telling you. Charity: every time we go through the house it gets scarier. Like it's like I'm telling like the first time we went through yeah, scary. Ryan: What was my first reaction of that house? My very first run through of Charity: You almost died. Ryan: that house, I gave it a ten. Charity: Really? Mr mister I Ryan: The very first time I went to the house I gave it a ten. Charity: don't give anything tens. Brayden: Ooooo Ryan: Don't give anything tense. Charity: 'Cause you even said that you didn't give it a ten your first run through. So clearly in the moment you were scared enough to give it a ten. Ryan: Yeah. Ga I had to sit down after, so yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Charity: Anyways, that's crazy that we talked about this last episode. Ryan: Yeah. Charity: I I I need to go through this house with with y'all 'cause I need to make sure that Braden I I will stand in front of that tarp if Brayden: This is... Charity: I have to to sacrifice you, Brayden. I need you to understand how scary this house is. Ryan: Well we don't even know if he's gonna we don't even know if he's gonna come back. Do we wanna get into our last house? Charity: Well, not anymore, not after that threat. Ryan: Do you wanna go into our last house, Braden? Brayden: sure. Ryan: What was our last house? Brayden: our last house was Ozzy Osbourne, which was Charity: really? Okay. Brayden: a cool house. It was actually really cool. It wasn't scary, like at all. Charity: What did you think of the dark room? Brayden: I closed my eyes. Okay, we don't talk about the dark room. That's different. That's the only part that I don't. Ryan: Cybergory is not scary, but the pitch black room in Ozzy Osborne is scary. Brayden: I don't know what's in there, I just know it's pitch black and the second I saw it was a pitch black lume, I immediately held onto mom and just closed my eyes. I wasn't doing it. Charity: I almost killed Ryan in that room. Yeah, Ryan almost died the other night. We almost Brayden: What happened? Charity: almost lost. 'Cause I got scared and I pushed Ryan and I almost took him down. You know, for someone who said that she doesn't get scared in any houses and any scare zones, clearly this year is not a good year for me. Anyways, so what'd you think out of all of your houses, all this all of your houses, all of the houses, all the scare zones? What was your scary what was your scariest moment and what was your funniest moment? Brayden: My scariest moment? was probably this one. Ryan: If I hear Demogorgon, if I hear Demogorgon, if I hear Demogorgon. Charity: It would be valid. They're scary. Brayden: It was this one Demogorgon. Hey, I can't, I don't know if Ryan: No great. Charity: Ha ha. Brayden: I tell you, none of the other houses were that, okay, wait, wait, wait. It's either this one Demogorgon, and there was this one small little room in the labs where it was that little corridor with that one window, and the Demogorgon popped out right in front of us. It was either that or when Jack popped out at the very end of Jack and Opto. Other than that, nothing else scared me that bad. Like... Ryan: So Brayden: Just like I said, like I said in Cyber Goria, I didn't get that spooked. And all the other houses were kind of like, weren't that bad. Charity: Like were you screaming? Like were like did you ever d like did you ever scream or was it just like a ooh, I'm jumping and like no noise is coming out? Brayden: No, the Demogorgons and that Jack, I was screaming. I was screaming about the entire Jack and Oddfellow house only because it was really my first one. I was just screaming a bunch of random words, with reactions to each one. Yeah, I was. Charity: Yeah. Ryan: He was also, I would I would like to clarify, he was also listening to music throughout every single house. He had headphones in listening to music throughout every single house. Charity: Well, you wear Ryan: I I Charity: you wear earbuds too. Ne ne I don't understand. Ryan: I ew I wear earplugs. He was full on earbuds listening to music. Charity: Well, I remember Brayden: Yeah. Charity: when I used when I used to do Fright Fest at Six Flags. Six Flags, mind you, I would w I would listen to music as I went through the houses because I was terrified. But also I was Ryan: All right. Charity: little. Ryan: I mean, no hate Brayden: Well... Ryan: no hate to people that listen to music going through the houses. I was just saying like I I had to bring that up that he was also listening to music. Like he wasn't just like his ears weren't just raw dogging the sounds of the haunted houses. Brayden: Well, I still pretty much was because the houses are loud enough that like the last few like from Stranger Things 5 to Cyber Goryeo, it didn't really matter. The music didn't do much because like it was so loud in all those houses. Well, no, Ryan: Love him. Brayden: Stranger Things 5 not as much, but like even then I think I think at some point I kind of just forgot about the music because it was turned down low and that was at Stranger Things 5. Ryan: Were you Brayden: And in Cyber Gorya especially, my music was hardly loud at all. I wasn't being interested in it. Charity: So loud in the house. Ryan: Were you listening to music in Ozzy Osbourne? I play this music for you. Brayden: No. I'm not s- Yeah, I know! Charity: It plays music for you. Brayden: I'm not stupid enough to play music during that hours. What? Ryan: Yeah, what about your funniest moment? What was the funniest moment of your entire night? Brayden: My funniest moment? Ryan: Yeah. Brayden: I mean, I'm not one specific really, but most of the time whenever mom would get like jump scared, it was just kind of funny. Ryan: You see why when she comes I always make her go first. Brayden: Yeah, cause you're evil. Ryan: You were the one you were Charity: I will say it was Ryan: making you you were you were putting her in front of you Brayden: Well yeah, I wasn't gonna go in front of her. But Ryan, you Charity: Well yeah, that's his mom, obviously. Brayden: gotta go in front of her. You gotta go in front her, like... Charity: Yeah, you not going first, Ryan Ryan: Okay. Charity: is cruel. Brayden: Like you're the whole Ryan: Anyway. Brayden: one that's this whole you're all about horror nights and you're not being the leader of the line You're not being the line leader It's kind of messed up Ryan: No 'cause 'cause it's 'cause I f because it's fun watching mom g like it's fun to watch her get scared in the haunted houses. It's funny, just like how you were saying Charity: That is also fair. Ryan: it's funny. Just like how you say it was funny. If you she's if she's behind if she's behind me, if she's behind me, Brayden: Yeah, I know, but still yours. I know I know but I'm saying you're evil. I'm still saying you're evil I'm just saying you're Ryan: I I if she's behind me, I can't watch her get scared. Like I can't watch her Brayden: But I'm still saying you're evil for it and you're denying it. That's I was justifying. I wasn't justifying that it wasn't funny. Yeah. Charity: It is evil and it is funny. Ryan: Anyways, do you have any negatives about Halloween Horror Nights? Any what what was your least favorite moment? Just cause, you know, there's always there's there's gotta be something, and I mean we we wanna hear your full-on opinion of Halloween Horror Nights, not just the the good parts. Brayden: least favorite moment? Why do you say least favorite moment? Can you say like, can you Ryan: Like least favorite moment or something that you didn't like. Brayden: just say least favorite thing? Like there's not really a moment exactly I can say the least favorite Ryan: Yeah. Brayden: least favorite thing. Mainly just probably the interactivity. Ryan: You wish that it was more interactive. Brayden: in the scare zones. No, in the scare zones. Like, and the house is not there. Yeah. Well, just Ryan: Yeah, that's what I mean. You wish it was more interactive in the scare zones. Okay. Brayden: for me, like it was like that for like other people. But I'm just thinking like for me, that's the only thing Charity: Yeah. Brayden: I really found myself upset about. Ryan: I think it's very hard just one night trying to get in like an interactive Charity: Yeah. Ryan: moment with the scare zones. If you go multiple nights and you spend time in the scare zones, it's a lot easier. That was something that people on Twitter were talking about. Was that as someone who's just a casual guest going for the first time, it's almost impossible to see Jack and Oddfellow because they're only on their podium for probably ten minutes at the like at a time or they're in Oddfellows in his scare zone or Jackson, the clown town scare zone, or they're somewhere else in the park. And they're only there for like a solid like five to ten minutes maximum. So Charity: Yeah. Ryan: it unless you know where to find them or you've been multiple nights where you can run into run into them as a like a just a one time guest, it's it's very hard to see these characters. So I do think I do agree with interactivity in the way of like being a like a one time goer. I am glad this year they did get away from the photo ops. Like clowns will still take pictures with you. You can still get pictures with the scare zones. But the scare zones aren't photo ops like they have been in the past. So I think you did hit a good year with scare zones. Charity: Anyways. Ryan: Braden, do you wanna give us your your rankings? Starting with I will say we didn't do Invasion, Hellraiser, Sinners, and Evil Dead Burn. Those were the houses that we did not do. Brayden: Okay, so. Ryan: So do you want to give us your rankings first with the scare zones? First give us your rankings for the scare Brayden: Sure. scare zone? Ryan: zones, starting from your least favorite to favorite. Brayden: my least favorite a Ryan: Yes. Brayden: least favorite was Okay, Lee's area sideshowed with the cape only because we weren't in it at all. Or no, let's still line up the front. Hold on, wait, no, there's, there's, cause there's... Ryan: Icon, Inferno Carnival of Nightmares. Brayden: Yeah, that one's my least favorite. Sorry. Cause that one was nothing. Then it sideshowed with the cape because I wasn't in there as much. Van's Ryan: Okay. Brayden: downtown, clown town. Cause it was just kind of funny to like look around and see. And then Fortnite mares. Cause it's really, it's a stupid scare zone. Charity: The best one. Ryan: And people say we they didn't want Fortnite at Halloween Horror Nights. Which I'll bring that up in this Charity: Mm-mm. I'll Ryan: episode. As a Halloween Horror Nights fan and a Fortnite fan, James Keaton recently reposted The Fortnite Mares. And if you don't know who James Keaton is, he is the main actor who's played Jack the Clown for 26 years. And Mike Aiello, who is one of the showrunners of Halloween Horror Nights, reposted about Fortnite Mares. And there's rumors going around that. Jack the clown is coming to Fortnite. Brayden: Mmm, I'm more excited for math. Ryan: Okay. Well Charity: I'm also excited for FNAF. Brayden: I wanna play as Bonnie bro, I wanna piece people up as Bonnie. So bad. Ryan: This this is this isn't a Fortnite podcast. Charity: It is now. Brayden: I actually... Charity: It's actually a FNAF podcast. Brayden: I actually haven't played Fortnite in a while. Ryan: Do you want to go into your houses, Braden? Starting with your least fa Brayden: yeah, yeah. Family favorite? Ryan: yeah, least favorite to favorite. Brayden: least favorite, I mean sorry I'm from least favorite, is Madlands because it wasn't all that interesting to me to be honest, just chaotic. Then it's Blood and Guts, it's our blood and guts because it's a funny house, that's scary. Then it's Ozzy Osbourne because I like the music, you know, it's a cool house because it's actually a pretty cool house, I liked it a Charity: It's a pretty close house. Brayden: lot. Then it's And then number three, it's Cybergory. Ryan: Hey, it hit it hit your it hit your top three, which is all that matters. Brayden: I have my reason it's it's it's Charity: Comment. I won't comment. Brayden: It's it's the same reason why I said it wasn't that scary. It's it's just This characters weren't that scary to me and according to you guys I didn't get as many of the jump scares So Charity: know, I feel like you just or you're lying, you didn't go through the house, I gotta be honest. Ryan: I can attest I can attest he didn't go through the house. He did, I watched him go through. Charity: I don't know if I can take your word for it. Brayden: And then number two is Stranger Things season 5. Mainly Ryan: Okay. Brayden: just because it was the scariest house that I had that night. and the number one Jack and Oddfellow because it was my first house. It my first house. Charity: Okay, okay. You redeem you redeemed yourself. Brayden: It was my first house and it was honestly one of the like only ones I really kind of fully understood the story. Like. Ryan: Aren't you so glad that I made you do Jack and Oddfellow first and you didn't do HR Blooding its first? Brayden: No. Ryan: What? Alright. Brayden: You I feel like either way, I mean, I feel like I would have gotten more used to like the jump scares if I went through HR blood and guts. Ryan: Anyways. I like your list. I like your list. You're on the No, Brayden: But yeah. No you don't. Ryan: I do. I do. I actually I I genuinely like your list. Brayden: Mmm. Ryan: Like for a first for a first-time person that's actually like a surprisingly like good list. I was I was honestly thinking you were gonna do like HR blood and guts first. Was cause it wasn't scary. Brayden: Why? Ryan: It wasn't scary, it was fun. I don't know, I know the But no, I I genuinely like your list. All right, well Charity: So are I think we're about to ask the same thing. Go ahead, Ryan. Ryan: The same question. Charity: Yeah. Ryan: This is the this is gonna be this is the ultimate question of the entire episode. Will you be returning to Halloween Horror Nights? Whether that means it's this year or next year, like will you come back to Halloween Horror Nights? Brayden: yeah, Charity: Yeah. Brayden: I'll come back to... Yeah, of course. Charity: So is this gonna Ryan: Yeah. Charity: be now an annual thing you wanna do? Brayden: Probably, yeah. Ryan: Is this something that like you'll like you'll look forward to each year coming around to the Halloween season? Brayden: kinda. Definitely depends on the houses, cause Some houses can be terrifying sometimes. Ryan: But I mean, as you start as as you start going, it y that fear Brayden: And I don't know. Well, yeah. Ryan: that fear of a house being terrifying slowly like fades away. Charity: Well clearly the scariest house this year he wasn't even scared of. So clearly he's a pro now and it's all fine. Ryan: That is true. So you know what? Brayden: Wait wait wait wait, no, it's nice, I like- But yeah. Ryan: Yeah, so you plan on you you would like to you'd like to come back? That is that's awesome. I love to hear that, you know. I love you know, 'cause I'm a brother and I love the event and you cannot join mom and I on our annual trip to Hollywood, which Brayden: Yeah, more time off school. Ryan: is great. Is there Cherry, do you have any any questions to ask before I ask Braden anything? Charity: did have one. what was it? Maybe not. Maybe it's gone. Maybe we already asked. Well no, are you gonna come back in two weeks and you gotta finish the other four houses you didn't get to do? Ryan: Or in a week, yeah. Brayden: Maybe, Charity: Same difference. Brayden: maybe, Ryan: Maybe. Are you are you chick are you chickening Charity: 'Cause what, you still have Ryan: out you chickening out on us? Chickening out on us now. Brayden: No, it's not that. It's just, I don't want to go back to Orlando. Charity: Yeah. Ryan: Wow. Brayden: And also, also, Charity: Dang. Brayden: also that same week, a lot of lot of like games I play are updated. And it's like a lot of limited time stuff too. It's not just Roblox. It's not Ryan: So you're choosing Roblox over Halloween Horror Night. Brayden: just Roblox. It's other games I play. Charity: Roblox. Brayden: It's not just Roblox, it's not just Roblox, I swear. Charity: Noah, you gotta come back up. I feel like I need to see you go through Cybergoria. I need proof that you've gone through the house Ryan: Do you have any other any other comments that you want to make about Holly and Horror Knights before we roll into the last segment of our episode? Brayden: I mean, no, not really. Ryan: Nothing at all, nothing at all. Brayden: Nah. Ryan: Alright, then we'll move on to our final segment. Braden, this is gonna start off with you just because Why not? As a first timer to Halloween Horror Nights, do you have any tips or tricks for anybody else that's coming to Halloween Horror Nights for the first time, whether it's this year or next year, or just yeah, a first timers thing for Halloween Horror Nights? Brayden: I mean, of course, don't set yourself out. Like, I was zoning for a really long time. It's not as bad as you think. And it's in the end just a bunch of people in costumes. Charity: Just a bunch of theater kids. Brayden: Yup. Honestly, you can also just try to laugh off any anxiety you have by maybe watching friends or family get scared. That's kind how it helped me, because it's by watching my mom get scared. I just kind of laughed a lot of it, and I forgot about my anxiety or nervousness. Also, if you really don't feel ready for houses, you could also just always try getting scared in the scare zones or something. and see if you can get used to the feeling from that or see if you want to go to the houses, you know? Ryan: That is, I really like that last tip of yours, Braden, because I feel like that's where a lot of people and even like what we were telling you is you just gotta get scared once and get that adrenaline pumping. And then once you get that, then it's like it's Charity: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Brayden: Mm-hmm. Ryan: easy to run through, like it's easy to go through other things. Like you Charity: Yeah. Ryan: just needed to like get that adrenaline of that first house. It's just like that every year. I every year I'm scared to go through my first house and then I get that first house and that my adrenaline pumps and then I'm like, all right, I can do this the rest Charity: Right, we're good. Ryan: I can do this for two months. Brayden: Mm-hmm. Ryan: Well, I do I really I really like I really like your tips. I feel like you have better tips than probably Charity Brayden: You Ryan: and I. Like he and I feel like Charity: I just gonna say I'm yeah. Ryan: I think it's just again, he was it was his first time, so he knows. He he knows. Charity: Yeah. Ryan: We haven't been first time it hasn't been our first times for years. Charity: First time in years. Brayden: You Charity: I was gonna say Brayden: My bad. Charity: I don't think that's I don't really have any tips or tricks, Ryan. I think you kind of also wrote down the same things I did. but it's not really tips and tricks for new timers, it's just in general for everybody, this year. Or I guess the new ones is my main one is always just watching the YouTube videos first. So you know what you're getting into and it's less scary. there's so many YouTube videos. and in back Ryan: There's so many, especially after opening night. If you're going if you if you're a first timer and you go opening night, you won't be able to see any of the houses just 'cause they they're not out yet. So Charity: Yeah. So don't go don't go opening night. That's that's the best tip is don't go opening night. or go opening night, because the scares are usually not good opening night. So Ryan: They are not good opening night. Charity: if you don't want to be as scared and you don't want to watch YouTube videos, that's always a great way. but yeah, back when I was terrified and I would come down, I would always, always watch YouTube videos first. That way I knew I was getting into. But then also so I could learn like all the facts and everything from the rip tour, like the VIP tour videos. and then I could relay them to all my friends and family and be like, guys, look how smart I am. I've Ryan: Yeah. Charity: got all the information. Ryan: Yeah, my Charity: yeah. Ryan: I feel like I used to do that all the time. I used to watch the videos and I'd always get yelled at and be like by the people I'm going with. Like, Ryan, why are you watching the videos? And I'm like, because I want to be prepared. I want to be prepared. I don't Charity: Wanna be prepared. Ryan: think I wa I do not think my first year though, I don't think I watched any of the houses. Charity: I my first year I didn't because I was dry I was forced against my will to go. and so I I was just scaled and I hated it. My first year I cried and vowed I was never doing Halloween Horror Nights again, which I've already talked about on the podcast. But vowed was never doing it. I hated it. And now look at me. I've got a podcast. Brayden: Hmm. Ryan: Talking about Halloween or nights. Charity: Talking about Halloween horonides. Ryan: Yeah. Yeah, I mean, my only like I just really these are genuinely just like like base of the line tips. I feel like there's definitely somebody like some some better content creator out there that has like a whole thirty minute YouTube video or something. This is what you should do if it's your first time at Halloween Horror Nights. I will say the lines may look long. Charity: Yeah. Ryan: And they might be like addressed that they're long, but they really aren't usually as long on l as they say. I yes, sometimes cough, cough, HR blood and guts saying it was a fifty-five minute wait and we waited Charity: See I Ryan: eighty-five Charity: The only thing I wanna say on that is the only I I something had to have been going on for that to have when we went through HR Blood and Guts and it was such a bad thing. Because every other house this year, except for Ozzy Osbourne, the wait time has not been the same as what we actually wait. It's always been like ten Ryan: I haven't waited that long for Ozzie. It Ozzie will always say fifty five to a hundred and I'm waiting thirty minutes max. I don't think I've waited longer than thirty minutes for Ozzie Osbourne. Charity: I don't know. Sometimes I feel like it'll say 80 and we wait eighty minutes. but also I've only done the house like three times. But no, all the houses this year I feel like they will say like 1260 minutes and we'll wait twenty minutes to get through line because that is the great thing about the houses is that it's continuously moving with that conga line. Ryan: Which that does bring me into like my second tip, which is just to f if you this is your first time and it's your only time going, focus on the houses you want to do. Even if it says it's a long wait. If Cinners says 120 minute wait, do Cinners. If you wanna do it. Brayden: I wanted to do sinners. Charity: Yes. Brayden: I wanted to do sinners. We never did it. Charity: You had a bad tour Ryan: We never went we kn we Charity: guide with you. Ryan: we never went back there. We just never went back there. Charity: You had a bad tour guide, I'm sorry. Brayden: also with the weight, I feel like it also kind of depends on how fast people are moving through the houses. Ryan: That is true. Charity: Yes, yeah. Ryan: It's also who's running house operations and divvying the line of fast pass and regular line, but we won't go in. We won't go into that. Charity: We'll go into that r later. Ryan: My last my last tip is just Halloween Hornights goes from six PM, six thirty, six six to six thirty p.m. two two AM, two in the morning. And if you get into a house at let's say 159. You could not you could possibly get out of Halloween Hornets around 3 a.m. It is hiring. We are in Florida. It is hot. Hydrate. That's not the tip. But stay hydrated. Yeah. Charity: Hydrate before you digrate. Brayden: You Ryan: Stay hydrated. that'll also help with if you're drinking in the hangover the next day. If you are but Charity: Yes. Everywhere there is water literally everywhere. Ryan: everywhere. If you stop to get a drink, you stop to get food, get water. Just do it. Do it. Charity: Get water. That is always the first thing I ask for is can we get two cups of water? Ryan: but no, if you if you're feeling tired and you need to take a break and you still want to get the Halloween Hornets feel and make sure you're doing Halloween Hornets and you're not just sitting somewhere, which you can. Like it's fun to take a rest and sit in a scare zone and watch other people get scared and people watch. That's always fun. But if not and you want to like try to get things done, see the show. See the show. You have Nightmare Fuel, you have the Stranger Things Return to Hawkins. I think the Return to Hawkins show is great. I do think it is the best Lagoon show that we've had. It's especially if you're a fan of Stranger Things. Okay, Charity's Making a Face. She wasn't a fan of the Stranger Things show. So she Brayden: You Ryan: doesn't she does she does not get Charity: not I did not like the Shinder. Ryan: an opinion on that. Brayden: You Charity: Well, that's not true. I watch the show, I get an opinion. Ryan: By Charity: In my opinion, it's a bad show. Ryan: I mean you've you've heard my review on nightmare fuel. Go see it though. Brayden: I haven't. Ryan: If you if you have the if you have well, Braden you can listen to the that episode. It was two episodes ago. Well it was two episodes ago. You can Brayden: I'll catch it eventually. Ryan: But yeah. Any anything else before we end the episode? Anyone anything from anyone? Charity: No, I think that's it. other than like learn the map. Like if you're going, learn the map. Ryan: Learn the map. Charity: Learn where the houses are because the air is a lot of walking, especially getting Ryan: And don't go from the front to the back to the back to the front to the front to the back. D don't go back and forth. Even if the lines Charity: Which h he sa he says that but that's all we've been doing the last two times Ryan: That's all we do. Charity: we've gone. Brayden: You Charity: But yes, Ryan is right. It is it is bad to do that. Ryan: It's Charity: It is best to try to go in a good circle. and depending on how the crowds are, sometimes starting in the very back is better and then going to the front. And sometimes starting in the front is better and then heading to the back. Just depends on how the nights how the night looks. But Yes. Learn the map, learn where the houses are, because a lot of them are kind of hidden and you don't want to miss anything. Ryan: All right, Braden, anything else? Brayden: No, not really. Ryan: Alright, well then I wanna thank you so much for being a part of this episode. I know it is late. We are getting into the two thirty AM. We've Brayden: Yeah. Ryan: been recording for Charity: Two thirty AM bro, it's twelve it's twelve o'clock. Brayden: 1230 wait what did someone say? Yeah, it's Ryan: twelve thirty a.m. I'm thinking Halloween Horror Knight's time. I'm thinking Halloween Horror Knight time. It is it is Brayden: 230 my gosh scared me for a second, bro Ryan: it is twelve thirty and it is a school night and I Charity: Also scared me. I looked down, I was like Brayden: You Ryan: and I I I do I do apologize for bringing you up but thank you so much for being in this episode. I was really excited Charity: Yeah, man. Thank you for the stories. It was very funny. Ryan: I was Brayden: Yeah Ryan: really excited when you agreed to be a part of the episode and Charity: It's all he's been talking about. We gotta have Braden none. We gotta have Braden none. Brayden: You Ryan: I hope I I love my little brother and I'd love having him be a part of the being a part of the podcast and being a part of the things that I love. So this episode definitely made me really happy. So again, thank you for being part of this episode. Charity: Yes. Thank you for being here. Brayden: Yeah, of course, of course. Ryan: All right, Charity, I think that leads us to our outro. So Charity: Alright guys, well thanks for hanging out with us. Ryan: And if you haven't already, be sure to follow the podcast so you don't miss future episodes and follow at Park Days Pod on TikTok and Instagram and YouTube because we do have a YouTube that still just only has the episodes. But maybe if you guys subscribe, we'll make YouTube videos. Brayden: And until next time, and until... Why'd you start talking? I was gonna say it, I was gonna say it, you're messing up. Ryan: Brayden, do you wanna D Bra Braden Braden do you wanna kick us on the do you wanna kick us on that final line? Brayden: Until next time we'll see you on your next park day and maybe in the fog