Coasters & Culture with Rex & Phil

Join Rex and Phil on their Theme Park Adventures, Halloween Horror Nights experiences, and discussions on 80s Pop Culture.

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@derekburgan @UniversalORL Please tell me the “There is seating around every hole…” was not a mistake with the pic above it! # Rex

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@AliciaStella I was hoping for Universal UK Escape! #Rex

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1. El Artista
2. Hatchet & Chains
3. Terrifier
4. Five Nights
5. Grave of Flesh
6. WWE
7. Jason
8. Galkn
9. Dolls
10. Fallout

#Rex

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Here are our house ranking for #HHN34 - this is probably the most difficult year to rank because they are all awesome:

1. El Artista
2. Hatchet & Chains
3. Five Nights
4. Terrifier
5. Grave of Flesh
6. Jason Universe
7. Galkn
8. Dolls
9. WWE
10. Fallout

#Phil

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-RipRideRockit demo has things quite different this year in terms of maze entrances.
-Tribute store is smaller (or seems to be) but has good merch this year.
-I’m personally a house guy. Everything else is secondary. And the houses are incredible.
-Great job Universal! #phil

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A few quick reflections on last night’s Premium Scream Night for #HHN34 at @HorrorNightsORL

-Best slate of houses from top to bottom in years, maybe ever.
-Crowds were bigger this year, but we expected that.
-Wait times were all over the place.

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-You needed to keep your eye on the Universal App and get to the houses with 15-20 minute waits. Others would have 45-50 minute waits.
-Free food in the USF restaurants was quick and, well, free!
-Free food at food trucks had lines all night.
-Scareactors were great!

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El Artista. Oh my goodness, is it good. Wow. #HHN34

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Been inside #HHN34 for about 10 minutes and already loving it. I have a good feeling about this year. ⁦@HorrorNightsORL⁩ #phil

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@arothwdwc I have some physical evidence in my office! #Rex

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@derekburgan Nice, Derek, although I noticed you forgot Mission: IOA and Mission IOA 2: Universal Revenge on the movies filmed at UOR! #Rex https://t.co/RN39C4ToGh

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@iamcg83 @BriManIU I confirmed this on IOACentral. #Rex

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@derekburgan Yeah we saw that but he badly wanted a Monsters Unchained shirt. Seems like a marketing miss.

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@derekburgan Enjoying these Derek. One thing my son noticed was no merch logoed Monsters Unchained only Frankenstein Manor. Any thoughts on that? #Rex

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Any Orlando friends have any idea what’s going on with pre shows for Monsters Unchained? No preshows last week when I was here and none on my rides today. @AliciaStella? Thanks! #Rex

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@derekburgan I’ve missed this gif. Good to see it back! #Rex

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One of the crazy things about #HHN is that every year someone says: "This looks like it is going to be the best year ever." I guess that means Universal is doing something right, but it is a little cringy when that is said before knowing/seeing anything . #Rex

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@barry_w_wallace @Dollywood Here is the new queue:

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Excited about the Blazing Fury updates at @Dollywood - but I did just learn that Mike Holder and Ed Broom are no longer in the queue. That stings!

#phil

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@barry_w_wallace @Dollywood Mike Holder and Ed Broom were firefighters whose photos were hanging on the wall behind the coaster. You can see Mike Holder on the far right in this photo.