Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights: RIP Tour
Our Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights
R.I.P. TOUR
2019
Gordon and Julie
WELCOME
UNIVERSAL ORLANDO
For Gordon’s homecoming I wanted to do something special for all of us. Veronica is always going on and on about all the great haunted houses at Universal Studios in Orlando every year. Her and Brian always go every year either just the two of them, or with some of his family members and friends. There are usually about 10 haunted houses of varying themes. I remember that one year they had The Walking Dead, and another year they had one based on the movie, Halloween. So, when I heard from Veronica that the main haunted house attractions this year were the original Ghostbusters, and Stranger Things, I knew that this is what I need to plan for all of us to do. The original Ghostbusters is mine and Gordon’s generation, and we also watched it over and over again with our children as they grew up.
Gordon had been working overseas for 15 months and he was looking forward to coming home and seeing all of us. Getting to know our two new dogs, Spooky and Sparky, and resting, relaxing, and having some fun. So, seeing as how we all love Halloween, the Orlando theme parks, AND drinking…. 🙂 I knew this was for all of us!
That’s when I contacted everyone, Veronica and Brian, Brodie and Mackenzie, and told them to all give me the days they have off from work, or are available to go with us to Universal Studios. I told everyone that this is our treat! We will pay your tickets, and the R.I.P Tour tickets, and all that is involved in that, but that they would be buying their own food and drink at the park. Gordon’s only request was that he be allowed to rest up before we go. I gave him 4 days. 🙂
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VALET PARKING
Included in the R.I.P Tour package is Valet Parking which normally runs $65.00. I told Veronica and Brian to save their ticket for validation when we check in to pick up our tickets. Gordon and I drove in my car, Veronica and Brian drove in Brian’s car, and Brodie and Mackenzie decided to get a hotel room in Orlando and just Uber to and from the park that way they didn’t have to worry about driving. (SMART.)
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UNIVERSAL
HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS
We all met at the fountain at Guest Relations once we entered here.
Entering Universal Orlando Resort
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Signed in with Guest Relations, picked up our Tickets, and Lanyards.
I signed us up for our walking tour to begin at 7:00 p.m. The R.I.P. Tour would last between 4-4 1/2 hours that night.
Veronica and Brian, left. Brodie and Mackenzie, right.
The Family Is Ready To Go!
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We always have to check out the souvenir’s.
Just one of the many park employees preparing for the Halloween Horror Nights.
We had some time before we met up with our tour guide so we walked around the park a bit. For the Halloween Horror Nights the park closes to daytime guests around 6:00 p.m. They have to leave the park. Then the rest of us arrive for the Halloween fun!
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Killer Clowns from Outer Space
Brodie made me stand there beside that yucky clown.
Gordon gets into it, but I HATE clowns!
And Killer Clowns from Outer Space is one of the haunted houses this year.
(I think the reason that I hate clowns so much is because my grandparents took me to the circus all the time when I was young. I would look at those ridiculous looking men with all that make up on wearing tacky clothing and acting silly squeaking toy horns while wearing large red shoes and noses, and trying to get in and out of cars. I hated them! And to this day I hate the circus. That is why I never took my children to one.)
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One of my favorite stores at Universal. It isn’t on the main drag so a lot of people don’t know about it. Veronica and Brian had been going to Universal for years and never knew this store existed until we pointed it out to them one day we were visiting the park.
My Hero Alfred Hitchcock
It was all decorated for Halloween and looked wonderful!
Love all the Displays!
THE BATES MOTEL!!!!!!!!
( I bought a few things from here!)
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Photo and Signatures of our favorite Stranger Things boys.
Brodie and Mackenzie
(If you can, zoom into Brodie’s shirt. Gift from Mackenzie for Halloween Horror Nights.) 🙂
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Hollywood Hotel
Cafe La Bamba
Hollywood’s Original Restaurant
Here is where we meet our tour guide.
Halloween
Horror Nights
R.I.P. Tour
Two of the Stranger Things drinks at the park.
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Inside Cafe La Bamba
(And one of the many characters we will be interacting with on this haunted tour.) 🙂
All the food and non-alcoholic drinks we want are included in our tour tickets.
Appetizers
We will stop in here twice during our tour for food and drink.
Mackenzie loading up on Nachos.
Another encounter with a park character.
The only people allowed to dress up in costumes at the park are the park employees. Guests are allowed to wear Halloween t-shirts, and things like that but no masks, or heavy Halloween make up, or clothing.
The Halloween Desserts
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Meeting our Tour Guide
(We were a group of 13! Love the number!)
Brian and our Tour Guide, Left, Veronica, Right
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It was at this point that we left with our tour guide and visited the first of the 10 haunted houses.
NIGHTINGALES — BLOOD PIT
THEN……
HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES
THEN……
DEPTHS OF FEAR
(None of these I cared about one bit!)
I do have some photos but they were taken at night and just too dark to post here. Also, we are not allowed to take photos inside the haunted houses so I don’t have any photos of them.)
Now we are onto our next lounge on our R.I.P. Tour…….
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I believe this is Lombard’s.
Finally a chance to relax and have a drink for the next 30 minutes.
Halloween Horror Nights Specialty Drinks and Souvenir Cups
This was our first chance to have a cocktail. (I think I got Vampire’s Curse.)
What a beautiful environment. I love the giant fish tank.
You know, when you don’t have to stand in line for any of the rides or haunted houses then there is plenty of time to do some lounging and just enjoy the evening with nice conversation with people that you care about.
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Brodie, Mackenzie and Me
Mackenzie and Me, Gordon and Veronica
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Time to move on and visit another few haunted houses.
That section there would be Rob Zombie’s Hellbilly’s.
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Veronica and Brian
At first I wasn’t going to post these photos because they were at night and too dark. Yet, Now I like them.
Brodie and Mackenzie
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It was at this point that we visited our next haunted houses.
Don’t quote me on the order in which we visited them but I think WE are about to visit…..
KILLER CLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE,
THEN
US,
THEN
STRANGER THINGS,
I hated the Killer Clowns house, but I did enjoy the US house. It’s a scary movie by Jordon Peele. I think what I liked about the house was the kitchen and living room area. I could care less about watching the movie but I did enjoy being on that set and looking around at the furnishings.
And you know STRANGER THINGS was EPIC!!!!
It was by far the largest haunted house that night, AND the largest haunted house they have ever had for Halloween Horror Nights.
Now it’s time to visit Jimmy Fallon’s Backstage Pass Bar………
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This was our second cocktail of the night. And I got my light up Universal Monsters souvenir cup. I believe I ordered a Twilight something or other.
Cheers!
My drink with Brodie in the background.
The new updated Universal Monsters.
They also have a Halloween haunted house. It was great!!!
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On the balcony at Jimmy Fallon’s.
Looking Down at The Monsters Cafe
Our View from Above
The line for The Ghostbusters Haunted House
This was THE haunted house this year.
On that screen are interviews with Dan Aykrod, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, and the entire cast about The Ghostbusters movie.
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Now it’s time to move on to the next thing on our schedule. I believe it was at this point that we saw The Ghostbusters haunted house which was all of our favorites! 🙂 It was just like the original movie. It was spooky and ghostly but not scary and terrifying. It was wonderful!
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I believe it was at this point that our tour guide took us back to Cafe La Bamba for some more food and drink, that is included in our tickets. By this time we had worked up an appetite and ate a bit more than we did when we first got to the park.
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Now it’s time for………
Halloween Marathon of Mayhem
Halloween Horror Nights
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Rising from the lagoon at Universal Studios is none other than THE Creature from the Black Lagoon.
FRANKENSTEIN!
STRANGER THINGS
It was AWESOME!!!!
Look, I’m not into lights and laser, and water shows, but this was spectacular!
And if I liked it, then you will LOVE it!
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It was after the beautiful show above that we visited our last haunted houses……
YETI – TERROR OF THE YUKON
THEN
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS
THEN
GRAVEYARD GAMES
I actually LOVED the YETI haunted house! It was my second favorite. It takes place in snowy Canada. I loved the atmosphere of winter and cold, and of course the Yeti’s running about. And I did scream like a little girl through this house. The thing is I am not a “screamer” normally. I may yelp, or exclaim an AH!, but I don’t scream. But through this house I screamed!!!! Brian and Gordon were even teasing me about it when we got out of the house. 🙂
The Universal Monsters House was great! They really did update the classics. And they did do a good job of it too! Gordon and I agreed that it was one of our favorites. We grew up watching these old classics. I’m glad they had something for us senior citizens that we could relate to. 🙂
The very last haunted house we visited was Graveyard Games. It’s based on a movie that I’ve never heard of but what was so excellent about it was that it is your typical graveyard scary haunted house. The set and design were excellent! I happen to love graveyards and this one did not disappoint! I have no desire to see the movie but the haunted house was perfect!
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Our tour ended up lasting until midnight. The park closed at 2:00 a.m. We could have stayed until then but we were ready to go. We did do a little bit of shopping before we left though. 🙂
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Next Morning……
Coffee just takes better in souvenir mugs. 🙂
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We do have to say that this was a lot of fun and worth every penny we paid for the RIP Tour.
We hadn’t been together as a family in such a long time and we made great memories. Bring your cameras, phones, whatever you use to capture those special moments. Buy that souvenir mug or glass and keep it tucked away and then bring it out in the future to use and remember the fun time you had, with the special people in your life.
Happy Halloween, Always….
Julie and Gordon