Universal Orlando Halloween actor says he was kicked in the face, workers say they tire of guest harassment

So that is NOT how I should greet you, Travis? *laugh*

To be serious, I can see where actors get kicked and punched and stuff because they've startled someone. That's their job, and sometimes people's first instinct is to fight when threatened, but I don't understand why Universal even feels the need to sell alcohol during this event due to the danger it can put people in. Drunk people in a large crowd, being intimidated, harassed, and led through dark and claustrophobic hallways and tunnels? Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I'm surprised Uni doesn't consider this. Interesting.

Because it's largely an event geared toward adults, and events geared toward adults are often supplemented by alcohol. Plus, it's the biggest money maker they have, so why wouldn't they?

I'm all for adults drinking alcohol. That's fine. People should be allowed to make that choice. What I don't think is fine though is people choosing to abuse alcohol. Those who abuse it give alcohol a bad reputation. It inhibits their judgement and makes the think that acting like an ass is acceptable.

Drink, and have fun, but don't be an ass. I wish that people would support that idea and use peer pressure in a good way by not allowing their friends to get stinkin' drunk in public.

"Dude! You've had a little too much. Why don't you slow down?"

"Abuse" is relative. If you're the type that ties one on and causes no danger to self or others, and is otherwise not a nuisance, is that abuse?

I would be willing to bet that the number of people enjoying HHN whilst tying one on and just having fun far outnumbers the people that are being asses. Perfectly sober people are quite capable of kicking someone in the face and that could very well be the case here since the article makes no direct indication that alcohol was a factor.

No. I understand your point, Jeff. A person might look really stupid to everyone else, but if looking stupid is the only nuisance they are causing, have at it Hoss.

Raven-Phile said:
Because it's largely an event geared toward adults, and events geared toward adults are often supplemented by alcohol. Plus, it's the biggest money maker they have, so why wouldn't they?

I'm not saying Universal shouldn't sell alcohol. I'm saying I am surprised they sell it considering some of the legitimate risks impaired people could pose at a haunt (similar to amusement parks where beer is readily available). I personally quite enjoy drinking a few before a haunt, and if anything, I'm more sedated and harder to startle, but I am surprised by the...I guess the blatantness of the way Universal does it. Alcohol in lines for haunts? I found that unusual and had never heard of it before. That could totally be normal in other states too, and I just don't know about it (PA has weird drinking and open container rules). I could totally be overestimating the amount of people that actually drink at Universal's events, but I was gathering from other posters that there are quite a number of drunken morons lumbering about at this event, and I am surprised Universal hasn't had more issues with alcohol related incidents as a result.

Is there a known reason that they don't sell alcohol at HHN in California? Does it have anything to do with how certain people act when drinking or is it something completely unrelated?

The TPU article suggests that Universal Hollywood has had issues with gang violence in the past and having alcohol on premises didn't help the situation, so they no longer sell alcohol. According to the article Orlando doesn't have significant gang violence issues.

These gorefests don't tend to attract a calm, family-type crowd. If these parks want to continue to profit off of these types of horror events, they should be prepared for the type of people it attracts with adequate security.

So, you're saying those of us who love haunts are incapable of having families and/or being calm?

That's not fair at all, Josh, and you know it.

Leatherface has a family. There's the Firefly family. Norman Bates has at least a mother. And have you seen "Frontier(s)" ? Hell, even the Juggalos are a family.