History YMMV / HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation

** may be "evil music," but the music that Helsing uses to hypnotize the Kraken, "[[https://hoteltransylvania.fandom.com/wiki/Seavolution Seavolution]]," is nonetheless pretty awesome and catchy, with a cool beat to it.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: It may be "evil music," but the music that Helsing uses to hypnotize the Kraken, "[[https://hoteltransylvania.fandom.com/wiki/Seavolution Seavolution]]," is nonetheless pretty awesome and catchy, with a cool beat to it.
** The Kraken’s song as well, a jazzy tune

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Or rather, He Really Can Sing. [[Music/TheJonasBrothers Joe Jonas]] of all musicians provides a stunning performance as the Kraken.

** The scene in the climax where the entire cast starts dancing, with Dracula eventually joining in, [[https://www.tiktok.com/discover/hotel-transylvania-3-dancing-meme-song is quite popular on TikTok]]. It's frequently set to different songs or soundtracks, and has sometimes seen use [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing to mockingly celebrate]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice terrible things happening to an]] AcceptableTarget.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks:
** It sticks to mostly the same formula as its [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania two]] [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2 predecessors]], though whether or not this does it favors seems to be a point of contention.
** Also applies InUniverse: Drac, at least initially, thinks the idea of a cruise ship is inherently pointless, telling Mavis (and, later on, Murray and Frank) that it's just "...a hotel on the water!"

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Some viewers felt that the franchise's statement that a "zing" (falling in love) only occurs once in a lifetime could be interpreted as a limiting or even harmful message, with the widowed Dracula being unable to move on from Martha after her death. While Dracula's love for his late wife is still regarded as important, this film revolves around him learning to fall in love again, and he finally achieves closure from Martha's death.
** The first two films had Wanda apparently oblivious of Wayne's stress at having to look after their numerous children. This time around, it's shown that looking after countless werewolf cubs is wearing her out as well.
** Quasimodo and Bela, the main antagonists of the first and second film, respectively, were often criticized for being unmemorable, one-note obstacles, with many viewers feeling that the films would change very little without them. In this film, Abraham and ''especially'' Ericka Van Helsing are given significantly more screen-time and development, with more distinct personalities and crucial roles in the plot.

* MorePopularReplacement: The villains of the prior two movies, Quasimodo and Bela, tended to be singled out as among the weakest points of their films, largely due to having [[PlotIrrelevantVillain nothing to do with the plot]] and [[FlatCharacter not being very interesting]]. Ericka and Abraham Van Helsing tend to be considered much stronger antagonists due to having more interesting characterizations and playing off of the protagonists better.

--> '''Dracula''': Your delicious neck wrappings are in a nice coffin ''would you like to see my parts?!''

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Johnathan, once again. As before while some fans don't mind his existence or even think he's a great husband to Mavis, others find him to be a boring or annoying [[AuthorAvatar self insert character]] whose just there to take up space. It really didn't help that he was firmly a secondary character this time around, at least until the climax.

** Ties in a bit with {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Johnny being the one to defeat Abraham Van Helsing.]] In the original concept for this show, Johnny was supposed to be a descendant of the Van Helsings. In a way, this concept of a [[spoiler: Van Helsing marrying into Dracula's family]] was finally realized with [[spoiler: Dracula.]]
** This wouldn't be the last Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse film]] where Kathryn Hahn voices a villain that serves as an aide to the BigBad. [[spoiler: Her character eventually [[HeelFaceTurn turns face]] here, though.]]
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: It sticks to mostly the same formula as its [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania two]] [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2 predecessors]], though whether or not this does it favors seems to be a point of contention.

* MemeticMutation: In early 2020, a scene of Dracula getting dressed and dancing saw popularity on Twitter, with different songs placed over the original soundtrack of "24K Magic".

* TrailerJokeDecay: "Say hi, Bob." "HI BOB!" Worse still, it actually occurs ''twice'' in the movie without any variation whatsoever.

** The scene in the climax where the entire cast starts dancing, with Dracula eventually joining in, [[https://www.tiktok.com/discover/hotel-transylvania-3-dancing-meme-song is quite popular on]] [=TikTok=]. It's frequently set to different songs or soundtracks, and has sometimes seen use as a humorous reaction clip [[CrossesTheLineTwice to terrible things happening to an]] AcceptableTarget.

** The scene in the climax where the entire cast starts dancing, with Dracula eventually joining in, is quite popular on [=TikTok=]. It's frequently set to different songs or soundtracks, and has sometimes seen use as a humorous reaction clip [[CrossesTheLineTwice to terrible things happening to an]] AcceptableTarget.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Johnathan, once again. As before while some fans don't mind his existence or even think he's a great husband to Mavis, others find him to be a boring or annoying [[AuthorInsert self insert character]] whose just there to take up space. It really didn't help that he was firmly a secondary character this time around, at least until the climax.

** There is a female Kitsune that pops up in the movie now and again who has gained some attention from fans for her appealing design and being a more unorthodox pick for a monster in a film filled with mostly well-known theatrical monsters.