Anyone else checking out haunted attractions?

Ghastly Joker · #1 09-29-2008

I wanted to make my own set up this year but I gleefully took an Xbox 360 over a haunt, knowing I'd have cash to build one next year. In compensation I guess, my mother is taking me to Halloweekends at Cedar Point and I couldn't be happier...well...actually I'm even happier now that she told me that we'll be going to The 7 Floors of Hell attraction in Cleveland too. I'm all halloween jazzed up for this year. Apparently it's #13 on 13 Scariest Haunted Attractions in America.

Here's their site. Sorry if it's promotion but I thought this was pretty sweet.

www.7floorsofhell.com

Anyone else going to an attraction?

Offwhiteknight · #2 09-29-2008

It's a tradition!

This will be I think the 4th or 5th straight year of attending the Queen Mary's Haunted Shipwreck. The ship that is supposedly haunted (if you believe in such things, and I think I do) is turned into a haunted attraction with I think 6 mazes. Very cool.

This should also be the 9th consecutive year of the original haunted attraction, Knott's Scary Farm, the one that started the whole thing off back in 1973. With a bunch of new mazes this year, including one for the film "Quarantine," it should be a great experience as usual.

Personally, I think looking at how the pros do it can be a great source of inspiration for amateur efforts.

MJDEADZINES · #3 10-07-2008

I went to one already a couple weeks ago. lol The Haunt House (Texas)
and we will be going to my all time favorite haunt Friday. Thrillvania (Terrell Texas).
If you watch the Scariest Halloween Attractions on tv it's on there. We go there every year.

I saw Queen Mary's Haunted Shipwreck and Knotts on those shows.

Uruk-Hai · #4 10-08-2008

The Ontario Haunters Club had a group trip down to Buffalo to check out House of Horrors/Haunted Catacombs/Psycho Therapy. It was a great trip and the haunt was great. 3 separate haunts with great set design. They were pretty long - 2 took over 30 mins. to get through although the House of Horrors's maze was a bit too long (there's only so long you can go around in the pitch black bumping into walls and each other before frustration sets in) but the Haunted Catacombs was the best.

Haunted Bayou · #5 10-08-2008

Went to the Cutting Edge in Fort Worth. I was entertained but there was so much that could be done better. Too dark to see the scenery. Heavy metal music the entire way, which keeps you kind of jazzed so you can't be really scared....not that I am ever scared in haunted houses but head-banging my way through made for a fun night. LOL!

There was a couple things I liked in particular that I won't talk about in case anybody here is going. Overall, I had a good time in the haunt. "let the bodies hit the floor"

Offwhiteknight · #6 10-09-2008

If you are in SoCal, I can't reccomend going to Queen Mary Haunted Shipwreck this year.

It was a disaster. Ticket booth opened 45+ minutes late, the Shipwreck Productions manager was rude to me when I complained (he asked if I had been drinking, indicating he didn't care enough to even fake caring and thought my complaint was utterly without merit) and the lines were awful to get in.

The claim it was opening night problems; they been doing opening nights there for 9+ years. I've been going for 4-5 years and never had problems like this.

Beyond all this, the mazes weren't very good, some a complete rehash for several years in a row, the mechanical items weren't working, no fog machines at all and too many of the scare-actors weren't putting any real effort into it.

So for the SoCal Haunters, avoid Queen Mary Haunted Shipwreck this year. It's just not worth the ticket, the parking, the traffic or the overall effort of going.

mattie · #7 10-09-2008

Going to Nightmare on 13th in Salt lake city next weekend then we will see where we will go from there, maybe to Lazarus Maze in Ogden.

Parabola · #8 10-09-2008

I am hitting Spookyworld in Salem NH this Sunday. I will be in Salem MA tomorrow and Saturday so I hope to see some cool things there. I will let everyone know how Spookyworld is when I get back!

mattie · #9 10-12-2008

Going to Nightmare on 13th in Salt lake city next weekend then we will see where we will go from there, maybe to Lazarus Maze in Ogden.

EDIT:
Ok...so we made it to Nightmare on 13th and we were all alittle dissapointed. To many people in the typical "cattle drive" and not very many actors.Plus the element of surprise was gone before we even got to the scare because we were moving so slow that you were able to see everything before it happened.
On the PLUS.....since we moved so slow I was able to take in all the sights and sounds along the way and can I say I was very impressed.I really enjoyed seeing it all. Very good detail in the sets...plus the Nightmare Theater was way cool. I wont be a spoiler if anyone is going but I hope you can catch "the ring" pre show. Way freakin cool and it was so totally different of a scare it caught me off gaurd.

Parabola · #10 10-18-2008

Well, I made it to Spookyworld in Salem NH and wanted to share a bit of it with you. I will start off by saying that I have never been to Spookyworld before but I do know that this is it's first year at Canobie Lake Park. The overall atmosphere was much more "theme park" than "scream park". The haunted attractions were spread out a bit too much throughout the park IMO. There were a few characters roaming, but mostly stuck to the queue lines. I arrived at about 8:30pm so I didn't have much time, but was able to get to the 3 main walkthroughs. Each walkthrough was in the same building, but used different entrances. Overall, the scenery was good but the scares were a bit lacking. In closing, I had a good time (got to see Ecto 1!) and was glad to have been able to stop on the way to Salem MA. Here are a few pics from Spookyworld (I did ask before taking any photos and got the ok from the staff):

I will add another post with some more pics from Salem Mass. Hope you like them!