Howl-O-Scream 2010
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Having a story takes it away from the house. Getting scared and trying to pay attention to a story takes away from it. "O scarey serial killer in this room. OOOOOO same scarey serial killer in this room.. HMMMMM I wonder what is coming next..... THE SCAREY SERIAL KILLER!!! AHH Whodathunkit"
Putting a story to it removes the element of surprise thus revoking the scare factor that it has. Everytime I visit King's Dominion, which I do yearly since my cousin gets free tickets from his job.. FOR the haunts. I go there every year because it is free. Every year I leave laughing at how cheesy it is. I don't get where you are coming form with saying it is so much better. As far as their scare zones go. Yepp they get a lot of people, especially the 16yo boys with 13yo girlfriends.
Putting a story to it removes the element of surprise thus revoking the scare factor that it has. Everytime I visit King's Dominion, which I do yearly since my cousin gets free tickets from his job.. FOR the haunts. I go there every year because it is free. Every year I leave laughing at how cheesy it is. I don't get where you are coming form with saying it is so much better. As far as their scare zones go. Yepp they get a lot of people, especially the 16yo boys with 13yo girlfriends.
Youhow2 said:
For me, this sounds scary as in "I wandered off the Atlantic City boardwalk after 11pm without a police escort"-scary. Terrifying, yeah, but nothing I'd want to see at a theme park for Halloween. It's also nothing close to anything BGW would ever dream of doing. Drugs, hookers, what? A better comparison might've been to KD's Medieval section. Let's try comparing apples to apples.
Just from this description, I'd never want to go to KD's Haunt. It sounds cheap and cheesy and geared towards high-schoolers - I can picture 16-year-old boys laughing and making comments about the girls in this "club" while I read. I think it speaks volumes that KD needs innuendo and "adult concepts" to get a 17+ ranking, but BGW can do it without any of that nonsense and base it on their scare-quality and theming alone.
PageyMoon said:
Ok, this has gone far enough!!! everyone is allowed his/her own opinion!!! youhow, i only have one question for you. if hot chicks come and 'seduce' you to the back room, how do they get the girls to come? now don't get me wrong, i've nevr been to KD haunt. i've grown up on bgw. just answer the question and i'm done.:-/
DaTrueBGWFan said:
My favorite thing about hearing/seeing "everyone is allowed their opinion" is it's usually being yelled at someone who's voicing theirs in order to get them to stop. Go figure.
Completely unrelated: I was just looking at the QQ passes for HOS, and they only list 5 of the houses. I think it's missing Harvest Hollow. Typo?
I think a good haunt needs to have a good mix of story, theme, and scares. If you're just looking for someone to jump out with a costume on and try to scare you then you can pay 5 bucks at the local Jaycees haunted house. Not many adults are going to be legitimately scared, maybe startled a few times but not frightened. A lot of adults appreciate the imagery and setting as much as the "scares".
Wings said:
Alright, that's fine you feel that way. But I'd like to point out this is the only house that uses innuendos, and last year they removed the dancer scene. Thing is I dont even think the scare part at BGE is as good as KD's. They execute everything pretty well, and the story doesnt distract, it sets you up to be scared and it's not forced upon you. Kd has a balence of "story houses" and "boo houses".
Most of the more notable haunts (HHN, HOS:T, ) all have houses that tells a story, and that's what sets them all apart from the rest.
Scoutn757 said:
Wow, so much hate for KD here... As far as the scarezones go, the 13 year old girls were the only ones I saw screaming in "the moors" you know... Scotsmen beating drums at you? How scary is that?
No, It immerses you. Same with ANY ride or attraction. If the spider man ride at IOA had no story, do you think it would be constantly voted best ride in the world? How about Indiana Jones at Disneyland? there would be no substance to the ride... What if Dark Castle had no story, it'd be even lamer than what it is... This arguement is like saying a coaster without a theme is better than one with, as long as the one without a theme has a better element or two.
Also your example of a story is pretty horrible. It's nothing like that, at all... if anything that's an example of a BG house. It's alway just, "things are out to get you in a maze themed around <insert scary setting here>" at BG. Also you are arguing Corny isnt scary... Sometimes corny scares work, not that im saying KD is corny, but they usually have one "Cheese house", but even HHN does that.
PageyMoon said:
Comparing vampires to vampires isnt good enough for you? Also no, they dont need adult concepts to get a 17 plus rating. They have a few a few mazes for every scare range, and even the ones on the lower end of the scale are pretty scary for everyone. Some of the themes in the house just arent suitable for children (club blood) but most of them are suitable for everyone (Toxic Plague, Alien Outpost, etc) And they are still scary for everyone... Just like Busch Gardens. Also, Kd's themeing isnt SOOOOO sub-par compared to Busch. Busch's may be better because they can afford to do stuff more fancy, But KD has some pretty outstanding craftwork. Toxic Plague took my breath away, and so did Club Blood. They built an alley indoors, complete with a club facade.
DaTrueBGWFan said:
They have Pretty-Boy vampires for the ladies...
Youhow2 said:
King's Dominion is low-budget/cut-rate. I don't hate KD, I just do not think that there is any quality to it.
I'm trying to figure out if you are being serious about comparing scarehouses to rides? I hope you are playing with that one or that will be my laugh of the day. How are you going to compare a story in a ride... that is designed to entertain to a story in a scarehouse that is there to do NOTHING more than scare you. They aren't there to send you home talking like a Halloween movie or Freddy. IT IS A SCAREHOUSE. If KD's Haunt is so good when why is Busch Gardens being wrote about in magazines and reviews; while KD is nowhere to be found.
And before you call me a Busch boy again as you love to do. I go to Universal's Horror Nights typically every year. I love what they do and it ill scare they crap out of you. It is QUALITY, something KD lacks. It has tastes while maintaining the ability to scare. So I think it is more of KD lacking quality over anything else.
Aw, darn it!
I was planning on going later on.
Whatever, tomorrow is only a day away...
I'm really excited to see what work has been done.
I wonder why it isn't open today.
I was planning on going later on.
Whatever, tomorrow is only a day away...
I'm really excited to see what work has been done.
I wonder why it isn't open today.
its only open on weekends so they can get construction done without a bunch of people walking around!
MMMU said:
Brrrrr!, nice try. It was always extra low on people, so the profit margin must have been real low. It just didn't make sense to have it open on Fridays. Stinks for me tho, these Fridays were the ones I always went on. at least we still have howloscream Fridays.
- this also has not been confirmed, but I feel pretty safe in it. If doc knows anything, that would be great.