netdvn said:
The PDF released early spring was totally wrong. If that's what your going by.
Howl-O-Scream 2012
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The PDF released early spring was totally wrong. If that's what your going by.
PzP said:
Dude, that's not a toilet. It's a bidet. At least it is every time I walk into that darned room.
I haven't been since the 1st day, (which was awful) but since then it sounds like they have made a lot of changes. So is this now the best hos they've had?
I think what netdvn is trying to say is, the park was specifically promoting Howl-o-Scream as opening earlier, where as in years past they just said they were opening. It is all about the wording and advertising.
As far as calendars go, the Pass Holder Calendars were released later in the year vs. the Early Spring PDF so they probably weren't going to open until later and then made the change and then sent out the pass holder calendars. Also, the park was going to stay open until 11pm this Saturday, but due to the threat of weather they stuck with 10pm, or at least that is what I gathered from an employee Friday and Saturday.
I think the park had big hopes for 2010, and they took a break in 2011 to learn from their mistakes, and now in 2012 they are actually successfully able to pull off the 2010 theme only because they have learned from previous errors.
Such as having scare zones and not naming them or labeling them on a map with fewer actors was not going anywhere. They needed to throw in hordes and bam, you automatically got a better event.
I think their goal with 2012 was to retry 2010 but improve upon it. So far, the park has struck gold with this.
If you haven't noticed the park has added a new featured creature each weekend sorta. Clowns and Zombies the first weekend. Werewolves the second. Ghosts/Skeletons? the third. The park is ever expanding its scare squad as the weeks fly by. I think the last weekend is the weekend to go this year.
Also, if you ever visit the park and it rains at the beginning of the evening and then stops after a bit and then perfect night weather, you get the best possible experience. The park will be very empty, the pathways wet, rain beginning to evaporate and you mix in the fog and hordes. It was the perfect creepy atmosphere that you see in the movies.
As far as calendars go, the Pass Holder Calendars were released later in the year vs. the Early Spring PDF so they probably weren't going to open until later and then made the change and then sent out the pass holder calendars. Also, the park was going to stay open until 11pm this Saturday, but due to the threat of weather they stuck with 10pm, or at least that is what I gathered from an employee Friday and Saturday.
pandorazboxx said:
I think the park had big hopes for 2010, and they took a break in 2011 to learn from their mistakes, and now in 2012 they are actually successfully able to pull off the 2010 theme only because they have learned from previous errors.
Such as having scare zones and not naming them or labeling them on a map with fewer actors was not going anywhere. They needed to throw in hordes and bam, you automatically got a better event.
I think their goal with 2012 was to retry 2010 but improve upon it. So far, the park has struck gold with this.
If you haven't noticed the park has added a new featured creature each weekend sorta. Clowns and Zombies the first weekend. Werewolves the second. Ghosts/Skeletons? the third. The park is ever expanding its scare squad as the weeks fly by. I think the last weekend is the weekend to go this year.
Also, if you ever visit the park and it rains at the beginning of the evening and then stops after a bit and then perfect night weather, you get the best possible experience. The park will be very empty, the pathways wet, rain beginning to evaporate and you mix in the fog and hordes. It was the perfect creepy atmosphere that you see in the movies.
redsoxfan787 said:
Not. Even. Close.
JordanFord said:
Here are 7 of 10:
http://q.seaworldparks.com/67
http://q.seaworldparks.com/75
http://q.seaworldparks.com/69
http://q.seaworldparks.com/77
http://q.seaworldparks.com/76
http://q.seaworldparks.com/78
http://q.seaworldparks.com/68
Working on the last 3.
EDIT:
Two more...
http://q.seaworldparks.com/74
http://q.seaworldparks.com/71
And a bonus environmentally friend QR code I found at Curse of Dark Castle:
http://q.seaworldparks.com/18
The last Howl-O-Scream QR code eludes me. It might be in the regular queue for Root of All Evil. I didn't want to wait two hours to go through. Of course, one that I found at Fear Fear was either ripped down or moved when I went through again.
I went last night and I was able to go through all of the houses and see dig it up and night beats. We had so much fun and the chainsaw guys got me good! We didn't see the horde but we heard them while we were in line for Verbolten. I am going back later in October, let's hope it gets better so it's more scary.
This weekend: slow. But only because they were calling for crappy weather. Nice weather on Saturdays have been packed.
Yep! I dug out my park calendar, my brochure, and my dual-sided park map that you get in area hotels and they all say HOS is opening on the 21st. The opening date was probably pushed forward in the time between the printing and Pass member weekend. Kinda odd that the park didn't update their dates on the calendars. Then again, the newer brochures still list out "Roll out the Barrel" as the new show in the Festhaus.
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netdvn said:
Great info, and thanks for doing the research. Sadly, I don't find it odd at all that the park has yet again given out conflicting info on basic things like special event days of operation and operating times. Sigh.
Glad, though, that HOS continues to improve this year.
I went this past Sunday to HOS for the first time since opening weekend. I got to say, the park is completely different. It looks great now. I much prefer everything spread out like they had it. Also went through Bitten, RoAE, and Deadline. All three mazes were fantastic. I honestly thought RoAE was up there with Deadline, at least when I went through it. Bitten had a lot more scare actors this time around and seemed to come close to the level I saw with it last year. Deadline was great but it lacked people. While a terrific maze. It needs more zombies roaming around.
jmu2011 said:
Great feedback!
I never made it to the park this past Sunday as planned with the wife and sis-in-law due to weather concerns (the sis-in-law isn't a pass holder so she didn't want to risk a rain-out).
So we're heading this upcoming Sat. Rain lurks in the forecast but we're gonna tough this one out. Gloomy weather should add to the atmosphere.
PzP linked this in chat and I thought I'd share.
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