Howl-O-Scream 2013: Rumors Have a Way of Spreading
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^ That picture looks so cool! Then I look into the background and see red doors with a bright blue border around them. :dodgy:
Nic said:
People may dismiss this...and maybe, in this case, they're right....but this reminds me of something when I lived in Canada.
The county wanted people to recycle. Now, here, in the States, if the county wants you to recycle, they'll be proactive: they'll punish you if you refuse to do it. Put recyclables in the trash? $50. Stuff like that. In Canada, however, they tried a different approach: if you put recyclables in the trash, they didn't take the trash. The dump was still open -- you were welcome to take it yourself, but the county wouldn't pick it up.
How does this apply to strollers? Well, maybe we've been going about it the wrong way. All of the solutions proposed to this point involved proactive responses. Ban the strollers or kick people out or make them pay more....but what about the Canadian approach? What about making it uncomfortable and inconvenient for people to bring their strollers, by putting path obstructions like this?
Could be on to something (if you want to get rid of the strollers...which I'm not sure is a great idea...but that's another discussion).
No problem. So what would be the best show to see first? I really wish MONSTERSTOMP was already back, I really enjoyed the knife drummers, and it was very well put on live singing.
I also wonder why couldn't they use the area near LeScoot and do a walk thru scare, I see little path thru there. I believe that would be perfect like a scare zone you have natural landscaping and easy to hide there to jump out. Like call it New France Fear Forest, or something and you could usually give a storyline about hunters that go in to get their meat but never come out its BGW CURSED COUNTRY. Just a thought
I also wonder why couldn't they use the area near LeScoot and do a walk thru scare, I see little path thru there. I believe that would be perfect like a scare zone you have natural landscaping and easy to hide there to jump out. Like call it New France Fear Forest, or something and you could usually give a storyline about hunters that go in to get their meat but never come out its BGW CURSED COUNTRY. Just a thought
Don't wanna ban the strollers just saying its already cluttered up there, these props will cause more walkway jamming especially for disabled too, but see your point
Based on what I've seen I think Ripper Row, and Port of Skull will be pretty cool. I don't think I can say that about the other two, however we'll see what they do with Vampire point. However, from what I saw last Saturday, they're going to have to pull off a miracle to make it nice.
Just for those who did not see, Busch Gardens VA posted a bunch of pictures (I believe 28 pictures) to the "Howl-O-Scream 2013 Sneak Peaks" Album. Some really cool pics.
Busch Gardens posted this as a comment on their photo update.
Our Howl-O-Scream attractions, including our roaming scare squad and haunted houses, will begin at 6 p.m.
Our Howl-O-Scream attractions, including our roaming scare squad and haunted houses, will begin at 6 p.m.
The roamers wil most likely be the people walking the pathways.
as for Saturday, I'd recommend getting rides and shows in early on, then hit up a maze before the event begins. Do as many mazes as you can. Scare zones shouldn't be an issue outside of any potential bottlenecking on the pathways. The crowds actually do tend to clear out before the end of the night so I'd save a maze for last too.
If you're going on a Sat, I'd also recommend QQ if you wanna make the most out of your trip.
as for Saturday, I'd recommend getting rides and shows in early on, then hit up a maze before the event begins. Do as many mazes as you can. Scare zones shouldn't be an issue outside of any potential bottlenecking on the pathways. The crowds actually do tend to clear out before the end of the night so I'd save a maze for last too.
If you're going on a Sat, I'd also recommend QQ if you wanna make the most out of your trip.
Sounds like a plan, I figured I would do ROAE Last, or Deadline so to get out of there thank god I can walk to the park,
I'm just really sad for all of you are who are gonna miss out on seeing this guy:
The MAN-EATING CHICKEN of FEAR FAIR!!
Loved him dearly. :angel:
Loved him dearly. :angel:
Again why does everyone immediately think "Ooh big prop! Bottlenecking!"
I will admit that the garden thing is possibly going to cause some issues, but the promise you the Scotland Yard takes up no main pathway space but maybe 5 feet at most. The only thing to cause bottlenecking is nothing but this thing.
EDIT: Demon Street has undergone some improvements in regards to those Hot Wheels banners, they are now just plain red and black banners and do not depict flames. Or at least that is what it looked like from my view.
I will admit that the garden thing is possibly going to cause some issues, but the promise you the Scotland Yard takes up no main pathway space but maybe 5 feet at most. The only thing to cause bottlenecking is nothing but this thing.
EDIT: Demon Street has undergone some improvements in regards to those Hot Wheels banners, they are now just plain red and black banners and do not depict flames. Or at least that is what it looked like from my view.
I came across these old Howl-O-Scream pictures from 2008! The event was great back then, but it still is fun with a big group of friends. ENJOY (Please note, I do not know if these images have already been shown here.) Busch Gardens Williamsburg Howl-O-Scream 2008
(Please note, I do not know if these images have already been shown here.) Busch Gardens Williamsburg Howl-O-Scream 2008
D.R.Money said:
Totally agree. I go once a year and I always get the QQ.
Those lines scare me more that the mazes.
Nice find, thanks for sharing! I like those pictures of Piratical Purgatory, and those images of Wicked Woods are cool, too. I thought something was interesting about this one, though:ThemeParkFan123 said:I came across these old Howl-O-Scream pictures from 2008! The event was great back then, but it still is fun with a big group of friends. ENJOY
Ripper Row may not be as new of a name as we had thought, but something completely different?