I thought this idea was more like the roaming scare actors could roam into lines and on rides if they chose to, not they were dedicated riders. I took it more as a random occurrence to make people keep their guard up, implying nowhere is safe. I think they have actually done that before. I may be mistaken about how it will play out though.
Howl-O-Scream 2018
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Yeah just to reiterate what someone else mentioned with regards to the suggestion to discontinue the shows after 6- the people in the shows are highly trained professional actors/singers/dancers who are making significantly more money than the scare actors, so it really doesn't make sense to put them in mazes where they aren't using their skills and are costing the park way more than just hiring more scare actors. Plus how if they have to work in their shows during the day but then are expected to stay into the night to staff mazes, that's like a 12 hour shift.
Scare actors also walk through the park when they are on their break. They could easily hop onto a ride, head to their break and then back to the house. I don't think the Coaster Creepers idea is going to affect staffing within haunted mazes much if at all.
Coaster Creepers includes a roaming horde, they wont pull actors from anywhere else to staff this. they will have dedicated scare actors just for this horde of coaster creepers.
having an actor in a show play a part of a scare actor is like is like having a 5 star restaurant chef be the fry cook at mcdonalds. it is in poor taste and would likely detract good talent from the park.
having an actor in a show play a part of a scare actor is like is like having a 5 star restaurant chef be the fry cook at mcdonalds. it is in poor taste and would likely detract good talent from the park.
While this is true, there are very reasonable debates to be had over whether or not those scareactors are better allocated elsewhere (spoiler: they are).
I never meant force the actors :/ it would be their choice if they wanted to be a scareactor
I keep hearing ads on the radio for a Howl-O-Scream job fair, and one thing that sticks out is they specifically mention they are paying more this year. Just something I noticed, makes a few questions turn in my head, like are they upping their investment, will this cut back on how many people they will hire, will this increase the number and quality of applicants? Hopefully this is another positive sign for increased investments in BGW by SEAS, and hopefully it means we'll see high-caliber scare actors who are enthusiastic about their jobs and provide quality entertainment.
the way you posted your idea made it seem like they would make it mandatory
@Zachary sure staffing them elsewhere is good, but that wasn't my point. at least they have budgeted and planned to have this coaster riding horde separate, so long as they can get the staff.
Deadline 2.0 aka Dystopia has the potential to be a very good maze. I am not upset at all with the theme; it seems like they're playing off some crooked utopia of an underground city, which Deadline's scenery could easily be manipulated into. While the theme is hardly innovative, and yet another step further from anything relevant to its home hamlet - it could be a great maze if staffing is good.
Excluding purchases and existing Deadline props, materials from Wendigo Woods and Catacombs could easily be utilized to truly imitate an underground subway/sewer/facility with a variety of unique looking scenes.
walking this statement back; they will use scare zone actors from that area. so essentailly the rides are part of the scare zone, this isn't a bad idea and reduces the required amount of staff, just have one or two actors ride the rides every half an our or so.
If anyone remembers the screens they used to make it simulate zombies moving around you and trying to get to you, I feel like these could be repurposed in a super cool "Big Brother Is Watching" sort of theme where they have the screens flashing different types of "propaganda"
Yeah I would prefer if they used the screens as screens, instead of trying to make obviously screened images look like real life happenings
I know when AB owned the park that day employees could work HOS as an actor, they also recalled WC employees to work. There was a shift once the park was sold at some point, I was told, however true or not, is Blackstone looked to reduce payroll to some degree. AB would offer a slight pay differential if you worked day and what you were paid as a scare actor.
As far as college kids, they bounced few weeks before labor day and exchange students numbers would also shift, in some areas numbers would be down 50% and many others picking up O-C shifts, mostly area managers and leads.
When I worked at Busch in 2016, we had a few employees from WC get positioned on my ride then moved to the haunted houses. However, I'm not sure if they keep up the practices as I didn't work last HOS.
In that video, Catacombs is shown for 2010. However, it opened with Bitten in 2009.
In 2010 while they could’ve done a path scare as the theme that year was The Scare is Everywhere the event didn’t debut any new houses. In fact they took a house off the line up by removing Caverns of Darkness, although we did get a revamped Catacombs.
On a side note, a lot of work has been taking place at Vault XX. It’s very hard to tell by this zoomed in grainy image, but many of the rooms are in place and props are still awaiting to be set up.
On a side note, a lot of work has been taking place at Vault XX. It’s very hard to tell by this zoomed in grainy image, but many of the rooms are in place and props are still awaiting to be set up.
