Monster Manor
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Yes. @horsesboy and I had this exact in person exchange last night. Monster Manor gave us both a newfound appreciation for 21. I had previously thought that impossible.
Sadly yes. In fact it's worse even then some Six Flag America houses I have been through.
Did it again yesterday. This maze is just dumb. I genuinely think some of us could have showed up 5 days before the event and could have brainstormed a better house and set design with 0 training and the same budget.
There was 0 thought and 0 passion behind this house.
There was 0 thought and 0 passion behind this house.
Maze was closed down because apparently the “theme spray” that makes the house smell like rotten flesh was applied too late, and scare actors were getting sick? We could smell the spray from across the train tracks, really bad. How can they have such a crappy, effortless, low-maintenance haunted house and still not keep it running and simultaneously make their employees puke?
On a more positive note… a few more signs/props were added to monster manor. Mainly a gator in the closed tunnel and a bunch of themed signs telling you were to go.
It looks as if they are probably using this (or something like it):
Scent Sprays - Halloween Scented Scene and Actor Sprays - Froggys Fog
Froggys Spray-on Fragrance! You can now have all of your favorite Scent Cup and Fog Additive Smells as a wearable Cologne/Perfume. Everyone knows how long a 1oz. bottle of Perfume / Cologne lasts and with 1oz. bottles starting at $11.99 this is the most affordable scenting solution available...
www.froggysfog.com
I noticed on my HHN Unmasking the Horror Tour that Universal seems to be using a lot of scented fog this year. BGT is also using scents at their HOS. Smell effects seem kinda trendy, in fact. That said, using this spray stuff (if that rumor is true) rather than more typical scent machines is an odd choice for a theme park haunt. I guess it was what BGW could afford, maybe?
All of that said, I’m not sure I would have chosen “Rotting Flesh for Monster Manor, in particular.
Speaking of scented fog, has anyone noticed the pumpkin spice fog in new france?It looks as if they are probably using this (or something like it):
Scent Sprays - Halloween Scented Scene and Actor Sprays - Froggys Fog
Froggys Spray-on Fragrance! You can now have all of your favorite Scent Cup and Fog Additive Smells as a wearable Cologne/Perfume. Everyone knows how long a 1oz. bottle of Perfume / Cologne lasts and with 1oz. bottles starting at $11.99 this is the most affordable scenting solution available...
I noticed on my HHN Unmasking the Horror Tour that Universal seems to be using a lot of scented fog this year. BGT is also using scents at their HOS. Smell effects seem kinda trendy, in fact. That said, using this spray stuff (if that rumor is true) rather than more typical scent machines is an odd choice for a theme park haunt. I guess it was what BGW could afford, maybe?
All of that said, I’m not sure I would have chosen “Rotting Flesh for Monster Manor, in particular.
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I don’t know what happened, but monster manor was GREAT tonight. So many good costumes, every room was staffed, and it seemed like the lightning and audio combined to create a great house.
The ceiling for this house is lower than the shawty wearing apple bottom jeans.
Even if this place is staffed highly, it is so ass. There is no discernable theme. Upvote to everything everyone has complained about already. This house made me leave the park, go back to my hotel room, and start working late.
Even if this place is staffed highly, it is so ass. There is no discernable theme. Upvote to everything everyone has complained about already. This house made me leave the park, go back to my hotel room, and start working late.
It was well staffed tonight and the actors were trying desperately to make the house function (which they deserve a ton of credit for), but even with one of the stronger casts in recent BGW history, this house remains a complete and utter disaster.
I was sure on opening weekend that the old BGW uniforms on like 75% of the cast had to be temporary due to costumes not arriving on time, yet here we are at the end of September and the house is STILL staffed primarily by actors in old BGW uniforms. At this point, it has to be deliberate, right? Spirit Halloween stores are already open. If they wanted monster outfits, they could spend like $30 per cast member to get them. Sure, it may be a sexy werewolf or a slutty vampire, but that's still infinitely superior to old BGW uniforms, right?
So I'm just left believing that, for some ungodly, inexplicable, utterly baffling reason, this was actually what BGW wanted. Assuming that is true, please, someone, anyone, tell me W H Y. I need to know why the house is full of evil Busch Gardens Williamsburg employees in a manor who want to kill me and what the actual fuck that has to do with monsters, old voucher machines, and a morgue.
Also, sidenote, the random alligator tunnel remains. My manors always feature tunnels for alligators. Check-in desks, prisons, rooms full of shipping containers, and alligator tunnels—all must-haves for any self-respecting manor house.
I was sure on opening weekend that the old BGW uniforms on like 75% of the cast had to be temporary due to costumes not arriving on time, yet here we are at the end of September and the house is STILL staffed primarily by actors in old BGW uniforms. At this point, it has to be deliberate, right? Spirit Halloween stores are already open. If they wanted monster outfits, they could spend like $30 per cast member to get them. Sure, it may be a sexy werewolf or a slutty vampire, but that's still infinitely superior to old BGW uniforms, right?
So I'm just left believing that, for some ungodly, inexplicable, utterly baffling reason, this was actually what BGW wanted. Assuming that is true, please, someone, anyone, tell me W H Y. I need to know why the house is full of evil Busch Gardens Williamsburg employees in a manor who want to kill me and what the actual fuck that has to do with monsters, old voucher machines, and a morgue.
Also, sidenote, the random alligator tunnel remains. My manors always feature tunnels for alligators. Check-in desks, prisons, rooms full of shipping containers, and alligator tunnels—all must-haves for any self-respecting manor house.
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How did you miss all of the monsters during the last quarter of the house? The Loch Ness Monster from all the promotional material is even in this house.
The story line for the house is very simple and straightforward. People go see the doctor. The doctor performs experiments on them. They become monsters. It's fairly obvious as you walk through the house, even in your complaining you are halfway telling the story. But hey... Some folks can't see the forest for the trees.
Since you asked so nicely I'd be more than happy to answer your questions. Please be warned, I am going to infer some things using cognitive reasoning in my answers. For source material I used the first post of this thread to get the description of the house, one (1) walkthrough of the house, and basic comprehension skills.
Q: Why the house is full of evil Busch Gardens Williamsburg employees in a manor who want to kill me?
A: Perhaps as part of their employment eligibility requirements, the employees were told to go see the doctor for a physical. It just so happens that the doctor they visit is turning people into monsters. I'm not sure if everyone is aware but it is quite common for monsters to be portrayed as evil or even murderous in popular culture.
Q: What the actual fuck that has to do with monsters?
A: From the description of the house: "Within his chilling laboratory, he weaves unspeakable horrors, transforming hapless victims into monstrous creations." In the actual fuck, it is the story of the house.
Q: What the actual fuck that has to do with old voucher machines?
A: The old voucher machines were repurposed to look like some type of old medical diagnostic equipment. For that reason, they are placed in what appears to be an operating room. In the actual fuck, the repurposed old voucher machines were utilized as part of the set design to establish a scene that could be perceived as a room where medical operations are occurring.
Q: What the actual fuck that has to do with and a morgue?
A: Sometimes when transforming hapless victims into monstrous creations, they die. A morgue is where you put dead people temporarily until they are released for burial or autopsy or whatever. In the actual fuck, the doctor uses the morgue to store those hapless victims that have died.
That's awesome! Do you also use these manors as a place to bring your dark arts into grotesque reality?
You missed a question.
Q: Where the actual fuck did the Manor part of the name come from?
(I’m still trying to figure that one out and can’t. Nevermore Chapters 2 and 3 had more of a manor vibe than this did.)
It definitely feels like they know it's a new house and they know it's bad so they're massively over-allocating both staffing numbers and quality to Monster Manor.
Reads like an attempt to save face at first glance, but to give them the benefit of the doubt for a moment, maybe it's actually metric-based? If it had been receiving notably worse guest feedback vs other houses, that would reasonably justify a surge in investment, attention, effort, etc.
I just hope that, whatever the reason, HOS and park leadership are both clear-eyed about the house's design and build quality being the driving forces behind its reception.
Reads like an attempt to save face at first glance, but to give them the benefit of the doubt for a moment, maybe it's actually metric-based? If it had been receiving notably worse guest feedback vs other houses, that would reasonably justify a surge in investment, attention, effort, etc.
I just hope that, whatever the reason, HOS and park leadership are both clear-eyed about the house's design and build quality being the driving forces behind its reception.
do you think it will return next year? or they’ll just cut their losses and replace it
Like has been so often true as of late, we may find that HOS 2025 is governed, at least in part, by BGW 2026...
... But I've already said too much. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.
... But I've already said too much. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.