Trip Report - numerous days

[Karen]

I wanted to wait until the last weekend of Haunt but am kind of busting at the seams here!

This year has been a lot better than last - better make up, better attractions, awesome changes what can I say?

The only attraction that I have not done is the trail of terror and that is because I was spending so much time trying to drive the KI Scooters through it that it is very hard to enjoy the scares. The scareactors have always been great in there but the path is just not really passable for scooters or wheelchairs - hope changes happen in the future! Sorry folks!!

A run down for this year:

WorkSite is awesome. A new scareactor was added on the 25th that gave me some real big scares in his other location so I would highly suggest checking it out! The sherrif of that place is not one to mess with either!!! Great job. Loved the many places that you would not expect a scare actor to be yet somehow they were jumping out and giving some great scares!

CornStalkers - loved the new location. During our Survivor game this is one location we felt would make a great place for a scare zone!!! This is longer and gives more places for the scare actors to hide. The added "crazed farm folk" really added to this one. Less actual cornstalkers with the added farm folk made this a much better scare zone!!!

Cemetery was freaking awesome!!! You could not tell if you were looking at people or statues. Some I thought were statues moved and started to walk toward us! There is a really tall guy in there that gives me major creeps with the way he moved. One of the times I did that one the make up people followed me - shocked me that they knew who I was! Can't say too much without giving up too much info but this is definately a great haunt and a must see!! Lines move fast!! Without giving too much away my buddies - and they know who they are - will definately give you a massive scare in this one!!

Massacre Manor - GREATLY IMPROVED from last year. Scareactors were jumping out from every direction!! We had a fantastic time and received awesome scares!! I was starting to believe them when they said I was not going to get out alive!

Club Blood - wow a much better attraction this year than last!! The scare actors are really into it!! The jumper scared me so bad that I was shaking through the rest of it!! Little stinker female buddy told me to go in this particular direction - next thing I knew there was a FACE out of the dark that had me jumping out of the way!! This is not a spoiler because several direct people in there - you just never know which one is leading you astray!! I kept looking for GATOR and when I found him I nearly fell over!!! He actually knew who I was and that was out of the chair!! I expected a young kid and got a BOUNCER - this guy will intimidate!!

Death Row - I only visited this one once and was not impressed. The guy that took me around was kind of rude to me. The one walking the queue line, Mike, was awesome and teased the crap out of us. Jon the guard at the entrance did a fantastic job. I just kept running into walls and getting stuck. I would suggest giving the "guide" a little bit more training on wheelchairs. Some of the scare actors were great as well!! I usually love death row and I am sure that this particular day was not a good one for them.

Urgent Scare - awesome new attraction!! Lines are always shorter after midnight on Saturdays and on Fridays after about ten pm. There are scareactors up and down the queue lines that do a fantastic job. They have an excellent use of props in the area, bounce out of places you least expect and often can be seen in the lines themselves!! Once inside it amazed me how long this one was!! Every place we went just kept getting more and more intense. Great use of scareactors and the props are probably the best in the park! The first time I got sooo sick that I felt like my stomach would add to the attraction!! Once outside this attraction just keeps going!! The only thing I would change is to lighten the use of the water in the decomtamination zone! On a nice day that is fine but when that temp hits freezing NOT GOOD! The scareactors do a great job in this attraction!!

Carnevil I have not done so far this year but judging from the lines it does not disappoint! Hope to do this one before the end of haunt.

Red Beards Revenge - yes this is also improved from last year. Easy to get through for me and scares at every turn!! Again another attraction that has things in here that you can not tell if it is real or not. I had an absolute blast in here!! The host was fantastic! He added this awesome accent that just helped set the stage for this one! Scareactors apparently take their pirating job very seriously - enough said!!

Tombstone TerrorTory - I have to say that this is always my favorite attraction. We always catch Scott's train as he likes to embellish the story each time which keeps it fresh. He loves to give the saloon woman a name as wally sparks shoots her dead. The woman's name can change and often I seem to hear my name mentioned. The lines go rather quickly and the host - Alex does a great job of explaining things as we walk through the opening. Scare actors seem to be in different spots each time we visit this one and I have noticed a few additions from last year that really add to the scare factor. It seems this trail never ends and I have observed some people that seemed to want to jump over the railing into the field to get away from scareactors!!! Some woman in there keeps trying to gift me this lovely spider!! I have a horrible fear of them! Loved the cowboy argument last night. If you did not do this attraction, well I hope that fight is still in it!

Now for another favorite - ROAMERS and CREEPERS. There is simply not enough I can say for the fantastic job these folks do!! They are allowed to pretty much roam all over and I have just as much fun being scared by them as I get watching them scare others. Without giving away names here I will say that one will squat and not move an inch. Suddenly he is up and running like the wind!! The ones in the suits (creepers that slide) omg you never know where they will come at you!! I had a few literally slide up to my face and scared the crap out of me!! The king of gobblins walking around and suddenly in your face!!! A few goblins with either a red/yellow face and one with a green face that I just never knew if they saw me or not until they were in my face!! A walking tree - enough said. A cross dresser, uncle Henry in his costume scaring people just walking!!! He was walking out of their makeup zone - not in his scare mode but just walking. Some people saw him and screamed as they ran off into Action Zone!!! Added scareactors are the unicyclist!!! The one rides around with that erie laugh has me every time!! Others have their own ways as well!!

One thing I need to point out - it is a major pet peeve of mine. I had to literally call park security on the 25th. There was a unicyclist trying to do his best to scare people and doing a great job. Some punk kids kept taunting him, trying to push him off of his bike and just being total jerks!! Where are the parents? None of those boys were over 12 years of age yet they were allowed to walk the park acting like little thugs? How brave was that?? Ohh go taunt a guy doing his best to give you a great experience and is not allowed to touch you. He was trying hard to just itnore them but I was not. I screamed at them to stop. They just yelled some obcenities at me and continued on. Park Police talked to them and I did not see them taunting the unicyclist any more. Sad that parents allow their children to act in this manor.

It is also sad to see visitors taunting them - how big and bad is that? If they do not scare you - oh well go about your business and let them be. Why go to haunt if not to experience the full fun of haunt? My question is this. Do you realize how really stupid you look trying to act all big and bad to a person that everyone in the park knows can not touch you? Yea real brave there bud. Just don't let me see you doing it because wheelchair or not I do not tolerate that in any form and will do my best to stop you! There is not one scare actor at the park that does not mean the world to me! If you only knew how wonderful these people really are personally - you just cheat yourself.

Well that is my trip report and my soap box. If I missed an attraction let me know!! Please make sure to check everything out as this is really the best value for your money around! Get your tickets on the net at pki.com!! Friday nights are only $19.99 and all day Saturday trips are only $25.99!

If you see me - please feel free to come over and chat!! Some of those that I have seen include fanofbeast and his sister - total pleasure, a few I can not think of their names on this site - sorry brain fart! One of the youtube folks - redgartershows and I have had great chats, ItalianChef came over and introduced himself. So many have stopped me to chat and I always totally enjoy it! If I am on the cell phone or talking to someone - hey come on over anyway!!! One scared me while I was talking and the person on the other end just asked which one got me that time!! I had the cutest little worker came up to me, hugged me, said a few things then walked on. Never met her in my life but thought that was so sweet!

Lots of people from this site work haunt - thanks so much for a fantastic haunt experience - I certainly hope you keep in touch and come back next year - my cell phone number is on facebook under my profile...im me if you want it.

[XGatorHead 8904]

Club Blood - wow a much better attraction this year than last!! The scare actors are really into it!! The jumper scared me so bad that I was shaking through the rest of it!! Little stinker female buddy told me to go in this particular direction - next thing I knew there was a FACE out of the dark that had me jumping out of the way!! This is not a spoiler because several direct people in there - you just never know which one is leading you astray!! I kept looking for GATOR and when I found him I nearly fell over!!! He actually knew who I was and that was out of the chair!! I expected a young kid and got a BOUNCER - this guy will intimidate!!

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

I was told ahead of time that you were coming through and that you asked about me, so I was prepared. It did kind of throw me off when you weren't in your chair, that's why I had to ask you if you were Karen! And the look on your face when I heard you ask "Who's Gator?" and I jumped in front of you and said "That would be me!" was just priceless. I'm glad you enjoyed it though, and like I told you Saturday, I can finally mark your name off our VIP list! But now that you're no longer on the list, just don't expect to get in as easily next time!

Now about that comment about me not being "young"...

[StalkerChick]

lol i've gotten you on the phone before! And I loved the night you were there with the one younger girl and me and paul came over to give you a hug... and she was absolutely horrified!!! MADE MY NIGHT! lol We love you Karen and no more chickening out of Urgent Scare and sending Sharon in by herself... you might not see her again next time ;)

[Karen]

lol i've gotten you on the phone before! And I loved the night you were there with the one younger girl and me and paul came over to give you a hug... and she was absolutely horrified!!! MADE MY NIGHT! lol We love you Karen and no more chickening out of Urgent Scare and sending Sharon in by herself... you might not see her again next time ;)

yea that was Sharon's daughter lol omg that was funny!!! I was just sitting there and suddenly the crowd opened up and I got a hug!!! I nearly fell off that chair. After he left I discovered it was Paul and was soooo tickled!!!

I love you guys so much too!!!! Ok Sharon not coming back is a bad thing??? Lolol kidding. They got her good in worksite the last night - we kept waiting for her to come out of this trailer - omg she was screaming and suddenly we saw her running out of there and the scareactors busting up laughing!!! Good times!!!

Gator you were freaking awesome!!! I did club blood walking because the manager was concerned for my chair and my personal well being. He was sooo nice. There are a few in there that had been bugging me to go in there and it hurt to see their crushed but understanding faces. Could not disappoint such awesome folks so I did it. Things were worked out for me so that it was safe and easy for me to handle it. Welllll until I got in there. Ohhhhh it hurt like crazy as I got near my chair then suddenly Kaleb scared the crap out of me - I screamed then laughed so hard!!!

The last weekend was sooo sad. I got so many hugs and promises to come back next year!!! Some of us will meet up here and there. Message me if you want to get together or just keep track!! There is not one scareactor or worker at KI that I would not just love to keep in contact with!!! I have myspace and facebook - message me for links.

[Ki Man]

Cemetery has mass love for Karen! <3

[faeriewench]

You looked shocked to see me in Urgent Scare Saturday night xD

nice trip reports