mplebanon

Fear Fest is opened on FRIDAYS.

WWC is my favorite ride in the entire park. And I love rollercoasters. But there is nothing like loading my family on WWC and watching their faces wondering who's gonna get the most soaked. Starting out of the gate, the car hits the wall, bounces off into a slow spin, increasing the anticipation as it spins as to who will back into the first wall of water at the first rapids.........and have the water come pouring over the side all over them!!! That is so much fun. And then you spin around into several other rapid walls getting splashed.......into the tunnel where sometimes you get sprayed...........and then they slow you down at the gate and nail you sometimes. But heading out into the open where everyone is gunning their cannons at you is the best. You just never know who is going to get it the worst. It is the best family ride in the whole park. Last time I rode it............the people paying to shoot at us were well trained and organized. I think they had every "pay" cannon going plus the guy up in the tower. We got hit with every cannon, from every angle, and nobody missed us.........it was both unbelievable, fun, and surprising! Never been that wet on that ride before. WWC is the best.

Also talked to another General Contractor today who said that all the old circular rides (cars, etc.), Ghoster coaster, peddling rides (little train), remote controlled boats, etc., etc. are all getting removed down below grade and the entire area razed and cleaned up for a entirely new design including walkways. Anything not Nickelodean will be either removed or have it's facade changed. He told me more, but it will get deleted if I tell too much.

Hey PkiNick, Since you found the need to insult me, let me remind you that I am entitled to my opinion. If you continue to be insulting, maybe they'll ban you for a few days to do some behavior modification on you. You obviously need it. I am most likely older than most, if not all of you. I'm 40 years old. I have been a season pass holder for most of the past 28 years. I love PKI, but I am going to criticize, when necessary, what I deem as poor entertainment. I will not be a homer like most of you seem to be. Also, on a side note.........I have been where most of you haven't been........behind the scenes, since as a contractor I have worked all around the park over the years. Yet, I'm sure there are many on here that have seen more than I. I use to post on the old forum before this one came along. So, I'm not necessarily new, but haven't posted on this forum until now. The reason I criticized Fearfest this year was because it was awesome last year, in the eyes of me and my daughter. I thought they had some terrific ideas this year that they didn't finish on. I DID THINK that Cornstalkers was a great idea and that the FOG was awesome and a wonderful scary effect. In fact, we spent alot of our time at Cornstalkers watching the scarecrow move around, mostly near Massacre Manor, and scare the crap out of oblivious people walking by. That was alot of fun. We also enjoyed the 3D Clown house in Festhaus. Also, the chainsaw guy near Slingshot was good too. I guess I should modify my comments to say that our 2 favorite attractions from last year, Psycho Path and the one by the scrambler (name escapes me), sucked compared to last year...........and THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO. Psycho Path has an incredible setup and environment in the woods to be scary as hell and then they abandoned the group idea and sent everyone in one after another. DUMB. Whoever made that decision ruined the entire attraction. I think Psycho Path has the most potential of all of them. The one by the scrambler scared the hell out of us last year in the dark. In fact, WE GOT LOST IN THE DARK AND I WAS LEADING. We ran into a deadend last year and we were in complete darkness, couldn't see a thing. Suddenly, a voice in the dark says, "you went the wrong way, you need to turn around and go left"......it was hilarious and creepy at the same time. It fell short this year. We did not go in Maze of Madness this year because last year, we thought it was the worst attraction of all of them, and didn't waste our time this year going through it. Maybe we missed out and made a mistake not going through it......who knows? Massacre Manor had a line past the Eiffel Tower and we weren't going to wait that long. More reason for them to open the lines at 3 pm. It's not like those attractions are in total darkness.......so what does it matter? Maze of Madness, the one by the scrambler and Massacre Manor could all open sooner. I also think they should have Fearfest open on Friday nights too. Why not? They should put me in charge. It would be so much better. It's a shame because it is setup to be awesome, but they fall short. A little tweaking and it could be awesome. As for Winterfest, $24 to get in for ice skating? Give me a break. I use to love Winterfest growing up, and I was looking forward to it coming back until I heard the price. Is there going to be more than just Ice Skating? I surely hope so?

I was at Fearfest and while in line, actually got to talk to an employee of PKI. Here is what he said: Reptar and Beastie will remain, but Beastie is getting renamed/rethemed. Expect the everything else to get completely revamped and for it not to look the same at all come next Spring. He said people will be shocked/surprised/happily surprised when all is said is done. He said that area of the park is a huge money producer for PKI cause of all the families that buy 4 pack passes to take their young'uns up to kiddie land. PKI's kiddie land is considered one of the best, if not the best in the country. Take it for what it's worth.

I took my 10 year old daughter and an 11 year old friend and his dad. My daughter and I went last year and she got scared and had a great time. Psycho Path scared her the most last year including the house by the scrambler. We talked it up so much to our friends that came along.........and in the end, it was horrible and not scary at all. Here's the problem: Psycho Path - last year, you went in.....in groups of 8 or 10......and they actually tried to scare your group. This year, they just had one long line of people that they kept sending in with no groups or breaks in the line. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I can honestly say we walked through the entire thing and no one tried to scare us once or you could see them up ahead scaring other people. We were terribly disappointed. Also, this crap where people come up to you and talk like weirdo's IS NOT SCARY. For goodness sake, jump out at somebody! Boring. The house by the scrambler was scary last year because it was nearly in total darkness. Well this year.........it totally sucked. Again, nobody tried to jump out at us and scare us. More of the talking weirdo crap that ISN'T SCARY. My 10 year old was scared to death last year and was laughing this year. Last year, they opened several of the haunted houses at 3 pm. This year they didn't. The lines were ridiculously long and then lead to total disappointment when the attractions WERE NOT SCARY. I don't think I'll go back next year. We waited in line for the house by the scrambler exactly one hour. NOT WORTH IT. On the other hand, the 3D clown house in Festhaus was atleast creative and interesting.......especially the dotted room where the person blended in with the wall and came at you. That was cool. Very disappointed in Fearfest this year. I won't be going to Winterfest if the price is $24. That's ridiculous.