Halloween Haunt 10/19 visit

[italianchef]

It's 2:28 and I just got home from Halloween Haunt!

I went to the park with 3 friends tonight and arrived around 7:10. The park was very crowded and we had to wait to get in. Long lines - and it was cold.

First we rode Face/Off, which was fun. Then we went to Club Blood. I noticed that this times, there were no vampiresses in labor. Still, it was a very entertaining experience.

Then we had some beers at Festhaus and afterward went to see Dead Awakening. I liked the show, its costumes, its music, and its dancing. But the end was too dark for my taste.

Next we rode Adventure Express (long lines) and The Racer, followed by a visit at The Cemetary - which I very much enjoyed.

We then went to Red Beard's Revenge - arh! Our next experience was Trail of Terror. We waited a LONG time for our train. But the trail was awesome.

We finished the night with a ride on The Beast - and waited one hour on line! We didn't finish riding it until 1:30 a.m.!!!! Nice of KI to allow guests to ride after the park closed.

I love Kings Island.

Best regards,

Italian Chef

[BoddaH1994]

I think the ending is the best part of Dead Awakening. I love the "did I just see that?" look on peoples' faces as they leave.

[Dane]

Funny, the park was actually pretty dead on Friday(10/19) in comparison to past Fridays.

[Delirium13]

I was there last night to and only got to do three things, which was mostly because I got there late, but I got a night ride on The Beast which made it all worth it. I haven't done that in a few years and forgot how much more fun it is at night.

Here's what I did last night:

Massacre Manor:

A usual favorite of mine, I was extremely let down by the lack of scareacters, and the fact that the ones that were in there all went for the lady leading our group, which got to be annoying because everytime she got scared she would stop and hold up our group. I wanted to be scared and I wasn't which makes for a not so fun haunteed house experience. 2/10 - Themed nicely and the girl rising above the bed was something I've never noticed before, is it new? (The only problem with that is because the room she's in is so lit up, it was easy to see the two metal arms below her, pushing her up.)

The Beast at night:

As I said, I haven't ridden it at night for a few years, and I really forgot how great it is! 10/10 - the hour and a half wait was worth it, although it didn't really help my lack of time situation.

The Worksite:

Very much improved over last week (I'll post a trip report of that later since I was able to do more on that day). I'm pretty sure that there was no caution tape blocking the view of the rest of the area last week, and it really helped. Smaller groups, more scareacters -and they were actually jumping out to scare you, instead of pushing barrels and staring at you. This one really scared the girls in our group, and made me jump a couple of times, the best part was at the end when the lady with the chainsaw chased part of our group all the way out of the Worksite. 6/10 - much improved over last week, and it has great theming and everything, but still not the best.

That was my fun but short night at Kings Island. I went for Halloween Haunt, but The Beast stole the spotlight and was the highlight of the night. Overall it was a good night.

[Chrissy]

Very cool. I've been a "lurker" for quite sometime, and have always enjoyed your reports Chef!