Got there last night around 8. Our main goal was to get passes renewed, but the lines were crazy long at the main processing area. Tip for anyone going to get their pass renewed: if the lines are huge outside of the park, they were also processing passes in the Nick store in Nick U. and the line was much much shorter.

When we first got there, we rode Diamondback which had about a 10 minute long wait. Row 14 and it was awesome riding in the dark with all of the fog. We then got our passes renewed in Nick U.

The Haunt itself seemed to be missing something last night outside of the Haunts themselves. I only found roamers around Action Zone and Coney Maul. The rest of the park seemed content just to be blanketed in fog.

We only did a couple Haunts, Carnevil and Cemetery Drive. Carnevil was fun but Cemetery Drive seemed to be lacking something. Some of the scareactors seemed to be a little off. Gotta give credit to the person who, about half-way through, was just crawling through the fog. I almost stepped on him but luckily I saw him before I did. I'm sure he was preparing for a scare, but seemed a bit dangerous especially since that was a crazy foggy area.

Sorry Gator, I didn't make it to the Slaughter House this time. But I have at least 1 more trip planned (October 25th as part of my bachelor party), and hopefully I'll get to go a couple more times before then.

I wanted to do the pirate Haunt but totally could not find the entrance easily so my group pulled me away.

The Ghouls Gone Wild show was pretty good I thought. I didn't get the Cheeseburgers in Paradise part though. It seemed like they had a giant cheeseburger prop so they were like, "How do we incorporate it into the show?" Was really out of place with the rest of what was going on.

Also got a couple rides in a row on an empty Adventure Express and a ride on The Beast which seemed actually fast this time around.

Scariest part of the night was when we pulled into the brake run for Diamondback and we were sitting there waiting to get into the station and an explosion went off in the Hot Blooded show and made everyone in the train scream and jump. It was an awesome way to start the evening.

I'm assuming the lack of roamers and whatnot was linked more to being the first night of the Haunt and the park being pretty empty. Had fun, but definitely hasn't proven to be the best Haunt yet, to me anyway.

Thanks for the report...the haunt trip reports are always my favorite.

(By the way, did the Nick store have any merchandise...or has it been wiped out and turned into a season pass renewal center for the time being?)

Yeah, there was a tiny little corner with some stuff for 75% off. It looked like it was mainly Backyardigans stuff.

Scooby Stuff on I-Street was 50% off.

Scooby Stuff on I-Street was 50% off.

I am hoping that they go to 60-75% off on the Scooby stuff by the time I get there...some of that stuff seems so overpriced that even with the 50% off I can get it cheaper on ebay...shipping included.

Ghouls,,, the cheeseburger,,,,,

I think all the songs were about what the monsters ate... Frankenstien,,, is mostly human,,, so he eats cheeseburgers. But he's a big guy,, so it was a big cheeseburger... I think.

^LOL

Good theory. I'll have to watch it again to see if it stands up.

Sorry Gator, I didn't make it to the Slaughter House this time. But I have at least 1 more trip planned (October 25th as part of my bachelor party), and hopefully I'll get to go a couple more times before then.

You know Slaughter House isn't scheduled to be open October 25th, right? Hopefully you'll get to go through... although I have no idea what you look like so if you do go through I wouldn't have any idea!

Scooby Stuff on I-Street was 50% off.

I am hoping that they go to 60-75% off on the Scooby stuff by the time I get there...some of that stuff seems so overpriced that even with the 50% off I can get it cheaper on ebay...shipping included.

On Sunday, they had Scooby stuff 75% off at Emporium, in the room closest to Festhaus. I got a snowglobe with Scooby & Shaggy looking at the Eiffel Tower (with fireworks behind it) and below them it says "What a Day!"... for a dollar and change. I'll miss Scooby...

Eek, yeah, sorry I meant the 24th.