bjcolglazier Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Last year they had the animatronic dude between Racer and Subway "on" on Sundays. Telling jokes, farting, and so on. I've been 2 Sundays this Autumn, and...nothing. He's unplugged, I guess. :-( Bummer! I understand Sunday is not a "Haunt" day by any means, but it added a certain ambiance last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 9 hours ago, bjcolglazier said: Last year they had the animatronic dude between Racer and Subway "on" on Sundays. Telling jokes, farting, and so on. I've been 2 Sundays this Autumn, and...nothing. He's unplugged, I guess. :-( Bummer! I understand Sunday is not a "Haunt" day by any means, but it added a certain ambiance last year. Yeah, my kids loved to go watch him and have gotten disappointment the two Sundays we have gone. I sure wish Lurch was working on Sunday's too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky21 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I noticed that last Sunday wasn't too happy, He always draws a crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsislandfan1972 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Another quick question, can you get selfies taken with the scare actors roaming around the park? I’m just curious because I want to get a picture taken with the Undertaker. (The guy who is at the front of the park supposedly in charge of the Haunt.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjcolglazier Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 13 minutes ago, kingsislandfan1972 said: Another quick question, can you get selfies taken with the scare actors roaming around the park? I’m just curious because I want to get a picture taken with the Undertaker. (The guy who is at the front of the park supposedly in charge of the Haunt.) Sure can! It's up to the scare actor though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsislandfan1972 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 hour ago, bjcolglazier said: Sure can! It's up to the scare actor though. Good pictures and thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce1994 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Well darn. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicescoot Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 2 hours ago, gforce1994 said: Well darn. I actually know the story behind this. At some point in the summer, someone brought up the question with the rides associates (mainly the Planet Snoopy ones since tower is a part of snoopy for operations) whether or not tower is a ride or attraction. The supervisor there obviously thinks its a ride (hence the writing on the pumpkin) and a handful of other rides people said it wasn't. I say that the elevator is a ride and the platform is an attraction. As to the gravestone, I think its because with Winterfest they usually close tower a little bit before haunt is actually over so they can start getting lights and stuff ready so its probably closed for the season by now. I heard through a friend that the associates decorated pumpkins for a some of the rides and i guess Tower wanted to display theirs to stand their ground about tower being a ride 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce1994 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 2 hours ago, nicescoot said: I actually know the story behind this. At some point in the summer, someone brought up the question with the rides associates (mainly the Planet Snoopy ones since tower is a part of snoopy for operations) whether or not tower is a ride or attraction. The supervisor there obviously thinks its a ride (hence the writing on the pumpkin) and a handful of other rides people said it wasn't. I say that the elevator is a ride and the platform is an attraction. As to the gravestone, I think its because with Winterfest they usually close tower a little bit before haunt is actually over so they can start getting lights and stuff ready so its probably closed for the season by now. I heard through a friend that the associates decorated pumpkins for a some of the rides and i guess Tower wanted to display theirs to stand their ground about tower being a ride I know that. However, the person who painted the pumpkin did a great job convincing people that this was legit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicescoot Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 2 hours ago, gforce1994 said: I know that. However, the person who painted the pumpkin did a great job convincing people that this was legit. Definitely. Imagine if they painted the outpost 5 logo on it........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco2000 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 ^Cross threading from the giga speculation thread, but someone had posted that they thought the KI giga will never be higher than the KI signature Eiffel Tower, so maybe this is a teaser that Eiffel Tower is leaving to make way for our new signature height giga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gforce1994 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, nicescoot said: Definitely. Imagine if they painted the outpost 5 logo on it........ It’s painted on the reverse face. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 One “rides” an elevator, one visits an “attraction”. One does not “visit” an elevator. ET the Original Hybrid. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannersdaddy Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I am hearing that there will be no extended ERT on the last day this year. I checked the website again and found nothing. Does anyone here have any insight on this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Gannersdaddy said: I am hearing that there will be no extended ERT on the last day this year. I checked the website again and found nothing. Does anyone here have any insight on this? That is correct. Don confirmed this on Saturday. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikid74 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 What is "extended ERT"? Do you simply mean that the park isn't open 30 minutes early for gold passholders on the 28th or is this something different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VortexBFForever Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 21 minutes ago, kikid74 said: What is "extended ERT"? Do you simply mean that the park isn't open 30 minutes early for gold passholders on the 28th or is this something different? For the last few seasons, a few rides stayed open until 9:00 for passholders (namely those who had renewed) to ride on Closing Day. I’m bummed that isn’t happening this year but I am glad I got to enjoy it the last few years! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMann1979 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Went last night with my girlfriend and despite the chilly rain we had a great time. Did a couple rides but mainly went for the mazes and haunt attractions. Hardly any wait all night and it was a lot of fun.Sent from my LG-M150 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfestguy Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 I image the park will immediately begin their 26 day transformation to Winterfest immediately after the last guest passes through the exit (which is likely why no extended ERT on the last Sunday). With lots of rain and unsettled weather predicted in the coming weeks, it will be a tough schedule to remove all Halloween and be totally ready for Winterfest Nov 23. Carowinds even has less time to transition since their opening Winterfest date is Sunday Nov 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 On 10/16/2018 at 9:22 PM, kingsislandfan1972 said: Another quick question, can you get selfies taken with the scare actors roaming around the park? I’m just curious because I want to get a picture taken with the Undertaker. (The guy who is at the front of the park supposedly in charge of the Haunt.) Yes, yes you can. I've got pics with the Plague Doctor (I-Street), The Overlord, the Greeter for Chaos, the Zombie in the wheelchair outside of Killmart and some of the Coney Maul clowns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph88 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Brr! Anyone else in the park today? Loving this cold weather! Short lines, no standing around in the heat! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeastFarmer Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Yeah, it's a great day to be here!Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannersdaddy Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 We are here. It's like into to Winterfest. Funny thing is the Rivertown Freestyle is closed but Paradise Island is open and selling ice cream 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ding Dong Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 And I see a bigger crowd hoping to get a drink than ice cream! Take note KI. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Paradise Island opening sightings are even rarer than Coke Freestyle stand openings. Gannersdaddy surely unlocked an achievement of some sort. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubJester Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, silver2005 said: Paradise Island opening sightings are even rarer than Coke Freestyle stand openings. I've actually seen that open more, than the Freestyle surprisingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magenta Lizard Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 ^this year in particular. The tropical smoothie stand was open more often than not when I went by this summer. I don’t think I saw the Coke freestyle in the train station open more than 20 times out of 70 visits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Agreed; it was open last weekend when I was there, but I don't remember if it was Saturday or Sunday... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfanatic83 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Rest In Peace, Firehawk. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAHill Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Did the statue actors under the Tower stuff ever get figured out? I saw them this weekend but can't find anything concrete to explain it. Was it just a performance piece or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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