Benjamin22 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 17 hours ago, Oldschool75 said: Starting to wonder if there will be a Haunt now. Covid cases in the area are rising dramatically. Hospitals in the local area are now at 90%+ full with Covid cases.https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wlwt.com/amp/article/northern-kentucky-hospitals-filling-up-fast-with-covid-19-patients/37388701 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Haunt is almost certainly going to happen, brings in way too much money. Also I don’t think the threat of covid is really going to scare off a large amount of Kings Islands clientele to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassline Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Haunt Tickets are available along with Attraction Info:https://www.visitkingsisland.com/events/haunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatchesC Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Tickets, Frightlane,and Tasting cards are now on sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 That's not a lot of mazes. I get it, though. Gotta go with what allows for social distancing. Speaking of, I wonder if they'll only group people together by their actual party without any strangers or anything. Completely unsurprised to see Urgent Scare out this year. I'm a bit surprised that no Blackout replacement was announced. I have to assume Cornered is going in Tower Gardens? It's a bit surprising to me that Field of Screams isn't being used in its original location--I feel like Cornered is going to be all of FoS's props relocated to the front of the park. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatchesC Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, TombRaiderFTW said: That's not a lot of mazes. I get it, though. Gotta go with what allows for social distancing. Speaking of, I wonder if they'll only group people together by their actual party without any strangers or anything. Completely unsurprised to see Urgent Scare out this year. I'm a bit surprised that no Blackout replacement was announced. I have to assume Cornered is going in Tower Gardens? It's a bit surprising to me that Field of Screams isn't being used in its original location--I feel like Cornered is going to be all of FoS's props relocated to the front of the park. What a little odd is frightlane shows 5 houses. Killmart being the 5th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombraiderTy Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 So the website currently lists four mazes: C.H.A.O.S., Madame Fatale's Cavern of Terror, Slaughter House, and the new Cornered. Is it just not fully updated, or is the park axing over half of its mazes: Blackout, Wolf Pack, Field of Screams, Urgent Scare, and Kill Mart? That's very unfortunate if so. Are they not expecting a large turnout for this event or something? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassline Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 1 hour ago, PatchesC said: What a little odd is frightlane shows 5 houses. Killmart being the 5th They just added KillMart to the attractions list. Maybe the page isn't fully live? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robintodd Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Looking forward to the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfestguy Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Fright lane is pricey for a Saturday - $70 for 5 mazes is being advertised. That’s more than last season for 7 mazes (Blackout and Urgent Scare appear retired in 2021). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatchesC Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 40 minutes ago, Winterfestguy said: Fright lane is pricey for a Saturday - $70 for 5 mazes is being advertised. That’s more than last season for 7 mazes (Blackout and Urgent Scare appear retired in 2021). Less mazes may mean longer line 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDMC01 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Interesting to see Field of Screams gone (or re-worked?) for this season. Oh well. Also, having less mazes reminds me of how the first few years of FearFest were as they had more rides than mazes (I never attended because I was too young and too scared, but I know there weren't a ton of mazes advertised at first). Should be an interesting Haunt season, though... EDIT: I see they brought all the Scare Zones back (minus Dance of the Macabre) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco2000 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 22 minutes ago, PatchesC said: Less mazes may mean longer line So is it Camp Cedar for your birthday or your alternative plans? Unless there are reservations and a cap, can you imagine how crowded KI will be during Haunt this year? Wonder how many times the grassy area south of the paved parking lot will be used on Haunt Saturdays... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 **Picks jaws off of the floor $74.99????!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassline Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Winterfestguy said: Fright lane is pricey for a Saturday - $70 for 5 mazes is being advertised. That’s more than last season for 7 mazes (Blackout and Urgent Scare appear retired in 2021). I did buy FastLane+ for the first time ever for a Saturday during Haunt. I had full intentions of buying Fright Lane as well. $70 for 5 mazes that YOU CAN ONLY USE ONCE. $14 per person to skip a line per scare attraction. I couldn't do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 2 hours ago, TombraiderTy said: So the website currently lists four mazes: C.H.A.O.S., Madame Fatale's Cavern of Terror, Slaughter House, and the new Cornered. Is it just not fully updated, or is the park axing over half of its mazes: Blackout, Wolf Pack, Field of Screams, Urgent Scare, and Kill Mart? That's very unfortunate if so. Are they not expecting a large turnout for this event or something? Kill mart is on the list to be open. And like I said, this will be interesting… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterJack Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Blackout and Wolf Pack in years past always felt understaffed. I guess if only having 5 mazes open means more scare actors per maze, it could be more quality over quantity. Still, I do see this being a problem for lines. With only 5 mazes open, we could be seeing some insane maze lines. Also I assume Field of Screams moved because since it might be hard to access that location because of Orion being there now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdude86 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 My guess is the lack of mazes is probably a staffing issue. Maybe if they are able to secure more staff they will add more to the list. Also as CoasterJack said, more scare actors per haunt would not be a bad thing either. I often felt like many of them were understaffed as is. Maybe they can also dedicate more scare actors to the scare zones as well. Generally there hardly seem to be any in them. 1 hour ago, thebassline said: I did buy FastLane+ for the first time ever for a Saturday during Haunt. I had full intentions of buying Fright Lane as well. $70 for 5 mazes that YOU CAN ONLY USE ONCE. $14 per person to skip a line per scare attraction. I couldn't do it. That does seem high for only 5 mazes. (maybe 6 if it allows an extra one of your choice like past years). Think they should have lowered the price to $50. I'd probably have to pass on that as well. Will be curious what lines are like for it with only 5 mazes. When they had 10-12 mazes, lines would easily exceed an hour each. Wonder if they will limit admission (doubt it) or if lines will just end up being huge for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombraiderTy Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 1 hour ago, BoddaH1994 said: Kill mart is on the list to be open. And like I said, this will be interesting… It wasn't when I made my post, suggesting that they're still updating the website. Hopefully that means some of the other ones not yet included will be added... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassline Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 The last time I went to Haunt (2016), I bought a pass that included a "Fright Feast" which was a meal at the picnic grove. Did they stop doing that before Covid? It was nice to get out of the hustle and bustle for an hour without leaving the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 I will definitely not be there. You would assume less houses more actors but I doubt it. When there was no pandemic there was one actor for all of a Saturday night inside CHAOS and people still talked like it was good. I can’t imagine not buying Fright Lane if I came but there is no way there 5 houses will be as good as Cedar Point’s five. Actually they have 6 but only five on Fright Lane. Kings Island Haunt is a hard pass from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robintodd Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 3 hours ago, BoddaH1994 said: **Picks jaws off of the floor $74.99????!!! Actually they both work out to be $8.332 per taste 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUN&ONLY! Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Carowinds brought back 10:00 AM openings in the fall. 11:00 AM openings aren’t too bad, but I do miss that one extra hour. At least Kings Island is closing at 8:00 PM on Sundays this year. It has been as early as 7:00 PM some years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 18 minutes ago, robintodd said: Actually they both work out to be $8.332 per taste I think it was $49.99 for 9 tastings during Carnivale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatchesC Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 5 hours ago, disco2000 said: So is it Camp Cedar for your birthday or your alternative plans? Unless there are reservations and a cap, can you imagine how crowded KI will be during Haunt this year? Wonder how many times the grassy area south of the paved parking lot will be used on Haunt Saturdays... Camp Cedar, hopefully no reservations for park access. So we'll be celebrating a 13th birthday with Haunt, and I don't have to clean after a party lol. Frightlane and a stop at Barnes & Nobles is her Bday wish. 3 hours ago, TombraiderTy said: It wasn't when I made my post, suggesting that they're still updating the website. Hopefully that means some of the other ones not yet included will be added... Frightlane only lists 5 houses, I'd assume that's it. Wouldn't argue if more got added though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatchesC Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 My biggest hope is the Sliders (are they still called sliders ) still being around. They're great entertainment themselves and could probably spend half the night watching reactions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldschool75 Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Haunt is almost certainly going to happen, brings in way too much money. Also I don’t think the threat of covid is really going to scare off a large amount of Kings Islands clientele to be honest. That’s why the business has to be the adult. People being selfish children are the reason we are in the predicament we are now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Cornered is going to be where Cornstalkers used to be which is cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 I have come to expect the 11am openings during Haunt. That is pretty standard. I was pleasantly surprised to see the 8pm closes on Sunday evenings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfestguy Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Maybe it’s staffing or maybe Haunt is starting to take a new direction with less and less mazes and more focus on family daytime events - it was just a few years ago you got 11 mazes with one special escape room (the viewing) along with a souvenir skeleton key with Haunt FastLane for $50 ($4.16 each) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUN&ONLY! Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 16 minutes ago, Winterfestguy said: Maybe it’s staffing or maybe Haunt is starting to take a new direction with less and less mazes and more focus on family daytime events - it was just a few years ago you got 11 mazes with one special escape room (the viewing) along with a souvenir skeleton key with Haunt FastLane for $50 ($4.16 each) This may be an unpopular opinion, but I actually like the more family oriented approach. I like how Tricks and Treats Fall Fest throughout the entire park instead of just The Great Pumpkin Fest in Planet Snoopy. I know some people miss the mazes, and I understand that. I wish Kings Island would focus on building mazes that are outside of the midways and hidden from the rest of the park. Since Wolf Pack is not returning, I kind of hope the old Son of Beast is demolished because it is an eyesore in my opinion. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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