Some Updates on the Trip
Oct. 6th, 2009 06:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
schrocken13Alright, alright, I've caved. A lot of you have been telling me I should get an online blog of some kind, and with all of the traveling I've been doing recently, now seems to be the best time. Ta da.
As mentioned, yes, I've started my haunted little road trip about a week ago. So far, though, I've only had time to visit Headless Horseman in Ulster Park. It was...alright. An average event, with better atmosphere than scares. They suffered from overcrowding, which is understandable for a first night I suppose. The hayride was enjoyable - note I said enjoyable, not frightening. The actors were crude, and relied heavily on the shock effect, and the easy prey of teenaged girls. It was the same for the corn maze (I hesitate to even call it that, since "maze" implies you're not herded down a single, narrow path), and the haunted houses. Predictable, and borderline ridiculous at times, the place at least did understand their strength in the houses lay in the creepy, unsettling effect (to prepare for the boring jump-and-shock routine), which they played up to nicely.
Everyone else was jumping and shrieking, however, so I guess they're doing their jobs right. I just have high standards. Nothing wrong with that.
Three out of five dead crows. If you're in the area, or frighten easily and enjoy that sort of thing, I'd make the trip. If you're looking for a bit more, as was I, don't bother.
I'll hit Maryland next, then travel down the east coast to Georgia and Florida, then continue west as planned. I say this to assure those of you I planned on meeting (Ghoul, Mulysa, Zombiegeek and DeathsHead) that I will, barring anything beyond my control, still make it to your states on the scheduled time. Cheery, dear, you still need to e-mail me about whether or not Florida is a go.
Here's the schedule so far. No set dates, save the ones for the four or five mentioned, which I'm not about to make public.
Netherworld - Atlanta, GA
Halloween Horror Nights and Howl-O-Scream - Orlando, FL
The 13th Gate - Baton Rouge, LA
The Beast (and its sister houses; The Chambers of EAP! <3) - Kansas City, MO
Cutting Edge - Forth Worth, TX
Asylum Haunted House - Denver, CO
Freakling Brothers Horrorshows - Las Vegas, NV (Possibly, I'm not sure anymore. Definitely Las Vegas, though)
Halloween at Disneyland - Anaheim, CA
As mentioned, yes, I've started my haunted little road trip about a week ago. So far, though, I've only had time to visit Headless Horseman in Ulster Park. It was...alright. An average event, with better atmosphere than scares. They suffered from overcrowding, which is understandable for a first night I suppose. The hayride was enjoyable - note I said enjoyable, not frightening. The actors were crude, and relied heavily on the shock effect, and the easy prey of teenaged girls. It was the same for the corn maze (I hesitate to even call it that, since "maze" implies you're not herded down a single, narrow path), and the haunted houses. Predictable, and borderline ridiculous at times, the place at least did understand their strength in the houses lay in the creepy, unsettling effect (to prepare for the boring jump-and-shock routine), which they played up to nicely.
Everyone else was jumping and shrieking, however, so I guess they're doing their jobs right. I just have high standards. Nothing wrong with that.
Three out of five dead crows. If you're in the area, or frighten easily and enjoy that sort of thing, I'd make the trip. If you're looking for a bit more, as was I, don't bother.
I'll hit Maryland next, then travel down the east coast to Georgia and Florida, then continue west as planned. I say this to assure those of you I planned on meeting (Ghoul, Mulysa, Zombiegeek and DeathsHead) that I will, barring anything beyond my control, still make it to your states on the scheduled time. Cheery, dear, you still need to e-mail me about whether or not Florida is a go.
Here's the schedule so far. No set dates, save the ones for the four or five mentioned, which I'm not about to make public.
Netherworld - Atlanta, GA
Halloween Horror Nights and Howl-O-Scream - Orlando, FL
The 13th Gate - Baton Rouge, LA
The Beast (and its sister houses; The Chambers of EAP! <3) - Kansas City, MO
Cutting Edge - Forth Worth, TX
Asylum Haunted House - Denver, CO
Freakling Brothers Horrorshows - Las Vegas, NV (Possibly, I'm not sure anymore. Definitely Las Vegas, though)
Halloween at Disneyland - Anaheim, CA
