Posts Tagged ‘2012 Haunt Rumors’

Six Flags Magic Mountain: Fright Fest 2012

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Six Flags Magic Mountain has already begun to promote this year’s Fright Fest.  Fright Fest will run every weekend in October, beginning October 5th, for a total of 12 “frighting” nights. Unlike the other SoCal  theme parks, Magic Mountain’s visitors can stay and scream inside the park during it’s extended haunt hours without paying an additional admission price but they do have to pay an upcharge fee to go into the mazes.

Magic Mountain isn’t known for having one of the the ‘best’ Theme Park haunt in Southern California, by any measure. However, they seem to be really working hard at building up and promoting their haunt offerings and this year they will  have 2 additional offerings bringing their combined total of Mazes and Scare Zones to 13. We assume all the past 11 Mazes and Scare Zones will be returning as Magic Mountain hasn’t been persistent about “reVamping”  their mazes and some of their mazes, such as Jokester’s Hideout 3D and Willoughby’s Haunted Mansion, have been the same since the late 90′s.  We do have to give them credit though; as despite being the haunt underdog in SoCal, they have managed to continually offer an event to celebrate the Halloween season.  In addition, their collection of coasters provides some of the most unique and terrifying ride experiences on the West Coast and who doesn’t love a seasonal ride on the Colossus backwards?!

Fright Fest 2012

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“Carrie On” at Howl O Scream?

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

Busch Gardens Tampa has recently posted these “teaser” pictures on their Howl O Scream Facebook page.

Howl O Scream Father's Day post

Howl O Scream June 22 Post

While they’ve told us all to “relax” as “these are not clues” this could all be a ploy to throw us off track. Obviously someone over there has suddenly become infatuated with the master of horror Stephen King whose vast repertoire of frightening stories and characters  would lend themselves well to a park-wide haunt or house. This would also be a nice follow up to last year where they created a fantastic house themed to the world of another dark literary master, Edgar Allen Poe.

Whatever it is, it seems as if the devious minds over there enjoy tormenting us.

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The Haunted Plantation: 7 Years of Fear!

Sunday, June 24th, 2012

With less than 4 months to go, there has been a lot of activity going at the Haunted Plantation in Waipahu, HI. They recently announced their 2012 dates promising 10 nights of horror running October: 12,13,19,20,21,26,27,28,30,31!!

They also shared that last year they were planning on doing a SPECIAL Haunted Plantation Night called “Haunted Plantation Blackout” but decided on canceling it due to “prior engagements”. It would of been a special 18+ night and you must sign a waiver to enter. They’re now reconsidering Blackout for 2012 but only if they reach over 70 likes on their Facebook post (which as of our last check on their page, they’re at 235 likes). We’re not sure exactly what they exactly have in store for the Blackout event, but it does sound promising.

They’re also are slowly dropping hints about their new 2012 charters. So, let us know if you can guess who or what it is.

HP 2012 Icon Character Clue - There are two stories about two dolls that reside in the Plantation Village. One in the Portuguese house that is said to move around at night and one in the Okinawan Christian house that keeps escaping from its glass case!

   

Finally, while more sinister news begins to to creep in from across the Pacific, here’s a look at their brand new 2012 teaser video:

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Knott’s ReVAMPs Dominion of the Dead for 2012

Monday, February 20th, 2012

After an entire season without any vampires at Knott’s Scary Farm, they’re now coming back. There were numerous reports from this weekend’s West Coast Bash at Knott’s Berry Farm that the classic vampire maze, Dominion of the Dead, will get “revamped.”

The original Dominion of the Dead ran for 5 years: 1995 through 1999. Knott’s promises that the new version will resurrect the spirit of the original, which—unlike the contemporary setting of Club Blood—had a dark and Gothic atmosphere with classical music, old-world costumes, and candlelit corridors. Dominion of the Dead will be replacing Lockdown: The Asylum, which was paired up with Delirium in the park’s Ghostrider corridor. As double-header mazes, guests wait in one line and  upon exiting the first maze, they are immediately transitioned into the second maze.

Dominion of the Dead could turn out to be a great gateway maze into Delirium.  And looking at how Knott’s has recently (or finally) increased the level of set design and effects for their newer mazes, we expect something that could be very aesthetically impressive. We also hope that they make it genuinely scary, which, as we rediscovered to our surprise last season, vampires actually can be.

It was also said that Dia de los Muertos will be (sadly) returning, and there will be another new maze, yet to be announced. In addition, we heard interesting news that the Timber Mountain Log Ride and Calico Mine Train will not be receiving full theme overlays this year, but instead will just have some “special haunt stuff inside.” We know that both rides have undergone recent refurbishments, and although they haven’t been the best haunt attractions in recent years, the potential is still there to make these rides scary as hell, as they were in the 90s.

Now here’s a look at Dominion of the Dead from 1999. Footage courtesy of our friends at Theme Park Adventure: 

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