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October 24-26 |
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| Medusa merchandise is featured in
the Main Street Market |
Now all 50% off with the re-vamp
of the coaster coming this winter |
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| The cold drink carts are serving
hot chocolate |
From inside the Elvira queue,
Scream Machine looks like a model |
The bloody fountain from above |
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| The old Space Shuttle sign model
is now in the Motion Theater ride op booth |
The scabs the clown show cast members |
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| Scabs the Clown show |
Dead and Local |
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| Inflatable ghost |
The Spider is now at Skull
Mountain |
Kind of creepy with all the fog
around the old observatory |
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| Wheel of Fright |
Where will the spider show up
next? |
The Asylum entrance |
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| Rehab of the Flume lift has begun |
The reservoir is being drained
for the winter |
The Ghoulmaster and WretchED are
now located at the Fountain |
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| Not much water left |
The bridge is still a work in
progress |
The portals look really good |
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| Hay bales at Best of the West |
Monster Mash Bash |
The final days of Medusa |
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| The emergency lighting system is
on for safety |
With the extra lighting the trees look
really good in their fall colors |
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| Fright Fest is always the most colorful
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Granny's hasn't been lit for most of the summer, but this weekend the
lights were back on again |
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| The Lakefront Cemetery looks
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The Parachute Tower lights were
also on for additional light in the Boardwalk |
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Fright Fest 2008
Opening Weekend |
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The Dead Man's Party fans showed up early for good seats
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The park looked really crowded |
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on Sunday night, but people still gathered early for the aWAKEning |
The procession begins on its way towards
the Big Wheel |
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| The ghouls of all shapes and sizes from
all the haunt zones make their way into the park |
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| The crowd to see the aWAKEning and Dead
Man's Party was HUGE!!! |
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| The Ghoulmaster and Wretch-Ed begin the
aWAKEning for the night and for the season |
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| They prepare to wake Dr. Fright |
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| The incantation is read by Wretch-Ed |
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| Dr. Fright comes to life and summons the
rest of the ghouls, and Fright Fest begins |
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| Now that Fright Fest has started, it's
time for a Dead Man's Party |
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| The Ghoulmaster summons the partiers and
the fun begins |
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| The Fountain |
Night falls |
Dead and Local Stage |
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| Cool web under the Fort |
Bone Butcher Terrortory |
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| The Fort lit in red |
Circus Psycho portal |
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| Elvira is back!!! |
Zambora |
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| Lakeside Cemetery |
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Dream Street |
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| The Ghoulmaster and WretchEd have their
photo spot at Houdini's entrance |
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| Fortune Teller on Dream Street |
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Fountain Cemetery |
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| The lights of the Escape from the
Asylum |
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10 Below is the ticket booth |
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The queue utilizes Chiller's old
lines |
Hypnosteria is back |
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| The Demented Forest line uses the Congo
Rapids queue in reverse |
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The ticket booths |
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| The Demented Forest runs outside the
park boundries |
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| The exit for the Demented Forest
let out into Looney Tunes Seaport |
Granny's looked spooky with the
lights behind it |
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| The "Spider of Doom" has found
its way to Medusa |
If the spider knows something, this may
become collectible merchandise |
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Cool new Fright Fest shirt (front &
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General Notes
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Fright Fest
Preparations
September 28th |
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| Bugs Bunny in mums |
The decorations look great! |
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| All the nice touches in the landscaping
are really nice |
The merchandise is in place |
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| Definitely looks like fall now |
Be green and resuse |
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| Costume section of the Looney
Tunes Shoppe |
More fall stuff |
The cemetery is in place |
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| Only one week to go... |
The fountain cemetery looks great as
always |
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| The fountain cemetery is a little
smaller this year, leaving more room for the crowds |
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| The Fright Fest props are all in place
and look great |
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| Great touch on the game building |
Dream Street is ready |
Dead Man's Party stage is ready |
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| Skull Mountain looks good |
The Terror Trail is getting all
the last minute preparations |
It looks like a new lighting rig
for the stage this year |
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| The Demented Forest looks promising with
a huge area of corn stalks |
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| The entry way is getting some new
pavement where the flume footer used to stand, with new pavers |
Really cool spider web |
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| The line for the Demented Forest will
use the queue for Congo Rapids, but in reverse |
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| The old Gotham Police cars from
the Batman The Ride queue is being used for Escape From the Asylum |
Cool new floral display |
The webs that were on Panda
Express and then removed are back again this week |
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| This ride site is being used for
a Fright Fest show |
The decorations and landscaping all look
great from above |
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| You can see the Fountain cemetery is a
little smaller this year |
The portals are all in place for
the Boardwalk area |
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Webs go all the way to the top of
the Theater |
The Bone Butcher sign is now up |
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| Bone Butcher Terrortory is all
ready |
The flowers on the lake look
great |
The webs this year look amazing
with many dimensions |
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| With the leaves starting to change
colors in the background, it looks like Halloween |
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| The skeletons look great |
The guillotine waits |
More of those great webs |
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| The whole Frontier Adventures area looks
really good |
Fright Fest begins and Race for
the Cure next weekend |
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| The bridge is still closed, but work has
been happening on it, so hopefully it re-opens before the HUGE crowds of
Fright Fest arrive |
The Fort looks good |
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| It looks like the Starburst guy
is caught in the webs |
Striking a pose |
Even the canon is covered with
webs |
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| Less than one week until opening night! |
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| The tortoises seemed to be enjoying the
wet weather this weekend |
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| Hopefully today was the last day
for Fly Me To The Moon forever |
The Jack-o-lantern planters are a great
touch |
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| Costume corner in the Superman
shop |
The Warioland competition was
this weekend |
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| The portal setup is slightly different
this year, with the round risers in a new configuration |
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| The final touches have been added all
around the Lakefront Cemetery |
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| The Dead and Local stage looks really
good this year |
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| A few new touches including an angel of
death give the stage a new look |
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Watch
for
Fright Fest 2008
Opening Night
Coverage, coming
Next Weekend! |
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| The windows all look good |
Everything is just about ready to
go! |
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