Erik Johnson

Went to the park today for a short visit and update. Most of Pantopia is now open! I did not witness anyone working on the drop tower today and it is still behind walls. Ride sign Bacon Pretzel Fury! It is quite yummy! The gift store is now open. The lighting in the area proves to be quite interesting. Through the trees!

I managed to get a Falcon's Fury sign photo today. Falcon's Fury

Strange considering it was closed for much of last year as well.

This was my trip report from opening weekend. http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=50492&p=742364

Yay. I got Father Sean today.

I do not like backwards coasters. I can handle shuttles and Boomerangs, but I don't dare try one of these. I had my chance last year to ride it and decided to use the chicken exit instead. Backwards train of people at Great America last year.

Awww man. I loved the Bubba Tub. That thing had some serious scary airtime on it. While it looks good, we are going back to basically an updated version of the original racer slides before Bubba Tub, The Kamikaze.

I am curious to see if Balder creeps back up to the top five on next year's poll. I know that quite a few voters will be riding it this year.

I am working towards that same goal. Have been for a long time. Need just a little over 2,000 points for the goal.

It was surprisingly not as bad as everyone said it was (like John Carter) It certainly runs way too long, but I think you may enjoy parts of it. Plus how often does Disney films have scenes of cannablism in them. I rented the blu ray from Redbox for $1.59. It was worth the money.

Fir whatever stupid reason, I have not been able to remove anyone from my friends list in my iphone. Everytime I try to hit the accept friend removal it disappears. I maxed out months ago...stupid game!

Make sure that you physically tap or wait until the gift cards are added to your inventory before moving to the next city.

Pretzel loops usually destroys me unless I am riding in the front couple of rows. I think that will help.

People have to remember that the park was built there first. If you decide to move near it you have to expect to hear noise from it. On another note, I still think it was nuts that they built those new apartments right behind Universal Orlando. Trying to sleep during late HHN nights must be tough.

Looks good! I am glad they built another one of these type of rides.

I did get a picture if the sign Larry. Sorry Chuxk, I guess we should have done the Minion ride first. I had no idea the line would get so long so quickly. It did not get below 75 mins after the first hour.

Mine are all the way on the right side, near the bottom.

This update us great! I bet those who played this last year are happy to already have the graveyards without having to buy them.

This was surprising. How did the game know?

Going through my stuff I found a few cool items. Just think of the weeds! Found this too.

I was able to attend this evening for opening night. Overall the crowds were pretty light with the longest wait time listed being about 15 minutes long. Platinum pass holders get in free for both the first Friday and Saturday night. I went ahead and did the Fright Feast. This includes fast pass entry to all the mazes until 8:30 (which we were able to do all 7 before that time). They also opened the mazes about 15 minutes early as an extra perk. I always like HOS. The scare actors really seem to be into thier roles, and the houses seem to be heavily populated with them. Overall I thought the houses were quite good. There was only one real scare zone this year. They had a few groups of wandering zombies, but it did not seem to be as many as there were in 2011. Overall I thought it was a prety solid event, but I do not think it was quite as good as the last one I went to in 2011 (TPR's Busch Bash). Anyways, want to see a few pictures? The 13th year for Howl-O-Scream. Death Water Bayou was the best of the bunch of the new houses this year. The entrance into the house was quite detailed. The Vampire Casino was redressed to Warewolves this year. This us the front of the house. The third and final new maze this year was The Basement. It was themed to cannibalism. Did someone ask about the Naughty Nurses? Fiends was the show that played during Fright Feast this year. Pain Lane was the only scare zone that I saw this year. If clowns frighten you, you may want to avoid this one. I suspect that this maybe the last year for the Poe one. I think that the facade is quite impressive. This years's map.

Curious, which houses were in the sound stages this year.

I am convinced my animals/town hates me. It seems that I was getting close to getting a perfect town. I added several more public items in the past few days. All of a sudden I am back to a so-so rating. No dead plants or weeds anywhere. I simply can't figure it out.

My room goals are as follows: World Domination Room with Robot Furniture Set (finished) Green Room Outside Lawn Balloon/Game Room (Finished) Blue Room Halloween Room (Can't wait for Oct 31) I currently have Roccoco Now. My game room

Oh dear I failed every one do far! I so far behind, lol. My World Domination Room.