coasterdave Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Every year around my birthday, I head off down to sunny Florida to Halloween Horror Nights and what not. The plans for the weekend had been changed over the last few months. At one time I was doing HHN on a Wednesday and then heading to Knott's Halloween Haunt Thursday and then on to San Antonio for Fiesta Fest, but with having to head out to LA for work at the end of the month. I dropped Knott's from this trip and added Howl O Scream in Tampa Thursday. I flew down to Orlando on Airtran Airways since I had a free one way flight with them. Might as well save money when I can. I got a call earlier in the week and was asked if I would take a later flight and I agreed. I got bumped up to Business Class and have to say it was a nice flying first rate on my 35th birthday. I connected through Atlanta from Charlotte. I will connect through Atlanta for the connecting flight to San Antonio and the trip back home Monday evening. I guess I will know a good bit about Hartsville Airport by the time I get home Monday evening. Enough Rambling and on to some pics. I will sum each update at the end of the set of pics or at the end of this PTR. Robo through the trees. More Fire!! Someones better check to see if that is their rental. Added bonus tonight was a show by Robosaurus. These two have graced HHN for the last few years. Is it real or is it a prop? More strange figures watching over the crowds. The Pumpkin Crow is waiting. The Pumpkin Guy is waiting for you in the Harvest Of Souls. Incase you forgot what this PTR was about. Up close of one of the woman of the night A first for the site, Zombie Hookers! Another Vampire wanting to suck your blood. One of many Images projected on buildings. Beware of the Statues. The Arrival Stage Chainsaw Chuck chasing unsuspecting victims. Bet she can cut the heck out of some trees Sinister woman heading my way. A Monster Chick with some cleavage A pic for you cloud lovers out there. The view from Charlotte Terminal A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Ahhh Robodino...the one thing I missed...I was actually gonna be down this week because I wanted to go for my bday also but I figured I will miss out on my gifts lol...cool pics especially the night shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re_upcrazy78 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Great pictures. The pictures I took of HHN didn't turn out that great, yours kind of fill in the gap Where was the car crusher though? I don't remember seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECZenith Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Cool that you got a lot of photos of the characters. I like how they used a lot of the old ones and just threw them in randomly-Fire/Ice demons, Alice from Scary Tales, etc... Really made that scarezone my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefitness Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 In the Horror Comes Home scarezone how often are they out...everytime I went through no one was there.Probally cause it rained a little.Hopefully ill get a piture with the Ice Lady when I go back! Nice Pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneyfan1313 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Great pictures. The pictures I took of HHN didn't turn out that great, yours kind of fill in the gap Where was the car crusher though? I don't remember seeing it. Robosaurus has just started at HHN and will be there on Fri/Sat for the next 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdave Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Robo destroyed the car in the street between Mummy and where you enter Screamhouse at. I had never saw it in action and I over heard some of the cast telling people that there was going to be a show at 10:30 as a dry run. It was pretty cool. Busch Gardens was pretty dead when I got there around noon. I decided to do the Dinner Show at 6 tonight. It is sorta taking the place of eating at the Underwater Grill at Seaworld since I had to take a later flight down Wednesday. Glad you folks have enjoyed it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacking Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I doubt you'll see this in time, but hope you enjoy HOS tonight. I'll be in After Hours waiting to scare guests. BTW, I saw Robosaurus at 9:15pm at HHN last night. Not spectacular, but a fun diversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obeygiant Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Nice pics.. the Pumpkin Guy actually looks pretty cool... How crowded was it at the parks at night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRollergod Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 As the back to the future's car last breath, it gets eaten by a robodino! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdave Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 The park was pretty crowded for it to be a wednesday night. I think it was the most crowded that I have ever seen for a wednesday night come to think of it. The lines for the houses where running anywhere between 30-45 minutes from what I saw. Will post pics from a great Howl-O-Scream friday while I am hanging out at the airport for mu plane to San Antinio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacking Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 On Wednesday, I saw PUTS at 60 min and PsychoPath at 90! That being said, Wednesday was not as busy as Sunday was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdave Posted October 13, 2006 Author Share Posted October 13, 2006 I have to admit that I thought Howl-O-Scream in Tampa was a better all around event than HHN is this year. I am not saying that HHN is bad this year. I just thought Howl-O-Scream was a better well rounded Halloween event. I arrived for the Dinner Show they offer at 6pm in the Desert Grill. They had a great selection of food to choose from and even had all the rides in that area open for the people attending the dinner. It is well worth the price for the dinner and getting a chance to hit some of the houses before they opened up the gates at 7:30. I did noticed that everyone seem to flock towards After Hours when the gates did open. Enjoy the pics and the next update will be Saturday night after Fiesta Fest. Want to go Clubbing? You need a map? One of the Dancers outside After Hours (Club Muse) Dancer at the entrance to park The Show known as Awakenings Enter these Woods with extreme caution This guest did not make it it appears. Inside Bone Grinders Enter at your own risk!!! Even ferns look menacing Anyone need a hand for supper? Welcome to Zombie Junction and no I did not find any Zombie Hookers. I go which way now? Mood Lighting through out the park Walking through the Pharaoh's Revenge Scare Zone. Outside of Trapped in the Walls Carmon is looking for the killer! Did you do it? Show in the Desert Grill Figured I atleast needed to have a coaster in this update. I think this one will work just fine. Entrance used for people attending the Dinner Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Sounds like a hell of a birthday weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdave Posted October 16, 2006 Author Share Posted October 16, 2006 I had the best intentions of getting this update up by saturday evening when I got back into the hotel. But it just was not in the cards for that to take place. Better late than never I guess. I will update with Pics from Howl-O-Scream from Seaworld San Antonio early in the week. I hope that is. Enjoy! And day one ends! Scenes from Monster Bash Singer during Mayor Slayer's Monster Bash Mayor Watching over his Zombie Woman Creatures appear for Mayor Slayer's Monster Bash! Elvis in Last Chance Legends Heading towards the interlocking corkscrews A little Superman action Mayor Slayer seems to be in town. Spider Zombie coming out of the tower Outside Last Chance Legends These kids rode the Frisbee afew times to much. Entrance to Haunted House The Blood Fountain outside entrance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Nice pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 Damn, those haunted houses looked amazing with all that scenery and theming! Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdave Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 So this will be the final update of my first of two horror weekends in Oct. (Next one is from Knotts and HHN Hollywood at end of month). This was the longest of the two and have to say that it will be an annual trip for me. Nothing like some good park Halloween Events in my book. I will close this update with some pics from Seaworld Texas and their Howl-O-Scream event. Hope you folks enjoyed the update as much as I enjoyed going! Parting shot of the gang Bling Bling macking on the phone with his Ghoulfriend. Play that sax Bones Ever mans dream or nightmare The Haunted Forest awaits you. Someone is going to be wet. Thought it was a great pic Bling Bling on the phone Do not think I have ever saw this one. Nice hat buddy Tubing with the family This guy got abit off course Start this one off with a coaster and get it out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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