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I can think of USH, Liseberg, and Fuji-Q.

 

Are there any others with true year-round haunt (as in with actors and everything you would expect at HHN) attractions?

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Aren't there a few year round haunted attractions (though not associated with any parks) in the Wisconsin dells?

 

The only others I can recall are Fright Walk at SCBB and Frankenstein's Castle at Indiana Beach. I've been though both and encountered no actors at the time but I'm not sure if it is the norm for both of those attractions to be unmanned.

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Yeti ^^ I agree 100%. Ghostly Manor is about 3 minutes outside of CP and it's the best interior design & floorplan I've ever seen on a year round haunt. When I went through it had no actors, and still scared me at multiple parts. What a shame it had no actors though It coulda been like the best haunt ever.

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Tibidabo and Tivoli World, both in Spain, have ones run by the same person as Blackpool's and Parque De Attractiones' (I know that's spelt totally wrong lol!)... at least, I think it's the same company. I'm doubting myself now, but I was told that, just don't quote me on it!

 

I can only speak for Tibidabo's, but it's AWESOME. Not quite as cool as Parque's, but still. It's called Krüeger Hotel and features a lot of really cool movie stuff, which is always awesome! It's also really long, and free with the admission!

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Gatlinburg (town after Pigeon Forge) has Ripley's Haunted Adventure which is great. I recommend it if you're ever in that area for Dollywood.

Myrtle Beach also has a Ripley's Haunted Adventure and some other haunted attractions along the boardwalk.

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Hi - I looked and looked and looked...nothing through SEARCH. Nothing.

Tried every wording and words possible. Nothing.

 

So, here it is...

 

I have three favourite haunt walk-throughs that are part of a park's regular season,

and not just for a Halloween Haunt Event, etc. My three faves are as follows...

 

3) My very own local at Playland(PNE): Haunted Mansion

 

It really is a great walk-through, has a few good scares, and usually a couple of

actors in there to make it more fun. Compared to those I have been to, around the

world, this still rates high in my books.

 

2) On one side of Sweden: House of Nightmares / Grona Lund, Stockholm.

 

I loved that it had two levels to work your way through. A well defined stairway led you

to out on the front porch, then back into the house for the rest of your tour. Now,

Sally Corp. has helped "UP" the terror, in a renovation of the house. AWesome!

 

1) All Time Current Fave & The Other Side of Sweden: Gasten Hotel / Liseberg, Gothenburg.

 

For the "water room" (you have to go through it, to believe it) alone, I would put this

walk-through at #1. But it has so much more to it, from the "pre show area" to your being

expelled into the reality of theme parks, at the end. No gift shop here. Exit to the BAR! (o:

 

Great walk-through. Awesome collection of actors who make the hotel come alive. AAA***

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#3 ~ Good old Haunted Mansion. Playland (PNE)

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#2 ~ This was a great walk-through! Grona Lund.

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#1 ~ Gasten Hotel is over there....somewhere. (o; Liseberg.

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Honorable Mention: This rather amazing walk-through in Finland. Unexpected and it had two levels, too!

Lots of black light. I enjoyed it, and was totally surprised by it.

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My two favorite (for fear factor) are not at parks but I would like to share them.

 

At #2 is Nightmares Fear Factory, Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, Ontario

 

It's year round but not located at a park.

 

Canadians love their haunted houses,eh? Clifton is loaded with haunted houses but only a couple of them are very frightening. As someone who goes into any haunted house I can , not much scares me in them anymore. I have never been one to be afraid of the dark, but Nightmares makes you question that. Jessica and I were the first to visit Nightmares that day and after a 12 hour drive from south of the border I probably wasn't in the best shape for something like this. I couldn't resist stopping in Niagara Falls on my way to Leviathan several hours further north, when I heard Nightmares is an entirely pitch black experience I had to try it.

 

I love these dark mazes. The darker the better, really. The small looking building is themed to a haunted coffin factory. It's much bigger than it looks, takes a while to find your way through and there is not one actor to be found inside. Machines, buzzers, static shockers, bursts of light, and of course the major elements I won't spoil out of respect. Everything takes you by surprise , you follow red tiny led's that show the way. They turn off and on and show up on the opposite end of the wall to mess with you. You are terribly lost the whole time and hopelessly fumble around finding the way through. You had to squeeze through tight gaps, and climb under a low wall at one point. I was very impressed and I recommend it for intense scares.

 

 

#1 Barrett's Haunted Mansion presents Darkness Unleashed, Abington, MA

 

Being a New Englander had its advantages at Halloween. There are so many mazes to choose from but none better in all of the northeast than Barret's. Barret's take's the all dark concept of Nightmares and amplifies it. 3 nights a year , the year round standing structure (it is only a seasonal haunt, however ) BHM becomes Darkness Unleashed. The lights go out in these nights in the main maze, the props become useless , the actors wear night vision goggles like effing Seal Team 6 and mercilessly grab , pull, rub, smell and otherwise violate you for what seems like forever. I have been twice and the first time was with my girlfriend and coaster /haunt buddy Jess and an older couple. While we were sworn at, grabbed , and separated that year, the next year with another younger couple was intense.

 

We were getting grabbed all over our bodies , nothing seemed to be off limits. It was way more sexualized and I can see it being kind of disturbing to some. You have to buy reservations online , sign a waiver agreeing that you will be touched , etc. and when your time arrives you are given the choice of a red or green tiny glow stick as your only source of light. I chose red and lead the group both times . With the red glow stick the actors are way "rougher" and scare factor is maximized. We had hoods pulled over or face , I was "washed" by a maid who insisted I was dirty , she sprayed me directly in the face with water and two more actors showed up and started rubbing shaving cream all over me. I barely make out the frills of her costume with the little glow stick and I'm being dragged away, can hear my girlfriend screaming that she's being taken away, my friends are gone apparently. It was unbelievably intense , not quite like the ones where you're in a coffin, or made to eat things , or freeze in a box like the one in San Diego, but man it's intense every time, worth checking out just get tickets early they sell out.

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It looks small, really deceiving from the outside.

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The staircases are one of the only lighted areas.

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A lot of people quit midway.

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These guys did a great job with this one.

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Take my money!!

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Barret's Haunted Mansion

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Entrance for Darkness Unleashed where you get your glow stick. Don't be a puss, choose red!

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Those in the first post look cool, I would probably try those out. That really intense one in the post above is just not for me and I love horror but I would have a bad time forgetting that I can't swing at people who are grabbing at you and putting things over your head lol

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Isn't the only one in the US is at Universal studios Orlando when it comes to in the park?

 

The Ghost Ship at Morey Piers, also. Beyond that I can't recall any in the United States with scare actors.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe Frankenstein's Castle at Indiana Beach has scare actors.

Some smaller parks have haunted houses (Little A-Merrick-A, York's Kingdom) but they are just in the dark walk thru without actors.

 

As some have mentioned they are still quite popular in Europe and ever park in China seemed to have one.

 

My favorite was the Ghost Ship Gothenburg at Chuanlord Holiday Manor

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