carolinacaniac Posted October 7, 2010 Posted October 7, 2010 Hey everyone, Last weekend I had a chance to go and check out this year's Howl-O-Scream up at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and it was a lot of fun to check out! This was actually a very random trip for me, as I woke up in the morning of October 2nd, and thought to myself "You know what? I am going to Busch Gardens today!" So I packed my camera, video camera, and made my way up! The traffic sucked as there was an accident on the stretch of I-64 leading up to the park, and when I arrived, I had come to find out how crowded the place was going to be since I had to park in the Scotland lot over by the brewery. It still turned out to be a good day, thanks to my first experience with Quick Queue which helped to ensure that I got to check out all of the mazes and get a few spins on each of the coasters that day. I have to admit that I didn't really put much thought into the mazes themselves, but if I had to pick which I thought was the best, I would go with Catacombs, as I was ducking and jumping all over the place. Other, it seemed like I was in the wrong spot to get spooked, but sometimes it was as much fun to see others screaming bloody murder over what was going to happen. I will say that the characters in the front of the park with the black face covers was creepy as hell, especially the ones dressed as birds on stilts. In any case, I have a bunch of pictures to share, and a video as well. I hope you all enjoy the show! Here we are at Busch Gardens, just before getting to the front gate This is the bridge that leads to the England parking lot for buses, pet kennels, ect.. While these statues would stay in place the whole time, there would be some people dressed the same way that would hold very still and scare the crap out of people. When Alfred Hitchcock meets Tyler Perry? The fake crows were all over the British part of the park Right as you walk into Scotland, they have a ton of these ghosts hanging above you Even more of them Kind of reminds me of that park in Wisconsin, where you can see a graveyard from a ride The Sesame Street friendlier Halloween decor Looks like he might have had a little too much sun..... You can check out the maze for Pompeii in the daytime without the "scare" factor, which it was kind of neat to see how some of it was put together. Better at night though Bwaba-waba-waba-waba!!!!! Near Italy, all of these witches are just chillin' out. Rawr!!!! That is one hott witch!!!! "That stupid witch, making herself look like such a skank!!!" Another maze, over by Roman Rapids, it was pretty cool. You know, there sure are a lot of hott witches, makes me think I am at some Halloween-esque gentleman's club ...See! Just like a true gentleman's club, they even have some ugly witches! The giftshop of Oktoberfest This guy is just hanging out with his pet head. Festhaus, where Franken Rock was held. And this it would look like if Frankenstien became a sex symbol! At the end of the show Rock on demon guys! Rock on! Over where Draken Fire once laid, you have the largest maze group of the park. The Harvest Hollow might have been better if I had waited until it was even darker, but the other two were cool! Dead The area between Oktoberfest and where Alpengeist is. They really changed it up for the occasion, have they done this before? Watch out....he bites! The bridge across Alpengeist What's up dog! Hmmm......something smells awesome!!!! This poor guy looks angry, what could be making him so mad? Ahh.....I would be mad too if I had to stare at that awesome ride all day without getting to ride it. Catacombs, the first actual maze I checked out as it was open in the day time. I enjoyed it! It had one of the best decorated queues for the mazes Rats!!! "Hey, uhh Bob, we got a problem here!" A bunch of rodents and they are near his rear.......I am gonna guess.....Richard Gere? Over to the Wolves and animals area, they have a big problem with spiders in the fall it seems Well, it beats yellow jackets on the lift hills of SFA's coasters! Over in the Ireland area, they have the Jack-O-Lanterns, which I thought was cool to have found out a couple years ago that jack-o-lanterns were an Irish tradition. Where Jack Is Back takes place. A familiar sight that is altered And this completed the loop, so it was time to go and check out some specific stuff. First was Art Attack, which for those of you who have never heard of it... Features a guy on stilts painting. Working at a hectic pace... his was his final product.....pretty awesome work in a span of about 10-15 minutes! But now as the lights get darker, the night time fun begins! First, there is a huge crowd for "Jack is Back" I was kind of "Uhhhhhh?" about this show. I guess it was because I didn't expect it to be so family-friendly, as I thought it would be more tied to the story of the origins of the Jack-O-Lantern. Still good for the family though That and the talking pumpkin head was pretty cool! At this time, the midways started to get kind of spooky! Spoooky! Back in New France, I think they had the most effective way to scare people on the walkways..... These guys had chainsaws! Oktoberfest as it gets dark! .........getting kind of nervous walking through this scary field! The bridge that connects Italy and Germany Here we have the guys in the British area that were just creepy as hell! Right after I took this picture, he leaned right over me to stare-me down. A great way to scare people! Dressed the same as the statues up front And that wraps up the photo portion of my Trip Report. Hope you all enjoyed it, and I hope you all enjoy the video I put together as well! Enjoy the Video!!!! [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=Howl-O-Scream_2010_43tk[/coastertube] -Gary
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