Full ScareZone Coverage of CP's Halloweekends!

[GhostBlaster]

Hey TPR-ers! I just came back from a beautiful weekend at Cedar Point's Halloweekends and had a BLAST! The screamsters were top-notch in most of the mazes, the weather was wonderful, people were screaming, and I got peed on by plastic babies!

I recorded all 6 of the scarezones entirely with my HD camera, including the new "Blood on the Bayou" and "Screamworks!"

Here are my reviews of the scarezones, starting with the best leading to the.. not so great ones.

 

Terror Island

10/10

This year, Terror Island was phenomenal. The island was full of fantastic scaracters, great effects and props, lots of fog, and hilarious gags that could turn your stomach inside out. (Second time walking through, one of the scaracters completely "Threw -up" on the ground right in front of our feet, then scooped the liquid back up with a spoon)

So if you plan on coming to Halloweekends this year, make sure to hit Terror Island. You won't be disappointed!

 

Blood on the Bayou

9/10

This scarezone is brand new for Halloweekends and they did a fantastic job with it! They really captured the setting by placing this within the Iron Dragon lagoon area, placing "shotgun" shacks, old rusted trailers, and busted-up farm equipment along the path. The actors utilized their spaces very well, trailing distractions up right towards a misdirected scare. The only improvement needed is the ending. There wasn't a climax at the end of the maze, and using the path underneath Top Thrill Dragster is not ideal for the last scene of any scarezone... Anyhow, BotB is a great addition to Halloweekends and I can't wait to see their improvements for next year!

 

Cornstalkers

8.5/10

One of my personal favorites, Cornstalkers makes it to the third spot on my list. This scarezone is probably the scariest walkthrough at Cedar Point. The cornstalks in this maze makes the actors completely invisible, so when you enter through this maze, you are guaranteed a surprise. (For example, halfway through the video, an actor dressed in cornstalks comes up and talks to me, then another one sneaks up behind me and whispers in my ear, completely freaking me out.) The actors in this maze truly make this scarezone a great experience. Also, never be doubtful when walking up to the entrance of this maze. The queue line was completely full with the sign saying it was an hour wait, but I made it through the line in 12 minutes flat. So make sure to go through this maze when you get the chance!

 

CarnEvil

8/10

This year's most improved scarezone goes to CarnEvil. CP really stepped this place up, they put in brand new props, costumes, animatronics, and music to make this a fantastic scarezone. The actors are much more versatile, with new "scare" props such as squeaky toys, chains, canes, sirens, and chattering teeth. (Much more effective than the usual "shaker" cans) I truly enjoyed walking through this greatly improved scarezone.

 

Fear Faire

7.5/10

In my opinion, Fear Faire is much much better than last year. Great scaracters, great props, and just enough fog to even the whole place out. However, this scarezone had lots of empty areas filled with scenery, but no actors. The overall problem with this maze is that they really need to have a lot more actors to fill up some empty spaces. This maze is still a great attraction, it just needs a little more attention for using the space up wisely.

 

Maniacal Mechanical Screamworks

5/10

Unfortunately, Screamworks is at the bottom of my list. Yes, the initial Steampunk theme is one of my favorites, it has a very nice atmosphere, great music... But I wasn't truly scared through this scarezone. The problem with this walk through is that there is way too much empty space, not nearly as many actors as there should be, and the crowd control is very weak. This scarezone can definitely be greatly improved. It has a lot of potential, but it definitely needs more attention from the folks at CP. The scareactors are really great,(Especially the sliders, as well as the guy with the trashcan siren.. watch for him to do his "Rodeo!") there just needs to be more of them to fill up the gaps. Overall, this attraction is NOT worse than previous years' "Fright Zone", but it just needs more actors.

 

With my experience of this year's trip, I believe that this is one of the best years of Halloweekends to date. I had a great time getting the crap scared out of me by the wonderful actors. I hope you enjoy my videos! Thanks for watching!

[Erik Johnson]

Thanks for spending the time making those videos. What camera do you use?

[Zeppelinfreak]

Wow, thanks so much for this. I love Cedar Fair's Haunts so I love to see videos from all of the different Cedar Fair Haunts.

Did you or are you going to record any other Cedar Fair Haunts.

[GhostBlaster]

Thanks for spending the time making those videos. What camera do you use?

No problem! I really wanted to capture the walkthroughs for family that couldn't go this year I just use my Samsung TL210 digital camera, it takes great quality videos in my opinion!

 

Wow, thanks so much for this. I love Cedar Fair's Haunts so I love to see videos from all of the different Cedar Fair Haunts.

Did you or are you going to record any other Cedar Fair Haunts.

You're totally welcome! I'm not really planning on getting to any more CF parks within the next couple weeks, but I'm definitely getting to Kings Island next year during their haunt, so I'll be sure to record all those walkthroughs also!