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Nope, we went back and asked for a wristband, only to be told we don't need them with season pass tickets and had to explain the the person at the gate what the guy told us inside. Only if you have a VIP pass, otherwise you line up with everyone else til around 5:30.

Oh yeah, the gate staff didn't know the season pass holders needed wristbands. One friendly woman inside (looked like she might be the supervisor looked at the tix and had no dramas with us there. Some older not so friendly guy - may have even been the park manager or something - firstly asked us to leave because we didn't have a wristband on, then didn't seem to realise what a season pass was considering how long he looked at it, before finally telling us to go back to the turnstyles and get a wristband. When we asked for a wristband the gate staff told us we didn't need one and only gave one to us once we explained what happened. No real drama but the guy in the park could have been more friendly considering where he works.... edit - in saying that, he did have to deal with a lot of idiots who couldn't work out how a rope works.

Yes, but the Friday didn't sell out AFAIK, whereas the Saturday did. Warner Bros. Movie World - Gold Coast, Australia18 OctoberTomorrow night's #frightnights13 event has sold out, there will be a limited number of tickets available at the front gate for the full price of $59.99 but get in quickly because they will sell fast!

Queues were just as bad, if not slightly worse for WD - in saying that the line was just as long as last time, but it got to that length earlier in the night than last time. Haven't done the shows yet - saving them for Friday when I hope it's a little bit quieter. (From what I've heard they haven't sold out whereas all the Saturday ones did)

Speaking of breaking things, maybe that's what felt different about Darkness last night. I think maybe some of those slappy hands may have been broken off.

Yeah, that's not a complaint about the park, that's a complaint about the guests forcing that reaction to happen. Props to the woman in ED who is the home owner of that cabin thing who, while she had to tell everyone to hold shoulders, she still kept the character voice going. As mentioned, keeps the group together and stops the knee-jerk reactions of swinging at someone when some people get scared. What I'd really hope to see after fright nights is MW post pics of all the actors from the mazes so we can see the makeup in better light, and then a fully lit walkthough or at least aerial shot of the mazes.

The only change I noticed to the queues tonight was the fastpass for HS2 - instead of going straight down the path as per my pics last week, you just follow the queue down and walk past everyone to the front (skipping the switchbacks). Got through ED twice in a row, Superman once - was on the first ride after the 30 minute break down. HS2 and Darkness. Finished up around 10:15pm. Darkness just felt weird this time. It seemed somehow different. I don't know what it was, but it just seemed off tonight. Also HS2 the group in front of us must have been crawling backwards through there. We were at the front and were trying to slow it down to the point we had to stop 3 times for about 10 sec and were still getting to the actors before they had time to prepare for the next group. Kind of sucks when the actors break character to tell you to keep hands on shoulders too. Crowds still huge, also they didn't have any issues with us bringing back the flashing mugs to get the free refills all night.

Going back tonight. Anyone want any specific info from there?

Any chance you still have the IV bag and could upload a pic?

Yeah the only time I jumped slightly was when the guy in the ghillie suit jumped out screaming. I don't get the ones who see the people in makeup and have to run off screaming. Surely it's put on? Can I have Katie instead of the stupid award thing?

Am I the only one who isn't actually scared by the stuff in the mazes/people dressed up? I go purely for the entertainment value and seeing the mazes and work they put into each event and enjoy the atmosphere. Even had one of the devil style actors standing behind me in the queue, didn't realise he was there as I was talking to someone. Turned around and he was about 5cm from my face. I just said "oh, how you goin'?" and he walked away. edit - Did anyone get one of those IV drip drinks? If so - 1 - what was in it 2- are they refillable 3 - if you still have it can you please put a pic up

Based on my night, I'd say Slasher first, then straight to WD, immediately to ED, then finally Darkness, depends on how hungry you are though. If you get through the mazes, it's probably somewhere between 7:30 and 8:15 I'd say. Re the crowds - my mate and I figured it's probably a higher guest count than last year (almost certain on that) so that the maze queues seem longer and the fastpass seems more like a good idea. If you're only going 1 night and want to do rides AND mazes, probably best you get the fastpass. If you're going more than once, skip the rides and just do mazes one night so you dont have to pay the extra for the pass.

12/10 Saturday Arrived around 5:15pm. Carpark was pretty empty surprisingly. Had no drama at all getting a park. Ticket processing: probably around 15-20 minutes from joining the queue to having our season passes handed to us. (2 of us). Security were friendly and chatting to a few people in line about the mazes. Atmosphere: Light fog to begin with as it was just starting up, still pretty daylight so nothing to report. Opening show: Mixed feelings about that one. The devil type things at the start were alright, not entirely sure they were all women or just rather flexible men. They were then joined by a voiceover of the 'ringmaster' - don't know if he was actually there, didn't see him. Following that a bunch of the maze actors appeared from around the ice cream shop and made their way down main street. A couple of the female actors from the Evil Dead maze...not bad at all ;-P Lockers: $10 for the night. Nice a quick as there's plenty to go around as usual. On to the first maze of the night Hillbilly Slasher 2 - Queue was about 20 minutes or so. While queuing for this one, take the time to look around at the upstairs window on the 'What's Up Rock' side of the western town and enjoy the brutal murder and beheading of a poor silhouette. The whole 'hold the shoulders of the person in front' thing is back. While I have no problem in doing it, it just seems a bit pointless. There's no way you can get lost in there and it's bright enough to see where you're going. The theming on this one was excellent and they've made really good use of the space available to them. A nice outdoors feel to it. Walking Dead Maze: TBH, never watched the show. That doesn't change anything about the maze. Again, really well laid out. Another good use of space. They seem to be running a bit of an outdoors theme this year and like their trees in the mazes. More excellent theming. You never realise how loud car horns are until they go off right next to you in a small enclosed space. A few parts where you kind of wander around with no scare actors though. The Darkness. I should also point out, moving around the park is really dangerous in some parts due to the blinding fog. It's great they're trying to cover the park in it, but there's no way, when the fog first gets shot out of the machines that you can see anyone in front of you, or if you're about to step off a kerb. Overheard a few complaints about that. Anyway, the Darkness.....or Gimp mask maze. This is one maze where a backstory would really help. Queue was a bit of a stupid design (see map later) but still only took about 25mins from gotham cafe through to the end of it. The maze itself? Well....it, just like the previous darkness maze, kind of sucked. Yes, it's dark, but having the scare actors wearing black, with black masks on, it's just pointless. You may as well just have a speaker with a recording of someone yelling at you. It's pretty hard to tell if there's someone jumping at you or not as you can't see them. I think it would be really cool if they had red glowing eyes or something when they jump at you. Oh yeah, also, guys, watch out for the nut-slappers. Evil Dead - My favourite maze of the night. Great makeup on the actors, loved the theming, loved the nailgun, electric cutting knife (fairly certain that's real too)and the chainsaw chick, who by the end of the night would surely be high on fumes. Keep an eye out on the floor for the head appearing form the trapdoor too. A nice touch there. All mazes, with the exception of the gimp parade were really well themed. HS2 - 8/10 WD - 8/10 DK - 5/10 ED - 9/10 All losing marks for not having a full maze of actors. - In saying that, they're great mazes and it's just my opinion they could use a few more actors. Overall park atmosphere - 8/10 - losing points for dangerous fog, not having justice league open when I wanted to sit down but still be doing something (it was a walk on last time I went to the park so assumed it would be the same tonight) and not having any theming to the queues, especially once you get to the soundstage area outside the park. There's no fog or anything. The only thing they had was a F&B cart between the ED and WD queues. No comment on either shows as I didn't watch them. Will do that on one of the other nights. General thoughts: I did feel with all the mazes there is always a small section where you don't seem to come across any scare actors. Maybe that's done to build suspense, but it would be nicer with more in there. Throughout the queue, it would be nice to see a bit of a story about what you're heading into, the same way they do for Green Lantern. All it would take is just a couple of posters with a small back-story. When queuing for Evil and Walking Dead mazes, there is actually 2 lines, and Evil had a much shorter line, or at least it did when we lined up. Also don't believe the guys selling the fastpass at the end of the queue. They claimed from that point (I'll add a map later) it would take 45min-1hr to get to the maze entry. Started timing on my watch. Was through the line and back to the end of the line in just on 30 minutes. The lines look really long, but they also move really quick. All mazes probably take about 4-5 minutes to pass through. (will edit this post with pics soon) HS2 This is where we lined up when it was the first maze we did. The yellow part is the window I mentioned earlier. And this is where the queue was most of the night. The blue is the fastpass queue. Darkness This was where the queue was most of the night (scooby again using the overflow/old gremlins queue). The bit in yellow was really stupid. First, the only light available was from the glow of everyone's phone. There was lights on the wall but they weren't on. And the switchback itself was really thick and thin in some parts (due to guests I suppose) and idiots kept taking the ropes down anyway. ED/WD ED is the red line. Always seemed to have a shorter queue - they had staff going down the line for WD and telling people to move up for ED. Purple is the F&B cart They have staff come to you in line and get/deliver your order. WD is the blue line The line were around the yellow/black line when we joined but most of the night WD was down along the brown line.

Holy shit! A 502 hour queue?!

I thought somewhere along the line you said you were 12?

*Disclaimer: I know nothing about wave pools* - Surely with the technology we have now there would be a way they could have a normal sized wave pool that has the ability to also create a surfable wave depending on the settings?

Yes, but we all survived last time. ---------------------------- Interesting to see how this turns out. There seems to be a lot of the same statue, but I'm sure it will all work into place in the end. I just hope the parks on the coast get reminded by this about what theming can actually do for a ride.

We already have an albeit slightly racist thread about that here.

Mini cars ride combined with laser tag? So, Justice League themed to the mob,

I'm not sick of them focusing on DC themed attractions.

Holy wall of text batman. Paragraphs are your friend.

I partly agree with what you're saying, but I think a very small amount of ambient light would be worse because you'd just have enough like to start seeing shadows and whatever and wonder if things are moving or not. Probably just to cover their ass from some idiot thinking they actually used real snakes. I didn't think the sign was there immediately? As in someone complained or something first, but that was years ago and my memory sucks.

You couldn't just type in your break? This maze call "The Darkness".... didn't they already do a pitch black maze one year? Hoping they don't do that again, was a bit disappointing as you'd have to be lucky enough to be at the right point in the conga line of people to actually get a scare when people jump out. Otherwise it's just being aware of everything because a bunch of girls have stopped to scream. I did enjoy all the other mazes though.

I thought there was something in the agreement when you sign up not to discuss this stuff outside the surveys? I must be wrong on that one though. Personally I'd rather see this as an observation tower rather than a thrill ride.

Hasn't that been their view for the past 10 years or so? Well apart from the adding attraction part Yes I know about buzzsaw, it's a stab at DW compared to Village.