Fright Nights - 2015

[Zanstabar]

Anyone know what the theoretical capacity of the mazes are?

 

I remember seeing an episode of Shark Tank earlier in the year, and the business was a year-round haunt. They mentioned their main competition would be FN, which clocked in around 10,000 guests in 10 days, but I've also heard that they have around 3,000 to 4,000 guests a night. Using these figures, could we estimate what the average wait times would be if they decide to have five mazes this year?

[lifeofsamage]

We waited close to 3.5 hours for Evil Within last year. Waited 30mins for Wolf Creek 2 because it was early in the night

I've heard park capacity for night events is 8500. And most nights where sold out last year 

 

[Brad2912]

Just don't understand a 3.5 hour wait. That's almost the entire length of the night. I've never not got all 4 mazes and at least one ride done in that amount of time. 

[lifeofsamage]

Yeah it was crazy. We almost didn't make it into canibal clowns, jumped the chain just after they closed it. Still let us through 

[Brad2912]

The key is to be there before and in position when the rope drops.

 

that was your in maze 1 within 5-10mins, and will generally have both studio mazes down within an 45-60mins.

eat beforehand so you're not wasting time in food queues (or buy from a cart in the studio maze lines)

[HorrorGod]

Hey everyone, I was just going to ask you guys what you think or hope there might be at Fright Nights 2015 maze wise?  

[j_m-kelly]

Hey everyone, I was just going to ask you guys what you think or hope there might be at Fright Nights 2015 maze wise?  

I hope to see five mazes instead of four mazes this year and would personally love to see an Insidious Chapter 3 maze. From what the trailer has offered, it would be quite a scary maze, if not terrifying. It would surely draw in the crowds, much like Wolf Creek 2 last year. Another preference of mine is The Gallows. In the U.S they have a Scare Test based around the movie where you try to escape the school from Charlie and it looks quite fitting for a maze here. As for the other two (or three) mazes, I'm not sure on what I'd like to see besides them to be terrifying! 

[Zanstabar]

I hope to see five mazes instead of four mazes this year

Same here. They really need some more attractions to soak up the crowds now. 

would personally love to see an Insidious Chapter 3 maze. From what the trailer has offered, it would be quite a scary maze, if not terrifying. It would surely draw in the crowds, much like Wolf Creek 2 last year. 

I couldn't agree more. The original has been converted into a maze over at HHN, so I don't see why we can't have our own!

Another preference of mine is The Gallows. In the U.S they have a Scare Test based around the movie where you try to escape the school from Charlie and it looks quite fitting for a maze here. As for the other two (or three) mazes, I'm not sure on what I'd like to see besides them to be terrifying! 

Reviews haven't been too good for this. I would personally prefer if they didn't go with this as an IP, but seeing as how cross-promotions are these days it may be likely. 

 

I would love to see an American Horror Story maze, but then you have the issue on what season do you portray and how would you approach condensing a whole season of television down into  5 minute maze. 

I do have an idea on how to approach it, but beware that there are spoilers for the first season.

 

In the finale of the Season, we see the ghostly residents of the Murder House chase out the current residents. I think they could use this as a plot device in a maze, as guests could be going on an Open House where they are chased out by the ghosts. 

Some pretty effective scares could be laced throughout. Could be a great maze, but there would still be some kinks to work through.

Edited July 12, 2015 by Zanstabar

[j_m-kelly]

I would love to see an American Horror Story maze, but then you have the issue on what season do you portray and how would you approach condensing a whole season of television down into  5 minute maze. 

How could I forget, I would love to see an American Horror Story maze. I think Asylum would be the hot pick as it's gorey and scary however, it would be awesome if they were to combine all four seasons into one and at the end of the maze you walk into the hotel. Just a new and cool idea

[Brad2912]

They could just do it the same way they did the Walking Dead mazes and incorporate scenes/themes that lend themselves to the entire series rather than a set season 

[Zanstabar]

it would be awesome if they were to combine all four seasons into one and at the end of the maze you walk into the hotel. Just a new and cool idea

They could just do it the same way they did the Walking Dead mazes and incorporate scenes/themes that lend themselves to the entire series rather than a set season 

The probably with AHS is that it's an anthology show. There is no over-arching antagonist that ties all the seasons together, but rather each season is almost like a different show. New characters, new locations, new plot. This doesn't lend itself well to a mashup maze. 

Walking Dead did it wonderfully because each season follows the same story. Same characters, same antagonist, similar locations. With American Horror Story, some people may not get what's going on if one second you're in the Murder House being startled by a sexy maid before being chased down a mental asylum hallway by a musical nun, witnessing a minotaur chase some innocent girls down the streets of New Orleans and then being taunted and teased by a Floridian murder clown. If AHS was to be made into a maze, I would suggest that it sticks to one season but then the problem of which season to showcase arises. 

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

just a quick update from today, 

When I was on the WWF, I saw one of the emergency doors at the back of the Show Stage was open, they could have been doing work in there?, I didn't do and AndrewH "which means.. enter a restricted area, start exploring and taking photos". 

just a quick question, has there always been a tent next Sound Stage 1? I saw a tent and a few shipping containers sitting next Sound Stage 1 when I was riding Batwing today, (possible new maze location? could we see 6 mazes at this year's Fright Nights?)

 

 

Edited July 12, 2015 by The_Ninja_59

[Zanstabar]

just a quick update from today, 

When I was on the WWF, I saw one of the emergency doors at the back of the Show Stage was open, they could have been doing work in there?, I didn't do and AndrewH "which means.. enter a restricted area, start exploring and taking photos". 

just a quick question, has there always been a tent next Sound Stage 1? I saw a tent and a few shipping containers sitting next Sound Stage 1 when I was riding Batwing today, (possible new maze location? could we see 6 mazes at this year's Fright Nights?

Probably not. I think six might be too steep bit of a jump. Could happen, but my mind says no. 

Considering that we're seeing construction in the Dodgem arena, it may as well be a tent set up to store some of the scenic pieces from the rain. Even if we had six mazes, I highly doubt it would be located in a tent right next door to a soundstage. If anywhere, another maze should go on the concrete slab out between WWF and Arkham. 

Did you happen to see anything near that slab? 

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

 

Did you happen to see anything near that slab? 

when you mean the word "slab" are you meaning the area where the Saw Maze was located in 2010? 

[Zanstabar]

when you mean the word "slab" are you meaning the area where the Saw Maze was located in 2010? 

Yeah. It really is just a concrete slab. I believe they normally have some shipping containers on it, but I could be wrong.

[j_m-kelly]

Maybe their not using the second half of they Scooby-Doo queue line this year? Just a thought.

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

Maybe their not using the second half of they Scooby-Doo queue line this year? Just a thought

Well construction on the Scooby queue-line doesn't start until late September (We won't know until the event starts if its getting used or not..)

[downunder]

Insidious was awesome at HHN Hollywood, I'm surprised they only did it one year. Might be due for a comeback this year, and I would view Insidious as a welcome addition to Fright Nights.

 

[lifeofsamage]

Had another look today, nothing much has happened. Just paint and a few minor things. We had a look over at the Entry to the ripper maze and the cop car lights where flashing. Someone inside heard us and took the opportunity to scare the absolute shit out of me. Still Shaking from it haha

[Zanstabar]

Had another look today, nothing much has happened. Just paint and a few minor things. We had a look over at the Entry to the ripper maze and the cop car lights where flashing. Someone inside heard us and took the opportunity to scare the absolute shit out of me. Still Shaking from it haha

I love that. Fright Nights is months away, and they're already terrifying guests. 

 

Seeing as how you've had a quick look at the maze in the Show Stage, do you have any guesses as to what it could be? 

 

[Brad2912]

Can anyone make anything out of this rubbish?

 

[Reanimated35]

^ Lauren has tagged her friend/relative/partner named Joel.

[Wil_i_am_not]

Looks like he's gonna be somewhere in the arcade, lol

[AllegroCrab]

Well I know where I will be avoiding.

[HorrorGod]

Hey guys i just saw the hint for the first Fright Night maze and i typed the hint up on google and it came up with a horror game called Dying Light which is like a zombie apocalypse by the looks of the imagery displayed on the webpage! These are some images from the website for this horror game.