FORUMS - COASTERFORCE
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FORUMS - COASTERFORCE
The other topic looked to be more of a planning/list of attractions thread, so I thought I'd make this one to chat about those you've actually done!
I kicked off the season at Twinlakes last night (alone, as my usual companion seems to think planning a wedding takes priority!!!)
I've visited twice before and unlike most, have never been all that impressed and last night followed a similar pattern. A Wednesday evening in early season meant it wasn't as busy as I'd seen it before and the new maze was the only one with a notable queue. The batching issues that I've moaned about previously persist though and despite starting most mazes solo, it never took long to catch the back of a crocodile, which in two or three became a tedious stop/start conga line meaning scares hadn't had time to reset etc. by the time I reached them. I did manage to do Belvoir Manners and Hoodoo Voodoo mostly alone though, which was... interesting as I'm a little out of practice and perhaps jumpier than usual!
I made sure to tag on the back of another group for Ash Hell, as I remembered that being quite intense, but ended up with a thoroughly lacklustre runthrough. Sadly, I felt a great many actors didn't seem to be putting in much effort, even in attempting to conceal themselves in the dark - and the uncostumed staff member running around Belvoir well and truly brought me 'out of the moment'! One bloke with a chainsaw (yawn) wasn't even bothering to chase guests out of the exit. The scarecrows and 'Charn the evil one' in the Village were pretty good though
I also felt the mazes didn't make a great deal of sense and jumped about from random scene to random scene, mostly with no kind of consistent theme or storyline that I could identify. Nearly every one made use of the same screaming animatronics at arbitrary moments for one thing.
All that said though, it was obviously a better night than I'd have had sat in front of the TV. The highlight of the evening was perhaps meeting the 'Twinlakes cat' on the car park - the car park featured a lot of teenagers driving like ****ers (and a strong scent of marijuana) so I ended up enlisting the help of a staff member to move Mr Kitty to safety as I was concerned for his wellbeing!
One final warning - eat beforehand. Sure, my imitation KFC wasn't bad at all, but not worth 8 quid - suddenly Oktoberfest doesn't seem quite as bad!
I kicked off the season at Twinlakes last night (alone, as my usual companion seems to think planning a wedding takes priority!!!)
I've visited twice before and unlike most, have never been all that impressed and last night followed a similar pattern. A Wednesday evening in early season meant it wasn't as busy as I'd seen it before and the new maze was the only one with a notable queue. The batching issues that I've moaned about previously persist though and despite starting most mazes solo, it never took long to catch the back of a crocodile, which in two or three became a tedious stop/start conga line meaning scares hadn't had time to reset etc. by the time I reached them. I did manage to do Belvoir Manners and Hoodoo Voodoo mostly alone though, which was... interesting as I'm a little out of practice and perhaps jumpier than usual!
I made sure to tag on the back of another group for Ash Hell, as I remembered that being quite intense, but ended up with a thoroughly lacklustre runthrough. Sadly, I felt a great many actors didn't seem to be putting in much effort, even in attempting to conceal themselves in the dark - and the uncostumed staff member running around Belvoir well and truly brought me 'out of the moment'! One bloke with a chainsaw (yawn) wasn't even bothering to chase guests out of the exit. The scarecrows and 'Charn the evil one' in the Village were pretty good though
I also felt the mazes didn't make a great deal of sense and jumped about from random scene to random scene, mostly with no kind of consistent theme or storyline that I could identify. Nearly every one made use of the same screaming animatronics at arbitrary moments for one thing.
All that said though, it was obviously a better night than I'd have had sat in front of the TV. The highlight of the evening was perhaps meeting the 'Twinlakes cat' on the car park - the car park featured a lot of teenagers driving like ****ers (and a strong scent of marijuana) so I ended up enlisting the help of a staff member to move Mr Kitty to safety as I was concerned for his wellbeing!
One final warning - eat beforehand. Sure, my imitation KFC wasn't bad at all, but not worth 8 quid - suddenly Oktoberfest doesn't seem quite as bad!