schumigirl
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- Joined
- May 15, 2007
Once I had finished laundry, we went up to the lounge for a couple of hours. I went up quietly and gave Ashley a good luck card, this was her last day in the lounge we wanted her to know how much we appreciated her. She opened the card through the back and came over for a big hug. She will be missed in the lounge.
Kayla the manager came in and we had a good catch up with her. We could sit there all night, but eventually we head off to HHN.
It didn`t feel overly hot tonight as we went out for the boat, that tiny little bit of temperature drop was distinctly noticeable even now, and would be more so later. It was still hot though!!! The boat took a while tonight and we had to wait. A few folks gave up and ended up walking, but we honestly couldn`t be bothered. Knowing us as soon as we started walking, the boat would appear. I think it was ten minutes before we got on the next one, which is unusual at peak times as they run regularly.....but it happens.
Using the hotel guest entrance, one of the TM mentioned it was busy already tonight.......Sunday`s can be a hit or miss crowd wise, but he was right, tonight was busy.
We planed to do the houses at the rear of the park tonight so we headed right when we went in and hit the Vanity Ball zone.
Costumes, SA and theme were great, but it seriously lacked the scare factor it should have, but we did kind of enjoy it at the same time, it certainly wasn`t the worst zone this event.
On to Viking`s zone...….this zone was mobbed tonight.....there weren't enough SA in this zone and the ones that were there were swamped most nights, they couldn't stop for pictures with everyone that wanted some, so they didn't stop a lot which made any pictures hard to get. We did manage a few pictures, but crowds tonight made it harder.
So we took pictures of things above us...…..
The other thing lacking for us this year, was a proper Halloween feel.......on previous years this whole area is usually festooned by pumpkins with scary faces in all the trees and looked so beautiful all lit up...….this year they were missing and it was noticeable. Yes, it`s a Horror Night, but the name Halloween is in there too....I think this is the first year I`ve missed the obvious Halloween feeling.
Our first house tonight was the Classic Monsters House...….and it is a classic!!!
The regular line was 50 minutes and with the walk we were in the house in just under 15 minutes.
It is worth the wait!!! Tremendous house and one of the main reasons we enjoyed HHN this year along with a few other houses...and this house for us tonight was brilliant!!! So many scares and we laughed the whole way round.......and we had some really nice folks around us again tonight who were all in the spirit of the event and were funny too. We all moved a little slower tonight and really got to spend some time really seeing some of the things we had maybe skimmed past some nights.....it was interesting, but we still don't have the desire to see the day tours where you see the houses with the lights off...….nah, I prefer not to do that.
These kiddie town buildings were spooky enough for some...…...I did think they could have had some spectres or ghouls wandering around here to get us all in the mood for being spooked. But it might have ended up more like Scooby Doo!!
We did Graveyard Games next, regular line was 50 minutes, but as we walked down the Express line, it looked much longer than 50 minutes. I don't know if it changed just after we joined it, but I was so glad again, for the hundredth time we had EP!!!
This house was phenomenal tonight!!! We had seen a couple of additions to the house tonight which were amazing and great additions to the house itself. Fabulously eerie house that was visually impressive too and some darn good scares!!! SA were some of the best tonight I had ever seen.....their timing was perfect and were genuinely terrifying at times! I did scream once or twice...…..
We came out of this house completely amazed by how good it was tonight......and everyone around us was exactly the same. Everyone raved about how wonderful this had been and some first timers were howling with laughter...….amazing house!!!
We hadn't gone to Depths of Fear yet...….I wasn't gripped on the house as a theme, but had heard various reviews......most were good I have to say.
The regular line was 60 minutes and again, holding things up at the EP line were four people who were trying to use their hotel EP to get into the line...…they claimed they were told by the hotel they could use it......
Yes, I`m sure the TM haven`t heard that one before!!!!
They ended up in the regular line and laughed about how it was worth a try.........
15 minutes it took to get us into this house...…...
This honestly was a huge disappointment...…..it was more like a B movie gone bad than a haunted maze. We had been told there was a feeling of claustrophobia and feeling of being underwater in this house...….well, we missed it!
Costumes looked like they had been left over from the Alien scare zone a few years back...…it was all a bit odd and although the actual house did look alright, the carry through to a story just didn`t work for us...…the creatures were just too ridiculous to be even a little scary.
We did feel cheated after looking forward to this house......it for us, was the poorest house out of them all.
Nightingales we did again, I have written down regular line was 70 minutes and we got on in 10 minutes......and again, I wish I could remember something about this house, but it has just kind of faded into the background.....except for the smell.....it wasn't pleasant.
The views over the park at night are always lovely...….everything looks so pretty all lit up...….
After stopping for a drink we headed back into House of 1000 Corpses.....again, this was a surprise house for us that we liked it so much......and it was a good house.
50 minute regular line, we walked more or less straight in. There was a slight delay as one little girl of around maybe 7 or 8 didn`t want to go in the house.....the TM was telling the parents he wouldn`t make her go in as she was crying....while the parents were trying to tell him she`d be fine, she was just tired.....
Even the folks around us some of whom were no more than kids themselves were saying how awful it was for this kid to be so upset.....they ended up not going in but didn't look happy about it.
Once they were gone we did all go straight in...…..
I only noticed the creepy lonesome figure above from the pictures......didn't notice it any of the times we were going in the house.....
Another fun house!!!! Good scares and SA were on their A game again.....I still never worked out from the house the whole sordid theme of the film.....it really is just a very good haunted house.
We gave Potter a miss tonight........it was a little cooler as the evening went on, which was nice, but I still looked like a beetroot as 82F is still hot......but it was pleasant walking around tonight again, although the crowds did make an impact tonight. It wasn't mobbed as you couldn't move around, but, you can no longer say Sunday is quiet. Maybe quieter....but we managed just fine.
Into Hellbilly.......we did enjoy this zone.......it was full of fun and a few little shows to watch.......and these two were among the best.
This zone was fairly good tonight.....I did get a couple of good little frights, especially when one hissed in my ear.....genuinely didn`t see her approach me from the side......Tom did of course, but she moved too quickly to catch it on camera.
Not the best zone of the event, but I still think the SA do the best with what they`ve been given.......and some of them in here were very good.
We`d done enough tonight......…as we exited again, we were shocked how many people were coming in.....but, for us, it was the boat back home and we were lucky to get one immediately...…and we had a raucous rendition of YMCA followed by Rock the Boat which was a hoot!!!!
Into Jake`s bar we asked for a table, it wasn`t too busy as it was quite late now.........we needed something food wise, but didn`t want too much to eat, and knew exactly what we would have.
Yes, our waiter Pilot, smiled as he saw us.......yep, two Crawfish Chowders......two white wines and two strawberry lemonades.......
And they were all delicious…….chowder was gorgeous and we downed the strawberry lemonades in record time, and they were replaced as soon as we had finished.......
This was enough tonight......we paid our check and headed upstairs where we both yawned our heads off all the way up.
And we saw an email from Kyle to say that yes, Thomas Cook had gone into administration. They were bust.
Not much we could do and certainly not tonight, it was something we`d think about over the next few days. I did click on one story back home, where it said anyone who was abroad now, would have to be home in 24 hours or they`d be on their own........I knew then we wouldn`t be leaving within 24 hours if it was true....we`d make our own way home. As it turned out, that particular story was false anyway. But, it was still sad news regardless for almost 22,000 employees.
Tomorrow.....back to the parks.
Kayla the manager came in and we had a good catch up with her. We could sit there all night, but eventually we head off to HHN.
It didn`t feel overly hot tonight as we went out for the boat, that tiny little bit of temperature drop was distinctly noticeable even now, and would be more so later. It was still hot though!!! The boat took a while tonight and we had to wait. A few folks gave up and ended up walking, but we honestly couldn`t be bothered. Knowing us as soon as we started walking, the boat would appear. I think it was ten minutes before we got on the next one, which is unusual at peak times as they run regularly.....but it happens.
Using the hotel guest entrance, one of the TM mentioned it was busy already tonight.......Sunday`s can be a hit or miss crowd wise, but he was right, tonight was busy.
We planed to do the houses at the rear of the park tonight so we headed right when we went in and hit the Vanity Ball zone.
Costumes, SA and theme were great, but it seriously lacked the scare factor it should have, but we did kind of enjoy it at the same time, it certainly wasn`t the worst zone this event.
On to Viking`s zone...….this zone was mobbed tonight.....there weren't enough SA in this zone and the ones that were there were swamped most nights, they couldn't stop for pictures with everyone that wanted some, so they didn't stop a lot which made any pictures hard to get. We did manage a few pictures, but crowds tonight made it harder.
So we took pictures of things above us...…..
The other thing lacking for us this year, was a proper Halloween feel.......on previous years this whole area is usually festooned by pumpkins with scary faces in all the trees and looked so beautiful all lit up...….this year they were missing and it was noticeable. Yes, it`s a Horror Night, but the name Halloween is in there too....I think this is the first year I`ve missed the obvious Halloween feeling.
Our first house tonight was the Classic Monsters House...….and it is a classic!!!
The regular line was 50 minutes and with the walk we were in the house in just under 15 minutes.
It is worth the wait!!! Tremendous house and one of the main reasons we enjoyed HHN this year along with a few other houses...and this house for us tonight was brilliant!!! So many scares and we laughed the whole way round.......and we had some really nice folks around us again tonight who were all in the spirit of the event and were funny too. We all moved a little slower tonight and really got to spend some time really seeing some of the things we had maybe skimmed past some nights.....it was interesting, but we still don't have the desire to see the day tours where you see the houses with the lights off...….nah, I prefer not to do that.
These kiddie town buildings were spooky enough for some...…...I did think they could have had some spectres or ghouls wandering around here to get us all in the mood for being spooked. But it might have ended up more like Scooby Doo!!
We did Graveyard Games next, regular line was 50 minutes, but as we walked down the Express line, it looked much longer than 50 minutes. I don't know if it changed just after we joined it, but I was so glad again, for the hundredth time we had EP!!!
This house was phenomenal tonight!!! We had seen a couple of additions to the house tonight which were amazing and great additions to the house itself. Fabulously eerie house that was visually impressive too and some darn good scares!!! SA were some of the best tonight I had ever seen.....their timing was perfect and were genuinely terrifying at times! I did scream once or twice...…..
We came out of this house completely amazed by how good it was tonight......and everyone around us was exactly the same. Everyone raved about how wonderful this had been and some first timers were howling with laughter...….amazing house!!!
We hadn't gone to Depths of Fear yet...….I wasn't gripped on the house as a theme, but had heard various reviews......most were good I have to say.
The regular line was 60 minutes and again, holding things up at the EP line were four people who were trying to use their hotel EP to get into the line...…they claimed they were told by the hotel they could use it......
Yes, I`m sure the TM haven`t heard that one before!!!!
They ended up in the regular line and laughed about how it was worth a try.........
15 minutes it took to get us into this house...…...
This honestly was a huge disappointment...…..it was more like a B movie gone bad than a haunted maze. We had been told there was a feeling of claustrophobia and feeling of being underwater in this house...….well, we missed it!
Costumes looked like they had been left over from the Alien scare zone a few years back...…it was all a bit odd and although the actual house did look alright, the carry through to a story just didn`t work for us...…the creatures were just too ridiculous to be even a little scary.
We did feel cheated after looking forward to this house......it for us, was the poorest house out of them all.
Nightingales we did again, I have written down regular line was 70 minutes and we got on in 10 minutes......and again, I wish I could remember something about this house, but it has just kind of faded into the background.....except for the smell.....it wasn't pleasant.
The views over the park at night are always lovely...….everything looks so pretty all lit up...….
After stopping for a drink we headed back into House of 1000 Corpses.....again, this was a surprise house for us that we liked it so much......and it was a good house.
50 minute regular line, we walked more or less straight in. There was a slight delay as one little girl of around maybe 7 or 8 didn`t want to go in the house.....the TM was telling the parents he wouldn`t make her go in as she was crying....while the parents were trying to tell him she`d be fine, she was just tired.....
Even the folks around us some of whom were no more than kids themselves were saying how awful it was for this kid to be so upset.....they ended up not going in but didn't look happy about it.
Once they were gone we did all go straight in...…..
I only noticed the creepy lonesome figure above from the pictures......didn't notice it any of the times we were going in the house.....
Another fun house!!!! Good scares and SA were on their A game again.....I still never worked out from the house the whole sordid theme of the film.....it really is just a very good haunted house.
We gave Potter a miss tonight........it was a little cooler as the evening went on, which was nice, but I still looked like a beetroot as 82F is still hot......but it was pleasant walking around tonight again, although the crowds did make an impact tonight. It wasn't mobbed as you couldn't move around, but, you can no longer say Sunday is quiet. Maybe quieter....but we managed just fine.
Into Hellbilly.......we did enjoy this zone.......it was full of fun and a few little shows to watch.......and these two were among the best.
This zone was fairly good tonight.....I did get a couple of good little frights, especially when one hissed in my ear.....genuinely didn`t see her approach me from the side......Tom did of course, but she moved too quickly to catch it on camera.
Not the best zone of the event, but I still think the SA do the best with what they`ve been given.......and some of them in here were very good.
We`d done enough tonight......…as we exited again, we were shocked how many people were coming in.....but, for us, it was the boat back home and we were lucky to get one immediately...…and we had a raucous rendition of YMCA followed by Rock the Boat which was a hoot!!!!
Into Jake`s bar we asked for a table, it wasn`t too busy as it was quite late now.........we needed something food wise, but didn`t want too much to eat, and knew exactly what we would have.
Yes, our waiter Pilot, smiled as he saw us.......yep, two Crawfish Chowders......two white wines and two strawberry lemonades.......
And they were all delicious…….chowder was gorgeous and we downed the strawberry lemonades in record time, and they were replaced as soon as we had finished.......
This was enough tonight......we paid our check and headed upstairs where we both yawned our heads off all the way up.
And we saw an email from Kyle to say that yes, Thomas Cook had gone into administration. They were bust.
Not much we could do and certainly not tonight, it was something we`d think about over the next few days. I did click on one story back home, where it said anyone who was abroad now, would have to be home in 24 hours or they`d be on their own........I knew then we wouldn`t be leaving within 24 hours if it was true....we`d make our own way home. As it turned out, that particular story was false anyway. But, it was still sad news regardless for almost 22,000 employees.
Tomorrow.....back to the parks.
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