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I didn't actually realise until last week there was another fire show at the end of the night. Managed to get ourselves in position for this one last night.

This doesn't look comfortable....

Umm... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6PQ49B5Gpw

Can I go instead of you?

This year's tour segment was way better than last year. If I had the disposable income, and if it wasn't sold out, I'd be doing the tour again tomorrow night.

My bad. I meant to quote the one above mine sorry. If it hasn't already been explained, I'll happily tell you after the event to not spoil it for anyone else.

I think metal or generic spooky music would be good.

TL;DR: > You can't test for every situation possible in every climate possible. > Likely that cars aren't rebuilt, just the bogeys/other stuff under the seats > Then goes on to ask people to check what we already have seen video evidence of in the last couple of weeks.

I'm pretty sure I've said this in previous years too, but to clarify: The fog is dangerous. Should it be removed? No. Certainly not. Should they look into a way to make the area safer? Yes. It's fine after around 30sec or so as it starts to dissipate and you can see again, but no one is going to stop every 30 seconds to wait for it to clear. Maybe they did look into it a bit before this year, hence the apparent lack of scare actors in that area (again, maybe I just walked through at the wrong time). Every year if you walk through that area when the fog is going off, you're likely to hear "wow I can hardly see anything" or "I can't see anything in front of me" this isn't just from older people, it's young/adults/teens/all ages. You're right that a divider may not solve the problem, but it might? No one seems smart enough to keep left on their own. This issue remains though that people will run/walk fast/walk slow/stop in that alley and around superman (and to a lesser extent, that first part of main street near guest services. People will also run in random directions to escape the actors. It's also an issue when hidden in that fog you find 20cm high kerbs. That's a nice recipe for a twisted/broken ankle. Again, I do not want to see the fog removed. I just think they could look at ways to make it safer without removing the effects.

Yeah it seemed the ditched the DJ this year but kept the truck. This then begs the question, was the DJ actually a DJ in previous years? Or was it just a cast member they asked to go and bounce around for a while?

Step 1 - Flatten a bunch of land west of Brisbane (no one really cares for the ipswich area anyway) Step 2 - Get a large helicopter, or several large helicopters.....and some excavators.... Step 3 - Airlift all the Six Flags parks to Australia. Step 4 - Theme half the rides to dingos Step 5 - Theme the other half to shrimps on barbies Then sit back and watch the profits flow in.

SE - show pass - remember your tour time - leave pass in basket - ride - collect correct pass based on time. SDSC - show pass - tuck pass into shirt - ride. AA - not on fast pass I do remember seeing a couple of cops on either the 3rd or 10th but never saw what they were for. I believe it was something that happened Friday night (16th) but I can't remember exactly if he said a specific day or just 'previously' or something to that effect.

Correct, UTT is the only way to fast track rides this year.

We did 2xSE and about 4xSDSC after SE closed. Could have done a lot more if we wanted to. Both queues take you to the very front. SE you walk in, then take an immediate left up the stairs to the platform. SDSC it's the standard fast track queue to the grouper.

Yes, well, in their words, I believe it was "most likely". Ah, my first thought was that someone grabbed/touched one of the dark angels or whip girls. I'm also more inclined to think that may still be the case given the extra security on main street rather than in the mazes. Oh yeah, also in the mazes.... why does some of the mannequins have realistic nipples? As we were walking through, someone had pulled the shirt over and exposed one of them and it had realistic nipples. Can't remember which maze it was, but I want to say either W or WC.

This post will have some spoilers from the Ultimate Terror Tour. You have been warned. Ok so the terror tour has been done for another year and I must say it was excellent! Last year's was great, but they've one-upped it this year. A few things both positive and negative from this year's event Firstly the direct comparison of what I can remember from last year between the two tours: The negative: > The alley between the show stages and SE was lacking actors almost every time I went up there (this is across all 3 nights I've been this year). On top of that, the smoke is too dangerous. You can't see anything or anyone in front of you. (Overheard quite a few people commenting on that). While that's great and a nice atmosphere, I feel as though this could easily be fixed with something as simple as a dividing fence so at least everyone's going in the same direction. Throw in a couple of actors on both sides and it's great. > The area around SE could use something on the kerbs to make them a bit more visible. Yellow or even glowing paint so you don't trip in the thick smoke would be nice. > In the EW maze, the strobe is positioned in the wrong spot behind Laura thus limiting the ability to actually see anything other than a blinding white light. > Inside F13, some parts are so dark you can't tell where you're supposed to be going which in some way takes away from the experience as you spend more time looking for the path than to take in the impressive works they've done on the sets. > Dubstep, again, just like it wasn't in 2014, still isn't relevant to the horror/halloween theme in 2015. The positive: > Firstly the tour - again it's a great experience and certainly worth the money spent. Having the secret room with multiple ways of interacting with the guests was great and having them available whenever you please was outstanding. Sadly some idiot broke one of them throughout the night, but I was told they should have it fixed for next week. > The finale of the tour was great and all the performers on the 'tour' section were excellent. I know last year the popcorn they gave out on the tour seemed kind of stale but that didn't matter this year as mine was stolen pretty quickly > The tour had much more interaction this year which I think is great and the merry-go-round ride was a nice touch. If you've ever played Left4Dead2, I'm sure you'll agree when I say this tour gave me flashbacks to the "Dark Carnival" level. > The quality of the mazes this year in the show stages were excellent. This, I learned on the tour, was due to the set builders also being the set builders from the latest POTC movie. A lot of thought and detail has been added and it shows with the quality of the maze. > Having multiple 'precincts' at the start seemed odd when I first heard about it as I was wondering how they would pull it off but having seen it, I think they did it well for the most part. The only slight downside I noticed to it (not enough to consider it a negative) was that in areas outside of the precincts there wasn't many actors (showstage/dodgem maze areas and path to soundstages). > The quality of the performers this year was also excellent, having only witnessed characters twice break their roles (once to check the time, the other to tell someone not to touch them - different chars each time). The clowns did a great job of scaring people, the psychic did a great job of confusing people, and the zombieland characters did great work with their characters. > The makeup department have done an awesome job again this year. Overall: This year in some cases felt a little 'cheaper' with the recycled mazes, however the tour does give some insight into that. For those not able to do the tour - they felt in previous years having 4 new mazes each year meant you'd get two really well done mazes in the soundstages which would chew up most of the maze budget, then you'd get two 'half-assed but not really half-assed' mazes in the SDSC queue/dodgems and showstage. Going forward, they'll be following overseas' parks trend of keeping old mazes and adding new mazes at the same time, meaning they can afford to spend more on 2 new mazes, then use them the next year while adding another 2 mazes. They also mentioned they're looking at trying to secure rights to one of the biggest, if not the biggest horror franchise possibly as soon as next year. In my mind I'm thinking that's Scream, Exorcist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Psycho, Nightmare on Elm street or Blair Witch. In saying that I may be completely wrong as I'm not really into horror movies much. Panic rooms I never tried so I can't judge those, but their location seemed a bit odd for me. IMO they would have been better placed down the back near WWF in that largely unused area. Overall I'd give this year's Fright Nights an 8.5/10 - with some points lost for difficulty seeing in mazes, the continued use of dance music instead of more horror/metal music (this may be a licencing cost issue though) and the dangers of the path to the soundstages. Given that that's the only stuff I'm taking points off for, you can be sure it was once again an overall amazing experience. Side note as well - during the cast briefing it was mentioned there was an 'incident' involving some guests and cast members which has resulted in a heightened security presence for the remainder of the event. Sadly this will push costs up potentially at the expense of improvements. Anyway, I've got one more night there next saturday, I'll try to get some better shots of the performers this time and hopefully it's not too weird given that I'm fairly certain that they easily recognise me and my mate each time. Left4Dead2 video for those who don't know the reference (the guys in this video has the brightness up way too much though: https://youtu.be/-VGFVenmOVI?t=864

Oh the globe moves? That makes more sense then. How come the fountain/pool doesn't need a fence the whole way around it?

^ Yes, but couldn't they have attached the word to the globe?

The terror tour was amazing! More on that later today (Sunday).

One from last week I forgot to edit before.

The Zombieland area had the 2nd highest amount of actors, only surpassed by the clowns/freaks area.

Do not waste your time with the 4D show. Just. Don't.