Halloweekends 2012

I'm kidding. In all seriousness, yes, that's very dangerous.

That picture is real, however, but it was taken at Six Flags New Orleans, an abandoned park. Recently they were shooting a movie there, and because I knew some of the staff I was allowed to come in (legally) and explore while they were on break.

If anyone's curious, you can see some of the pictures I took here > Click.

I know this thread is about Halloweekends, but might I say that wandering around that park was much more creepy than any haunts I've been through. I can see why they wanted to film there, the atmosphere is pretty powerful.

Where do theme parks go when they die?

:(

To paraphrase General McArthur, old amusement parks never die, they just rot away...

^^^What movie were they filming?

Miss_Maverick07 said:
Where do theme parks go when they die?

:(

Aurora

Does anybody have any pictures of the hand-painted signs that they put up for Halloweekends as you drive into the park?

SSL488 said:
How are you ever down in the Maverick infield during the season?? Or do you work there?

I worked for the park and at times my job would require me to be in the Maverick infield area.

With the addition of the new Halloweekends attraction in the infield of Mean Streak, do you guys think it will help make Mean Streak line longer? I'm hoping!

^Has Mean Streak been confirmed open for HalloWeekends yet? I would kind of miss the 30 minute waits on pre 2010 HalloWeekends Saturdays. Almost every major roller coaster ride on those Columbus Day weekends/ packed Saturdays were always at least an hour wait.

I wouldn't imagine they'd close it, considering we now know the haunt is indoor and therefore shouldn't affect the ride (fog in the station wise).

There's got to be some other entrances into MR's infield, so I'd imagine they'd use that as opposed to "replacing" the ride's normal entrance, causing it to shut down.

Isn't there some sort of gate with a path behind it right by MS's entrance? Maybe they'll open that up and have the Haunt entrance be somewhere down there?

I don't think he was thinking e new haunt would close it. It has been closed the past two or three Halloweekends for rehab. I think that is what he is asking about.

I sure hope they're not closing Mean Streak AGAIN for Halloweekends. I don't buy this crap for one second that they need the extra time for rehab. They never needed it before. What makes the last couple of years any different. 6 months of prepping should be way more than enough to get it ready for the new season. Besides that, they need to think about the people that may only get out to CP that particular time of the year - and that that may be their only chance to ride it. If your gates are open for business, then ALL of your attractions should be open as well.

Super Stew said:
I don't buy this crap for one second that they need the extra time for rehab.

Based on your extensive experience in the wood coaster maintenance field, no doubt.

If your gates are open for business, then ALL of your attractions should be open as well.

There are over 60 attractions in the park. One of them being down still means that over 98% of them are running.

In addition, it says right on the CP website - and I'm sure at the gates as well - that all rides are subject to downtime.

I could have sworn I saw somewhere that last year was the last year of the extensive re-tracking project they were doing. If that is indeed the case, I suspect they'll keep MS open until the end of the year.

Hey everyone, I took a picture of the sign that is now on the Luminosity control booth for the new show that starts during Halloweekends.

http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p549/waterdummy/WP_000114.jpg

Sounds quite exciting, I should have grabbed a couple of pictures for the tear-down of the stage, but it totally slipped my mind for some reason.

Looks like quite a show!

Sounds quite exciting, I should have grabbed a couple of pictures for the tear-down of the stage, but it totally slipped my mind for some reason.

I wonder how different it'll look for the skeleton show. I'm really excited to see it.

I'll probably be going in a bit later, I'll try to remember to grab some pictures of the stage area. It's nothing too exciting right now, as everything is laid out on the stage.

If I'm a guessing man, I would imagine that we'll see a new setup for the stage considering the amount of tear-down they're going through.

How much have they already altered? Are the metal beams in the back all down?

No, the metal beams are still intact. The screens, effects and lighting are all down, however.

Super Stew said:
They never needed it before. What makes the last couple of years any different.

Well, before they did the extended off-season maintenance, the reviews on the ride were not good.

Since the maintenance has been done, reviews seem to be quite a bit better.

So, it would seem that the ride does need this kind of extended maintenance, maybe not every year, at least every couple years to keep it rideable. Just because Cedar Point didn't do it before the last two years doesn't mean the ride didn't need it.