Toy Factory is gonna blow your mind

This has me excited for friday! First night of Holloweekends and I'm there. :)

Walt, those are some great pictures! From what I'm hearing from some friends, Happy Jacks may be the first Halloweekends attraction that actually scares me, and the pictures are certainly making me think it could be. The attention to detail on Erie Estate also looks stunning and I'm excited to see them. If these are longer than Club Blood they will also be great, as Club Blood was almost long enough when they had the place full of screamsters.

I would say Happy Jack's is about the same length as Club Blood - but Eerie Estate is substantially longer. So much of the intensity in that house is built in - I can't imagine what it's going to be like when the monsters come in. The pictures are good - but don't do the level of detail justice. It is jawdropping.

My mind was indeed blown today....and that's all I'm saying.:)

I'll echo what everyone else has said. These two new houses are beyond anything you've seen at CP before. The quality and attention to detail in both houses, especially Eerie Estates, deserve to be compared to Disney standards.

^ Agreed! I had the chance to take a look in the new houses on Friday during Screamster training and I was blown away! Hopefully I'll find some time to go through them when the lights are off and Screamsters fill the areas.

Finally CP is compared to Disney in a good way! First time since this site was started in 1998 that it was compared in a good way! ;)

I'm not sure why I didn't post this here first. But, the latest OnPoint Blog Entry shows a picture of an old friend in the Toy Factory.

Dave is back :)

And very, very creepy lookin under show lighting. He wasn't animated on Saturday night, but his glowing red eyes were enough for me. I hope we get to see him back in action.

What do you mean by animated?

I mean he was static, not moving his head or limbs like he used to. Maybe he won't, but I was hoping to see him animated again.

I think the Disney comparison is absolutely warranted, and completely favorable to Cedar Point. These sets are absolutely beautiful, to the extent that it's a bummer some of the detail will be lost in the low light. Eerie in particular is just completely outstanding, especially given that it used to be an office.

Anyone else who'd been through Eerie Estate (or looked at the photos) count the old props from around the park in the trophy room?

I agree with Jeff, the level of detail will be lost in the lighting conditions, but this is what creates complex layers of or a story and really reinforces the atmosphere. I can't wait to hit these new haunts once the monsters move in.

Would someone then be safe in assuming that with such a level of detail and a lack of lighting, that you'll see different/more stuff every time you go through the attraction? As opposed to Disaster Transport where the low light level is just hiding the crappiness. :)

Precisely, Jason.

which means i should probably try to hit eerie estate twice on friday... ;)

Club Blood was always much shorter then Pharoh's Secret, so I fail to see how Happy Jack's can be about the same length when they took over another room.

Looking back, I might have underestimated the length, but we went through it directly after Eerie Estate (which is insanely long), so it seemed short. You're right, it's longer than Club Blood, but it's hard to compare to Pharos Secret because the rooms in HJTF are much, much bigger scenes.

Club Blood had some good gags, and I'd say two or three really interesting sets, but none of it can touch Eerie. Toy Factory is significantly longer than Pharoh. I'm thinking after the mirror hall (the old entry way to DT), the first queue room is now split into four rooms/halls. And without the burden of the old DT queue going through the second room, its use is far more efficient than it was. It's a really long walk.