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Post September 12th, 2014, 9:01 pm

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I'm heading to Darien Lake on October 11th for the final night of their 2014 Halloween event. Oscar has secured a press pass for me for the event, and I'm going to attempt to get some photos the general public otherwise might not see. I'll be interviewing anyone that's available for questions, too. Is there anything you guys want me to ask in regards to Halloween events? Set up, maintenance, etc. etc.

Help me populate a list of questions so I won't look like a fool with nothing to say.


What I have so far:

* When does each year's theme get decided?
* How long does it take to set up, and how big of a crew does it take?
* How long does it take to break down?
* What sort of maintenance is required for seasonal attractions?
* How much fog machine liquid gets used in a typical season?
* Out of the many different attractions up this year, which one posed the greatest challenge to execute and why?
* Which one is your personal favorite and why?
* If there is 1 thing you could add or change to your favorite one, what would it be?
Last edited by NightwindElf on September 22nd, 2014, 11:27 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Cool! The name is Fly Over Rainforest?
I was under the impression the name was Green Coaster Goes Fast Goes High Has Clockwise Loop Has Straight Upside Down Four Seats Two On Each Side Fast Coaster?

Post September 12th, 2014, 10:53 pm
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Post September 13th, 2014, 12:46 pm

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Updated first post to reflect questions to be asked.
Originally posted by GerstlCrazy
Cool! The name is Fly Over Rainforest?
I was under the impression the name was Green Coaster Goes Fast Goes High Has Clockwise Loop Has Straight Upside Down Four Seats Two On Each Side Fast Coaster?

Post September 13th, 2014, 5:33 pm
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Why is no one asking questions, remember this might be only for Darien Lake, but these answers can be a general idea for what other parks do as well, so ask away!

Post September 13th, 2014, 6:52 pm

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Why does their season end so early?
What are these for?

Post September 13th, 2014, 7:08 pm

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CKidd wrote:
Why does their season end so early?


Because it gets cold very quickly up here. On top of that, many of their employees are students.
Originally posted by GerstlCrazy
Cool! The name is Fly Over Rainforest?
I was under the impression the name was Green Coaster Goes Fast Goes High Has Clockwise Loop Has Straight Upside Down Four Seats Two On Each Side Fast Coaster?

Post September 22nd, 2014, 10:12 pm

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Bumping this for visibility.

Darien Lake says they're mailing me park tickets this week.

Does anyone have any questions about holiday events in general?
Originally posted by GerstlCrazy
Cool! The name is Fly Over Rainforest?
I was under the impression the name was Green Coaster Goes Fast Goes High Has Clockwise Loop Has Straight Upside Down Four Seats Two On Each Side Fast Coaster?

Post September 22nd, 2014, 11:24 pm
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- Out of the many different attractions up this year, which one posed the greatest challenge to execute and why?
- Which one is your personal favorite and why?
- If there is 1 thing you could add or change to your favorite one, what would it be?

etc :P
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No need to tell Oscar about the problems. He is magic.

Post September 22nd, 2014, 11:28 pm

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Edited first post. Oscar, I can't work with "etc" you probably need to be more specific.
Originally posted by GerstlCrazy
Cool! The name is Fly Over Rainforest?
I was under the impression the name was Green Coaster Goes Fast Goes High Has Clockwise Loop Has Straight Upside Down Four Seats Two On Each Side Fast Coaster?

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Post September 23rd, 2014, 8:42 pm
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etcetera.
specific enough? :)
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Post September 23rd, 2014, 9:37 pm

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Don't be a smart ass, Oscar.
Originally posted by GerstlCrazy
Cool! The name is Fly Over Rainforest?
I was under the impression the name was Green Coaster Goes Fast Goes High Has Clockwise Loop Has Straight Upside Down Four Seats Two On Each Side Fast Coaster?

Post October 8th, 2014, 1:49 pm
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I've just been informed by Nightwindelf that he will not be making it to this event. We don't have anyone else at the moment that can go on behalf of CoasterCrazy. I hope this has not burned any bridges between us and Darien Lake. If someone has gone on their own to the event, we would appreciate if you can provide us with a review so that we can publish it. Accept our apologies Darien Lake :(
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Post October 10th, 2014, 9:25 am

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I am going on 11th, i would be more than happy to take pics and write a review.

Post October 10th, 2014, 6:17 pm
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I'd sincerely appreciate that! Do you require anything on our behalf?

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Just make a thread in this General Theme Discussion forum of the Theme Park Reviews one. You can post the pics straight into the thread or upload them to like imgur and use bb code for embedding the gallery.

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Post October 14th, 2014, 7:38 am
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