The Haunting
- Thread starter Harry
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Yeah always a nice opportunity to have a look at the portrait though, it’s paint is extremely faded.
I visited yesterday and rode The Haunting in the afternoon.
We were ready for a great ride, with a good, quiet group. However, when we were immersed in the pre-show, the operator stood behind the screen completely ruined the immersion.
At one point, he kept shouting out “Mwwahahaha!” whilst tapping his fingers together, resembling a mad professor. Then, he proceeded to make beeping sounds, it made me cringe! He also made whooping and hollering sounds, and kept repeating lines from the pre-show video. When we walked down the skeleton corridor, he decided to follow us and inform us we’d feel chills down our neck, right over the show!
It completely ruined our experience!
We were ready for a great ride, with a good, quiet group. However, when we were immersed in the pre-show, the operator stood behind the screen completely ruined the immersion.
At one point, he kept shouting out “Mwwahahaha!” whilst tapping his fingers together, resembling a mad professor. Then, he proceeded to make beeping sounds, it made me cringe! He also made whooping and hollering sounds, and kept repeating lines from the pre-show video. When we walked down the skeleton corridor, he decided to follow us and inform us we’d feel chills down our neck, right over the show!
It completely ruined our experience!
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Elise
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Im all for adding to the immersion, but that sounds like it was completely taking away from the immersion instead... Should be adding to the show and working with the existing, not overriding it like that. (Honestly, let me do a live!Actor overhaul, I'd love to make one that works with the story )
Very odd!
Very odd!
I think all they really need to do is just make a script that the attendants and operators have to follow. The Haunting is the parks most heavily themed ride, and probably most story driven too. Just have more strict rules on how staff can behave on the ride to keep guests immersed.
Yeah they do there speech then at the end ruin it by asking if everyone is ok to continue.
Pretty sure they are required to do that unfortunately.
Elise
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Indeed I believe that part is mandatory for the hosts role and has to be done.
Not so easy to see in low lighting
I think the biggest problem with the Haunting is unless your the person who the main operator it’s a very boring job. The best was 1 of Shawn’s ex TPWW members he was very good.
They started to remove the Ivy off the walls
Could be a sign they are about to retheme this to fit more in with Vikings