October 2017 & the haunt
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So we moved it on Friday the 23rd and worked all weekend, several of the weekday nights after 10pm and that following weekend to get it ready for the Oct 7 fire inspection. It passed without incident so we opened the next night. We were unable to secure the awesome location we had last year (which ended up having NOTHING in that space… leaving it totally empty) but we found a very accomodating mall parking lot location which had much less foot traffic going by… I was really sad.
Moving day was… tiring… there was only 1 map on a brown shopping bag & I spilled my soda on it one time… that S will never know about….
The decorating was not great… until Jacob came & rearranged a bunch of stuff and gave us a quickie crash course.
Lauren came out a couple nights to scare & help do makeup…
The crowds where lesser than anticipated for the location. not as good as last year for sure…. but it was still very good some nights… it’d be non-stop lineup outside. There was a pumpkin patch close to us on that side of the parking lot so we realized that next year, we NEED to be closer to the entrance of the pumpkin patch… UNLESS we get our old location back. We need more ceiling cover.
Halloween night was not as busy as I thought we’d be… we didn’t get there til like 9:30 I think.
I had a great time being a much bigger part of it than last year. We had some issues with Blake and his tantrums. Sometimes we were understaffed and some of the young kids helping out needed guidance. We need to address these issues as a group for next year.
List of stuff I need to pick up, collect and secure (freebies):
- 1st room – rocking chair, low coffee table, picture frames, lamp, living room junk
- doll room – baby stuff, plastic knives & weapons to make a killer baby mobile. CD player. dolls.
- Clown room – palettes, balloons, tennis balls or plastic balls.
Random notes for next year:
Windows in the last tarp room would be awesome
Need to paint/distress the walls for a proper feel.
figure out the fog situation… that didn’t really work… just dissipated all over
people need to do double roles.
drop down panels?? yes please
more dolls in the doll hallway!
HALLOWEEN DAY - was a Sunday. Most of the parties were on Fri/Sat but I was at the haunt those days of course & driving everyone, dropping them off so I missed it all… nothing is better than being at the haunt… just wish the new location would’ve been busier…. it’s all worth it when a girl pees her pants & cries. Much less trick or treaters than last year… yet, I almost ran out of candy!!! I freaked out in the beginning and was giving like 4 pieces to kids but little did I know that big groups would be coming later on…. ugh… had to go begging the neighbors for candy again and they ran out too cuz they did the exact same thing. Tony wants to be something different this coming year… don’t know what but as long as he decides early and I AM NOT SEWING THE NIGHT BEFORE…. I will be ok.
It was fun dressing up as Mike Tyson Mysteries on Sat & sunday daytimes. Only black ppl recognised us though 