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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Turn Out The Lights And Bury The Remains


The 2013 edition of the Monrovia Canyon Park goes into the history books.  Despite the 5 year break since the last event, this was one of the best so far.  Hopefully we'll be back next year so we'll be busy brainstorming where we can improve and how we can top this year.

We hope you had a great time (it sure sounded like you did!).  The more fun you have, the more fun we have.  Thank you to everyone that bought a ticket and took the time to join us.  We really do appreciate it.

Thanks also to the park staff and all the volunteers that worked together to make this event happen.  This clearly wouldn't happen at all without you.  You outdid yourselves this year with your initiative, ideas and commitment.  So very effective.  Thank you again.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Flying In For One More Night



If you're one of the lucky ones to have a ticket, looking forward to scaring you!

Be prepared, I think we're setting a new record for screams this year.

Friday, October 25, 2013

Night One A Huge Success!



"Better Than Knott's"*  That's seems to be the quote and consensus of the night.

Lots of screams, Great groups of enthusiastic guests. Fantastic job by the actors and everyone working the hikes at Canyon Park, Library Park and driving the buses.  It all adds up to a very successful evening of scary fun!  Thank you!!!

Sorry, Knott's.  For three nights, you'll just have to settle for being number two.


*To be completely accurate, we also heard:  "Better than Queen Mary" (Dark Harbor) and "better than Universal".

Thursday, October 24, 2013

I Felt Like I Was Being Watched


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It Begins...

Tonight's the night.  The first of three scream and scare filled nights of Haunted Hikes.

Here's the scoop on the ticket situation as of yesterday:

-Saturday night is sold out.
-Friday night is extremely close to a sellout.
-Thursday night (tonight) still has a few tickets left.  Ticket buying has picked up dramatically in the last couple of days.  If you want to go, don't wait!

Tickets are NOT sold at Canyon Park.  Access to Canyon Park this evening is by Ghost Bus for those with a ticket ONLY.  There will be no vehicle or pedestrian access for the event.

Tickets:

Monrovia Community Services
119 W. Palm Avenue
Monrovia, CA  91016
Haunt Line: (626) 256-8246

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Tips For Enjoying The Monrovia Canyon Park Haunted Hikes

Here are a few tips for getting the most out of the Haunted Hikes:

1) Don't be late to the pickup spot at Library Park.  The hikes are every 15 minutes and the buses are on a tight schedule to get everyone to the park and back.  The buses will leave and the hikes will go on - with or without you.

2) No flash photography.  You know, just like Disneyland.  Not because we're trying to stop photos from being taken, but because the bright flash will ruin the experience for everyone.  A photo with flash won't look good and will temporarily blind everyone around you.  Not fun when everything grinds to a halt waiting for our vision to return.  I don't have the official word on this but I would think that as long as you don't cause delays on the hike, handheld non-flash photography shouldn't be a problem.  Common sense here, don't be disruptive.

3) No touching the actors / workers / props on the hikes.  Seriously, the people working are mainly volunteers just trying to provide a fun evening for our guests.  Choosing this time to try and establish yourself as a dumbass will not be appreciated.  The hike will stop and you will be escorted to a police officer.  Oh, and no refunds.

4) Try to use the restroom before your hike starts.  No details needed on this one.

5) Stay together with your group.  The hikes will have both a hike leader and a hike sweep at the back to help with this.  You won't get lost (probably) but the way the hike is set up will be much more effective if the group doesn't get too spread out.

6) Go ahead and scream and laugh and keep a tight grip on your friends / loved ones.  That's what it's all about.  Screams carry very well in the canyon and that makes it a lot more fun.  You make the group that hasn't started yet very nervous.

Have fun and hope to scare you there!

Tuesday, October 22, 2013