Exciting!

Hey all! Only a few short weeks left until we are open for the season! Hope you are all excited as we are for the Halloween season!

Last Day!.....?

Today we finished closing up the Haunted Graveyard for the season. Ernie and I took apart and threw away a few pieces from the queue line entrance. They are going to be rebuilt next year. Justin and Kurtis finished closing up Slaughterhouse. Kurtis used it over the weekend for one of his projects so it was the last house to be closed. Justin and I also took apart a few very old queue line peices that have been sitting in our storage area. Julio and Julio worked on the canal all day. They plan on finishing it tomorrow. Ernie still needs to take the batteries and a few other things home so we may help with that but everything else is done.

Its been a good season despite all the rain. We'd like to thank everyone who came out this season to see us and thanks to everyone who viewed this blog. We hope to see you next year.

Temple roof

Bryan and Justin finished the Temple roof today. Kurtis and I helped a little after we finished with other things. I also finished some lighting and sound things. Kurtis finished stuff on the list. Julio and Julio kept working on the water trench. Its supposed to rain hard tomorrow and Saturday so their work should get a good test.

The picture is Bryan, Kurtis, and Justin working on the Temple roof.

clean up lists

Bryan, Justin, and Kurtis worked on the list today. Justin and Bryan were supposed to start roofing Temple like Manor but they didn't enough roofing stuff at the store ;p I took down the solor powered lights since the batteries don't seem to last through the winter. Julio, Megal, and Julio kept working on the water trench. Ashlee continues to clean costumes.

Graveyard canal

Justin and Bryan finished the Manor roof today and started working on a list Ernie gave us. The list has stuff we need to do before we finish for the season. Kurtis also worked on the list. I took down the emergency lights. Julio, Megal, and Julio finished taking down Spiders. They also started to work on the water problem we have. There is a spring of water behind the Bamboo hut in Fish Puppet and also when it rains a lot of water comes down the mountain in the same area. A trench was built many years ago to redirect the water but it has a few leaks. They are going to try and fix it.

closing up

Now that the props and mannequins are out of the show closing up has really begun. Julio and Julio started taking down Spiders. Justin and Bryan started roofing Manor. Kurtis and HB Mike started tarping things also like the Temple face. I continued my way through the show taking down lighting and sound stuff. I finished Manor which was my last big area.

The first picture is Kurtis and HB Mike covering the Temple Ball face for the winter.

The second is Justin and Bryan putting the roof on Manor.

Kevin's last days

The last two days we continued cleaning up the props and mannequins. Justin, Kurtis, Bryan, Ernie, Julio, and Julio have taken most of the stuff that needs to get stored out of the show and they have started closing rooms up. I've continued to take down lighting and sound stuff. Ashlee has continued to clean costumes.Kevin, Dan, and Elgin started taking down the animatronics today. They got about halfway finished by the time they left today. They are going to take the rest down tomorrow.

The picture is Kevin and Dan posing with one of the animatronics.