Preview night

Last night was our preview night for sponsors and Lake Compounce employees. Everything went pretty well. We have some great new actors especially in Manor. Everyone in there was really getting into the parts. Since there wasn't a lot of people going through the actors were really able to spend some time with each group which is really entertaining to watch and be a part of. Unfortunately when we get busy and have 9000 customers through a night everyone has to keep moving through. (so get here early and get here in the first two weeks when we aren't too crowded.

The last couple days had been very hectic. We had many people working trying to get as much completed as possible. We even had some actors and house managers helping us get finished. The Manor facade was finished on Wednesday and looks really good. It wasn't finished painted until about an hour before the show opened though. The Queue line was also done during the last couple hours before opening. I had a lot of stuff to finish and Dan helped me out a lot getting most of it done.

Not everything was 100% ready for opening but we were close. I forgot the heartbeat CD at home so the Endless tunnel had no sound. I also didn't get to put up the lights in the Manor facade windows and a few other small things. The construction side of things was a little unfinished also. We started putting up the sight blocking walls around the manor facade but ran out of plywood. There was an 8 foot gap in the wall where if you turned around you could see the Compounce paint building. All that will be fixed for tonight's real opening though.

Tonight is the real opening night so it should be exciting to see real customers and hear their reaction to what we've done over the summer.