Update 10/20

Haunt helpers- Jason, Stephanie, Ronald, & Myself

Weather in S. MN- 60o & partly clouldy 

Working on the maze went well & get got a lot done in the time allowed. More lighting, effects, & decorations were added.

Got cleaned up & make the trek to the cities. After some discussion, we (Jason, Stephanie, & Myself)  decided to get at a chinese buffet. I had just had chinese the night before but, what the heck. Drove up to the haunt & noticed a very long line. The weather here in MN has been very rainy & this was the first nice evening (not too hot or cold for fall). Parked 2 blks away & walked to the end of the line. Staff told us that if we didn't have tickets already, that it was sold out for the night. What?! This was like 8pm, they had just opened at 7pm. Stopped at 2 gas stations for directions to "The Haunting Experience" in the nearby suburb. No one had heard of it at all. As we continued back to Burnesville, we talked about "Dark in the Park at Mall of America. Checked the times & it would have been closed by the time we got there. Valley Scare was the next closest haunt but, they wanted $25 per person after 5pm & $10 for parking! As we continued South to home, we talked about "Trail of Terror". Thought we could make that to salvage the night. Was strange that the signs were directing patrons to the "MN Renn Fest." entrance. We went with the flow & at first the people directing traffic were helpful. But, the time it got closer to park that all changed. The guy said to us as he had his hands in his pockets, "park where ever there is space". He should have been directing cars to exactly were to park. There was a huge line to ride a bus to the ticket box office. If the line was bad for the bus, it would be worse for tickets. So, we wrote the night off & headed home. This was the only night we had off to attend a haunt.

Haunty