Friday, January 31, 2014

Changes to The Haunted Mansion part 2


The Loading Area 

1st version

The load area is now a half-house half-outdoors room, a sort of border between our world and the Other Side. The ceiling and walls become transparent and wirey before fading into the crisp night sky. The carpet beneath morphs into a cobblestone path.

The right side of the wall will be furnished with fading wallpaper, with exposed wooden beams and sconces that look similar to the ones in the exit crypt, only they move when guests pass them by.   


A small graveyard appears alongside the trail, done in a german expressionist style film, and across the doombuggy track to a lesser extent. One can vaguely see ghostly figures trying to materialize, bats fly in the night sky, as a wolf howls at the moon. 

2nd Version
The empty void will be decorated into a grand two story library. Books fly from shelf to shelf, a couple of invisible spirits will wright down on feathered quill or turing the pages of a book. 

Once guests board their doom buggies, they will notice a shadow following them upstairs. 


The Endless Hallway 
The Hallway will have a new effect, that will project a fast moving image of a spirit jumping from door to door. The Knight's armored head will turn, as if he is keeping an eye on guests. While Ghost Host's line about hot and cold running chills you would feel a really hot wind followed by a really cold wind right afterwards.

The Conservatory  
The Conservatory will be added some new flowers, some fresh and some decaying.  The windows will host a rain effect, adorned with black curtains and a view of the cemetery. 

Corridor of Doors
Two new effects will display a spirit bulging through the door knocker, similar to A Christmas Carol, and a hand trying to reach the door handle. Along with new auto effects of moans and screams.
Guests will pass through a series of vintage family photographs that appear normal at first, but will morph into corpses and ghouls right before their eyes. Among the photos is the portrait of the middle aged September. 

While guests pass by the grandfather clock, the eyes of the wallpaper light up an eerie green in color and blink, just like they do at Phantom Manor.

  

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Changes to The Disneyland Haunted Mansion Part 1


Here are some of my ideas I would do to make The Haunted Mansion better. 

The Queue 
The exterior queue would receive minor changes. Foreboding bayou cypress trees drooping with Spanish moss would be added. The queue would wind it's way through the family plot reminiscing of the haunting and foreboding graveyards of the old south. An enormous tree would serve as The Family Tree, the graves would be entangled in it's roots each baring the names of Gracey, Blueblood and Darkmoor. A series of graves show the seven wives of Bluebeard 

At the courtyard, a cast member will be dressed up a statue and interact with the guests. If anyone is lucky, one might spot the wedding ring that belonged to Constance and how she met her demise.   
An invisible ghost will now sit on the second story porch at night in a rocking chair. At night the windows will illuminate, casting ghostly silhouettes. 

The maids and butlers outfits will be redesigned in historical accurate attires between the 1890's to the Edwardian Era.   

The Foyer
1st Version
Once guest enter the foyer, the entire room is dark. Until the lights on the chandelier and scones will spark to life and start to flicker once The Ghost Host begins his monlouge. His voice can heard around the chamber, as if he talking behind you're shoulder. One can see a ghostly image appearing in both mirrors, like in Phantom Manor.

2nd Version 
The Foyer will have a marble bust with an animatronic raven perched on top. The bust is posed by The Ghost Host himself, which is either a face projection or an animatronic. 

The Portrait Chamber
The Ghost Host's narration will be altered.
"Welcome, foolish mortals. To The Haunted Mansion. I am you're host, you're Ghost Host. Please do come in, theres no turning back now. Our tour begins here in this gallery. Where you will see painting of our occupants as they once were among the living."
   
After guests step into the Portrait Chamber, a cast member would ask if any of them have second thoughts,especially the little ones, they will escort them to a short hallway and back to the world of the living. The sound of creaks and moans would suggest the idea that this room is actually stretching. 

"In this chamber, you can not help but sensing an omanis feeling of dread. Do you believe this room is actually stretching, or is it just a hallucination. But examine everything around you. This chamber has no windows and doors. Which offers you this chilling challenge, to find a way out." 
          
After The Ghost Host finishes his laugh, just before he suggests his way. The lights will all be extinguished.    
New lighting effects will be aded, as the noose that is hanging The Ghost Host's corpse will turn around and then break, causing it to plummeted down at the guests. 

The Gallery
Ghost Host: Oh, I'm sorry to frighten you prematurely. The real chill will come latter. Now look alive and let's all stay together. Here in this gallery, we have number of famous or infamous ghosts from all over who have decided to take up residents in the mansion. 
      
The portraits will have a new effect on them, some will follow guest with their eyes, while the painting of the ship will seem to come to life. The windows across from the portraits have been replaced by new window panes and now overlook a much more sinister environment than before; a very ominous swamp-like atmosphere similar to the blue bayou. Every now and then in a flash of lightning you can see the shadow of an entity out in the bayou, its even larger shadow briefly project onto the adjacent wall. The windows now harbor a rain-like effect as well.  



The portrait of the cat lady and Medusa will be much similar to it's original concept.



As guests pass the moving busts, their the eyes will glow and you can hear them whispering to you.



"We're watching you."   

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Islands of Adventure UK

The Islands of Adventure is a British version to it's American brother, only it is dedicated to England's myths, classic stories, and popular TV or movie franchise. 

Dioagon Alley and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Diagon Alley will serve as a Port of Entry as guests first enter the park. They will have shops and restaurants. This will also be passage to not only The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but to many different worlds or locations of the park. 


Attractions, Restaurants and Shows: Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey 
The Leakey Cauldron
Defense Against the Dark Arts
The Three Broomsticks
The Forbidden Forest Challenge
Flight of the Hippogriff 
The Bore's Head 

The Enchanted Forest 

The Enchanted Forest will be based on Children's Classic Literature from Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Wind in the Willows, and other Fairy Tales

Attractions and Shows:  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Peter Pan: The Flight to Neverland
Grimm's Fairy Tale Forest
The Wind in The Willows 
The Enchanted Forest Play Area 

Camelot 
Camelot will be themed and dedicated to English myths and folklore from the Arthurian legends, Robin Hood, Medieval Folklore and Greek Mythology. 

Attractions, Restaurants and Shows: Tournament of Camelot 
Dragon's Lair 
Labyrinth of the Minotaur 
Merlin's Magic 
Sherwood Forest 
The Holy Grail Pub

The Lost World 
The Lost World is an area based on Sr Arthur Conan Doyle novel by the same name. 

Attractions: The Lost World River Expedition
Tarzan and the Lost City 
Journey to the Center of the Earth 


The Haunted Moors
The Haunted Realm will be dedicated to gothic horror stories and movies from Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and other infamous creatures of the night.    

Attractions, Shows and Restaurants: Dracula: Castle of the Undead
The Vampire Bat
Phantom Theater
The Ten Bells
Van Helsing's Monster Slayers Academy
Curse of the Werewolf
Frankenstein Laboratory
The Slaughtered Lamb 
Spring Heeled Jack: The Terror of London  


Science Fiction City 
Science Fiction City will be dedicated to both science fiction movies and literature.

Attractions: War of the Worlds
From Earth to the Moon
Doctor Who: An Adventure in Time and Space 





  



Thursday, December 12, 2013

Busch Garden's Christmas Town


Since it's the christmas season, I've decided to do a post on Busch Gardens Christmas Town. I've never been to Busch Garden's Christmas Town, but I've heard a lot of good things about it. So hear are my ideas and suggestions for Christmas Town in both Williamsburg and Tampa. In each section of the parks, they will display different traditions from European countries.  


England
In England, the area will be decorated and themed in a Victorian era with Dickensian Christmas carolers and the three ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future will interact with the patrons. 


Italy 
The Italian section of the park, guests will be welcomed by Befana, the christmas witch and the take part in the Roman festival of Saturnalia. 

Germany
The German Village will house a christkindlmarkt with a variety of old fashioned toys, baked goods, and authentic old world gifts. While St Nicolas wonders the streets, accompanied with the Christkind and Krampus or Knecht Ruprecht, in search for children who have been good or bad. The festhaus will  provide entertainment for visitors of stage production based on The Nutcracker.             


Scotland 
In Scotland, the stables feature barnyard animals and figures portraying scenes from the Nativity Story.  


Sunday, November 24, 2013

Howl o Scream: Till Death do us Part

Icon: Angelica Demort aka The Bride

  Pontchartrain Parish, Louisiana 1866. Angelica DeMort is a stunning Southern belle descended from a long line of Southern Aristocracy. Wishing nothing more than to find her "true love" she was determined never to marry until she found her soulmate. Her father had arranged for her an engagement gala in Shadey Oaks Plantation on August, to meet ten of the wealthiest men that he can find. However, she found  of the suitors to be an unpleasant bunch:

Vincent Loomis was a greedy horder.
Charles Graves was obsessed with spirits and life after Death. 
Julius Browning was fascinated with occult 
Damian Phillips was a bookworm.
Jason Williams was a cowardly panophobe.
Daniel Carter was a rugged outdoors man.
Simon Caine was a child of mix races

But then she was introduced to Roman Shuster. Both fell in love with each other and were soon to be married. However, the nine vengeful suitors devised plan to ruin Angelica's wedding after being rejected by her. On the eve of the wedding, the suitors told Shuster vicious rumors about Angelica and her family's dark history. Shuster had no choice but to call off the wedding. When the wedding day arrived, she 
was waiting for him in the aisle of the White Creak Chapel, but her groom never came. After being jilted, she committed suicide, just before she cursed on the decedents of her suitors 

Julius Browning's grand daughter became a member of the sisterhood of Hecte Epsilon Xi. A coven of witches. 
Charles Grave's grand son, Malcolm, would become a leader in team of paranormal investigators in Hellgate Manor. 
Vincent Loomis's cousin unwittingly unleashed the ancient gods and demons of Egypt.  
Damian Phillip's nephew  become a writer, while suffering traumatic nightmares.
Jason Williams,  become the grandfather of The Matriarch of The Murder House.
Daniel Carter's brother become the victim of the windgio
Simon Caine's niece would be become The Voodoo Queen's follower.  

 Today, people have witnessed a ghostly bride roaming the hills of the now abandoned White Creek Chapel looking for her groom til the end of time. Others say her soul was able to reincarnate into many different forms 


Mazes
Legends tell of the Wendigo, a creature that arises when a human has feasted upon the flesh of another. The village of Alamodot Outpost, a 19th-century Alaskan trade outpost has fallen prey to starvation and cannibalism, serve to show that legends can have truth to them.

May 11th 1969, Professor Johnston Graves and his team of psychics and paranormal investigators explore the most haunted houses in England, Highgate or Hellgate Hall. By the 13th, Prof. Graves and his team, delved deeper into the walls of Hellgate, and even deeper into its disturbing past. Beware of the the dangers that await in the bedeviled Halls of Hellgate. Encounter the malicious specters and entities that inhabit the abandoned Mansions rooms and corridors. 


Enter the pages of the Necronomicon and into a world of unnatural horrors and cosmic terrors beyond your nightmares. As you delve deep into the mind of H. P. Lovecraft, surrounded by his creations and the demons of his past. 

In 1922, a group of archeologist have just recently discovered the tomb, which holds a portal into the terrifying world of gods, demons, monsters and lost souls from Ancient Egypt.


Out in the swampland of Pontchartrain Parish an ancient mansion was home to dark and powerful voodoo. The Voodoo Queen mystically transforms lost wanderers into her undead minions of evil with black magic. As zombies walk the grounds intent to keep out any trespassers who wish to witness the horrible beings of the other side.

Housemother Crowley and the sisters of Sigma Epsilon Xi know how to throw one hell of party, because they are in fact a coven of witches that dates back to the Salem Witch Trials. Now they're hosting an exclusive Halloween party, in which they must find a sacrifice for their goddess. Danger lurks, in every corner and dormitory. So think twice before you go that panty-raiding party, because you might be the one they've been look for.

 
The absolute low of human decency is serial killing. Men and women kidnap innocent people and brutally slaughter them. Killers usually work alone. What happens when you get an entire family of them?

For the nearly half a century, the doors of the White Creek Wedding Chapel have been closed since the fateful night Angela DeMort went on a horrific killing spree. To this day the abandoned chapel has been sight for apparitions and paranormal activity. Now the restless spirits who wander the halls have risen because Angela's back for vengeance. With the halls echoing the terrifying screams of her past victims, Angela will make this night a living hell. 


Scare Zones 
Angela DeMort has come to Busch Gardens to invite YOU to her unholy matrimony and she has found her new groom to-be. Her bridesmaids and groomsmen welcome you to the terrifying nuptials in her wedding scaremony! 



The town of Innsmouth has a had bad reputation Desperate of human sacrifices to a race of fish-frog men known as the Deep Ones in exchange for prosperity. Now, the town’s population bears an amphibious look and don’t take kindly to strangers who venture in.

The townsfolk of Maplecroft invites you to a harvest festival  but there is a dark secret to this towns history. 13 sacrifices must be made to insure a bountiful harvest and keep the creatures that inhabit the corn field at bay.

Hurry, hurry, hurry! Step right up and see Dr. Morbid’s Sideshow of the Strange. Witness the bizarre abominations and oddities of nature that make their home along the midway. Who knows? Maybe they might even add you to the show.

As night falls on the Hellgate family cemetery, the deceased souls that occupy its confines walk among the living. Navigate your way through the haunted grounds of the Hellgate Cemetery, as the ancestral spirits of the Hightgate stalk your every move.