Apologies for double posting but got curious,
Has anyone seen any new props/headstones added for Chilling Chambers? I know they added them last year for The Depths and Dark Entities, but I hadn't seen anyone pointing out anything from Wax Works or Bloodlines yet.
Yes, they added the retired mazes from last year to the headstones for Chilling Chambers. Hopefully the photos below show up, but if not, click on the link.
I may be attending for the first time ever on Friday, October 3. Any quick tips/tricks I should keep in mind? What are some cool experiences/features that separates it from HHN? Thank you in advance!
I also second getting the Boo-Fet. An additional benefit is that GhostRider typically opens around 6 or 6:15 for Boo-Fet attendees and you can get two or three rides in before the mazes open at 6:30 pm if your seating time is early enough. Be aware that the park has recently installed paid ride lockers for this coaster as well as HangTime and Silver Bullet, and you won't be able to bring loose items onto the ride without paying for a locker.
If you can get into the park early enough (I recommend arriving at the front gate *at least* 90 minutes early) for standard tickets, there is a ceremony at the front of Ghost Town with one or two of the main Scary Farm characters and then the monsters run into the crowd. It's definitely worth experiencing once. They have a mini version of this when they open the gates near GhostRider to the area with the back four mazes at 6:30. If you don't need to do all four mazes before the crowd goes to the backstage area after 7 pm opening, you can probably do two or three mazes and still get back to the main holding area at the entrance to Ghost Town for the main ceremony at 7 pm.
I've gone to Boo-Fet three times in the past during 2024 and 2023 and found it was really disorganized this year on opening night at the restaurant inside the park, Mrs. Murphy's. The people I was standing next to had gone to Mrs. Knott's Chicken Dinner Restaurant outside the park for the Boo-Fet that night and also found it really disorganized. I'm not sure if I'll try the Boo-Fet again this season, but I'm hoping that Six Flags/Cedar Fair is not overselling the Boo-Fet from cost cutting and trying to make more revenue.
Out of the several shows offered at Scary Farm, there is a live magician performing at the BirdCage Theatre (I believe the show is called Conjurings). They typically have a different magician each week, and some are better than others (last year a couple of them had performed at the famed Magic Castle club in Hollywood). You should arrive at least 15 minutes before showtime or the theater could be full if you arrive right before showtime.
On the balcony of the Walter Knott Theatre in the Gore-ing 20's scare zone and near the Room 13 maze, there is a show with a live jazz band and six dancers in zombie makeup three or four times per night. Sometime during the set one of the scare actors will lead the crowd in an easy dance down the street. It's pretty cool.
There is a slider show in Camp Snoopy (The Gauntlet scare zone) at 10:30 pm which is unadvertised on the Knott's app. I've only seen it once and they have some additional pageantry with some of the characters. In the Fiesta Village area (Forsaken Lake scare zone), there is a short seven minute show twice per night which is basically a funeral procession with the characters in this scare zone. The crowds will start forming early for both these shows, so if you want a good view, arrive at least 15 to 20 minutes early.
One last thing, the Knott's Berry Farm app is highly useful for show times and rough estimates of maze wait times. Look on the main menu under Featured Shows & Events for what is going on that night. Any shows at midnight or later (the event ends at either 1 or 2 am depending on the night) will show up on the next day's schedule.