So, haunt event at Worlds of Fun (Worlds of Fear) was… actually… pretty good. At least
for a haunt-starved lunatic like me. Scenic was way better than I expected, and they have some good concepts. Half the houses (Blood on the Bayou; Bloodshed, Ripper Alley) were actually extremely good, I think. Blood on the Bayou, especially was amazing despite only have four performers.
Which was a thing…
Only a couple of the houses felt fully staffed. The other four felt… anemic casting-wise. The performances were quite good… there just was nowhere near enough.
The biggest nightmare was just basic park operations. No one really knew where anything else in the park was. Signage was lacking. Our biggest peeve was the park announcing the event starts at 6:30, but no scareactors were in the zones until 7 and one of the houses didn’t open until 7:30. Just… terrible management. Which sucks because… like the potential for a high quality event is THERE. It’s just the basics that seem to kill it.