Ready or not here we go! October 16th tommorow and we are open! The crew put on all the blood, spiderwebs, and graveyard dust today to finally finish up the haunt for opening. I’m impressed and I know you will be to. Animatronics are running fierce, Lighting looks great, Decor and sets are amazing, and sounds [...]
Insurance inspections yesterday went very well. Our tour with the rep from our provider had a very sharp eye and he didn’t miss a thing. The list of deficiencies were at a minimum. In fact they are pretty much addressed already. Now we can put in all the dangerous stuff!…Just kidding!
As with any fun thing you do commercially you have to think about protecting your business. Today is the day our Insurance providers do their walk through to make sure we are playing the game safe. We entertain large crowds and with that comes many safety regulations we must abide by. Our Inspectors will walk [...]
It’s almost a scary sound effect in itself. As I add each animatronic and set it on test the air consumption rises. By the time all the tricks are installed and running you can hear the air rushing through the lines. It’s almost like a GIANT snake.(EEWWW, that would be creepy, maybe next year?) All be it, [...]
This is my first blog entry this year as I have very busy placing, tuning and tweeking the animatronics for this years haunt. After pulling them from storage and unpacking, I found alot of “wear N tear” from previous years. Every year these goodies cycle approx. 20,000 times. Our pair of rabid wolves Tom and [...]
Time flies when you are having fun! Not sure how much fun building a haunt really is though. Many peoples first comments are when they see this monster we’vebuilt are “you must have sooooo much fun building this”. I laugh, and agree usually. But reality is its pretty damn stressful! Working under a tight budget, [...]
All the walls are up, connected, getting capped and slapped with paint, webs, blood and all sorts of other gross stuff. Rob has been placing and setting animatronics all week. Most are ready to go. Dan and Roman have been tidying up all the loose ends for the build. Russ is back again moonlighting with [...]
A little bird told me that there is still some props available from a local Film/Prop house. Will check it out Wednesday.. Keep you posted.
The rough in walls are near the end. The last twists and halls are to be placed Wednesday. I know, I said I’d have them done by Friday Past and here it is Monday. Shoot me.. but make sure the blood splatters the wall behind me in the Tomb Room. LOL.
Rob is Back at Potters House of Horrors! Rob is the guy responsible for all the the things that go bump,boo and Blaaaa! in the haunt. He’s built, re-built, set up, and torndown all of the animatronics we run at the haunt more then twice. Hes been working all summer on Christmas stuff, (that other [...]
