Craig
TS Administrator
The full quote from the press release is:Also apart from Garden Lights, there seems to be no mention of Alton Ancestors either? Unless I've missed something.
So ents wise it's pretty much the sameAlso returning for 2023 is the family friendly frights line-up of live entertainment including the Alton Ancestors, Freaky Five and CBeebies Land Monster Ball, where little monsters can see their favourite CBeebies Land characters for a special Halloween party.
I'm not a fan of the YouTube collab, and I'll reserve full judgment until the attractions is available to experience. But what is a "Halloween theme"? The teaser shows it features scary elements, so to me that still fits the Halloween theme? We'd all be whinging if every maze featured your stereotypical frights with zombies, ghosts or whatever so on one hand I applaud them for doing something different and what appears to be relatively unique and novel.Fair do's if it interests others, although the fact it's not Halloween themed in the slightest is disappointing.
That said, I do still have concerns about the escalating cost of just doing the mazes at Scarefest. I'm still of the belief that the adult mazes should've been moved to a separately ticketed late night event - much like many of the independent farm places do. They could've captured the superb atmosphere of when the mazes were at the hotels and added F+B options for additional revenue. At least guests feel like they're paying for a rounded out evening of entertainment over paying for single entry to mazes on top of the entrance fee they've already forked out on. I fear they've missed the boat on going all in these days, but it's a shame as they were once leaps and bounds ahead of their competitors.
The lineup is certainly an improvement on what we initially believed to be happening, but I'm interested to see what (if anything) they do with The Invitation considering the general panning that it got last year...