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is ment to be good for halloween no ? ( iv never been ) is it true the haunting in the hollows is the same scare factor as the curse at thorpe park ? , what is the scariest attraction like ?

It's not that good for people who really want to be scared - The Curse at TP was much scarier than Haunting in the hollows.

If however you just want a bit of spooky fun without actually being very scared then go to Chessie.

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although not scary in a gory horror form... the haunting in the hollows walkthrough (and I've said this before), was surprisingly excellent - had a great story & atmosphere, and the some of the themeing and actors were brilliant... I genuinely found the walkthrough scarier than the curse at thorpe park, and really look forward to it again this year if it's largely unchanged!

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was the haunting in the hollows scare maze , a conga line maze , as in did people entering have to put hands on sholders ?

it was more of a walkthrough with many scenes where an actor would be explaining a story or something would happen etc... some bits were outdoors, and some indoors (inside marquees etc.)... it wasn't a conga line style one :)

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What was the themeing like , I heard that they actually create the village of black hollow ! , were there any part within the maze that you had to put your hands on the people in front's sholders ? , I seem to be hearing different things. :)

No, not really. Although some people did just because they were used to that. The space arrangements usually meant standing in small groups or around the scenic features.

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Only the very last bit where was pitch black with actors if I remember would people put their hands on other peoples shoulders, but I personally walked by myself with others in front and behind, you don't have to conga line it. And the themeing is different scenes... I wouldn't say themed to the village though, but was decent themeing :)

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You did have to go in a conga line for the Krypt maze which appeared in 2011.

I don't know why on earth they didn't bring that back, it was quite good!

Throughput, location, cost.

The attraction wasn't automated - all of the effects were triggered by 4 hosts inside the main body of the attraction chucking the rice, being the monster - pushing the fake wall, and triggering the sound effects etc. So it was hard to staff.

Also the marquee leaks. Many of the wooden flats sit rotting in a container.

Also the cost of putting it back up and hiring all the sound and lighting equipment again.

Krypt was ridiculously fab <3

Apart from the really crappy ending of course... But I guess it suffered from location and general awful throughput... A shame though...

Don't even get me started on the fudging Gorilla head.

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haha , gutted I never went through it , but I think they should have at least one conga style maze for adults , because people will come as familys ect. maybe if they cold find a way to make the effects inthe kyrpt become automated , they would have it up again . It just shows that chessington are able to create a fully emersive markey maze ! , just a shame they don't create one for a slightly more mature audiance :)

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