Kings Island: Dinosaur Trail Opens Up New Possibilities

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A new attraction has been announced for Kings Island's 2011 season; entitled Dinosaurs Alive, this walkthrough, upcharge trail will be an interactive adventure that will feature over 60 life sized animatronic dinosaurs spread out over 12.5 acres of woods. Unfortunately, you read it right - this attraction IS an upcharge attraction, costing guests $5 to enter.

One thing that is extremely beneficial for Kings Island with this addition is the amount of woods it opens up. Trail of Terror, a creepy forest adventure, was located in the same area last year that Dinosaurs Alive will occupy this year. What does that mean for Kings Island's Haunt? Change most likely!

With Trail of Terror being one of the older Haunts in the KI Haunt lineup, we can assume that with Dinosaurs Alive occupying TOT's land, that the Trail of Terror will be modified, or replaced. With what? We don't have a clue, but given that DA is 12.5 acres of trails, we can only hope there will be some kind of new mega attraction, possibly even jurassic thmed! Change is great, and change over 12.5 acres of woods is even better.

Cedar Point: Soak City Haunt?

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Not that it has any truth to it, but the latest buzz on Pointbuzz.com is that there are ideas of a Haunted Attraction in Soak City? Could it happen this year? Well, yes, it very well could, but there aren't any concrete rumors even regarding this location. The latest thoughts on this simply are that; thoughts, and nothing more.

Given the sheer size of Soak City at Cedar Point along with the overwhelming budget that Cedar Point has for Halloweekends, we would love to see a mega-Haunt of some sort in the waterpark. Will it happen? Again, probably not, the folks at Pointbuzz are just thinking out loud. Don't we all love to?

Knott's Berry Farm: Haunt Vault

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Hello CFHauntNews followers! We found out a few days ago that a Knott's fansite entitled Theme Park Adventure has a brand new look into the past of the Haunt at Knott's Berry Farm called the Haunt Vault.

The Haunt Vault will eventually be a vault full of videos and photos of walkthroughs featuring various Haunt mazes at Knott's Halloween Haunt. Featuring mazes right now such as Alien Attack, the Haunt Vault will bring former Haunts back to life for Haunt fans of all ages!

Take a look, it truly is a great start to what I'm sure will be a massive project!

Valleyfair: Picnic Grounds Haunt?

When browsing a Valleyfair fansite (Valleyfair Zone) we found some rumors that pertain to this years Haunt. According to a rumor posted on the site, Valleyfair's Picnic Cove area which is located outside of the park could be used this year for Haunt. After looking at an overview of the grounds, the area itself is fairly large and could house a good sized Haunt!

Along with the Picnic Grounds rumor, there is also a rumored relocation of Valleyscare's only Scare Zone, Blood Creek Cemetery. The relocation would move Blood Creek Cemetery from the Ferris Wheel walkway to the Antique Autos attraction.

This would create an entirely new kind of Haunt for Valleyscare, and would make Blood Creek Cemetery one of a select few parks that have ever had, or will have Antique Autos Haunts. We did a post a while ago about Car Ride Haunts, and if memory serves us right, Blue Ridge Bloodbath at Kings Dominion is the only Car Ride Haunt in the entire Cedar Fair chain, although Kings Island and Geauga Lake did have attractions like Blue Ridge Bloodbath in the past.

Will Blood Creek Cemetery become an Antique Autos/Car Ride Haunt? Will the Picnic Grounds be home to Valleyfair's biggest Haunt yet? Stay tuned for more information!

Cedar Fair Haunt News Now on Twitter!

Cedar Fair Haunt News is now on Twitter! Check out our page by clicking on the link to the left or looking us up (Our name is CedarFairHauntNews). Feel free to tweet at us, follow us, whatever you Tweeters do! CFHN on Twitter will be the most up to date source of information regarding Cedar Fair Haunt Industry News & Rumors!

Check it out!

Worlds of Fun: Terror of London for 2011?

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Rumor has it, the London of Terror Haunt that was rumored to be added at Worlds of Fun last year is making it back onto the drawing board for this years Haunt. Apparently, a reliable source posted on Facebook that the maze/zone would take the place of Dominion of Doom, Worlds of Fun's scare zone that is on the path that takes guests towards the Mamba area.

We'll have to see if this rumor pans out to be true once the website is launched, but for now we'll have to hope for a replacement with this awesome theme! Stay tuned.

Knott's Berry Farm: New for 2011 - Delirium

The new maze released at West Coast Bash 2011? Delirium. This frightful design by the famous maze designer Dan Miller will take the place of Club Blood in one of the Knott's warehouses. Comprised of a theme that combines dreams and nightmares, Delirium will open up at Knott's Scary Farm for the 2011 season, and is already drawing in heavy hype by the Haunt industry.

We can't wait to see Delirium in all its glory, as well as any other mazes that premier at Knott's this fall! Some other confirmations announced at West Coast Bash:

• Doll Factory is returning for what should be its last year.
  
• Cornstalkers is possibly returning, some confusion with this one.
• Slaughterhouse is returning.
• Dia De Los Muertos is returning.
• Lockdown is returning.
  
• Virus Z is returning.
• A new show featuring old Haunt animatronics is going to premier in the Bird Cage Theater.

Sounds like 2011 will be another outstanding year for Knott's, and we can't wait to hear any/all news about Black Widow's Cavern, Bobo's, Cornstalkers, etc. Stay tuned.