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^ I agree, because this arcade game is more of an exhibit, than a game in an actual arcade, right?

They want kids to try it, but not dominate it for some time, creating long queues, etc. If you went to

the Dragons Exhibit at the front of the fair, they had a VR set up so you were "riding a dragon" etc.

 

And at that time, a very short line (in our estimate) was going to "take nearly an hour" to get to us.....

 

No thanks. I did get a pic or three of it. but we never tried it. Did any of you try it out?

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Taken 8/30/18 in the Dragons Exhibit at this year's PNE.

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^ You are most welcome! And just to let you know, I mailed them out,

before I read your post about not wearing them myself at The Fair, lol.

Thought you would enjoy a pair.

 

And the map/schedule you have, is the one for the Out At The Fair Day, that happened.

Which includes the "Decades of Drag" show, where you find Dueling Pianos in the Celebration Plaza Beer Tent.

 

I also checked with Vancouver Pride Society, and they have sold out of all of them!

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Everybody, including The PNE, is hoping we all get to do this again, at next year's Fair! (o:

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And from the "I Forget To Post this, Dept"....

 

I found this in Screamscape, and the LINK is to a true local news source, here in Vancouver.

 

Park News - (9/9/18) According to the local news the Playland / PNE is looking ahead to their future expansion plans and the possibility of adding a new coaster somewhere down the line. They say that they are looking into adding a new "custom" coaster over the next 3-5 years, though they did show off some stock footage of a Premier Rides Skyrocket II style launched coaster. While I wouldn't say this was an indicator that is what they are looking at just yet, it is a good indicator of the same size/scope of ride that they would seek to built there, something with a compact footprint.

 

https://globalnews.ca/video/4425278/pne-looking-ahead-as-2018-season-comes-to-a-close/

 

 

P.S. Get - Rid - of Corkscrew. Replace it with (see below).

Regardless of what you said in the interview. (o;

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Hoping for an El Loco, which would be the first one in Canada! (o:

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^ I agree, because this arcade game is more of an exhibit, than a game in an actual arcade, right?

They want kids to try it, but not dominate it for some time, creating long queues, etc. If you went to

the Dragons Exhibit at the front of the fair, they had a VR set up so you were "riding a dragon" etc.

 

And at that time, a very short line (in our estimate) was going to "take nearly an hour" to get to us.....

 

No thanks. I did get a pic or three of it. but we never tried it. Did any of you try it out?

 

we never got to try it out but it wasn't that big of a loss for us anyway.

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"This is The End, my Friend..."

 

Although there was a lot of rain all morning, by the time I got to the park, most of it had stopped. And when I FINALLY reached my

GOAL of 65 rides on Coaster (matching my current age?), the rain had stopped...totally. It really didn't pick up again, till I was back

home a little while ago. Now, it's just icky and grey and drippy and windy and....wet. Eh, I made my Coaster Count so that was good.

 

 

A good number of the flats were down, much more than were listed (3?) on the front board outside the gate. I was disappointed that

West Coast Wheel was one of them. I wanted some overhead shots. But no matter, the ride ops kept it together and ran things,

even when there was only one or a few people on the flat. Good for them! Coaster and AtmosFEAR are the only two rides at Playland,

that I know of, which require a minimum of 12 riders to run the ride. No problem with Coaster today! I was happily surprised how

fast the red train kept filling up, and not only myself doing repeat rides. It was a great way to get my final numbers and close The Park.

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Hell's Gate is TOAST, as far as I can see. Hardly opened at - all during the entire season,

including the PNE itself. It needs to be replaced next Season. Truth.

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Red train running today.

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No children screaming and tearing around, today.

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Selfie (sort of) on the Carousel. And yes I am on a horse!

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Artsy fartsy shot.

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Haunt Maze going up for Fright Nights, next month.

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The Wheel was not running.

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Another Haunt Maze being assembled.

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Hey girls! See you next month!

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Another Haunt. They're actually pretty close together, so it's not a long walk between Houses and Mazes.

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Best Landscaped Ride in Playland, got it's watering today.

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Sadly, it doesn't really go upside down.

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It was a sad, lonely Arcade, today.

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Ooooo, that's how they set this Game up. Like a Murphy Bed! (Google it)

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For you lift hill chain freeks.

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Buh bye Coaster. See you on a Fright Night, next month!

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Final Seasonal Whee!

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Of all days to ride this thing.

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Splooosh.

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Two out of three, done! I'll be taking in a Fright Night next month. (o:

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Playland's now Closed for the Season. And they're getting ready for.....

 

http://www.pne.ca

 

EDIT to add: OMG WHOA! The price for the V.I.P. Passes (Fast Passes on Haunts and selected Rides)

just jumped $20 over, from last year's Passes! i.e. What was (my cost) $80+ last year, is now over $100!

And that was/is for the Thursday FN Pass. Weekend Passes are sure to be higher.

 

 

Still worth getting, though. I spent 4 very comfortable hours last Oct, doing all the Haunts, and getting

drinks and food in between them, as well.

 

Very relaxing way to do it. Highly Recommended! Worth the extra $$$

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Boo. To your wallet.

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NEWS! For those considering getting the V.I.P. Passes to a Fright Night.... take note... SEE ABOVE. ^

 

I'm still going to buy one. It's a total time saver and allows for more relaxing between Haunts and Brews. etc.

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Last year's FN warning.

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Last year's FN Map, and V.I.P. Rapid Pass, used. Worth every dollar, spent on it. (o;

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^ I don't think they have that available during Fright Nights. With the darkness and fog all around, handling an Exit Pass queue might not be possible. I don't think I have ever seen anybody boarding a ride, from the Exit, on the rides/coaster I have ridden, during the Fright Nights I have gone to.

 

What they post onsite, as a WARNING:

 

NOTE: Fright Nights is not recommended for children 12 & under, guest 65 and older, guests with sensitivity to strobe lighting, guests with high blood pressure and/or heart conditions, and those who are pregnant.

 

I am 65, but I will take my chances, ha - ha - ha! You could always contact them directly about it. http://www.pne.ca

 

By the way... My plans are to go on Wed.the 17th. Just because... you know...* That night has a price of $83-Cdn. for the Rapid Pass. The cost for the 18th is $103-Cdn! I'm still trying to figure out...why the increase on that Thursday? It's not the day before any holiday or holiday weekend.

(All tix. can be bought online for a few $$ savings.)

 

*Non-tobacco is legal in Canada, as of October 17th, 2018. Not that this has anything to do with Fright Nights.

 

P.S. I inquired about their earlier opening for Rapid Pass holders who had their online tix already, as to whether there were any rides or Haunts open

before 7 pm. Sadly, they told me that no, nothing opened until 7 pm. But this still gives one the chance to be "in queue" at any attraction (Coaster!)

or Haunt, before the 7pm opening happens. And this is before the gp buy their tickets and head into the park. It's still a good deal to buy.

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One of The Best Places to be, on a Fright Night... the Sanitarium Bar.

With a nice draft beer, and a nice heat FIRE thingie nearby. Thurs. Oct.24/17. (o:

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Great night shots of Coaster last year's FN. The playing fields behind, had their overhead lights on so....spoooooooky! (o;

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  • 3 weeks later...

I couldn't stand it any more, and with a rather good advance weather report, I decided to finally

Buy My FRIGHT NIGHTS Ticket! For this coming Wednesday. 7pm to midnight.

 

 

And I've got the evening pretty figured out, with allowance for unexpected.............................surprises.

 

 

 

 

To be eventually....con.....tinued.

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Looks good, so far.

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That works for me....

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....So I got the ticket! (o: (o: (o: Wednesday night, here I come!

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My Last Meal at FNs last year ~ Fries BEGGING me to Take Them Away!

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Tonight's the night! I head to Fright Night with my Rapid Pass (VIP) ticket safely pocketed away.

As well ... "Today's The Day" if you're aware of what Canada's been up to, lately.

 

I am a bit curious as to what "smoke" might waft from the (cigarette/pipe) Designated Smoking Area,

the one spot in all of Playland. It's between Darkness(7), and The Blood Shed(8) haunts.

 

And to also note...the "second hand smoke" could affect four of the Haunts (8 total), too.

 

This will be interesting to check out.

 

 

TR will be posted tomorrow.

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This DS Area (now) needs one of those electric fans that takes in

(inhales?) the total smoke and filters it clean, etc. (o;

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(I was there last night.)

 

"I had a great time, for most of the evening. But then...."

(Explained later on.)

 

They didn't open the early gate for us until nearly opening time. But that was okay. Once I got my Rapid PASS, it was over to Coaster and wait it out with everybody else, at 7. And then - everything was moving at once. All the rides and all the lights! Don't know who thought that idea up, but everybody around me loved it, and reacted surprised in happy ways. Got my first ride on Coaster (solo, and I expected to be paired up too!) which barnstormed through the layout and the dark in frenzied bliss.

 

I love Coaster at night.

 

After that, I headed right through to my first Bar Rest, at the named Sanitarium Bar. A Stella Artois seemed right for the evening. Not too fancy. And I like the taste of it. Sat at the front and started watching everything happen around me. Including very wierd, static "smoke". In puffs it came. And it didn't really blanket any area, from where I sat. Like last year. Hmmm. Oh well. More to do, later on.

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Taking photos on the one street I walk, to my bus stop. This is the new bunch of apartments

going up across the street from us. Lots of these are being built along this section of Victoria Dr.

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Nice Fall colours coming in.

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There is also a local civic election going on. David and I did the early vote. Sooo much easier.

BY THE WAY U.S.A - do not forget to use your right to vote in November! It's important for everybody.

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I love what some people have done to create front yard gardens.

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Not everybody gets door to door postal delivery any more.

AND NOTE: there "might" be a Postal STRIKE in Canada, starting Monday.

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Old house looked like this new one does. Only new townhouses behind it, where yard used to be.

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I love a Culture Lab!

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So - blue - that - is - so - blue.....

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Nice upright garden.

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Another mini-set of townhouses going up.

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This bench has been "along the way" for a long time now. Thanks to whoever built it. (o:

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New Italian based food and deli store. Bosa Foods. Really delicious EVERYWHERE in there! Yum.

Closes every day at 6pm, though. I was hoping to pick up a deli sandwich along the way, but not to be.

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Bus POV. Clever, huh? Yeah, I didn't think so, either. :p

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Off the bus....

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....and cross the street to the main (and only) Playland gate!

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Looking through the gates towards where fun stuff happens immediately..... Frisking! (o;

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Where I was The First one to line up here. Others had lined up at the ticket booths, not knowing

they could already bypass that. Or..... I had no idea where I was going. Anyway...

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....space....

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P-L-A-Y....

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L-A-N-D!

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First ride of the evening. I was clean.

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Where I gots my Rapids Passe-ss, P-p-precious!

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First one who greets us. He's a long time shouting regular.

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Pumpkin Guy in his usual position. Sitting. Doing. Nothing.

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First Train Out!

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I got the second train of the night. Solo, which surprised even myself!

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Getting up or sitting back down, I didn't stay to find out.

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Display Only. Sadly.

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A rather "slimmed down' Arcade. The Quarters Arcade was open, and a couple of the

regular single games. But not much more than that.

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The tiny Explorer Balloons ride was operating. Will ride it later.

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Enterprise Up.

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Ooooooo a spirit just entered Hellevator at it's top! Wonder what will happen next/soon?...

(TO be BOO be continued...)

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After I consumed a single beverage, I headed out to the first three Haunts I was doing. Before another Bar Rest.

 

CarnEvil, Haunted Mansion, and Asylum are all regular haunts of Fright Nights. As are the rest of all the Haunts.

8 of them, to be exact. The Blood Shed is the only newbie in the bunch, and it just opened during last year's FN.

 

CarnEvil is pure 3D glasses and bright neon black lights colours, thrown up all over the tent! But it has one really cool surprise BOO

in it, and I always forget where it happens and then. BOO! Worth it for that.

 

Haunted Hansion is the one true in-Playland haunt that is open when Playland is open. It is an upcharge during the Season. But here

I got to use the Pass and bypass a good hour of waiting for the gp. And since it's the most "permanent" one in the park, they really go out

of their way to theme up every area really good. And the scare actors are nicely placed for those unexpected places to scare people, lol.

Still good after all these years.

 

Asylum became a hit and miss for me, this visit. There's stuff going on, but mostly tarp walls to go thru, and near the end,

nothing for a good few hundred feet, until the exit. wtf? Maybe it's short-staffed, but wow, that was a limp surprise. I may skip it

next year. Or not, heh.

 

After these three, it was time to hit the Sanitarium again, raise a can to the spirits that eventually show up here, and then move along...

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Got a ride on the old little Carousel of ours. In bright - white - liiiiiight!

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Ah, here we are. Home for the Evening.

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Myself, a can of Stella, and FIRE! Life is good, and smokin' here. .

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I thought Bug Whirled was testing or something. Turns out it, and a couple of other flats,

are running, but without all the glittery lighting on them. Whatever. Cool! Took two rides on it.

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The West Coast Wheel actually has a really great lighting package on it.

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Out of the way, Pirate! Quit pulling focus here! Idiot.

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Well well. Hell's Gate FINALLY got up itself and running, at least for Fright Nights.

It was down during the entire season and the PNE, too. Glad to see it running, at least now.

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Beast doing it's thing.

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Noted.

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This was next up, after the first three Haunts.

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Line was long. Long enough to make the RapidPASS so worth it. (o:

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"This is Your Brain."

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"This is Your Brain On Drugs." (not really)

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This thing needs to go through some kind of identity change.

I mean, Gladiator + SwampBoats = ....I got nothing.

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POOF!

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Hellevator's all too real version of King Kong. :p She's dead, right?

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I wish these bumpers did rock along, instead of plod along.

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Never found out what that was for. Something.....evil....perhaps?

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Second large "animated" character here. This also ends with it's sitting back down.

It's like these guys are all in some wierd Halloween bathroom, somewhere.

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Cobalt Blue!

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Q-Tip White!

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I thought the power had gone out, here. Truth! Looked abandoned, my Ice Ball game looked. )o:

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The very un-themed, but very well lit single arcade games that were open.

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POOF #2!

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Scary Priced Pizza.

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Interesting character. I'll come back to him, in a while for more photos....

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"Five Haunts Down. Three to Go...."

 

After my beer, I headed over to WestCoast Wheel to get some overhead shots. I was also wanting to kill some time, so that the queues would get really REALLY long, so that my RapidPASS would justify the cost. For this night it was $83 Cdn. It gives you one time FastPass into all 8 Haunts and five of the big rides, Coaster included. As I had already gotten one Coaster ride, when the park opened, this was a sweet way to get a second ride (at least) on it.

 

After the Wheel, it was into the next two haunts, Fear and The Bloodshed.

 

Fear used to have this kinky little start to it, where you had to climb into a coffin, lid on, and be slid into the next room, lid off, and off you went!

Pretty nervy for a haunt house of any kind. But I guess enough people complained who couldn't really do that - or want to do that. And they stopped doing it, last year.

And it's another series of not too themed walkways with a few scare actors here and there. But it's pretty forgettable. At least to me it is.

 

The Bloodshed is the newest haunt at Fright Nights. And it's still to me a really good example of putting more $$$ into themeing the actual haunt rooms and walkways, etc. Definitely a "sort of" Western theme here. And it's a slaughterhouse, inside the house as well, hee hee. It's still great and the actors really do a good job of keeping you guess where "they" will finally show up, bloodied everything and all. This is one of the best Haunts in Fright Nights.

 

After these two haunts, it was time to get some more food into my system, with all that beer consumed. The White Spot franchise here is ledgendary with their burgers, fries and milkshakes. Not one to argue with that, I went there expecting it to be as lonely as it was around this time of night, last year. Not o be, I found out! Hmmm. Maybe it's The Day, or something like that Anyway, a long line, but I got my food and drink (DoubleDouble w/bacon and cheese; large fries; strawberry milkshake), and I got a great shot of somebody who actually wore a costume to this (and I thought you weren't allowed to, but whatever) evening.

 

And then I sat down to enjoy my late night meal, just after 10pm....

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Some slacking is intentional in this kind of themeing, but..... really? That many bulbs out?

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A look at what I went through, earlier. (See sign, above.)

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Back of sign. That was cute to discover.

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Back at Green Thing. Somebody agreed to take my photo.

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But after two tries, the smoke would just - not - go -away!

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My fudge place, "What The Fudge" was open tonight.

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And they had Deep Fried Mars Bars available! But I didn't buy anything.

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Even though some of those fudges look really good. But I passed. I was having a burger & fries later!

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This. No takers. It didn't look like it belonged to this evening, and the park.

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Masters of Schlock show going on. Once again, I passed, seeing it.

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Mmmmm nice and toasty.

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Show still going on. I've seen all of this, decades earlier.

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Pirate's POOF!

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In queue for The WestCoast Wheel.

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Whee!

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Not getting great photos of Coaster this year from The Wheel. This was The Best I took, IMhO.

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BIG Pirate's POOF!

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About to go into FEAR.

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After FEAR, more POOFS!

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Would go to this place after my last three Haunts....and beer. (o;

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The DESIGNATED SMOKING AREA. Smellin' nothing different from here. Hmmm. Maybe I'll check later .

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After The BloodShed, it was to get fed! The line was long but moved pretty fast. Good for the staff!

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Behind me in the White Spot queue, a Viking and his....uh.... chosen One (?). Pretty cool to see.

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YUM!

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And after two bites into my burger, I dropped my napkin, so I reached down to pick it up....

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^Thanks. And it's always a nice walk to the bus stop, with lots of stuff to see on Victoria Drive.

 

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"Well...OK, it's not really that Scary. But still."

 

Ending this TR is easy, now. When I reached down to pick up my napkin, where I was eating, I saw that

my RapidPASS was gone! Not hanging from the lanyard!

 

 

I knew that somewhere between the last Haunt I was in, The BloodShed and where I ate, is where I lost the Pass.

At The BloodShed, the guys doing security and allowing people in, recognized me (it helps to have an all grey

beard and hair I guess), and let me into the Haunt so I could find the Pass on the ground (I hoped)...

 

Well, I didn't find it in there, and the pathway back to the White Spot yielded no find, either.

 

So, I am guessing somebody picked it up, figured out what it was for, and I am hoping they at least took advantage

of it's use...and used the rest of it, lol!

 

Whatever happened, I still had three Haunt Houses to go through (Darkness, Hollywood Horrors, Keepers Doll Factory),

and looking at the queues by then, I was going to be spending the rest of two hours or so in line, just to go into them.

Same for re-riding Coaster and a couple of other flats I had the Pass for. Big lines in all of them, at that time.

 

So, I called it a night, took a couple more photos, called David to come pick me up..... and my Fright Night was over.

In hindsight, I am okay about it, though I was pissed off at my not watching out for my Pass. Now I'll learn, next time, heh.

The Haunts I missed, I had done the previous years. And the rides, including Coaster, would be back next season.

 

So I'll be back to it, next year. Or not. Depending on whether anything NEW is there, or not. We shall see.

Thanks for joining me on my (kind of) Scary Adventure, here.

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My RapidPASS-less lanyard. Next time I'll bring glue and tape to hold it on, LOL!

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I still don't know what this is actually used for, but I took a photo, anyway.

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Bye bye Fright Nights.

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Next month at the PNE, I'm going to this. Woo Wooooo! (o:

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BILL !!!

 

that's why you don't put off things . . . . . why didn't you do the houses when you wanted to? (it's not like you'd have repeated them, right? so use the pass when you can).

 

I'm sorry it put a damper on your night, but at least you had a good time until the discovery of the missing badge.

 

glad that you enjoyed the parts you did, and that burger looks good.

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^ Oh I had a great time! Always do, with Fright Nights. (All things considered.)

I was right there at 7 pm too, so I got a good 3+ hours in (intending to leave by 11).

 

And I did the houses when I wanted to, really! I just did it in a plan (from last year that worked)

that got screwed up after the 5th Haunt House, LOL! Life, y' know? And these were actually all the

same Haunt Houses that they had going, last year, too. So it was easy to be casual, and have a

really nice laid back visit to FN.

 

No worries, really. I was really bummed out about it when it happened, but once I got over it,

I shrugged and walked around for a couple more photos, made the phone call, and left the building...

 

So-to-speak.

 

And the evening did end with a really Awesome Burger, too!

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"What The Fudge?" also had Pumpkin Spice CANDY FLOSS too! But I didn't want to go there at ~ all, lol.

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Also, Remember People! VOTE in NOVEMBER! Like we did, in Oct. (o; This is our front yard, btw. And our dear old car.

Actually, the purple sign is new, and for a separate vote in November! I was corrected by my partner David....damn him. :p

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And next year, I intend to re-enforce my 2019 Fright Night RapidPASS with this, on it's lanyard. BOO-YAH!

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  • 3 weeks later...

A reminder for the weekend, for all you model train freeks out here in Vancouver, and beyond.

I'm going to it tomorrow afternoon. I'm hoping that somebody put together a mini-amusement

rides carnival (working too!) with their train set... And will do a TR afterwards.

 

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Where it takes place - The Forum bldg.

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^ Yeah, I was hoping that there would be something similar at this EXPO. Not to be, sadly. A single flat ride at one layout, and a LEGO coaster at another. And...that was it. But no matter. If I ever get into this hobby (ha), I would certainly set up an amusement park worth of ooohs and ahhhs from the kids. And the adults, too.

 

The Vancouver Model Train EXPO

 

I figured it would be slammed all day Sunday, so going to it today seemed better. It was. Lots and lots of people there today, to be sure. But manageable, and since I wasn't buying anything, I didn't feel to crowded in etc.

 

But before I went into the Forum bldg, I took a few shots of Playland, since it's now closed up for Winter, not to re-open until the Spring.

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Even the entry plaza is blocked off, now.

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Noted. and thank you, too!

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Mmmm wish Coaster was running now. Great clear day for it.

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Pumpkin Head is down and ready to be stored till next Halloween.

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Interesting that they still had the mini golf fountain going.

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On the way back to the main entrance, I stopped Momiji Gardens for a rest.

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(To be continued...)

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Chugging Along....

 

So, all in one big building were trains. Model trains in all shapes, sizes, and composition (plastic, metal, even wooden ones!). And honestly, if I had decided right then and there to start this hobby, with a few thou$and dollar$ in hand (and the credit cards) I could easily get an entire train set today, with all the frills, gadgets, geegaws, and miniature everything my heart desired.

 

And though I was tempted by a couple of things that caught my eye, I didn't buy anything.

 

Here's the first set of photos I took...

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We go this way.

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Big honkin' truck outside.

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It transports a mini-train? Cool!

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They covered up the PNE Marketplace sign. But it's an easy in, easy out (with a hand stamp).

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First view of the entire setup. Smaller booths were around the perimeter of it.

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How to make trees.

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For example... it's really a beautiful little setting that was created.

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Showing how trees are made.

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Tools one needs for making trees (and everything else by hand).

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I love looking at miniature buildings for this hobby.

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A very simple layout.

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Chapter clubs of the main Hobby Train Club in BC.

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Making bridges.

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This immediately reminded me of Disney Parks!

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The other end of the Forum bldg.

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Junior Engineers most welcome.

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They even got Hogwarts and a Quidditch match setup for a train (Hogwarts Express?) to run around!

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Something to actually RIDE here. Adults, too. I resisted. (o;

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One of the Silent Auction items available. Pretty. (To be continued...)

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