Dubbed “Hotel Hellview 666,” this year’s debut haunted maze takes up residence in the park’s old elephant barn and features the gory interior of a 1920s hotel.
A large creature looks over an altar sacrifice inside the new scare house Hotel Hellview 666 at Fright Fest inside Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo. Fright Fest and the Kids Boo Fest kickoff Saturday. For more information visit sixflags.com/discoverykingdom. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is getting ready to celebrate 25 chilling years of Fright Fest with 200 hired scare-actors — a new record for the park — and a new nightmare-inducing maze.
“We were presented with an interesting challenge when it came to this,” said Merino. The large indoor space historically housed two separate themed mazes. One side featured a “Saint Hades Hospital” themed house while the other was titled the “Demon’s Lair.” Valeria Canales, area supervisor for the rides department, works on the corn maze as she helps to get ready for this weekend’s kickoff of Fright Fest at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo on Wednesday. “When you’re checking out from the hotel, you’re checking into hell,” explained Merino, who said combining the two sides was about telling a cohesive story. “It’s important for people to understand what they’re experiencing and what makes each of the five haunted mazes different,” said Merino.
For shows tech Robyn Smithson, setting the scene and constructing the Fright Fest backdrop is where the excitement lies. Fright Fest runs concurrently with the park’s OktoberFest and the family-oriented Kids Boo Fest which includes trick-or-treat trails and hay and corn mazes. For those wanting to avoid ghoul run-ins, Merino encourages those guests to leave the park before 6 p.m. —”That’s when the spooky comes out.”
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