Please keep in mind, this forum is likely to include spoilers so if you're strong enough to wait until the announcements, avert your eyes now! That being said, I have been checking daily to see if the forum is up or not so I'm so excited to get started!
Here are some of my thoughts and speculations as of now:
- I have talked to someone who does not work at the event anymore but knows everything for this year. So it's out there. The one thing they told me is that Carnevil will be getting a wardrobe update to better match Mesmer out in the zone which sounds awesome!
- I really hope for a new maze in both Mystery Lodge and GhostRider 3. It seems they could be on track to start ML construction in mid June and have GR3 done by then. Wax Works was finished mid-May so judging by the photos, they're not as early as that but I just hope we get 2 new mazes. If we get one, I'll still be happy and they will make up for it in some other department like they did last year, but I'm still hoping for 2, we'll just have to keep our eyes peeled.
- If we get a ML maze this year, I speculate it will be Pumpkin Eater and Dark Entities' final year. Dark Ride is older than DE but I think they'll keep it around longer.
- I hope we get the return of the announcement event as well as the midsummer scream panel. The videos were great but there's nothing like that pre-season hype show with a ton of Scary Farm fans!
- I'm curious how the dynamic between the 50th anniversary, the green witch, and the conductor will progress. I'm sorry but the conductor just isn't as cool or exciting as the Witch.
- There was a lot of talk especially in the Knott's Scary Farm fans facebook group last year about the connection between the "Invitation to Terror" show and what could be occupying the venue next year. The story definitely leaves a lot to be desired there and could make for a fantastic maze revolving around Futuretronics and it's lore with Calico and the book which, may I add, was put in the finale of Origins last year. Now that I'm thinking about it, this makes me more excited and hopeful for the ML maze.
- I'm also very excited for the opportunity to have a theme not connected to the rest of the park in GR3. Paranormal was phenomenal and innovative, whatever replaces it better be good, I really hope. Here are some themes I would be so down for:
Vampires, Shakespeare or literature based, Ancient ish historical theme (Aztec, mummies, Egypt, Rome, etc), D&D-like fantasy based.
- As cool as Mesmer was, it wasn't really scary. I want a SCARY maze, you know? One that will make me come out genuinely frightened, or intimidated in the maze, instead of being excited as to how "cool" it is. Which won't be easy.
- The Hanging pls lol