Six Flags Great Adventure
Fright Fest 2005 Preparations

Jackson, New Jersey



 Go To The Official Six Flags Great Adventure Website For Current Park Information

 

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092405-005.jpg (113959 bytes) September 24th
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With just one week until the Fright Fest begins, the decorations are nearly complete and the park looks fantastic! 
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The Hearses are all out on Main Street The Crypt keepers shack is set up at the edge of the cemetery
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The signs are up on the Front Gate The flowers are starting to come into full bloom all over This years giant pumpkin man is next to the Dream Street Sky Ride Station
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The fountain cemetery is all set up and looks great  The flaming cauldron lights and banners are all set along Dream Street
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More of the skeletons around the fountain The entrances to Circus Psycho at the Boardwalk
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The entrance and exit to the Horror Hollow trail Some of the bloody sights of Horror Hollow
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The pop-up ghouls are set behind their tombstones The hanging skeletons are lined up throughout Frontier Adventures
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The cemetery along the Great Lake is really elaborate this year and full of great tombstones and statuary
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The Dead Man's Party stage appears to be nearly complete The new stage in front of Batman The Ride is coming together, and appears to be constructed of parts from the old Fountain Stage
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This year the spider who seems to inhabit dead rides has taken over the Chaos.   It looks really good with all the webs!
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The hayride is coming together and a hydraulic T-Rex is lying in wait for unsuspecting victims The Haunted Tram Car has returned in the Hayride boarding area

 

091705-005.jpg (236076 bytes) September 17th

This week the Medusa half of the park has been decorated, and preparations have begun on the brand new Horror Hollow attraction!
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The mums are just beginning to bloom Another layer of cobwebs has been added
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The Boardwalk area is transforming into the Psycho Circus Runaway Train is webbed
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Medusa has sprouted webs The Bandstand looks great with its cornstalks and pumpkins Frontier Adventures is decked out in webs
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The area under the Log Flume is being set up for the new Horror Hollow walk through haunt A new ramp to Horror Hollow The entrance and exit will be through the gates
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A pile of materials for Horror Hollow Another view of the construction  The cemetery now has cobwebs but  no tombstones yet
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The Dolphin Stadium is getting webs for the Super Spooky Dolphin Show The stage is almost done Signs of Halloween! Dead Man's Party stage is coming together
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Decorating has started on Looney Tunes Seaport A nice display near Batman The Batmobile is gone and a stage is going up  Decorating has started in the hayride area

 

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Preparations are well underway 
for Fright Fest.

 

Plantings and decorations are currently up on in the center of the park, and through most of the Nitro side.

 

 

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Sign at the front gate
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Decorations in the entrance mall An elaborate display
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Main Street is decked out in cobwebs and the windows are boarded up.
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The torches are up along the paths leading from the fountain Signs are up all over
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The flower beds along Dream Street have all been transformed with hay bales, pumpkins and cornstalks
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The Monsters of Mock stage is almost done The gates to the cemetery are up at all three entrances along the lake
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The circus decorations are ready to be placed  Cobwebs are everywhere
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More cobwebs all over half of the park, with more to come over the next few weeks
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More of the cobwebs The Big Wheel was still open, but the stage for Dead Man's Party should be going up soon Close-up of one of the new signs
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More of the cobwebs strewn rides and buildings The pathway to Rolling Thunder has been blocked off with a decorative barrier Another of the plantings.   They will look great once the mums start to bloom in a week or two
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Movie Town Water Effect seems to be closed for the season The arcade appears to be closed as they prepare for the "New Nightmare" attraction 

 

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The Festival stage is coming together, and over at the Great Lake Grandstand, a Fright Fest sign has gone up, which appears to be for a fireworks show.
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August 30th
Preparations Have Begun!
The first steps are taking place in transforming the park into the Northeast's Largest Halloween Party!
Over the next few weeks the park will completely change from the colors of Summer flowers,
 to beds of mums, stacks of hay bales, cornstalks, and pumpkins everywhere!
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The Festival stage is being transformed into the mausoleum set
for the "Monsters of Mock" live rock show
The old Kingda Ka & Golden Kingdom signs throughout the park are being transformed into Fright Fest billboards



 Go To The Official Six Flags Great Adventure Website For Current Park Information