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  • #16
    True.

    But then if your location was way out in the middle of "nowhere" with no booze buyable, late night people might have to arrive sober then remain that way= a perfect scenario?
    I used to have groups arriving off -season from 90 minutes away who would arrive drunk. I eventually convinced them to arrive sober and everything was "peachy"... except my now Ex-wife didn't like it.
    Some would intentionally show up at closing or later , they seemed to think this was more of a full-effect sort of tour since this house is haunted, and has had such a reputation beginning at least as long ago as 1925.
    hauntedravensgrin.com

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    • #17
      We are open until 11pm each night (Fri/Sat) and for the past 4 years it's seemed that we drop off at 9:45 also. Around here are small towns and the charity haunts used to open either 6-9, 6:30-9:30 or even 6-10. We noticed this year (2nd year in the mall-different store) that we didn't have drop off until 10:20 or so. We are in the same store in the mall (3rd year mall overall) and are hoping to be open past 11 because of the line this year! We will sell tickets as long as they're coming in.
      Kirk Boemmel
      Dark Ghost Manor
      www.darkghostmanor.com

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      • #18
        Dark, how do you advertise?

        It appears as if being open year after year til 11 has helped you to keep busy longer?

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        • #19
          11 works for us

          We advertise gate times. Gate closes at 11PM. It gets slow about 9 but then we get another burst of traffic close to 10, and it runs steady until close. I would stay open longer but we are in a campground, so we do have to close it down by midnight.
          Travis "Big T" Russell
          President
          Big T Productions Inc

          Owner and Operator of "The Plague" and "Camp Nightmare"

          Customer Quote of the year: "Damn, I pissed myself"

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          • #20
            We keep our ticket booth open until 1am Fridays and Saturday but later in the season. For the first few weeks that we are open we stay open until 12.
            ~Bill Mlinac
            The Deadland Haunted House
            www.facebook.com/Deadlandhauntedhouse
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            • #21
              For some strange reason we are dead when we first open , an hour can go by with nobody showing up. But as the night gets later the busier we get. We hope that changes this year, we are getting 10 billboards and putting a 30 second tv commercial on a local cable network.
              ~Bill Mlinac
              The Deadland Haunted House
              www.facebook.com/Deadlandhauntedhouse
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