29yrswithaGApass Posted October 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Our GreatAdventureHistory.com Fright Fest-ival continues with another feature - Fright Fest Radio Ads. Click on the placards below to hear the radio commercials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Next up in our Fright Fest Flashbacks is the very first version from 1999 of Dead Man's Party. Click below to view the video, but give it a chance to upload. The file is large because the video is the entire uncut show! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyferry Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Here is a video of 1996's Hayride to the Unknown - The Nightmare. The footage was shot in the daylight which makes the scenery a little easier to see but cuts down on the scare factor. Click below to view the hayride video: This was the last year I went to a Fright Fest :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 Flashing back to 2006 our next spooktacular video is the Professor Slither's Creepy Critters show presented in Looney Tunes Seaport. Click below to watch the show: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Our next creature feature is the 1998 verions of Bad Bob The Bone Butcher when it was presented at its original location next to the Viper roller coaster. Click below to enjoy the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 Fright Fest Flashback to 2007. Enjoy Voyage to Voodoo Island presented at Fort Independence for the first time in 2007. Click below to watch the show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Through the years Great Adventure has decorated the park with oversized pumpkin characters. Below are some samples. Click below to view a gallery of many of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Our latest Fright Fest Flashback takes to 1996 to the Showcase Theatre's stage production of Nightscares! Click below to view the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Watching this video, it is easy to see how the Nightscares show evolved into Dead Man's Party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 During the mid to late '90s the sailboat next to the Great Lake Grandstands became haunted for Fright Fest. Some seasons saw the addition of skeletons while others featured the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Click below to view a clip of this impressive Halloween prop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Fright Fest has ended and so has our Spooktacular FRIGHT FESTival. We hope everyone enjoyed our series of Fright Fest Flashbacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 Last night we did the Total Darkness indoor trail, having only been through it on opening day of FF this year. I was the lead on the rope. The light on our rope was super dim and we weren't ten feet inside the door when it totally went out. It is REALLY dark in there without ANY light. I was able to make it through by feeling along the wall and only went the wrong way (to a dead end) once. It really was TOTAL darkness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted September 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Today I received the pinback below. It is the first piece of memorabilia in my entire collection that references Halloweekends from the 1970s. It is strange that even the press materials from those years rarely mentioned the event. My only recollection of it was hearing a radio ad for Halloweekends while checking out of a grocery store with my mom back way in the late '70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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29yrswithaGApass Posted September 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 The first portion of our new Halloween Events salute has been updated. Click below to view our tribute to Halloweekends which ran from 1989 to 1991- the precursor to Fright Fest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Justin Posted September 23, 2016 Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Thank you Santa Lion for Updating the Halloween Spotlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 The first five seasons of Fright Fest have been updated - 1992 to 1996! Click below to check them out: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted October 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 The first TEN seasons of Fright Fest have been updated - 1992 to 2001! Click below to check them out: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 The park used to decorate so much better years ago. Forgot how clean their old hearses used to be, one is badly rusted out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2016 The first 17 seasons of Fright Fest have been updated - 1992 to 2008! We will have the 2009 to 2016 in a couple days and wrap-up our 25 Seasons of Fright Fest update. Click below to check them out: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2016 Now with over 3500 terrifying photographs covering 25 horrific Fright Fest seasons! Here are some samples: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 This spotlight took forever to update given the huge volume of photos we had of the event. Even though it was a ton of work we felt we had to celebrate its 25th Anniversary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 (edited) I wonder what happened to all those great decorations and props the park used to have? GADV used to really go way out more in past years than in recent ones. Edited November 15, 2016 by The Master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 There was only one thing in all those Fright Fest photos that I don't recall seeing. I am a big fan of Christmas lights so I think I would have remembered this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WretchEdfan Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) So, I recently visited the Great Adventure History Home Page and I saw all the updated stuff (which is amazing by the way, good job ) and i saw this photo on the bottom left, underneath the "History Timeline" link, with the cast of the Dead Man's Party's show. Now as a big fan of this show, I recognized it immediately, but it got me wondering.... which year was that photo taken? I wish to know P.S. If no one knows or is not allowed to say anything, I completely understand ^-^ Thanks much! Edited October 3, 2017 by 29yrswithaGApass Inserted photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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