This sounds like awesome fun!
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So, I was in Circus Circus today in Las Vegas (which I will write about later after I get the rest of my travel log up) and I saw a commercial on the hotel lobby for a Halloween event called Fright Dome. From what I understand, it takes place in the Adventure Dome at Circus Circus (you know, that shiny pink building behind the casino/hotel that has the amusement park) and it includes rides and haunted houses and all sorts of cool things including a two day visit from the guy who played Captain Spaulding in House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects.
I HAVE to go. There is no way that I can be so close to something so awesome and NOT go. Tickets aren’t too bad in terms of price, though the prices vary and I have yet to find out why due to the fact that I can’t visit the site because it crashes my browser. As soon as I can access the website, I intend to investigate the ticket issue and purchase some as soon as possible.
I can’t imagine Halloween passing without having experienced something like that. All we get in VA are dinky little haunted houses at Botanical Gardens or at Middle Schools. They’re fun, sure, for the moment, but they’re not really scary. Maybe I’ve allowed myself to become desensitized to scary things because I love horror movies and horror novels, but this merely means that I have to take my thrill seeking to the next level. My need for horror can no longer be sated by simple props and fake death scenes. I need something more. More than fake blood and obvious masks.
There should be a place in the world where it is Halloween every day. If there were such a place, I would live there.
But let me tell you the best part about Fright Dome. There will be a freak show. No, not a real freak show with deformed people and such, but as close as we can get legally. I’ve always wanted to go to one of those, though a real one. If this is as close as I can get, I’m in. It’s always been a secret dream of mine to own my own freak show. Alas, I was born in the wrong time. Humanitarian laws and human decency have curbed my dreams. For now.