As 2023's season comes to a close, so does the 50th anniversary of Knott's Scary Farm. Let's discuss the upcoming 2024 season as information comes out!
I'm rather new to KSF, so I'm curious if this has ever happened before. Based on what I've seen, over the last decade most houses last 4 years before being replaced. Has there been any other instance of a house that wasn't well received getting the axe earlier?-What mazes have the highest chances of being retired? My personal bets are Bloodlines and Waxworks. Waxworks is still popular and warmly recieved by fans despite its age, but based on the past trend of late, with the 2017 mazes being retired in 2022, and the 2018 mazes being retired in 2023, its on the chopping block. By that same logic, Origins should be too, but I don't think its time has come, it has serious staying power and is still a massive fan favorite. Bloodlines, while ambitious and having an eager cast, has struggled a lot, with the removal of guns not being enough to save it from still having a gun-centric design philosophy and being mired with scheduling and cast retention issues. Would've loved to see it come into its own but I think 2024 is the end.
The big one that sticks out to me, and possibly the only one within my time, was Dead of Winter, which only lasted 2015-2016 before being replaced with Dark Ride. For other questionably recieved mazes, 3 years is pretty standard, like Lost Vegas or Red Barn. Bloodlines' reception from fans hasn't been nearly as chilly (pun intended) as Dead of Winter by any means, but if they had an idea for the space that they thought would demand a bigger crowd, it could get going pretty fast.I'm rather new to KSF, so I'm curious if this has ever happened before. Based on what I've seen, over the last decade most houses last 4 years before being replaced. Has there been any other instance of a house that wasn't well received getting the axe earlier?
I think a scare zone is ultimately more likely than a maze in Fiesta Village, but I still am not sure we will see that yet.The big questions lingering in my mind that stand out as we enter the very early stages of this year;
-Are we only getting 2 mazes to replace Depths and Entities, or is it possible a 3rd may be added yet again? I vaguely remember some discussion of potential space being considered for somewhere in Fiesta post-refurb.
-In a similar vein, will we see Fiesta Village finally recieving a scarezone again? Nothing has suggested that this could happen, but it's more or less the one part of the park aside from the small patch of land between Mystery Lodge and Room 13 that doesn't have a zone tied to it. Feels pretty glaring to walk through when the rest of the park is fully decked out.
-What mazes have the highest chances of being retired? My personal bets are Bloodlines and Waxworks. Waxworks is still popular and warmly recieved by fans despite its age, but based on the past trend of late, with the 2017 mazes being retired in 2022, and the 2018 mazes being retired in 2023, its on the chopping block. By that same logic, Origins should be too, but I don't think its time has come, it has serious staying power and is still a massive fan favorite. Bloodlines, while ambitious and having an eager cast, has struggled a lot, with the removal of guns not being enough to save it from still having a gun-centric design philosophy and being mired with scheduling and cast retention issues. Would've loved to see it come into its own but I think 2024 is the end.
That may be somewhat difficult, as the house is pretty much entirely throwbacks to the past. I think it's possible they'll remove decorations and dialog from The Keeper that explicitly mention the 50th.As for spec, I personally think they will do two new mazes next year replacing ED and Depths obviously. I think they will probably change up Chilling Chambers to not make it so “anniversary house” oriented. Could see the throwback scenes getting replaced with more original content. They kinda did this after the 40th when they had Dominion of the Dead for the 40th and then changed to Dominion of the Damned the year after.
Wouldn't count on Mesmer bowing out just yet only because of the upgrades CarnEvil got last year. But definitely give the maze a face-lift.I do think this will be the final year for Wax Works and Mesmer.