Designing Your Queline

DESIGINING YOUR HAUNTED HOUSE / ATTRACTION - THE QUELINE

From decorating your home, to a haunted house to raise funds, toa haunted house for profit certain things pertain to all and canhelp whatever you do be more successfull. In a series ofarticles I will attempt to help you design and build whateveryou desire for halloween and make it more successfull, and moreexciting. Remember you do not have to spend alot of money, butit will take time, imagination, and hard work. Everyone who has a home haunt always works on the outside themost, as the outside is what most people see. However a hauntedhouse as a fundraiser or for profit haunted attraction oftenspends more time on the inside then they do on the part of theattraction people will see first. We are always told that firstimpressions mean the most, and that applies in a big way tohaunted attractions. You need to set the stage for yourvisitors, and you need to prepare them for what is inside.. The facade is so important as they are what people see first,and it is what sets the stage and starts the frightning of theguest. Part of scaring people is the anticipation that somethingis going to happen. So your facade and queline should give yourvisitors the feeling that something dangerous and ominous isgoing to happen. Visitors will be prepared for your first scarebefore they ever enter your attraction. For home haunts most visitors will not enter your house. Theywill simply walk up to get there treats so the outside of ourhome and the areas leading up to the door is so very importantso that trick or treaters get the feeling that this is the housethey want to visit time and time again. First you should pick a theme for this halloween year. Betweenhaunted houses if I am going to be home for halloween I alwayspick a theme. And of course if I am designing and building ahaunted house the theme is so very important. In a home hauntyou are decorating for the season, in a haunted house to raisemoney or for profit you are telling a story. Without the storyyour visitors will be more confused then scared as to what isgoing on in your attraction. QUELINE / FOYERThe queline is the area where your visitors wait in line priorto going into the attraction. For some haunts this is outsideprior to buying tickets. For those haunted see my article ondecorating the facade available at bothhttp://email.accountsupport.com/atmail/parse.pl?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pendragonscastle.com and athttp://email.accountsupport.com/atmail/parse.pl?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pendragonscastle.com%2Fhauntmasters For those homehaunts / and haunted attractions where there is an insidewaiting area lets continue. Ensure that prior to buying tickets you have a sign with awarning for visitors to read.

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