Over the summer I've been working at Lagoon. Then I found out that if I wanted to, I could keep working and get payed more if I switched over to the Frightmares! department. And yes, it really is Frightmares!, not Frightmares. So I switched over, and now I'm working up to eight hours, 3 days a week in a haunted house called Deception.
When they schedule you to work there, they tell you which character you will be working. So far my schedule says that every day I am a Freddy Krueger Victim, but I've gone from Freddy Victim, to Freddy himself, to Old Lady.
Friday was the only day my schedule got it right. In the room I was working in, there's a giant table saw that has a fake torso that goes over you as you lay on (actually, kind of in) the table, and you push a button by your left hand to start the saw. Of course the blade is rubber, but it's still freaky to watch it come down on you. I loved playing the victim, simply because it's such an easy role. All you have to do is die over and over again, scream, and sing Freddy's scary song. Actually being Freddy Krueger is much harder, as I found out on Saturday.
Usually in the Freddy room there is two Freddies, but I was the only one, plus I'm female. As multiple guests said, Freddy is not a girl. It was a harder role because I actually have to move around and be creative, as apposed to just screaming. What I found worked the best was jumping out at people and pretending you are about to claw them, while actually hitting a large tube. Effective, but painful. At the end of the night my hand was all bruised up, my legs felt like jelly from standing for eight hours, and my eyes were tearing up from the fog machine. That was my worst day working Frightmares!
The last day, Sunday, was much better. I was in the Insidious room, and it's set up to look like a family/front room with a TV, a soft couch, and of course creepy paintings all over the wall. The best part was that two of the costumes for that room were a grandfather clock and a red chair. When the people got in them, they looked really realistic, especially in the dusky room I was in. As for me and my sister, we were old ladies. We would sit on the couch (did I mention its a very comfy couch?) and try to look creepy. Our room didn't scare anybody. occasionally people would recognise it, but most people just thought it was dumb.
All in all it was a fun weekend and I look forward to going back. My favorite part of working in Frightmares! is dressing up. I love to dress up normally, and actually having awesome costumes and makeup just makes my day. Also I love the people. Two of my friends, Aimee and Danny, joined Frightmares! and I see them a lot, but I also made a lot of friends like Kolten and Taylor.
When they schedule you to work there, they tell you which character you will be working. So far my schedule says that every day I am a Freddy Krueger Victim, but I've gone from Freddy Victim, to Freddy himself, to Old Lady.
Friday was the only day my schedule got it right. In the room I was working in, there's a giant table saw that has a fake torso that goes over you as you lay on (actually, kind of in) the table, and you push a button by your left hand to start the saw. Of course the blade is rubber, but it's still freaky to watch it come down on you. I loved playing the victim, simply because it's such an easy role. All you have to do is die over and over again, scream, and sing Freddy's scary song. Actually being Freddy Krueger is much harder, as I found out on Saturday.
Usually in the Freddy room there is two Freddies, but I was the only one, plus I'm female. As multiple guests said, Freddy is not a girl. It was a harder role because I actually have to move around and be creative, as apposed to just screaming. What I found worked the best was jumping out at people and pretending you are about to claw them, while actually hitting a large tube. Effective, but painful. At the end of the night my hand was all bruised up, my legs felt like jelly from standing for eight hours, and my eyes were tearing up from the fog machine. That was my worst day working Frightmares!
The last day, Sunday, was much better. I was in the Insidious room, and it's set up to look like a family/front room with a TV, a soft couch, and of course creepy paintings all over the wall. The best part was that two of the costumes for that room were a grandfather clock and a red chair. When the people got in them, they looked really realistic, especially in the dusky room I was in. As for me and my sister, we were old ladies. We would sit on the couch (did I mention its a very comfy couch?) and try to look creepy. Our room didn't scare anybody. occasionally people would recognise it, but most people just thought it was dumb.
All in all it was a fun weekend and I look forward to going back. My favorite part of working in Frightmares! is dressing up. I love to dress up normally, and actually having awesome costumes and makeup just makes my day. Also I love the people. Two of my friends, Aimee and Danny, joined Frightmares! and I see them a lot, but I also made a lot of friends like Kolten and Taylor.
