How to Increase Length of Haunt without Tour

[mikeq91]

Went through Kevin McCurdy's Haunted Mansion this year and their concept is very theme/backstory driven. They put you through in larger groups but its a much more interactive experience for the group. You'll walk through a few "traditional" hallways and rooms, then you'll all gather in one room with some actor interaction/special effects, then more hallways, then another longer room, etc. Now I wouldn't necessarily want to do this for my own haunt, but it was very cool and well done and provided a more unique haunt experience. This also requires having great actors. This set up isn't really like a "tour", but is a similar concept in that you can slow down your customers to increase their time spent in the haunt.

[hauntman666]

beast and edge of hell in Kansas city use the open concept theme. They have forests that are all fogged up and a very large room and you have to find which way to go. I went on a Thursday night this year so it was pretty busy still and a lot of ppl were in the one big room but didn't really clog up the rest of the haunted house which i was surprised at. This is one way to do it, they just have a very large area to start with also which many haunters don't have

Kyle Guillette

[HauntedPaws]

How do you create a forest tree?

[Jim Warfield]

Long?

If someone had been through my house a few times, and somewhat recently and wanted a "Quick" tour, and they didn't stop to read anything, didn't need to hear the haunted history of this house, didn't ask any questions, it would still be probably a 35 minute or more tour.
As soon as they begin gauking, closely examining things, the questions begin which is fine within normal limits if we are busy .
I have never thought there could be enough paying customers who would be "Happy" after driving for 2-3 hours to see my house , then only to have me chase them around and out with a chainsaw for just a ten minute experience.
Maybe I'm just insecure?
But then there is that business slogan "Expect less but get MORE!?"= HAPPY!?