Kings Dominion haunt attraction offends families of miners

OMG, KD announced they are doing away with the miners haunt next year due to outcry of it being offensive. Seriously, KD grow a pair. SMH

People actually started a petition to have it shut down. Ridiculous. I say we start a petition to shut down the petition against shutting the haunt down.

Did someone say petition? I'm kind of an expert in that.

At least it wasn't based on dead minors.

Maybe it should be...

The La Llorona haunts at Halloween Horror Nights feature plenty of dead children.

How could you build a haunted attraction without offending someone?

Strange. I recall about a year ago, I was daydreaming about building an amusement park here in WV, and I thought about themes for a darkride shooter. The ghost mine idea was my favorite, themeing it to a collapsed mine that was haunted by dead coal miners. I saw the problem with that even before this Kings Dominion story came out. I knew that it would offend some people. I must be psychic.

What I don't hear in any of these stories, is that "Miner's Revenge" Haunt Attraction was created at the Cedar Fair corporate level by a central creative team that comes up with the ideas, concepts, and themes for the Haunt Attractions for the 10 out of the 11 Cedar Fair parks that have Halloween events. (Whether these folks are based in Sandusky or Knott's, or spread between those two locations, I'm not sure. They could include folks from other parks in the chain as well).

"Miner's Revenge" premiered at Canada's Wonderland in 2007 and ran for 6 years before being retired there and then rotated to Kings Dominion for 2013. Many props for this maze were passed on to KD to use in their version. (Course, most parks have to customize and build the haunt attraction to fit on/in the site/structure the park has chosen for it).

From my understanding, no mass complaints were filed against Canada's Wonderland for having "Miner's Revenge" running for 6 years in a row.

To be honest, what true haunt story is not based off of some tragic event?

I'm offended by Black Diamond at Knoebels, and I'd like it re-themed.

^People like that guy are what's wrong with society.

Until he says "black" and the guy on the other side of the counter gets offended by it.

^^Yes. Certainly not the wage gap or poor education or politicians in the pocket of big business.

Edit: or a poorly informed, apathetic, divided populace who thinks the small issues are the big ones... ;)

Also, that's a cartoon and not a real guy.

I am a very sensitive person in some aspects. I can see, for instance, why people were disgusted because Pennhurst opened a haunted attraction when so many people there were abused, tortured, raped, probably murdered, etc. It seemed in very poor taste to capitalize on such deplorable events. I get it. MWH has the idea though: these attractions ALL capitalize on blood, gore, tragedy, fear, etc. Really, unless you are offended by all things haunt, how can you be offended by just one? And again, if you don't like it, don't go in it!

If corporations are people, why aren't cartoons also "people"?

P.S. The only color that really matters is green - the rest is diversionary tactics.

bunky666 said:

And again, if you don't like it, don't go in it!

But I should be able to go anywhere at anytime and not ever be offended by anything!

Meh. I don't really buy that argument. There are certain things that are simply wrong, whether or not I choose to patronize those particular businesses. I mean, you could defend segregated restaurants by saying, "If you don't like it, just don't go in."

Well, yes, that is true to a degree, Andy. However, I think it is a little different to use the argument to defend human rights violations than to use it in terms of an entertainment venue with content that could be deemed offensive.