The amusement park Worlds of Fun is open until the end of October. The last month it is open, it's always had a Halloween theme going . Two years ago, I remember it was a little cute. Tall characters walked around the entrance taking pictures with the kids; they had a sing-a-long with silly Halloween songs. Terra liked it, and the characters weren't scary. That's all changed.
We went to the amusement park for the day, just to ride some rides. The weather has been fantastic, just windy, but plenty of sun to go around. The girls this summer have evolved their thrill ride tastes. Now they go on the fast roller coaster, what Terra used to call, "the scary choo-choo's." The park switches to Fright mode at 7:00PM, and all through the park there are scary decorations reminding you about this change. There's not the mystery wagon blaring songs like "Thriller" like before, now its decorated with scary looking clowns in some parts, a mock bus that's been in a wreck, supposedly by a scary flesh eating monster.
Just before seven, we took the train ride that goes around the park. It was getting dark before and during the ride it got real dark, real fast. The girls started to show their fear even while the train conductor was telling the worst jokes alive or dead anyone could tell. He briefed us on the haunted rides as we passed them. One was a haunted graveyard and we could see the ghosts, vampires, and other frightening things, not but 10 feet from the train. "AHHHH," screamed one at the girls as he stood up to reach the traing. T-e-r-r-o-r-f-i-e-d. They clung to my arms.
After the train ride we made our way to another roller coaster. The girls hung on my arms the entire way. We saw a few of the creatures jumping out at the guests, trying to frighten them off. Those girls were cowering. "They don't scare kids," one reassured herself. She asked one of the attendants and he said, "No, they don't scare kids . . . they eat them."