Unfortunately, due to some technical difficulties I was unable to post this on Wednesday, but thankfully I had the post saved and ready to go!
October is in full swing!
Last Friday was a little more exciting than usual here in Scranton. And by exciting, I mean adrenaline filled, thrilling, exhilarating, and some might say, scary! My friends and I decided to take a ride about 15 minutes away from campus to the haunted attraction known as Reaper’s Revenge.
Reaper’s Revenge consists of a 2 haunted hayrides that transport its passengers to three destinations: a Lost Carnival, the maze of Pitch Black, and lastly, Sector 13. For a good description of these 4 regions check out the website!
http://reapersrevenge.net/attractions/
Although we were on line for about 2 hours, the hour and a half experience proved it was worth the wait. What makes Reaper’s Revenge such a uniquely spooky adventure is that fact that it doesn’t consist of automated machines and cliché Halloween scare tactics and scenarios. The staff members for this attraction work hard to train real actors and actresses to play the roles of evil clowns, sideshow freaks, gruesome zombies, ravenous cannibals, and so much more as you see when walking through each setting. These characters surround you as the hayride makes its stops through the creepy trail, allowing anything and anyone to hop on the cart. I can’t say I recall the last time I experienced something like this, or even the last time I sat on a hayride, but I know I’ll never forget Reaper’s Revenge! It really put me and my friends in the Halloween spirit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCb_W_nfwus
Me and my friends waiting on line!
The Halloween activities continued on Sunday with a floor program planned by my Residence Assistants (RAs). This floor program was devoted to decorating the hallway and our doors with fake spider web, pumpkin cut outs, black garland and pretty much any other Halloween décor you can think of! Here’s a picture of one side of the hall.
Floor programs are always a blast. I honestly love the girls on my floor and we all get along so well. We’re always taking advantage of opportunities to do activities together! One of our next programs I believe is going to be a Pinterest Program where we all talk about more dorm decorating, snack recipes, craft ideas etc, that we, of course, find on Pinterest.
Hope this post made you excited for Halloween as much as it made me! 🙂 And since the holiday is on a Friday this year, get ready for a whole weekend filled with candy, scares and costumes!
Catherine E. Bombard
Hi! My name's Catherine, but you can call me Catie and I'm a sophomore from Wayne, NJ here at the University of Scranton. I'm an English major, Communication minor hoping to have a career in publishing one day. I'm a member and the publicist of Octaves, an a cappella group on campus, along with being a writer and editor for The Aquinas, the student newspaper. Thanks for checking out the student blogs and I hope you enjoy hearing about my "Scranton Experience"! :)
