LemondsHead wrote:why is opening night so much cheaper?
I'm not sure why I'm answering this... Companies view trends and sales histories to come up with promotions. Opening day isn't a discount because they feel like being nice - it's because reports probably show them that it tends to be the least busy night of Scarowinds. It's the same reason they have bring a friend days - those days traditionally are some of the slower days for attendance so promotions help build those numbers. That's also why you see some restaurants advertise 'kids eat free on Tuesdays' or 'free pie on Wednesdays.' They're not doing it for fun, they are trying to boost sales on what is traditionally their slower days. It is business 101.
RiDeWaRrIoR wrote:opening night is usually not that great at least in my opinion. Of course its usually a Friday, so maybe that makes a difference? I probably wont be going this year on opening night, since I will be there next sat for the ACE event... cant wait to read some reviews etc. of how it is this year... I am hoping it will be a little better.
Opening night is usually not as great, primarily because of all the new SCharacters. Some of them are return temp employees while others are doing it for their first time and still trying to get the hang of it. I like it because you can do all of the haunt stuff in a few hours. I'll then go back a couple of more times and just hit a few highlights since it's harder to do everything later in October. I'll be there on opening night with our youth group and the following Sat for the ACE event.