We've been looking for an excuse to go to Valleyfair for a while, on account of how we both love roller coasters, and it's so close and all. We found out our friend Targetgirl Tina was working in the Dr. Dementia magic show and that the whole park had been spookified for halloween so we checked it all out last night and had a blast. They spared no expense on the fake fog. Seriously, walking around the park there are places where visibility is zero. It actually looks surprisingly cool with all the plastic scary stuff and made-up people walking in and out of the fog. We went through a haunted house thing and I had one legitimate scare when I realized the hand I was holding on to wasn't brenda's but was some teenage zombie girl's instead. I think I made an embarrassing sound.
We also dug the Ritual of Fire gang which is a bunch of hot chicks looking mean & playing with fire to tribal drum beats until some giant bald voodoo-king-god-type-guy comes out and sprays like a big 15 foot flame out of his mouth which I guess signals the whole voodoo fire ritual was a success because they immediately disappeared, presumably to go have a fire orgy somewhere.
And of course Tina was awesome in the magic show which had a mad scientist theme...Thomas Dolby soundtrack, etc. The crowd was big and really responsive (mostly adults, I guess cause it was late) and thanks to Tina we got to go back stage and talk to the magician and the rest of them afterwards. Really cool buncha guys. The magic was solid...more theater than amazement in places but there was one trick in particular that left us pretty baffled. It involves a lemon...the most mysterious fruit there is. Also there was an reasonably family-friendly S&M bit in which Tina reveals that she is not fucking around when it comes to bullwhips. She killed. We also rode a few of the big rides which only made us want to go back soon to do the rest of them. Roller coasters rule.
Hey. I'm a performer in the Voodoo Fire Ritual at ValleyScare. Glad you liked our show! Come check out our fire troupe's website @ www.illuminationfiretroupe.com
We have a new cast starting this weekend. Come out again if you get a chance to check it out!
Posted by: Paulson | October 14, 2008 at 02:37 PM
That's awesome. You guys are amazing. We will definitely be back.
By the way, here are some more pictures of you guys I took if you're interested: http://tinyurl.com/49wopn
Posted by: Chris Wiggins | October 15, 2008 at 08:19 AM