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Jack’s Treasure Hunt: I Double-Dog Dare You!


October 22, 2009 by JackReturns • 15 Comments »
Posted in Events, Howl-O-Scream, Uncategorized

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UPDATED: Our first hunt was last week and was won by Baroli from Twitter. Our second hunt is now underway – good luck!

It seems like everyone these days has a GPS-enabled device of some kind and I am always looking for ways to incorporate modern technology into my scare toolkit.

My minions and I have cooked up a trick-AND-treat game for you using GPS. It isn’t an easy game but it is an adventure and adventures are not meant to be easy.

If you should be brave and smart enough to meet my challenge, here is what you need to do:

  1. Use a Firefox or Flock Browser, or Internet Explorer browser
  2. Install the Add-On ClickableNow, this is a great little application that makes Twitter backgrounds clickable, it will even work for your background
  3. Head to my Twitter page and find the hidden link
  4. Click on the link to find my hidden page
  5. Enter the password: jackreturns
  6. Use a GPS-enabled device to find the coordinates given. If you don’t have a stand-alone, GPS-enabled device, you might try Blackstar for GPS-enabled Blackberry phones or Geocaching 2.0 for iPhone 3G
  7. When you find the treasure, Tweet me @jackreturns or go to our Facebook page and leave a wall post or leave a comment on this blog post so that I know you found it.
  8. Bring the secret ticket to SeaWorld Guest Relations to claim your prize. Guest relations is at the front of the park.

Rules:

  1. Don’t destroy any property searching for my stash, it will be in plain view and not buried.
  2. If you can’t find it, get a new set of glasses.
  3. You cannot be an employee or immediate relative of a SeaWorld San Antonio employee.
  4. No pumpkins allowed.
  5. You can only win once outside the park and once inside the park, give someone else a chance.

If you want to learn more about Geocaching and its rules and regulations, check out the San Antonio Geocaching Association. Jack’s Treasure Hunt affiliated in any way with SAGA or www.geochaching.com, nor do they have any information or knowledge about my trasure hunt. We were heavily inspired by this fun and entertaining activity, so if you have fun with it, check it out. I might even consider becoming a geocacher during my time in the pumpkin patch.


 

Behind the Scenes at SeaWorld’s Howl-O-Scream


September 16, 2009 by MoniVillanueva • 3 Comments »
Posted in Around the Park, Events, Howl-O-Scream
These seemingingly normal Howl-O-Scream team members are learning how to give a good scare.

These Howl-O-Scream team members are learning how to give a good scare.

Howl-O-Scream Orientation. Need I say more?

Okay, you win, I will.

Howl-O-Scream Orientation was held on Friday, September 11th, and was one of the most entertaining orientations I have attended thus far. Over 70 team members that will be working all over the park in different roles and scare zones were put into one room for a very enlightening, slightly comedic, and totally scary information session. Stage managers introduced themselves with their areas of responsibility, guidelines for all actors were given, and also included was a frightful video outlining the key steps to the perfect scare.

To finish off the evening, we were led on a tour of the different scare zone areas…in the DARK! It was a blast; the energy level from the group was amazing!

Costume fitting and makeup training was held on Sunday, and that was fascinating…to say the least. Everyone was given their costume (mostly comprising of dresses for the females and suits for the males) and modeled them as the production supervisor gave instructions to the costume designer staff. I heard instructions like, “be sure to tear it up on the bottom”, and “you could add some guts along the neck and shoulders”.

Each group also had the opportunity to learn the finer points of making the best dirty and decaying face with the use of makeup, fake skin, and of course, maggots. Some brave volunteers even made the transformation from living to dreadfully dead and decaying.

A Howl-O-Scream team member is remade into a zombie

Howl-O-Scream team member is remade into a zombie

All in all, it was an amazing experience. Can’t wait to get out there and put my newly gained knowledge to use.

MONI