Your Knott's Scary Farm page this year is horrible.  I'm very disappointed in the Build 2007 photos.  You barely put a little bit up and Haunt already starts this Thursday.  Also, you have no captions on the mazes or anything about them.  I'm sorry, but I've been with TPA for four years, and this by far, has been the worst review about Knott's.  The best has been 2005 Build, but 2006 mazes.

EDITOR'S REPLY:

I want to thank you for taking the time to write to us regarding your feelings toward this year's Halloween Haunt coverage.  And I feel that I need to respond to this honestly and openly.

In the past, we have featured a LOT of Build pictures - but most of them have been shots that the general public can - and do - snap from inside the Farm.  You will find those kinds of shots on other theme park sites.  It has become evident to us over the years that whatever we do in the way of Haunt coverage - others will likely mimic.  So we asked ourselves what we needed to do to stay at the top of our game.

Theme Park Adventure is in the fortunate position of working closely with Knott's not only when it comes to Halloween Haunt, but other events throughout the year.  We have a special relationship with them - and so we go out of our way to cover them better than anyone else.

The Build images that we feature now (and in the future) are approved by Knott's and rather than posting 100 images of miscellaneous construction wall shots, we have opted to go with fewer images - and images that other sites do not have access to.

Granted, there could have been more images - we're certainly not shy about posting an abundance of images here on TPA.  The very frank bottom line is this - the staff member that shoots most of our Build images is also a full-time member of the Haunt Build Team.  While trying to find time to shoot images for TPA, this individual worked 14+ hour shifts at Knott's, preparing it for Halloween Haunt.  We are grateful that he was able to snap the images he did - and we are grateful to Knott's for allowing TPA to sneak a look behind the Veil for our readers.  Even with fewer images, we feel that our readers want to see more unique shots than loads of generic ones.

The captions are something we actually did away with to help preserve "some" of the secrecy behind Build.  Some images are very easy to figure out - others will leave you wondering; you will realize what they are after you have visited Halloween Haunt for yourself.  Remember - the purpose of our Build section is not to give away much, but rather, to get people fired up about going to Knott's Scary Farm.

As far as the rest of the coverage page being "horrible" - I am sorry you feel that way.  As the sections come in, the page is being transformed to the same style that it's been in the past several years.  And after attending Opening Night this week and shooting almost 400 images in one evening, I can personally assure you that you're going to have more pictures of Halloween Haunt 2007 than you know what to do with.  I sincerely hope that as the various sections come online that you will be able to change your mind regarding our coverage this year.

There are many images to come, many reviews to follow and even some big surprises that haven't even been mentioned yet.  Obviously, knowing what is coming gives me a totally different perspective of TPA and Haunt '07; I honestly feel that every reader of ours - whether they have just found us or have been with us since we started covering Haunt in 1994 - is going to be more than happy and more than satisfied with this year's Halloween Haunt coverage.