Behind the Scenes at SCarowinds
Two weeks ago my family and I got to experience behind the scenes at SCarowinds. As an official blogger for Carowinds , a “Caro Blogger” we were given a backstage into what goes on in the making of SCarowinds.
Did you know that the planning for SCarowinds starts as soon as February, when the team starts pulling ideas and designs together for October? And that all the makeup, costumes and props are made right in-house at Carowinds. How cool is that?
On any given night at SCarowinds you can find a team of 32 makeup artists working on the over 200 actors that take part in fun-filled scary event.
The first stop on our night was the makeup area. Where we were able to see the transformation from the beginning from nice guy to scare dude.
After we finished at the makeup compound we went over to the holding area where those that have already have their hair and makeup wait until it is time to go to their specific stations throughout the park.
There we were able to meet Papa Clown who is works in one of SCarowinds main attractions, The Last Laff. This particular person has played this character for over 9 years. When I asked him how he got his start he said it all started when he was little and he used to watch Horror movies with his mom and not get scared. In his off time from SCarowinds he runs a comic book store and even appears as an extra on the television show “The Walking Dead.”
After chatting with Papa Clown, Chris who is the Social & Digital Representative at Carowinds took us on a sneak peek of one of the mazes, Cornstalkers. That maze was scary during the day with no actors inside so I can imagine what it would be like at night when it is occupied. And all the corn stalks that were used in the maze were from local farms on the North Carolina and South Carolina border.
Another fun fact: Everyone that scares at SCarowinds has to go through a scare school each year.
After the tour of the Maze, Chris left us at the front entrance for the opening ceremony.
Check back tomorrow to read about our experience when the park opens and well about Mikaela’s ride on Fury 325.
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The makeup is awesome. What a cool experience that must have been!
It was very cool. Gracie my youngest loved it at of all of us.
We have something like this local. My kids love it, I was too cared to go lol
What a fun experience. The makeup is amazing.
Those places totally creep me out! Looks like so much for for Halloween!
Those kind of places totally creep me out! Looks like so much fun for Halloween!
That looks like so much fun! Places like Scarowinds are why I love Halloween so much.
Very cool!! I love the Zombie makeup! Behind the scenes of scary things like this rock!
I’m always so amazed with the talent of these haunted Halloween face paintings. What a fun event.
It’s cool how much work they put into making Scarowinds adequately scary! Papa Clown probably has lots of scaring experience!
This looks like a lot of fun. It would be neat to see how they do all the makeup and stuff.
Cool but scary LOL Glad you all made it out of there okay! 🙂
Oh wow I would love to see behind the scenes at something like this – I actually said to my other half I think it would be a fun job (though hard work) x
Wow! I just love the artistic and scary makeup. So professional. I can see why they have to start planning in February.
Now that is art! That is really cool!
Oh goodness! How fun. I’m not one for these types of things but my oldest and my husband LOVE it! This would be a blast!
I love the makeup! Looks very realistic. Scary clowns lol
Sometimes the makeup looks so realistic. Things have sure come a long way since my mom dressed me as a hobo. 😉
That would be so much fun! My daughter is interested in special effects make up.
I love all of the cool looking costumes. I was wanted to go this year but never got around to it sadly!
Cool looking makeup! It is nice to see people go all out for Halloween
This must have been an awesome experience for all of you. The makeup I have to say is realistic and so scary.
This looks so much fun & I think you all had a wonderful experience out there. The transformation from nice to scary buddy is surely scary indeed. Would love attending one such event sometime.
It looks like everyone had a great time. The costumes are awesome!