Volume 2, No. 4. February 22, 2002
Special Haunt Show Issue
Sea dead
people
The woman who created all those bodies floating in the North Atlantic near the
end of James Cameron's movie Titanic will be taking her talents aboard
a real cruise next January, part of a vacation package specifically aimed at
haunt attraction operators. Make-up artist Bobbie Weiner, AKA: Bloody Mary,
and Robert "Crazy Bob" Turner are hosting the Moonlight Fantasy cruise on Carnival
Cruise Line's ship Fascination on a trip from Miami to Nassau, Bahamas, January
17-20, 2003.
Though Weiner was responsible for one of the most gruesome sunken-ship scenes
in cinema history, Carnival approached her last year to be a featured star on
one of its cruises. Originally the program was slated for last November, but
the terrorist attacks of September 11 canceled the trip. When Weiner rescheduled
for next January, she brought on board Crazy Bob. "I needed a Regis Philbin,"
Weiner said. "He's such a crackup. He's such a hoot. He's such fun." As
such he's the ideal moderator for seminars on building haunts and creating scares
and, based on his experience running the IAHA annual fund-raising raffle and
auction at the Transworld show, Turner will be the perfect emcee for a "Who
Wants to be a Monsteraire" horror trivia game, said Weiner. She will do makeup
workshops during the cruise. The program also will include an evening cocktail
hour and masquerade ball. Carnival is giving Weiner conference rooms and space
for the parties.
The programs will be open to other passengers, but Carnival is offering a 10
percent discount to IAHA members. Because of the educational nature of the workshops,
haunt operators can count the cruise as a business expense, IAHA President D'Ann
Dagen said. Weiner also sees the cruise as an opportunity for anybody in the
Halloween business to actually celebrate the holiday, albeit three months late.
"We're trying to get all the people who do Halloween, whether it's the party
store, haunted attractions or makeup artists," she said. "They don't get to
enjoy Halloween, so this will be their Halloween."
Prices start at $379 for inside berths and include all meals, taxes, gratuities,
a bottle of champagne, box of chocolates and souvenir T-shirt. People attending
the Transworld show can sign up either at Bloody Mary's booth No. 3424 or the
IAHA booth No. 3436. The IAHA will also be raffling off two tickets for the
cruise.