So, pros first: The actors are great and I commend the heck out of them for offering the same enthusiasm show after show even with how cold it gets. The blue clown who walks the line, I'm looking at you. They get a five out of five stars.
Cons: Do not, and I really truly mean this, do not go here unless you can shell out the thirty dollars for the VIP. On a busy night, us peasants who paid 20 for general admission were repeatedly and unrepentently ignored for VIP. For who got on the hayride, for who entered the corn maze, and maybe the most aggressively, who was allowed to go home (since you need another hayride to get back to your car, and we were told we were not allowed to walk it). And when the GA line is standing in the cold for thirty minutes while the VIP line is shepherded into the tractor, filling it three times, people tend to get annoyed. And the worst part was they weren't checking the tickets--they had no way of knowing if those people had actually paid for the VIP status that was so clearly bestowed upon a very. Important. Person.
After waiting for two hours when we arrived at 7, and having most of the VIP line allowed to go before us (which, I understand. If you paid more, your wait should be shorter. But their wait was practically nonexistent) the actors almost made it worth it. It was fun and the actors got into character, but weren't afraid to break it if a child was honestly scared to tears. But then when the actors were done and it was all over, we were reminded just how little they cared for general admission. Just how much they didn't care if we waited while VIP walked into the line and promptly out of the line, into the tractor. And in fact, they didn't even check the tickets until a few too many GA people had shouted "but are you even checking their tickets?" Funny how quickly the VIP line thinned with people shuffling over to GA when he asked for that first ticket.
It wasn't until the GA line had a full out French Revolution moment with "Can You Hear The People Sing" practically playing in the background as we got out of the line and physically stood by the tractor that was allowing people on that we were allowed to leave. When taking my 10-year-old nephew out for a night of getting spooked, I did not expect to take him back to his mother as a popsicle who has been taught that you either need money or to be utterly dishonest to get anywhere. I created a Yelp specifically for what happened tonight because it was disgusting and the staff ruined what the actors had done such a good job in doing. 1 star for staff. I evened it out for three stars.
So, please, don't go unless you have the thirty or don't care about cutting lines, because they apparently won't even check if you have paid or not. I'm personally never going back. There are too many events around Halloween to ever return to such a bad experience. read more