I know - you're probably thinking a "city girl" like me would shun the idea of finding my way through acres of corn for amusement. "It's beneath her," you say. Pfffffft!! Corn mazes are MY THING. I grew up about 5 minutes from one in California, and I adore them. I moved out here and realized that the ridiculous amount of farms and open land lent itself to awesome corn mazes (though I can't lie - I wasn't prepared for how freakin' HUGE they are...).
I had my first experience with the corn maze at Talladay Farms in October 2010, and love love LOVED it. We did the normal corn maze in at night, just before they closed. I went with a group of friends and my boyfriend (now fiance). He insisted we pay the $1 for the map - you pay $1 for the map in a sealed envelope. If you don't use it, you can bring it back and get your $1 back. We spent the first 45 minutes lost in the beginning 50 yards. Literally. It was laughably pathetic and awesome. We went back to the entrance, tore open the map, and made that maze our bitch like it was a prison movie. We still took another hour to finish it.....
Fast forward to THIS year, and my sister and I are dying to partake in some Halloween/fall-related festivities. So off we go to Talladay, with some others in tow. We decided to do both the regular and haunted maze this time, and I'm SOOO glad we did! We used the map for the regular maze, and it still took us a little over an hour. The folks at Talladay know how to make a serious maze (or maybe, even with all the education between us in the group, we just can't read an effing map). We then ventured over to the haunted maze, and that's where things got interesting....
They blow a damned foghorn before your group goes in to warn the scarers that you're coming. That should be your first sign that you're in for a terrifying experience. We got the crap scared out of us. They follow you. They chase you. They make you scream and they taunt you. They don't touch you (thank god), but they sure get close to you! We were thinking they'd at least scare you in the right direction. OH NO. They just scare you. So not only is your "fight or flight" response in full effect, but your brain must then problem solve and find the way out! And the worst part? They yelled out to the other scarers over the corn - "WE'VE GOT SCAREDY CATS!!" - when they realized that we spooked easily. We had a hell of a time. I ABSOLUTELY recommend the haunted maze, at the very least, for those of you who enjoy a good scare.
Need more convincing? One of the folks in our group - who, in the past, was prone to panic attacks, but hasn't had one in years - actually started to have a panic attack and had to be escorted out. It was impressive (and through that whole ordeal, ALL of the scarers were exceptionally sweet and helpful; one of them even took off his mask, walked him out of the maze, and made sure they were okay).
The place is also really cheap - $6 for each maze, or $10 if you do both.
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