King's Island Halloween Haunt review

[rollercoasterbuff]

This was my first year to kings island's Halloween haunt. I am used to knott's scary farm from previous years and tend to find it pretty exciting each year. Now, kings island had some food and some bad in my honest opinion.

First, the scare zones... Or lack there of. There were ZERO scare zones. Scare zones are something that I think every theme park doing a haunted attraction should include.

Second, the scareActors definitely need more practice. Some of them were just not good at all.

Third, mazes:

1. Slaughter House: though not incredibly scary, this attraction had a certain appeal to it. I think this was one of the most detailed attractions because it included sights, sounds, and smells. Also utilizing some of the better haunt effects.

Not necessarily one that I would consider a must hit, but worth the wait if you choose to check it out.

 

2. Urgent Scare: we waited in a long line with a repetitive sound track that got annoying, then when we finally got through, waited in another long line that had another annoying sound track. Then were forced to have ou pictures taken. The scenes were just ok and the scareactors were medeocre. I'd say, steer clear of this one! Thumbs down.

 

3. Club Blood: we didn't get a chance to go through this one due to EXTREMELY high crowd volumes. This was the single longest line for any maze in the park all night!

 

4. Death Row: GREAT maze. Probably the best indoor maze at KI. It wasthe true definition of a maze and definitely scary. It had such a chaotic feeling. The scene was set perfectly! Thumbs way up on this one!

 

5. Massacre Manor: this was our first maze of the night and set a standard for the rest of the evening. Thumbs up! It was fun. Good setting, scareActors were pretty good in this one. Don't miss out o. This one if you get the chance to visit.

 

6. CarnEvil: ok, this was our last maze. Thumbs up. not that scary, but not lame either. The 3D was pretty cool and the scenes were great fun to look at! The line moves slow so either go straight here, or get in line 30 mins to close. I wouldn't recommend missin this one!

 

7. Cut Throat Cove: The scenery was cool. Bit don't even waste your time. Not scary at all. I've got nothing else to say really about it.

 

8. Cemetary Drive: If you make it to this one, don't expect that much, but if you miss it, your not missing all that much. We enjoyed it... But I know for a fact a lot of people aren't going to be to thrilled with it. A couple decent scares but other than that, no biggy.

 

8. Trail of Terror: Make dang sure you make it to this attraction!!! Was definitely scary, gross, vulgar, and intense. They had crazy looking people, guys with chainsaws, damp bodies hanging from the trees. Awesome inviornment, great scares. Te scareActors were better in this one than most all of the other attractions.

 

9. Tombstone Terror-Tory: this was fun. Got guests on the train in a fairly quick fashion. Once we got on the train some interesting, true, and creepy facts about real ghosts that haunt the kings island property are revealed! The maze that follows the train ride was ok. It's a maze that is a hit or miss for people in my opinion. You'll either like it or hate it. Our group thought it to be ok.

 

10. Corn Stalkers: don't waste your time! The maze is over before it even starts. You walk straight the whole time, end up in front of Vortex. The scares were complete s***. the maze was complete s***. and they don't know how to run the line. It truly felt like a stupid neighborhood haunted house. Don't waste your time. Not even worth it for the credit.

 

I hope the review was helpful. My group had a lot of fun last night and got a ride on Diamondback with a walk on as well as Flight of Fear, also walk on.

 

Cyrus

[PKI Jizzman]

In Tombstone, if you remember the girl talking about her daddy hanging on the bridge...I was the guy right after her

 

Haunt turned Cornstalkers and Cemetery into attractions in '07. Usually there were 3-4 scare zones; I don't know why they turned them into attractions.

 

Club Blood seems to always have the longest line; Urgent Scare is the new favorite...it's a great maze, but we hardly had any returners! It's such a shame this year compared to what it was last year...

[rollercoasterbuff]

Ah, I don't. That was a fun one though. There are a few more stories that they didn't tell about some ghosts at KI that we looked up on my iphone standing in the second line.

 

btw, check your PMs.

 

Cyrus