Went Saturday and Sunday and over all I would say this event is better than last year.  Overall hard to judge how people are taking to being charged for the mazes on Saturday because from what I understand the Toyota guests got wristbands for the mazes and the park was packed all day. Got there at 6 and was told to go over by the old Timberwolf entrance (behind the smoking area).  From there they had you go to whre Invertego was and had it roped off at the restroom across from Amazon Falls.  It was a nice large area and having access to a restroom and water fountains while you waited I thought was very thoughtful.  At about 6:15 several people were going around checking to see if anyone wanted to purchase an armband for maze access or if they already had a ticket and needed an arm band.  Since the tickets were only $10 for a Saturday I went ahead and got them for myself and my grandson (14).  We decided to wait on the Conjuring till another night, but did get through all the mazes. Here are my thoughts on the mazes on Friday: At 7 we went directly to Order of the Dragon which had a very small line.  I think because it was new and not many people knew about it.  The pathway to the maze and the props outside are a nice touch to set up the atmosphere and the outside entrance is amazing.  As others have stated I think it may be best to wait until it gets dark outside to give your eyes time to adjust because it was pretty dark.  If the lighting was 10% brighter I think the scares still would have worked and you could see and appreciate the work and detail of this maze.  I definitely would love to have a lights on walk thorugh of this.  The faux cave walls and other details were fantastic.  Lots of neat stuff to see and very much worth while. Next we went to Alien Abyss.   Very short line (10 min).  Pretty much the same without the spinning tunnel.  The dark part of the maze is still the worst part and continues to log jam the walk through.  In my opinion, this one needs to be the one replaced next year if they replace one.  It's old and tired. After that we went to Kill Mart.  Short line again (15 min) and over all a little upgrade from last year with 2 (I think) new animatrionics.  I always enjoy this one as it has a simple premise that's easy for the scareactors to play off of. Next was Hotel St. MicHELLe.  LONG line about an hour.  Not sure why but the line looked as long as it did for a normal busy haunt night.  Didn't notice anything new, still a nice haunt although I do miss the bed bugs lighting effect from a few years ago. Went to Cornered and it had a decent (30 minute) line.  I do like the way it is set up this year with starting at the invertego side and ending at Drop Zone.  Seems cleaner and uses the amazon falls queue better.  Seemed a better experience than last year. Finally went to Slaughterhouse which was a walk on  around 10:15.  Great as always and again seemed to be a better experience than last year. For the most part I feel the major "improvements" seemd to be mostly things haning down from the ceiling to bump into and go around.  Almost like that was the way they were trying to "enchance" a maze on the cheap.  Seemed a bit overdone. A new thing I also noticed was they seemed to be moving away from the bright light in your eyes to help mask a scareactor.  Moving instead to using darkness to mask them. Finally rode The Beast at 11 and amazing the difference it make to ride it on a (nearly) new moon in a crisp fall evening.  Just absolute bliss and why I continue to love The Beast.  Entering the helix tunnel the second time still has about 3 jack hammers, not sure why but hope they address it in the off season.  They don't ruin the ride but with as smooth as it is it just seems more noticable. Saturday we went with my granddaughter (10).  Didn't do the mazes since she doesn't want to do them yet but the lines for the mazes were considerably shorter than on Saturday.  That being said a thunderstorm passed just southeast of the area around 2 which closed down the coasters and seemed to have people exiting early. Rode a couple of rides and unfortunately I forgot my lantern (will try those spots out next weekend).  Watched NyteWalkers and this season is the best version of the show I've ever seen in my opinion.  The premise is better, the third guy doesn't dissapear, the music is better, they background video is better and at one point all 5 performers are moving on the ramps at the same time, it's simply amazing and hypnotic.  The ONLY complaint I have is the same one I've always had with this show.  Why on Earth do we need to see "jacked", shirtless devil and company on the screen during the curtain call.  It's so distracting when the performers are taking their bows.  Focus should be on them, having the wall off in my opinion would be better so people can appreciate the performers making their final bows.  Overall the show is so enjoyable and worth the trip on it's own.  Well done. Finally I did notice something I haven't seen mentioned.  The Royal Fountain has a different song each time playing that has the water, lights, fire and pyro synchronized to the music.  It is absolutely INCREDIBLE and a show upon itself.  I feel this is what was intended for the royal fountain to do when they refreshed it.  It is absolutely a MUST to see and simply put something that is much appreciated because it is obviously a cost they could have avoided to save money, but instead they quitely put in something that is a can't miss.  Hope to stay till close next weekend to see the finale.  Definitley and upgrade from last season. Over good job on improving the overall experience from last year.  Nice job to all involved will certainly be making it out at least once each week this season.  

Three more that I found.  These are back at Potato Works: This one is at Juke Box:   And I believe this was a Coney BBQ: All photos taken by me.  

Is there a downloadable Halloween Haunt map?

Is there a downloadable Tricks or Treats menu available yet?

My only interest is dining plan items… so I didn’t look at sweet spot offerings. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk