![]() ![]() It is very well themed, creepily lit, fog filled, actor inhabited, and generally very impressive. The main indoor section of the maze perfectly encompasses quality over quantity. The ending section especially feels very tacked on, with minimal theming and simply no actors, lighting, or effects. Its most obvious and detrimental flaw is its length, or lack thereof. The Boathouse at Blood Lake is one of those mazes with potential, but it doesn’t live up to it. Length Rating: 6 Scare Rating: 5 Set Rating: 5 Experience Rating: 5 FINAL SCORE: 5.25 There are plenty of memorable moments such as the strobe light checkered room which will leave you very disoriented. Combine this with some excellent costume and set design, some very clever and creepy scares, decent length and you have quite frankly one of (if not) the best maze in the park. The scares are perfectly placed in this section to give just the right balance between scares and the anticipation of them. Now the word maze is common terminology for Halloween events, but the middle section of Carnevil really is a maze leaving guests confused. Length Rating: 8 Scare Rating: 6 Set Rating: 8 Experience Rating: 7 FINAL SCORE: 7ĬarnEvil was our favorite maze last year, and though it’s no longer the single best highlight maze at the event, it’s just as good as last year. Taking advantage of the relatively small space adjacent to the food court, this maze is cleverly located under the large white tent which really gives the theme some substance. The rest of the maze features several hallways and a diversity of scenes including a cage scene with strobe lights that was one of our favorites at the event this year. The beginning of the maze features inflating walls that are one of the best intros to a maze ever, this intro is frightfully long and builds up anticipation for what’s to come. It’s one of the best mazes the park has ever created, and combines mechanical effects with plenty of scenes, generally dark sets and a good amount of actors. Length Rating: 7 Scare Rating: 7 Set Rating: 7 Experience Rating: 7 FINAL SCORE: 7ĭark Oaks Mortuary is the park’s newest maze and is located in the Elephant enclosure. ( Out of 10, 10 being: “absolutely unbelievably amazing”, 1 being: “Don’t even bother visiting”) The overall experience, combined with the other three factors creates a FINAL SCORE for the maze. Which is mainly based off of the overall feel of the maze, was it a extreme? Did it leave you breathless? etc. And then last, but definitely not least… the Experience Rating. The Set Rating looks specifically at the job done regarding the theming of the maze, how immersive the sets are, how many different scenes guests encounter, etc. The Scare Rating is exactly what you think it is, how ‘scary’ does a maze get, how gruesome it is, if it creates a bunch of jump scares, etc. This doesn’t necessarily mean physical length of walking through the maze, but may also indicate there are plenty of different scenes and that the maze felt long. The four ratings exist of a Length Rating, which relates to the length of a maze, the longer the better. In addition, returning mazes like our favorite CarnEVIL welcomed me back this year as well. ![]() If you can’t staff your park or give people their money’s worth then just close.Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s Fright Fest has opened for its 2016 run, and of course I was there to experience all mazes! This year’s line-up features six mazes, including the brand new Dark Oaks Mortuary . If it weren’t for me getting the membership (I did save A LOT of money with the 50% off discounts) I would have demanded my admission money back and never returned. Mid summer and not a single water ride opened (but lots of employees sitting around doing nothing at the entrances of closed rides…) As far as your animals, I have ALWAYS been a supporter of your programs and have raved about how well taken care of they are there but the algae ridden green dolphin enclosure (which DID have a dolphin in it) made me sick. Paid $50 for 2 Souvenir refill cups that said 2020 and came with no lids or straws because they ran out. Saw the price, $15.99 and thought, don’t care it’s sooo worth it! Sat down and opened the box to find a 2 foot long stick with a corndog the size of a frozen State Fair brand corndog on the end and was mindblown. Went to the park straight away after a 4 hour drive just for that. Arrived on Saturday 7/31… Couldn’t wait to get my usual giant corn dog. ![]()
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