after attending the event as a guest i will say i found this year to be a massive improvement overall. Heres a mini review / maze rankings for anyone still wondering if they should go or not;
Precincts:
bad: Purgatory and Pain Street.
Both of the areas actors were tame, by 8:00pm they seemed over it and were only standing around scaring some people every once in a while.
okay: Viral
This area really is to just get you while you’re still jumpy from the mazes, which is successful most of the time. It wasn’t meant to be great but still enjoyable.
good: Kill Eye
This area wasn’t very scary however it had great vibes and actors but overall did lack a sense of fear and was just very fun instead.
great: Reaper County
This area really was one of the best they’ve had in a while, the actors were very engaging, fun and delivered good scares and even had good theming throughout with a great soundtrack.
Maze Ranking:
5. Zombie-land Double Tap (3/10) 1x
5min wait
a lot of the spots were actors were in 2019 were replaced by mannequins, around 2 dull actors present. Truck scene was removed which use to deliver great jumps and it had declined a lot from the past year.
4. Doll Haus (5/10) 1x
10min wait
This use to be my favourite but it seemed different this year, less scares (most still good when they hit) but just didn’t amaze me as much as last time.
3. IT (6/10) 1x
30min wait
Didn’t do this maze in 2019 but it was really enjoyable, actors were great and so was the set design. I wish more actors were present in some scenes but the ending definitely delivered.
2. Conjuring Universe (8/10) 2x
50min wait, walk on.
It was a really great maze. The actors delivered great scares (crooked man actor / animatronic? seemed very out of time), but wow. The set designs were accurate to the movies and i enjoyed it a lot.
1. Death Row (9.5/10)
15min wait, walk on.
Just wow, i’ve heard this one gets mixed reviews but i loved it. The scares delivered, set design was good and creepy, the actors portrayed their roles great. Definitely hope they don’t dull this one down next year.
Crowd Levels
The crowd was definitely a lot less then previous years, more space to move around the pathways, less waits for everything and within the last 45mins everything was less then a 5min wait.
Overall, Im glad the event is improving, i hope they continue this next year and deliver 3 new mazes as great as this years new mazes… i hope this helped anyone considering wether to go or not