2012 Event Reviews

Had a great time again this year. Great mix of fun and scares. The whole atmospere of the ground add to the fun. Lots of new things: a photo op, a coffin ride, new special effects.

Really impressed with the volunteers again this year. The corn maze is longer and more a-maze-ing. The bridge across the pond is even more scary. There are some "unique" sights on the terror trail. The bus ride is visually cool. And the Mansion is once again completely all new. High tech, low tech, it's all there. My favorite is the crazy butcher. He is creepy as well as hilarious. The video door thing is kinda cool. And the big snake too! As an added attraction there is a coffin ride too.

I returned to Dr SCary's with a new group of friends. This attraction is so scary and fun at the same time. My heart punded all the way through. When I thought there was a second to catch my breath, another monster jumped out. It was fun to watch my friends scream and jump while being attacked from every corner of the house. The first room was such a shock, I about wet myself. Phobias, I won't mention which ones, but Dr. Scary does a great job of finding and acting upon many phobias. This place is so big! Bigger than I imagined it would be. The covered area for waiting was great, and there were roaming monsters everywhere. I couldn't even get out of my car before a monster appeared and I dropped everything in my hands, this was so unexpected for me. Thank you for making this a terrifying yet fun time with my friends. I will definately recommend to others, and will return with more friends next year.

I have been to many haunts. This one sure does pay attention to detail. From the realistic looking cob webs to the blood splatters. When we went it was a Wednesday night. There was no line and we went right in. The guy that takes your tickets stayed in his role while telling you the rules. There was a gross video they showed then we were on our way. My group made me lead most of the way and it was quite dark. They actors come out of nowhere. My one complaint is it is too DARK! I know it is suppose to be dark but there should be some more light after they pop out so I can see them and their makeup. They didn't really creep me out because all I could see was a dark figure. The highlight was the vortex. The spinning lights literally made you feel like the whole thing is swaying side to side. Needless to say I was quite dizzy afterward. I also really liked the room with the clowns. They seemed to pop up in different spots as the slow strobe flashed. They are also really sneaky there with moving walls so if you feel like you got lost they played a trick on you. I was very disappointed that I did not get to see the clown working the line outside. And where there was suppose to be a guy with a chainsaw, he never came out! I could smell the gas from it and even walked slow waiting for him to come out and nothing.

Went here last weekend. Got there later than we ideally wanted to, so I expected the line to be pretty long. However, it actually moved pretty fast. While we were waiting outside, they had a few actors walking around in the line. They were interesting characters, though I wish some of them would have talked more. But I loved the crazy wise-cracking goblin guys that were walking around. The costumes were ridiculously cool, and they were hilarious to watch! When we got inside, there was an actor that lead you in, who I thought was going to recite all the rules and whatnot, but was actually just there to creep you out while the rules were broadcast over the speakers. I thought that was a good call. I think it's weird when a ghoul essentially breaks character to lecture you not to eat, drink, or take pictures with your cell phone.
When we finally started walking through the house, I was really impressed by the sets that they had. It went well above my expectations. I wish it wasn't so dark in there; I would've really liked to notice all the details! The actors were really great at staying in character, and it seemed like there was a lot of opportunity for them to hide and jump out at you. Some of them you could tell it was probably their first year, though. The timing was a little off, and they didn't quite know how to interact with somebody who wasn't curled up in a ball and crying in fear. But overall, I really did enjoy the energy and the actors inside.
I was also really impressed with the makeup on the actors. It didn't seem like typical haunted house makeup, where they just cover everything in fake blood. It was much more sensible, and even artistic. Very effective!
There were some interactive elements inside the house that I thought were really clever and well-done as well. It made the experience even more memorable and fun!

I came to this new attraction on Saturday night with a group of friends. Even though the wait time was long, we had a lot of fun hanging out in their waiting area as it was a fun, lively space. The waiting area is a large tent with a bar so you can grab a drink. There was also a dj who played great songs and two large bon fires that you could huddle around and chat with your friends.

There were three attractions total. You walk through two trails than go up a ski lift and at the top of the Hill is a maze. Overall was this new attraction very scary? No, it wasn't the scariest but there was still a really good fear factor. At one scene my friends and I were so taken off guard that we all fell over on the trail! It was hilarious than we got back up and out of nowhere we were blindsided again. We enjoyed the scenes and being taken off guard.

I recommend this attraction to anyone and everyone, especially if you are looking for a fun night out and looking to get into the halloween spirit. We also look forward to seeing what they do next year.

This haunted house was amazing. Or should I say houses? There were three haunted houses in which each had their own type of creepiness. The first one, Morgan Manor, is like an actually house with some creepy actors throughout. Then you move on to Morgana's Torment which is complete darkness,except when you go back and forth from complete darkness to complete whiteout. It's very trippy and very illusionistic. Claustophobia is a definite issue in this one, it made me a little freaked. The last main house is Shadowlands. This is like a mini maze outside through what seems to be a hillbilly hell. You have a creeper in the beginning stalking people all the way to a gross outhouse. Then if you make it all the way through, you get the chance to shoot some zombies with paintballs! It was totally wicked and I would definitely go back. I plan on going at least one more time thins season. The acting is absolutely phenomenal, and the scenery is fantastic.

I went with my boyfriend and aunt. We waited in a line with some of the haunts coming out to scare us. After paying, we waited in line with rock music on in the background. There were 3 different sections of the haunting. I'm kind of a chicken about scary movies; I love watching them, but am scared witless! This haunting was almost laughable to me. I giggled throughou the entire thing. The groups were too close, so I always heard someone scream. There needs to be more characters hidden in barrels, the shadows, sitting in a chair as a prop, standing in a corner looking evil, etc. It was still fun because who doesn't like Halloween entertainment?

Wow, dont know where to start. We decided to do this haunt because we would be in the Dells area for my sons 23rd birthday. When I called to register for this event I was told to make sure we come early because there would be celebrities to talk to, so to come aroud 3 or 4 with the dinner being at 5:00. So he took our names and what choice we wanted for dinner, So i said is that it? Do we pay over the phone or wait until we get there? I was told to bring cash with me. We got there at 3:30 just as the whole group was going on a tour, she said ok that will be 90.00, I said the internet said it would be 25 each, so she asked the other owner and he said ok, 75.00 then. I asked should we go out and join them? they said no, just find an empty seat (one without a jacket on the chair) and sit and wait. and wait. and wait. We were the only ones who werent included in the tour, we sat until 5:00, there were no celebrities no nothing. At 5:00 everyone came back from the tour and they proceeded to hand out the food, which was either, hot beef, BBQ pork or a chicken salad sandwich, with either fries or chips. They handed out the food 2 people at a time, we got our food at around 5:30, thankfully we were not the last ones to be served at around 6:15. there were approx 40 people total. then we sat and waithed and waited and waited again. Now the owner show us a video of a tour he did of the haunted basement, and another video of the haunted back room...I saw nothing haunted about the place what so ever. Being totally bored at this point we all snuck out and left, as did a few others.

The night that we went to this haunt, we were working a local wrestling event that same night at Memorial Hall and didn't get out of the arena until 11:30. My fiance's parents were meeting us there as we all love haunted houses. They actually convinced the people at the door to stay open until we got there, as there was no line of any sort any more and they agreed to do so, as long as we pay for the Fast Pass tix. We fully intended on doing this as it was, so it was a no brainer. On to the haunt - we entered the haunt expecting great things and we were not disappointed! It started out great with a ton of fog and darkness. The scarers were outstanding and stayed in my fiance's face throughout their area of the house. There were a lot of confusing areas that designed to make you think you went through that area already. One potentially negative thing I would say is that on a busy night I can foresee the spacing in between groups being a bit poor and could ruin a lot of the upcoming scares. However, we did not have that problem. We really enjoyed it and hope to return in a few years to see how things are different.