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| - The scariest thing in this place is the wait in line.
Now, big crowds are good for business and to their credit, the wait is indoors. But the long wait was not worth it. I've always been a big fan of haunted houses. Some are good, most are awful. Unfortunately, this one fits into the later category. Immediately upon entry you are blasted with extremely loud rock music. It felt more like a grunge bar scene than a haunted house. After an hour in line we finally reach the first of 5 "haunted houses". The sets are ok, that is until you look up and are reminded that you're inside of an old department store with drop ceiling. Also, you can still hear the blaring rock music which doesn't help with the ambiance. They let each group go about 20 seconds after one another. Which means that you inevitably run into the group ahead of you, ruining any chance at any jump scares. This is the biggest ruiner of haunted houses. By the end of each house, it's just a long line of people walking through the end of it. The final haunt (the circus themed one) was the least terrible. They play with your senses a bit, which I thought was good. But that was short lived.
Then there was the Zombie laser shooting part, which I was most looking forward to. They are on to something fun, but it was over in about 5 minutes, no exaggeration. If they scraped all of the other houses and made one big zombie laser shooting maze, in which you pay extra to be the only group inside of for a while, then they may have something. I would pay good money for that.
Overall, for the price, I cannot recommend this place. If you want a decent haunted house, with good ambiance and less crowds, go to the Mansfield Reformatory haunted house or the Akron Haunted school house.
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