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HauntedIllinois.com's
2003 Dream Reapers Haunted House Review
Dream Reapers Haunted
House
1985 North Mannheim Road
Melrose Park, IL 60061 |
| Date of Review: |
10/18/03 |
| Visibility/Location: |
Although
Dream Reapers is set off the road quite a distance, they are
conveniently located at the intersection of two major highways. While
there were no signs posted along the road leading you to the
attraction, the
long line of customers was enough to get your attention.
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| Outside
Appearance: |
Dream
Reapers is located in a strip mall, so the exterior is pretty
plain-looking. They did, however, have a hearse sitting
outside to enhance the appearance of the attraction. |
| Wait
Entertainment: |
Several
actors were roaming the waiting line, interacting with the
crowd. The night I attended, they even had a demolition derby for the crowd's
enjoyment! Once inside, customers were entertained by
horror movies playing in the indoor waiting area. |
| Admission
Price: |
General Admission: $13.00
VIP Pass: $25.00 (allows you to bypass the main
waiting line)
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| Length: |
15 Minutes
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*
= Since people move through haunted attractions at different
rates, your time may vary. |
| Scare
Factor: |
High
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| Atmosphere: |
A
great eerie atmosphere was established from the start, by the
great artwork on the walls of the waiting room and it continued
throughout the house with their various detailed scenes. Dream
Reapers is one of the most detailed haunted houses I have ever
seen. They effectively use lighting, fog and custom music soundtracks
in all of their scenes, to
enhance the overall mood of the attraction. The combination of numerous animatronics
and spirited actors further added to the atmosphere they were
trying to create. |
| Crowd
Control: |
Crowd
control was pretty good; however there was a time or two when I
noticed that groups ran into each other. Overall, though,
customer flow was pretty smooth throughout the attraction. |
Other
Customer's
Opinions: |
Everyone
that I spoke with was very pleased with their visit to Dream Reapers. |
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Summary:
The
scenes were elaborately detailed in this attraction, which is
what Dream Reapers does best. To keep the show interesting, they added some new
scenes this season, as well as making improvements to others.
I really
enjoyed their new scenes this year. The boiler room was
outstanding. With a boiler, heat exchange pipes and other appropriate
props, this scene was very realistic.
Another one of their new scenes featured broken pipes, 55 gallon
drums and glowing
toxic waste oozing from every crevice of the room, to simulate a
radioactive disaster. Dream Reapers effectively used
a combination of detailed scenes, eerie lighting, artificial scents and custom music soundtracks
in every scene to create an atmosphere of alternate reality, making you believe you are
somewhere else, not in a haunted house.
It seemed like
they had more
actors than they had last year. For the
most part, all of them were very enthusiastic and well
motivated. In my trek through Dream Reapers, all of the
actors stayed in character.
Dream
Reapers really put together a great show this year. This
attraction is
a must see.
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here to find out more about this event. |
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