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Reviewed By: |
Chris Merli |
| Visibility/Location: |
The Haunt is located in a mall. There is a lighted sign on the main road in front of the mall between two entrances. The sign on the Mall faƧade was not lighted but driving through the parking lot meant it was not hard to find. Once you enter the mall you can simply follow the sounds to the entrance. There is a very large well lighted parking area right next to the mall entrance. The location, parking and placement inside the mall are all strengths of this haunt.
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| Wait
Entertainment: |
There were some actors outside the ticket window dressed as clowns interacting with the crowd. There did not seem to be any connection between these actors and any theme inside the haunt. Once you purchased or redeemed your online tickets you enter a waiting area. There was a television playing the classic Halloween dancing skeletons cartoon. I was not in line long enough to see if other videos were shown. My online ticket purchase entitled me to the fast pass. Since I arrived just as they opened, the total wait was less than 5 minutes. There was also horror themed modern music. The volume is quite high and it tends to bleed into the haunt. The first stop once you go through into the haunt is a rules video that requires about a minute to view but is hard to hear due to the music from the waiting area.
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| Admission
Price: |
The price is advertised as $15. The website says you can buy tickets online and that grants you a free upgrade to a fast pass. When I purchased the ticket online the price was actually $17 plus fees however it did entitle me to the fast pass.
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Parking: |
There is no cost for parking.
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| Length: |
The haunt requires about 11.5 minutes to complete.
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Since people move through haunted attractions at different
rates, your time will vary. Note:
The time shown here represents the actual time spent moving
forward through the attraction. Time spent waiting in queue
lines, staging areas, intro scenes, rules rooms and when traffic
jams cause patrons to come to a halt, has been subtracted. |
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LPR: |
3.373
LPR stands for Length/Price Ratio. It represents perceived value of an event, by
comparing
length vs price of admission. Higher numbers represent more value per dollar. Actual
quality and/or entertainment value of an event are not factors in this calculation.
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| Scare
Factor: |
I would rate the scare factor as medium high. The haunt used startle scares and several dark areas. There were very few animated effects. The bulk of the interactions were from actors located in the haunt. There were several places where patrons are required to duck through low openings and a couple of crawls. There was also a stretch with a very narrow hall. The haunt employs a variety of scents. Even after exiting I could still smell these scents till I took time to wash.
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| Crowd
Control: |
We were likely the first ones in the haunt so we did not catch any other groups. No other groups caught up with us.
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