[JessA23]

Not just our most recent trip, but every single time we've went and we even went on a busy Saturday night

[allie418]

Not just our most recent trip, but every single time we've went and we even went on a busy Saturday night

Saturday night is CONSTANT freeflow the entire night, the line gets too long for group of 10 or so. We don't get a single break or chance to reset our scares. It gets backed up, and people run into us. Personally, I can't remember how many times I've gone to first aid for being hit, knee'd, pushed, shoved, headaches, punched in the jaw, people getting in my face, and rude guests sceaming loudly in my ear. Right now, I've got a really bad sore throat that I cannot talk, my face is a little swollen from being hit, my head has been pounding all day, and I have bruises from where I've been hit. My maze is the Asylum, and I am very close to all the monsters. I've been in the hallways, and none of our monsters have been just standing there. Please, come through our maze again, and we will show you why our line is the longest at the park of all the mazes.

[JessA23]

Not just our most recent trip, but every single time we've went and we even went on a busy Saturday night

Saturday night is CONSTANT freeflow the entire night, the line gets too long for group of 10 or so. We don't get a single break or chance to reset our scares. It gets backed up, and people run into us. Personally, I can't remember how many times I've gone to first aid for being hit, knee'd, pushed, shoved, headaches, punched in the jaw, people getting in my face, and rude guests sceaming loudly in my ear. Right now, I've got a really bad sore throat that I cannot talk, my face is a little swollen from being hit, my head has been pounding all day, and I have bruises from where I've been hit. My maze is the Asylum, and I am very close to all the monsters. I've been in the hallways, and none of our monsters have been just standing there. Please, come through our maze again, and we will show you why our line is the longest at the park of all the mazes.

Ok, your point is? That's your JOB, you know, what you signed up for. People are going to scream. Thats what they are suppose to do in a haunted attraction right? && you know something else, I really don't like people presuming that I'm lying. We have been through the Asylum several times and our experience has been the same each and EVERY time. All most of the monsters did was STAND there and stare at us! Now the ones that accually aattempted didn't do a very good job because no one in our group got scared. Now that's the FACT of MY experience with your maze and the others with the exceptions of Last Laff and Defex. and wheather or not your close to your fellow monsters is irrelevant to the fact they just stand there and look at you. I'm sorry the only perosn I'd be afraid of if they just stood there and looked at me is someone who is acting as Michael Myers or Jason Voorhesse. Accual monsters, accual scary people. Now maybe scarowinds should try that. You know, add some Michaels, Jasons, Freddys, Leatherface, Pinheads, Chuckys, and chainsaws and they might accually get good scares and make more money. I was more scared at Billy Bob Joe's haunted barn than I was at Scarowinds and they had the real monsters.

[Jay]

Except they don't have the license to any of those characters, and aren't likely to shell out the money for one.

[NCJames]

The line in the Asylum is longest for two reasons......it's the newest and the outside of the building looks great. We went through the Asylum and it was completely lame. NOT ONE PERSON tried to scare anyone. I'm sure your job gets stressful and physically demanding. I dont question that. But the fact is that there was NO attempt to scare anyone when we went through. THat is FACT

[JessA23]

Except they don't have the license to any of those characters, and aren't likely to shell out the money for one.

Yeah, I understand that. But they could make rip-offs of them. But why can the other smaller haunted attractions use them?

[Chris]

Except they don't have the license to any of those characters, and aren't likely to shell out the money for one.

Yeah, I understand that. But they could make rip-offs of them. But why can the other smaller haunted attractions use them?

Because they hope they don't get caught and sued.

[RollerBee]

Hmm, interesting question. How do stores sell costumes of the same characters, answer is the company that sells the costumes to stores pays the licensing fees. Cedar Fair does pay a licensing fee for Scooby-Doo, Pokemon, Angry Birds, etc. The company that sells the prizes pay it, so if Cedar Fair brought or leased costumes from a commercial costumes comapny then they would pay fees not Cedar Fair. Walkaround characters can be leased hence how Tweetsie has Dora The Explorer.

[jay71400]

The line in the Asylum is longest for two reasons......it's the newest and the outside of the building looks great. We went through the Asylum and it was completely lame. NOT ONE PERSON tried to scare anyone. I'm sure your job gets stressful and physically demanding. I dont question that. But the fact is that there was NO attempt to scare anyone when we went through. THat is FACT

no asylum came out in 2008 and asylum as a great reputationas being a very long creepy maze in the park, il admit asylum is'nt as good this year but its close and I belive the fact is the actors are trying their very best. I know when i went through asylum acouple weeks ago on a saturday around 11:30 when all the monsters wanted to GO HOME yes a couple actors did stand and stare at me but 90% of the actors tryied and a few actully scared me

[jay71400]

The line in the Asylum is longest for two reasons......it's the newest and the outside of the building looks great. We went through the Asylum and it was completely lame. NOT ONE PERSON tried to scare anyone. I'm sure your job gets stressful and physically demanding. I dont question that. But the fact is that there was NO attempt to scare anyone when we went through. THat is FACT

no asylum came out in 2008 and asylum as a great reputationas being a very long creepy maze in the park, il admit asylum is'nt as good this year but its close and I belive the fact is the actors are trying their very best. I know when i went through asylum acouple weeks ago on a saturday around 11:30 when all the monsters wanted to GO HOME yes a couple actors did stand and stare at me but 90% of the actors tryied and a few actully scared me

[jay71400]

The line in the Asylum is longest for two reasons......it's the newest and the outside of the building looks great. We went through the Asylum and it was completely lame. NOT ONE PERSON tried to scare anyone. I'm sure your job gets stressful and physically demanding. I dont question that. But the fact is that there was NO attempt to scare anyone when we went through. THat is FACT

no asylum came out in 2008 and asylum as a great reputationas being a very long creepy maze in the park, il admit asylum is'nt as good this year but its close and I belive the fact is the actors are trying their very best. I know when i went through asylum acouple weeks ago on a saturday around 11:30 when all the monsters wanted to GO HOME yes a couple actors did stand and stare at me but 90% of the actors tryied and a few actully scared me

[jay71400]

The line in the Asylum is longest for two reasons......it's the newest and the outside of the building looks great. We went through the Asylum and it was completely lame. NOT ONE PERSON tried to scare anyone. I'm sure your job gets stressful and physically demanding. I dont question that. But the fact is that there was NO attempt to scare anyone when we went through. THat is FACT

no asylum came out in 2008 and asylum as a great reputationas being a very long creepy maze in the park, il admit asylum is'nt as good this year but its close and I belive the fact is the actors are trying their very best. I know when i went through asylum acouple weeks ago on a saturday around 11:30 when all the monsters wanted to GO HOME yes a couple actors did stand and stare at me but 90% of the actors tryied and a few actully scared me

[jeffdavis]

We went on a Friday night (9/28) and we were a little let down by most of the mazes and scare zones but we decided it might be because we went 3 times last year and know what to expect. We thought maybe there were less actors employed this year than last, and that some of the actors were just having an off-night. I can't imagine doing all that screaming for 5 to 6 hours straight, plus some of the other actions. Obviously some actors seem to have much easier/more pleasant jobs than others. We're going back again tonight, hope the crowd isn't too bad. Last season it seemed like the mazes were less crowded on the later Friday nights compared to the earlier Friday nights. Or maybe they just let more people through at a time, I don't know.

I wish some of the roller coasters would run more trains to keep the lines down, such as Goldrusher, Hurler, and Intimidator. Hate to see what I consider a long line and a train sitting idle on the rack.

Sorry this has nothing to do with Sunday night.

[allie418]

The line in the Asylum is longest for two reasons......it's the newest and the outside of the building looks great. We went through the Asylum and it was completely lame. NOT ONE PERSON tried to scare anyone. I'm sure your job gets stressful and physically demanding. I dont question that. But the fact is that there was NO attempt to scare anyone when we went through. THat is FACT

no asylum came out in 2008 and asylum as a great reputationas being a very long creepy maze in the park, il admit asylum is'nt as good this year but its close and I belive the fact is the actors are trying their very best. I know when i went through asylum acouple weeks ago on a saturday around 11:30 when all the monsters wanted to GO HOME yes a couple actors did stand and stare at me but 90% of the actors tryied and a few actully scared me

Thank you. Some of our monsters from last year moved/went to college/or not came back due to other reasons. We do have new people, myself being one of them, but we cannot have the same monsters every year. Our monsters are amazing at what they do, and how they scare. I've been in the first few hallways, and the monsters that have always been there the entire season; the girl with the long hair in the first room gets in your face, the guy in the blue scrubs in the big lighted room runs at you and screams, the short guy in the patient gown, in the hallway yells at people, the redhead girl gets in your face and has multiple personalities and is actively running around multiple rooms, the guy right across from the claustrophobic tubes is supposed to growl at your feet and yell at you. We do try to scare as much as we can, but guests STILL don't realize what we go through each night. We are improving every night, and STILL coming up with scares. Don't like our maze? No one is forcing you to go in.

[bro1968]

I must say, my two favoites are the Silver Scream Sinema and the Asylum. I've been to Scarowinds 3 times this year, and all 3 visits I have been startled witin a few of the 8 mazes.

I think one of the best scare tactics i've seen is when the monsters get like 3 inches from your face with a eerie look. Another favorite is when they are so still like a mannequin in a strobing light room and you wonder if real or a fake until they leap at you.

some people are just impossible to scare. others are easy to scare like a child. some go with the intention to get or be scared. There is 1 weekend left of Scarowinds 2012 after this, so if you go before it is over, try to enjoy it.

It is my desire to return hopefully the weekend before Halloween.

Be blessed.