Terror on the Farm

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  Email Verified Disappointing and Unsafe

  We had a pretty disappointing experience there last night after hearing so much hype, so this is gonna be long. Overall it had pretty predictable scares and a sparse cast, especially for it’s opening weekend. The characters were cheesy and not effective actors. It seemed the focus of this haunt’s talent went toward the design of the buildings on the trail, which I will definitely admit was solid, very original, and impressive. So everything looked great and created such a cool spooky atmosphere, but it went to such a waste because of the lack of monsters and lack of interaction. Several monsters weren’t even in costumes- just a mask- so that killed the illusion fast as well. A few broke character and talked to us. Mostly just got the impression that they don’t really care, because there was so little effort coming from the cast. The parts that seemed to get the group in front of us were chainsaws, which the haunt clearly leaned on heavily as there were a loooot of chainsaw scares. The basic safety issues also need to be addressed. A huge part of this haunted trail included sudden drops and very, very uneven footing. Although I can understand this being part of the “adventure” experience, there were things like nails and staples poking out where you try to feel around in the dark spots and very poorly placed corners and hard props that were easy to get injured on when running or falling down any of the several sudden steps down in the dark. One was almost a 3ft step down, hidden by fog and dark light you can’t see coming until it’s too late. Adventure is one thing, but it’s more of a very haphazard obstacle course in the dark than it was an effective haunt, and it’s not advertised as so. Even more concerning is they are apparently planning beer nights where they sell alcohol at the haunt, which just isn’t going to go well for anyone on a trail like that. One final note on safety issues that really made me sympathize for the kids on the hayride back: the tractor drove between 45 and 50mph with two very full hayride wagons attached. It’s already a bumpy ride as is, like most hayrides, but I was literally afraid someone would bounce out of the wagon or one of the wagons would tip over. This did not appear to be an intentional part of the haunt experience and only occurred on the way back, so it’s possible that it was only this one driver, but it definitely did not feel safe. Not sure what the recommended age for this was, but I would not have felt comfortable with older kids on this one because of this hayride and because of the unsafe nature of the haunted trail’s “obstacle course” design. I’ve been to several haunts and have worked at some too, but I’ve never seen one so unconcerned for its guests as Ashland Berry Farm.

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  Length of Event:	21-30 minutes
  Time Visited:	5PM - 9PM
  Would Recommend:	No
  Suitable For Kids:	No

  Posted October 2018

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  Email Verified Great

  Been going there since a was about 16 love it!

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  Posted October 2018

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