Spookywoods 2011 is not scary or even very fun.
The laser tag needs to be an option. It was boring, there were 8 zombies, and the equipment doesn't work well. Everyone was confused and the only entertaining part were the other patrons shooting at you.
The maze through the woods seemed promising, but in the end it's just a nice walk in the forest with green Christmas lights.
They're very proud of their new cafe and restrooms, which are nice, but they need to focus on their core competency – scaring people with great effects.
Instead of pouring money into toilets, pour it into more haunted houses – there are 1 ¼ haunted houses, a Christmas walk, and laser tag – not very Halloween. And the main haunted house has a great subway scene, but it can't make up for bubble machines that don't appear to work and just leave you wet & cold, a small pipe crawl whose end you can see before you even get in thereby killing any effect, and what happened to all the cool 3D that's always SO effective?
I am utterly amazed that they are ranked as one of the best haunted attractions in North Carolina when Woods of Terror, just 20 minutes away is a thousand times better.
This is coming from two people who drove from Asheville to get some scares. We saved Spookywoods for last and went to Woods of Terror first. Do yourself a favor and skip Spookywoods altogether until they remember to bring back the good scares and live up to their reputation.
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