Category - Haunted Attraction Review

LA Haunted Hayride 2017 Review

Usually, we visit the LA Haunted Hayride on their opening weekend for a “black carpet” event. This year, they did not have a celebrity step and repeat, opting instead to have media out on their opening weekend. We missed that...

Castle Dark 2017 Review

I grew up in Riverside, CA and went to Castle Amusement Park A LOT in my youth – sometimes with friends and other times with family. Built and designed in 1976 by Bud Hurlbut, one of the creators of Knott’s Scary Farm, as well as...

LA Ghost Train 2017 Review

After a turbulent, one year hiatus, the LA Ghost Train has returned to the Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum in Griffith Park! The LA Ghost Train allows guests to ride on 7½” gauge model trains around spooky sets and scenes. We parked...

Halloween Horror Nights 2017 Review

It’s that spooky time of year again, and we eagerly made our way to Universal Studios Hollywood for their Halloween Horror Nights event. In case you haven’t heard of Horror Nights, it is a special evening event that transforms the...

Knott’s Scary Farm 2017 Review

Knott’s Scary Farm, the progenitor of theme park wide Halloween events, is back for 2017 with some new mazes as well as updates to its returning ones. Also, there are hints that old habits are coming back for the better! Should you attend...

The Thing at The Great Horror Movie Night

I had heard about the Great Horror Movie night from a newsletter that went out from Ten Thirtyone Productions, the company behind the LA Haunted Hayride and Great Horror Campout events. While the idea of going out to Griffith Park’s Old...

LA Haunted Hayride Review 2016

In our 2015 review of the LA Haunted Hayride, we were disappointed with the overall vibe of the event as well as the hayride attraction itself – it seemed distracted or halfhearted (my assumption was that running the hayride in both NY...

Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor 2016 Review

For the past few years the Queen Mary has set sail for Halloween with a sizable event to compete with local heavyweights Halloween Horror Nights and Knott’s Scary Farm. 2016 is no different and California’s most legitimately haunted Halloween...