Portaventura Halloween 2023
We have been visiting PortAventura for their Halloween event over several years, and between the new attractions, and/or the restrictions the park were forced to make due to Covid, we have seen a number of big changes.
This year has seen the return of the five main scare attractions across the report plus a new scare zone – The Emperor’s Curse.
Now something we have always been surprised about at this park, is that scare actors are allowed to roam around during the day, and this is most obvious in the Far West section of the park. The Exorcist girl rolling around in her bed and the Hannibal Lecter style serial killer on the trolley, can often be seen mixing with (and scaring) regular day guests.
As such – the park obviously felt comfortable putting a very long daytime scare zone right along one of the main path ways of the park. Granted there is a “chicken route" but it was a long diversion to avoid the scares and gore in this zone, so we saw a lot of very scared children being dragged through by the their parents with their eyes shut and their hands over their ears!
Which is a shame, as these kids would have missed a very fun and exciting scare zone that was really well populated with scare actors in incredible costumes and great make up. As the path wound around through China and Polynesia, the actors were able to stare, snarl and sneak up on guests – all in broad day light, and still get some jump scares! Kudos to everyone involved for pulling off such a great addition.
Another change this year was the removal of the instruments in Horrock in Texas. Re–branded back into Horror in Texas, this remains one of the most traditional scare attractions at the park, and although we loved the bonkers MTV makeover last year, it probably works better in the format, as we all had a number of great scares throughout.
Of the other returning mazes, we didn’t really experience much in the way of any new changes, but all provided great scares.
We were lucky enough to visit La Muerte Viva at a really quiet time, so experienced the maze as a small group of four. We all know that group size can have an impact of how scary a maze is, but we definitely had the most jumps and scares in here. Possibly it’s because the sets and props are so impressive looking (after all it in built in a themed Mexican restaurant) that we were too busy looking at the scenery and therefore not noticing where the actors were hiding. The sets and the scare really combine with the costumes and make up to make La Muerte Viva our favourite scare maze of our trip.
On the same day we also visited Apocalypsis de Maya as another small group, and had some really fun scares from beginning to end. Sadly the big fire finale, that exists due to the attraction being built in the Templo del Fuego attraction, didn’t seem to trigger on out visit, so we were left with the multiple attacks from the actors on the pathway to the side of us. It was a great run but we would have loved the completeness that the fire explosions bring!
The final scare attraction within the park is the incredibly long REC– based on the films of the same name. It really is a fun experience, with some lively characters throughout, but to us was probably the weakest of the on-park mazes during our visit.
Of course, Halloween at PortAventura is not just about the scare mazes, and we made a point to take in all the Halloween shows, the amazing parade at the end of the night and the stunning Horror en Lago firework and laser spectacular. The park really knows how to celebrate Halloween in style and we really left the park on a high, ready for one last set of scares!
Our final attraction therefore was La Isla Maldita – Europe’s longest scare maze, which is based in the Costa Caribe water park next door. We really don’t want to repeat ourselves, but this is still a massive maze with a big identity problem. The scenes and actors throughout are incredible, and there is some great use of the pools and areas of the water park – but the narrative just goes out the window. That’s not to say there aren’t great scares – there really are – but a consistent themed experience across the 25-minute walk-through would really make it something to beat.
In summary – we had a great time celebrating Halloween at PortAventura. For people in the UK, it is an event that opens in Sept and runs through to mid-November, so it is possible to do it and still experience Halloween back home. No one maze or element stands out as being the true highlight, but the whole things work so well as a package. Add in the incredible rides, and warmer weather than October in the UK and this event will remain one we visit for years to come!
This year has seen the return of the five main scare attractions across the report plus a new scare zone – The Emperor’s Curse.
Now something we have always been surprised about at this park, is that scare actors are allowed to roam around during the day, and this is most obvious in the Far West section of the park. The Exorcist girl rolling around in her bed and the Hannibal Lecter style serial killer on the trolley, can often be seen mixing with (and scaring) regular day guests.
As such – the park obviously felt comfortable putting a very long daytime scare zone right along one of the main path ways of the park. Granted there is a “chicken route" but it was a long diversion to avoid the scares and gore in this zone, so we saw a lot of very scared children being dragged through by the their parents with their eyes shut and their hands over their ears!
Which is a shame, as these kids would have missed a very fun and exciting scare zone that was really well populated with scare actors in incredible costumes and great make up. As the path wound around through China and Polynesia, the actors were able to stare, snarl and sneak up on guests – all in broad day light, and still get some jump scares! Kudos to everyone involved for pulling off such a great addition.
Another change this year was the removal of the instruments in Horrock in Texas. Re–branded back into Horror in Texas, this remains one of the most traditional scare attractions at the park, and although we loved the bonkers MTV makeover last year, it probably works better in the format, as we all had a number of great scares throughout.
Of the other returning mazes, we didn’t really experience much in the way of any new changes, but all provided great scares.
We were lucky enough to visit La Muerte Viva at a really quiet time, so experienced the maze as a small group of four. We all know that group size can have an impact of how scary a maze is, but we definitely had the most jumps and scares in here. Possibly it’s because the sets and props are so impressive looking (after all it in built in a themed Mexican restaurant) that we were too busy looking at the scenery and therefore not noticing where the actors were hiding. The sets and the scare really combine with the costumes and make up to make La Muerte Viva our favourite scare maze of our trip.
On the same day we also visited Apocalypsis de Maya as another small group, and had some really fun scares from beginning to end. Sadly the big fire finale, that exists due to the attraction being built in the Templo del Fuego attraction, didn’t seem to trigger on out visit, so we were left with the multiple attacks from the actors on the pathway to the side of us. It was a great run but we would have loved the completeness that the fire explosions bring!
The final scare attraction within the park is the incredibly long REC– based on the films of the same name. It really is a fun experience, with some lively characters throughout, but to us was probably the weakest of the on-park mazes during our visit.
Of course, Halloween at PortAventura is not just about the scare mazes, and we made a point to take in all the Halloween shows, the amazing parade at the end of the night and the stunning Horror en Lago firework and laser spectacular. The park really knows how to celebrate Halloween in style and we really left the park on a high, ready for one last set of scares!
Our final attraction therefore was La Isla Maldita – Europe’s longest scare maze, which is based in the Costa Caribe water park next door. We really don’t want to repeat ourselves, but this is still a massive maze with a big identity problem. The scenes and actors throughout are incredible, and there is some great use of the pools and areas of the water park – but the narrative just goes out the window. That’s not to say there aren’t great scares – there really are – but a consistent themed experience across the 25-minute walk-through would really make it something to beat.
In summary – we had a great time celebrating Halloween at PortAventura. For people in the UK, it is an event that opens in Sept and runs through to mid-November, so it is possible to do it and still experience Halloween back home. No one maze or element stands out as being the true highlight, but the whole things work so well as a package. Add in the incredible rides, and warmer weather than October in the UK and this event will remain one we visit for years to come!
Portaventura Halloween 2022
Halloween is one of the biggest seasons at Portaventura, and we visited on the final weekend as the park were getting ready for Christmas. It was kind of weird to see the juxtaposition between the two seasons, but we were just pleased to be getting some scares so late in the season. Also, sadly as the last weekend of Halloween - some of the major shows and the main parade were not available on our visit. But despite that - the atmosphere around the park is amazing, with familiar musical tropes (such as the intro music to The Asylum from Thorpe Park) blasting out through the sunshine.
New for this year was HorRock in Texas, which actually was one of the weirdest (but fun) scare attractions we have ever visited. Presented by MTV - the maze has had a musical makeover which has to be seen (heard) to believed. The actors throughout were either singing or playing instruments live, and sometimes using them for the scares. It's weird to say it - but our biggest jump scare came as we rounded a corner and a drummer launched into a full solo! There were also crazy touches like an Amy Winehouse singer basically screaming her lyrics, and several stand alone instruments such as a trumpet or violin player suddenly lurching into our path!
Throughout the maze - every room had been re-dressed to include album covers on the walls, musical posters of classic bands, and MTV style videos on the walls. Although this really wasn't the most terrifying attraction of the event, we had such a great time, that we couldn't help but exit with a huge smile on our faces.
The other four mazes at the park are all returning experiences and genuinely remained pretty much unchanged. La Isla Maldita (claimed to be the biggest scare attraction in Europe) brought back the jet skis from before Covid, but suffered with the same "scare attraction theme fatigue" we have mentioned in the past. REC provided some great jump scares and Apocalypsis Maya once again made great use of the Templo del Fuego queue line. Our favourite returning maze was La Muerta Viva, which remains as long and as elaborately themed as it's debut last year, with stunning costumes and make up throughout.
It is clear that the scare attractions at Portaventura are just something extra to do during Halloween and aren't necessarily the only reason to visit the park during the season. The mazes themselves can all be accessed with a Halloween passport for an additional charge but the queues can easily take up to an hour each at weekends. The mazes are all great quality, but there is so much else to do during the day, and the evening, including multiple rides and shows, that we would recommend at least an over night stay to do it all.
New for this year was HorRock in Texas, which actually was one of the weirdest (but fun) scare attractions we have ever visited. Presented by MTV - the maze has had a musical makeover which has to be seen (heard) to believed. The actors throughout were either singing or playing instruments live, and sometimes using them for the scares. It's weird to say it - but our biggest jump scare came as we rounded a corner and a drummer launched into a full solo! There were also crazy touches like an Amy Winehouse singer basically screaming her lyrics, and several stand alone instruments such as a trumpet or violin player suddenly lurching into our path!
Throughout the maze - every room had been re-dressed to include album covers on the walls, musical posters of classic bands, and MTV style videos on the walls. Although this really wasn't the most terrifying attraction of the event, we had such a great time, that we couldn't help but exit with a huge smile on our faces.
The other four mazes at the park are all returning experiences and genuinely remained pretty much unchanged. La Isla Maldita (claimed to be the biggest scare attraction in Europe) brought back the jet skis from before Covid, but suffered with the same "scare attraction theme fatigue" we have mentioned in the past. REC provided some great jump scares and Apocalypsis Maya once again made great use of the Templo del Fuego queue line. Our favourite returning maze was La Muerta Viva, which remains as long and as elaborately themed as it's debut last year, with stunning costumes and make up throughout.
It is clear that the scare attractions at Portaventura are just something extra to do during Halloween and aren't necessarily the only reason to visit the park during the season. The mazes themselves can all be accessed with a Halloween passport for an additional charge but the queues can easily take up to an hour each at weekends. The mazes are all great quality, but there is so much else to do during the day, and the evening, including multiple rides and shows, that we would recommend at least an over night stay to do it all.
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Portaventura Halloween 2021
Halloween is back at Portaventura for 2021, but due to Covid remains different to previous years. First off, the Spanish Government have a strict mask policy, and this is evident throughout the park. Even whilst queuing outside, we were instructed to keep our masks on which could only be removed if eating or drinking. Inside every maze, every character was masked up, and it kind of reminded us of Halloween 2020 in the UK. Not that this was a problem (after all the Spanish infection rates are way lower than ours) but it felt unusual after a whole month of UK events where no-one seemed to care any more.
Another thing that Covid has impacted, is the number of shows and entertainment around the park. With no parade and lake show to end the night, a lot of the atmosphere we usually love was missing, but we still managed to have a great time.
The new maze La Muerta Viva was the first we experienced, and we have to say that the park have done a great job of re-theming an existing Mexican restaurant. From the outside all we could hear was constant screaming and banging of earlier groups, and as the queue moved quickly it was soon time for us to enter. The maze itself was a long and winding route through some beautiful looking sets, and a load of day of the dead costumed actors. The scares seemed to come throughout the maze, and we loved the mariachi trumpet players and the violinist. Sadly a chainsaw as a final run out scare kind of ruined the Mexican vibe!
Our next maze was Apocalypsis Maya, which one again has taken over the queue line and building of Templo del Fuego. We had some incredible scares throughout this maze - especially from the camouflage bush creatures, and the whole area was swathed in theatrical smoke. For a daytime experience that was mostly set outdoors, the team had done a great job of keeping the pathways dark, foreboding and claustrophobic.
Despite many rumours that it had been removed last year, Horror in Texas still provides the closest to a traditional scare maze at the park. The corridors are narrow, and the actors are aggressive, so we experienced many great scares in this aging attraction.
The final entry in the Halloween passport in the park is (Rec) Experience which is slightly hampered by the building it is based in. Apart from the on screen video throughout the maze, there is very little that is recognizable to fans of the film franchise. For a film so intense and claustrophobic, it's unusual just how large and open REC is. It is not a bad scare attraction in any way, but it just doesn't really capture essence of the movie.
Our final maze was the half hour plus La Isla Maldita, which once again attracted the longest lines of the weekend. It really is quite scary how many tickets are sold for each maze at Halloween and we queued over 45 minutes to enter whilst behind us the queue must easily have surpassed 2 hours.
Once inside, the maze started off a little weirdly (chainsaws as an opening scene?) but soon settled into a great zombie pirate themed maze with some incredible scares (especially from the bush creatures) a freaky live body in the pool and some fun actor interactions as we worked our way round the water park. We missed the jet-skis from the previous year, but they probably were never consistent with the overall theme.
And that's the problem with this maze. Suddenly the story and logic was lost and we ended up in Psych wards being chased by inmates and zombies wielding chainsaws. This change in theme and narrative provided some fun scares, but felt out of place in consideration to what had come before. It really isn't a bad maze - it's just the long wait and the confused story line do it a massive dis-service.
Obviously besides the mazes and the rides - Portaventura is famed for putting on a high quality stage production in the Grand Theatre, and Halloween Forever was easily the most impressive and energetic theme park production we have seen. If you go to Portaventura and DONT see the main show in this theatre, then you really have missed a treat.
All in - we had a great time at the park, and it was nice to get some scares outside of the UK season. Ok the mazes may all feel a little bit "samey" at times, but we still jumped and screamed multiple times. Was it the best Halloween event we visited in Spain? No it wasn't. But did we have fun throughout our stay? Yes we did. Which after all - is all that matters.
Another thing that Covid has impacted, is the number of shows and entertainment around the park. With no parade and lake show to end the night, a lot of the atmosphere we usually love was missing, but we still managed to have a great time.
The new maze La Muerta Viva was the first we experienced, and we have to say that the park have done a great job of re-theming an existing Mexican restaurant. From the outside all we could hear was constant screaming and banging of earlier groups, and as the queue moved quickly it was soon time for us to enter. The maze itself was a long and winding route through some beautiful looking sets, and a load of day of the dead costumed actors. The scares seemed to come throughout the maze, and we loved the mariachi trumpet players and the violinist. Sadly a chainsaw as a final run out scare kind of ruined the Mexican vibe!
Our next maze was Apocalypsis Maya, which one again has taken over the queue line and building of Templo del Fuego. We had some incredible scares throughout this maze - especially from the camouflage bush creatures, and the whole area was swathed in theatrical smoke. For a daytime experience that was mostly set outdoors, the team had done a great job of keeping the pathways dark, foreboding and claustrophobic.
Despite many rumours that it had been removed last year, Horror in Texas still provides the closest to a traditional scare maze at the park. The corridors are narrow, and the actors are aggressive, so we experienced many great scares in this aging attraction.
The final entry in the Halloween passport in the park is (Rec) Experience which is slightly hampered by the building it is based in. Apart from the on screen video throughout the maze, there is very little that is recognizable to fans of the film franchise. For a film so intense and claustrophobic, it's unusual just how large and open REC is. It is not a bad scare attraction in any way, but it just doesn't really capture essence of the movie.
Our final maze was the half hour plus La Isla Maldita, which once again attracted the longest lines of the weekend. It really is quite scary how many tickets are sold for each maze at Halloween and we queued over 45 minutes to enter whilst behind us the queue must easily have surpassed 2 hours.
Once inside, the maze started off a little weirdly (chainsaws as an opening scene?) but soon settled into a great zombie pirate themed maze with some incredible scares (especially from the bush creatures) a freaky live body in the pool and some fun actor interactions as we worked our way round the water park. We missed the jet-skis from the previous year, but they probably were never consistent with the overall theme.
And that's the problem with this maze. Suddenly the story and logic was lost and we ended up in Psych wards being chased by inmates and zombies wielding chainsaws. This change in theme and narrative provided some fun scares, but felt out of place in consideration to what had come before. It really isn't a bad maze - it's just the long wait and the confused story line do it a massive dis-service.
Obviously besides the mazes and the rides - Portaventura is famed for putting on a high quality stage production in the Grand Theatre, and Halloween Forever was easily the most impressive and energetic theme park production we have seen. If you go to Portaventura and DONT see the main show in this theatre, then you really have missed a treat.
All in - we had a great time at the park, and it was nice to get some scares outside of the UK season. Ok the mazes may all feel a little bit "samey" at times, but we still jumped and screamed multiple times. Was it the best Halloween event we visited in Spain? No it wasn't. But did we have fun throughout our stay? Yes we did. Which after all - is all that matters.
Portaventura Halloween 2019
Portaventura, near Barcelona in Spain, have celebrated Halloween for years, and are famed for the level of theming and decoration they put around the park. Unlike some parks that just buy thousands of pumpkins each year, every land in the theme park has its own unique set of decorations, and no section remains untouched. They also have a number of roaming characters, and we were surprised at just how active and scary these were at times. Even with little kids!
There is also a massive schedule of special Halloween shows, and we ensured we saw as many as we could fit in. Highlights included the award winning Halloween Kingdom in the Grand Theatre, and the nighttime parade and fireworks show at the end of the night.
But of course, our main reason for our visit this year was to experience the four scare attractions including the brand new La Isla Maldita, which was being advertised as the largest single scare attraction in Europe. What better way to celebrate Halloween night?
The attraction is built inside the Costa Caribe water park, next door, but on some of the busiest nights of our stay, the line to enter the complex could be found winding through the theme park itself! As it was, on Halloween night, we waited over 90 minutes to enter the attraction, and even then, the first few rooms were experienced as a long conga line. Fortunately this was just before we were batched properly, and although the batches were large and were very close, we were able to enjoy the rest of the attraction properly.
Along the 35 minute route we experienced over 90 live actors, and the path wound in and out of the water park as we were attacked from all sides. They even had jet skiing pirates buzzing at us as we passed one of the pool areas! The main rooms and theming elements were all a combination of voodoo and pirates, although towards the end, a few more "standard" horror scenes seemed to creep in (and of course there were chainsaws!) All in - we really enjoyed the experience but the queue and initial batching did leave a sour taste in our mouths. Remember - the mazes are all up charge attractions and it genuinely felt that too many tickets had been sold each day. On the Saturday the queues would easily have been well over 2 hours, which really isn't acceptable in a park this size.
Before La Isla Maldita debuted, [REC] Experience held the record as the largest European attraction, and so with a clever change of words the park can now claim to have Europe's largest single attraction and Europe's largest enclosed attraction. The show itself is built inside the Dino 4D movie adventure and remnants of the original attraction can be seen throughout. Although parts of the maze have been built in the style of an old abandoned house over taken by zombies, the path does pass through two large rooms that were where the Dino film would usually be shown. Cleverly the creators have used the over sized screens to show clips from the REC movies, and these horror scenes just helped create the tension every time we went back into the tighter corridors of the house. Of course there were loads of actors throughout the attraction, and we had many great scares during the 15 minute experience.
In the Mexico section, Apocalypsis Maya opened last year, and is built in the queue line for the Temple of Fire attraction. The winding pathway ventured indoors and out, through a dense jungle and the ruins of the temple, with some very lively actors attacking us from the start. It's unusual that this attraction runs during the day, as it could easily be made even scarier in the dark, but we still managed to get some very good scares along the route (mainly from creatures disguised as bushes that would jump out at us as we went past!) By the end of the attraction, we had to pass through the Temple of Fire itself, and with many of the special effect props and tricks working - it created an impressive finale as skeletons on poles flew out of the water and fire erupted around us!
The final maze at the park is the Horror in Texas walk through that is often opened during the summer season as a pay extra. Nothing has really changed from our review below, but this maze remains the closest to a standard scare attraction/haunted house of the four. We think this is because it is built from scratch in a marquee and not retrofitted around an existing attraction or park. We had some really great scares throughout the maze from some very lively and aggressive actors!
We had a great time at Portaventua for Halloween as the park had really made an effort with everything. With four mazes, multiple shows, roaming characters and of course all the rides, there really is something for everyone to do. We did find the maze operation times a bit strange as we would have loved to have done the "in park" attractions in the dark, but with some careful planning of our days and the use of Fastrack for the rides - we managed to do and see everything we wanted to during our visit. Oh yes, and the weather was really hot and sunny too, so we did all of the above in just shorts and t shirt. Try celebrating Halloween in the UK like that!
There is also a massive schedule of special Halloween shows, and we ensured we saw as many as we could fit in. Highlights included the award winning Halloween Kingdom in the Grand Theatre, and the nighttime parade and fireworks show at the end of the night.
But of course, our main reason for our visit this year was to experience the four scare attractions including the brand new La Isla Maldita, which was being advertised as the largest single scare attraction in Europe. What better way to celebrate Halloween night?
The attraction is built inside the Costa Caribe water park, next door, but on some of the busiest nights of our stay, the line to enter the complex could be found winding through the theme park itself! As it was, on Halloween night, we waited over 90 minutes to enter the attraction, and even then, the first few rooms were experienced as a long conga line. Fortunately this was just before we were batched properly, and although the batches were large and were very close, we were able to enjoy the rest of the attraction properly.
Along the 35 minute route we experienced over 90 live actors, and the path wound in and out of the water park as we were attacked from all sides. They even had jet skiing pirates buzzing at us as we passed one of the pool areas! The main rooms and theming elements were all a combination of voodoo and pirates, although towards the end, a few more "standard" horror scenes seemed to creep in (and of course there were chainsaws!) All in - we really enjoyed the experience but the queue and initial batching did leave a sour taste in our mouths. Remember - the mazes are all up charge attractions and it genuinely felt that too many tickets had been sold each day. On the Saturday the queues would easily have been well over 2 hours, which really isn't acceptable in a park this size.
Before La Isla Maldita debuted, [REC] Experience held the record as the largest European attraction, and so with a clever change of words the park can now claim to have Europe's largest single attraction and Europe's largest enclosed attraction. The show itself is built inside the Dino 4D movie adventure and remnants of the original attraction can be seen throughout. Although parts of the maze have been built in the style of an old abandoned house over taken by zombies, the path does pass through two large rooms that were where the Dino film would usually be shown. Cleverly the creators have used the over sized screens to show clips from the REC movies, and these horror scenes just helped create the tension every time we went back into the tighter corridors of the house. Of course there were loads of actors throughout the attraction, and we had many great scares during the 15 minute experience.
In the Mexico section, Apocalypsis Maya opened last year, and is built in the queue line for the Temple of Fire attraction. The winding pathway ventured indoors and out, through a dense jungle and the ruins of the temple, with some very lively actors attacking us from the start. It's unusual that this attraction runs during the day, as it could easily be made even scarier in the dark, but we still managed to get some very good scares along the route (mainly from creatures disguised as bushes that would jump out at us as we went past!) By the end of the attraction, we had to pass through the Temple of Fire itself, and with many of the special effect props and tricks working - it created an impressive finale as skeletons on poles flew out of the water and fire erupted around us!
The final maze at the park is the Horror in Texas walk through that is often opened during the summer season as a pay extra. Nothing has really changed from our review below, but this maze remains the closest to a standard scare attraction/haunted house of the four. We think this is because it is built from scratch in a marquee and not retrofitted around an existing attraction or park. We had some really great scares throughout the maze from some very lively and aggressive actors!
We had a great time at Portaventua for Halloween as the park had really made an effort with everything. With four mazes, multiple shows, roaming characters and of course all the rides, there really is something for everyone to do. We did find the maze operation times a bit strange as we would have loved to have done the "in park" attractions in the dark, but with some careful planning of our days and the use of Fastrack for the rides - we managed to do and see everything we wanted to during our visit. Oh yes, and the weather was really hot and sunny too, so we did all of the above in just shorts and t shirt. Try celebrating Halloween in the UK like that!
Horror in Texas
Portaventua in Spain have been holding an annual Halloween event for years and in the past have hosted a number of different scare attractions. These have included: a massive maze based on the Spanish Horror movie [REC], a whole scare maze built inside the queueline for the mine train and a western themed attraction called Horror in Penitentiary (named after the fictional Wild West town area of the park)
The park really goes overboard for Halloween and in the run up to the event, have been known to open some of their Halloween mazes early. So on a recent visit to the park, ScareTOUR were able to take a trip through the now re-themed and renamed, Horror in Texas.
The attraction is built in a marquee under the Stampida rollercoaster, and is entered via a small but decorative facade. Fortunately with very little wait, we were soon guided inside by an impressive actor who set up the story for the attraction, delivering his opening speech in a very creepy voice!
From here on in the rooms were really detailed, with each one telling a different story, with a great mix of animatronics and actors. At times the floor was so uneven, which was a perfect distraction for the actors, as several times we were too busy concentrating on not stumbling, that the actors were able to catch us off guard and scare us! We managed to get a good number of screams throughout the whole maze and even the chainsaw finale was fun and left us scrambling for the exit!
All in, for just 5 Euro, the attraction really was great value. So much so that we planned to do it again after dark, but sadly due to some strange opening times, the maze closed by about 9pm. So if you're visiting the park over the next few weeks before Halloween - we definitely recommend you check the opening times beforehand and then go and check it out!
The park really goes overboard for Halloween and in the run up to the event, have been known to open some of their Halloween mazes early. So on a recent visit to the park, ScareTOUR were able to take a trip through the now re-themed and renamed, Horror in Texas.
The attraction is built in a marquee under the Stampida rollercoaster, and is entered via a small but decorative facade. Fortunately with very little wait, we were soon guided inside by an impressive actor who set up the story for the attraction, delivering his opening speech in a very creepy voice!
From here on in the rooms were really detailed, with each one telling a different story, with a great mix of animatronics and actors. At times the floor was so uneven, which was a perfect distraction for the actors, as several times we were too busy concentrating on not stumbling, that the actors were able to catch us off guard and scare us! We managed to get a good number of screams throughout the whole maze and even the chainsaw finale was fun and left us scrambling for the exit!
All in, for just 5 Euro, the attraction really was great value. So much so that we planned to do it again after dark, but sadly due to some strange opening times, the maze closed by about 9pm. So if you're visiting the park over the next few weeks before Halloween - we definitely recommend you check the opening times beforehand and then go and check it out!
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Terrifying - Myself, husband, 10 year old daughter and 8 year old son entered this attraction!!! My son started crying, he was so scared bless. I tried not to look at too much because I too was petrified. Loads of jumps around each corner. Well worth the €5 but so glad when it ended, and we lived 😂 😱
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