Halloween at Toverland
Toverland opens its gates once again for their Halloween season. This year they have added an additional Thursday to the openings day - for us a perfect day to see what they have created this year.
The day starts with their happy Halloween event. This runs every day during the weekends and Dutch holiday weeks. For this, they have a couple of characters walking around, one of the mazes is open and there are a couple of shows. The maze during the Halloween season is just fun and starts with a small pre-show. After which you go through the maze, which is the normal hedge maze which they use during Halloween as a haunted house. It was fun for the children who have to look for a thief. After this we watched the Bertus & Jappie Halloween show. This show is the same as last year, but good fun for the kids.
Than it was 16:30 and time to get in line for the first haunted house - Fear the Woods, which is built in a conference room, but has a pitch black haunted forest with trees and everything. The maze started with a pre-show. After which we went into the forest, to find a forester. The maze was good had a couple of great scares and the highlight for us on the night. The nights before it has been even darker inside, but now they added a little light, but not enough to see all the makeup. The house was great which isn't bad as we were one of the first groups going in that night.
After this we went to the DollHouse. A fun house changed to a haunted house. They have also added a pre-show before you enter the house. It was fun, with a couple of beautiful dolls. The make-up was also great here. But the scares could be a little bit more impactful in this house.
It was 18:30 time to get to the main entrance, where the opening show starts. There is a big vault, that releases all the creatures of the other two mazes and all the scare zones. They exit the vault with a parade and going to their area.
Just after the parade finished we headed to the witches forest. This maze is built in the forest behind Fenix on the other side of the water next to it. A fun forest trail, with a couple of good scares, but the capacity was a nightmare of this attraction. We where happy that we where queuing up early. Later on the queue time was more than 1 and a 1/2 hours.
Then it was time to see the scare zones. All were the same as last year with some minor tweaks. The most has changed in Cirque, where they have added a circus tent to it. Morgana’s Frozen Souls was stronger last year, and Shadows of the Sea felt the same. The changed the look of the fighters of troy, which now look a bit more zombie like with cool prosthetics. Finally, Fiesta de los Muertos still had the nice blacklight scene, which happens and completely changes the scare zones from party too scary.
Time for the last maze trapped. Which was in the hedges maze. Rats have taken over. The fun thing they did this year was not having a route in the maze. So you had to find your way out while being chased by the rats. This also started with a pre-show to set the story. The night ends with a fire works show at 22:45. After this all the scare actors are waiting behind the entrance. Where you can queue up to get a picture taken with all the scare zones, witches forest and trapped. They are waiting for you and an employee will take your camera of mobile phone to take a group picture with the zone or maze. So you can have multiple pictures with all groups.
During the night we got something to eat and tried out the new special menu for the Halloween season. Including a completely black burger, not only the bun but even the patty too! The food was really good.
We had a great visit at this year's event. The make-up, costumes and actors are all great as most of them know how to give a good scare. Our only niggle is that the mazes are all temporary builds, and for Toverland to take the step to the next level we think they really need to build a real maze next to the things they already have.
The day starts with their happy Halloween event. This runs every day during the weekends and Dutch holiday weeks. For this, they have a couple of characters walking around, one of the mazes is open and there are a couple of shows. The maze during the Halloween season is just fun and starts with a small pre-show. After which you go through the maze, which is the normal hedge maze which they use during Halloween as a haunted house. It was fun for the children who have to look for a thief. After this we watched the Bertus & Jappie Halloween show. This show is the same as last year, but good fun for the kids.
Than it was 16:30 and time to get in line for the first haunted house - Fear the Woods, which is built in a conference room, but has a pitch black haunted forest with trees and everything. The maze started with a pre-show. After which we went into the forest, to find a forester. The maze was good had a couple of great scares and the highlight for us on the night. The nights before it has been even darker inside, but now they added a little light, but not enough to see all the makeup. The house was great which isn't bad as we were one of the first groups going in that night.
After this we went to the DollHouse. A fun house changed to a haunted house. They have also added a pre-show before you enter the house. It was fun, with a couple of beautiful dolls. The make-up was also great here. But the scares could be a little bit more impactful in this house.
It was 18:30 time to get to the main entrance, where the opening show starts. There is a big vault, that releases all the creatures of the other two mazes and all the scare zones. They exit the vault with a parade and going to their area.
Just after the parade finished we headed to the witches forest. This maze is built in the forest behind Fenix on the other side of the water next to it. A fun forest trail, with a couple of good scares, but the capacity was a nightmare of this attraction. We where happy that we where queuing up early. Later on the queue time was more than 1 and a 1/2 hours.
Then it was time to see the scare zones. All were the same as last year with some minor tweaks. The most has changed in Cirque, where they have added a circus tent to it. Morgana’s Frozen Souls was stronger last year, and Shadows of the Sea felt the same. The changed the look of the fighters of troy, which now look a bit more zombie like with cool prosthetics. Finally, Fiesta de los Muertos still had the nice blacklight scene, which happens and completely changes the scare zones from party too scary.
Time for the last maze trapped. Which was in the hedges maze. Rats have taken over. The fun thing they did this year was not having a route in the maze. So you had to find your way out while being chased by the rats. This also started with a pre-show to set the story. The night ends with a fire works show at 22:45. After this all the scare actors are waiting behind the entrance. Where you can queue up to get a picture taken with all the scare zones, witches forest and trapped. They are waiting for you and an employee will take your camera of mobile phone to take a group picture with the zone or maze. So you can have multiple pictures with all groups.
During the night we got something to eat and tried out the new special menu for the Halloween season. Including a completely black burger, not only the bun but even the patty too! The food was really good.
We had a great visit at this year's event. The make-up, costumes and actors are all great as most of them know how to give a good scare. Our only niggle is that the mazes are all temporary builds, and for Toverland to take the step to the next level we think they really need to build a real maze next to the things they already have.
Links
Toverland Official website
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