Fear the
Woods is located in Stockbridge, Georgia at a combined pumpkin patch and
Christmas tree farm. Fear the Woods is a
multi-event attraction including a haunted house, a haunted trail, and zombie
paintball. Located at the same facility
you also can find a reptile exhibit, possible live music, and a variety of
other smaller activities for those in your party to enjoy. For a $30 combo ticket you can enjoy it all!
After we
had our tickets well in hand we roamed through the reptile exhibit while we
waited for everything to get started.
The animals here are real and on loan from Randar’s Reptiles, a shop not
too terribly far away. They are
beautiful and some are even entertaining.
It is a great way to spend a few minutes between events or while waiting
for the night to begin.
Once the
lines began to form for the main attractions we chose to go through the haunted
house first. This particular event has
been known to be either really good or really a letdown, depending on the
year. This year it was well considered
and structured with actors who were better than we have seen there in the
past. Some of the highlights for this
attraction include walls which change, scares from down low and up high, and
sets which are beautifully designed.
After
exiting the haunted house we joined the wagon for the zombie paintball
experience. This particular event has a
lot of potential, but it is not fully developed in our opinion. They have one section which is limited due to
nearby neighbors, as well as the actors are also a bit sparser through some
sections of the shoot. It is fun to
shoot the paintball guns and experience interactions, and we can clearly see
where they have room to evolve this attraction into something more over time.
When we
were dropped back off by the hayride style wagon we hopped onto the bus. Yes,
we said bus. This party bus style treat
involves current popular music, laser lights, and surprises as it takes you
from the front of the facility around to the trailhead at the rear of the
lot. We loved this so much that we were
talking with one of the staff members about how we could see people wanting to
rent this bus as a party bus for events.
We would!
When you
eventually are kicked out of your ride you are at the starting point for the
trail portion of the haunt. This trail
includes enough light to feel reasonably safe for walking and reasonably
intimidating due to darkness. The path
twists and turns through outdoor as well as indoor scenes as your progress
along. The indoor scenes here are some
of our favorites at this location. They are
well layered and clearly have had serious thought put into their conception and
design. We would love to see scenes like
those spread like a virus throughout the remainder of the event.
The only
downsides which we found to this event were that the big props were not
necessarily used to their fullest potential, the 3-D glasses were not in the
best shape for actually experiencing the 3-D effects in that section, and the
paintball needed some more staff members willing to be zombie victims. With that taken into consideration, we looked
at our overall experience and found that we rate them at 3.5 severed heads out
of a possible five. We love going there
and the staff makes the trip enjoyable with their exceptional customer
service. Check them out and let us know
what you think.
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