2010 New Haunt Reviews: Kings Dominion & Canada's Wonderland

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Canada's Wonderland has premiered a star-studded lineup of Haunts in the past few years. This year was no exception. Blood Bayou took the place of Miner's Revenge in the Whiter Water Canyon area, and had nothing but positive reviews. Here's a review from a trip report that was found on ThemeParkReview.com.

"First up was Blood on the Bayou, this was our brand new maze, and it was just awesome. As the name suggests, this maze is based on the Louisiana Bayou, and actually has you walk through the swampy area, along with a few houses with rooms dealing with Voodoo magic. The entrance to the maze is in somebody's home and has some usual haunted house scares, but then you walk out the backyard and onto a boardwalk with loose boards that actually sink down when you step on them. As you continue, the fog gets thicker until you go into the actual swampy area. It is very foggy in here, but that it what makes it work. If you look down, you can see the surface of the bayou's water, along with some islands popping up here and there. In the distance you can make out trees through the fog, it actually looks (and smells!) like a real swamp. As you continue down the boardwalk, weird slimy looking scareactors appear in the fog and jump towards you. You pass through a creepy looking gazebo thing, continue on for a bit then the path turns into a back porch. You enter the house attached to it, and find a room filled with voodoo things, scareactors shaking weird things, and has what looks like dried bodies hanging from the ceiling. You exit this house and go back through the swamp, passing a tree with a bunch of bodies and skeletons hanging from it, then continue through the swamp. The rest of the maze is similar to the first part, passing through a house and the swamp, by the end the swamp is very foggy, and the lights do a great job of showing the trees through the fog. Definitely my favourite maze I've seen at Wonderland."

Sounds like a fantastic addition! We can't wait to see what happens next year with Canada's Wonderland. Whatever they add we're sure it won't disappoint.

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The Doll Factory at Kings Dominion premiered for the 2010 season in the Grove Entrance area, and with the heavy amount of theming and detail put into the maze, it is no wonder that Kings Dominion had a winner on their hands for this past year's Haunt. Here is a review we found on KDFansite.com that talks a bit about the Doll Factory and what it was like.

"I didn't expect much from this maze because I had watched a walk-through of the Knott's one on Youtube, but boy let me tell you, this exceeded my expectations in every aspect. I loved the shelf gag and the outside scene the best. ALL of the female actresses were FANTASTIC in their creepy maniacal way, and of course the finale room rivaled any other finale room I have EVER been through. Fantastic!"

A walk-through of the Doll Factory at Kings Dominion can be found on the Kings Dominon's Youtube Channel. Enjoy! Next up for review: Worlds of Fun and Valleyscare.