2010 New Haunt Reviews: Scarowinds and Kings Island

Kings Island debuted a new werewolf themed maze entitled WolfPack. This brand new maze was placed in the Son of Beast station, which was fitting seeing as the ride itself lay dormant for the entirety of the 2010 season. From what it sounded like, the maze featured a lot of static werewolves, shirtless characters (Twilight anyone...?), and a lot of burlap covered walls. Here's a review we found from the Examiner.

"There were some impressive ten foot high werewolves standing around, but they are poorly lit and placed to the side where the effect becomes lost on guests meandering through the maze. Besides, a sweaty shirtless guy is likely to jump out in front of you, so the snarling werewolf is probably the least of your worries."

Sounds like it was a hit & miss kind of maze, but regardless, we're sure that Kings Island will work to improve the maze for the 2011 season! We can't wait to see what the park has to offer this year, and most importantly, if those wrestling midgets will be back! Stay tuned.

Photo from Scarowinds.com

Defex Inc. premiered at Scarowinds last season, including two stories of pure fright, terror, and toys! Designed with the theme of a toy factory, Defex was an intricate maze filled with loads of detail conveying the feel of an actual factory. Here is a review we found on Carowinds Connection:

"Defex was a great new house even though it kind of lacked on the old toy factory theming. The very beginning had some drunk looking hot chick scharactor that was holding a bottle of whisky on top of a platform. There was a fork lift you had to go in front of and the driver would yell at you to get out of the way or else he would threaten to run you over. There was also a dressed up skeleton in a Santa Clause costume and a lady who looked like she was cut in half laying down on the floor along the route. Towards the end, you have to walk through one of those claustrophic blow up things like you have to in Asylum even though it wasn't as bad in this house as it was in that one."

Sounds like a real winner! We have heard nothing but positive reviews about Defex, and look forward to seeing the maze return for the 2011 season, along with any other mazes Scarowinds cranks out!