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OK, so I keep seeing these reviews on the internet about how great this haunt is (I have even gotten some email comments about this haunt). I can’t imagine the people who went through the haunt and gave it stellar reviews saw (no pun intended) the same haunt I did. It must have been my bad luck, timing or something else that I went through at a bad time. As a result I am going to try and revisit this haunt to see if it has improved since opening night. Check back latter this weekend and I will update the review accordingly.

Last year we visited Castle Park for the first time during Halloween and the Mausoleum floored us. The Mausoleum haunt in a way became a gold standard for us when judging other haunts. It had it all – great acting, one-of-a-kind effects, custom animatronics and theatrics.

So this year when we visited the new haunt, Factory of Screams, we were a little let down. The acting was still top notch, the ideas were fresh and original and the decor was great. Yet something was lacking this year. The tents were not up so this was an open air haunt where last year was enclosed which kind of changed the feel, but they have a great way to solve that issue at the back of the haunt. Unfortunately the way they solved this also came with a price. Some of the scares became more conspicuous and less effective. This was due largely to the maze and not the actors ability.

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Friday night we attended the opening of The Haunted Cellar in Anaheim. Until last weekend I had never herd of this haunt but it looked interesting based on their web site so we decided to check it out (we found out later they were at the Block of Orange last year). This was their opening weekend and as can usually be expected they ran into a few glitches. What was unexpected was that the operators came out every 15 or 20 min and let everyone know that they were working on the glitches and giving us all updates as to the opening of the haunt. The haunt opened a little after 7pm and we were the first through the doors.

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Currently I am planning on putting together a list of haunts to visit this weekend. I am not sure exactly how much time I will have for haunts yet but I am planning on checking out The Haunted Cellar in Anaheim tomorrow night. I am not sure how much time I will have on Saturday or Sunday but I am going to try and hit Castle Park’sThe Facility of Screams. Hopefully I will make it to both but we will see. Be sure to check back this weekend for my reviews. I will try to post them up ASAP for anyone else planning on going to either haunt this weekend.

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