I was there yesterday and today.
I had a fantastic two day trip.
Yes the lighting around the park has not been as brilliant as previous years, however, I did feel that there were less lighting around the rides which made riding the rides in the dark better.
I've yet to do the HOM at a later trip this season.
The Welcoming I did in the day light and was worried how this was going to affect my experience. I must say that the maze set was well themed and done really well. The actors were brilliant. Despite the fact that it was still day light, they manage to give me a scare or two (made me sear a few times) as they hid well behind the scenery and jumped out on me. I love this maze and would like to try it again in the dark. But I'm glad that did all the mazes before dark, as I had some great night time riding of the rides in the dark
They say that this maze is wheelchair friendly. Beware that the ground was laid with garden bark and I know that this can be un-pleasant to ride over (especially if you suffer from pain easily) and may make pushing a wheelchair over it difficult.
TOTT I feel like this has had better days. It really needs to be stepped up a notch or two and they need to get rid of the conga (putting hands on the person in front) line. The other mazes work really well without having to doing the conga line and I'm sure that this one can too. The final strobe light room hasn't seem as intense as previous years. I must take my hat off to the actors who did a fantastic job and they did make me jump (swear) on a couple of occasions.Something that they has failed to do in my past visit.
Sub-species A great maze, similar to last year, nice ending, the actors did a great job, but failed to scare me though.
Alton Mine A great maze with some great potential. The only thing that let it down for me was the actors, they really didn't seem to do much, they didn't scare me and the did not do much interaction.
Freak Show Scare Zone A great free scare zone which is wheelchair friendly, so very much accessible for all. I felt this year the actors did a better job than last year and were great. I do feel that it's a shame that we lost the zombie zone this year.
I had a great few days and I'm looking forward to my next few trips over the scarefest season