Fright Night Review

S. Samek

No doubt if you have followed the blog, you have seen my love of roller coasters and amusment parks. This is a post about that, but something a little different.
No, I’m going to discuss a new ride, or rank any new coasters. I ‘m however going to talk about a new experience.
The other night we visited Kennywood park to experience Phantom Fright Nights. This is the Halloween event for the park. The last time I went was over 10 years ago, making this only the second time I’d gone to this event.
The basic premise is set up like any other parks event. There are a few rides and a bunch of mazes where they try to scare you.
As far as rides went it was a pretty solid lineup with each of the major coasters running. However, the order of the night wasn’t really rides. Though we did take the time to get night rides on Phantom’s Revenge and Aero 360. Phantom ran fast and furious and was as fun as always. Aero ran well and fun as well.
Which leds us into the mazes. We had the opportunity to hit four of the mazes.
The first of which was Mortem Manor. This was the classic spooky house. It was a good warmup with some good scares. It just wasn’t the best.
The second maze we hit was the cemetery. This is another classic themed maze. It’s a bit on the lighter side as far as scares go. It was probably the 2nd, or third best maze we went through depending on the thoughts of the manor.

 
The third maze we did was called Dark Shadows. Now this one threw us for a loop. It was set up in kiddieland and had a que line filled with lights and up beat music. Nope as we exited the lines we were met with darkness. That’s what made this one a lot scarier. You just couldn’t really see anything. We kind of let the fact that it was located in kiddieland bait us into false security and payed for it. This was the scariest of the night for sure.
The final maze we hit up was Voodoo Bayou. This one had a lot of potential and an awesome theme with snakes, swamp monsters, witch doctors and more. Yet it wasn’t scarry. There weren’t many actors in the maze to scare you. So, while the maze was cool to look at, it was the worst of the night for being scarry. Didn’t help that the line for this maze was the longest.
Overall it was a fun and scarry night. I felt like there were plenty of different mazes and themes to scare just about anyone. I know I did get cought quite a few times.
My only regret was not going though the vampire themed maze. However, this maze always had a big line, so my guess is it’s the most popular one. It would have been cool, but it’s not a huge disappointment to miss it.
I would absolutely go back to Fright night. I did really enjoy it, even being not the biggest horror movie fan. Like I said it offers some thing for everyone in rides, mazes and even food. Check it out for some Halloween fun if you’re in the area.