NYZ Apocalypse

This was a lot of fun. The experience was a bit scary at times but overall it was a great time.

Not impressed. Had a reservation at 8pm and didn’t get in till 10pm. Why even do reservations? Once locked and loaded I wish it was longer than 10 – 15 minutes. 43.00 seems a little pricey for this. Won’t return or recommend to others. Not too happy about nyz

Really cool place! They usually do groups of 3 – 5, we were a group of 6 and they were nice enough to let us keep our group. First off the place looks really creepy from the outside so as soon as you park up you feel «in the moment». The actors are in character from the moment you step foot in the door to the moment you step out. Zombies were pretty scary. They did a great job at jumping out at you and keeping you on your toes. There are various checkpoints where you are given instructions to the next «level» by well played characters and get refill on ammo. So realistic in the way that some people in your group will run out of ammo so you have to cover/​watch their backs… Really awesome place! Would of given 5 stars if it were maybe about 10 – 15 mins longer. Other than that… An awesome place and a great experience.
Oh! And the crew are very down to earth people overall despite the tough characters they play! Had a good laugh.

All I can say an amazing time all around! Had a blast, not a big walking dead an but this is for anyone who likes excitement!

Place was pretty cool!
Went this past weekend and I had a great time, I do however, wish that the experience lasted a bit longer. The people working here are in character from the moment you walk up to the door. The «Doctor» is hilarious and there are a few guys walking around «military style» screaming at you, cursing, and being «intimidating.» You definitely get a bit of an adrenaline rush while you’re waiting to go in. They pump it up pretty well.
I showed up at 8:30 PM on a Groupon deal and we went right in to be lined up with people already there. The «Doctor» does a whole skit/​speech thing while you’re waiting on the line, and then they bring groups of 3 – 5 into a room to sign your «death certificate.»
When it was our turn to walk through the doors you’ll see a line of computers up against the left side, and to the right is a glass window where they have security and CCTV. I saw a little kid sitting in this office when I walked in and felt so bad for him. He looked beyond traumatized, his face was frozen in shock and looked like he would have nightmares for months and a subsequent case of PTSD. Not sure I’d bring small small kids here. The actors really do get into it.
After you sign your death certificate, they bring you to another room for a short instructional video as to why you’re there and what you’ll be doing. After that, they line you up and you get your assault rifle. I had the Micro M4 with accuracy laser. It’s basically an air gun, doesn’t make a lot of noise at all, small «pop pop pop» but not loud.
After you have your rifle, you get herded into an «elevator» it shakes around a bit as they pretend you’re descending into a basement area and then the doors open and you’re ready to go. It’s very dark inside, but the inside was pretty authentic and made up to be an apocalyptic zone. Everything was broken, dirty, lots of detail, however you don’t really get to take a lot of it in because you’re on high alert looking for moving zombies.
When you’re shooting, you want to aim for their neck, as the zombie actors are all wearing censor necklaces and if you shoot them accurately, their necklace lights up and flashes red, and that means they are «dead» and frozen. They do have a 2 – 3 second regeneration rate, so make sure to keep their necklaces red so you don’t get «bitten» and die! The actors really get into it and if you shoot them and their necklace goes off they will fly back hit the walls like they were actually shot with bullets.
The only negatives about this place are this:
1. Could be more zombies! I went in as a group of 6 and in every room we were in there was probably anywhere from 2 – 5 zombies. Not that difficult.
2. At each room, you’re met by another actor to refill your air gun ammo. We had 1,000 rounds, but they don’t give you all 1,000 at once, there are roughly 5 checkpoints throughout where a worker/​actor will take your rifle and refill it. I felt like we were shooting these zombies, and then ushered very quickly to the checkpoint. It wasn’t really a zombie shooting free for all, it was very methodically organized to get in, shoot for what felt like 2 – 3 minutes, and then it’s time to refill and then you’re pushed to the next room.
Experience could definitely have been longer. It was fun and I was getting into it and then it was over! I was like, that was it! Booo!!! Let’s go again! This is the only reason for the 4, not 5 star.

First note: If you have a Groupon don’t come here anytime soon!!!
I’ll start with the good: The experience itself has the potential to be incredibly fun. Though I wasn’t scared and was incredibly tired by the time we went in, I still felt a mild adrenaline rush. Actors are authentic, and the facility is designed very nicely. Make sure to go with a group of 4 – 5 that love zombie killing as much as you do in order to have the ultimate group experience and live out your COD, Left for Dead, TWD etc dream. Free photo at the end and the guns are pretty cool though a little heavy.
The bad: We waited 4 hours for barely 20 minutes. I am not exaggerating. We got there a little before 8, and luckily we were taken in but actually waited till midnight, 12:02pm to be exact, to experience the fun. As earlier noted, don’t come here anytime soon if you have a Groupon– which is walk-​in admission only. They are overrun by everyone finally making their way to them since Groupon didn’t allow October entrance. THEY WILL TURN YOU AWAY AT 8PM. We just made it, were the last people in line, before they stopped accepting people for the night. Seeing as it took us 1 ½ hrs to get there, I am very grateful for this, because I would have been incredibly upset if we had made the trip, paid the tolls coming from White Plains, just to have to drive all the way back. (To those that would reply or think ‘why didn’t you get there earlier?’ we tried. There was an accident on the Hutch and a lane closure, that had us sit in traffic an extra hour longer. So overall not a great night. Also I spoke to someone who got there at opening that ended up waiting 3 hours to get in, so obviously it didn’t matter. Reservations come first, as they rightly should.)
Since we were basically the last group, our zombies were just done. Who could blame them? I sure can’t. I got into it, led my team through the place, and the actors tried their best, but there was seriously only four actors reused every time, that were just exhausted and not scary. They lied to us from the beginning about how long the wait would be («5 min and you’ll be in». «Now 40 minutes.» «15 minutes top!» If they had been honest and realistic with us up front, we could have at least enjoyed the lounge in shifts so that we didn’t starve/​give our legs a rest. Seriously every time someone in my group tried to walk away, someone that worked there would say «You’ll be going in 5 minutes, have your group with you and your tickets!» The lies were unnecessary and made it harder to look forward to the actual experience.
Overall, I just wish I had planned it better so that I could have truly enjoyed it. It could be really fun if you don’t live more than 30 minutes away, get there early/​pay for reservation and hopefully don’t get stuck with a big crowd. Still, the fact that it was only twenty minutes and it was going that slow was truly disappointing. For the price, I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s worth going again. One time is enough to say you experienced it.

Groupon the tickets, crazy long wait time, took 3 hours to get in, once we were there and inside the acting was good however there was like 5 zombies and that’s it the whole thing took us like 20 min to get through, most of the time it was reloading the guns by the staff, idk what happened this night maybe they got over run by the horde of crowds, but at the end it was dead, the zombies were not even trying anymore and there were so few of them. My advice make reservations for an early time maybe there zombies are more rampant. Be prepared to wait a while. I kind of want my money back becuase if they go to the trouble of making it fun they should atleast keep up the same standard and not bullshit later in the night and make it half as fun. I’ll give it 2 stars, it would of gotten 4 or 5 if we had more then 5 zombies through out the whole thing…
P. s. there is no blue bag of chocolate chip cookies.

The closest zombie experience for The Walking Dead fans. It was SO fun! The actors really got into their zombie characters, so it made the experience even more fun. The workers in the front were «mean» and they warned that the actors inside are going to be mean, but they actually weren’t. I went with a group of 4, and I think it was not too much and not too little. We didn’t get the upgrade, which was okay (I think). The gun was pretty heavy, but it was doable. Overall, being a Walking Dead fan, this was a fun experience.

I happened to spot this place out when my fiancé and I went shopping at the tanger outlet. I immediately wanted to go, because it involved two things: zombies & shooting. This place does not disappoint. The actors are so good and it begins the moment you arrive there. As a lady, I was a bit nervous, but still had so much fun. I even got injured running into my fiancé’s gun, but it was all worth it. I’ve been telling almost everyone I know that loves zombies to come here and they have! You should too!

Came here on Halloween, it was a fun (and abusive) experience and I totally recommend it!!! They’ll accept walk-​ins but make a reservation to be safe. The parking lot is in the back, which is where the actual entrance is.
You go in, get yelled at, made fun of, ridiculed, mocked, and get frightened by zombies. Yes, I paid them to abuse me.
They prep you before you go into this dilapidated warehouse/​prison place — «do not run», «head shots only», «do not go into the cells», etc. Once the zombies are within 2 feet of you, you’re «dead» and they inactivate your gun.
There were a few places where they «revive» you and give you more ammo. I won’t spoil it further. Just go and see for yourself!

We came here on Halloween night and it was perfect because a lot people dressed up which adds to the interactions between us and the actors.
The reservation we made was actually for the week earlier but they let us go in anyway. I’ve seen groupon deals for this place but they don’t accept them in the month of October.
The course itself didn’t feel that long but it was a good enough time (probably 30 minutes?) They do prep you beforehand. Be advised that they’re not going to baby you. Once you walk in, all the actors will be military characters and will ridicule and yell at you. (This is part of the game)
You get a laser gun (actually feels a bit heavy) that you use to shoot the zombies in the head with. Once you shoot the zombies they do come back alive after a few seconds, so for those in the back end of the group, beware of the zombies chasing after you.
They only allow groups of 3 – 5 enter the prison at a time. This is because the elevator can only fit so many people and it will probably be chaotic with too many of us.
NYZ apocalypse was a fun experience and I would do it again. The actors are all very in character and the zombie makeup is pretty accurate (to walking dead standards)

Great experience. I wished it was longer. I was having so much fun, at the end of the course I said, «That was it?» The set looked authentic, and the actors were good at playing zombies. All actors remained in character throughout the night. My boyfriend and I actually felt a rush of adrenaline as we walked in and started shooting at the zombies. The guns were heavy. NYZ is a great experience, but I wouldn’t recommend it to kids younger than 12. Leave your little ones at home. Also, I recommend coming in a group of 4 or 5. We were paired with two other people who came together, and they didn’t give a crap about us lol. We were supposed to stick together as a team.
I bought the combo tickets – NYZ and Chamber of Horrors together. The Chamber of Horrors is 15 minutes away from NYZ. The line was too long, so we just chose to go back to Connecticut. You don’t need to buy the combo. The NYZ experience is fun enough.

Firstly, I will preface this review with a managerial situation that arose while waiting in line. This has nothing to do with the actual shooting part, however, it needs to be addressed and figured out for this place to operate successfully in the long run without major business ramifications.
We had initially purchased our tickets online, the day of, before the facility had opened. We had sealed in a 10:00 spot for a 4 person group. We were a tad late due to traffic, so we arrived around 10:05, after the recommended 15 minute «early arrival». There was little to no instruction as to what to do once you arrive, we just found by word of mouth by other patrons we were to wait in a formed line outside the building. No one checks you in, the reservation is merely a tool for you to be slotted in the next group slot from once you arrive.
Well upon telling an employee we were part of the 10:00 group, we were asked to continue waiting in the line until we were called to enter. Now, I understand supply/​demand, and that they only fit groups of up to 6 into the experience at a time, but the company simply sells at an uncontrollable volume that is well pass capacity for them to handle. There are simply way too many patrons for the little amount of employees, which causes issues when controlling the patrons and helping manage the lines/​crowd.
We went through our two rounds of instructions about weapon safety, etc, before we formed the final line before we entered the arena area as a group to be briefed about the scenario. etc. Since the crowd was immense, they decided to cram everyone up alongside the door to let people in.
At this time, its 1:00am. We had been waiting for 3 hours. The reservations were absolutely meaningless. Don’t worry about purchasing online. It simply does nothing for you.
So now as the crowd had been crammed together, they formed a second line, of the new crowd, to line up against an opposite wall. Unbeknownst to some of the employees, they began taking people in who had just got there when they had a group of 30 people who had been waiting multiple hours and were clearly ahead in the line.
The employees were oddly not understanding of the issue; merely, they expressed that everyone had been waiting a long time. Yes, others had been waiting for 1, 2, maybe even 3 hours like us, but the point is, when you arrive to claim a reservation, it would appear at the very least it would create a first come first serve basis, not serve at random, and that’s what happened. That’s what upset people.
Our line who had been waiting and placed in line to enter the arena was being overlooked and essentially pushed back waiting further out of order. Management took 30 minutes to determine what happened as they located an employee who defended our case. It didn’t help that patrons lied about waiting to the employees to make the situation more difficult to address.
Having said that, the optimal solution would be better logistics at managing reservations and the lines. Don’t group people into blocks and then mix and match people. If you are doing that, assign them a group ID when they get briefed, so they cannot be pushed into the front of the line by mistake.
Unfortunately, it did dampen the experience. They eventually formulated the lines as originally organized by the crew, and we went in for the show.
It was very fun. I will say that, but waiting nearly 4 hours for a 15 – 20 minute haunted house with guns simply wasn’t worth it for me. However, I feel a 3 star rating is quite accurate given the fun experience paired with the poor management. If they had better control over how they sold tickets and perhaps merely turned unpaid customers away or limited reservations for a time slot, they would deserve a better rating.
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I came here for a friend’s birthday back in April. We are still talking about how awesome the experience was. The actors get really into it without making you feel unsafe at any point. Even if YOU try to treat it all like a joke they will certainly never break character. The place is really well designed and laid out and the scoring aspect of it all makes you want to come back.
I’d say the best and scariest part of all of this (in a good way) is that they don’t stick to the classic zombie characteristics you see in movies. So if you come in with that expectation be prepared to shit yourself.

So much better than laser tag! At NYZ Apocalypse the most exciting place in a group is in the back. It’s not for the faint of heart! If your group isn’t hustling forward fast enough – and you all don’t want to dash through and shorten the experience – you’re faced with all these zombies pursuing from behind. I was doing great keeping them back until OMFG my gun jammed and I started racking up «bites.» Fabulous adrenaline rush! A huge zombie cornered me and put my gun in his mouth, and I «shot» him and laughed hysterically. But that’s me. Maybe somebody else would have shit themselves. :D
I love how the entrance to the building is in the rear. It’s smart, because it promotes the immersive feeling right there in the parking lot out of sight of the street. I was impressed by all the exterior and interior design elements that give it a great post-​apocalyptic feel, and the 100% in-​character actors and the excellent makeup. I personally loved how, even though all the «guards» we met were guys, it wasn’t a total testosterfest, there were female actors too. The girl zombies looked as decrepit as the guys and weren’t dressed revealingly or like dead Barbies. It was cool how even the mundane business stuff such as reservations and registration were integrated into the fantasy story. Our group photo with a zombie is priceless! Everything about the place was perfect, including the big comfy lounge and the clean and well-​stocked restrooms. I’m looking for another excuse to spend money on another zombie killing spree.

My son wanted to go for his birthday, I found a groupon so I decide it to try it. The actors never break character, unless you use a panic or help word; Galahad. I have to use the word because I lost my glasses while running for my life. My kids loved it, but me; I’m scarred for life. Not for the faint at heart.

Came here right after my last final exam… It was great! The staff always stayed in character and the preshow was great.
My friends and I had a blast! The zombies were pretty scary though but it was a lot of fun.

Ohh man, is all I can say this place is amazing. The atmosphere was awesome, the «pre-​show» actors were hilarious and didn’t break character for shit. We waited maybe about 45 minutes to get in and briefed but they kept it entertaining regardless.
Once inside it’s a good 30 minutes of adrenaline pumping, first person shooter madness. Being in the back was probably the worst if you are scared cause those zombies are relentless and only stay down like 3 seconds than attack again and chase you. Some guy was even crawling around by our feet which totally freaked me out. Kudos to whomever came up with this idea it was by far the best time I’ve had in a while.
All in all we cannot wait to go again it was a blast.

Seriously this place is legit fun – If you’re a walking Dead fan then this is for you!
Came here on a Saturday around 6, line was already pretty long inside. Paired up with two random «hardcore gamers» so they took it more seriously than I did. Staff remained in character THE WHOLE TIME, and all did an amazing job, even cursing us out and using a lot of profanity (warning: this place is NOT for kids).
Before we went in, we got an option to see the whole facility for an extra $ 5 and to upgrade your weapons for an additional $ 5. We chose both since we figured why the hell not? (I’d say do either or. not worth doing both. upgrade in weapons didn’t drastically change my stats and seeing the whole facility was literally an additional 5 more mins).
The story plot was amazing, the props, designs, zombies etc was on point, scared the black off me. Comparing this place to LIC version: this place is much better.
Highly recommend it to groups, I will be back. #agentDeuce

Zombies!
My girl brought me here for my birthday (hey, I’m a big Walking Dead fan) and I was sort of up in the air on if it would be hokey or not — all I will say is definitely not!
They experience begins right at the front door — you are treated as a new recruit and indoctrinated into the facility, by the time you enter the new recruit registration area, you are starting to wonder just what you got yourself in to…
You are issued weapons and given a safety speech then you head into the underground bunkers where you will have to fight, or die your way out.
I do not want to give away too much other than saying whoever created this thing really had a great artistic eye– you are traversing a zombie overrun building where they come at you from every angle and you had better be on your toes or you are going to be toast.
As you go through each area, it is sort of hard to notice the detail of the place as you are shooting and scooting, but they really add that «extra» touch. Try to notice the restrooms as you work your way through there — it is interesting to say the least.
The whole place changes from checkpoint to checkpoint and I have to admit, by the first checkpoint, my heart was pounding and I was breathing like I just ran a 20 mile marathon — it will definitely make you forget it is not completely «real» and that you are in imminent danger.
The people that work here are just great, as are all the props and the whole facility– anyone that has ever played the old Doom games will feel right at home here.
Parking is in the back– everyone is trying to squeeze into the small lot on Commack road– but the entrance is in the rear and there is a ton of parking back there.
Good luck recruit!