Texas Scaregrounds

Ditto Kaysee’s review. Not scarry at all, pass on this one.

A wise band called the Eurythmics once said. Everybody is looking for something. Well. if you are looking for a GOOD haunted house, worth the 45+ mile drive, for the love of God do NOT waste your time on the Texas Scaregrounds. Overall it was so crappy that I want to call the management and demand not only my ticket money back, but the five bucks we paid to park PLUS the gas money to drive way the hell out to Kennedale, TX. Who knows where that is, anyhow?
First, like I said, it was a LONG drive out there. Google maps sucks, but that’s another story. We drove out there, approached the haunted house and were a little surprised to see it was a bunch of warehouses. I mean, I’ve been to GOOD haunted houses that were warehouses… but based on the reviews, we expected a little more. So… We pulled in and were told it was five dollars to park. Okay. So we paid that, like the good little sheep that we are. Parked, waited in line for a good long while and bought our 25 dollar tickets (28 without the 3 dollar coupon you can print from their website). First we went to the Chaos haunted house. It was the best one at the Texas Scaregrounds by far. I, personally, am pretty wimpy, and easily startled, and it was okay. We enjoyed it well enough. Unfortunately, it all went downhill from there. We went to the Asylum next, and it was not as interesting or as startling. It was fairly dull.
Then… we went on the haunted hayride. Okay, so the employees TOLD us that it was the most ‘family friendly’ attraction. But… really, what they meant that it was quite possibly the most pathetic thing I have ever experienced at a «haunted» attraction ever. We stood in line to RIDE the stupid hayride probably three times as long as we were actually ON it. I don’t even know how to describe it other than incredibly boring, pathetic and a huge, huge waste of time. It was like a bad joke. Worse than a bad joke. Seriously. Painfully bad. Three people in masks following a trailer being pulled by a suburban does not really make a haunted hayride, sorry.
After that pathetic experience, we figured we might as well try and squeeze out a little more for our wasted money and went to the «nightmares» haunted house. The only nightmare was the stupid line. It was really boring, and rather short. I can’t even be bothered to write much about it.
All I can REALLY say is we will NEVER waste our time going to Texas Scaregrounds again. I rather go to Screams and I am really not even impressed by Screams. Next year, hopefully we can find something to erase our sad memories of the WORST HAUNTED ATTRACTION EVER!

After last week’s Haunt at Hangman’s, the group decided to gamble on the Texas Scaregrounds, another haunt that none of us had visited. It was interesting to drive in and be greeted by a Headless Horseman. Thinking we are VIPs, we decided to go the extra mile and purchase the combo VIP ticket to bypass the lines ($ 35 per person with the online coupon)
As usual, we started with the lowest scare attraction: The Haunted Hayride. Folks coming off said «lame»…I admit it was not the best hayride I’ve been on, but plenty of actors (not afraid to get ON the trailer with you)…good warm up for the heart. From there we went to Nightmares… oh my. I don’t want to spoil anything, just get ready to jump (and run). The other two were also good haunts, but Nightmares was old-​fashioned scare. All of these haunts had plenty of actors, misdirection, lots of chainsaws, and none rated less than a four for me. Again, I am into old-​school scare, not animatronics or «scenes».
It takes a LOT for my «no-​scare» gf and she was running through Nightmares and walking briskly through the other two! It is a bit far away, but this haunt is well worth the drive, price per person, and skipping the lines if you’re willing to pay the extra.
I would recommend approaching the haunt in this order: Haunted Hayride, Chaos, Asylum, then Nightmares. BTW, parking inside the scaregrounds is $ 5 and across the street is $ 3.
Check back next week for my review of Reindeer Manor (which has the newly added Dungeon of Doom).