I really dug this house, I was already going in pretty intrigued and excited, but add me to the boat that found this house more intense than I expected. It takes good advantage of all the disorienting funhouse and light effects to hit you with some pretty good scares, speaking of scares, this house actually gave me the two biggest single scares of my trip.
One was during my final run, where one of the first toad monsters got a real good one on me. I ended up off-balance and leaned up on the opposite wall while my legs proceeded to flail about trying to get back upright, but it was a Scooby-Doo moment as I was going nowhere and just kept sliding on the wall. I ended up laughing during it since it was all happening in slow motion, and it was amusingly absurd.
But the big one went to the toad further in house, I was distracted looking around the scene since the other one wasn't there. Next thing I knew they busted out with a point blank/in-your-face scare, and I hit the floor in less than a second. That is the 2nd time a scare hit me that good and it doesn't happen often. (The 1st time was the catacomb candle scare in Graveyard Games). What made it better was the couple behind me didn't see the monster, they only saw me hit the ground, and they were wondering what the heck got me. Right on cue, they turned their heads just in time for the toad to fly out of a different spot and destroyed them. Be careful what you wish for, folks! And then came the kicker, after the house the couple admitted to me, they thought the house was going to be straight garbage, but they ended up loving it. It's a statement I heard quite a bit over my trip, so both the design team and the casts are serving plenty of crow.
And yes, the queue is honestly a great vibe. It just puts everyone in a good mood and creates the right hype for the house, and it's a fairly sizable loop, too. The sing along to Save Your Tears can make for a cool moment, and the Dawn FM songs work incredibly well in here, especially Take My Breath, Don't Break My Heart and Sacrifice.
One was during my final run, where one of the first toad monsters got a real good one on me. I ended up off-balance and leaned up on the opposite wall while my legs proceeded to flail about trying to get back upright, but it was a Scooby-Doo moment as I was going nowhere and just kept sliding on the wall. I ended up laughing during it since it was all happening in slow motion, and it was amusingly absurd.
But the big one went to the toad further in house, I was distracted looking around the scene since the other one wasn't there. Next thing I knew they busted out with a point blank/in-your-face scare, and I hit the floor in less than a second. That is the 2nd time a scare hit me that good and it doesn't happen often. (The 1st time was the catacomb candle scare in Graveyard Games). What made it better was the couple behind me didn't see the monster, they only saw me hit the ground, and they were wondering what the heck got me. Right on cue, they turned their heads just in time for the toad to fly out of a different spot and destroyed them. Be careful what you wish for, folks! And then came the kicker, after the house the couple admitted to me, they thought the house was going to be straight garbage, but they ended up loving it. It's a statement I heard quite a bit over my trip, so both the design team and the casts are serving plenty of crow.
And yes, the queue is honestly a great vibe. It just puts everyone in a good mood and creates the right hype for the house, and it's a fairly sizable loop, too. The sing along to Save Your Tears can make for a cool moment, and the Dawn FM songs work incredibly well in here, especially Take My Breath, Don't Break My Heart and Sacrifice.
