MadWorld Haunted House Review (2017)

The Cast of MadWorld are wonderful.

The cast members are very verbal with quips, jokes, creepy quotes, tortured cries and screams. The haunters working the fairway might have complete masks but they do a good job of expressing themselves and bringing scares. The haunters inside are predominately in make-up with introductory dialogue for each of the major scenes and some occasional minor lines scattered through-out.

There are no animatronics in MadWorld – just actors working their hardest to bring fright to the customers. This year, there are a lot of new haunters learning their trade at MadWorld, but overall they’ve done a great job of dropping into character.

There are few masks inside the haunt itself, though there are plenty of great masks on the fairway outside. The fairway actors are decked out in detailed costumes with elaborate masks and make-up – appropriate since they’re in the spotlight and in close interaction with guests.

With over a hundred haunters working, the staff at MadWorld do a great job of getting everyone in makeup and appropriate costumes for a wide variety of scenes.

Visitors are encouraged to spend time in the fairway, interacting with the various masked miscreants who roam up and down – from the horrible vampire and Baby Doll to the Pumpkin King and Krampus.

MadWorld sits near the end of a dead end street adjacent to the interstate. There are plenty of large signs and lots of staff (from the parking crew to management inside) to be found. The whole haunt is focused on entertainment and providing that entertainment to a wide variety of people.

All that said, the haunt is primarily a walking trail that spans over a half-mile through the Upstate woods and hills. From the moment you step off of the ‘elevator’ of the ruined hotel, you’ll be traversing assembled rooms and walking a wooded trail. The ground is uneven in places and in the dark, so that can be a bit of an experience on its own.

Did we mention that MadWorld was all about fun? Because it is! A wide variety of effects await your visit inside the haunt to tease a variety of your senses. All of these are mingled into the scenes where they appear in ways that fit the internal themes.

Some of the rooms are quite unusual and fun to navigate.
A wide variety of sound effects are used throughout the attraction, but some places had more sound than others. Other effects you’ll see include fog, lasers, pressure tunnels, lots of details, static props, swamp rooms and, sometimes, several of them at once!

There isn’t really a unifying theme across MadWorld’s haunt.
All of the scenes, however, are separate and distinguishable from one another.

None of these scenes repeat what the others do – there are zombies breaking free from the CDC and there are cannibals in the diner and never the two shall meet.

These individual scenes are well executed and if one scene doesn’t scare someone in your group, the next one might. This variety of scenes is something common in a lot of haunts and while it does its job of providing a variety of scares here, it would be amazing to see what the MadWorld crew would do if focused down on a single theme.

MadWorld remains a solid haunt with a great value for the time and money spent. Though some groups may vary, it took us about 30-ish minutes to make our way through MadWorld. With a general admission price of $28, guests can generally expect to get just over 1 minute of entertainment per dollar spent. Fast pass tickets can be purchased for $45 and a combo ticket to the haunt and family fun zone can be had for $35.

The carnival-like atmosphere of the central fairway is a great place to spend some time both before and after your visit through the haunt. The crew are constantly looking for ways to improve the value and entertainment for their guests.