Kings Island Halloween Haunt 2013 Review

Kings Island Halloween Haunt: Mason, OH

Delta Delta Die
This was a new haunt at Kings Island this year and was loads of fun to go through. Although not extremely scary, it was more entertaining and comical and definitely worth checking out. The haunt was reminiscent of a college sorority or fraternity gone bad (or worse than usual). The usual characters were present from the couch potato watching TV oblivious to visitors to the drunken girls passed out in the chair, the football players and everything else in between. It was right on with all of the scenes and very creative. The actors were excellent as well.

Oh my God Becky look at her Blood!
She looks like one of those Vaaampires! Ewe. Gross!
Delta Delta Decent – OMG!

Board to Death
This was another new haunt this year and turned out to be our favorite one of all! Not much in the line of scares but very entertaining trying to guess what board game each room was depicting. The scenes were larger than life and the actors were fun and interacted with the reviewers to make it more realistic. We loved the Candyland room and the Battleship room complete with the sound effects of the ship blowing up.

A Haunt entirely themed around board games! The host was a little person with a monocle and a top hat straight out of Monopoly. The deck of Cards was well placed and quietly creepy! A fresh Haunt at King’s island this year that scares the high marks!

Urgent Scare
This particular haunt has really outlived it’s scare. The scenes were very dark and with the fog added, most were hard to even see what was going on. None of the actors interacted with the reviewers at all. Mostly just grunted or groaned or called for help as we walked along. Either get more lighting or don’t use so much fog because most of the scenes were lost in the poor light.

In this haunt you will be grossed out by both sight and smells. Rancid! The length of the haunt was good. The Hospital theme kind of limits the creativity and the lighting was not dark enough.

Club Blood
Club Blood was a bit disappointing this year compared to years past. There were quite a few less actors in the haunt and many areas had no one in them at all. Very sparse scares and not as many vampires as in the past. This one could use some more actors and more scenes. Not my favorite haunt this year.

Too much party. Not enough scare.

Slaughter House
If you like blood, body parts and gore then this is the haunt for you. Plenty of parts – both animal and human, plenty of meat-clever wielding butchers and down home folks wanting to “have you for dinner”. The floor was even sticky with the blood. Gory fun fest for the whole family!

The Slaughter house design provided a lot of good places for startling customers but the actors that night didn’t take full advantage. Also I would suggest scares from above and below.

Graveyard Shift
This was a show and not a haunt so the scare factor would not apply. The show was fun and entertaining with lots of singing and dancing from some very talented young actors. It was a nice change of pace and a much needed rest from the haunts. Would recommend seeing this show if your feet need a break.

Overall
Kings Island always provides a first class, diversified haunt experience and this year was no exception. For the money, it is the best value anywhere around. Go see for yourself!!! They continually provide a fun Halloween experience year after year!

Overall score: 2.33 Skulls (Above Average)

Check out our photos from this trip!

Visit their web site at haunt.visitkingsisland.com