Aurora MAZE at Adventure farm — Local services in Aurora

Do NOT pay 5 extra dollars for additional paintballs for the zombie hunt, that there’s no guarantee you’ll even get them, as they informed us after the fact. You can buy tickets for extra paintballs at the festival or slip the worker a $5 bill for a supposed 50/50 chance of “extra” paintballs?!?!? It’s a COMPLETE rip off. I was never told there were 2 parts to the the maze. It’s about a hour drive from Springfield (we left about 730pm) and they advertise that they close at 10pm, and thank God for the “corn cops” that ushered us and 30 others out, because we’d been going in circles for at least 30 min. My issue was with this 17 yo girl with some type of superiority complex on the zombie apocalypse game. We were the last ride of the night. Lady explaining rules promises to get us up front. Nope. There was a total of 5 ppl on that truck and they squeezed all 5 of us right next to each other. There was a malfunction of the guns, the driver stops abruptly, most of us fall…they claim to have fixed the guns but I felt safer sitting on the other side after falling and my gun continued to malfunction. This girl, MAYBE 16 yo, starts yelling at me that if I don’t get up and try to use my gun she’ll call her “big boss” on me. I stated I wanted a refund and she lost it. Her co worker had to continue to tell her to calm down, as I was telling her, myself. She was asking if I was just dumb or stupid? Or drunk or high? Only after I said that I would not ask for a refund, she started to calm down. She is most definitely not experienced enuf for the any job, completely unprofessional, rude, and hateful. I spent over $100 for myself and 2 others, without getting the full experience of either activities-just verbally assaulted, physically hurt, and disappointed. Zombie hunt...

We had so much fun at the maze.

Inside the barn is pretty fun. My boys (5&8 at the time) loved the bouncy house and slide and probably would have stayed right there all night had I let them!

We hit the maze before dark ON PURPOSE!!! None of us like being scared!! There were no scarers in the first half of the maze. We didn't know the second side was the "haunted" side and went anyway. It was a little too scary for my little ghouls, but I admit they're a sensitive to scary stuff.

We were there early season. The good food trucks (The taco truck) weren't there until the 3rd week. That kind of makes sense because it was SUPER BUSY later in the season and a good truck needs crowds to be profitable 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

We did try the Zombie Harvest. We ran out of ammo fast! If you buy the extra paintballs at the front, that'll make your trip more worth it. Go earlier in the evening (and earlier in the season) to avoid lines. The peak season lines went until 2am to get all paying customers through! I didn't truly enjoy the harvest, but the boys LOVED it... the zombies were scary, but the boys were safe up in the truck. 😁

Overall, the boys were BEGGING to return. My big kids went with church group and had fun with karoake and...

Breathe exhaust, be assaulted by aggressive characters and wait in line for one of 2 portapotties for 40 minutes. The chainsaw man and the wolf were offensively aggressive— you are cautioned by Sheriff’s deputies not to touch the characters yet those two repeatedly placed their bodies so close, and blocking the path/exit, that you could not pass unless you allowed their body to touch yours. They also don’t back down once the fright they sought is delivered and seek to repeatedly affront you. One teenager had a true panic attack caused by the chainsaw man’s aggression. More aptly titled a horror corn maze. Additionally, utilizing chainsaw exhaust to fill a tunnel with ‘smoke’ is a health hazard. The characters who were most effective for a fun yet spooky [haunted] ambiance were those hidden with shakers, or who merely stood amidst the corn. The venue is dirty and dusty. The food was unappetizing except for the street tacos! Having to rent heat (bonfires) for an extra $10 per hour on top of your $10 entry fee is egregious. There were 500+ people in attendance and 2...