Long post but I'm gonna try to be detailed as to why I'm giving them 2 stars.
First off, I've done just about every haunted attraction between Greensboro and the coast minus maybe 1 or 2 now. This was one of my last places to check out mostly because the idea of a hayride as the main attraction vs walking is automatically going to lessen the scares.
We got there about 7:30pm, got in line and there was 1 security guy wanding people. That created a long wait just to get past security. They really need 2 security people there. Get to the front of the line only to be told no bags allowed, so my wife had to return to our car to drop her bag, and then we had to wait another 10 mins to go back through the entire line again. There's a giant banner with prices right by security, they need a sign there stating no bags. There is a small sign once you get past security on the ticket office, but that can't be seen from the security checkpoint. We saw lots of people have the same issue as us having to go back to the car.
Once past security, there's supposed to be separate lines for cash, online, and VIP to get to the ticket office. Multiple ropes were broken and nobody was out there controlling the crowds so everyone just piled in to one long line.
After making to the ticket booth we were told to see a lady at a table to get further directions. The lady wrote down our phone number and name, said we would get a text when its time to join the line for the hayride. Its important to note there was never any mention of how long that may take. Its also a really terrible system on how to do that because if she writes down the wrong number you're screwed (just use ticket #'s Like other haunts do!) . All we were told is you can go visit "The Darkness" while you wait.
So thinking it likely wouldn't take that long based off our history of doing many other haunted places and having gotten there before 8pm, we went straight on to The Darkness and did it. Overall it was okay, it's not totally dark except in certain spots. There were 2-3 actors total inside. Nothing great but not bad. You cannot access their "third attraction" Hella Acres until the end of the hayride so there's nothing else to really do other than the Darkness.
From there we roamed their small midway and walked through their "Murder Market" which appears to be a bunch of stuff they bought at Spirit Halloween and are re-selling. I want to point out there were 4 people sitting inside this market doing absolutely nothing that could have been helping control the lines outside to get in or helping with security instead of just sitting behind the counter.
They offer a few midway games and 2 mini escape rooms, however it seems you have to pay for these before entering and there's no place to pay for them once inside. Something that doesn't make much sense.
So then we waited... and waited... and waited. There's one small bleacher set but otherwise nowhere to sit at and nothing to do. Around 8:30 we asked the table lady about how long it would be and she said "idk maybe an hour".
About 9pm, we still hadn't gotten out text so we approached a different worker at the front of the hayrdie que. She was super nice but basically said she had no idea either. While talking to her we could see a different lady who was clearly the one texting the numbers and controlling who gets on to the actual hayride. She seemed to be arguing with multiple male staff members. It seemed they had no clue what all was going on either.
Finally at 9:29 we got our text, nearly 2 hours after getting there. It took another 15 mins to go through the corral to get on the ride. And once loaded on there was no driver for our tractor. Another few minutes go by and a man shows up who clearly isn't the normal driver but says he will take us.
Overall the hayride was okay. A lot of really good themes and decor. But lacking scares. Multiple times we were touched and lots of foul language by the clowns. I didn't care but kids may. There are better haunts available with less...
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