Aw Shucks Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch

Came here for Halloween with my husband, I had seen several people in the area mention it and I can easily say I would not go back. We paid $ 21 to go and walk through the corn maze which wasn’t very impressive and then walk around the property and visit the old train car. It was about a 45 minute drive for us and I could not have been more disappointed with the way things turned out. Definitely not worth the cost of admission.

Hmm well where to start… well we have 5 kids… the ages are 22, 15, 14, 9 and 4 months. We usually take a visit to aw shucks multiple times every fall… we absolutely have to because we cannot juggle all the different things with the kids… we normally go with our 22 year old to the haunted walk through, get hot apple cider, roasted corn, buy novelties in the shop, and leave, then another weekend take the 15, and 14 year old for their own special time and do the same only we do the maze, pick pumpkins, and 2 years ago were able to talk them into doing the haunted walk through which they loved… then we take the 9 year old because she always feels the odd one out and we again do the apple cidar, novelties, buy a pumpkin, do the maze, the train car etc… the 4 month old hasn’t been yet obviously but if we go with just him we will be doing nothing except having a relaxing adult time with our newest member, hot apple cider, roasted corn, some pictures but all in all spend a total of 30 to 60 minutes tops to only buy stuff … so I was told by about 5 different couples with kids I know not to go this year. because they started charging general admission and it’s simply not worth it anymore… to make sure I shot the farm an email explaining that we don’t do any activities with our 4 month old and I got the response of… YES MAAM… everyone pays admission… WOOOWWWW I guess if y ou have one kid and one visit and your doing all the activities you might consider it but in one season … so you mean to tell me my admission alone because my husband and I both attend activities with the kids would be around $ 120 for the season just to pretty much sit there and watch our kids… another $ 70 for haunted walk through be cause the adults take two sets of kids … about $ 40 in pumpkins, around $ 150 to $ 250 in apple cider, corn, novelties, candy…
This place has now become a rip off… they used to have someone at every activity to take tickets… I guess they just got greedy, they don’t even charge like this in long Island NY… you have to be out of your mind to pay this… it is cheaper for us to go to Carowinds and do pumpkins independently. we will find other places to spend our money… because $ 600 on a fall tradition is obsurd

We had our wedding and reception at The Cotton Gin Barn at Aw Shucks Farm on Sunday, 10/​11/​2015, and we could not have been more pleased! Bonnie and her staff are extremely efficient, friendly, caring, outgoing, and they made sure we had absolutely everything we needed to make the wedding/​reception went smoothly. Even our guests and family said this was the nicest venue and staff of people they have ever seen at a wedding, or any other party for that matter! We would highly recommend using The Cotton Gin Barn for any event, and we hope to work with them again in the future. Thank you all for making our special day a huge success!

Our family goes every year to pick up our pumpkins and run the corn maze. The maze is small and easy but is really great for our 3 and 4 year olds. The staff is friendly and helpful. The farm has added so many new things for kids and adults alike.

Our first mistake may have been going after Halloween, our second would be trying to wait to leave Charlotte until after friday night rush hour traffic and not realizing this place is sooo far out there. But, we had a Groupon, and we were going to use it!
The staff was very friendly, but when we checked in they kind of only pointed in general directions, assuming another employee would be at their designated location. This wasn’t the case when we approached the maze. Since no one was manning the station we just went it at the opening, and started walking around. I knew it was supposed to be multiple acres large, but in the dark it didn’t look like it went further that 50 feet and then you hit a tree line, and the corn was so beat up it barely went up over our shoulders, so we definitely should have been able to see some other part of a maze… needless to say some direction would have been appreciated. We spent about 25 minutes in there are then decided that was enough.
They had the tractor going for the hay rides, but again no one was there. The general store is well stocked with sodas, gifts, and novelties, and they have a small restaurant serving up nachos, popcorn, paninis, and the sort. They had a few other activities, but I was a little surprised there were either no lights on it, no one stationed there, or really any life nearby — so not the most inviting.
Maybe our attempt to go later and to miss the big crowds really backfired. Maybe October weekends, with all the lines and waits, really gives you the best experience?

I think this would be a great place for little kids.
Me and some friends went to do the corn maze but since it was the beginning of Nov, the corn Maze was kind of falling apart and not very difficult. They have animals, food and a pond. There was a lot more to do there than I expected.

The maze was pretty scary but super short and a very long wait. They say they sell the last ticket at 11 and close at 11:30.We got there at 9:30 and all we did was the maze. The tractor ride was close, the corn maze was «about to close» and they were shutting off light 10 mins before 11pm. Why sell tickets so late is everything is closing so early? If you’re looking to get scared this is not the place to go ! Just unhappy with the experience and how rude everyone was when it came close to closing. We weren’t the only unhappy campers, other people wanted a refund. They should give u a heads up and let u know that there won’t be enough time for everything! Waste of money!

Aw Shucks is pretty awesome! Great place to take the family for an afternoon pumpkin patch adventure. Plenty of goats, chickens, ponies to pet and feed. They have hay rides, a corn field maze, and even a pretty epic silo slide you have to see to believe!
The food is okay, pretty standard fare with nachos and corn dogs and the like. Really it’s just substance, the activities around the farm are why you’re there. Definitely check out the gift shop though, cool old-​school trinkety stuff.
Highly recommended, but if you want to save some $$, buy your pumpkins elsewhere.

3 star but bumped to 4 for the 13^th Acre Haunted Trail that is associated. This place is actually a really great place to gather as a family, enjoy a corn maze and partake in some really clean family fun. They have a live bluegrass or country band normally and there are other activities like a hayride and little mini playground to keep the kiddies entertained. I will tell you that you’d be hard pressed to spend a whole lot of time here as most of the activities don’t take long. Next year I think we will rent a little spot and grill out as a family and that might be even more fun.
Now, the 13^th Acre Haunted Trail is another story. I don’t have a lot reference for haunted houses, trails, etc. so keep that in mind but I thought this one was very well put together. It takes a solid 15 minutes to walk it and you will be scared so I think it’s certiainly worth the extra costs to do it.
Only downside, no adult beverages… ugh…but they do have a cool old country store with the old time bottled soda and some other neat stuff.