Six Flags Fright Fest

So me and my bf have season passes to six flags we come all the time and spend quite a bit of money here so you can imagine my shock and disbelief when they won’t refund our money or do anything for us when one of the scare actors in the 3d maze kept touching me and followed me out of the maze and continued to touch me. If you know anything about these mazes you can’t touch the actors and they can’t touch you yet this scare actor would not stop touching me even when my bf asked him to stop touching me. We filed a formal complaint with customer service and I use the term very loosely since they offered no refund or any sort of compensation. It was very uncomfortable and creepy to have a man at least three times my size a stranger touching me super inappropriate.

Next time, note to self: read EVERYTHING before you decide to go to an event. I forgot to take a look at the reviews and every single fucking policy before coming here and now I feel like I wasted my money. :/​Bought a season pass and everything, hoping to enjoy this place and, instead, end up walking back to my car, in the farthest parking lot, because I didn’t read that you aren’t allowed to dress up for their fright fest.
What. The. Fuck. On Halloween?! And we aren’t allowed to dress up? And it wasn’t even a full blown costume, it was a onesie, so just a themed pull on. (By the way, its cold as balls, this was gonna be my source of warmth and I’m wearing shorts and a tank top under it.) Thank god I didn’t go out of my way to get fully decked out because if I had gotten turned away like that, I certainly would’ve lost it.
I’m sure six flags is great and all outside of this shitfest. But, if you think I: 1) Skipped out on another event I paid for to try this place out. 2) Drove over an hour away to get here. 3) Had to deal with walking around a whole bunch of strangers, feeling like an idiot as I got back to my car. — and still think I’d give this place a chance, you are sorely wrong. About 400 dollars wrong.
So tl;dr: YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DRESS UP FOR HALLOWEEN ON HALLOWEEN AT A HALLOWEEN THEMED EVENT. So go save your money and head elsewhere. The lines to all the rides seemed long anyway.
Time to go see how to get my money back. :(

Not to impressed with Six Flags Fright Fest. First of all on they way there the police were turning people away starting from the intersection due to overcrowding. Waited in the gas station across the street for an hour and went to six flags. So once we got there it was fine and dandy but couldn’t find any scare zones or mazes. Went to one maze and we were told we had to buy wrist bands which were sold separately. We weren’t aware it wasn’t included with the season passes so that was a BIG disappointment #2. The third thing was it wasn’t scary at all. Unlike Universal and Knott’s their costumes can be pretty intense but Six Flaggs monsters nothing special. But one good thing was we were able to ride like 5 rides from 10pm to 2am so it all wasn’t a waste of a night. Now I know to purchase a maze write band.

It was fun to go with the family. Lots to enjoy and the best part the lines are not long. A very short wait compare to other amusement parks will definitely be back next year. Highly recommend! Just need more zombies, monsters and ghosts walking around park.

I went Friday 10/​17/​2015. I go here every year because I am a loyal Six Flags Customer and its my 4^th year in a row coming to Fright Fest for halloween and this year so far was the most disappointment. I felt like the actors were understaffed as I was just walking throughout the mazes without them scaring me. The only cool maze for me was Toyz 3D. I only come here because I have a season pass so I would not recommend coming here if your buying a single admission. Go to Horror Nights or Knotts Scary Farm instead.

I went yesterday on 10÷18÷15. It was so much fun! I got the express pass for $ 30. It was well worth it. I got to go in every maze and within minutes of showing up. That’s saying something because there were loooong lines. My group and I even got to go on a bunch of rides as well! We got there around 6:40pm and left around 10:30pm because the park closes at 11pm on Sundays. The park itself wasn’t all that packed. It was actually quite empty in some places.
Also, the best maze had to be the Willoughby maze! They send in 4 people at a time so it feels extra scary. The second best was the 3D Toy Maze! The worst one had to be the Garden maze. It just felt like you were walking through a bunch of never ending walls of leaves and there weren’t many scares at all. The second worst has to be Vault 666. It was just boring. I think Aftermath was really awesome! The chupacabra one started off awesome but then quickly got boring.

Don’t expect much from these mazes. There’s a reason why it’s cheap to purchase the admission for them.
Mazes this year were pretty much the same as last year. I understand that this isn’t Universal Studios Halloween Horror Night’s, but why can’t they at least try and make it more believable for us guests?. They need more fog effects for the scare zones. I can spot the scare-​actors from a mile away.
Any who, I come here mainly for the rides. I love riding them at night. Just not a fan of the employees closing the rides earlier than usual. I understand they want to go home but why were some rides closed 10 – 15 minutes prior before the park closed?
Don’t expect much from the mazes. But do come and check the park out tho!

Ok I don’t get all the negative reviews. Fright fest was fine. Was I scared? No but nothing scares me it’s make believe. I don’t expect what these others reviewers expect. I went with my husband and my two kids ages 15 and 12. It was a fun family night out. We did purchase the express maze passes and it was well worth it. We waited about 10 to 15 minutes for mazes. Mazes were fun except the second Willougby maze that was boring, my daughter liked the aftermath maze. We arrived at the park at about 6:45pm and that was perfect the fright fest started at 7pm. My husband and my son have gone to universal horror nights the past three years and said yes universal is better but they still enjoyed fright fest too. I think fright fest is a fun night if you just take it for what it is and enjoy it for what it is and don’t take it so seriously. You need to go to get your maze wristbands when you walk into the park you have the option of upgrading to an express wristband anytime during the night if you feel like the lines are too long for you and the lines were long.

I attended last night on 9÷26÷15 for the Fright Fest here. It was my first time ever doing this haunt or any other haunt at a Six Flags park. Based on all the media, marketing ads, and haunt sources, I had very high expectations for this haunt. As another Unilocaler mentioned, I thought this would be great since it is close to LA, the Entertainment capital of the world. Nope, it was the worse Halloween related event I’ve ever been too!!! I wish I could time back time and save myself from attending last night. I’ll explain myself and give a basic review for the mazes and scare zones spoiler free below. Also, I want to point out that is was very difficult to see the maze entrances in the dark. There was no lighting, signs, or directions to where the line started for Regular or Express. People were always cutting in line. This was suppose to be a rule, but no staff seemed to care.
Mazes: I waited at the gate to the entrances of 3 mazes around 6:40pm. The event starts at 7pm. I didn’t mind waiting because I was excited for this. Well, it was about 7:08pm that the gate finally opened up. Then bam!!! The entire guest took off running, pushing, shoving, and jumping over the ropes to get to the houses. It was horrible!!! The staff couldn’t control of these people. I thought I was going to die and be trumped on, honestly. I didn’t understand the purpose of running like that.
The first group of people didn’t go in till about 7:30pm. The event starts at 7:30pm, so the house should have been ready by then. The staff was unorganized, confused to the amount of people going in, and communication was horrible among them. They only let 15 people in at a time for about every minute. They alternate between Regular and Express lines. So this translates into waiting a very very long time. I am not a fan of conga lines because it destroys the scares and you miss a lot of things.
These mazes had little introductions to them: Vault 666, Toyz of Terror 3D, & Red’s Revenge. You walk inside the first room in the group and are greeted with a short theme. Then you walk through the maze in your group. This tactic reminded me of the Skeleton Key experience at Knott’s Scary Farm for an extra cost, but here at Fright Fest, the experience was lame.
The top 2 mazes that were the best on scares, theme, atmosphere, and maze like were Red’s Revenge and Aftermath. The other 4 mazes are just a waste of time and not scary at all. The props were cheap, mask were just stupid and oversized for the actors, and the maze was boring.
Scare Zones: Ummmm, those are scare zones? I didn’t see one thing that was scary in them. I only saw like 4 or 5 actors just walking around making noise or creeping on girls.
I started at 7pm, went through all the mazes and scares, and got done at midnight. I took no breaks, stops, or any downtime. I went from maze to maze and walked through the scare zones. I had regular wrist band, so this shows you how long the lines are for them. I wouldn’t recommend doing the mazes here at all, unless you have little ones who want to get scared. As for Haunt fans like me, just skip this event period. It is not worth $ 15 for waiting almost an hour & not even get scared. I get scared easily and I didn’t get scared overall. Only a few scares did get me in the Aftermath maze. The guy was in my face and wouldn’t let me walk by. That was it. The creepy girl in the Exile Maze was a great atmosphere scare and she did an excellent job. Kudos to these 2 scare actors out of the whole event!
I am very disappointed with this event. The media and marketing ads are very misleading!!! This was supposed to be bigger, scarier, and most terrifying ever? Well, that is all lies. Sorry Six Flags Fright Fest, but the world must know what lies behind your mask of marketing. Thank you.

Note this is not a review of Six Flags, but specifically of the «Fright Fest» elements of the park.
This is a fun event. They set up «fright zones» where actors in costume startle guests who wander through those zones. The actors also wander the park among the guests. They have fog generators to add ambiance. It’s all fun. I got a «free» maze pass and did one of the mazes. Honestly, I didn’t think much of it. I wouldn’t pay extra to go through them.
The «Fright Feast» dinner is OK. The show that went with it was just a magic show. Nothing special, or even particularly good. The food choices could have been more varied, but it was decent food. And you could go back for more (until they run out). There is an extra fee for this too.
The best part, besides the general ambiance, is that the park stays open until 1am. That’s a LOT more riding!!!

Very crowded, only got on 2 rides and had to pay $ 30 to upgrade to the express pass in order to do the mazes. ($ 15 for regular maze pass or $ 45 for express pass). It was worth it though, got to do almost all the mazes! Very fun! There was one, Total Darkness that was pitch black. That was more fun than scary. Another one, the After Math was like a movie set, after a zombie apocalypse. You wander through a desecrated city, with big props like cop cards. Lots of smoke so you really feel like you’re walking through an explosion. There was a Toy Factory maze too that was really cool. You wear 3D glasses, and the walls are painted with neon 3d paint, so it seems like the stuff on the walls is popping out at you. Also the actors are wearing 3d paint to it’s pretty trippy! The traditional haunted house maze was really really scary, felt like being in the movie Saw or Hostel.
Had a blast! Only downside is we only got to do two rides. Would definitely like to come back to do. .. Goliath, Superman, and Lex Luther next time.

This review is only for Fright Fest. How can they charge a separate fee for the mazes? They have been doing it for years but it gets more expensive every year. No other park does that, if you pay $ 60 to get in, you get to go on rides and mazes! C’mon magic mountain this is why you guys are known as the ghetto park.

I went with a friend last Friday and we had so much fun!
We got there at 4, no line to get in and barely any lines for rides. We went on Tatsu, X2, Viper, Revolution, Goliath and Lex Luther all by 7:00.
We ate burgers (all kinds there) and had a beer at the sports bar. Pretty good food and a nice break.
Then it was time to get scared!!! If you are «too cool» to be scared don’t bother coming. Suspend your belief and let off some stress by screaming.
We went on all the mazes except for Willouby’s (the line was over an hour). All the other mazes were 30 minutes or less. We also hit up all the scare zones, rode Goliath again and Riddler’s Revenge and headed home at 1am.
Some mazes were better than others but we liked them all. The Red Ridding and the Toy one were my favorites. Amazing detail and very cool effects.
The scare zones were different every time we went through. Sometimes there were lots of scares sometimes it seemed the actors were on break and not much was happening. Some of the actors makeup and costumes were quite convincing. Sure the actors weren’t really scaring people near Batman but the makeup was awesome to look at.
The rides in the dark were thrilling, We almost got lost going to Riddler’s Revenge because it was so dark. Even the line area leading up to the ride wasn’t lit. We couldn’t find Scream in the dark!
The park was all done up. Scary sounds, lights and cool little set pieces all over. At times my friend and I felt like we were the only ones there.
Great night with lots of laughs and screams!
Congrats to all the people making it look so good. Looked especially cool from the top of Goliath!

Two years ago they hit a home run!!!
This year they fell short. The mansion is a great maze. The Houdini maze rocks!!! I actually think that one was better this year because of the real magician performance. The Red Revenge & the one across from it 666 were pretty great and had wonderful staff and actors. The rest were ok. I actually thought the blackout maze was a waste of time because it wasn’t dark enough. The band and the scare zones were a pretty big failure this year with the performers. A few of the stilt walkers were great and a couple of performers really try but the zones just aren’t done well and too many actors are just doing photos and not scaring anyone. The hypnotist is ok. We don’t ride rides but it’s cool that you can. They do an ok job on purging the lines through the mazes. If you don’t have a fast pass you might have to go more than once.

I attended fright fest for the first time 10÷4÷14. I have been to all the other major attraction parks for their Halloween events (Disneyland, Universal Studios, Knotts), but wanted to finally try Magic Mountain this year. However, I was disappointed! There were only parts of the park decorated for Halloween. I hardly seen any employees dressed up as monsters. This place has so much potential, but I felt like only half the effort was put into this event. The mazes were not scary what so ever and super short. I will most likely not attend Fright Fest again.

Our yearly tradition! Got there around 1pm, breezed through the lines on all the rides, had lunch, got on more rides, sat around, then got on more rides! It was so empty we didn’t know what to do with ourselves! The lines for the mazes were ridiculously empty! The mazes were, however, better than I remember!!! They added more props and a lot more monsters!!! The scare zones were still pretty lackluster but I applaud the upgrades to the mazes. My only disappointment was the Whilloughby’s didn’t have they’re camera working. I didn’t get a souvenir picture this year!!! My boyfriend and friend got stuck at the top of Lex Luther for a few minutes so I thought I was going to spend the rest of my weekend as a single lady, but since he was returned to me in near perfect condition, we’ll be back to check out the new Christmas décor!

My nightmare experience with Magic Mountain and their Season Passes
Where do I begin… Let’s go back to December 2013… and I saw a special that if you buy 4 or more passes you get upgraded to Gold. I was excited by this promotion, but I wanted to give the tickets to my kids for their birthdays in Feb and March. I called MM and inquired that if I purchased the passes in December, that I could hold on to them and give them to the kids on their b-​days. They said yes, so I purchased 3 passes for my family and 2 for another family.
Now fast forward to February when I gave my son his paper pass. I dropped him off with a bunch of his friends and told him to go get his pass processed. To my surprise… he waits in line for over an hour and is told that he had to have his pass processed in December to have been given the free and upgrade to Gold. So, I get in my car with the other paper passes in hand and go to the processing center. I am told I have to wait in line AGAIN. Another hour goes by and I get up front and ask to speak to a manager. I am directed to a red haired young fellow who tells me that I have to pay $ 20 for every pass to be upgraded because I did not process it by the December deadline. I calmly explain how I had called and how I gave it to my children for their B-​days. He told me that I was lying and that there was no way to prove that I called. I asked to speak to his manager and I was told that he was in charge of it ALL. By this time the kids have been standing around for 2 hours. I was done and paid the $ 60 (2 had already been processed) for them all to be upgraded. I left really annoyed.
Fast forward to March. I gave my daughter her pass for her b-​day along with the $ 20 receipt and said happy b-​day and go get your pass processed. She waits in line for an hour and is then told to go to guest relations because they are having a hard time processing it. She goes to Guest Relations and they give her a gold pass. Yay!
Fast forward to today. We all come to HH for the day. I enter the parking kiosk and give him my gold pass…“I’m sorry but you do not have parking on this”…so, I give him my son’s pass and then my daughter’s pass… with the same story…“I’m sorry, you do not have parking in these.” I am told to go to the annual pass line to fix it. I’m upset, but I pay for parking. I then enter the Annual Pass line and wait for an hour to be helped. After 20 minutes of the lady typing in numbers I am told to go to guest relations in Hurricane Harbor. I go to guest relations and see that I am #9 in line with one person helping the other guests. Another hour had passed. I’m really annoyed and I call the guest relation number as I am waiting in line. I am on hold for 10 minutes and I am prompted to leave a message and someone WILL CALL ME BACK! That was 9 hours ago. No callback yet. But I did get my turn in line and it took her 5 minutes to fix. Yay! No apology for their mistake and yes, it was their mistake.
Now I’m hungry so I walk by the restaurant and order a turkey flatbread sandwich…15 minutes and finally I get my sandwich. THAT’S MY EXPERIENCE! Just feeling annoyed and what was supposed to be a fantastic day!
Tips:
* Never believe anything Magic Mountain says over the phone
* Expect them to call you a liar (I am a GS and a teacher)
* Expect them to waste hours of your time with no apology
* Expect to have horrible customer service
* Remember… Next time go to Disneyland or Raging Waters

This event is great if you don’t want to be the least bit frightened, but want to go to a Halloween event. On second thought if that’s the case you should go to Disneyland, at least their Halloween event is correctly advertised. Fright Fest is more like a smelly game of charades at a distant relative’s house. And I mean literally smelly: the odors of the excessively used fog, people in the lines, and actors were almost as offensive as the line cutters and inattentive employees.
If I didn’t have a season pass I would’ve skipped this entire event since my previous Six Flags Fright Fest experience at Six Flags New England was disappointing, but I figured since this is so close to LA, the land of makeup artists, actors, and special effects professionals, this Fright Fest would be worthwhile. I was wrong.
The lines for the mazes were ridiculously long, which would have been fine if the mazes were at least a little scary, and took slightly longer than 3 minutes to get through. The actors’ tactic of screaming in my ear or blowing on my neck just made me want to take a purell bath. It was not frightening beyond making me concerned about their germs.
Additionally, an excessive amount of people cut the line. Boarding passes were handed out at each maze when we first got in line, but not one maze collected them. If you’re going to hand those out at least pretend to enforce the «no line jumping» rules. Most of the security guards were too busy hitting on underage girls to do their jobs, which was probably the most horrifying thing I witnessed at Fright Fest.
Everything about Fright Fest made me want to vomit. I will never go back, especially when there are so many other Halloween activities in Los Angeles. Don’t waste your time, or money.

So Six Flags Fright Fest proved to me that in the event of a zombie apocalypse… I would be zombie chow in about 3 seconds. I was amazed at how scared I actually got! It was so fun though so I went twice. And I had two different experiences.
1: I went with my friend, her brother, and his friend (she and I are in the pic I posted). Not knowing what to expect, we were pretty naïve. There was lots of screaming and our instant reaction was to hug each other tight and shut our eyes hoping they would go away. Nope. Nope, that doesn’t happen. They just wait there in your face until you open your eyes again and get even more scared.
2: Then I went with my best friend, more knowledgable as to where the scare zones are and what to expect, this time getting the maze passes. (The huge one that blows up fire is amazing. Its like walking through a real life Walking Dead Scene). There was one «Hillbilly Zombie» that really almost made me pee my pants. We were just walking by the arcade/​game area when out of no where BANG! this hillbilly zombie slaps a shovel against the ground and my instant reaction was to shot «SON OF A-​!!!» (I never finish that sentence) and this zombie comes sprinting up to me and looks me dead in the eye just stops in front of me and stares. I took a step back and he took a step closer. again. again. and then i was like «BYE!» and ran. oh my gosh. it was intense and scary and for a minute I really believed this dude was a zombie.
I will most definitely go again next October. It was so fun.
Also, there was this Peter Pan and Wendy enter the hell of Fright Fest musical concert thing… I don’t remember the details but they had A7X in it and that was very cool.

Oh my! This was incredible! the makeup on the monsters was Universal Studios Amazing!!! now i’ve never been to the halloween at Universal. but seriously these monsters looked real!!!
the fog on the rides…
the monsters scaring and creeping…(and yes… your little one’s will probably cry)
the park open till midnight!!!
also there are a few activities for the little one’s…trick or treating, arts and crafts and some other things… fun for the whole family!
i can’t wait till next year! i already bought my 2012 season pass for the whole family