Realm of Terror Review 2024
Realm of Terror Review 2024
Halloween Blast visited Realm of Terror this weekend. They are located at 421 W Rollins Road, Round Lake Beach 60073. Tickets prices range from $25.99 to $55.99 depending on the package you choose. Parking is free. Wear comfortable clothing and dress appropriately for the weather as the wait to get into the haunted house is outside.
When you buy your ticket, it will have a number on it. In their midway area, there is a tv by the entrance to the haunt. Once your number comes up, you may enter the haunt. In the meantime, you can check out some activities in their midway. If you have an express or vip ticket, you will skip the virtual waiting line. They have a lot of activities to do such as tossing the brain games, photo ops, food spots with walking tacos and a gift shop. There is a lot to do before going into the haunt and afterwards as well.
Last year, we entered the haunt through the house, but now we enter through a small cabin-like thing, so they switched up the entry point of the haunt. Once we entered the haunt, we got stuck in the first room. We didn’t know how to get out. We were wondering how we would progress further into the haunt when we first walked into what we thought was a dead end. Luckily, there was a secret way out. While walking through the haunt, we came across curtains that were blowing that made you think about horror movies and it’s when you’re least expecting anything to happen, but they had people behind a few curtains to pop out and scare you. They did a great job with costumes blending into this part. One of Karen’s favorite rooms was the pumpkin area. She loved how it was filled with pumpkins and Jack O’lanterns everywhere. That was so cool! She said it somewhat reminded her of catacombs, but it is pumpkins instead of skulls. There was even a living breathing pumpkin in there that tried to attack us!
There was also a cabin-like room that was moving while walking through it. It was their spin on a tilted room, but it would tilt up and down instead of always being slanted. You had to keep adjusting how you would stand to get all the way around. This was a wonderful design by the Realm of Terror crew. We absolutely loved it!
Lastly, a part of the haunt that we loved was the dark maze. It wasn’t always our favorite before, but now it is because they changed it! You are actually walking through the darkness, but it wasn’t just a dark maze. There is now stuff happening in the dark! Karen actually got scared a couple of times. Although the maze wasn’t just all blacked out, they had parts where lights would appear so you were relieved for a second that you could see, then it became flashing lights and monsters would pop out. Be aware of flashing lights, monsters creep in from where you least expect! After you survive the dark maze, then you enter a fog maze where it is lit up but fog everywhere makes it near impossible to see where you are going. Trust us, it was not easy trying to escape this maze; fun and terrifying, but not easy.
In the end, we had a blast at Realm of Terror. The only thing we wished for was to see more of the haunt. They do an amazing job with the rooms and everything. The pumpkin area was amazing and some of the rooms are very gory walking through them. Like we said, Realm of Terror does a great job with room designs and detail. If you haven’t visited Realm of Terror yet, then what are you waiting for? Go check them out!
