10/31/2025
Midway Wicked Woods is an outdoor attraction located at the Midway Campground Resort in Statesville, NC. This attraction features a hayride and a haunted trail. The trail is made up of various scenes with different themes. Inside you will find clowns, horror movie monsters, animatronics, and a dark maze.
Scenes: I loved the entire little pre-haunt area that you went through before you got to the line. I honestly felt like this was the best part of the entire attraction. Inside the main part, they use quite a few animatronics. The scenes themselves are well done. Good use of light tunnels and distractions. I loved the hydraulic bridge as well as the use of hanging bodies in the clown area. Many of the animatronics are positioned too close to the crowd. One nearly knocked me over, and another hit me in the head. I loved the art in the 3D area and the toxic fountain. I loved the use of the battery claws on the ceiling for Freddy. Many of the scenes looked great but didn’t have much happing in them, almost as if actors were out of place.
Scenes: 3.5/5
Costumes: Costumes were good and looked professionally done. They had great masks and makeup effects. The clown costumes were well done and unique. Great Freddy and Jeepers costumes. Nice costume on the clown in the dark maze.
Costumes: 5/5
Actors: The best actors in the attraction were the ones in the area before the main line. They did a great job and got me once. Many of the actors focused on the other people in our group and we later came to find out they the actors knew them. This meant that my friend and I were mostly ignored and missed most of the jump scares. At one point we even had one of the actors jump out like they were going to try to scare us only to ask us where Cole was. There were also quite a few actors that just stood around in their scene, not doing much. Some of the actors were even a bit rude. At one point I went to push open a door only to have it slammed back onto my hand. Another actress, being totally serious, called people in our group stupid. I did enjoy the actors playing Freddy and the actor that was the clown in the dark maze. Both were entertaining.
Actors: 1.5/5
Crowd Control: Control was an issue from the start. The group that we were sent in with was way too large. We missed most of the scares due to crowd bunching and the fact that the actors focused on their friends that were going through with us. At one point we ran into 2 other customers that were just randomly waiting in the corner of one of the hallways and said that they were “waiting on their friends.” By the time we got to the dark maze, it was basically a conga line of people and stayed that way until the end.
Crowd Control: 1/5
Atmosphere: The hayride and opening trail are fantastic. They get your hopes up for what you expect is going to be a good time. I loved the little car chase in the hayride. The issue is that the hope doesn’t follow through. There are some great little creepy moments like someone standing at the end of a strobe hallway and maniacal laughing clowns however most of the attraction feels like a free-for-all. It feels like no one involved has much control over things. They have some great sound designs with creepy music and sound effects. The lack of any decent crowd control, however, just ruins the experience. Between getting hit by the animatronics and the crowd turning into one long line, you feel like you are really missing out on something that could be great.
Atmosphere: 2/5
Overall Rating for Midway Wicked Woods: 2.6/5
Midway Wicked Woods is located at 114 Midway Dr. Statesville, NC 28625. Tickets are $25 per person with options for fast pass. Parking is $5 per car and $10 per bus. There are concessions on site. I recommend this attraction for ages 12 and up. For more information visit www.midwaywickedwoods.com. Happy Haunting.
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