Queen
Mary scares the ‘ship’ out
of guests
By Lesley Nickus
Online Forty-Niner
Diversions Editor
In the midst of the haunting month of October, the Queen Mary opened its doors
for the 11th annual “Shipwreck,” a collection of haunted mazes packed
with scary creatures and so many stairs you will surely get a workout by the
end of the night.
The most interesting part of this collection of mazes is the scenery. The Queen
Mary is known around the world for being haunted, which makes it creepier than
the average ship.
Let’s face it, nobody likes to have things popping out at them and startling
them when they least expect it, but, somehow, these types of attractions are
very popular. There is something about your heart beating fast in anticipation
of what awaits you just around the corner that makes every person jump at the
chance to attend.
“
Shipwreck” will not disappoint you when it comes to having creatures pop
out of the corners, making the high-school girls scream and run away (and make
the Daily Forty-Niner diversions editor let out a cry every once in a while).
What is slightly irritating, however, is the amount of stairs involved in trekking
through the mazes.
“
More stairs?!” one guy in the line exclaimed while entering the
maze, “Factory of Fears,” after having already gone down two levels
from the promenade deck. There were attendants at the top of every flight of
stairs to ensure the safety of every guest.
The pitfall here, though, is there
are no scary things around the stairs — for safety reasons — and
when a maze has a lot of stairs, there aren’t a lot of people leaping out.
This was the case with “Factory of Fears.”
The best maze was “House of Hallucinations,” one of three mazes set
up in the courtyard in front of the ship. Guests are given 3-D glasses and the
paint popping off the walls is enough to distract everyone long enough for them
to forget there are scary people lurking around each corner.
In total, there are six mazes and a dance area called the Boiler Room Club. “Shipwreck” is
open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October as well as Halloween. The cost
is $30. More information is available at www.queenmaryshipwreck.com.
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