Full disclosure, the first time Great America opened Halloween Haunt I worked there and it was scary; probably because it was new. This year Times videographer, Hugo Legend and I attended Great America’s Haunt for media day. The free tickets, dinner and exclusive VR experience were a nice gesture but our initial haunt experience was underwhelming. Granted we opted out of visiting the mazes, which I know from having gone through them in the past, are creative and if you’re into that sort of thing they can be fun. My companion however wasn’t interested so I had no reservations when we skipped it since I was not going to go in there alone. We were first in line to experience the new attraction Fear VR 5150 for free. Even though the attraction
