York Maze
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York Maze offers an amazing day out with over 20 rides, shows and attractions, many under cover. The giant Maize Maze is the largest in Europe with a new design to solve each year. Come face to face with the giant dinosaurs in the Jurassic Maize, watch the fun and games on stage in the Crazy Maze show, zoom down the Corn Snake slides and puzzle over the mind-bending rooms and illusions in the House of Cornfusion! Take your seat on the NEW Crowmania tractor & trailer ride to encounter amazing animatronic animals and theatrical surprises. Be warned you will get wet on this ride! Also open at Halloween for terrifyingly entertaining nights of fear and fun at Hallowscream (16+), five haunted house attractions, live stage acts roving characters and more! During the day the slightly less intense Hallowtween is aimed at 10-15 years olds and their brave parents! Tickets for York Maze and Halloween events must be booked online. Tickets are not available on the gate.
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  • Debbie000
    2 contributions
    Needs better website ticket system to cope with demand when offers are put on
    Been coming every year since 2016 and it's a really good all day family day out. This year York maze put out on social media that there would be 100s of half price tickets available on the first 2 bank holidays in may, tried both times to get some for our family and both times website constantly crashing and not loading, then sold out within 10 minutes apparently. If York maze reads their reviews here's a suggestion next time you offer half price tickets maybe just send the code out to your mailing subscribers that way people might have a better chance of these half price tickets as putting it out on social media to the world the website obviously can't cope with the demand.
    Visited August 2022
    Travelled with family
    Written 8 May 2023
  • xxkgxx77
    Withernsea, United Kingdom15 contributions
    aMAZEing day! 😁
    We’ve just had a fab day despite the heavens opening up and having a thunderstorm! There was plenty of shelter so we enjoyed a cake and brew while it blew over! What an amazing time we had today. There’s so much to keep the kids and big kids entertained. We particularly enjoyed the tractor ride and the foam at the end. The whole place is really well thought out. All the staff were great and we highly recommend this place. We will be back next year 😊
    Thank you for your amazing review! Pleased to hear you enjoyed the fun of visiting on a rainy day! As you say we have lots of covered areas and a number of attractions are covered or indoors. In fact the only attraction we can't operate in the rain is the Volcorno Climb! We look forward to welcorning you back next year!
    Written 29 July 2023
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 15 July 2023
  • Ryab
    Chorley, United Kingdom3 contributions
    Great day out
    We’ve just got back from the first day of the season at York Maze (15/07/2023) and WOW…it was amazing! We’ve not been since before the pandemic and they have put so much work into it. It was a fantastic day. Every single member of staff seemed to absolutely love their job and they are a credit Farmer Tom! They all work so hard. We are a family of 6 aged from 42 to 2 and we all had a thoroughly good time. Thank you all
    Thank you for visiting on our opening day and your kind cornments about our amazing team. They love reading these reviews. We hope to welcorn you back next year!
    Written 29 July 2023
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 15 July 2023
  • Quest30405093138
    4 contributions
    Definitely recommend,lots to do
    Definitely recommend,we didn't manage to go round everything due to horrendous weather but we are planning on returning.The staff are very friendly,the tractor trip was brilliant as was the house.Food was good and not too pricey apart from the do-nuts which were very expensive just for 1. The staff serving and preparing the burgers were very slow could have been teething problems as we visited on the 1st day of opening. We all had a great time grandkids loved it.
    Thank you for your positive cornments. Our apologies if there was a bit of a wait for our burgers. We have just opened our new food outlet The Fodder Barn and we were training new staff at the start of the season. Thank you for your understanding.
    Written 29 July 2023
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 15 July 2023
  • Rk28
    Barnoldswick, United Kingdom4 contributions
    Amazing day out! Lovely friendly staff
    Has a mix of thunder, lightening, hail and sunshine today but had an amazing family day. The staff absolutely make it...so engaging, friendly, helpful and happy! The activities are brilliant and so much to do for the price paid. Really good signs to show what each activity is. Great food too. Came with 2 8 year olds and an 11 year old who had so much fun!
    The great British weather can throw 4 seasons in once at us!!! We have lots of covered areas to shelter. Thank you for your kind cornments about our amazing team. We hope to welcorn you back next year!
    Written 29 July 2023
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 15 July 2023
  • Mandy I
    County Durham, United Kingdom286 contributions
    AMAZEing
    Absolutely aMAZing place. Entertained all day from 10am~6pm. Four adults and two kids aged 9 and 12. We have never stopped laughing at all the quirks during the shows and on all the rides. Staff were aMAZing, friendly and very entertaining. Can’t pick out the best as it was all fab and definitely a place to visit. Entertainment for kids and adults of all ages. Won’t spoil it for you by telling you what’s there but I will say you will absolutely love it. Well worth the journey of an hour and a half. Only downside was the food,drinks and ice cream were rather pricey and the food was cold but we had a great day otherwise. We will be back next year to see what aMAZing ideas they come up with. Thank you everyone at York MAZe
    Thank you for your amazing review. The fact you were here from opening at 10am until closing shows how much there is to do at York Maze! Food prices have shot up over the last year, we have been able to absorb much of the increase and still believe our food and drink offer great value. Our apologies that your food was cold, we would always recornmend bringing it to our team's attention so we can make it right for you. We look forward to welcorning you back again next year.
    Written 29 July 2023
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited July 2023
    Written 16 July 2023
  • christian m
    Maidenhead, United Kingdom20 contributions
    Rainy Mazey days
    We visited a couple of days before most of the schools broke up. It rained for most of the day but didn’t dampen the spirits. All the mazes were great and the entertainment options throughout the day were brilliant. Be prepared to be “corn out” from all the corn puns but after a while you can only give respect for the amount involved and the commitment of all staff to them.
    We corn't believe you were corned out from our corn puns! We don't like to crow but cornsidering we are the Corniest attraction in the world we have to be cornsistent! Pleased to hear you made the most of the weather cornditions, we promise an amazing day whatever the weather. And thank you for your cornpliments for the cornmittment of our corn crew - amazing!
    Written 29 July 2023
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 18 July 2023
  • Iain M
    4 contributions
    CORNucopia of Corn based fun
    This place surpassed our expectations, absolutely brilliant. Every member of staff we interacted with was fantastic. Loads for kids (and adults) to do, we were there for 7 hours and still didn't manage everything! If your looking for a family day out you can't go wrong with this place.
    Thank you for your amazing review. We do cornsider ourselves to be the world's premier corn based attraction (or it could be we are the only one!!!). We look forward to welcorning you back.
    Written 29 July 2023
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 18 July 2023
  • Pauline R
    2 contributions
    An aMAZing way to spend the day
    What an amazing way to spend a day! Staff are really friendly & there’s loads to do. The whole place is so clean & we found the food prices very reasonable. Hopefully we’ll be back sooner rather than later
    Thank you for your aMAZing 5* review. We look forward to welcorning you back, sooner rather than later!
    Written 29 July 2023
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 20 July 2023
  • AstroRob
    Guildford, United Kingdom17 contributions
    Brilliant day out with three young girls
    CORNpletely impressed by the quality of the activities. CAW-d not believe how much was included in the ticket price. A-maze-Ing staff. We had a fantastic day out with three kids from 2 to 8, s as well as parents and grandparents. Stayed until closing at 6:30. Mazes. Shows. Rides. Activities. And lots of bad puns. Best day out we’ve had in ages. Loved it.
    Thank you for your wonderful cornments! 'Best day out we've had in ages' - we'll take that! But bad puns! We corn't believe you cornsider our puns anything less than a-maze-ing!
    Written 29 July 2023
    This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 21 July 2023
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Cat B
Leeds, UK1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Couples
Hallowscream was rubbish this year. You’ve upped the age to 16+ to “reflect the more adult nature of the event” but this year felt childish compared to last! We took our 14 year old and her friends for her birthday last year and we all had an amazing time, they were scared in the mazes but that’s the point and they loved the devil’s stage show, meeting the fire performers afterwards and loved the scary characters walking around- they especially loved corny. This year she was very disappointed we couldn’t repeat it for her 15th birthday. Me and my husband decided to go anyway and get scared ourselves thinking it would be way scarier or have a sexier show or be more hands on and couldn’t believe how downhill it had gone! It certainly hasn’t got “more adult”. The scare houses didn’t feel any scarier than last year, the new one is fun but less scary than the others, the show felt childish- we only saw the granny Lil dribble doing a song with some dancers which was rubbish in comparison to last year, the girls would have been disappointed too I think so I’m glad we didn’t fork out for 5 tickets this year, I don’t normally complain but I feel raising the age was a huge mistake on your part, it wasn’t any more fun for the adults without the younger guests because it definitely isn’t “more adult” and you’ve lost an age group that had been looking forward to this all year.
Written 27 November 2023
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Olderandwiser2013
York, UK16 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
Visited Hallowtween on Monday 30th October with a very nervous 13 year old who has additional needs. We were blown away by the support we received from staff when we visited last year and this year was just as good. Big shout out to Leigh in particular but also to everyone who offered their support - your patience and intuitive understanding will not be forgotten.
Written 2 November 2023
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ninafoster1996
Leeds, UK1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Friends
This was our 5th time coming to Hallow Scream and will probably be our last. I’m not sure what exactly it was but it felt like it was lacking a lot this year, it’s definitely not as good as the last few times.

The food took ages and my pizza tasted like a cheap frozen one- definitely not worth the money. Everyone else had finished their burgers and chips before I even got mine. There used to be a stage outside too and that’s gone so there’s nothing to watch while you eat.

We were looking forward to the new Egypt maze and it was good- not scary but lots of fun, we didn’t do any maze twice though even though you can now as we didn’t want to queue again. Fleshpot was really good this time!
Usually we would watch the inside fire show too but that was also gone- unless we missed it. The only thing we saw all night on stage was some of the actors dancing- it was empty every other time we passed. So it was a bit disappointing because once we finished the mazes we just went home as we didn’t want to go on the rides and there was nothing else to do.

Walking around between the mazes used to be scary because actors would come from nowhere, now they’re dancing on tables and just not scary anymore. We all love corny and he was amazing but overall it just felt a bit disappointing this year.
Written 30 October 2023
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Ben K
1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Family
Personally recent years have been better however this year there was a limited amount of things to do and i feel like you should bring back: the maze, pumpkin carvings, tractor ride, bouncy pillow and many more. This year was quite fun but not as fun as previous years.
Written 28 October 2023
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daern
Guiseley, UK25 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
Visited Hallowscream on 23rd Oct (Sunday) with some nervous friends. Absolutely excellent from start to finish. Having previously been to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal in the USA, I was expecting a slightly watered down version, but it was anything but, and we all loved every minute of it.

The rooms were detailed and atmospheric with plenty of monsters hiding around corners ready to give everyone a good scare. We enjoyed them all, but perhaps the Flesh Pot and Clowns being the most memorable, but all were excellent with their own details to set them apart.

Queues weren't too bad when we went - probably took around 2 hours to complete all 5 rooms, which was fine as we could catch up with friends in the queues which never took more than 15 mins or so. No significant queues for food or drink either, although we noticed that things seemed to get busier as the night went on. Food was fine, and the pulled pork and fries went down a treat with our party.

Friendly staff throughout and plenty of actors in costume wandering around and interacting with the guests to help keep the atmosphere.

Obviously, it's not the cheapest attraction you'll ever find, but given the number of people involved with it and the attention to detail given, as well as the relatively short period of time it runs for, there is certainly some justification for it. We'll certainly be back again in future....and in greater numbers!
Written 23 October 2023
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Michelle B
Grimsby, UK26 contributions
Oct 2023 • Family
Hallowscream York maze was good fun but they're want enough seating area in the actual tent and feet were killing the teens . The queing for the rooms was diabolical really having to wait over half hour per room .but could pay for quick pass 5 pound per room isnt fair as it cost 40 per person as it was! Clearly they knew we would all be waiting for each room. We ordered a pint and it was 9.50 they said bring the cup back they will refund us 3.50 it was a money making merch ploy I didn't like this idea.
Written 22 October 2023
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OJNesfield
Pocklington, UK196 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
We visited here for Hallowscream, some parts done well, some not so well. Start off with the food court, terrible, bbq chicken pizza was more like a tomato pizza with frozen cubes of chicken on. Pizza was terrible and cost near on £14. Chips were cold and hard , had to return for fresh ones. Cost £12 for a glass of wine and a Dr Pepper. The houses themselves were good, not as organised as I thought and thought there would be much more happening ie more activities etc rather than just the houses. They had rides there, at an extra cost, not like we had paid enough already for entry.I would revisit, however I wouldn’t be eating there again and if it doesn’t change each year, it will be expecting what we had and wouldn’t be as fun.
Written 20 October 2023
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chublar
36 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
We've been a big fan of Hallowscream for years and really enjoyed the new house this year, but the atmosphere has definitely changed (and not for the better). Walking around the site used to be creepy, with every detail carefully thought out to maintain the overall spookiness, but now the characters are like caricatures and for the first time we felt like we were far too old to be there. Such a shame for an event which used to appeal to every age group.
Written 17 October 2023
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Fiona M
2 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
The scare mazes are good but let down by the food court do not get the pizza as they are frozen £1 pizzas and taste disgusting for £14 it was a rip off loaded fries £9.95 were cold and not good at all eat before you go or eat on your way home
Written 15 October 2023
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Holly W
Leeds, UK6 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
Brilliant day out again this year, loved the new additions too. This is our 'must do' day out for the summer holidays, it's definitely worth the cist and is an all-round excellent day out for the whole family. We'll certainly be back next year.
Written 6 September 2023
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