The Darkside Haunted House in Wading River: Long Island's #1 Haunted House

Every Long Islander has seen or heard commercials for the Darkside haunted house in Wading River, and almost everyone feels that urge to walk through this indoor/outdoor haunted attraction. However, is it all that it is cracked up to be?

Last year I got sucked into the commercials, I was seeing them either on TV, or hearing them on my radio, it only took about 2 weeks of hearing the advertisements, to finally say...'OK, you win Darkside, I want to come! But damn you better be worth my time!'

I called up my sister and her husband to join me and my boyfriend as we walked through. We were all truly hoping that once we arrived, lines would be decent, and that it was not filled with 8 year old kids.

We discovered that the tickets could cost anywhere from $5.00 to $16.00 depending on what day and what time you go. Turns out weekends after 6pm are the most expensive. Sure enough, it was Sunday when we went, so for $16.00 each this better damn well be worth it.

When we first arrived we were directed on where to park by some guy with a flashlight. After that we took a peek at the line. It was bad, but not horrible. From where we stood we assumed we had at least a 40 minute wait until we got admitted into the outside part of the haunted house. You see, the haunts begin outside as you follow a path, you are then brought into the actual haunted house.

The gate keeper allowed us in, in groups of 6. So it was all of us, and 2 younger girls who went ahead of us running. Good, more time for us to take in the scenery and watch out for ghouls popping out from behind tombstones.

On the path employees dressed in gruesome axe murderer costumes, and scary masks would dodge at you out of nowhere which would give you a good jump if you were not prepared for it. Some of these scarily dressed up ghouls would block your path and try to intimidate you by staring at you or cornering you.

It was an uncomfortable feeling only because these folks got too close for comfort, and you don't know whether or not you can trust them standing so closely to you while they hold up fake knives and chainsaws.

A sign from The Darkside

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