The Big DumpTruck

Joined my sister's family for an outing at Witch's Woods (at the Nashoba Valley Ski Area in Westford) and a fabulous time was had by all. Well, all but Junior (8), who was thoroughly freaked out and finally said he wasn't going to go in the last attraction. (One other girl in our group, who I think is 9, also skipped one of the attractions 9, but not the same one Junior and I did.)

I was a little put off by the price (22 for adults, 20 for kids 12 and under) thinking I'd be giving them hard-earned buckaroonies for 15 minutes of people in makeup and wigs. On the other hand, we were there for 2.5 hours, had the bejeezus scared out of us over and over again, and just really enjoyed the whole party atmosphere. My one complaint is that they sold pretzels and fried dough but didn't sell popcorn. I love me some popcorn.

There isn't much I can say here to sell you on it that wouldn't spoil it for you, so I won't. I will say that if you are like me, and detest the idea of people popping up out of nowhere, this is probably not the place to spend an evening. (For instance, I hated playing hide and seek as a kid because I hated being startled by the other players when I was "it".) The one section we didn't do was the one with 3D glasses where you can't tell which things are mannequins and which are real people who will pop out of the walls, etc. etc.

There is a "no touch" rule - they will never touch you and you cannot ever touch them - that doesn't stop them from standing as close behind you as humanly possible. If you are last person in your group, don't be surprised to find someone breathing on the back of your neck. Heh.

I give witch's woods 4 out of 4 bats. I would leave the 5 and under kids at home, and maybe anyone under 10 who can't handle haunted houses, ghouls and surprises. Otherwise, have fun!