Trapped – Knotts Scary Farm

I went there on 10÷17÷15 with my wife and boys for wife’s BDay. Not happy was so packed you practically had to walk side ways the entire time to get through the crowds. The lines for any of the mazes were so ridiculously disorganized and confusing to locate that you couldn’t find them. There were no directions to find any of the the mazes as well. Thier map gives you almost no identifiable markings for you to figure out where in the park you are. I was so disappointed and will never go again. I would rather go to Universal horror nights at least that place has clear directions and we’ll marked locations with organized line set up. About the only thing I enjoyed there was the Johnny Rockets restaurant which served hot fresh food and was quick even with the large number of patrons

I’m breaking news today Aug. 10, 2015. Trapped is gone for 2015 it’s toast.

Visited the park yesterday and just getting around to post comment. I have not been to knotts in years. Trapped was a whole new experience for me. It was a real thrill and a highlight of our night. It was more of a mental mind game which was a nice break from the random monster hiding in a corner. I highly recommended the maze. I wish they gave you a little more time to try to figure your way out though. One member in our group opted out at the last minute after they explained the waiver. Spend the extra cash and enjoy the mental mind games.

One ticket is $ 60 and it includes up to 6 people. You can’t buy a ticket for just one or two people at a discount, and definitely NOT worth more than $ 10 a person. It was pretty short, and you didn’t have to work that hard to get through, they kind of just brought you through. There was only one part that was kind of fun (it followed the baby room), but the actress helped you out so you didn’t get to take the time to figure it out yourself — which was disappointing. It was not scary at all.
This year I also went to Dellusion, and that is MUCH better.

TRAPPED at Knott’s was a huge waste of time & money.
possible spoilers
Pros: The actors were good…2 of them were actually great (unicorn & jars). (except Dr. Eyes was trying too hard and actually hurt my eyes poking them and pushing on them with his fingers. He needs to calm down.)
Cons: The story was completely non-​existent until the last 2 rooms and then it was weak. I had an actor put his fingers in my eyes for no real reason and my eyes still hurt today and itch… feels like the beginning of pink eye. The consistent character that felt out of place the entire time decided to be helpful in the only room (cage maze) that had even a slight challenge before we even had a 30 seconds to assess the situation, so there goes any sense of mental puzzle challenge when the actress is telling you what to do to solve the maze… thanks for ruining the only room I thought was remotely interesting conceptually. I had to drink something not scary… gross is fine but it burnt all the way down and made me sick the rest of the night. The last room was completely useless and there was no real payoff. We couldn’t figure out if there were puzzles in the rooms with the characters or we were just being stalled. I’m still not sure if the first waiting room was part of the experience or what. We were only in there barely long enough to read the rules and they came to get us… random phone and magazines and drinking fountain never seemed to come into play… just a waste of space.
Overall it was a huge waste of money. Don’t do it. It’s NEVER SCARY, challenging or fun.
Options:
If you want scary interactive I recommend you do delusion, Raymond mortuary or sinister pointe.
Or if you want challenging then do PURGE.

trapped lock and key, was a fun experience, longer than the last two years and some rooms were uncomfortable. Dominatrix, urine, and the eye doctor to name a few.
Spoliers
I sure wish I did not put those keys in the bucket as there is an alternate ending. A few good puzzle solving rooms, handcuffs, and the split level room was great. The kids room was actually pretty tense, but with not much of a payoff. The drinky drink was not that bad as you can tell it was apple cider vinegar. I think people need to stop comparing this maze to previous years. That first year was awsome don’t ge tme wrong but it also was the fear of the unknown. Now we know better and that we won’t get hurt so some of the edge is taking off. For those going, make sure you look at the magazines and listen to the phone call, that helps set up the story. Over

2014 — just went tonight. Not as good as last year… as someone stated before: it’s like you have to get through a series of skits, sometimes just a little too much over the top (paddling was actually painful and so loud the group behind us heard the smacks). I much preferred last year’s puzzle solving scheme. I can see how some people can get very angry. Last year and the year before was MUCH better quality; I hope they never design it this way again!

Gave this 5 stars for the following reasons:
–We are from CO. That said, this is absolutely great compared to anything you would find in the Denver area.
–We went to Universal’s HHN and that was a complete waste of money. Overcrowded, rushed and not very well put together or thought out.
–We went to the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor event. Worse than Universal. ‘Nough said.
–Best bang for your buck. We had four to our group, so $ 15 each was well worth it!
The cons:
–I really wish there was more to it. Just didn’t seem long enough.
–I wish there would have been more thought process to getting out of the rooms. Like others said, it was more of a skit. If you struggled a bit (as we did with the eye part – don’t want to give to much away for others who haven’t gone), the answer was given to you.
–I would have liked a bit more scare factor along with the gross factor. I did like the gross factor though.
All in all, I would recommend this event over Queen Mary’s and Universal’s events. Thanks from Denver Knott’s!

If you go with 6 people and split the 60 bucks it’s pretty worth it. It was really fun and it had the feel of rush or something or someone was going to get you. Although some rooms don’t really have a puzzle, they basically tell you what to do or a door just opens out of nowhere. The first room was the most thrilling since you’re in the room just by yourselves trying to figure the key to get to the other room rather than having an actor tell you what to do, sometimes I felt like they were just thinking «cmon ppl hurry it up». The scariest room for my was the little girl’s bedroom, that was crazy, and not even because of the demented actor but of the changing surroundings. But I won’t spoil too much. I anticipated it to be a lot scarier but it was more fun then scary, and that’s totally not a bad thing.

I just got back from my first ever visit to Knott’s Scary Farm, and the last thing we did was the Trapped maze. As I said, I’ve never been to Scary Farm, so I’ve never been in a VIP maze. My friends all raved about the last two years, so I had very high expectations. I, however, was disappointed. I wasn’t scared, nervous, creeped out, or puzzled at any time. The rooms felt just as elaborate as the rest of the regular mazes. The acting was pretty good, and nobody really made me uncomfortable in terms of personal space, which I was worried about. Our reservation was for 11:30 but I don’t think we got in the actual maze until about 12:15. Beer was $ 10 for a Bud Light, gross. (My boyfriend got one anyway, what a goober.)
SPOILERS.
At the beginning, the «mistress» spanked the 3 guys in our group with a paddle — hard. It was funny and uncomfortable at the same time.
One of the actresses kept telling us how to get out of pretty much every room. Probably because the line was so backed up. Not that any of it was actually difficult.
At least one person in the group will have to drink a very funky-​tasting liquid. One of the friends that did it in our group was quite unhappy about it.
Overall, I’m glad I split the $ 60 with 6 people and only paid $ 10. I expected a lot more from the maze, but I think that’s because my friends hyped it up so much. Apparently there are a few different ways to go through the maze, so maybe you’ll have a different/​better experience.

This was our first Trapped and probably our last. My daughter and son-​in-​law bought us the tickets to do Trapped which is how we wound up going. But initially, my girlfriend and I chose not to do it since we didn’t think we would do well with handling worms, eating frozen bugs, and being yelled at. This was all stuff that my daughter and son-​in-​law had told us about with their previous year’s experiences with Trapped which sounded cool but it wasn’t really our thing. So we went in expecting this sort of thing, none of which happened. Instead it was this twisted, sadistic, perverse kind of thing with the actors and themed rooms. All of that was great for what it was but there was no scare or fear factor thing at all for me. No suspense or «fear of pending doom». After each room was complete, I was thinking «ok, well maybe it gets better as we go along». It really didn’t. One room involved this puzzle and key thing with handcuffs which was really the only cool thing. For all you readers with previous experience, was this puzzle thing part of what there used to be more of in Trapped? I would have liked that.
Another turnoff was a perverse clown asking one of our group members if she ever gave head, which was a pun for what was to come. Was this necessary though? And to also comment on this, why is it that the actors and monsters always pick the young, cute girls over everyone else? I’m not disappointed that they rarely pick older people, but I do notice that this seems to be the norm. My girlfriend and I were thinking that maybe some of the actors are these shy, introverted males who would be less likely to approach these types of women in real life. So being in disguise gives them that extra level of confidence, which to me is kind of stalker-​ish. Anyway, just throwing that out there.
So my advice to anyone who’s never done Trapped: Check it out if someone else is flipping the bill.
RLA

Trapped was brilliant this year. Very well thought out, and a big improvement from last year. Someone give that designer a raise! :D

This was the WORST Halloween event of the season for my boyfriend and I who annually attend pretty much all of them in Southern California. This was our 3^rd year doing Trapped which was a complete waste of money. After attending Trapped for the very first year in 2012, our minds were blown. We left that evening talking about Trapped NON STOP. I told anyone and everyone who would listen about the intense interactive scavenger hunt of rooms to get out of. The over all experience that year was top notch and lasted about 20 – 30 minutes. And when you thought you were done and made it out into an arcade room where they would take your picture, you found yourself yet again… trapped!
After being so excited the first year we couldn’t wait to do it again in 2013 which was a hugeeee let down. The rooms that you were trapped in seems very poorly thought out and rushed. There was no thrill to it everything was completely obvious and laid out for you. Oh look there’s a key hanging from the ceiling, how can we get it? Well why don’t we just climb this ladder they just placed right under it… and then you were out. There was no searching, no finding, no real scare factor to it. The suspense was taken completely out of it and after the 7 minutes we were done and walking out extremely bummed out that the experience didn’t measure close to 2012. We said we would never do it again, but the Halloween fanatic that my boyfriend is said just one more time… which brings us to this years 2014 Trapped.
It seems like Knotts jumped on the band wagon of Blackout and those «torture intensive» maze ideas. If I wanted to be completely grossed out and absolutely disgusted and tortured, I would have gone to Blackout. What we wanted was that suspenseful, puzzle seeking, how do we get out of this room!!! maze. Which we did not get. There are two totally different senses when it comes to that stuff. The fright sense verses the grossed out sense. What I thought was shocking was that both years they had us sign a waiver and the one year they truly got physical with us, they did not. My boyfriend and I knew it was going to be a very strange experience from the very first part where they physically hit you with a paddle board. We both looked at each other like ok… reallllllly didn’t like that what the heck? This is not what we signed up for. Each room that we proceeded to go into was primarily just a short skit for us to watch until they just told us to open the door and leave. It seemed like one big stall fest. Walk into a room and wait for the people in the other room to leave so that you can walk in. One guy kept sucking on his finger and touching my boyfriends face, not cool. Another guy made him get down on all four to ride him like a pony and my boyfriend said he could feel his private parts getting rubbed on his back. The last room they put you in they make you drink a mouthwash cup full of this awful acidic drink that legitimately burned my esophagus going down. I couldn’t finish the entire thing because I felt like I was going to puke as i felt it swell up and close my throat yet the actor was in my face yelling at me to finish it. I woke up this morning with a soar throat because of that and was faced with having to walk around the park the rest of the night feeling like I had a cold. Very bad start to our night.
There was no hunt to Trapped this year it was all extremely disturbing and if that’s your thing then hey! Knotts is now doing that, but it was a huge let down for us. What Trapped brought to Knotts in their first year was unforgettable, but after this year we will definitely not be attending or recommending it anymore. Especially when its an additional $ 60 for just the 2 of us. I like being scared, im just not into the whole torture thing. It wasn’t an interactive maze, it was more like how much can you tolerate. If the last room wasn’t the last one, I would have definitely asked to leave.

We been here on Oct 16, it WAS AMAZING! Professional, interesting and scary!

Really well done this year. I thought they stepped it up this year compared to the last two years including more thrills, laughs and rooms to find a way out of. The fear and creep factor was definitely there and did not disappoint. The whole experience lasted a good 20 – 25 minutes. Everyone in the group will be forced to drink something unmentionable but I will not spoil anymore.

I loved it was sooo much fun, Jeff Tucker and crew did a great job actors are great, Wich there where more fog, but worth the money etc GOOD JOB cant wait till next yr

So bad. Not scary at all. I would never pay money to do this again. We paid $ 60 for 6 people which isn’t that bad when you split it, but I’d still never do it again. The best thing about this maze was the bar that sells wine and beer before u go in.

Trapped 2014 — Lock & Key. Way, way too many reservations taken for this maze and way too many people backed up, about an hour and a half wait. Some people were asking for refunds. There is a trick to getting in faster, which shouldn’t be trick at all… DOUBLE UP PEOPLE! Some people are so very, very selfish with their own group or their own family. In this maze you can take up to 6 people. I was in a group of only two, like I was last year. Last year, I inquired in the line of people if there were any groups of less than 6, and two other sets of 2 said they were willing to «group up.» We formed our own group of 6 and had a great time. This year I encountered the poopiest people. Groups of three or four people were all turning us down saying, «no we just want to keep it our own three people,» or a family of four saying the same thing, that they just wanted to go through with their own family member. Christ, I’m not going to fondle you in the maze! It just makes for a more fun time when you have a group of 6. As me and my friend were going in, I saw a family group off to one side, just waiting, so I encouraged them to join us and they did, as I think they were tired of waiting so long in the line, and we did have a great time with them. Knott’s heard the complaints that last year’s Trapped was too short, so they lengthened it, but in turn, it’s was really, really backing up the line to get in. You have to handcuff yourself to a wall and try to get a key to unlock the cuffs. Nothing in the maze was scary, just bizzare and a little thrilling at times. Fortunately, it was the first Friday and the park was a little quieter so the lines for the other mazes were quiet for the first hour, and after midnight it emptied out as well and we walked into all the other mazes without a line for the final two hours. So we did not have to buy a Fast Pass for the other mazes, but if you are going to Trapped on a Saturday night and DO want to visit the other mazes, better get a Fast Pass, as Saturday crowds at Knott’s are the worst.

We just went yesterday for the 2^nd year in a row. This year’s trapped was far better than last year’s, and last year’s was great! It took us over 30 minutes to get through the entire trapped maze, and there were 13 rooms! Each had their own challenges, and we were even separated at different segments which added to the fear level. With a group of 6 people, it’s only $ 10 per person. It is such a great deal, and is the absolute highlight of Knott’s Scary Farm, and the wait to get in is next to none since you pick your time slot in advance. Going again next year without a doubt.

Unfortunately we paid $ 60 for this maze. Fortunately we were able to get a group of 5 to go in and split the costs. A disappointment compared to last year’s Trapped maze, this year’s version focused more on puzzle solving vs. suspense and scares. It’s really a scripted scavenger hunt. The sets weren’t very dark and they relied on B-​level talent to unnerve us by yelling profanities as loud as they can. In the end we were more unnerved by the feelings of dissatisfaction from the experience. The designers of this maze need to watch less Fear Factor and see more Scare Tactics. While the experience has some uniqueness to it, overall we think the only thing that gets trapped here, is your wallet.
Ratings:
Haunt Design: 2 Skulls
Theming: 2 Skulls
Scare Factor: 1 Skull
Overall Rating: 1.5 Skull