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26 Oct 2008
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It certainly *is* popular -- we were there on a Friday just before noon, and by the time we left a little over an hour later there were five school buses and an almost full parking lot.
The maze was a different experience from a corn maze, and was a lot softer than a panel wall maze would be. Curving paths broke up any feel of a grid, and multiple exits from the bigger rooms added to the challenge. No wandering critters as they aren't trying for scares. They also offer a flashlight "tour" in the early evening, where you get to run through the straw maze in the twilight with a flashlight.
The haunt wasn't open when we were there, but the exterior scenes we could see was pretty much in keeping with mild scares.
With a hayride, kid's train, kids only area, petting zoo and pony rides, it's obvious their main patrons are families with younger kids. Still, the straw maze is an interesting experience. Each attraction is ticketed separately; you pay only for what you do.
Arata Farms has been doing something like this for thirty-five years. They've been selling pumpkins for over seventy-five.
You see their gorilla; I'll post their minotaur another day :)
  | 26 October 2008 Arata's Pumpkin Farm Up and down Highway 1 along the Pacific coast between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay, there are many pumpkin farms. Some are little more than a roadside produce stand, others set up great displays of hundreds of pumpkins. Half Moon Bay even hosts a Pumpkin Festival each year about this time. But Arata's Pumpkin Farm goes beyond the field of pumpkins and the hayrides of their competition, adding a large straw maze, pony rides and a mild haunted barn. It's not spooky, but it is popular. Location: 37° 22' 57.6" N, 122° 24' 10.5" W |
It certainly *is* popular -- we were there on a Friday just before noon, and by the time we left a little over an hour later there were five school buses and an almost full parking lot.
The maze was a different experience from a corn maze, and was a lot softer than a panel wall maze would be. Curving paths broke up any feel of a grid, and multiple exits from the bigger rooms added to the challenge. No wandering critters as they aren't trying for scares. They also offer a flashlight "tour" in the early evening, where you get to run through the straw maze in the twilight with a flashlight.
The haunt wasn't open when we were there, but the exterior scenes we could see was pretty much in keeping with mild scares.
With a hayride, kid's train, kids only area, petting zoo and pony rides, it's obvious their main patrons are families with younger kids. Still, the straw maze is an interesting experience. Each attraction is ticketed separately; you pay only for what you do.
Arata Farms has been doing something like this for thirty-five years. They've been selling pumpkins for over seventy-five.
You see their gorilla; I'll post their minotaur another day :)
