BAYVILLE SCREAM PARK

My fiancé has been a haunt actor for over 10 years on the west coast (where he’s from). I have been a haunt actor for 3 years, and a film and horror enthusiast my entire life. We came to Bayville Scream Park tonight for the first time ever; based on previous bad reviews, I wasn’t expecting much…but was pleasantly VERY surprised by this haunt attraction! Do NOT listen to the bad reviews if you’re a haunt enthusiast like my fiancé and I. We understand first hand the amount of work that gets put into building a seasonal haunt like this, and we were SO impressed. The attention to detail in the haunt scenes was incredible. The props and animatronics were all TOP notch…visibly high quality, both vintage and newer pieces…as an oddities and horror memorabilia collector, I could tell, and was in awe of some of the animatronics and prop pieces included in the haunt sets. There were several stand out haunt actors, one in particular in the Asylum house that really impressed us…I wish I could remember their name, but they were an insane clown type of character towards the end of the asylum…truly excellent haunt actor that I could tell loves their job. The themed drinks at both the regular and secret bars were all delicious and pretty strong. The syringe Jell-O shots were tasty and so much fun! The food at Shipwreck restaurant was delicious, and the decor inside the restaurant itself was spectacular. The staff were all incredibly nice, accommodating, and helpful. I was so excited to learn that the owner of Bayville Scream Park also used to own Jekyll & Hyde NYC…a horror themed restaurant that I spent many days at (including my 16th birthday party) growing up…it was one of my favorite things to visit in NYC and I was literally devastated to find out they closed down after the covid shut downs. Once I was told the owner was the same, I knew why the Scream Park was SO well done and had so many impressive set builds, props, and animatronics. I would love to sit and chat with the owner sometime because I have so many ideas for future haunt builds at this place and would love to meet a fellow haunt enthusiast that I’ve unknowingly admired for so many years growing up at Jekyll & Hyde NYC! We had a blast and intend to visit Bayville Scream Park again in October! Our favorite haunts there were the Insane Asylum and Bloodworth Manor, but they were genuinely all great. We are thinking of auditioning next year!

I liked certain esthetics. Went on a Thursday. There wasn't many people in general. The mansion had the most actors and decorum. The temple was basically me and my partner just wandering through a maze. it even lacked basic decor and there were only a couple actors in it. Basically was an experience and that was that. I don't recommend for the price and the strict no refund even if weather is bad

Watch there be a slew of 5 star reviews that are fake right after this one, it keeps happening to raise the average…. Over priced especially compared to Adventureland and other comparable places on Long Island. Only a few actual attractions, got there at 4:45 on Sunday, was told they close at 5:30 despite the website saying 6pm specifically on 9/21 for “opening weekend” for the Halloween theme. Paid for the full pass so my daughter could try everything figuring that was which time given how small the places is, and it turned out the attractions actually closed at 5pm. Only the arcade stayed open til 5:30. Explained to the person working the arcade that the website is wrong and that she should let someone know to update it since most people are driving a long way to get there. She did not seem to care and had an attitude when I was explaining the situation. “Yeahhhh we still close at 5:30” as if I was arguing to have her keep it open longer. Not sure how this place survives at that price point when Adventureland is 10x as big for only $10 more and is much better maintained. Don’t waste your time you can do the whole place in about 15 mins. One benefit is there are barely any lines since it was really empty even on a 70 degree day- which makes sense considering how over priced it is, probably should have read the reviews first. Only good point was Joe one of the staff who helped us out on a few attractions and was very polite

Went for the Not so Scary kids time slot. No actors but the staff was mostly friendly. One man had had enough for the day by the time we got there but the other 10 staff members we saw were great. Loved the decorations and the food in the tavern was good. The attractions that were open were entertaining for my 8 year old. Older kids might not have found this time slot so exciting. Overall pretty good. would like to try again when ours is older for the night attractions.

So me and my friend went here for their Valentine’s Day themed haunted house. Before i go over the negatives, lets go over the positives first. The staff were extremely friendly and had good hospitality. Some of the decor in the house, namely the mannequins, were also good. Now on the negatives. Despite saying and being advertised as having a Valentine theme, there was a surprising lack of anything Valentine related minus a few scant and superficial banners, hearts, and related phrases. Despite having three haunted houses to walk through, all of them felt extremely short and small. You could walk through each of them relatively quickly, about 5 to 10 minutes depending on your pace. There was also a lack of any scare actors, despite there being a number of hidden corners, and the ones that were there were in the open and often lacked any intimidation. Their make-ups and costumes also did not match the theme and looked unrealistic and obviously fake. I would like to note that this is not a fault of the actors, but rather their direction. Whoever coordinated and designed this also lacked any organized and timing, as often the houses were overcrowded, which made the entire ordeal feel remarkably less scary and further ruined the immersion, and felt more like walking in a line than anything. The houses also felt almost like they were going in a straight line rather than a confusing series of turns. I feel, that among all three houses, the clown house suffers the most from this. The other two at least had the advantage of being dark and having some kind of disorienting lighting that concealed some jumpscares. This one, however, was far too bright and made it entirely impossible to feel any sort of tension or fear. The mirror maze inside had potential, if not due to the bright lighting and overcrowded-ness that clearly showed the way out. Overall, I do not recommend coming here if you’re expecting good scares. This place is egregiously overpriced and frankly has nothing to show for it, and I wouldn’t be adverse to calling it a scam. Don’t come here, go somewhere else where the money you spend is worth it.

don’t ever dine here for Valentine’s day. expensive, random extra fees that add up like crazy. $67 EXTRA on top of what was already paid. food took a decade to come out. steak was insanely overcooked, chicken was undercooked and acidic. inside of the dining room was freezing and quiet. food seemed microwaved. not worth the money or the wait. the service was rude.

What a great time I had at Bayville Scream Park. Of the all the attractions the favorites were Bloodworth, Asylum and Uncle Needles. Took friends and my girlfriend and my girlfriend isn’t easily scared but I went this weekend and they really did scare the wits out of her. And props to the amazing acting especially our favorites was the actor in asylum with chains and a small actor in Uncle Needles blowing a whistle amazing job. The actors for us that we enjoyed also were three in Bloodworth especially one with the big kitchen knife who reminds me of Jason and Michael Myers mixed together, I think his name was Porky or Porky the legend. Thank you for the great scares. The greatest scream park or attraction on Long Island.

Incredible actors and staff. It was a great scary night, with fun and games . Awesome secret bars all around. Delicious specialty drinks can be found inside. Just have to find them. We'll laid out floor plan. All around an excellent night out with friends. Defiant must do if you like the macab .

Got a Groupon for 4 people for about $60. Tickets include two Santa pictures, a letter from Santa and ice-skating. It runs from the end of November to beginning of January. Pro -It was not crowded at all when we went on a Friday, I the day after Thanksgiving. The whole park may have less than 100 people. There was no line in any activities. -The kids got to meet Santa and got instant print out pictures in a sleeve. Santa took his time to talk to the kids. That was a nice touch. But it also made the line moved slowly. -Dressed up winter character like reindeer and ginger bread man walked around the park for free pictures. Con: -Unorganized. Only one window opened at ticketing and the line moved slowly. Ice rink was included but it was not ready. We were given a voucher to return for free skate next time. -Limited activities opened. Only Funhouse, arcade and miniature golf were open. Obstacle course and others were closed. The little train which can hold about 10 people was running whenever there was passengers. It is a child size train. Small adult will be able to squeeze in.There were no other people and we rode the train many times without getting off. -There were traits of Bayview scream Park (Halloween ) in the winter wonderland. A zombie was shot in the head at the roof of the Santa Claus house. -Fire pit for roasted marshmallow was open. Marshmallow kit was for sale at $6.50. However, it was too smoky if you sit at the downwind of the fire. -Funhouse was a little creepy for our two years old girls. Other parents stated the same. - Food and arcade price is theme park price. Conclusion: Not sure will go back. Small park with limited activities open. Good thing is not crowded. Not much to do and it was cold. We ended up spending a lot of time in the arcade.

Came here with some friends for the Christmas haunted house. It was 3 parks for $50. Not a great deal, but a lot of fun. They kept recycling the staff to keep moving with you, but regardless, had a great time here with friends. They decorated it well to give it a Christmas feel. And of course comes with krampus! Make sure to go early or stop by the arcade and get yourself some hot cocoa before or after

Went down the tubes!! Dirty , dumpy, and you can tell Staff doesn't want to be there!! Horrible!! We will never go back!! Especially the game room worker and cafe workers!! They are miserable!!

We went during the month of October, and many of the attractions are closed. No train ride on operation. Specifically, the bumper boat ride had several inoperable bumper boats, with only two boats in operation. It's not worth the money. We stood online forever.

THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME! $25 ticket covers a mirror maze (that mostly looks the same as it did during Halloween) and a mini train that goes a few feet. There was no ice skating as advertised and a wet slide and bounce house that couldn't be used. There was a Santa that you had to pay extra for. All I want for Christmas is my money back.

This is truly, by far, the worst experience my boyfriend and I have ever had together. We attended the Bayville Scream Park Halloween attraction. From beginning to end we went back and forth between being so irritated at the money we wasted for the high admission price and laughing at how horrible everything was. This place is a complete utter joke. I don't even know where to begin but I'll try my best to cover the most issues even though there were MANY. For starters, we bought our tickets for a date a month ago. Then, the park emailed me to tell me they were closed and that we'd have to return on another date. We live 2.5 hours away and thought the online photos looked so awesome so we wanted to go on our one free day since we are rarely off. I explained that I didn't know if we can make it back, and the owner responded with an attitude saying too bad, no refunds. The website does say no refunds no matter what, so I can move past this. We were able to sneak it in on another date, several days ago. But if I'd known how horrendous this place was- trust me, we would've saved our gas and cut our losses. For starters, the houses are all embarrassing. EMBARRASSING. The one we laughed the hardest in was definitely the Temple one. I am not exaggerating when I say: it was a dark barn like building with ENORMOUS puddles at every step you took. There were no props- yes you heard correctly- there were no props, no actors, nothing. Just puddles, and darkness. Oh and did I mention my boyfriend put his hand on the wall while walking and got pricked by a huge nail sticking out of it? At the end of the house, we saw one animatronic (that had nothing to do with a temple) and 1 actor that quietly said "ah". The other houses were definitely better than that one, but still almost 0 actors, and props are very spread out and not exciting. There were many safety concerns here and lawsuits waiting to happen. Let's not forget about the giant gaping hole in the ground that everyone must pass coming out of any house (they all pass by the same spot). The workers all see it, all night, and can't even bother to put a sign or caution tape The "hidden bars". Oh boy. Yes we unfortunately spent extra money for the passes. The hidden bars would've been a fun concept if you offered more than 3 dirty drink coolers labeled drink 1, drink 2, and drink 3 on them. And then you charge extreme prices for that sugary weird concoction with barely any alcohol in them on top of the expensive pass?! INSANITY. Workers were rude. No one wanted us to be there, and it was evident. In the haunted woods walk, there was once again minimal props and 0 actors. At the end we turned around and saw an actor talking to his friend. We took a few steps back hoping he'd scare us. He told us to "go away I'm getting ready". When leaving the park we saw a worker having an argument with someone and being very immature about it. At the diner, the cooks were outwardly talking about how annoying customers were in front of us and several other customers. The arcade photos online show a red lit alley way with zombies and cool haunted games. The actual arcade is a small indoor outdated arcade that looks like one you'd see at any mall, any where. We spent the entire drive home in disbelief that we'd reserved one of our rare free days for a $160 trip (just for admission) to the strangest and most boring sh** show we've ever seen in our entire lives. In conclusion, there is absolutely NO reason you should be paying money to go here. There are SO many fun places to go this month. Please don't let them rip you off like they did us. They are scammers, and the endless safety violations prove that they're not just false advertisers, but they also don't value your safety. The fact that you can take a trip to "Headless Horseman", a renowned and fantastic theme park for less than this dump speaks for itself. They are only here to rip you off.

This place is a total MESS! You will be SOOO disappointed! BRO the picture with Santa looked blurry and looked like it was from the 1980s. The staff was RUDE and we left after only 1 hour because there's nothing really to do. SAVE YOUR MONEY - TOTALLY not worth it.

This place is a horror theme park barely dressed up to look like Christmas. I'm not exaggerating: literal skeletons, dead bodies etc. all over the place, including on top of Santa's House. It would have been honestly hilarious if the tickets weren't so ludicrously expensive for the "experience." (You know what IS hilarious though? The hundreds of obviously fake Google reviews with identical or close-to identical language between posts! Check those out and have a good laugh, I know I did). Anyway, more than half the park attractions are closed, and the ones that remain are basically House of Mirrors with Christmas Lights Added and A Handful of Fake Christmas Trees Randomly Positioned in a Wooded Area. The hot chocolate and snacks are heinously overpriced. "Pathetic" doesn't even begin to describe this rip-off. You'd think they'd at least try to put Santa hats on skeletons, but I suppose that would have required too much creativity--instead they used a 100% fake picture of a Christmas village on their Facebook page to lure us in. Good luck if you do check this place out, it will be a memorable experience if nothing else!

This place is overpriced for what you get (photo with Santa extra, etc.), it rundown, some friendly staff but some staff that clearly don't want to be there and worst, crowded (although can't pin this on the owners as it is Long Island after all). Just feels like you spend tons of money, then have to pay $$$ for food, and don't really get much out of it.

The only reason I'm giving 1 star it's because I pay for a pic with Santa with my kid and Santa was rude when he saw us. Gave my 5 year old kid a nasty look did not smile at all or said a word. My kid was so happy to see Santa but when my kid was telling what he wanted for Christmas, Santa ignored him rolling his eyes and was giving him a mad/nasty face. This really creep my kid out. Santa did not noticed that I was watching the whole situation. Never coming to this place really a bad experience. I hope this did not happened to others

To call this place poorly maintained is an insult to places that are simply poorly maintained. This place seems more like an organized tribe of raccoons took over, hired some bored teens to man the equipment and then just spent all their times in the trash bins - not picking up trash, just making sure it's evenly spread. There's a lot to unpack so let's start with the obvious: an ice skating rink probably shouldn't have puddles. Or rotting wood that had now come off the sides and become lost in the ice. Like legit, buried under the ice along with a Christmas ribbon and my desire to ever return. The mini-golf, dear sweet Zeus! The holes are all flooded- the actual ball cups, flooded with brackish freezing water. Other holes are covered in sand and impassable, one was almost entirely under water, still others (note the plural) had those ubiquitous mini-golf PVC tubes that were blocked with debris and thus claimed one's ball. Not to worry though, there plenty of balls that no one bothers to pick up from the water hazards and sand around the edges. Oh and the turd. I almost forgot the soggy turd- we were the first ones in so therefore it must have been a vintage, aged turd- perhaps one of the raccoon managers had a long night. The rock wall was delayed. Not just an hour and half after opening but an hour more after that because "we were busy with a reservation". The bearded fella running the trains was a cheerful and pleasant fellow and the elf with the Rob Zombie hoodie was also very amiable and helpful. Management (a lady called the manager by the person collecting tickets) and a fellow in a blue managerial looking shirt (complete with earpiece) ignored me. I figure they weren't managers but rather a group of raccoons wearing winter garb and looking for discarded food. Never again.

very fun place very expensive though i would love to go again very scary very fun music but the wait is to long

PLEASE DONT TAKE YOUR CHILDREN THEY WILL BE SO LET DOWN This place is kind of a big miss. We went during the day, expecting it to be a little on the small side and expecting it not to be a real "wonderland". However, we made the hugest mistake by going during the day. The place was open, but it was a scene out of walking dead. Completely deserted except for one or two unfortunate families who also went. Everything seems closed, but it's open. Halloween decor is still up. We left and decided to try again during the night since we had a Groupon and kind of had to go or lose the money we spent. At night, it's a LITTLE better. And that's barely. St least it's dark and you can't see all the pirate themed Halloween stuff. The place is lit up which is nice. You can take a photo with santa, skate on a tiny ice rink, play a couple of crappy arcade games, and that is basically it. Not worth it. DONT waste a day on it expecting much. Would never have went in if we hadn't prepaid with Groupon

Don't waste your money. TERRIBLE!!! There was absolutely NOTHING Worth seeing. They charge around $23 and when you go when they have one house of fun that supposedly 3-D which was mostly mirrors and a couple of painted pictures on the walls, then you have the golf course lights which was a complete waste, the train ride goes in a little circle and it was crap. You have to pay extra to see Santa Claus. I want my money back. It was the worst place I've ever been. The houses in my neighborhood are way better than this place. And don't by the pretzels they suck and so do the cookies. Take my advice save your money and go do something else.

Id give it zero stars if possible. Most things closed because they are understaffed. Place seemed dirty as well. We complained to the manager but she was just a nasty rude woman. Arcade was mostly broken machines too. Save you money

This place is a big miss. You will leave disappointed. I honestly can't believe this place makes money. It's run down and dirty. Find somewhere else to take your family. I won't visit again.

Groupon is the way to go and I will start by admitting I only have one child so for me the cost isn't out of hand. Service is good and the place looked great all decorated for the holidays. They had two characters greeting all the kids. The 3D funhouse is great at Halloween and was done up great for Christmas - we went through twice. The Christmas train ride was fun too. Campfires were nice for warming up and you could roast marshmallows around the one near the ice rink. That is the same location where they hand out skates and sell small holiday items. I was very happy to be able to buy reindeer earmuffs for $7! The only negative was the slowness of the line for pictures with Santa but the staff was super nice and the area is decorated very nicely with a solid Santa Claus! Our Groupon included the rock wall I think but we didn't try it out. The also have the mini golf course decorated with holiday lights that you walk through, I thought the lights were in need of repair and wasn't impressed but like everything at Bayville my son loved it which was all that mattered! Oh and we grabbed a snack inside at the ice cream parlor which was fun and reasonably priced.

This place is so sad. Nothing was open but train and ice skating-ice skating rink was a pool of water. The arcade smells old and none of the ticket machines were even working. Don't waste your time coming here

I'm siting inside this place and I realy don't know what I pay for . They suppostu stay be scary house not Christmas. One house to see only 3 min finish , ride around the ice just joke , food I don't won't for freee and play room 90 % not work , take points no work .

What a waste of time. And a waste of money. So understand, there are 3 things to do here... 1. Ice skate. Okay, so it's okay that the skate rental is included in admission. And it's a good environment for kids to "skate" as there aren't huge crowds or fast skaters. But if you don't skate, it's absolutely worthless. 2. Fun House. So this is a rehash of their Halloween fun house with a Christmas theme. The maze is 3-D, but unless you're dropping acid with your kids, the value evaporates in less than 10 minutes. 3. The light show. So this was the lamest thing ever. They basically take their pirate-themed mini golf course, and put a bunch of light installations. However, the lights are so close and so large that you can't even make out what they are trying to display. Oh, and they don't even cover up the Pirate stuff, so one second you're looking at lights, and the you're walking through a cave with pirates being tortured. All while different Christmas songs blast from opposite sides of the "park." It's very confusing. Oh yeah, and there's their train thing which is little and slow. I'm sure your toddler will enjoy the 5 minute ride. They have some concessions, including over priced Smores kits and Jell-O shots. Oh, and they take cash or American Express. Seriously, is it 1982? They have square terminals around the park, idk why they don't take other cards. They also have an arcade, which is great if you want to watch your kids burn your hard-earned money playing one or two games. Prices for the arcade are prohibitive. Of course you could probably sneak into the Wonderland through the arcade/ice cream parlor. No one ever checked out wrist bands. And if it were free, it would... No wait, even for free it blows. We did the fun house three times, skated, made Smores, and did the light show in maybe 2-2.5 hours. At $100 for a family of four, that's way too expensive. Two thumbs down. I only gave it one star because you can't give zero. Bah humbug!

If I could give zero stars I would, a waste of money! Half the lights were out on the "light show" which was just the mini golf area w these figures that you couldn't even make out what they were. The arcade had a broken token machine, the fun house was okay but again really old and worn down. Not worth the $25 a ticket at all! I want to call and try and get a refund to be honest.

Not only did I overpay for nothing, but the haunted attractions that are supposed to open at 7:30 didn't open for over an hour. It's 8:30...still waiting. The best part was the man who manned the axe throwing. The Christmas tree walk through was sad and the cafe part made us feel dirty just walking in the door. Never. Again. Do not spend your money here.

What a complete overpriced dirty crap hole,....We paid 60$ for a "Winter Wonderland" for my kid which was just a few plastic candy canes at the entrances of a haunted house exhibit and a Xmas tree tour of fake trees on a dirt bike trail with plywood ramps which looked like some hillbilly made last minute just to charge money during holidays. I ordered two hot ciders with rum that were cold and not hot at all for 20$pfff. The s'mores pit fire was out the whole time and the funhouse Xmas exhibit was a regular funhouse with one Xmas tree at the end. Pathetic I'll never suggest or go to this crap hole for either Halloween or Christmas. Hate to do this to someone's lively hood but come on man try a little harder or rip off a little less...

Pretty disappointing all around - you can't exactly call it a winter wonderland. I was pretty appalled at the amount of money that i spent to take my kids here. There was very little to do. You can't take a house of mirrors and put some lights on and call it a Christmas toy house. The Christmas tree Forrest was one of the most pathetic things I have ever seen in my life. Don't bring your kids here. They charge for all kids over 1. It really isn't worth the money at all. Don't trust the google reviews! They must be fake because it was awful. The only saving grace was that there was practically no one there.... I wonder why.

If I can give it no stars I would.. but anyway my family & I went Saturday night for alittle holiday fun for the kids. First off the Santa they hired SUCKS ok. Doesn't say anything didn't interact with the kids just sat there with a fake beard and lipstick on his cheeks I guess to make them seem Cold & rosey. They have 3 attractions that all suck. The train ride is a JOKE. 2 carts & goes around a ice skating rink that's the size of my living room. And it only goes around twice. The maze is just a regular maze with some lights & trees in it. Oh not to mention at the end of it theres another door going into the "haunted Christmas house" so my 18 month old headed into a hallway of dead pigs and cows hanging off the ceilings the miniature golf I guess is cool but not in 25 degree. Weather. They have these Christmas characters that walk around like zombies or maybe they were just high off something cause they were really weird. I think the only thing I enjoyed was the fire pit & smores to sum up this review I advise you don't waste your precious money. You will be disappointed!!!!! Luckily we didn't pay for crap and I'm sooooo glad we dodged that. I really wanted to tell the people in the ticket line to not waste there time but it was cold & I just wanted toGo!

Bring your cash and disappointment! $22 each person, no exceptions. Cash or AMEX only. 2 atm machines (of which both are broken). Elves workshop which is a converted fun house that you just walk straight through. The train ride runs when the person shows up for work. And don't forget that the ice has melted on the rink so no skating. Oh yeah, and the $12 (price shown on ALL signs) is actually $15. Save your money and go somewhere else.

Very simple put , it's not worth it for the money !! The most of the attraction was close, its the end of April and they still have the decorations from Halloween!! Come on !! The water bumpers was not working !! The food is extremely expensive! For example One bottle of small Water $3,25 really ?? Also some equipment broken.

We went today! 2 adults 2 kids 1 and 3 and it was $111 including a photo for Santa!! Such a rip off!! Not much to do with small kids!! If Santa wasn't there I would have asked for a refund !!

I was considering going to this until I read the reviews on Yelp. And maybe I still would've gone even with the bad reviews. But the thing that REALLY bothers me is that one of the ONLY 5 STAR REVIEWS was written by one of their MANAGERS! Seriously! Meet J was the person who handled my son's birthday party a year ago. How desperate are you guys? Seriously, the party was great, but obviously people are not enjoying the winder wonderland and you guys need to work on improving it, not padding the reviews. WTF?

I was so excited to see them doing a holiday theme this year because I've been there for Halloween and it's absolutely incredible. I brought my mother and my one and half year old son thinking it would be the best thing we did the whole season. Not only was the "winter wonderland" theme disappointing, it was completely AWFUL and by far the worst thing I did all season! Seriously wish we had skipped it. The place is clearly made to be haunted houses for Halloween, their little "Santa's workshop" was half a mirror maze and half walking through dark halls with black lights. My son was terrified and had to be carried through. So that was a bust. Also, I want to point out a huge pitfall, the whole place is not only NOT heated, but it's not even insulated, so everything is absolutely freezing--- this works out okay for them in October for their Halloween stuff, but Christmas is in December! Next we went to the "light show" which was just walking along their put-put course with some lights and even that was scary for little kids. Then we went on the train ride, which was by far the best thing we did there and it was just a little ride around an iceskating rink. To be fair, iceskating probably would have been fun, too, but my son is too young and I'm pregnant. Next, was the absolute worst part of our visit, our "Magical Encounter with Santa". The line looked short, just a few people standing outside, but it actually took over an hour of standing there freezing, and once we were waiting a half an hour I felt committed and for some reason was still holding out hope that something awesome was in store, clearly, I don't know when to quit. We finally get to "Santa" and it's just as disappointing as the rest of the park, he was like a high school kid and had an awful beard and my son was terrified. I have NO idea what the line was about either because it was a 2 second take a picture thing, I don't know where the magical encounter was... also, pretty much everyone working there seemed like an underpaid high school kid who really had no interest in being there, which I'm pretty sure was exactly the case. The only nice thing I can really say about the place is that they had some costumed characters walking around and that was cute. Overall, just skip it, if you want to see Santa, go to the mall, the Broadway mall has a wonderful Santa.

Waste of time and money. 22 per person..includes a fun house, some light show we ain't stay for, and ice skating. So essentially you're paying for ice skating....but the ice is all chewed up....so hard to skate but the setup makes it easy to walk around 5h4 edge in shoes and hold your kids hands while they shuffle. The arcade points system was down so they switched to an overpriced wrist band. 15$ for 30 minutes unlimited play, 25 for an hour....but with 5 kids in our group....that would be ridiculous. Also the Lil food/ice cream shop doesn't sell to you if there's a party going on, but the weird thing was we were in the party area hanging out because nobody roped it off or said anything so I'm sure the party was annoyed at people coming in and out. Anyway save ur money and time.

Went to the winter wonderland for the first time. My children had a great time ice skating and the fun house. They need to get new staff because everyone we encountered was rude and looked like they wanted to be anywhere but there. Not one of them cracked a smile or made you feel like it was a winter wonderland. The Santa picture is cute but took an hour.

We visited on a Friday night with our 2-year old and 4-year old. We had a Groupon so the whole experience cost us just over forty dollars. It was worth about fifteen. The "light show" was fun for our little ones, though a little scary for our youngest as it was filled with pirates, skulls, dead bodies and dark caves. The fun-house toyhouse was my favorite part; it was actually even a little scary for me! My 4-yr old LOVED it but my 2-year old had to be held and consoled most of the way. Santa was great; he was very enthusiastic and jolly and gave the kids candy canes. The pictures, at thirteen dollars each, were a total ripoff. The train was my 2-yr old's favorite part, though it was very small and a quick ride. Forget about ice skating -- the few daring souls who tried it were basically sliding around on their bums the whole time. You absolutely could NOT stand up on the "ice" which is really just slick plastic. Overall, we had fun, stayed about 45 minutes. It would have been great for less than twenty bucks, but at more than twice that price, we were disappointed that we got so little for our money.

Not bad at all. I read several horrible reviews but took a chance anyway because of lack of activities to do on the island. Very glad that I went. The kids had a blast and the staff members were very friendly. We enjoyed the skating and the funhouse the most. The lights are difficult to make out because they are close in proximity. We turned the negative into a positive by playing a game to see who can figure out what the lights were first. The kids enjoyed it.

Got coupon on living social. Expansive .Not much to do, not worth it, especially pictures with Santa.Be ready to spend more money on Arcade park machines. Probably more fun on summer time.

Cute for young children, the Groupon price is not bad because it also includes Santa photo that at most places you pay $15 for. Yet we went during the week and a lot of the food looked like it was out all week and the staff is completely unpleasant

I recently went to the winter wonderland with my sister and her kids and it was honestly such a fun experience! everything was so christmassy and festive! the kids are young so we went to see santa and took a very cute picture and they loved it!! but the line was pretty long. it wasnt very cold out but we still ate smores that we made. overall was a very cute and fun time, and i would totally go back!!

The Family New Year's Eve Party at the Shipwreck Tavern on 12/31/18 was terribly disappointing. The greeter appeared somewhat unwelcoming. However, he showed us to our table, which had the last name on it. Someone went around to check drivers' licenses and the credit card used to purchase the tickets to confirm each appointment. Seriously?! Despite that, the lady who did this part was relatively personable. The New Year favors on the table were decent for the price. The characters ambled in and out from time to time. We waited fifty (50) minutes before someone came to our table to offer water or take our order. The waiter who eventually stopped seemed "surprised" that no one had taken our order yet--even though he was one of two/three people who kept walking past our table. (Other people got their food late, too.) The tasteless non-alcoholic drink (which cost extra) was overloaded with ice, the appetizer was decent, the entree was bland (besides, a slab of parmesan plopped on top of breaded chicken is not chicken parmesan), and the desert (cheese cake) tasted like nothing I've ever had before or hope to ever have again. It tasted almost the way some paint smells. While heading out to leave, we could fully see the state of disrepair of that area--and remember that some parts of the ceiling near our table had water leak marks. We will never return. Do not be fooled by the cute flyer or the false promise of fun. Do not waste your time or money!!!

Avoid going here altogether. Bought a livingsocial deal to take my family turned out to be a total embarrasment and waste of the day.

If it were possible to give this place and event no stars I would. My family and I went to the Shipwreck Tavern to celebrate the New Year's eve family dinner. We arrived at approximately 6:05 PM where we were led to our table that had our name on a card. On the tables were happy new year paraphernalia and balloons floating in the ceiling. We sat at our table until approximately 6:53 PM before a waiter finally came over to take order. By this time I was fuming mainly because the waiter who serve the food pass by our table several times and finally noticing that we were not served or greeted which customarily happens within the first few minutes of being seated in every restaurant that you go to. He seemed shocked and said OK I'll take your order now. We graciously invited him to finish what he was doing as he was in the middle of picking up other customers appetizer plates. After placing our entire dinner order, from appetizer to desert, we waited approximately 15 minutes before we actually received our appetizers. We placed our entire order because we had approximately one hour to eat before the time was up. We verified with the waiter that the event ended at 8 o'clock to which he promptly responded yes. Clearly, there was no consideration of the fact that we waited almost a full hour before we were even greeted by a waiter to take our order. The food at best could be described as bland. Our daughter clearly enjoyed her chicken fingers and fries. I ordered the fish and fries and my wife ordered the chicken Parmesan with pasta. The chicken Parmesan was horrible. You could easily separate the Parmesan cheese from the chicken which my wife eventually did. The fish and fries was at best blind while the tartar sauce had very little or no taste. For our desert, we ordered the cheesecake which had a very funny aftertaste. The cheesecake lacked the creaminess that is customary with cheesecakes that you eat anywhere else. In addition, it had a somewhat bitter aftertaste. Overall, for the money that we paid for this event it was not worth it at all. At no time at all should anyone have to wait almost an hour for a waiter to come over and take your order. We were not the only ones to experience this as another family not sitting far from inquired of the waiter at least three times the status of their main course. In conclusion, I do not recommend this event for New Year's eve celebration.

AWFUL! We decided to go to the New Year's Eve "celebration" and it was the biggest mistake. The staff had the biggest attitude, the characters were dirty and didn't engage with the kids at all. They actually stood around with their arms crossed at the ice cream bar. None of the games worked, the train wasn't running, and half the lights were out at the light show. I could have just thrown out the money I spent and felt better about it.

This place is wonderful took my whole family and friends to the winter wonderland park amazing characters we sat by the fire roasted marshmallows and mad s'mores Mmm. My favorite part with my kids was everything got to say the toy factory ,skating , and seeing Santa was truly amazing for my kids they let you take pictures all over and with the costume characters what a greAt place

Just returned from a trip to Bayville Winter Wonderland. It was an overpriced let down. Barely anything there except for Santa and 2 other characters. The train was not working, there were no arts and crafts, the arcade games all said out of order. Never again! I want my $75.00 back.

I went this weekend and had a very enjoyable evening. I went with a group and saw the holiday characters, did some arts and crafts, roasted marshmallows and was so excited to ice skate. What a complete package this park has. It's so great they cater to all age groups. It was so much fun. Can't wait to go back. Did I mention it was all inclusive for the ENTIRE day.

Please save yourself the time, money, and disappointment. This place is overpriced and you get very little out of it. Was expecting a wonderland and instead it was a 5 min Christmas themed fun house and very little outdoor decor. There was not one "character" in sight and no light show either. The only other entertainment after a quick outdoor train ride is an indoor arcade, if you wanna pay extra for a bunch of broken games. . . Would've been a better and less costly experience to take my kid to Chuck-e-cheese.

DO NOT GO HERE!! If I could rate this place any lower I would. I came here with my mother and 4 year old brother hoping to give him a chance to have some fun. When we arrived we were greeted by a poorly decorated remnant of a halloween monster on the van at the entrance. There was almost nothing to do. The light show was just a few Christmas lights strung up on the walls. We had to walk through a cave with a mummy and scary figures which were scary for my brother and other kids there who were afraid to go in. We thought the trip would be ok if we could visit Santa but it turned out that that cost even more money and we couldn't even see him otherwise. The ice rink was a very small area with no rails. The reindeer mascots were okay but didn't come close to making up for all the other faults. There was no conductor driving the train when we went. It cost $22 each whether you were an adult or a child. This was way too much when there was nothing for us to do. I tried to get a refund but the employee was very dismissive and unsympathetic even after I explained there was absolutely nothing to do there. They also made us pay in cash so we couldnt cancel the payment. We ended up just leaving after the disappointment and went to Chuck e Cheeses where my brother had tons of fun. I wish I had read the reviews before I went, to save my family the money and time. In summation they just cheaply dressed up the halloween characters with a lot of them still visible, it was expensive, and the employees were unkind. Do not go.

Not worth The money ..SMALL watery ice ring ... Light show is just the mini golf course full of Christmas lights nothing extraordinary and half of them weren't working .. You get a Poor quality photo with Santa ..like 20 arcade machines .. Food was ok but expensive .. did the whole tour in about half hour .. Will never ever go back to this place . Was told by other parents At the parking lot not to go inside but there was no way to convince my kids at that point

Do not waste your money!! Total rip-off! Since this area is used during Halloween for haunted attractions, it amazes me that they wouldn't clean it all up for the kids for Christmas. The "light show" included a whole bunch of skeleton corpses and dead bodies lying around. The lights were not even that nice, they could have done so much more with this. The ice skating rink was not only small but it was melting to the point that it was practically a big puddle. The only thing somewhat interesting was the Funhouse, but it is definitely not worth paying $20+ for that! The line for Santa was ridiculous, we waited for over an hour in the cold. The entire thing was a complete disappointment!! I wish I read the reviews before going, so I hope if you read this you will reconsider wasting your time/money.

If there was a minus sign I would have put that in instead of one star at all. This place is a complete farce. If you saw the advertisements on television and on-line it is nothing like what it says it is. We purchased tickets from Amazon at a lesser price than they usually charge because we were in a group. FYI if you buy one INDIVIDUAL ticket it will cost you 19 DOLLARS and change(including tax). I will try to make this as brief as possible, because there is soooo much wrong with this place it isn't funny. First they have a mock train that barely fits any people in it that moves on the ground and not a track. Standing on line the people in front of us were saying how this place was a rip off. We then went to the so called fake skating rink. This rink is made up of plastic yes YOU HEARD IT RIGHT PLASTIC. The adults and children were unable to stand on the fake ice for 10 seconds while wearing skates. My kids ice skate and were barely able to stand with skates on. Then we will go on to the so called light show..... Ummm wouldn't you think that it would actually be a show.. Well guess what it's not.. It is a bunch of Christmas lights on a miniature golf course with pirate statues, skulls, fake dead bodies all over the place. You see they use this place as a water park in the summer(which is fine), but that is what it should remain. It is not meant to be a Winter Wonderland set up. I'm sure you would agree that pirate paraphernalia and Christmas do not go hand in hand. Therefore, to reiterate, this place displays false advertisement on television and on-line making it seem more of what it is. It is obvious that the owner of this place is trying to make money over the winter, because in the summer it is a water park with the same set up of the pirate statues, skulls, dead bodies etc.. It could also be frightening to a little child when they are walking around looking at the lights and they see a pirate statue in the corners of where they are walking. Oh and by the way I contacted the place to tell them my dissatisfaction and guess what? The owner of the place stated that my thoughts on the place were surprising for him to hear and that he could not defend what I feel about the place. He refused to give me my money back, and stated that this is a family owned business and that he doesn't profit from this park. Yeah okay sure. I find it hard to believe that he is not profiting from this. I heard he also owns Jekyll and Hyde in the city and the little ice cream shop right next door to the park. Oh and by the way, I noticed that the sundaes at his ice cream shoppe were approximately 9 dollars ... Another rip off. Just letting people know what this place is really like. I wish someone had warned me of this place... Absolutely a waste of time and money for me and my family. Take my advice it isn't worth it...Also, wanted to add... HIck's Nursery which is a free service put our family more in the Christmas mood than this place. Below the reviews are filtered reviews that should be read by all also.. Don't forget to get those people's feed back too...