The Beacon Haunt
Reviews
Perhaps you are just in the mood to have a drink; I cannot think of a worse place to go than this dump. Come breathe second-hand smoke with a bunch of throwbacks to the 1970s, and wonder how many brain cells you have lost in the company of homophobic drunken idiots. Seriously, this place is full of chromosome-challenged losers who will make you ask the obvious question, "why don't I just stay at home and nurse a bottle in preference to hanging out with people whose IQ's are in the low 70s." But then you realize you are in Western Pennsylvania, home of incontrovertibly insufferable WHITE TRASH.
Nice country bar. Easy going crowd, good food, cold beer and great music.
We are writing a review because there are several aspects of the Beacon that would persuade us never to go back again. The first was during dinner. The waitress did not tell us that the specials were not vaild during "haunt season". We went to dinner there to get the over all experience. Our second issue were the tickets for the haunted attractions. We tried to use a coupon and where over charged. We had to go back to the ticket booth to get correct change. The third issue was the corn maze. The first part of the corn maze was tolerable, even though the actors kept telling you the wrong way after you asked for some direction. Where it went down hill was when they intentionally seperated our party. The first half of our group went left and the second went right. The group that went left wandered around and repeatedly asked for the way out, using the the safe word - "Beacon". It took us talking to 4 different people before we were given correct directions and a little respect. Some of the actors stood in front of us and would not let us leave. Some taunted us, after we made it very clear we were finished participating in the event and simply wanted to go back. We were given wrong directions "make two lefts" yet again which only added insult to injury The "haunted house" portion was basially non-existant. It wasn't worth even a donation. Plus, the port-a-johns really detracted from what little ambiance there was. Two of us went back to the restaurant to use the restrooms and where asked for ID to get back in. Ninety percent of the actors are high school and even elementry kids - we really felt like we were being punished (wrong directions several times) by asking to leave. There needs to be more supervision by ownership. It was a waste of an evening. We normally enjoy haunted attractions and can very much recommend Cheeseman's Farm. You'll receive better scares, better food, cleaner rest areas, and more professional staff.