Let me start off by saying I'm a little torn on th...

Let me start off by saying I'm a little torn on this review. I've been coming to Ripley's since I was a kid and it's always been one of my favorite places, however, the quality has steadily gone down over the years. On Saturday we visited and decided on doing the wax museum and the mirror maze, for 5 of us it was around $120. For what it is these days that's way over priced.

The wax museum is always our favorite and for the most part it was great. Since our last visit they have changed up the "scary" portion quite a bit and personally, I liked it better before. It seems like there are less wax figures and a lot more random halloween-type decorations. Overall though the wax museum is still awesome and worth checking out if you can get in with a coupon...it's not worth paying full price.

Now, on to the mirror maze. You're able to do the mirror maze as many times as you want which is a huge plus. We've done the maze on 2 or 3 different occasions and always had a blast doing it. On Saturday when we went it was a totally different experience. When you go through the maze they give you gloves to wear so you don't streak the mirrors with fingerprints- there was no attendant and the box of gloves was empty but there was a stack just thrown on a table so we grabbed some from there. As we were walking down the hall there were gloves littering the floor. 2 trashcans full of used gloves were at the end of the maze and they were so full that they were all over the floor too. That was already a bad sign but we put our gloves on and into the maze we went. Normally it's a challenge but this time the mirrors were covered in fingerprints and smears making it obvious where the mirrors were and easy to walk straight through. We decided to go a few more times just so the kids could have fun and at one point all of the lights completely shut off for maybe 20 seconds leaving everyone standing there in total darkness. The whole thing was a mess. When we were leaving we told an employee (who was locking the front doors even though it was 7pm and they close at 8) that it was a mess over there and someone may want to check on it. He said "we're about to close anyway."

I really hope management makes some changes and gets back on top of things. It's really upsetting seeing how far downhill this place has gone over the years.