The Maize Quest History

Each year, it is our goal to bring you new and exciting attractions and to offer innovative corn maze themes. Below you can see a review of the history of the park.

Year	Number of Attractions	New Attractions	Corn Maze Theme	Seasons	What Makes This Year Special?
2009	25	The Fence Maze had come to the end of it's life span, so we rebuilt it as the Fun Zone. In the Bamboo Forest, we premiered the Finger Funnies Game which had guests performing silly actions in front of their friends.	The Wild West Adventure	Open All year round!	The cornfield maze featured a new text messaging game called TextPlay. TextPlay allowed guests to receive clues and hints via cell phone.
2008	25	Perilous Planks & Pyramid Puzzler	China: Forbidden City	We're yearound! All 12 months!	This is the first year we've opened yearound with the Maze Building's transformation complete to climate-controlled play-space. The cornfield maze opens just in time for guests to learn more about the Olympic host-nation, China. The Maze depicts a pagoda temple, men walking the Great Wall, and a mammoth Chinese Dragon from which guests must escape.
2007	24	The Courtyard Tile Maze, Space Explorers	Space Explorers	Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall!	Space Explorers was one of the most popular mazes ever with guests excited to learn more about our quest to explore the stars. The warm weather deep into the fall season had guests picking pumpkins in shorts!
2006	21	Mammoth Indoor PlayMaze, Birthday Party Rooms, Pedal Karts, Mini-BoulderDash, Poppie's Corn Box, and Geo-Caching	The Vikings!	Spring, Summer & Fall	"Fulfilling the goal of all ages & all seasons, Maize Quest invests in one of the largest Indoor Playgrounds on the East Coast to serve younger Questers. Pedal Karts add the first 'ride' element to the parks since hayrides began the first season. Geo-caching pushes GPS technology into the entertainment arena, challenging guests to explore, not only the Maize Quest Fun Park, but up to 500 acres of Maple Lawn Farms!"
2005	15	Tile Maze, Invisible Fence Maze, Turf Maze, Kid's Quest, BoulderDash	Ice Age Adventure	Spring, Summer & Fall	"The Invisible Fence Mazes pushed the limits of technology for fun with a maze created from Dog-collars. BoulderDash added the first 'Game show' to the park's attraction mix. Another Maize Quest invention and innovation."
2004	10	Miner Max Rebuilt, Dinosaurs: T-Rex Attack	Dinosaurs: T-Rex Attack	Spring, Summer & Fall	The Tower exit are was developed as light-scare/feature for the end of the maze complete with roaring Veloceraptor. Experimentation continued as Miner Max Maze was rebuilt from the ground up!
2003	8	Miner Max, Gemstone Mining, Mist Maze	Pirates!	Spring, Summer & Fall	"Miner Max and Gemstone mining opens the Spring season to guests in yet another Maize Quest innovation: Mazes aren't just for Fall anymore!"
2002	7	Meadow Maze, Stone Labyrinth	Outback Adventure	Summer & Fall	"The Stone Labyrinth marked the first non-adventure maze. The relaxing labyrinth walk was a demonstration of an ancient design. When you push the envelop of design, you sometimes make mistakes. The Meadow Maze never became what we hoped for, and was replaced by the Miner Max area."
2001	6	Maze Mountain Slide & Rope Maze	Deep Sea Adventure	Summer & Fall	"Maze Mountain was an incredible undertaking using 40 truckloads of dirt to build a mountain and slide that is still one of the top rated attractions. Guest service improvements were the focus with the first ever-Maize Quest introduction video."
2000	4	Straw Bale Maze, Fence Maze & Bamboo Forest	Escape from Egypt	Fall Only	"With the success of the cornfield maze, the Maize Quest team launched a new concept: The Maze Park. Though it would take thousands of dollars and man-hours over the next 9 years to see the vision through, it all began in the year 2000."
1999	1	Maize Quest Barn & Ag Science Center	African Safari	Fall Only	"With the portable shed from 1998's season bursting at the seams, Maize quest undertook a large investment in infrastructure by building the Maize Quest Command Center, now know as the Maize Quest Fun Barn."
1998	1	The Tower	Challenge the Dragon	Fall Only	"Maize Quest pioneered adventure-based themes with an in-your-face giant Dragon. Kid's plugged into the fun and even showed up wearing armor to vanquish the beast."
1997	1	The First Maize Quest Cornfield Maze!	The Tree of Life	Fall Only	"This was the year that started it all. Hugh McPherson, The Maze Master took a chance that a maze could be much more than a walk in the stalks, and developed the first Maize Quest."