(I know this doesn't fit perfectly into this umd group, but I feel it's the best fitting one. If you want it moved, please tell me where to, thanks!)

Hi folks,

I'd love to plan a trip to a messy attraction, but I don't know of any. Let me give you two examples what what I have in mind. If you know of any attractions that fit, please let me know.


1.
A few years ago there was an immersive dance show in Orlando called drip, which included many tasty messy elements:

- dancers doused in paint,
- sometimes throwing paint at the audience
- there is a paint station where the audience get to paint their white t-shirt or your face or whatever they liked.
- and best of all: there was a interactive paint shower cabin

Unfortunately, that show has long since closed down. So that's why it doesn't fit.
Link: https://ilovedrip.com/


2.
Another nice attraction still on-going is the "beat the bomb" escape room, where you get to try to defuse a bomb. If you fail a "bomb" of paint explodes at your group of players. Unfortunately, you need to wear protective clothing for that, so you don't really get messy on that either. So that's why it doesn't fit either.

Link: https://beatthebomb.com/


So here's my question: are there any good interactive messy interactive attractions *anywhere*? I don't mean "sure come to my backyard and I'll slime you", I mean official attractions that regular people visit?

Many thanks!
Mikee

I throw an annual event called bubble bobble where everybody gets soaked in foam. And we do live slime and cake shows at the event too.

https://youtu.be/eeRz57NYrCg?si=1kV09aScfsHVyxTf


That was the most recent event before the pandemic. Sadly we lost our old venue, so Im on the lookout for a new location to throw the show. I'm planning on bringing it back for spring 2024. Usually it's late march/early April. The second I nail down a new venue I'll let everybody know.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqj_q3bJoVE

Thanks, messyhot, please do bring it back! Do you have any footage of the live slime and cake shows?

I do!!! I'll post it up this week

Please do! Looking forward to it!

I was in Orlando for a meeting one time when Drip was running but somehow I didn't know that it existed; I found it after I got home. I have been kicking myself for years on that.

> So here's my question: are there any good interactive messy interactive attractions *anywhere*? I don't mean "sure come to my backyard and I'll slime you", I mean official attractions that regular people visit?

We should start a list or a Google Sheet or something like that, but there's a number of these. Some of which I've tried and some of which I haven't made it to yet. Examples:

Splatter paint rooms
- Exist around the USA but not all of them seem friendly to getting messy. Ones that do include:
- Splatterbox (Albany, OR) (haven't tried but I'm hoping to get up there this year)
- Rage Cage NH (Nashua, NH) (haven't tried)
- Primal Pigment (Pittsburgh, PA) (haven't tried)
- Break Room LA (Van Nuys, CA) (have tried; decent fun)
- Your Tribe (UK, I think in Hull - just reopened. Looks amazing).

Permanent mud obstacle / assault courses
- Dorset Mud Trail (Dorset, UK) (haven't tried)
- Manley Mere trail (UK) (haven't tried)
- ACE Adventure Resort mud obstacle course (Minden, WV) (have done; quite a bit of fun but they require a minimum booking of 5 people. You can join up if there is already a group going)

Mud run series (specific events)
- Tough Mudder (haven't tried; mud quality varies by location)
- Rugged Maniac (haven't tried; not enough mud for me)
- Spartan (haven't tried; too hardcore)
- Muddy Dash (have done many; lots of fun; may be going out of business)
- Mud Factor (have done many; lots of fun; scaling back # of events)
- Terrain Race (done one or two, same organizer as Muddy Dash but with less mud)
- Various local races

Permanent muddy locations
- Andrew J. Foss Memorial Mud Hole (Minneapolis; MN - haven't been but want to visit someday)
- Soap Lake (central Washington state; haven't been)
- Bay of Fundy Mud Sliding (Wolfville/Truro/Maitland, Nova Scotia, Canada - on my bucket list)
- Mud volcano adventures in Colombia
- Water Moon Cave in China
- Mud cave float/swim adventure at Xenses park in Southeastern Mexico

Messy "haunted house" events open around Halloween
- Halls of Horror blood experience (central Pennsylvania; haven't tried; doesn't look incredibly messy)
- All Hallows Eve Terror Town (outside Cincinnati, OH; haven't tried - on my bucket list for next year though)

Mud Volleyball tournaments (held ~yearly in various locations)
- Dayton OH (haven't been; apparently mud quality varies)
- Hannibal, MO (haven't been; mud looks unbelievable; multi-day tournament)
- Ooz(e)fest in Buffalo, NY (haven't been; would like to go someday)
- Bakersfield, CA (have been many times; mud is so bad it's almost not worth going)
- Bridgeport, CA (have been a couple times; held around 4th of July, super laid back and fun; mud is OK)
- Various local events mostly in the midwest US

Messy theatrical productions
- Evil Dead the Musical (first few rows of audience get splattered with fake blood all night; staged in many locations yearly, usually around October - have been to probably a dozen of these and it's a great/fun show. Excellent yearly production in San Diego CA)
- Other musicals with a splatter zone include Carrie the Musical and Night of the Living Dead the Musical which aren't staged nearly as much.

International Mud Day events
- Montgomery County Mudfest (Maryland; have been - super fun)
- Annmarie Sculpture Garden Mud day (also Maryland; have been - super fun)

Places where you can rent an ATV and get muddy
- Busco Beach (Goldsboro, NC)
- Mines and Meadows (outside Pittsburgh, PA; 4-hour ATV tour and they let you get pretty muddy if you want)
- (Have tried 3 or 4 others but couldn't get really muddy there)

Mud events at ATV/truck parks where you can get muddy without a vehicle
- Diamond S mud bog (central Pennsylvania, every year on Memorial Day weekend)
- Tall Pines ATV park (south central New York state; open all the time but best events are Mud Prom (mid-July; get muddy with people in suits and prom dresses) or Farm Fest (labor day weekend))

Random yearly muddy/messy events that are still going on
- Roaring 20s Valentine's Pie Fight (February, Los Angeles - first one was amazing; last few have looked pretty lackluster)
- Harvest Festival at Norman Bird Sanctuary in Rhode Island, early October (slide out onto a pole over muddy water and try to push your opponent in; not too muddy but super fun)

Holi celebrations in various locations (colored powder throwing)

International messy festivals:
- Boryeong mud festival in Korea
- Tomatina in Bunol Spain

So many defunct events and event series that were fun but are now gone
- Muckfest MS mud runs
- Messyfest (Arizona; a group of us went to the "adults only" session at the last one and had fun)
- Mighty Mud Mania (Scottsdale, Arizona - there is still a small event in Kingman AZ in August tht I attended about 20 years ago and is still going)
- Tomato Battle (various locations; went to 4 or 5 of these; super neat)
- So many other mud runs that went out of business

I'll post more if I think of them.

Dude, mz1, you just made my day! Many thanks for that list!

I'm not into mud, so about 80% of your links are not for me, but some of the paint rooms, messy haunted houses, the Evil Dead Splatter Zone and that Valentine's Pie Fight do sound very very cool indeed!

Many thanks!
Mikee

- Montgomery County Mudfest (Maryland; have been - super fun)
I live in Montgomery County, and I've never heard of this!

Here's something I just found: Universal Studios Epic Universe in Orlando will open next month with this:

"Darkmoor Monster Makeup Experience"

"At Darkmoor Monster Makeup Experience, Dr. Pretorius' old lab has been converted into a parlor to continue the spirit of his demented experiments. Here, skilled artisans use their talents to experiment on customers and release their inner love of Universal Monsters be they werewolves, vampires, or something even more fashionably monstrous."

So you basically get to be painted, and put in a costume, and then you can roam the park for the full day like that

https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/shopping/darkmoor-monster-makeup-experience

And they offer "touch-ups during the day", so you can get painted in the morning, ride all the water attractions and then get repainted in the afternoon (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob81Ivr-e4c at 1:08:35 )


Cheers
Mikee

In the Netherlands and Germany there are barefoot trails, made to be walked barefooted but most of them do allow you to wear shoes as well if it's more comfortable for you.

Many of these include mud pits as well and they don't mind if you play in them and get muddy. I did one of them with my girlfriend last year and we had a good time getting muddy together.

I just posted a thread about last years edition of my annual birthday rave where we do live sploshing demos pretty regularly

https://umd.net/forums/topicid/1058229