It's a cute little farm, but for $20 a kid to get into their fall festivities I don't feel like you get a whole lot. Many of the attractions inside still cost an additional fee, such as the corn maze. Otherwise I did like most of their offerings. The hayride was enjoyable and had great views, plus no hay to get stuck to you. The corn maze was also fun and not overly large or difficult (which is great when you have a toddler). This is probably a steal if you're not going with any kids, since adults get in free. If you are bringing kids, especially a lot of them, I would suggest going elsewhere. read more

Arasapha Farm - Farms Near Me - Gradyville, Pennsylvania

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We had a great time getting our Christmas tree here this year. We went the first weekend in December and they still had a great selection of cut your own trees in the field. You take a wagon out to the field and they provide a saw. Then once you've made your selection and cut it down, the attendant will tag your tree and load it into the wagon for you. When we got back they shook and netted the tree for us and tied it onto the car. They also had a selection of precut trees if you prefer. They had a concession stand with apple cider donuts, hot chocolate etc and a fire pit for roasting marshmallows. Great experience! read more

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I am a teacher and my fiancé and I brought 3 of my former students here for the Christmas hayride which none of us had ever been to prior. We came on a Friday night around 6:15. If you want the short and sweet version I would say it was nice but extremely expensive and not really worth the cost. On to the details... First of all, we came on a rainy Friday night with no crowd. I asked if they do teacher discounts and I told them that I brought 3 of my former students. The lady at the register looked at the other lady and asked and she basically laughed at me as she said no. That pissed me off if I'm being honest. They know they're overcharging and it's crappy weather and I'm bringing students on my own, you would think they would have some Christmas spirit. They didn't and the laugh is what really got me. We paid $60 for the two of us and my three students. The rich get richer. Anyway... We get on a tractor and are told to wait. Another group of three joined us. Other than that, there was no one as far as the eye could see. As I said, it was raining and the rain was expected to get heavier so I was ready for them to get the show on the road but we had to wait. And wait. And wait. Even though the website says they leave every five minutes. What was the difference anyway?!?! There were a million tractors lined up and a bunch of employees waiting. Just go! The lights themselves were good. There were some cool parts. A lot of animatronics. I think they could do wayyyyyy more. Especially considering the space they have...and the space that is untouched as you're riding around. One of the girls was disappointed that there wasn't any hay. She said, isn't this supposed to be a hay ride?!?! Where's the hay?! The gentlemen working the tractor were nice. We had to jump off for the bathroom, which turned out to only be port a potties which the girls weren't thrilled about. One of the guys even let one of the girls use his flashlight since it was dark. He told her not to drop it in. Lol. That was brave of him! For as long as people spend here and as much money as they make and as much space as they have, there should definitely be some regular bathrooms. There are live animals in a nativity scene as you enter after parking. They have a few other things that you can walk around and take pictures with like a giant yeti or whatever he was supposed to be, a carriage that reminded me of Cinderella, etc. The girls heard them advertise for the giant gingerbread house during the hayride so they kept asking to go there but it turns out it was just a brown snack bar designed to look (kind of) like a gingerbread house. You are able to cut your trees down here or buy some that are already cut down. They have a fire pit which was cool to stand around and take pictures near for a few minutes. There is plenty of parking available and there isn't even close to the mayhem for Christmas as there is for the Halloween attraction. We didn't see the live reindeer that other reviewers keep mentioning. Maybe the real reindeer are gone now? There was a hit with merchandise but no people in it? The girls mentioned it being a store. I told them to get out of it because I thought it was for employees only and I didn't want them to get in trouble. As I got closer I realized there were prices listed on shelves. So I'm still unclear as to whether they were trying to sell the stuff or not. If they were I don't know how you're supposed to buy it because the people in the hit next door made no moves when they saw us there. Last year we took these girls to Philly for all of the Christmas shows...the Macy's light show, the Comcast show, the dickens village and the city hall show. Their light shows are a million times better and $60 cheaper since everything is free. They even let you take pictures with Santa as opposed to here where there are signs plastered everywhere that you can't take your own pictures and people staring at you like hawks to enforce that rule. We actually saw Santa outside walking around and one of the girls asked him to take a picture and he told her she had to come inside. Again, where's the Christmas spirit?!?! You're Santa. Just take a quick picture with an excited little girl instead of trying to make money off of her and her teacher that is taking her out for a fun night. I wanted to do the philly shows again but we couldn't fit that trip into the busy time of year this holiday season. I would definitely return to philly over returning here. It absolutely wasn't impressive enough to spend $60 on it. It's nice to do once but I wouldn't return unless it was free. The ground was SUPER muddy and it DESTROYED our car...especially where the girls were playing and moving around. Make sure you wear rain boots or duck boots and not any nice shoes. You definitely won't want to wear your nice Uggs! read more

Sadly this place is just "OK"... we went last weekend and it's the SAME exact activities they had years ago.. few things new and at this point it's becoming outdated. A fun place to go once every 3-4 years I guess :/. We went this past weekend and the BEES were TERRIBLE. My 4 year old got stung and we lasted only about 40 minutes there. They could do a lot better. Still and OK place worth visiting at least once. It can get $$$$$$ if you have multiple kids, I'm talking 3-4 kids will run you $60+ read more

Three Stars for the Hayride: But that's all I've got for this carnival of confusion with thousands if not tens of thousands of visitors on any weekend evening, lines stretching hundreds of yards in length filled mostly with squealing little girls. This is NOT a place for Halloween fun for anyone over the age of 18. This is no humble family farm which does a fun Halloween thing each year. This is a badly run theme park with the owners making buckets of money while putting no effort into respecting or accommodating their customers. Wanna pay the hefty entry fee with a credit card? Nope, sorry. But we have an ATM to charge you 3 bucks for cash. You would think a massive business bringing in likely hundreds of thousands of dollars per week would take plastic. What a racquet! Signs are posted everywhere you turn warning you that you will be "PROSECUTED!" for selling your tickets or for damaging props or for hitting the actors. Arasapha Farms is scary alright, but for all the wrong reasons. read more

This is a rating and review for the Holiday Hayride. Not the Bates Motel! Their commercials on q102's I heart radio station work because I had no idea that the farm did a Christmas activity. My boyfriend and I went for the hayride and it was cute, it took you around the property and there were all kinds of lighting fixtures that went with the Christmas music. They even took you past an area that had real reindeer which was nice. The kids loved this part. Afterward, we got hot chocolate and sat around the open fire pits that they had available. You can even buy ingredients to make smores. It was a nice, inexpensive activity to do on a Saturday night. You could also buy trees here and I believe even cut down your own. There is a live nativity scene, which to me is always an awkward thing to watch but it was nice. They also decorate the Bates Motel as Santa's house ( which cracks me up, the gargoyles have Santa hats on! ) and you can pay to have your picture taken with Santa. read more

Spent the day here with friends and a seven and four year old... hands down a great experience where the kids got to enjoy all of the games and activities for a flare rate of $20. $5 for hay(less) ride and large corn maze for adults which was great! Linvilla Orchards is our usual go-to but that's definitely changed.. Arasapha Farms was quaint and casual and we felt comfortable letting the kids run around while knocking back cider and relaxing. Definitely will be back again! Also 2 for $4 small pumpkins and 55c/pound larger ones. read more

Arasapha Farm - Cut out posts for fun photos! - Farms Near Me - Gradyville, Pennsylvania

My family and I just had a great time watching House on Haunted Hill at Arasapha Farm. What a fun way to kick off the Halloween season. We can't wait to walk through the Psycho Path. This place is a wonderful way to spend time with family and friends. Everyone is happy here. read more

One of the monsters in the haunted hayride body slammed me in the back so hard last night that it knocked the wind out of me and my back is still really hurting. What the hell are they thinking? The haunted stuff is elaborate but isn't scary. They need to take a lesson from the Ghoullog in New Hampshire. So, I drove almost 2 hours and paid for something as scary as a Disney ride and to get physically attacked and hurt. Thanks. read more

Exspensive, The hay ride is boring , not worth the money ! Then pictures with Santa is very exspensive also , no Christmas music on hay ride ether , no effort in attractions , snow machine didn't work either read more

Went here for my twins first hayride/pumpkin patch. Patch is full of already smashed pumpkins and No where is it stated that pumpkins are to be purchased before leaving...my little sister thought it would be funny to place a pumpkin in my stroller and cover it like a baby, upon leaving we were approached by about 6 people who were arguing with us at all angles over a PUMPKIN! We returned it and even offered to pay the 18$ (not sure how they come up with this price) but we were escorted off the premises. Would not recommend this place not only because of this incident but the animals look very old and not well taken care of I truly felt sorry for them... staff is unfriendly and uninformative I recommend you travel the extra miles to the nice farms in New Jersey who offer friendly family fun and reasonably priced pumpkins :) read more

BATES MOTEL is amazing...one of the best haunted attractions in the country..scared the crap out of me, and I am NOT easily scared.

My husband and I joined our friends here because they won Holiday Hayride tickets in an auction. We were planning to buy tickets for our 2-year-old boys, but another customer randomly handed us two of their leftover tickets. So this place was worth more than what we paid but not as much as we would have. The Santa was good-natured about our friends' son flipping out on his lap and mine trying to pilfer all the trucks on display under his tree. Kudos for that. Also, the train display was really cool for the kids. My son had a tantrum when we told him it was time to leave it. The hayride was also run well. The lights were nice and plentiful but not overpowering, and the rides came enough that we didn't have to wait long in line even though it was the Sunday before Christmas. The one drawback was the reindeer. Apparently there was only one, and it was just sitting in the barn so we all had to stand up to get a glimpse of it. I get that reindeer need to rest, but if this is a way to draw customers the hayride should have come closer to it. However, what kind of business doesn't take plastic in 2014? We are typical millennials who don't carry much cash, and we would have had to pay $40 altogether for the hayride ($15/adult, $10/child). Our kids are obsessed with trains and we loved seeing the kiddie train. But we didn't let them ride it for $5 per person - $15 minimum since at least one adult would have needed to go along. And my son got a cute picture with Santa, but I'm not sure it's worth $15. This place would also benefit from a place to warm up inside, like an indoor barn. It could have concessions and a wider selection of gifts in it, plus I may have been willing to stick around longer. read more

This review is for their Christmas lights hayride. They charge $10 per child and $15 per adult ticket. I was so disappointed with the "lights" display. They were sparse and many of them had lights that were not working. One of the main attractions is a light up tunnel made with arcs and a real snow blower blowing snow as you go through with the music "Let it Snow" playing. Many of the lights on the arches were out and there was only one small snow blower and it was crooked so only one side of the wagon actually got any snow :( There is one reindeer in a pen which was cool to see. At the very end there is a Noahs arc display, the animals are barely recognizable because there are so many lights out. Once we got off the hayride we visited the snack stand and bought a Smores kit for $5. My kids enjoyed this and they give you plenty of supplies to make 4-6 Smores. There are about 3/4 fit pits with benches around them. Araspha Farms also advertises a mini train display and a Santa's workshop. The train display is old and in need of repair and an update. The Santa's workshop, if you can call it that, is a small sectioned off area inside where you purchase your santa pictures. Half of the animatronic elves don't work and look pretty scary. My son, who's 4, called the one a zombie :( The Santa and Mrs. Claus are awesome and very friendly and the pictures came out great. Over all it was a nice time for the kids and they do have a lot of different things you can do (hayride, santa pics, fire pit, cut/pick out a christmas tree) but at a price. My kids didn't mind all the missing lights and the many attractions being in need of repair or an update. But when they are charging $10 for kids/$15 for adults for a hayride light show I expect the attraction to at least have working lights. Will I be back? No. I rather go to Shady Brook farms and pay $25 for the car load and see a lights display that make you say wow. read more

Fun, scary, and a great time. The crew here puts their all into it and watching other people get scared is almost as fun as getting scared myself. read more

Christmas tree was $100 and a week later it's needles all over my living room floor