Does Meow Wolf still have metal detectors?

[Brass]

Has anyone been there since the mass layoff? I'm hoping that the detector operators got the ax prior to my visit there tomorrow.

[gnihcraes]

Yes. As of a month ago. No bags. Screening, metal detectors.

[Brass]

I think the huge layoff was about 3 weeks ago. At least, that's when the news reported it.

[Sawin]

A place like that? Yeah, that's a gun free zone for sure. Don't count on their detector operators being laid off.. its for the children.

[Ah Pook]

Guess I missed the drama. MW not as big as expected?

[Sawin]

Evidently it's a "go once and be done with it" type of thing... I've never gone, but that's what it seems like from those i've spoken to who went.

[.455_Hunter]

Evidently it's a "go once and be done with it" type of thing... I've never gone, but that's what it seems like from those i've spoken to who went.


Yup- Definitely a "go once". We have no desire to return, and that seems to be a poor business model.

[beast556]

When we went they had over sold tickets and it was shoulder to shoulder and completely ruined it for us we just left. Waist of money and time

[Ah Pook]

Went to the original, in Albuquerque. It seemed to be a tourist attraction.

[BPTactical]

Evidently it's a "go once and be done with it" type of thing... I've never gone, but that's what it seems like from those i've spoken to who went.

My kid took his girlfriend there and that was his view of it.

[sic_semper_tyrannis]

The original is in Santa Fe, and it was a blast, especially for small kids. No question it is run/managed/owned/operated/day-to-day'd by full blown commies, but it's an 'immersive art experience' so what would you expect. I drive by the new Denver one pretty much every day and I see the lines out front and the parking and the 50/50 chance of getting your car broken into and turned into a Dirty Mike & The Boys homeless sex palace while you're there, and I've just had no inclination to go. But oddly enough, if we ever go back through Santa Fe, we'd go again in a heartbeat. So I have no direct experience with the Denver one, other than an utter indifference in ever going.

[Fromk]

The Santa Fe one is way better if you're into that kind of thing in the first place. There's a lot more to interact with and a fun hidden narrative if you take the time to look around.

The Denver one was just a bunch of stuff. Lots of creativity on display but it's very surface level. Wife and I went to a preview before the opening. Hardly any kids and it wasn't very crowded which were the best possible conditions. I agree with most people that you already know if you want to go or not and there's not much of a reason to return.