Fence mazes, rope mazes, stone mazes, cornfield mazes, labyrinths, mist mazes, bamboo mazes, hedge mazes, hybrid mazes. The list goes on and on. Mazes designed to transfer information. Mazes designed to move people. Mazes designed to engage people. This is the future of mazes.

Maize Quest's Maze Master Hugh McPherson and Maize Quest's designer Dave Phillips believe in the value of mazes as entertainment and educational attractions. That why we created the first maze catalog for attraction operators: Maize Quest's Discovery Mazes. Now you can choose the maze that best fits your attraction.

Tell us more about yourself and receive more information and the Discovery Maze Catalog.

How can a corn maze help my business?

Nothing gives you more return on investment than a great product. Maize Quest’s system of smart design, family-friendly characters, and multi-age-appropriate games is such a product.

Is a Cornfield Maze my best option?

With Maize Quest you are not limited to cornfield mazes. We talk with you about your business before suggesting any kind of maze attraction. Corn mazes are not for every operation. In some instances we’ve help farmers realize that a different kind of maze would work better for their type of operation.

Want to be open in Spring and Summer? Check out Miner Max: The Secret of the Lost Mine and our Discovery Mazes. Maize Quest is a full service maze-based attraction design firm. Our Cornfield Maze are the best in the business, but they are only the beginning. Learn More About Maze Options.

Click here to Learn More About Our Flagship Location, America’s Maze Theme Park. The virtual tour will give you a sample of the types of attractions we’ve designed, built and tested. Return to this page to learn more about corn mazes and how we help you build an attraction.

What is Maize Quest?

What is the MQ System?

Who is a MQ partner?

What are my MQ options?

 Tell us more about yourself.

Meet the Maize Quest Team.

 

This man can help you start your Quest!

Have you operated a corn maze in the past?

If so, Maize Quest could be a good fit for you. We’ve found a lot of farms already in the entertainment or maze business that are looking to upgrade their offering. Today, you have to compete with entertainment attractions from malls to mini-golf to theme parks. Could your product be better?

Is the experience your customers get now as good as it could be?

We’ve invested in creating game / worksheet systems that are unlike anything in the outdoor entertainment industry. Maize-o-Vision is a trademarked system of decoding a perfect picture of the map with glasses and special stations. Questions inside the maze are themed to the maze design. The material covered is not generic agriculture information, but is fresh, exciting and geared to today’s families, families with large youth age ranges.

You can use all this material to sell the maze to groups and families year after year. Your Maize Quest is no longer just another walk in the stalks. The maze is merely the backdrop for the real entertainment: The Theme.

Are mazes profitable?

Yes. However, some are profitable now. Some will be profitable for a few years. Maize Quests will be profitable for the long term. We invest in you, just like you invest in us. Our product does not depend on the corn to entice visitors to return, the corn is just the backdrop for the real entertainment. Maize Quest thematic mazes are the key to long-term customer retention and positive word of mouth. Your guests simply cannot get an experience like a Maize Quest experience anywhere else. That’s what drives profitability.

Are opportunities available?

We are actively interviewing farms for the 2004 season. Due to the hundreds of hours of time it takes to launch Maize Quest into a new market we are only opening 15 new mazes in 2004. Controlled growth, managed by our central office, ensures new locations have every advantage.

Are you in a good market? Are you ready to take your farm experience to the next level?

Our program can be scaled for successful farmers looking to upgrade and for young entertainers with great market potential. We operate like a co-op: Your fees help purchase professional service no single location could afford.

We hire a professional Public Relations firm to handle your farm’s custom press kit and to work on national publicity for us. We group-purchase materials and merchandise to save money and avoid waste. Our professional designers and planners help you realize the full potential of mazes at your location.

A Maize Quest corn maze might just be the beginning for us.

We help our locations become full-fledged entertainment attractions. We design mazes from rope and stone to corn and flowers. We create attractions based on mazes. You as a Maize Quest location benefit from reduced design rates for each additional maze. We help you plan your site from the start.

Our experience saves you time and money.

The first Maize Quest has become America’s Maze Theme Park. 2003 will be our 7th season operating our own maze at our home farm. We entertain tens of thousands of people yearly at our flagship site at which we have installed ten maze-based attractions. We try things at our home site first, so you know what works.

We grew from 7,000 people our first year because we were willing to take risks and try new things. Not every risk pans out. Fortunately, you learn from our experience and jump ahead on the learning curve.

You are not alone.

We have a gifted group of maze operators and we encourage communication between them. We have a special web site for Maze Masters only. There you can discuss your plans, ideas, marketing, press hits and failures with a group of supportive farmers who aren’t in your market area. We can share our secrets safely because we provide you with a territory. When any farm close to you calls us for a maze package; we call you to see if the new farm would interfere with your operation. We support our present operators!

Now is the time to Join the Quest!

Maize Quest® Franchise is an effective way to diversify your operation. Just as an amusement park out-sources the design of a new roller coaster, you can outsource the technical and marketing designs for your Maize Quest® maze adventure. In our area, other mazes have started and failed. We have succeeded through hard work, great staff and a willingness to learn from our mistakes. Your franchise harvests our knowledge, sourcing ability and continuous support.

Partnership with Maize Quest® benefits you. With our plan, you can have a top-quality, attraction up and running within the 2003 tourist season. Very few other expansion options allow that kind of timeliness. Our experience can help you operate a professional quality event targeted directly at the family tourist market. A Maize Quest® Partnership would offer you a solid way to access the tourist market that already visits your area.

Maize Quest® is presently helping to build Maple Lawn Farms into a tourist destination. It can do the same for your farm. Having a Maize Quest® maze provides tourists with a positive family activity. The physical aspect of the maze promotes concession sales. The high visibility of a unique Maize Quest® Maze Adventure would increase the public relations potential for the entire area.

A Maize Quest® Franchise is a long-term plan that grows with you. We have found that the maze adventure concept is complex and therefore takes time to communicate to the public. We will be with you for the years to come as the entertainment aspect of your farm grows.

Now is the time to plan for partnership with Maize Quest®. Because of the amount of planning necessary to launch a new maze, earlier is always better! Please contact us at 1-866-WE-LOSE-U ext 102 so we may talk more specifically about creating your Maize Quest®.

What happens next?

Sign up using this online form and we’ll call you. If we both decide to proceed after the initial phone call, you’ll receive a full packet of information with all our services and prices. Maize Quest is a program for long-term market dominance. Maize Quest’s products are unlike anything in the outdoor entertainment industry. We’ll teach you to grow attendance and revenue at your location using existing skills and resources.