Corn Mazes
Give Guests More Reasons to Visit, Stay Longer, and Return
A corn maze may bring families to your property, but additional attractions can turn a seasonal visit into a full day of activities.
Challenge Design Innovations designs and builds aerial adventure parks, zip lines, climbing structures, children’s courses, Kid Zips™, and custom outdoor attractions for public corn mazes, agritourism businesses, pumpkin patches, apple orchards and family farms.
We help owners add experiences that increase guest capacity, support additional revenue, and make their property stand out in a competitive fall attraction market.
Add More Value to Every Visit
Corn maze and agritourism operators often want to:
- Increase the amount of time guests spend on the property
- Create additional ticket or activity revenue
- Add an attraction that is visible from across the farm
- Give older children, teens, and adults more to do
- Reduce dependence on one main attraction
- Create activities that can operate outside corn maze season
- Attract school groups, birthday parties, and private events
- Encourage families to return each year
An aerial attraction can support those goals while using a relatively small part of your property.
CDI can help you choose the right attraction based on your audience, site, staffing, budget, and operating season.
Attractions Designed for Agritourism Properties
Every farm and public corn maze is different.
Some operators need a compact attraction near the main guest area. Others have wooded property, open fields, hills, towers, or underused land that could support a larger experience.
CDI can design and build:
- Aerial adventure parks
- Kid Zip lines
- Playground style attractions
- Children’s adventure courses
- Climbing towers
- Outdoor climbing walls
- Outdoor bouldering structures
- Giant swings
- Free-fall attractions
- High ropes courses
- Multi-level pole courses
- Tree-based adventure courses
- Custom themed attractions
Courses can include beginner, intermediate, and advanced activities for different ages and comfort levels.
Designed Around Your Business
A successful attraction must work for your guests and your staff.
We consider:
- Guest capacity and traffic flow
- Participant age and height requirements
- Ticketing and activity options
- Staff supervision
- Employee training
- Rescue access
- Daily inspections
- Equipment storage
- Weather exposure
- Seasonal operating schedules
- Maintenance needs
- Future expansion
A course that creates long lines, requires too many staff members, or is difficult to inspect can quickly become a problem.
CDI designs with daily operations in mind.
A Full-Service Adventure Attraction Builder
CDI can support your project from the first idea through opening day and beyond.
Our services include:
- Site and feasibility review
- Concept development
- Custom course design
- Engineering coordination
- Construction and installation
- Staff training
- Commissioning inspection
- Annual professional inspections
- Repairs and maintenance
- Equipment supply
- Course expansion
- Operations reviews
Attractions for Children and Families
Many corn mazes serve families with young children.
A dedicated children’s adventure course can give younger guests an active experience designed around their size, ability, and confidence level.
Children’s courses may include:
- Low-height aerial obstacles
- Small zip lines
- Nets and bridges
- Climbing activities
- Balance challenges
- Themed elements
- Parent viewing areas
These attractions can help fill the gap between toddler activities and larger attractions intended for older participants.
Extend Your Operating Season
Some attractions can operate before or after the corn maze season, depending on your location, staffing, weather, and business model.
An aerial adventure park, zip line, or climbing attraction may support:
- Spring school trips
- Summer camps
- Birthday parties
- Family weekends
- Corporate groups
- Youth organizations
- Holiday events
- Private rentals
- Team-building programs
This can help your business use the property and equipment across more months of the year.
Why Agritourism Businesses Choose CDI
More Than 45 Years of Experience
Challenge Design has designed and built challenge courses, zip lines, climbing facilities, and aerial adventure parks since 1980.
ACCT International Accredited
CDI has maintained ACCT International accreditation for more than 26 years. Accreditation includes an outside review of our work, policies, documentation, and ability to provide accredited services.
Full-Service Support
We provide design, construction, training, inspections, repairs, equipment, and ongoing service.
Built for Long-Term Operation
We design attractions around guest experience, staffing, inspection, rescue, maintenance, and future growth, not just opening day.
How Much Does an Attraction Cost?
Project cost depends on the attraction type, site conditions, size, participant capacity, structure, number of activities, engineering needs, equipment, and level of customization.
Important cost factors include:
- Tree, pole, or tower construction
- Number of obstacles or zip lines
- Desired guest capacity
- Site access and terrain
- Foundations and engineering
- Belay systems
- Staff training
- Participant equipment
- Supporting site improvements
- Theming and custom features
A complete proposal should clearly explain what is included and what the owner must provide separately.
Plan Your Corn Maze or Agritourism Attraction
You do not need to have every detail figured out before speaking with us.
It helps to know:
- Where the attraction may be located
- Who you want it to serve
- Your available space
- Your operating season
- Your desired opening date
- Your expected guest volume
- Your staffing capacity
- Your preliminary budget
CDI can help determine which type of attraction may best fit your property and business goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can an aerial attraction fit on a small property?
Yes. Some pole-based, tower-based, and children’s courses can fit within a compact area. The right layout depends on your site, audience, and desired capacity.
Can the attraction operate outside corn maze season?
Possibly. Many aerial attractions can support school groups, summer programs, private events, and weekend operations outside the fall season.
Can CDI build attractions for younger children?
Yes. CDI designs children’s adventure courses with lower obstacles, smaller zip lines, and activities created for younger participants.
Does CDI provide staff training?
Yes. CDI provides site-specific training based on your course, equipment, operating procedures, and staff responsibilities.
Can CDI inspect or repair a course built by another company?
Yes. Available services depend on the course condition, design, and documentation.
Does CDI provide long-term support?
Yes. CDI provides annual inspections, repairs, maintenance, staff retraining, equipment, expansions, and operations reviews.