ByRhett C
Only in Hershey, Pennsylvania—the town built on chocolate—could a Halloween event come wrapped in both sweetness and scares. Hersheypark Dark Nights takes over the park after hours, trading the candy-coated vibe for haunted houses, scare zones, and a mood that feels worlds apart from daytime rides. Since 2022, Dark Nights has been a separately ticketed…
ByRhett C
In the South Bay, just minutes from Levi’s Stadium, California’s Great America has been twisting its roller coasters into shadows since 2008 with Halloween Haunt in Santa Clara, California. What makes it stand out? Unlike parks that lean only on mazes, this one drops you into a full-scale theme park-turned-haunt, where world-class rides run side…
ByRhett C
Only in the Hudson Valley can you trick-or-treat among life-sized LEGO® castles and dragons. That’s the vibe at LEGOLAND New York’s Brick-or-Treat Monster Party in Goshen, where since 2021 families have swapped haunted houses for candy trails, costumed characters, and kid-friendly spooky fun built entirely for younger adventurers. But the park is sprawling, and missing…
ByRhett C
Kansas City’s Worlds of Fun doesn’t just do Halloween—it leans into it with a full park takeover. Since 2007, Halloween Haunt has filled the midways with haunted mazes, scare zones, and monsters lurking between coasters, making it one of Missouri’s biggest fall traditions. But the event sprawls across the park, and once the fog drops,…
ByRhett C
By day, Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park shifts gears from terrifying to charming with Knott’s Spooky Farm—a family-friendly Halloween celebration that’s been running alongside Scary Farm since 1973. Instead of blood-curdling mazes, kids get trick-or-treating through Ghost Town, costumed character encounters, and festive overlays on select rides, making it the perfect entry-level Halloween park…
ByRhett C
Most haunted attractions can’t claim to sit on the banks of the Minnesota River, but Valleyfair in Shakopee does—and every fall the park dials up the atmosphere with its long-running Halloween Haunt, better known as ValleyScare. Since 2000, it’s been the Twin Cities’ go-to mix of big rides and fog-filled mazes, pulling in thrill-seekers from…
ByRhett C
Just outside Minneapolis in Shakopee, Minnesota, Valleyfair’s fall nights turn sinister with ValleyScare (Halloween Haunt at ValleyScare)—a haunted takeover that truly began its modern run in 2006. What makes it stand out? You don’t just tiptoe through scare zones—you ride towering coasters through the darkness, with jump scares and thrills entwined across the park. If…
ByRhett C
It’s not every day you find haunted houses rising up beside killer whales, but that’s exactly the vibe at SeaWorld San Diego’s Howl-O-Scream. Since 2021, this after-dark event has been turning the family-friendly marine park into a full-blown scare zone on the California coast, mixing haunted mazes, scare zones, and late-night rides with a backdrop…
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San Antonio’s Howl-O-Scream has a wild twist most other Halloween events can’t touch—you’re stepping into a scare zone that shares real estate with killer whale stadiums and roller coasters. Since 1999, SeaWorld San Antonio has turned its marine park into a nighttime haunt, layering haunted houses and scare zones over the usual family-friendly pathways. It’s…
ByRhett C
It’s a little surreal walking through SeaWorld Orlando at night and realizing the same park where you watched dolphins leap is now crawling with scare zones and haunted mazes. Since 2021, SeaWorld Orlando Howl-O-Scream has turned this Florida marine park into a full-scale after-hours horror event, blending thrill rides with late-night frights in a way…