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From local destinations to regional family hot spots, many of your favorite theme parks open their doors each fall to let the spooks, ghouls, and frights in:

Sept 6-Nov 3, 2024
Howl-O-Scream • Williamsburg, VA
This year, Busch Gardens Howl-O-Scream is giving you something to scream about with all-new scares and screams to the extreme! On select days, Howl-O-Scream is taking over the entire park with five re-imagined haunted houses, five terror-tories, four sinister shows, and 6 BOOze bars, with unsuspecting horrors awaiting their victims at every turn. Guests can test their thrill threshold with nine world-class coasters at night, offering a completely different ride experience!

Sept 14-Oct 27, 2024
Boo Fest & Fright Fest • Upper Marlboro, MD
Fright Fest is back and spookier than ever at Six Flags America! But before the darkness rises, Monstertainment awaits with spooky fun for all ages. On select days, dare to enter the Halloween event of the season, featuring family-friendly attractions during the day…and thrills once the sun goes down.

Sept 14-Nov 3, 2024
The Count’s Halloween Spectacular • Langhorne, PA
At Sesame Place, wear your favorite costume and celebrate Halloween with your favorite crew from Sesame Street! On select days, Sesame Place will be transformed into a family-friendly Halloween haven, and guests will enjoy trick-or-treating around the park, Halloween-themed shows, an interactive Scarecrow Scavenger Hunt, and unique photo opportunities with everyone’s favorite furry friends dressed up in costume on their Halloween-themed floats!

Sept 20-Nov 3, 2024
Halloween Haunt • Doswell, VA
Nightmares come alive, and ghostly creatures await you this year at Kings Dominion! On select days, the park’s infamous evening Halloween Haunt will be the place for horror, hair-raising rides, and frightening attractions! Get lost in one of the many mazes or spooked in a scare zone before or after the park becomes engulfed in fog and darkness!

Sept 21-Nov 3, 2024
Trick & Treats • Doswell, VA
Guests of all ages will enjoy all that Kings Dominion offers during their special Tricks and Treats event! Enjoy pumpkin painting, hay mazes, ghostly games, not-so-scary live entertainment on select days, and more. This scare-free festival makes for the perfect fall and Halloween activity for kids and everyone in the family.

Sept 28-Dec 1, 2024
DiggerFest • West Berlin, NJ
North America’s only construction-themed adventure park is full of fall escapades yearly! Diggerland USA, your favorite destination featuring life-sized construction equipment, celebrates fall on select days with live music, specialty food, hayrides, and plenty of fall-themed fun.

Sept 21-Nov 3, 2024
The Count’s Spooktacular • Williamsburg, VA
Celebrate not-too-spooky family fun during the day, on select days, at Busch Gardens Sesame Street Forest of Fun! Kids can dress up for a costume parade and enjoy trick-or-treating through the Wild Reserve. Plus, you won’t want to miss the all-new Monster Mayhem Game Show and Furry Friends Halloween Dance Party! Family-friendly festivities include a hay maze, unique activities, and special photo opportunities!

Sept 13-Nov 3, 2024
Hershey’s Halloween • Hershey, PA
On select days this fall, join Hersheypark for your favorite rides and coasters, a chocolatey trick-or-treat adventure during Hershey’s Character Glow Dance Party, a walk on the wild side at ZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park, frightfully delicious food, and more! Plus, Darkness is sweeping during Hersheypark Halloween, with blood-curdling frights lurking after 6 pm.

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