5 Halloween haunts at Southern California theme parks

Greetings,  lovers of horror. Want to beryllium frightened this Halloween? Well, fearfulness not (well, OK, fearfulness a bit) due to the fact that here’s a roundup of fashionable taxable parkland haunts going connected successful Southern California. And enactment that these could merchantability out, truthful drawback those tickets now. Most haunts tally until Oct. 31. Check AAA for discounts. And besides cheque the requirements for masks, vaccinations and such.

Six Flags Magic Mountain

A antheral with a glowing disguise scares radical wrong the Nightmares scare portion during Six Flags Magic Mountain’s yearly Fright Fest lawsuit connected Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)

Fright Fest 2021 returns successful Valencia with six haunted mazes, 8 scare zones and 3 unrecorded shows. It includes 2 caller scare zones and 2 caller shows.Unlike the different parks, Fright Fest is included with regular amusement parkland admission. Visitors conscionable wage an other $30-50 for a Fright Pass to entree the mazes. Day trippers tin bask the scare zones and coasters without paying for the Fright Pass, (which means ample crowds). “Aftermath 2: Chaos Rising” is 1 of the astir fashionable mazes. Tickets commencement astatine $45. sixflags.com/magicmountain

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Universal Studios Hollywood

A she-devil threatens to interruption retired of her cage astatine the Halloween Horror Nights opening astatine Universal Studios Hollywood Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Halloween Horror Nights, which scare aficionados mostly see to beryllium the champion of the section taxable parkland haunts, runs done Oct. 31. It includes caller and returning mazes specified arsenic the “Haunting of Hill House,” “Walking Dead” and the “Bride of Frankenstein.” The Terror Tram is besides back. Harvey Guillén, prima of the FX bid “What We Do successful the Shadows,” volunteered to task into the mazes and assistance america determine which were scariest. Tickets commencement astatine $69. Not recommended for children nether the property of 13. halloweenhorrornights.com.

Knott’s Berry Farm

Some of the scarers were down plexiglass astatine the Knott’s Scary Farm opening nighttime successful Buena Park connected Thursday, September 16, 2021. (Photo by Sam Gangwer, Contributing Photographer)

Knott’s Scary Farm, the area’s archetypal Halloween event, returns this twelvemonth with 8 haunted mazes, 5 scare zones and six unrecorded shows. The lone caller maze this twelvemonth is “Mesmer: Sideshow of the Mind” which features hypnotist Mesmer who hosts an insane satellite with sideshow acts gone incorrect underneath a traveling carnival tent. There’s besides a caller scare portion called “Gore-ing 20’s” which features Prohibition-era bootleggers, ghostly revelers and Jazz epoch band, and a concealed password to scope the underworld. This scare portion is located adjacent Knott’s Bear-y Tales acheronian ride. Prices commencement astatine $50.

Knott’s Spooky Farm, for younger children, is included with the terms of regular admission. It runs daytime lone connected Saturdays and Sundays. Day tickets commencement astatine $54 online but cheque with AAA for discounts. knotts.com

Disneyland Resort

Halloween decorations connected Main Street, U.S.A. astatine Disneyland successful Anaheim, CA, connected Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Halloween Time astatine the Disneyland Resort includes elaborate decorations featured pumpkins, specially costumed characters, translation of the Haunted Mansion into the Haunted Mansion Holiday, Guardians of the Galaxy — Monsters After Dark and a Halloween Screams show. Note that you request an beforehand preservation to participate the taxable parks astatine this time, but for Downtown Disney, which is besides festively decorated.Theme parkland summons prices commencement astatine $114 for adults weekdays. Disneyland.com

Ghosts from The Haunted Mansion during the Frightfully Fun Parade astatine Oogie Boogie Bash, A Disney Halloween Party, successful California Adventure astatine the Disneyland Resort successful Anaheim, CA, connected Thursday, September 9, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Oogie Boogie Bash is backmost astatine Disney California Adventure arsenic an after-hours specially ticketed event. People tin formal up successful costumes, trick-or-treat and bask the peculiar decorations, nutrient and, of course, merchandise to buy. At this writing, tickets were sold out, truthful find a person who bought immoderate and horn successful oregon enactment it connected your calendar to bargain adjacent August. disneyland.com

SeaWorld San Diego

Howl-O-Scream volition tally done Oct. 31 astatine SeaWorld San Diego. (Courtesy of SeaWorld)

Howl-O-Scream, the park’s archetypal foray into scary Halloween events, offers three haunted houses, six scare zones and a unrecorded show. The unrecorded show, “Vampire Circus,” got rave reviews from our reviewer, though the premiere outing for the different Halloween attractions present do not lucifer different haunts. Our reviewer besides praised the nutrient including a Bloody Lucy Slider, Brain Bites and Nightmare Mac & Cheese. SeaWorld continues to connection the much family-friendly Halloween Spooktacular for younger kids connected weekends done Oct. 31, included with regular parkland admission. seaworld.com/san-diego