Everything you need to know about Howl-O-Scream at SeaWorld San Diego

The bloody and gruesome caller Howl-O-Scream haunted lawsuit coming this Halloween play to SeaWorld San Diego volition gully inspiration from gory slasher films, classical fearfulness characters and mysterious supernatural phenomena.

Howl-O-Scream volition tally connected 24 prime nights from Sept. 17 done Oct. 31 astatine the San Diego marine park.

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The archetypal Howl-O-Scream lawsuit ever held astatine SeaWorld San Diego kicks disconnected with 3 haunted houses, six scare zones and a unrecorded show.

The caller parental-guidance Howl-O-Scream nighttime haunted lawsuit joins the family-friendly Spooktacular daytime lawsuit that has tally for years astatine SeaWorld San Diego. SeaWorld San Antonio successful Texas and the Busch Gardens sister parks successful Virginia and Florida person regularly hosted the scarier Howl-O-Scream events.

SeaWorld San Diego’s caller PG-13 lawsuit is intended for mature audiences and not for the faint of bosom — meaning Howl-O-Scream is apt akin fright-wise to Knott’s Scary Farm, much aggravated than Fright Fest astatine Six Flags Magic Mountain and not arsenic scary arsenic the R-rated Halloween Horror Nights astatine Universal Studios Hollywood.

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Let’s instrumentality a person look astatine each the haunted houses, scare zones, unrecorded shows and different amusement planned for Howl-O-Scream 2021 astatine SeaWorld San Diego.

Haunted Houses

Two of the 3 caller SeaWorld San Diego haunted houses volition beryllium imported from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Death Water Bayou has been a workhorse haunted location since 2013 astatine the Florida park. Simon’s Slaughterhouse is simply a newer summation that appeared successful the Tampa Howl-O-Scream lineup successful 2018 and 2019.

Death Water Bayou travels to the murky and spooky environs of the Mississippi River Delta successful the Gulf Coast portion of the confederate United States. The Bayou Witch’s location of horrors is haunted by the spirits of those who couldn’t flight her voodoo achromatic magic.

Simon’s Slaughterhouse takes spot wrong a nutrient processing works that has been taken implicit by Simon the Butcher and his murderous crew. The bloody corridors are filled with screeching buzzsaws, slashing knives and earlier victims hanging connected nutrient hooks.

The Nightmare Experiment haunted location is acceptable wrong a slumber session wherever a government-run aesculapian experimentation has gone horribly wrong. All of the clinic’s patients person fallen prey to their worst nightmares and the aesculapian unit has been driven to the brink of madness.

Scare Zones

Howl-O-Scream’s six scare zones volition each diagnostic ocular and dependable effects, projected illusions, mist and fog. Here’s the SeaWorld San Diego scare portion lineup:

• First Fright — Killer clowns and slithering snakes lurk astir each corner.
• Deadly Toys — Watch retired for creepy dolls hell-bent connected murder.
• The Graveyard — Undead zombies roam done a haunted cemetery.
• La Llorona — Based connected the Latin American municipality fable astir a pistillate who drowns her children aft her hubby leaves her for a younger woman.
• The Sirens — Mermaids lure sailors to their decease with their alluring voices.
• The Hauntings — Sinister monsters rotation the forbidding forest.

In addition, 4 Howl-O-Scream “roaming hordes” volition scare visitors passim the park.

Live show

The “Vampire Circus” cabaret amusement combines acheronian drama and acrobatic stunts acceptable successful an abandoned cemetery wherever a mysterious circus has travel backmost to life. The high-adrenaline amusement volition play 3 to 4 times per night.

Themed cocktail bars

Unlike astir different Southern California taxable parkland Halloween events, SeaWorld volition adhd intoxicant to the premix with horror-themed cocktail bars extracurricular the exits of the 3 haunted houses.

The Murder She Float barroom wrong an abandoned Mardis Gras parade interval adjacent to the Death Water Bayou haunted location volition service drinks successful skulls and connected Ouija boards.

The bartenders astatine Simon’s Screamatorium adjacent to Simon’s Slaughterhouse haunted location volition premix up Vomit Shots and Bloodiest Mary cocktails for those with iron-clad stomachs.

You’ll request an AmBARlance aft escaping the Nightmare Experiment haunted location with boozy medications served via intravenous bags, syringe needles and vodka vitamins. The specialty of the ambulance-themed bar: The Electoshock cocktail rimmed with Pop Rocks.

A steampunk-themed creation nine called The Underground — located adjacent to AmBARlance — volition diagnostic Halloween music, laser lights and fog effects.

Thrill rides

The Electric Eel, Manta and Journey to Atlantis roller coasters volition stay unfastened passim Howl-O-Scream for thrill seekers successful request of a high-speed jolt.

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Howl-O-Scream tickets commencement astatine $45 per nighttime and $100 for an unlimited pass. Haunted location front-of-the-line passes outgo $29.

The separately ticketed lawsuit runs connected Sept. 17-19, Sept. 24-26, Oct. 1-3, Oct. 8-10, Oct. 14-17, Oct. 21-24 and Oct. 28-31.

Howl-O-Scream starts astatine 7 p.m. nightly with ticketed visitors allowed to participate the taxable parkland starting astatine 5 p.m.