Halloween 2019: Theme parks around the USA offer chills to go with the thrills

[RNCollins]

Halloween 2019: Theme parks around the USA offer chills to go with the thrills
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trav...s-scary-farm-six-flags-and-beyond/2438643001/

By Arthur Levine, Special to USA TODAY / usatoday.com / Sept. 25, 2019

“Back in the day, many theme parks would call it a season around Labor Day. But that all changed in 1973, when Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, decided to celebrate Halloween with a three-day affair. The event was a hit, and now it's marking the 47th season of Knott’s Scary Farm.

Other companies took notice of the event's success, and today virtually every theme park extends its season well into the fall with Halloween events. Most follow Knott's template by offering monster-filled mazes, outdoor scare zones, shows and re-themed rides.

Let’s explore a sampling of the spine-tingling scares that await visitors along parks’ menacing midways....”

Jack's back for Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Virginia.
Photo: SeaWorld Entertainment

 

[clifffaith]

We live in LA and I noticed a magazine ad for Knots Spooky Town in the day, and Scary Town At night. Spooky Town features Snoopy — I can deal with that. The Scary Town TV ads are horrible, and I avert my eyes from clowns with knives and butchers with cleavers when they come on.