Halloween 2026 Theme Park Events: Dates, Prices and What's Included
Every Halloween event at the regional and Universal parks we cover: dates, house lineups, honest pricing, and the one thing every park buries, what's actually included with your ticket.
Updated . Every guide except HHN now lists each remaining night with hours, checked against the parks' own calendars. HHN keeps the same hours all 49 nights, so its guide gives the weekly pattern instead.
A haunt night has its own rhythm, but it's still a park day. Lines still build, houses still fill up, and the night still gets away from you without a plan. That's the whole reason Ride Ready exists: you make the calls, we make sure you're never guessing. We don't sell tickets, Express passes, or line-skips, and we don't do affiliate links. One thing to know before anything else this year: most parks now sell maze access separately from admission. Every guide below spells out exactly what's included and what isn't.
Halloween Horror Nights 35
Open now. All 10 houses and where each one sits in the park, real opening-night waits, and the four rides that stay open after dark.
See houses, prices & dates →Howl-O-Scream Tampa
Six houses including the first-ever IP house (Anaconda), plus coasters in the dark. Mature audience event.
See houses, prices & dates →Howl-O-Scream Orlando
Five houses including the new I Know What You Did Last Summer, with the family Spooktacular running separately by day.
See houses, prices & dates →Haunt nights sit on top of a normal park day, and the daytime crowd still decides how the night goes. The crowd calendars cover every park here, free and with no account.
Howl-O-Scream Williamsburg
The only Howl-O-Scream that's included with park admission, haunted houses and all.
See houses & dates →Dollywood Harvest Festival
Great Pumpkin LumiNights, food, and zero scares. The one fall event on this page built for every age, all included with admission.
See the Dollywood guide →HalloWeekends
Six mazes including the new Blizzard-licensed Diablo. Maze pass from $15, family daytime side included.
See mazes, prices & dates →Halloween Haunt
Opens Sept. 25. Two new mazes including Jason: Blood Reign, plus The Beast at night. Maze pass from $15.
See mazes, prices & dates →Halloween Haunt
The Diablo maze lands here too, shared only with Cedar Point this season. Maze pass from $10.
See mazes, prices & dates →SCarowinds
Eight new experiences in year 26, headlined by a licensed Jason Voorhees maze. Maze pass from $10.
See mazes, prices & dates →Halloween Haunt
Opens Sept. 25. Haunt is included with admission for the first time ever, and the six mazes moved to a paid pass. Both changes explained straight.
See mazes, prices & dates →Fright Fest
Nine haunted houses, four of them new, including Jason and Final Destination mazes. Maze pass from $35.
See haunts, prices & dates →Fright Fest
Two new mazes including Blair Witch: No Signal, plus a 50th-anniversary scare zone revival. Maze pass from $35.
See haunts, prices & dates →Fright Fest
Fright Fest by night, Tricks & Treats by day. Maze bundle from $69, season maze pass $69.
See haunts, prices & dates →HHN house waits tonight
The posted wait for all 10 Halloween Horror Nights houses, checked every 5 minutes, plus which houses have run shortest this season.
See tonight's house waits →HalloWeekends maze waits tonight
Tonight's posted wait for every HalloWeekends maze on one page, including Diablo and The Conjuring. Checked every 5 minutes.
See tonight's maze waits →Halloween Haunt maze waits tonight
Tonight's posted wait for every Halloween Haunt maze on one page, including The Conjuring. Checked every 5 minutes.
See tonight's maze waits →Halloween Haunt maze waits tonight
Tonight's posted wait for every Halloween Haunt maze on one page, including The Conjuring. Checked every 5 minutes.
See tonight's maze waits →2026 dates and what the haunted houses cost
| Event | Park | 2026 dates | Event entry | Haunted houses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halloween Horror Nights 35 | Universal Studios Florida | Aug. 28 – Nov. 1 | Separate night ticket | On your event ticket |
| Howl-O-Scream Tampa | Busch Gardens Tampa Bay | Sept. 11 – Oct. 31 | Separate night ticket | On your event ticket |
| Howl-O-Scream Orlando | SeaWorld Orlando | Sept. 11 – Oct. 31 | Separate night ticket | On your event ticket |
| Howl-O-Scream Williamsburg | Busch Gardens Williamsburg | Sept. 11 – Nov. 1 | Park admission | Included |
| HalloWeekends | Cedar Point | Sept. 17 – Nov. 1 | Park admission | Maze pass from $15 |
| Halloween Haunt | Kings Island | Sept. 25 – Oct. 31 | Park admission | Maze pass from $15 |
| Halloween Haunt | Kings Dominion | Sept. 18 – Nov. 1 | Park admission | Maze pass from $10 |
| SCarowinds | Carowinds | Sept. 11 – Nov. 1 | Park admission | Maze pass from $10 |
| Halloween Haunt | Canada's Wonderland | Sept. 25 – Nov. 1 | Park admission | Maze pass from $10 CAD |
| Fright Fest | Six Flags Great Adventure | Sept. 18 – Nov. 1 | Park admission | Maze pass from $35 |
| Fright Fest | Six Flags Great America | Sept. 19 – Nov. 1 | Park admission | Maze pass from $35 |
| Fright Fest | Six Flags Over Georgia | Sept. 12 – Oct. 31 | Park admission | Bundle from $69, season $69 |
| Harvest Festival | Dollywood | Sept. 14 – Oct. 31 | Park admission | No haunts. Family event. |
Which Halloween events are included with regular park admission?
Howl-O-Scream Williamsburg and Dollywood's Harvest Festival, fully. HalloWeekends, the three Halloween Haunts, SCarowinds, and Fright Fest include the event with admission but sell maze access separately. HHN and the Tampa and Orlando Howl-O-Screams are their own night tickets.
Why do the mazes cost extra at so many parks now?
Six Flags moved its parks to an unbundled model. Your ticket covers the event, zones, shows, and rides; the walkthrough mazes take a Haunted Attractions Pass, roughly $10 to $35 a night depending on park, with cheaper all-season versions. Passholders pay it too. Each event guide above has the exact numbers.
Which event should I take young kids to?
Dollywood, no contest: the Harvest Festival has zero scare content. Otherwise use the daytime family events, which are included with admission: Tricks and Treats at the Six Flags parks, Fall Fun by Day at Cedar Point, and the Sesame Street Halloween Spooktacular at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. The night events at those parks generally carry a not-recommended-under-13 line.
Which 2026 Halloween events are open now, and when do they end?
As of Sept. 20, everything on this page is open except the Halloween Haunts at Kings Island and Canada's Wonderland, which both start Friday, Sept. 25. HHN opened Aug. 28, its earliest start ever, and most of the rest opened between Sept. 11 and Sept. 19. Kings Island, Fright Fest at Six Flags Over Georgia, Howl-O-Scream Tampa, Howl-O-Scream Orlando and Dollywood's Harvest Festival end on Halloween. The rest are scheduled through Sunday, Nov. 1.
The rides don't stop for spooky season
Every event on this page runs coasters in the dark, and the app tracks live waits at all of these parks, flags the drops, and rebuilds your plan when the night goes sideways. Get it on the App Store before you pick your date.
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