Orlando, FL — Hotel Transylvania’s monsters are checking into SeaWorld Orlando this fall. For the first time, Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania joins Spooktacular, the
Walt Disney World’s 2026 Halloween popcorn buckets and sippers add up to six designs across the parks, the water parks, and Disney Springs. Two are
West Mifflin, PA — Kennywood’s 2026 Phantom Fall Fest has ended, and the park says to check back for 2027 details. The 2026 event ran
Long Beach, CA — Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood is hiding a character somewhere in the park this year, and finding her is part of the
Long Beach, CA — Slash wrote the music for a new Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood haunted house, and its villain sings. At Universal’s Midsummer Scream
Long Beach, CA — Art the Clown is taking over the Terror Tram. At the Halloween Horror Nights panel at Midsummer Scream, creative director John
Lake Buena Vista, FL — Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar, the Indiana Jones-themed bar at Disney Springs, brings its Halloween overlay back on August 11 with
Six Flags has confirmed the full details of its Diablo haunted maze. DIABLO: The Infernal Path, a new maze based on Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo video
Update, August 17, 2026: Six Flags has now revealed the four new IPs. They are JASON: Blood Reign, Final Destination: Death’s Playground, Blair Witch: No
Orlando, FL — HamiKuma, the gut-spilling teddy bear Universal Studios Japan created for Halloween Horror Nights in 2021, was at every Universal Studios park for
Orlando, FL — Halloween Horror Nights 2026 merchandise is still marked down online after the event’s last night, with Universal’s online store showing 109 of
Osaka, Japan — A popcorn bucket shaped like a Licker went on sale at Universal Studios Japan on Wednesday, September 9, and the official product
The Haunted Mansion’s Hatbox Ghost is becoming a popcorn bucket on both coasts. At Disneyland Resort, per Disney’s D23 Day announcement, the Haunted Mansion Hatbox
Universal City, CA — Universal Studios Hollywood has announced Killer Klowns from Outer Space as a haunted house for Halloween Horror Nights 2026, the seventh
Halloween Time at Disneyland ended October 31, but much of the resort’s 2026 Halloween menu runs past it: many items are listed through November 12,
Sandusky, OH — HalloWeekends returns to Cedar Point September 16 through October 31, 2027, and the park’s events page bills the season as the HalloWeekends
Mid America Adventure, the Eureka, Missouri, park that was Six Flags St. Louis until its August rename, says its 2027 season pass includes “a new
Universal City, CA — The Purge: Dangerous Waters is returning to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood for 2026, its fourth consecutive year. Universal
Update, August 3: the Killarney Diner: Condemned house mentioned below will not run this year after all. Its building is being converted for Return to
“I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Final Catch” ran at Howl-O-Scream 2026 at SeaWorld Orlando, SeaWorld San Diego and SeaWorld San Antonio, opening
Williamsburg, VA — Howl-O-Scream returns to Busch Gardens Williamsburg on select nights from September 10 through October 31, 2027, included with park admission, the park’s
Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness opened August 28 at Universal Orlando Resort and September 3 at Universal Studios Hollywood and ran through November 1, 2026, at both. It was the first haunted house built around Osbourne’s solo career, and it ran at both of Universal’s United States Halloween Horror Nights events.
Hong Kong — Jackson Wang, the Hong Kong-born rapper, singer, and songwriter, built an original haunted house for Ocean Park Halloween Fest 2026, which ran
Federal Way, WA — 2026 was the final season of Fright Fest at Wild Waves Theme & Water Park, and the park closed for good
Universal Orlando announced Downtown Clowntown, the fourth and final scare zone for Halloween Horror Nights 35, and it does something HHN almost never does: it
Universal Studios Hollywood announced Dead, Deader, Deadest on July 23, the first original, non-IP haunted house revealed for Halloween Horror Nights 2026 on the West
Are we seeing a return to higher-quality, low-throughput horror experiences at theme parks? Update, October 11, 2026: Zanzō is sold out for the rest of
Dead Coconut Club – Harvest is open as the 2026 Halloween overlay of Universal CityWalk’s Red Coconut Club, tied to Halloween Horror Nights 35. The
Universal Orlando has confirmed two returning street experiences for Halloween Horror Nights 35 this fall: Mel’s Die-In: Zombies and Club Horror, both of which take
Halloween Horror Nights is bringing Fortnite, the most-played console game in the United States, into the physical event. Universal is opening a Fortnitemares scare zone
Halloween Horror Nights runs 49 nights at Universal Orlando and 42 at Universal Studios Hollywood in 2026, and the two events share houses but not
Louisville, KY — Kentucky Kingdom is the new home of Jack O’ Lantern Spectacular, the illuminated hand-carved-pumpkin trail that is running its 14th year at
LEGOLAND is adding a new attraction called Brick or Treat Street at both LEGOLAND California and LEGOLAND Florida for the 2026 Halloween season, an interactive
Universal has announced Evil Dead Burn haunted houses at both of its United States Halloween Horror Nights events this fall, tied to New Line Cinema’s
Orlando, FL — Universal Orlando has put its Halloween Horror Nights 35 multi-night Frequent Fear passes on sale, and it has added a brand-new 5-House
Disney Halloween 2026 is over at all six of Disney’s resorts, and the last of it, Plaza de la Familia at Disney California Adventure and
Shanghai, China — Shanghai Disney Resort’s 2026 Halloween ran from October 4 through November 1 as part of the resort’s 10th Birthday celebration. Unlike the
Hong Kong — Disney Halloween Time at Hong Kong Disneyland, the villain-themed “Party Like a Villain” season, ran September 18 through November 1, 2026, one
Marne-la-Vallée, France — Disneyland Paris’s Disney Halloween Festival ran from September 26 through November 1, 2026, an earlier start than the 2025 season, with mischievous
Beijing, China — Universal Beijing’s Halloween event, Scares at Universal (惊彩”环球, Jīng Cǎi Huánqiú), ran from September 4 through November 1, 2026, and on November
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Japan returns for its 15th anniversary from September 11 through November 8, 2026, running inside the wider Universal Extreme
Lake Buena Vista, FL — Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party ended its 2026 run at Magic Kingdom on October 31, and Disney’s event page says all
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation has announced new Blair Witch: No Signal haunted mazes for the 2026 Halloween season, coming to Dorney Park’s Halloween Haunt in
Orlando, FL — Universal Orlando has discontinued all of its “Fear with Express Pass” products for Halloween Horror Nights 35, ending the multi-year practice of
Universal hasn’t announced Halloween Horror Nights 2027 dates at any park. Halloween Horror Nights Japan runs through November 8, and the 2026 events in Orlando,
Fright Fest’s last night is Sunday, November 1, at most Six Flags parks, and Six Flags Magic Mountain has added three more nights, November 5,
Valencia, CA — Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain lets season passholders into its seven scare zones, five shows, and night rides at no
Nationwide — Howl-O-Scream, United Parks & Resorts’ hard-ticket Halloween brand, returned to all five of its US locations for the 2026 season on September 11.
SeaWorld San Diego revealed the full Howl-O-Scream lineup for 2026, and it was the largest in the event’s history: six haunted houses, eight scare zones,
Orlando, FL — Universal Orlando has announced Stranger Things: Return to Hawkins, a nighttime lagoon show at Halloween Horror Nights 35, staged on the Universal
Knott’s Scary Farm hasn’t announced its 2027 dates, and on November 4, Knott’s events page listed its 2027 events through Summer Nights, which ends August
