Rancho Cordova, CA — Heartstoppers Haunts, the Sacramento-area haunted attraction in Rancho Cordova, opened its 18th season on October 2 and runs 13 nights through Sunday, November 1. General admission is $39 for all four haunts and the new hourly stage show, and the new Frightfully Fancy Club is $85 with a private lounge and an escort to the front of each line.
The Frightfully Fancy Club is new for 2026 and costs $85 per guest, with 20 guests per hour. It includes a private lounge in the lobby, a guide who watches all four queue lines, a front-of-line escort, a digital queue with text notification, scare buttons with a live screen view, the chance to set off an animatronic inside the haunt, a themed mocktail, and a souvenir lanyard. The club is offered on all 13 nights, beginning at 8 p.m.
The event’s four haunted attractions (House McCutchen, Misery Mine, Blightwoods, and Deadlands) all have new scenes and upgrades for 2026. Heartstoppers says the changes are substantial enough that returning guests should not expect the same experience they saw in 2025.
Also new for 2026 is “Redemption!,” a stage show that plays at the top of every hour in the property’s Ghost Town area. Heartstoppers describes it as the connective story that ties all four haunts together and sets up the narrative for guests before they enter.
Additional 2026 changes include new carnival games, a redesigned lobby, and an expanded Ghost Town program that continues to feature live bands (the website names Moore Strange, playing ambient music inside, and UltraFiend X, playing rock and goth outside), fire dancers, roaming characters, and food and drink from vendors including Bubblecone and Authentic Street Taco. Custom haunt-themed drinks like the Cyrus Cider and Witches Brew are on the beverage menu.
Heartstoppers 2026 Tickets, Dates, and Hours
Tickets are sold online only at heartstoppershaunt.com, by time slot, and are not sold at the door. On October 5 the ticket page showed the same prices for October 9 and for Halloween night:
- General Admission: $39, for all four haunts, the hourly stage show, and the Ghost Town scare zone
- Fancy Pants: $55, with priority queue access at all four haunts plus two free carnival games
- Frightfully Fancy Club: $85
- Group Discount: $31 each for 13 or more General Admission tickets
- Parking: $5 bought with tickets, or $10 cash at the gate
The $29.99 opening weekend price applied only on October 2 and 3, and the six-pack ticket is not offered in 2026. Five carnival game tokens are $10.
The 13 nights and their hours on the Heartstoppers calendar:
- October 2, 3, 9 and 10: 7:30 to 10 p.m.
- October 16, 17, 23 and 24: 7:30 to 11 p.m.
- Sunday, October 25, and Thursday, October 29: 7:30 to 10 p.m.
- October 30 and 31: 7:30 p.m. to midnight
- Sunday, November 1, the final night: 7:30 to 10 p.m.
Ghost Town opens at 7 p.m. and the doors open at 7:30 p.m. Parking gates close at the end of the night’s last time window, and party buses and limos are not allowed. Heartstoppers Haunts is at 2300 Mine Shaft Lane, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742.
The property has operated as Sacramento’s professional haunted attraction since 2008 and is in its 18th year.
This event is part of my Haunted Houses in California 2026 guide.
