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Orlando Moonlights as Halloween Vacation Capital

With Halloween-Themed Events Lasting 2 ½ months, Orlando has Most Frightful Festivities of any Vacation Destination

2017 Brings Eerie Events, Haunted Hotel Packages, Horror-themed Convention


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Sep 28, 2017, 10:48 ET

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ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This fall, Halloween fanatics flock to Orlando as the ultimate Halloween Vacation Capital. The destination, recently named AAA's top destination for fall travel and known for immersive experiences, brings its creativity to the holiday with a host of highly themed events and attractions; hotel packages; and even the largest horror convention in the nation.

Out of Orlando's many Halloween frights, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort just may be the most terrifying. Here, guests face daunting scares and immersive horrors within Dead Waters, one of nine haunted house.
Out of Orlando's many Halloween frights, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando Resort just may be the most terrifying. Here, guests face daunting scares and immersive horrors within Dead Waters, one of nine haunted house.

Including both family-friendly frights and extreme adult scares, over 10 weeks of Halloween festivities take place throughout the destination, including at the world-famous theme parks. October kicks off the height of the season, although some of the festivities started as early as August 25 and extend as late as November 4.

Visit Orlando, Orlando's official visitor resource, has created a special web page to help travelers plan a ghoulish getaway. Find a few haunted highlights below, or the full frightful list at VisitOrlando.com/Halloween, and follow #OrlandoHalloween for real-time updates.

Teens and Adults: Sinister Celebrations

From extreme haunted houses to scenes from famous horror films, there are a full-scale terrifying adult frights in this destination that is traditionally known for family-friendly fun.

  • Halloween Horror Nights 27 at Universal Studios Florida brings hordes of horrifying mutants, monsters and maniacs in its streets, nine terrifying haunted houses, five creature-filled scare zones and two outrageous live shows. For horror aficionados, the all-new haunted houses include characters from "The Shining" and TV shows "Ash vs. Evil Dead" and "American Horror Story", and two of the scare zones are based on celebrated horror films "Trick 'r Treat" and "The Purge." Select nights Sept. 15 – Nov. 4.

  • Spooky Empire, the largest horror convention in the nation, is taking place Oct. 27–29. This year's lineup of celebrity guests includes Richard Dreyfuss ("Jaws"), John Cusack ("Better Off Dead", "Gross Point Blank"), Joan Cusack ("Addams Family Values", "Toy Story"), Shannon Elizabeth ("Scary Movie") and more. Other thrills and chills at the convention include a tattoo festival, costume contest, zombie walk and film festival.   

  • A Petrified Forest features two outdoor scare trails for small groups to venture through a haunted forest at night. For the uber-brave, on Total Eclipse Nights – which require a signed waiver for anyone under 18 – monsters can touch the guests, and each small group is given only one glowstick to light their path, regardless if it is dropped or stolen by a creature. Trails take place on select nights, Sept. 29 – Nov. 4.

  • Orlando Museum of Art's 1st Thursdays: Ghosts & Ghouls will take place on Oct. 5. Artists will create works depicting dark, horror, goth and other Halloween themes including movie and TV icons, eerie and creepy landscapes and architecture, ghostly images, and anything associated with the paranormal and the unexplained. 

  • Zombie Outbreak challenges guests to see how long they could survive a zombie apocalypse. This Halloween season and all year long, the terrifically terrifying attraction puts guests in the middle of a military base overrun with the undead.

For Families:

Kids and families can celebrate with monsters and villains, dress in costume and trick-or-treat inside some of the world's favorite Halloween destinations.

  • Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World Resort. On select nights from Aug. 25 to Nov. 11, Magic Kingdom Park comes alive with jack-o-lanterns, special characters and entertainment for the whole family. Encouraged to come dressed for the occasion, visitors can trick-or-treat throughout the park, masquerade with costumed characters at the Boo-to-You Halloween Parade, sing along at the Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular and end the night with a "Boo-tacular" fireworks show.

  • SeaWorld's Halloween Spooktacular immerses guests into an underwater "fantasea" with up-close animal encounters, trick-or-treating, playful pumpkin fish, and sea-themed arts and crafts. Guests can also reserve seats for Sesame Street's Countdown to Halloween. The fun takes place select weekends from Sept. 22 – Oct. 29.

  • Brick or Treat at LEGOLAND Florida Resort, select nights from Oct. 14-31, includes trick-or-treating, the world's largest LEGO jack-o-lantern, LEGO Halloween characters and a bewitching Halloween-themed fireworks show at Pirates' Cove.

  • "Screamin' Green Hauntoween at The Crayola Experience, where guests can trick-or-treat while creating "monsterific" crafts and snapping "spooktacular" character photos on select days, Oct. 7–31.

  • Zoo Boo Bash at the Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens, offers ghoulish fun in the wildest neighborhood in town with trick-or-treating, face painting and costume contests on Oct. 28–29.

Haunting Hotel Packages

Orlando's hotels scare up some hauntingly good deals and fun packages for the season.

  • The Goblins & Giggles Getaway Weekends at the Gaylord Palms Resort includes story time, ghost tours, a night time pool party, trick or treating and a Monster Mash Bash costume contest and movie night under the stars. The Halloween package starts at $189 per night (plus tax, resort fee and parking) and is valid from Sept. 15-Oct. 28.

  • Halloween Happenings at Clarion Inn Lake Buena Vista offers spellbinding savings with room rates starting at $69 (plus tax) for a Halloween getaway, with fun packs for kids at check in plus complimentary scheduled shuttles to the theme parks.

  • Hyatt Place Orlando Universal is offering trick or treating for all guests checking into the property. Guests can enjoy a sweet treat amenity in their room upon check-in as well as two additional complimentary drinks or treats at the Coffee to Cocktails Bar.

The Orlando Destination
Home to seven of the world's top theme parks, Orlando is the No. 1 family vacation destination, Theme Park Capital of the World®, and most visited destination in the United States.  An unparalleled mix of unique experiences create cherished memories for visitors, including legendary theme parks from Disney, Universal and SeaWorld, an array of world-class water parks, entertainment venues, an award-winning food scene, shopping, sports and nightlife.

About Visit Orlando
Visit Orlando is the official tourism association for the most visited destination in the United States, and serves as the official visitor resource for travel planning. 

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