Celebrate Spooky Season at These Theme Park Haunts

Halloween is right around the corner, and attractions everywhere are getting ready to scare your socks off. If you’re looking for a local haunt to visit this spooky season, check out the scary (and not-so-scary) thrills waiting at these theme parks that offer discounts for AAA members.

Six Flags Fright Fest

Looking for scares close to home? Fright Fest is coming back to Six Flags locations, bigger and spookier than ever! During the day, you can experience family-friendly shows and attractions, but as soon as the sun goes down, the nightmare begins. Enter Fright Fest’s spine-tingling scare zones, explore haunted houses and experience a range of other haunted attractions. Fright Fest will be terrifying guests at different Six Flags parks on select dates throughout the Halloween season. Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey will hold their Fright Fest from Sept. 13 – Nov. 3. Six Flags New England in Massachusetts will hold their Fright Fest from Sept. 21 – Nov. 3.

AAA members can save up to 45% at Six Flags Great Adventure and up to 37% at Six Flags New England.

LEGOLAND New York Resort Brick-Or-Treat

Build Halloween memories like none other at LEGOLAND New York Resort’s Brick-or-Treat event. Spooky fun takes over the park, with kid-friendly Halloween activities, live entertainment and sweet treats galore. This festive celebration is included with your regular admission. You can even see special Halloween-themed LEGO builds. The events runs on select nights Oct. 3 – Oct. 27.

AAA members can save up to 53% at LEGOLAND New York Resort, plus free parking.

Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights

If you’re a true horror fan, don’t miss this haunt. Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights is the gold standard for theme park haunts – and it’s not for scaredy-cats. At Halloween Horror Nights, you can find immersive haunted houses, heart-pounding scare zones, live entertainment and select park attractions. This year, you’ll find scares themed after Fallout, Terrifier, Five Nights at Freddy’s and more. This haunt is not for younger guests, and it’s not recommended to bring children under the age of 13. The scares are just a little too intense. Scream your heart out on select nights from Sept. 5 – Nov. 3.

AAA members can save up to $62 at Halloween Horror Nights.

Busch Gardens Howl-O-Scream

Busch Gardens Williamsburg is getting creepy with their killer Howl-O-Scream event. Guests can experience five haunted houses, four scare zones, four live shows, two party zones and more. This bone-chiller features brand new haunted houses, scare zones and shows, so even longtime fans will find something new to keep them up at night. Younger guests can visit for trick-or-treating during the day, when Busch Gardens holds their Sesame Street Halloween Spooktacular. Howl-O-Scream is held on select nights from Sept. 6 – Nov 3. Be there, but beware! This event is not suitable for small children.

AAA members can save up to 50% on admission, plus a $10 in-park voucher.

If you’re headed to one of these spooky events, remember to save with AAA Tickets. You can get savings of up to 40% at concerts, theme parks, virtual events, museums, attractions and more! Go to AAA.com/Tickets for exclusive tickets and savings.

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What are your favorite theme park haunts? Have you been to any of the above haunts before? Let us know in the comments below – we’re dying to hear from you.

Sarah Hopkins

Sarah is a content producer for AAA Northeast. She’s been writing for Your AAA for six years, and loves finding cool new places to visit in the region. Here, you can find her writing about AAA discounts, product recommendations, Disney vacations and so much more.