Orlando’s Halloween haunts

Orlando invites visitors to celebrate Halloween with a lineup of spooky events and experiences at theme parks and beyond this month.

It offers a month-long period of fun festivities for everyone.

This year’s horrifying happenings include haunted houses, themed adults-only night-time entertainment, family-friendly Halloween dining and kid-friendly celebrations.

Additional information on Orlando’s Halloween happenings can be found here.

Spooky Theme Park Events

Universal Orlando Resort’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Florida (Sept. 2 – Oct. 31) is on a record-breaking 43 nights featuring 10 new haunted houses featuring everything from cinematic greats to original abominations, including the all-new “The Weeknd: After Hours Nightmare,” inspired by the record-breaking “After Hours” album.

Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World Resort (Select Nights, Aug. 12 – Oct. 31) returns at Magic Kingdom Park. The family-friendly, all-ages, event will feature entertainment such as the Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular! at Cinderella Castle, Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular, Disney Junior Jam for young partygoers, Mickey’s “Boo-to-You” Halloween Parade, the Trick-or-Treat Trail, Disney Characters in costume, and more.

At SeaWorld Orlando, guests can experience two Halloween-themed events:

Howl-O-Scream (select nights, Sept. 9 – Oct. 31) returns at SeaWorld Orlando. Offering 28 nights of fully immersive fear, the separately ticketed event features all-new, haunted houses and scare zones; thrilling night-time coaster rides and experiences; an interactive bar; and a live show (separate event ticket required).  SeaWorld Spooktacular (weekends, Sept. 17 – Oct. 31), a family-friendly daytime event included with theme park admission

Brick or Treat Presents Monster Party at LEGOLAND Florida Resort (weekends, Sept. 24 – Oct. 30), a signature Halloween event included with theme park admission, will feature tons of candy, an all-new show lineup, never-before-seen exclusive LEGO characters and an all-new cinematic experience.

Beyond The Theme Parks

Screamin’ Green Hauntoween at Crayola Experience (Sept. 25 – Oct. 31) celebrates the Halloween season with a chalk-full lineup of spookiness included with admission, such as a themed scavenger hunt, crafts, character photo ops, trick-or-treating on the weekends and more. Add-on activities include pumpkin decorating and slime making.

The Outta Control Spooktacular Magic Dinner Show at WonderWorks Orlando incorporates special storytelling and tricks for a one-of-a-kind entertainment experience along with audience participation throughout the month of October.

Pirates Dinner Adventure will feature the return of its Halloween-themed dinner show experience, Vampirates (Sept. 20 – Oct. 29). The show, centered around an evil gang of vampire pirates, will provide spooky fun for the entire family.

Adults-Only Entertainment

Scream n’ Stream Drive-Thru Halloween Experience, (select nights Oct. 1–31), this haunted Halloween drive-thru event returns for its third year featuring seven horrifying zones to drive through complete with monsters, music, lighting and special effects.

Teatro Martini, Pirates Dinner Adventure’s adult-only, burlesque-inspired dinner show, will receive a Halloween overlay throughout the season along with limited-edition specialty cocktails, variety of arts including pole dancing, hula hooping, comedy, magic and more.