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SCREAMS: A Halloween Theme Park

by Mary Jo Manzanares on October 11th, 2006

I’m getting lots of Halloween ideas from friends and readers around the country.  Thanks ““ and keep the information coming ““ we’ve still got three weeks until Halloween.

Today’s Halloween idea came from my friend SP at Southern Byways. 

There is actually a Halloween Theme Park ““ called SCREAMS, located in Waxahachie, Texas, 30 minutes south of Dallas/Fort Worth.  Every year over 60,000 visit during the month leading up to Halloween.

SCREAMS opened in 1996, and stakes its claim as the World’s Largest Halloween Theme Park.  A separate, child-friendly area called Spooky Hollow is available for children.  Still, the park advises that some children may be sensitive to the eerie environment.

The park contains four Haunted Houses, all four of which are included in your admission price.  You can go through them as many times as you wish, so arriving at the park early is definitely a plus.

• Castle of Darkness is the park’s most popular haunted house.  It’s a 6,000 square foot medieval castle, complete with twisting corridors and creatures of the dark.
• Terror Visions in 3D requires visitors to put on 3D glasses before entering.  Here you’ll find clowns and a funhouse that becomes your worst nightmare.  And that 3D technology makes everything seem so real!
• The Arcane Asylum demonstrates what happens when the inmates really do take over. 
• The Black Hole is a time travel journey that let’s you visit the age of dinosaurs (that T-Rex is pretty fierce), Ancient Egypt, and Jack the Ripper’s London, The only way out of this time travel vortex is through the Black Hole.

Also included with your admission price is admission to the Maze of the Macabre (can you find your way out?), the Ghoulish Graveyard and Spooky Hollow (for children ages 12 and under).  Other attractions within the park require an additional charge.

SCREAMS is open until October 28th.  from 7 pm-1:30 am.  On October 29th it is open from 11 pm.  Admission is $19.99, children under age 6 are free.  Group rates are available ($16.00) for groups of ten or more.

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