ALL-NEW “HALLOWEEN HAUNT” CASTS ITS SPELL UPON
CALIFORNIA’S GREAT AMERICA THIS OCTOBER
New event will have Northern California dying to get in with
‘13’ bone-chilling Halloween experiences beginning Oct. 3!

SANTA CLARA, Calif. –  Lightning strikes the majestic Carousel Columbia! A low lying fog begins to roll across the midways. The innocent sounds of laughter and joy turn into screams of bone-chilling terror. Hundreds of monsters roam freely searching for new blood. Consider yourself warned…there is no escaping the wrath of the all-new Halloween Haunt at California’s Great America throughout the month of October!

Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night from 7 p.m. until midnight, Oct. 3 through Nov. 1, Halloween Haunt will beckon brave souls to take on their worst nightmares. Complete with five spine-tingling haunted mazes, four themed scare zones, one themed attraction, three head-turning live stage shows, plus the park’s collection of world-class thrill rides, Halloween Haunt promises to be Northern California’s biggest and scariest Halloween event.

“We’re excited to unleash our all-new Halloween Haunt, an event that’s so in-your-face and terrifying, it will be unlike anything Northern California has ever experienced,” said Bill Lentz, vice-president and general manager of California’s Great America. “With ‘13’ of the most terrifying experiences around, Halloween Haunt is guaranteed to make even the bravest of guests scream in sheer terror!”

Headlining Halloween Haunt are five gruesome mazes, each of which will feature a different theme. Guests can take on their worst childhood nightmares with demonic clowns and other freaks of nature at CarnEvil, dance the night and their life away at Club Blood, tour a Slaughterhouse where humans have become “dead meat,” venture through Werewolf Canyon where hunters have become the hunted and avoid a cult of evil scarecrows that lie in wait in a path of overgrown debris at CornSTALKERS. In addition, Logger’s Run, the park’s classic flume attraction will transform into Camp GonnaGetcha, a summer camp that takes on a dark, twisted side once night falls!

Click here to download your coupon for the event! (Free registration required)

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