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October 18, 2013
Beyond the Neighborhood for Trick-or-Treat

  

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Dear family travelers:

 

Neighborhood trick-or-treating is so Old School.  

 

These days, of course you aren't limited to one afternoon or evening whether you want an evening of fright at a theme park, trick or treating at your zoo, or a stay at a haunted bed and breakfast.  Take your pick the entire month of October.  

 

There are more than 1,200 haunted attractions around the country, according to AmericaHaunts.com, so you've got plenty of choices whatever the ages of your kids and wherever you live. Here are 10 ways to kick-start Halloween:

 

1.   Head to the children's museum. The haunted house at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is celebrating its 50th anniversary with pint-sized ghosts and princesses. Travel back in time in 3-D as Ghoulish Guide Dr. Timestein ushers visitors through five "deadcades" of fear and petrifying pop culture.  

 

2.     Boo at the zoo. Visit the Dr. Wilde's Creepy House October 17 through 31 at the Miami Zoo, where there are plenty of other scares and treats.

 

3.  Enjoy everything pumpkin at a fall festival like The Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival in the "World Pumpkin Capital" for a fun-filled California festival, Oct. 19-20.  

 

4.  Sleep with the ghosts. BnBFinder.com has a state-by state directory of more than 200 places where you'll find shaking beds, flickering lights and unexplained happenings.  

 

Disney Halloween Parade
Disney Halloween Parade

 

5.     Party with your favorite Disney villains at Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland and Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in Orlando, FL.

 

6.     Head to your favorite theme park. Large and small parks - like Lake Compounce near Hartford, CT, which is inviting guests to its Haunted Graveyard.

 

7.  Take your teens to Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights where the masters of cinematic special effects based on "American Werewolf in London," "The Walking Dead" and other horror movies use the Orlando and Hollywood.  

 

8.   Celebrate with Shamu. SeaWorld's Spooktacular in Orlando and San Diego  provides special Halloween shows and the chance for your younger kids to strut their stuff.

 

9.   The 19 Six Flags parks  put on a nightly Fright Fest (ready to conquer a haunted maze?) while during the day, there's the Spooky Kooky Magic Show and the Monster Maze. At night, send your bravest teens to conquer the ghoulish scare zones, walk the terror trails and haunted mazes or fend off the 200 zombies.

 

Got your witch's hat ready?

 

 



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