If the summer heat has got you down, take note: it’s not too early to start thinking about Halloween.
In fact, you might want to carve – so to speak – time on your calendar for a trip to Busch Gardens.
This year, the park’s annual Howl-O-Scream lineup of haunted houses includes seven sites total and one newcomer, according to a release.
The new entrant, known as “Frostbite,” will be inside the Curse of DarKastle and it will usher guests through “an enchanted stronghold that has been overtaken by icy creatures,” the release said.
It will also offer “a harrowing array of chilling elements,” including the bones of a fire-breathing giant who once stood guard over the castle.
If you’re into things that go bump in the night, the park’s scary house roster will also include: “Circo Sinistro,” a mystery with tents; “Catacombs,” a cemetery with haunted underground tunnels; “Dead Line,” where construction of the Pompeii Metro sparked an underground gas leak; “Cornered,” where townspeople disappear from a farming community in 1977; “Lumberhack,” with “undead loggers” who prey on unsuspecting hikers; and “Unearthed – Scarlett’s Revenge,” a labyrinth featuring an angry demon with “a deadly deck of magical cards.”
Howl-O-Scream will run from Sept. 23 through Oct. 29 on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
There will be first-time haunted-house preview night for pass holders on Sept. 22.
The Curse of DarKastle will close for the summer on Sept. 4 and reopen on Sept. 22 as Frostbite.
For more information, go here.
