Good news, Howl-O-Scream fans: The wait for the complete lineup for this year’s horror fest is finally over with the reveal of the park’s latest haunted house, the post-apocalyptic Dystopia.
This year’s Howl-O-Scream features seven haunted houses, six “Terror-tories,” five new bars, two party zones and two escape-room experiences, according to Busch Gardens.
When guests enter Dystopia, they will be greeted by a post-apocalyptic world in which a new order has taken control. There they must make a choice: join, or be forgotten.
There also are a host of other new frights for this year’s Howl-O-Scream, including haunting hour in Oktoberfest, where all the spirits and creatures will be released into the night, and the Coaster Creepers, a gang of goblins who will climb aboard the park’s roller coasters.
Howl-O-Scream debuts Sept. 15 and runs on select dates through Oct. 28. Haunts and ghouls come out at 6 p.m. and the event is included with park admission.
Tickets can be purchased at Busch Gardens’ website.
Here is the lineup for this year’s Howl-O-Scream:
Haunted houses
- Dystopia
- The Vault XX: Creatures from classic Howl-O-Scream experiences are locked up in one location.
- Demented Dimensions: The energies of a dimensional vortex have opened portals to realms where unearthly creatures reside.
- Circo Sinistro: A haunted house not of this world — and not of this time.
- Cornered: A farming community is in an uproar over the ongoing disappearances of its residents.
- Frostbite: From a fog-shrouded graveyard to a cavern filled with frigid creatures, this haunted house will give guest chills.
- Lumberhack: Undead loggers wait for unsuspecting campers to stumble into their den of the damned.
“Terror-tories”
- Fool’s Court: A new king and his jesters have taken over the Royal Palace.
- Garden of Souls: The dead will roam free in this scare zone in Italy Gardens.
- Axe Alley: Viking spirits wander New France, looking to unleash new terrors.
- Ripper Row: Where will Jack the Ripper strike next in England?
- Sideshow Square: What was once only in the imagination is now a frightening reality full of haunts and curiosities.
- Vampire Point: Can guests escape this zone full of blood-suckers with their necks intact?
Shows
- Fiends: A wacky doctor and his manic nurses create the ultimate creature.
- Monster Stomp on Ripper Row: A modern rock and rhythm spectacular featuring Jack the Ripper.
- Night Beats Revamped: The undead sing, dance and party at the gathering of the century.
Bars
- Chaos Cocktails
- Last Call XX
- Jack’s Nightcap
- Restless Spirits
- Control Lab at Inoculation Station
