List of haunted attractions

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This is a list of haunted attractions, which are live entertainment venues that simulate the experience of visiting haunted locations or storylines typical of horror fiction.

Simulated haunted houses/mansions/castles[edit]

Year-round[edit]

Attraction Location Open Date Status Source Notes
The Haunted Mansion Disneyland Resort Disneyland Park (New Orleans Square) August 9, 1969 operating seminal attraction
The Haunted Mansion Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom (Liberty Square) October 1, 1971 operating [1]
The Haunted Mansion Tokyo Disneyland (Fantasyland) April 15, 1983 operating [2]
Phantom Manor Disneyland Paris Disneyland Park (Frontierland) April 12, 1992 operating [3]
Mystic Manor Hong Kong Disneyland (Mystic Point) May 17, 2013 operating [4]
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Walt Disney World Hollywood Studios (Sunset Boulevard) July 22, 1994 operating [5]
Tower of Terror Tokyo DisneySea (American Waterfront) September 22, 2006 operating [6]
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Walt Disney Studios Park (Production Courtyard) December 22, 2007 operating [7]
The London Bridge Experience London, United Kingdom February 12, 2008 operating [8] UK's Best Year round attraction 12 years
Ripley's Haunted Adventure Gatlinburg, Tennessee 1999 operating [9]
Ripley's Haunted Adventure Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 2001 operating [10]
Ripley's Haunted Adventure San Antonio, Texas March 22, 2002 operating [11]
Ripley's Haunted Adventure Pattaya, Thailand October 30, 2004 operating [12]
Dr. Frankenstein's Haunted Castle Indiana Beach 1983 operating [citation needed]
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill Carowinds (Crosswinds) March 27, 2010 operating [citation needed]
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill Kings Dominion (Planet Snoopy) April 2, 2010 operating [citation needed]
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill Kings Island (International Street) April 17, 2010 operating [citation needed]
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill Canada's Wonderland (Planet Snoopy) May 2, 2010 operating [citation needed]
Spook-a-Rama Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park 1955 operating [citation needed]
Mysterious Mansion Gatlinburg, Tennessee 1980 operating [13]
Ghost Castle Europa-Park 1982 operating [citation needed]
Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back! Alton Towers 1992 operating [citation needed] redesigned 2003
Trimper's Haunted House Trimper's Rides 1964 operating [citation needed] expanded 1988
Haunted Mansion Knoebels Amusement Resort 1973 operating [citation needed] 3 minute dark ride
Spookslot Efteling 1978 operating [14] animatronic show
Geister Rikscha Phantasialand 1981 operating [15] dark ride themed to Chinese mythology
Mystery Castle Phantasialand 1998 operating [16] drop tower with a haunted-castle-like queue line
Geisterschloss Wiener Prater 1955 operating
Ghost Train Blackpool Pleasure Beach 1930 operating first ghost train

Seasonal[edit]

Attraction Location Open Date Status Source Notes
Nightmare on 13th Haunted House Salt Lake City, Utah 1990 operating [17] permanent location run seasonally
Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2003 operating [18] replaced Phantoms in the Park at same location
Terror Behind the Walls Eastern State Penitentiary 1995 operating [19]
Shocktoberfest Reading, Pennsylvania 1990 operating [20]
Headless Horseman Hayrides Kingston, New York 1992 operating [21] includes 5 haunted houses, corn maze & hayride
Cutting Edge Haunted House Fort Worth, Texas 1991 operating [22]
Spider Hill Three Sisters Park, Illinois 1997 operating [23]
Spook Hollow Marquette Heights, Illinois 1979 operating [24][25]
The ScareHouse Etna, Pennsylvania 1999 operating [26]
The Thirteenth Hour Haunted Attraction Indianapolis,Indiana 2017 operating [27] Permanent location on 25 acres, operating for seasonal events
Erebus haunted attraction Pontiac, Michigan 2000 operating [28] Guinness World Record 2005~2009
Everhaunt Haunted Attraction Angola, New York 2018 operating [29][30] includes 10 different Halloween attractions.
Circle of Ash haunted attraction Central City, IA 2000 operating [31] formerly Frightmare Forest
Netherworld Haunted House Norcross, GA 1997 operating [32]
Pure Terror Screampark Monroe, New York 2010 operating [33] 2015 Guinness World Record Holder
Longest Outdoor Haunted Attraction
The Terrortorium Oxford, Alabama 2010 operating [34][35] formerly the "Haunted Castle" dark ride at Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City Beach, Florida.
The Nevermore Haunt Baltimore, MD 2016 operating [32]
Shattered Screams Haunt Jefferson City, Missouri 2019 operating [36] Formerly known as 13th Door Haunted House, located in Beaverton, Oregon from 2002 to 2018 due to K-Mart closing.
The Darkness Haunted House St. Louis, Missouri 1993 operating [37]
13th Gate Haunted House Baton Rouge, Louisiana 2002 operating [38]

Haunted theme park attractions[edit]

Attraction Location Open Date Status Source Notes
Halloween Horror Nights Universal Studios Florida October 25, 1991 operating largest single event worldwide
Halloween Horror Nights Universal Studios Hollywood October 9, 1997 operating two earlier attempts not listed (see Article)
Halloween Horror Nights Universal Studios Singapore October 2011 operating now feature local Singaporean legends
Halloween Horror Nights Universal Studios Japan September 14, 2012 operating currently the longest run at 59 days in 2015
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags Over Texas 1988 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags Great America 1991 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags St. Louis 1988 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags Magic Mountain 1993 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags New England 2000 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags over Georgia 1987 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags Great Adventure 1992 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags Fiesta Texas 1996 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags America 1999 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 1999 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags Mexico 2012 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest Great Escape (amusement park) 1999 operating
Six Flags Fright Fest La Ronde (amusement park) 2002 operating
Hobb's Grove Sanger California(amusement park with haunted woods and haunted hayride operating temporarily called "The Grove" during a divorce rooted ownership dispute that ended when the claimant who owned a competing park called "Raisin Hell Ranch" later died.
Howl-O-Scream (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay) Busch Gardens Tampa Bay 1999 operating
Howl-O-Scream (Busch Gardens Williamsburg) Busch Gardens Williamsburg 1999 operating
Howl-O-Scream Sea World San Antonio 2008 operating
Halloween Spooktacular Sea World Orlando 2008 operating
Halloween Spooktacular Sea World San Diego 2008 operating
Fright Fest Elitch Gardens Theme Park 1999 operating
Fright Nights Warner Bros Movie World 2006 operating Queensland, Australia
Knott's Scary Farm Knotts Berry Farm October 26, 1973 operating
Fright Nights Thorpe Park 2002 operating Surrey, England
Mickey's Halloween Party Disneyland 2005 operating
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party Walt Disney World, Magic Kingdom 1995 operating
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party Disneyland Paris Resort 2008 operating Paris, France
SCarowinds Carowinds 2000 operating
HalloWeekends Cedar Point 1997 operating
Halloween Haunt (California's Great America) California's Great America 2008 operating
Halloween Haunt (Canada's Wonderland) Canada's Wonderland 2005 operating originally Fearfest
Halloween Haunt (Dorney Park) Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom 1998 operating originally Halloweekends
Halloween Haunt (Kings Dominion) Kings Dominion 2001 operating originally Fearfest
Halloween Haunt (Kings Island) Kings Island 2000 operating originally Fearfest
Halloween Haunt (Worlds of Fun) Worlds of Fun 1999 operating
Ocean Park Halloween Bash Ocean Park Hong Kong 2001 operating
Halloween Haunt Valleyfair 2006 operating previously HalloWeekends, 1998 to 2000
Scarefest Alton Towers 2007 Staffordshire, England
Hersheypark in the Dark Hersheypark 1980 operating began as "Creatures of the Night" at neighboring ZooAmerica
Halloween in Europa-Park Europa-Park 1998 operating
Halloween Horror Festival Movie Park Germany 1996 operating largest Halloween event in Europe
Halloween Nights Toverland operating
Schaurige Altweibernächte Erlebnispark Tripsdrill 2014 operating [39]
Halloween Fright Nights Holiday Park operating
DINOWEEN Holiday Park operating
Halloween Belantis Belantis operating
Halloween Weeks Legoland Deutschland Resort operating
Horrornächte Filmpark Babelsberg operating
Familien-Halloween Eifelpark operating
Halloween Open Air Horror Maze Eifelpark operating
Halloween Party Freizeitpark Plohn operating
Fort Fear Horrorland Fort Fun Abenteuerland 2009 operating [40]
Happy Halloween Fantasiana Erlebnispark Strasswaldchen operating
Happy Halloween Skyline Park operating [41]
Halloween auf Schloss Thurn Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn operating [42]
Klotti's schaurige Tage Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten operating
Filippos verfluchte Zauberwelt Familypark operating [43]
Höllowum Fegefeuer der Sorgenkobolde Die geheime Welt von Turisede operating
Halloween in Wiener Prater Wiener Prater operating

Defunct attractions[edit]

Attraction Location Open Date Closed Source Notes
Geisterschloß Wiener Prater 1933 1945 Year-round; destroyed in WW2
Schloss Schreckenstein Phantasialand 1972 2008 [44][45] Year-round
Baron William's Mystery Hall Europa-Park 1991 2007 [46] Year-round
Frightmare Forest Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2000 2009 [citation needed] Seasonal; became Circle of Ash, Central City, IA
Fright Nights Six Flags Astroworld 1986 2005 Haunted theme park attractions; later renamed SixFlags Fright Fest in 1993
Fright Fest Darien Lake 1998 2015 Haunted theme park attractions; replaced by Harvest Fest in 2016

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