All issues creepy and spooky return to Adventureland Park for the Phantom Fall Fest, the Halloween-themed leisure park. For the second yr, spine-chilling thrills, scary décor and themed food and drinks take over the theme park in Altoona via Oct. 29.
“We’ve actually labored to raise the haunted expertise right here,” stated Alex Payne, regional public relations supervisor for Adventureland’s guardian firm Palace Leisure, throughout a tour of the brand new haunted sights.
This yr, the theme park gives eight haunted sights, a brand new nightclub, and rides that mild up at night time. Adventureland dubs this the biggest Halloween attraction within the state.
This season, the park gives two other ways to expertise Halloween — one household pleasant and the opposite meant for older patrons who prefer to be scared.
What can youthful youngsters do at Phantom Fall Fest?
By day, households can cease by the park from 1 to five p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays for trick-or-treating down Most important Avenue, costume contests, a hay maze, a scream contest, pumpkin portray and Scary-oke classes.
“It’s a a lot tamer expertise throughout the day,” Payne stated. “We actually wish to make this a family-friendly place throughout the day for teenagers to have the ability to come and expertise Phantom Fall Fest.”
Even the toys on the market obtained an improve. New Halloween plushies embrace cute cats, vampires, bears and pumpkins wearing vacation décor. Guests may also discover Icee-flavored cotton sweet.
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How does Phantom Fall Fest change at night time?
However by night time, the theme park turns right into a scare zone beginning at 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
A number of the rides keep open late and have new lighting. The Frantic Freeway bumper automobiles flip into the Frantic Fearway with lights. Monster, the curler coaster with a vertical climb and practically vertical drop to start out, Storm Chaser with its spin within the clouds, Area Shot with its acceleration into the sky, and the brand new curler coaster Dragon Slayer all supply scary nighttime thrills.
“We’re elevating the bar on concern this yr as we put together to ship our most terrifying and immersive Halloween expertise but,” stated Adventureland’s common supervisor Mike Lusky in a information assertion. “These haunts are assured to depart company screaming for extra.”
4 scare zones get patrons prepared for thrills
Followers who visited Phantom Fall Fest final yr can discover new thrills to expertise. 4 new scare zones begin with Deadsville, a zombie-filled Most important Avenue; Nordic Nightmare within the new Draken Falls and Dragon Slayer space of the park; The Fallen, a cemetery-themed scare zone; and Hellbellies, with scary hillbillies on a bridge. These open-air areas may be explored or raced via, relying on the individual. Every options spooky fog to up the scare issue.
Adventureland employed greater than 100 scare actors to work within the eight haunted sights.
4 haunted homes up the thrills
Those that can get via the scare zones can add to the joys issue by heading to 4 haunted homes, together with the revamped mAlice in Wonderland with a brand new format, lighting and particular results, now included totally free with admission to the park.
“It was once two other ways to undergo it, however we determined to vary that into an extended expertise,” Payne stated. “We’ve actually labored to redo the entire expertise via mAlice and also you’ll see extra fog, extra lights, extra sounds and extra scare actors. What we actually wished to do is amplify the entire expertise with Phantom Fall Fest.”
CarnEvil comes with clowns behind each nook and mind-bending funhouse mirrors.
At Cornstalkers, a chemical spill turns a cornfield right into a hazmat zone, and the corn is now alive.
Spirits of the Swamp includes a bayou ghost city the place the spirits attempt to pull you into the swamp.
“It will get higher and scarier yearly,” Lusky stated.
The place to celebration at Phantom Fall Competition with food and drinks
The brand new Membership Blood awaits on the pageant with a deejay and grownup drinks. Discover smoking cocktails in flavors equivalent to pina colada, blue raspberry, Creamsicle and strawberry that use dry ice to provide them an eerie really feel. Patrons can organize them as non-alcoholic variations as nicely. Membership Blood will present Halloween films to maintain within the vacation spirit.
Drink wine served in blood luggage and syringes full of Jell-O photographs at Doc and Leone’s Diner.
New dishes embrace Diablo hen sliders with spicy breaded hen, Nashville sizzling sauce and crispy onions, and Potato Patch fries topped with barbecue sauce and smoked pulled pork with cheddar cheese or a Demon model with Lola’s ghost pepper sauce, bacon and corn.
What particular occasions happen throughout Phantom Fall Fest?
On Saturday, Oct. 7, participate within the Phantom’s Worm Consuming Contest at 3:30 p.m. The primary to eat six earthworms wins a Yeti cooler prize pack. Solely these age 18 and older can take part.
Additionally on Oct. 7, Andrew Fuller, who owns Sugar Freakshow in Des Moines and received Season 1 of “Is It Cake?” will probably be available from 4 to five p.m. to signal autographs and take photographs.
How a lot are tickets to Phantom Fall Fest?
Tickets begin at $34.99 on the web site: adventurelandresort.com/book-and-buy/Phantom-Fall-Fest-Open-Day/select-visitors
Two methods to make the expertise private
Wish to get to the entrance of the road? Purchase the Spooky Cross beginning at $49.99.
Don’t wish to be scared? Purchase a No-Boo ticket that lights up and alerts the scare actors to go simple on you.
Phantom Fall Fest
Location: Adventureland Park, 3200 Adventureland Drive, Altoona
Contact:adventurelandresort.com/discover-adventureland-resort/Phantom-Fall-Fest
Hours: Open Saturdays via Oct. 28 from 1 to 10 p.m., Sundays via Oct. 29 from 1 to eight p.m. and Fridays on Oct. 20 and Oct. 27 from 6 to 10 p.m.
Susan Stapleton is the leisure editor and eating reporter at The Des Moines Register. Comply with her on Fb, Twitter, or Instagram, or drop her a line at sstapleton@gannett.com.