Florida: Tampa, Howl-O-Scream 2010 Bares Its Fangs. 
This fall, Florida’s top-rated haunted theme park attraction is back for their tenth season of blood-curdling scares with more NEW haunted houses, scare zones and terrifying live shows than ever before! For 17 killer nights, Howl-O-Scream 2010 will transform Busch Gardens Africa into a nightmare of inescapable fear designed to overwhelm the senses with a new spin on horror.
The devious creatures that infest seven haunted houses, four scare zones and two thrilling shows and one devlishly daring nightclub have plenty of psychotic surprises in store, and bone-chilling roller coasters to keep the screams coming all night long.
Howl-O-Scream 2010 is a separate ticketed event, and the general admission price is $69.95. Savings are available on advance ticket purchases for Passport Members and Florida Residents. Discounts are also available through promotional codes provided on Bud Light, Domino’s Pizza and Applebee’s products statewide.
The event runs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night during October: Oct. 1-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24 and 29-31. Freaky Preview lets guests sink their teeth into the scares a week early on Sept. 25-26 for discounted rates as low as $29.95 for general admission and $24.95 for Passport members. Operating hours are 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. during Freaky Preview and on Thursday nights. Friday and Saturday hours are 7:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Take advantage of the best way to see Howl-O-Scream with
All-Inclusive Fear Tours that include your admission ticket. Fear Tours offer three levels of terrifying special treatment: “
The Viewing” is a three-hour group tour of haunted houses and major thrill rides. The five-hour “
Funeral” group tour adds reserved show seating, and “
The Embalming” includes the Fright Feast dinner b
uffet, preferred parking and a private “Ghoul Guide” for your party of three or more. All tours include commemorative photos and complimentary beverages, and packages start at $89.95.
For those who want to skip the lines and get right to the screaming, the
Front Line Fear pass offers no-wait access to your choice of seven haunted houses as well as photo, games and merchandise – all for $35.00. The Front Line Fear Extreme pass also includes front-of-line access for your choice of four major coasters for $45.00.
The
Thrills & Chills Weekend Pass lets true Halloween fans face their fears over and over again with a long weekend (Thursday through Sunday) of unlimited access to Busch Gardens’ thrills by day and Howl-O-Scream’s chills by night – all for just $79.95! For out-of-town guests,
Gory Getaway vacation packages are also available, featuring Howl-O-Scream admission and accommodations at one of Busch Gardens’ preferred partner hotels. Prices start at $238.04 per person plus tax, based on double occupancy.
Need to know. Howl-O-Scream is too intense for young children. Parental discretion is advised. No costumes are allowed. Howl-O-Scream is a separate ticketed night event, and operating hours are subject to change without notice.
FamilyTravelFiles.com Staff Comments: Genuinely creepy vibes radiate from the park as the sun goes down and the ticket holders assemble outside of locked gates. I like to think of myself as hard to rattle. Nerves of steel and a pragmatic outlook can turn almost any fear-themed attraction into nothing more disturbing than cheap parlor tricks.
I’ve seen the standard presentation of the horrific and believe me when I say that most seasonal Halloween attractions leave me nothing more th
an slightly amused and mostly bored.
One venue rises above the rest in both quality and originality however; Busch Garden’s annual Howl-O-Scream. The Howl-O-Scream experience is complete in a way that many similarly enacted concepts are not; the entire park transforms utterly into a shadowed haven of horrors for the unsuspecting. And yet, the experience can be as terrifying, or as mild as the Halloween connoisseur so desires, something that certain companions of mine were extremely grateful for.
Bottom Line: For horror and Halloween fanatics, Busch Garden Tampa Bay’s Howl-O-Scream is a terrific way to have great Halloween fun.
For more information on how to get scared in Howl-O-Scream style visit
www.howl-o-scream.com,
www.BuschGardens.com or call 1-888-800-5447.
