Busch
Gardens Williamsburg will once again become a very decorative place
(and a scary one after 6pm) this fall with Howl O
Scream. The month long event opens on September 25, 2015 and runs on
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through November 1.
This year there will be 3 new haunted houses and the park is
getting some collaboration from Blair Witch Project producer Robin Crowe with
the theme being called “Unearthed”.
As it turns out, when the park was doing maintenance in Ireland village a house was discovered by the crew. It’s believed the house belonged to a woods woman named Scarlett whose
mysterious healing practices made her a target from suspicious townspeople.
Fearful of Scarlett’s dark arts, the townsfolk killed her husband and buried
her house deep in the earth.
The other 2 new haunted houses are Cornered and LumberHack. Cornered takes guests to
a 1977 farming community where townspeople are disappearing at an alarming
rate. A local corn farmer is the main suspect but everyone who ventures
into the maze of maize is never seen again. Every time someone goes missing a
cornhusk doll mysteriously appears.
Lumberhack takes guests to new territory, literally.
Situated in the woods behind Busch Gardens’ Oktoberfest village, LumberHack beckons
unsuspecting hikers into a forgotten logging camp inhabited by undead
lumberjacks.
This will bring the total of Haunted houses to 7, repeats
from last year will be
- · Bitten (Black Forest picnic area, back of Oktoberfest)
- · Deadline (Pompeii, Italy)
- · The Catacombs (France)
- · Cut Throat Cove (Fiesta Italy)
The rest of Howl O Scream will go as usual, with elaborate
decorations, themed shows, and themed dining. (Blood Banquet entertaining
buffet will be back as well as dinner show Igor's Fright Feast). All of the rides will be open except for those being used for haunted houses (Pompeii, Europe in the Air). Monster Stomp
will be back in the Globe, plus fall themed snacks and goodies throughout the
eateries and shops in the park.
Ticket prices are the standard prices $75 for adults and $65
for kids 3-9 (the $75 funcard allows you back all fall) and pass holders do not
need a separate ticket for this event. If you haven’t purchased a season pass
yet, you may want to consider one. Prices start at $10 a month and include free
parking and a 10% discount on everything in the park.
