Vote for Holiday World’s Happy Halloween Weekends for Readers’ Choice Awards
Holiday World's Happy Halloween Weekends has been nominated for USA Today's Readers' Choice Awards, and they need your votes to win!
Holiday World's Happy Halloween Weekends
If you’ve never experienced Holiday World’s Happy Halloween Weekends, it’s time to change that! Grab your calendar, pick a weekend date between September 19th and November 1st, and plan your visit. Holiday World's Happy Halloween Weekends is truly a family-friendly event. While the park is decked out in spooky fun, it's not scary, which is why it is perfect for kids and adults alike.
There’s so much to see, do, and taste during Happy Halloween Weekends! This family-friendly special event includes the rides you love at Holiday World, plus lots of Halloween-themed shows and fun. For the second year in a row, the massive dinosaurs are back, plus experience the new Cannonball!-themed corn maze, drone show, really cool shows, food, and more. According to Holiday World, here's what you can expect from Happy Halloween Weekends in 2026:
Next, see the self-proclaimed “World’s Greatest Inventor” and take a peek inside Professor Holiday’s Wacky Workshop of Wonders!
Explore Carnival Chaos, as a ghostly barker invites you in to explore this abandoned carnival. It’s filled with clowns (or are they only reflections?) and side-show attractions. This series of mazes and “startles” is for older children and adults; it includes strobe lights and occasional loud noises.
Stop by for Kitty’s Dance Spooktacular at Hoosier Celebration Theater and close out the afternoon with the Trick-or-Treat Trail for children 12 and younger.
Happy Halloween Weekends, Nominated by USA Today
USA Today is hosting another round of its Readers' Choice Awards. They have selected 20 Halloween-themed events from around the country and are putting them to a vote to find the best in the nation. Holiday World is up against big names in the industry like Disney and Universal, to name a few.
Here is what USA Today has to say about Holiday World's Happy Halloween Weekends:
Happy Halloween Weekends at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari offer a milder take on theme park Halloween events, with more of a focus on family-friendly fun than intense scares. Take in seasonal decorations and Halloween-themed shows and attractions suitable for all ages like hayride adventures, 12 acres of corn mazes, rides, and trick-or-treating opportunities. Older kids and adults can travel through Carnival Chaos, an abandoned carnival full of startling surprises.
Voting is open now, and you can vote once per day for Holiday World until Monday, September 21 at noon ET. The winning theme park Halloween events will be announced on Wednesday, September 30. So cast your vote now, and let's get them named the best in the country!
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