Fright Fest Details

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Here is the official press release for Fright Fest:

Jackson, N.J. ? With Halloween just around the corner, Six Flags Great Adventure will raise the dead to celebrate ?The Northeast?s Largest Halloween Party? with its 17th annual Fright Fest Presented by SNICKERS?. In addition to the world-class line-up of thrill rides, the theme park will transform into a 140-acre ?scream park? with additional themed shows and attractions. Amid thousands of mums, cornstalks, hay bales, cobwebs and oversized spiders, guests can roam the haunted midways and encounter ?thrills by day, chills by night? entertainment. The month-long celebration will run Saturdays and Sundays Oct. 4 through Nov. 2, plus Fridays Oct. 10, 17, 24 & 31 and Columbus Day Oct. 13.
 

Thrills by Day, Chills by Night - Shows and Attractions
Guests will enjoy seasonally-themed shows, events and attractions including kid-friendly activities during the daylight hours.  The nautical Seaport transforms into Looney Tunes Screamport and will offer a Halloween-themed spooky spells magic show for children; and right next door Wiggles World will feature the Fright Fest Get Ready to Wiggle Halloween Show.   Oct. 18, 19, 25 & 26 children 12 and under can participate in a Costume Parade at 3 p.m. that winds from Granny?s Country Kitchen to Wiggles World. The littlest boys and ghouls can also watch and participate in Professor Slither?s Creepy Critters, where Professor Slither and his ghoulish gang introduce guests to some of the creepiest critters including rats, bats, tarantulas and bearded dragons. Plus throughout the day, kids can stop by the Trick-or-Treat Trail to receive a Halloween treat from their favorite Looney Tunes pals in Fantasy Forest. 

Looney Tunes Talent Show will continue at Bugs Bunny Wilderness Theater during the day, but in the evening guests can catch special performances by Frankenstein, Wolfie, The Count and Igor in Monster Mash Bash as they sing and dance to Halloween renditions of classic pop songs in a spooktacular musical extravaganza. Guests can also check out special, Halloween-themed evening performances including Temple of the Tiger: Resurrection of the Marshmallow Man and Dolphin Discovery: Voyage to Voodoo Island featuring enchanted dolphins and sea lions in a magical mayhem of hilarious, Halloween hijinks.

When the clock strikes 6 p.m., the sun goes down and the ghouls come out. Guests will watch as the park transforms from ?thrills by day? to ?chills by night? with The Awakening, a dramatic procession of the walking dead and the resurrection of Dr. Fright. Kids 12 years of age and under can ward off these pesky creatures with ?ghoul repellant,? a festive whistle that stops beasts in their tracks. (The park recommends that families with very young children exit the park by 6 p.m.)

The park?s most popular Fright Fest show, Dead Man?s Party, will return at the Big Wheel with hit songs and red-hot choreography produced by ?So You Think You Can Dance? first season?s runner up, Ashle Dawson. Hypnosteria featuring a mentalist/comic hypnotist will return to the Showcase Theater offering more embarrassing and hilarious acts from the park volunteers.
 
Themed areas will provide more spooky thrills such as fog-filled cemeteries and zombies lurking throughout the park?s midways.  Boardwalk will transition to a demented circus filled with side show freaks and deranged clowns, called Circus Psycho; and guests will be terrorized by ghoulish cowboys and southern specters in The Bone Butcher Terror-Tory.

Fright Fest will feature two outdoor, walkthrough terror trails - The Demented Forest where guests will encounter bizarre creatures in this fantasy gone wrong; and the all-new Escape from the Asylum terror trail.

Plus, guests can join Elvira on her hilarious ?scream park? ride simulator, Elvira?s Superstition or check out Zambora as she transforms into a ferocious gorilla beast, both located in Circus Psycho.
 

Save the Cockroach?Eat Another Creepy Crawler
When the sun goes down, the ghouls come out and this season Six Flags will introduce new levels of chill to this year?s Fright Fest celebration. This is the season to Save a Cockroach because guests will go beyond the typical Six Flags cockroach eating contest and will be challenged to test their limits on another gruesome creepy crawler on the Wheel of Fright. 

The Wheel of Fright will invite daring guest to spin the wheel and those who opt to chow down on one of the creepy critters or gruesome food will be granted prizes such as front of the line access on some of Six Flags? most popular rides and attractions, free tickets and much more.

 

Spooktacular Special Events
Sunday, Oct. 5 Six Flags Great Adventure will host the 2nd annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. For more information, log onto sixflags.com/greatadventure and go to the events tab.

Six Flags will host the sixth American Red Cross blood drive Oct. 11. Guests can donate a pint of blood to earn a free Fright Fest ticket. Registrations must be made by calling 732/928-2000, ext. 2831. Up to 200 donors are needed, and will be taken on a first call, first serve basis.

Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays during Fright Fest Six Flags Great Adventure presents Dead & Local Music Showcase featuring dark, local bands performing hits on the Festival Stage.

Reminder: Six Flags? ghouls are the stars of the show. Guests taller than 54 inches are not permitted to wear masks, makeup or costumes. Any such item must be removed prior to park entrance. For more Fright Fest and park information, call 732/928-1821 or visit the web at sixflags.com.