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List of simulated horror experiences
This is a list of haunted attractions , which are live entertainment venues that simulate the experience of visiting haunted locations or storylines typical of horror fiction .
Simulated haunted houses/mansions/castles[ edit ]
Attraction
Location
Open Date
Status
Source
Notes
The Haunted Mansion
Disneyland Resort Disneyland Park (New Orleans Square )
August 9, 1969
operating
seminal attraction
The Haunted Mansion
Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom (Liberty Square )
October 1, 1971
operating
[ 1]
The Haunted Mansion
Tokyo Disneyland (Fantasyland)
April 15, 1983
operating
[ 2]
Phantom Manor
Disneyland Paris Disneyland Park (Frontierland)
April 12, 1992
operating
[ 3]
Mystic Manor
Hong Kong Disneyland (Mystic Point )
May 17, 2013
operating
[ 4]
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Walt Disney World Hollywood Studios (Sunset Boulevard)
July 22, 1994
operating
[ 5]
Tower of Terror
Tokyo DisneySea (American Waterfront )
September 22, 2006
operating
[ 6]
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Walt Disney Studios Park (Production Courtyard )
December 22, 2007
operating
[ 7]
The London Bridge Experience
London, United Kingdom
February 12, 2008
operating
[ 8]
UK's Best Year round attraction 12 years
Ripley's Haunted Adventure
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1999
operating
[ 9]
Ripley's Haunted Adventure
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2001
operating
[ 10]
Ripley's Haunted Adventure
San Antonio , Texas
March 22, 2002
operating
[ 11]
Ripley's Haunted Adventure
Pattaya , Thailand
October 30, 2004
operating
[ 12]
Dr. Frankenstein's Haunted Castle
Indiana Beach
1983
operating
[citation needed ]
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
Carowinds (Crosswinds)
March 27, 2010
operating
[citation needed ]
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
Kings Dominion (Planet Snoopy)
April 2, 2010
operating
[citation needed ]
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
Kings Island (International Street)
April 17, 2010
operating
[citation needed ]
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill
Canada's Wonderland (Planet Snoopy)
May 2, 2010
operating
[citation needed ]
Spook-a-Rama
Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park
1955
operating
[citation needed ]
Mysterious Mansion
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1980
operating
[ 13]
Ghost Castle
Europa-Park
1982
operating
[citation needed ]
Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back!
Alton Towers
1992
operating
[citation needed ]
redesigned 2003
Trimper's Haunted House
Trimper's Rides
1964
operating
[citation needed ]
expanded 1988
Haunted Mansion
Knoebels Amusement Resort
1973
operating
[citation needed ]
3 minute dark ride
Spookslot
Efteling
1978
operating
[ 14]
animatronic show
Geister Rikscha
Phantasialand
1981
operating
[ 15]
dark ride themed to Chinese mythology
Mystery Castle
Phantasialand
1998
operating
[ 16]
drop tower with a haunted-castle-like queue line
Geisterschloss
Wiener Prater
1955
operating
Ghost Train
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
1930
operating
first ghost train
Attraction
Location
Open Date
Status
Source
Notes
Nightmare on 13th Haunted House
Salt Lake City, Utah
1990
operating
[ 17]
permanent location run seasonally
Hundred Acres Manor Haunted House
Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
2003
operating
[ 18]
replaced Phantoms in the Park at same location
Terror Behind the Walls
Eastern State Penitentiary
1995
operating
[ 19]
Shocktoberfest
Reading, Pennsylvania
1990
operating
[ 20]
Headless Horseman Hayrides
Kingston, New York
1992
operating
[ 21]
includes 5 haunted houses, corn maze & hayride
Cutting Edge Haunted House
Fort Worth, Texas
1991
operating
[ 22]
Spider Hill
Three Sisters Park, Illinois
1997
operating
[ 23]
Spook Hollow
Marquette Heights, Illinois
1979
operating
[ 24] [ 25]
The ScareHouse
Etna, Pennsylvania
1999
operating
[ 26]
The Thirteenth Hour Haunted Attraction
Indianapolis,Indiana
2017
operating
[ 27]
Permanent location on 25 acres, operating for seasonal events
Erebus haunted attraction
Pontiac, Michigan
2000
operating
[ 28]
Guinness World Record 2005~2009
Everhaunt Haunted Attraction
Angola, New York
2018
operating
[ 29] [ 30]
includes 10 different Halloween attractions.
Circle of Ash haunted attraction
Central City, IA
2000
operating
[ 31]
formerly Frightmare Forest
Netherworld Haunted House
Norcross, GA
1997
operating
[ 32]
Pure Terror Screampark
Monroe, New York
2010
operating
[ 33]
2015 Guinness World Record Holder Longest Outdoor Haunted Attraction
The Terrortorium
Oxford, Alabama
2010
operating
[ 34] [ 35]
formerly the "Haunted Castle" dark ride at Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City Beach, Florida .
The Nevermore Haunt
Baltimore, MD
2016
operating
[ 32]
Shattered Screams Haunt
Jefferson City, Missouri
2019
operating
[ 36]
Formerly known as 13th Door Haunted House, located in Beaverton, Oregon from 2002 to 2018 due to K-Mart closing.
The Darkness Haunted House
St. Louis, Missouri
1993
operating
[ 37]
13th Gate Haunted House
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2002
operating
[ 38]
Haunted theme park attractions [ edit ]
Attraction
Location
Open Date
Status
Source
Notes
Halloween Horror Nights
Universal Studios Florida
October 25, 1991
operating
largest single event worldwide
Halloween Horror Nights
Universal Studios Hollywood
October 9, 1997
operating
two earlier attempts not listed (see Article)
Halloween Horror Nights
Universal Studios Singapore
October 2011
operating
now feature local Singaporean legends
Halloween Horror Nights
Universal Studios Japan
September 14, 2012
operating
currently the longest run at 59 days in 2015
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags Over Texas
1988
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags Great America
1991
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags St. Louis
1988
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags Magic Mountain
1993
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags New England
2000
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags over Georgia
1987
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags Great Adventure
1992
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
1996
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags America
1999
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
1999
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Six Flags Mexico
2012
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
Great Escape (amusement park)
1999
operating
Six Flags Fright Fest
La Ronde (amusement park)
2002
operating
Hobb's Grove
Sanger California(amusement park with haunted woods and haunted hayride
operating
temporarily called "The Grove" during a divorce rooted ownership dispute that ended when the claimant who owned a competing park called "Raisin Hell Ranch" later died.
Howl-O-Scream (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay)
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
1999
operating
Howl-O-Scream (Busch Gardens Williamsburg)
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
1999
operating
Howl-O-Scream
Sea World San Antonio
2008
operating
Halloween Spooktacular
Sea World Orlando
2008
operating
Halloween Spooktacular
Sea World San Diego
2008
operating
Fright Fest
Elitch Gardens Theme Park
1999
operating
Fright Nights
Warner Bros Movie World
2006
operating
Queensland, Australia
Knott's Scary Farm
Knotts Berry Farm
October 26, 1973
operating
Fright Nights
Thorpe Park
2002
operating
Surrey, England
Mickey's Halloween Party
Disneyland
2005
operating
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
Walt Disney World , Magic Kingdom
1995
operating
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
Disneyland Paris Resort
2008
operating
Paris, France
SCarowinds
Carowinds
2000
operating
HalloWeekends
Cedar Point
1997
operating
Halloween Haunt (California's Great America)
California's Great America
2008
operating
Halloween Haunt (Canada's Wonderland)
Canada's Wonderland
2005
operating
originally Fearfest
Halloween Haunt (Dorney Park)
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
1998
operating
originally Halloweekends
Halloween Haunt (Kings Dominion)
Kings Dominion
2001
operating
originally Fearfest
Halloween Haunt (Kings Island)
Kings Island
2000
operating
originally Fearfest
Halloween Haunt (Worlds of Fun)
Worlds of Fun
1999
operating
Ocean Park Halloween Bash
Ocean Park Hong Kong
2001
operating
Halloween Haunt
Valleyfair
2006
operating
previously HalloWeekends, 1998 to 2000
Scarefest
Alton Towers
2007
Staffordshire, England
Hersheypark in the Dark
Hersheypark
1980
operating
began as "Creatures of the Night" at neighboring ZooAmerica
Halloween in Europa-Park
Europa-Park
1998
operating
Halloween Horror Festival
Movie Park Germany
1996
operating
largest Halloween event in Europe
Halloween Nights
Toverland
operating
Schaurige Altweibernächte
Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
2014
operating
[ 39]
Halloween Fright Nights
Holiday Park
operating
DINOWEEN
Holiday Park
operating
Halloween Belantis
Belantis
operating
Halloween Weeks
Legoland Deutschland Resort
operating
Horrornächte
Filmpark Babelsberg
operating
Familien-Halloween
Eifelpark
operating
Halloween Open Air Horror Maze
Eifelpark
operating
Halloween Party
Freizeitpark Plohn
operating
Fort Fear Horrorland
Fort Fun Abenteuerland
2009
operating
[ 40]
Happy Halloween
Fantasiana Erlebnispark Strasswaldchen
operating
Happy Halloween
Skyline Park
operating
[ 41]
Halloween auf Schloss Thurn
Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn
operating
[ 42]
Klotti's schaurige Tage
Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten
operating
Filippos verfluchte Zauberwelt
Familypark
operating
[ 43]
Höllowum Fegefeuer der Sorgenkobolde
Die geheime Welt von Turisede
operating
Halloween in Wiener Prater
Wiener Prater
operating
Defunct attractions [ edit ]
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^ "Haunted Mansion | Tokyo Disneyland" . Touringplans.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Phantom Manor" . Disneylandparis.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
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^ "Tower of Terror | Tokyo DisneySea" . Touringplans.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror" . Disneylandparis.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "The London Bridge Experience" . Thelondonbridgeexperience.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Haunted Adventure - Ripley's Believe It or Not! Gatlinburg TN" . Ripleys.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Haunted Adventure Myrtle Beach - Ripley's Believe It or Not!" . Ripleys.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "About Us - Phillips Entertainment" . Ripleys.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Ripley's Believe It or Not Pattaya Thailand" . Archived from the original on 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2020-05-19 .
^ "Gatlinburg's Mysterious Mansion" . The Family of Mysterious Mansion. 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017 .
^ "Spookslot - Spukschloss| Efteling" . www.efteling.com (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-05 .
^ "Geister Rikscha | Themenpark - Phantasialand" . www.phantasialand.de . Retrieved 2022-04-05 .
^ "Mystery Castle – Bungee Drop Tower | Themenpark - Phantasialand" . www.phantasialand.de . Retrieved 2022-04-05 .
^ "Nightmare on 13th - Utah's #1 Haunted Attraction!" . Nightmareon13th.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Hundred Acres Manor | Pittsburgh's Best Haunted House" . Hundredacresmanor.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "2021 Calendar" . Easternstate.org . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Shocktoberfest – PA's Premier Haunted Scream Park" . Shocktoberfest.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses in New York" . Headlesshorseman.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Cutting Edge Haunted House" . Cuttingedgehauntedhouse.com . 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2012 .
^ "Home" . Threesisterspark.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Spook Hollow" . spook-hollow.com . Retrieved 2023-10-13 .
^ Holtz, Jody (2021-10-21). "Spook Hollow returns to Marquette Heights for another spooky Halloween season" . WCBU Peoria . Retrieved 2023-10-13 .
^ "ScareHouse | Pittsburgh's Scariest Haunted House" . ScareHouse.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Haunted House Attraction Thirteenth Hour - Indiana's Highest Rated Haunted Attraction" . 13thhourindy.com . Retrieved 27 September 2023 .
^ "Haunted House Attraction Erebus - Michigan's Best Haunted Attraction" . Hauntedpontiac.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Everhaunt Haunted Attraction" . everhaunt.com . Retrieved 2019-10-14 .
^ Lynch, Kaley (2019-10-14). "Everhaunt Haunted Attraction Opens Award Winning Attraction in Angola!" . WIVB Buffalo . Retrieved 2023-10-13 .
^ "The Largest Haunted Attraction In Iowa" . Circleofash.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ a b Blitz, Matt (October 12, 2016). "Who Invented the Haunted House?" . Popular Mechanics . Retrieved October 11, 2017 .
^ "Pure Terror Screampark" . Hauntworld, Inc. 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017 .
^ Aschton, Duanne (October 24, 2013). "The Terrortorium - Oxford, Alabama" . The Dark Menagerie. Retrieved September 16, 2017 .
^ "Classic Panhandle 'Haunted Castle' amusement ride reopens in Oxford, Ala" . Al.com . Associated Press. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Jefferson City Missouri's Best Haunted House - Shattered Screams" . Shatteredscreams.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "The Darkness Haunted House St. Louis, Missouri - America's Scariest Haunted House" . Thedarkness.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "13th Gate Haunted House – The 13th Gate, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the Ultimate Haunted House" . 13thgate.com . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
^ "Detailseite – Tripsdrill - Erlebnispark" . 2016-11-04. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-05 .
^ GmbH, WABSOLUTE. "FORTFEAR" . Fort Fun (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-05 .
^ "HAPPY HALLOWEEN" . Allgäu Skyline Park | Der größte Freizeitpark in Bayern bei München! (in German). 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2022-04-05 .
^ "Halloween 2020 im Freizeitpark Seite 1 von 0 | Geisterzeit für die ganze Familie ????" . schloss-thurn.de/ (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-05 .
^ "» Halloween 2021 - Familypark" (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-05 .
^ Phantasialand - Schloss Schreckenstein , retrieved 2022-04-05
^ "Schloss Schreckenstein im Phantasialand - PHL-Infos.de" . PHL-Infos (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-05 .
^ "Offizieller Europa-Park Fanclub - Baron William's Mystery Hall" . epfans.info . Retrieved 2022-04-05 .