Summer is over and winter is knocking upon our doors, but there is a whole season left to get out and enjoy ourselves before we break out the shovels and flannel coats. Cleveland is lucky enough to be located in a place where each season brings a change of events and weather. With this season, comes one of the most fun holidays of the year - Halloween. Cleveland is also lucky enough to be located near two major theme parks, and both of them are getting into the spirit of Halloween. As always, you can count on Halloweekends at Cedar Point Resort and Theme Park, the undisputed king of roller coasters. Geauga Lake also offers Halloween Haunt. Both of these excellent parks are within one hour's drive from downtown Cleveland, so there is no excuse for not attending at least one!
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Boo at the Zoo
Treat stations, live animal programs, magicians, clowns and face painting, forest ride, hay maze, and the haunted greenhouse are among the fun activites waiting for you. Boo at the Zoo offers not-too-scart Halloween fun for the younger children.
The Carnival of Horrors at Blossom Music Center
This one is pretty scary! They offer three different scary attractions for $15, along with free parking. There is a scary fun house, a 3-d haunted house, and the extra creepy Wicked Woods, which you must escape, armed with only a flashlight.
Charity Halloween Costume Party
This is more of a grown up event, but it's for a good cause. Charity Halloween Costume Party: Sunday October 23, 2005 at Backstreet Café, 7865 Plains Road, Mentor on the Lake, Ohio. All day charity concert and Halloween costume party with proceeds to help rebuild homes for the victims of Hurricane Katrina through Habitat for Humanity and their Operation Home Delivery. Details and directions are available on their site.
Halloweekends
Something strange happens to Cedar Point after the park officially closes for the season. Chill winds blow down the main concourse and Frontier Trail literally becomes a ghost town! If you didn't get a chance to visit the Roller Coaster Capital of the World, then you'll get a last chance before it's covered in a blanket of snow - that is, unless you're too scared! On the Hallowweekends, rides and special attractions are open for extended enjoyment.
Halloween Haunt at Geauga Lake
Halloween Haunt is frightfully fun for the entire family. The are featuring, two new haunted houses, The Candy Corral for the little ones, The Monsters and Magic Show, haunted ferryboats and much more. Don't miss your chance to take your last ride of the season on Geauga Lake's many thrill rides.
Halloween Hayrides
This is a fun family event at the Lake Farmpark. The hayrides run Fridays and Saturday evenings in October, and advanced tickets are recommended.
Halloween Spooktacular III
Halloween fun for the little ones. The Children's Museum of Cleveland offers cookie decorating, a sppoky story, face painting, crafts, costume parade and trick-or-treat fun!
Lake Eerie Walking Ghost Tours
October 6, 2006 - October 31, 2006 (Fri., Sat., Sun. and Halloween Night)
Visit the spirits of Historic Fairport Harbor in Lake County, on the shores of Lake Erie. Bring your cameras and cam-corders if you dare, you just may catch a ghost on film!!! This event takes place every Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the month of October starting at 7:00pm, with a special weekday tour on Halloween night. The Halloween Tour starts at 8:30pm. Included on the tour is the Historic LightHouse (Featured on the Travel Channel's Haunted LightHouses), Fairport Nursery Road, and several haunted residences. Tours take approximatly 2 hours. Adult admission is $12.00 and children 4-10 are $6.00. This event is child friendly, but dress for the weather, as it will take place mostly outdoors.
Trails to Terror
Cleveland Scene's annual guide to halloween events in our area.
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