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Tricks and Treats 2026 Guide & Review, Underwhelming Oktoberfest Experience - Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Daytime fall festivities are back at Six Flags Fiesta Texas on select dates through November 1! Not a fan of the ultra spooky? Tricks and Treats offers family-friendly activities during the day, including a trick or treat trail, themed entertainment and specialty food offerings. Though we didn't have the greatest luck, Oktoberfest has also returned and features its own special line-up of food, drinks and live shows throughout Spassburg. This is your ultimate guide to enjoy the park's daytime fall events!
Fiesta Texas' 30th Fright Fest - Terrifying New Scare Zones, Reimagined Conjuring Haunt, Live Shows
Your ultimate guide and review to Fright Fest 2026 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas is here! Fright Fest takes place on select dates now through November 1. Award-winning entertainment, such as Monster Mash Bash, highlights this year's event. Other huge additions, including the immersive Circus Berzerkus and Alley of the Dead scare zones, have debuted. The spooky festivities also include the can't-miss Conjuring Universe haunt and original scares with Hexenhaus, Nosferatu, Cinema Slasher and more. Join us for an in-depth look at this year's Fright Fest event.
Tricks and Treats & Oktoberfest 2026 - Guide to Six Flags Over Texas' Non-Scary Fall Celebrations
Don't want the scary nature of Fright Fest? Six Flags Over Texas features two family-friendly events, Tricks and Treats and Oktoberfest, during the day on weekends until November 1. Younger guests can enjoy costume contests, a trick or treat trail and magic show, while Oktoberfest brings along live music and themed food and drink offerings. Join us for an in-depth guide to both 2026 daytime events.
The Ultimate Fright Fest 2026 Guide - Six Flags Over Texas' Best Halloween Event in Many Years
The Fright Fest scares are back at Six Flags Over Texas on select dates through November 1. This year sees new entertainment, such as Wake the Dead Murder Mystery, revamped SAW and The Conjuring Universe haunted houses, an insane new premium scare zone with Doc Varnum's Hybrid Hell Pit and plenty of roaming monsters. Plenty of favorites also return, including EverSmile Industries, The Awakening and multiple scare zones. How can you see everything in one visit? Join us as we accomplish the feat, experiencing shows, haunted houses and scare zones. Plus, we check out tons of new merchandise.
Six Flags Fiesta Texas Captures Golden Ticket Award for Best New Show with Monster Mash Bash
Six Flags Fiesta Texas has once again earned one of the amusement industry's highest honors, capturing the 2026 Golden Ticket Award for Best New Show for its electrifying Fright Fest production, Monster Mash Bash, presented by Amusement Today during the annual Golden Ticket Awards held Sept.12 in the Austin area. The recognition marks the second consecutive year that Six Flags Fiesta Texas has claimed the Best New Show title, following the award-winning success of The Voodoo Dolls in 2025.
Howl-O-Scream, SeaWorld San Antonio 2026 - THREE New Frightening Haunted Houses Debut, POVs & Review
Celebrating 25 years, Howl-O-Scream returns to SeaWorld San Antonio on select dates between September 11 and November 1. 2026 sees a huge revamp in the haunted house line-up with three new offerings: I Know What You Did Last Summer, Witch of the Woods and Deadly Wreckoning. The 25th anniversary haunted celebration also includes new shows, such as Shamu Rocks: Moonlight Mayhem, and new and returning terror-tories.
Fright Fest, Fall Events Return Soon to Six Flags Over Texas, Here's What to Expect for 2026
Fright Fest, Tricks and Treats and Oktoberfest all begin at Six Flags Over Texas in less than two weeks. Each event has a little bit of something for the whole family, including haunted houses, live entertainment, a trick or treat trail and specialty food offerings. Join us for a look at the park's current setup progress, along with information about this year's confirmed attractions and other important updates happening around Six Flags Over Texas.
Six Flags Great Adventure Goes Big for Fall with Four New Haunted Mazes, Family Halloween Fun and More Ways to Play
This fall, one day at Six Flags Great Adventure can go from candy to coasters to creatures after dark. The Northeast's premier theme park destination is going big for fall in 2026, delivering a full day-to-night lineup packed with family-friendly Halloween experiences, seasonal food and entertainment, world-class thrill rides and one of the park's most ambitious Fright Fest lineups yet. Four new haunted mazes lead the charge this year, including JASON: Blood Reign and Final Destination: Death's Playground, inspired by two blockbuster horror franchises.
Venturing into all Fright Fest Scare Zones at Six Flags Over Texas | New Monsters & Spooky Shows
Six Flags Over Texas' 2025 Fright Fest event is loaded with completely reimagined scare zones throughout the park. Join us for a spooky look at each scare zone, loaded with new monsters and props. Plus, enjoy compilations of fresh entertainment offerings, such as Ghouling Pianos and Curse of the Undead, as the end of Halloween season creeps near.
Fright Fest 2025 at Six Flags Over Texas - POVs of All Haunts, New Scare Zones & Food, Shows Return
The scariest time of the year, Fright Fest, has returned to Six Flags Over Texas! This year's event is highlighted by new haunted houses, including The Strangers: No Escape and EverSmile Industries. Other favorites, such as The Conjuring Universe and Terror at the Polynesian Palm, also return. Join us for POV walkthroughs of every haunted house, as well as a look at the return of entertainment in Southern Palace Theatre and reviews of several speciality food items. Fright Fest also features several new scare zones, enhanced decor and additional entertainment offerings.
Fright Fest Returns to Six Flags Over Texas Sept. 12
Fright Fest presented by SNICKERS® takes Halloween to the spookiest level as Six Flags Over Texas is transformed into the most haunting and immersive landscape packed with brand-new spine-tingling scare zones, terrifying haunted mazes inspired by iconic horror films, ghoulish characters that push courage to the limit, live entertainment and hair-raising attractions.
Fright Fest Returns to Six Flags Fiesta Texas Sept. 6 - Largest Halloween Lineup Ever
Darkness descends earlier this year as Six Flags Fiesta Texas unleashes the most immersive and fear-inducing Fright Fest presented by SNICKERS® in park history. On select nights beginning Sept. 6 at 6 pm, Fright Fest transforms the park into a fully immersive horror experience with four all-new haunted mazes, pulse-pounding live shows and fear-filled scare zones. Guests step into terrifying worlds inspired by iconic horror films and original nightmares, brought to life through layered environments, cutting-edge technology and story-driven encounters.
Fright Fest Setup Begins, New Coaster Construction, Rough Times for Corporate | Six Flags Over Texas August Updates
Six Flags Over Texas is in the home stretch of summer operations. Southern Palace Theatre enhancements continue and its exterior is looking great. Fright Fest preparations have also begun with scare zone and themed elements popping up in multiple sections of the park. Dive coaster construction moves on with more footers being poured and new track pieces on site. Plus, teasers for a new Spain restaurant have appeared. We also discuss current corporate and revenue issues, along with the 2026 pass structure that recently debuted.
Kids Boo Fest 2024 Six Flags Over Texas | Epic Trick or Treat Trail & Full Event Tour
Kids Boo Fest returns to Six Flags Over Texas for another season of family-friendly, daytime Halloween fun. This year's event includes the return of several interactive activities, including scream and costume contests. Kids Boo Fest visitors can also trek down the expansive trick or treat trail, enjoy daily foam parties in Bugs Bunny Boomtown and catch the Looney Tunes Halloween dance party at Silver Star Carousel Stage.
Fright Fest 2024 at Six Flags Over Texas | New Horror Franchise Haunts, Live Shows & Scare Zones
Fright Fest is jam-packed in 2024 at Six Flags Over Texas with the return of live entertainment, monster-filled scare zones and haunted houses. This year's haunted house line-up features several popular horror themes, including Stranger Things, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, SAW and Trick 'r Treat. Dr. H.H. Holmes' Freak Show has come back to Southern Palace Theatre, while shows at the park entrance have seen a refresh. Other themed entertainment, including Dia de los Muertos and a spooky rendition of the gunfighters, have also debuted for this year's Fright Fest.
Oktoberfest Food Festival 2024 at Fiesta Texas | Unique Food Offerings, Live Music & Craft Beers
2024 marks the third year of Six Flags Fiesta Texas' Oktoberfest Food Festival. Taking place on select dates through October, the festival features Oktoberfest-themed food booths, along with several seasonal and craft beer offerings. Spassburg also features live entertainment, including Der Wurst Band and the beer tapping ceremony celebration.
Fright Fest Prep Begins at Six Flags Over Texas, Summer Operations Finish Up
About one month remains until the start of Fright Fest 2024 at Six Flags Over Texas and, based on the line-up, it is shaping up to be the largest ever. We take a lap around the park to see Fright Fest setup progress and discuss current ride closures and other small projects that have progressed since our last visit.
Six Flags Over Texas Welcomes Icons of Halloween and Horror to Fright Fest
Beginning on Friday, September 13, thrill-seekers and horror enthusiasts are invited to immerse themselves in the pulse-pounding excitement and terror that only Fright Fest can deliver. Visitors to the park will step into a world where nightmarish creatures inspired by legendary horror brands come to life with Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures’ SAW franchise, Netflix’s Stranger Things, Warner Bros. Discovery’s The Conjuring, Legendary Entertainment’s Trick ‘r Treat, and Netflix & Legendary Entertainment’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Something Epic is Coming to Six Flags Fright Fest This Fall
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE:SIX), the world’s largest regional theme park company and largest operator of water parks in North America, unveils Fright Fest Extreme - presented by SNICKERS, featuring an expansive lineup of terrifying horror franchises ahead of the brand’s highly anticipated annual event. Beginning September 7, thrill-seekers and horror enthusiasts are invited to immerse themselves in the pulse-pounding excitement and terror that only Fright Fest can deliver with Six Flags’ largest investment and expansion yet.
Video POV - SeaWorld San Antonio’s 2023 Howl-O-Scream Haunted Houses
SeaWorld San Antonio’s 2023 Howl-O-Scream event features six haunted houses. Amongst the offerings is Bunny Bradley’s Ice Cream Shoppe, which is the newest addition to the line-up this season. Enjoy full video POVs of each haunted house from this year’s Howl-O-Scream Halloween event.