From haunted houses, to corn mazes, to special trick-or-treat events, a Lancaster County Halloween has all the spooktacular events and attractions to make your 2011 Halloween season the best ever! And with hotel room rates at $99 more or less, and Bed & Breakfast stays at $139 more or less, October is the best month to plan your Dutch Country getaway.
Saturdays & Sundays October 15-30
Enjoy hauntingly friendly fun ideal for families at Happy Hauntings. A Kingdom For Kids! will feature themed rides and attractions, trick-or-treating, magic shows, ghoulish games, storytelling by The Princess and Knight of Dutch Wonderland and so much more!
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Halloween Daze and Spooky Knights at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
Saturdays & Sundays through October 30
Peasants and nobles alike prepare to celebrate everyone's favorite holiday All Hallow's Eve. There are far too many tricks and treats to cram into one weekend. Help celebrate this hauntingly wonderful time by dressing in costume and you can bet your broom stick that the Faire will finish with a bang with lots of fun & prizes for all ages!
Daily Wednesdays - Sundays
Touring on a Segway is more personal than a driving tour and covers more ground than a walking tour. You'll enjoy gliding effortlessly from place to place, as your tour guide shows you some of the most interesting sites of the city - and relates fun Ghost stories, too.
Lancaster - Daily in October / Strasburg - Fridays & Saturdays in October
Join us on the ghost tour, a spirited candlelight walking tour through the historic streets of Lancaster or Strasburg. Stories of haunted mansions, eerie cemeteries and Pennsylvania Dutch folklore are appropriate for all ages.
Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays through October 30
No one does Halloween like the legendary Jason's Woods! Celebrating 26 years, featuring nine hair-raising, haunted attractions with breathtaking special effects. Free fabulous pre-show entertainment including live bands, DJ's, magic shows and more! Visit Jason’s Woods for the ultimate Halloween experience!
Saturdays & Sundays through October 31
Visit HersheyPark In The Dark and experience thrilling “roller ghosters,” spooktacular attractions, and exciting holiday-themed live entertainment! Kids 12 and under can also visit Hershey’s Trick-or-Treat Adventure, starting at Hershey’s Chocolate World and continuing deep inside Hersheypark in Treatville, our hometown village of sweets and treats.
Cherry Crest Adventure Farm and The Amazing Maize Maze
Through November 5
A leader on the growing edge of "agri-tainment", your family will have an opportunity to laugh and learn while engaging in a variety of wholesome activities on a working farm! In addition, spend about an hour in the world's most dynamic and interactive 5-acre corn maze with over 2.5 miles of paths, scenic bridges, and clues.
Through November (Weather Permitting)
Throughout the pathways of our corn maze, you will find pictures, clues and games to make this learning process FUN for the entire family! After you have mastered the maze, experience the rest of our many activities including the swine races, the petting zoo, hay rides and much, much more.
October 31 - November 13
Esteemed writer and psychiatrist, Dr. Frederick A. Rauch invites you to join his panel of revered Doctors as they oversee the psychiatric evaluation of several new patients. Edgar Alan Poe, the celebrated American author, will be in attendance to observe this criminally insane crew and perhaps share some findings of his own. Enter their world, hear their tales, and decide for yourself if these patients are fit for public life, or if they will be free… Never More.
To have enough time to experience all that a Lancaster County Halloween has to offer, you'll want to spend the night. And at rates of $99 more or less, how could you resist?
Saturdays & Sundays October 15-30
Saturdays & Sundays through October 30
Daily Wednesdays - Sundays
Lancaster - Daily in October / Strasburg - Fridays & Saturdays in October
Fridays, Saturdays, & Sundays through October 30
Through November 5
Through November (Weather Permitting)
October 31 - November 13
