Ghoul For It; It's The Last Weekend For Howl-O-Scream

TAMPA, FL — This is the last weekend for some chills and thrills at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay's ever-popular Howl-O-Scream event featuring four all-new scare zones.

This year’s coronavirus modified Howl-O-Scream event include 10 scare zones throughout the 335-acre park.

The creative production team consulted with medical experts to modify this year’s zone designs with a physical distancing focus, as well as enhanced health and safety measures, while staying true to the terrifying experience fans crave. With significantly limited capacity to create plenty of open space, guests can experience Howl-O-Scream every Friday through Sunday through Nov. 1.

New scare zones include:

• Lycan Landing: It’s always a full moon at this campground and the park rangers can’t hear you scream. When the campfires burn out, will you escape the glowing eyes leering through the trees or will you share their cursed fate?
• The Shortcut: Cutting through the cemetery may seem like an easy way out, except when the corpses rise from the ground to invite you into their graves
• The Junkyard: You’ll find more than spare parts as you explore this surly scrap site. Will you make it out in one piece or be devoured by the haunted rubble?
• The Escape: In this treacherous realm, chaos reigns and rules are made to be broken. The escaped inmates of Grey Echo Penitentiary seek their own twisted form of justice, and they’re ready to deliver your sentence.

These four all-new scare zones join a collection of returning fan favorites. The complete list of frights, reservations and more are available on the Howl-O-Scream website. Guests are strongly encouraged to make reservations since space is limited each night.

Courtesy Busch Gardens

The Fiends show start Dr. Freakenstein.

As guests roam between zones and coasters, they can enjoy select favorites from the Bier Fest menu available throughout the night. Drinks and dishes from favorite culinary cabins are the perfect grab-and-go accompaniment as guests head to the Festival Field for the Fiends show starring Dr. Freakenstein and his frightful entourage. Bench seating will be arranged in a physically distant manner to ensure there is plenty of space for a limited number of guests to enjoy each performance.

Courtesy Busch Gardens

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