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A Hauntingly Good Time at Luna Park's Halloween Harvest!

Tons of Halloween Fun!

Chris Soria of Maniac Pumpkin Carvers "carved" out some time for a KidTerview!
Chris Soria of Maniac Pumpkin Carvers "carved" out some time for a KidTerview! (Photo by Denise Winchester (my mom!))

Waverly here, your Patch NYC Kids' Mayor! October is my favorite month, and I just love Halloween! There’s so many “haunted happenings” and lots of pumpkin picking all around the city…but Luna Park’s Halloween Harvest literally has EVERYTHING all in one place – trick or treating, stilt walkers, magic shows, tattoos, caricatures, balloon twisting, an unbelievable Pumpkin Sculpture by Maniac Pumpkin Carvers (more on them later) and of course all the awesome, thrilling rides!! I was so excited to check it out and even more excited that I got to bring along my friends and fellow Kid Reporters Callum, Gavin, Jake, Olivia, and William along with me to have the best day ever, and I’m so glad I did, because there was something for everyone, and it was just way too much fun for just one Kid Reporter! Right from when we walked in and met up with Chris Soria of Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, who was carving an unbelievable scene out of a pumpkin, we all knew this was going to be one Hauntingly Good Time!

Luna Park has rides for everyone - whether you like "thrill rides" or more calm ones. Jake and Gavin rode The Cyclone and went way up on The Astro Tower....

while I watched from my car at The Coney Island Raceway before I raced away!

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The cool thing about Luna Park's Halloween Harvest is that not only are there all the awesome, exciting rides to experience, but there's also all these extra Halloween touches, like trick or treating from wandering Pirates (you get a trick or treat bag with your Halloween Harvest Ticket):

...amazing balloon twisting with some very unusual characters:

...the most talented caricaturist EVER who turned me into Michael Jackson:

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...Halloween-themed tattoos (also included with Halloween Harvest ticket):

There's even a Pumpkin Patch!
And we can't forget to mention The Cyclone! Here we are in front of it -
And here are Daredevils Gavin and Jake ON it:
What's super awesome about Luna Park is that there are really rides for everyone, the "Extreme Thrill," The "Moderate Thrill" and The "Mild Thrill!" I'm more of a "Medium" kind of girl and it was so great that we all could have fun together in the same place!
I think you can see that everything about this day at Luna Park was perfect! And to make it even MORE perfect, I got to KidTerview Chris Soria of Maniac Pumpkin Carvers who was there carving an unbelievable sculpture out of – well, you know! Check this out!

Wait until you see their finished product – I don’t want to spoil the surprise! It’s on display all week so make sure to check it out, and make sure to follow them on Facebook: @maniacpumpkincarvers and Instagram: @maniacpumpkins and check out maniacpumpkincarvers.com

By now I am pretty sure you can see that if you’re looking for all kinds of Halloween Fun in one place, it’s gotta be Halloween Harvest at Luna Park!

We LOVE Luna Park! https://lunaparknyc.com
Facebook/Instagram: @LunaParkNYC

Like I said before – BEST. DAY. EVER.

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