Top 6 Reasons to Visit Halloween Spooktacular with Little Children at Busch Garden’s!
Top 6 Reasons to Visit Halloween Spooktacular with Little Children at Busch Garden’s!
Saturdays and Sundays
Sept. 20 – Nov. 2, 2025
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bring the kiddos to The Count’s Spooktacular! Kids 9 years old and younger can dress up in their favorite Halloween costum and enjoy the ALL-NEW Trick-or-Treat Trail in the Wild Reserve, a festive hay maze, a costume parade, and see their favorite Sesame Street® characters decked out in their new Halloween-inspired costumes. But let us break it down for you …here are your top 6 reasons to take the little ones to The Count’s Spooktacular this year…
1. 📸 Character Halloween Photo Ops
Snap the cutest pics ever with your favorite furry friends – all dressed up in their Halloween costumes!
2. Trick-or-Treat Trail : Trick or Treat throughout the Wild Reserve for kiddos aged 9 and under. Uncover a sweet treat around every turn. No peanut snacks/candy are being passed out.
3. Show: Join the loveable monsters of Sesame Street for a fun, interactive game show! Cheer your team on and grab some furry hugs as your Sesame Street friends lead you through some monstrously fun games like Monster Pumpkin Toss, the Monster Matching Game, and more! This high energy experience involves tons of audience participation, laugh out loud moments, and is sure to get the entire family playing along! Don’t miss this ALL-NEW show in Sesame Street Forest of Fun by Elmo’s Castle Free with park admission.
4. 🍿 Sesame Street Halloween Popcorn Bucket
Snag the exclusive 🎃 Oscar the Grouch Halloween Popcorn Bucket 🗑️ available Sept. 20 – Nov. 2 at:
Union Snacks, Aquitaine Refreshments, Brady’s Drink, Three Rivers Snack Stand & Festa Coke Market.
🎉 Bonus: FREE refills on the day of purchase!
5. Hay Maze: Your kids can wander through stacks of hay trying to find their way out. This is just good outdoor fun. We hear that they will be even bigger and better this year! AND 🕵️♂️ Sesame Scarecrow Scavenger Hunt Count von Count needs YOUR help! 🦇🔢 Search Sesame Street Forest of Fun for all the scarecrows and count their crows. Pick up your activity sheet at Abby Cadabby’s Treasure Trove, then turn it in for a spook-tacular Halloween prize!
6. Kid RIDES!!!: Kids can still ride Grover’s Alpine Adventure and all the other fun rides in the Seasame Street Forest plus Land of the Dragons is also open so make sure to walk over there too!
So there you have it, kid-friendly rides, family activities and trick-or-treating will be offered for the littlest guests to celebrate the fall season.
Last but not least, if you have little ones or easily frightened older littles, the Halloween decorations will be set up during the day and can be a little frightening, but the scare squad, dim lighting and fog will not start until 5:45 p.m.
So keep this in mind when walking through the decorated England to get to Forest of Fun after entering the park, and then to get to the Land of the Dragons…go through Scotland by Loch Ness and take the stairs down to the bridge over the lake – back up the stairs and you are right at Land of the dragons…see map above.
Please also note that all kids attractions close at 5:00 pm in preparation for Howl-O-Scream.
So if that is not enough info for you, sometimes a video is the easiest way to tell the story….
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