Six Flags Great Adventure’s Fright Fest presented by Snickers® has family-friendly “thrills by day,” and “fright by night” with more Zombie Zones, Terror Trails, Halloween-themed shows, and screams than ever before. Fright Fest begins Sept. 22 and runs weekends through Oct. 28.
Thirty Halloween-themed shows and attractions await guests during Fright Fest. By day, families can enjoy favorites like the Trick-or-Treat Trail, Monster Mash Bash musical, Professor Slithers’ Creepy Critters animal show, Haunted Wagon Tales ride, and Spooky, Kooky Magic Show.
After 6 p.m., the park transitions to “fright by night” and is not recommended for children under 12 and those who scare easily. Scream-seekers can expect new shows including The Awakening; Dead Man’s Party, featuring The Guest List, Circus of Thrills, and Doc Swan’s Sideshow of Oddities; and after a multiyear hiatus, the return of popular shows like Bad Bob the Bone Butcher and Professor Zombini’s Freak Show, starring Coney Island sideshow icon Todd Robbins.
Zombie Zones, including The Bloody Fountain, Circus Psycho, Bone Butcher Terror-Tory and the all-new Shipwreck Cove, feature midway-roaming zombies hunting for their next meal. Ghoul-repellent whistles will not be offered this season, which makes all guests equally delectable to resident zombies.
Four outdoor Terror Trails will provide the most intense Fright Fest scares. Voodoo Island, Fright Fest’s new Terror Trail, takes guests on a tour of a reality show set cursed by cannibals. Two Terror Trails feature new themes — the steampunk-inspired Insanity: Gears of the Mind and the toxic Wasteland. The Manor and its zombie-infested halls return for a second season. All four areas remove guests from familiar park surroundings and transport them into a gauntlet of terror in terrifyingly remote areas of the property.
Guests can also enjoy the return of show favorites like the multimedia spectacular Ghoulmaster’s Ghosts featuring new music and surprises, and the Dead and Local music showcase.
Six Flags Great Adventure is located on Route 537, Jackson. For more information, visit the website at www.sixflags.com/great adventure.