Busch Gardens Tampa Bay brings again Spooktacular with new faces, festive enjoyable

TAMPA, Fla. – Families in search of Halloween enjoyable with out the fright have a brand new cause to go to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay this fall.

This weekend, the park’s Spooktacular occasion returns each Saturday and Sunday by way of Nov. 1, bringing trick-or-treating, costume parades, dance events, and a brand-new character to the combo.

This 12 months’s large debut? Mr. Skelly — a violin-playing, melody-loving skeleton who proves Halloween doesn’t should be horrifying to be a great time.

“He is less successful at being spooky, making him proof that Halloween doesn’t have to be frightening to be frightfully fun,” the park mentioned.

Kandy, Busch Gardens’ resident witch-in-training, and her Krew return to host the family-friendly celebration, which is included with park admission.

Highlights embody Kit & Kat’s Black Cat Dance Party, Spooky Kooky Science with Professor Pufflemintz, a Storytime expertise that includes “Room on the Broom” and festive fall photograph spots alongside the Festival Walkway.

Guests seeking to benefit from the season can seize a 2027 Fun Card for $114.99 — protecting limitless visits to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island by way of all of 2027, plus the rest of 2026.

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