halloween activities (Charlotte, Greensboro, High Point: coupons, how much, houses)
Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High PointThe Triad Area
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I live in Lexington, but am willing to drive up to an hour to take my kids places. What are the best halloween activities in Winston, Greensboro, Charlotte, and the towns around the Triad? I know the zoo does a boo @ the zoo. What are some other things worth going to? Is there any good farms with hay rides, pumpkin patch, mazes, etc.? I have a 9 year old and 5 year old so nothing extremely scary.
It's in High Point and she had a blast. Of course she was too young for the "Spooky Woods" but there are lots of activities to keep your children entertained all day.
Now that we've been here 2 years; we know now a few more fun Halloween things. I thought I'd share for those who are searching for some.
Our top picks: All of these have websites that you could check out. (I'm not smart enough to figure out how to hyperlink them here, so just google them.)
1. Carolina Raptor Center's boo @ the zoo
2. Kersey Valley for pumpkins & corn maze
3. Reed's Gold Mine for not too spooky fun
4. Asheboro Zoo's boo @ the zoo; not tons of Halloween fun, but the zoo is always a nice outing and you get a few treats thrown in.
5. Natural Science Center of Greensboro Halloween party
6. Peidmont Environmental Center night trail- educational & fun outdoorsy thing
7. Tiger World boo @ the zoo
8. Oak Hollow Mall trick or treat and games a couple days before Halloween
9. The Carolina Renaissance Festival does trick or treat & activities on Halloween weekend- I love the renaissance festival for the shows- it's my favorite event to go to every year! (My kids seem to like all of the performers being daredevils with fire and eating all the food with your bare hands the best & throw in candy for Halloween & they'll be in heaven!)
I hope you try some or all; they are all coming up soon, so go have some fun!
Last edited by jasonthebaker; 10-17-2009 at 08:10 PM..
I didn't add Spookywoods to the list, since we haven't been yet. But we are taking our oldest there this year. I'll let everyone know what she thinks of it (11 year old 7th grader).
The cool thing is that she gets in free for having all A's on her report card last year. They have to be in middle or high school & it has to be an original report card (they stamp it to make sure it isn't used more than once).
It is expensive though ($19 on Sun; $25 on Fri-Sat). But with her free ticket, it makes it reasonable. You can also signup with their email & they send you coupons.
They do a Christmas event there too. We're going to check it out this year.
Woods of Terror in Greensboro and Spookywoods in Jamestown.
You can order VIP/Reservation tickets online, so you don't have to wait in line and if you go on Sunday it's only 19 bucks for each. My friends and I start early, go eat, then hit up both back to back. Hellvagood time.
Woods of Terror in Greensboro and Spookywoods in Jamestown.
You can order VIP/Reservation tickets online, so you don't have to wait in line and if you go on Sunday it's only 19 bucks for each. My friends and I start early, go eat, then hit up both back to back. Hellvagood time.
I went to woods of terror last night and had a blast with my pookie.
I think it took us over two hours to complete .
All the attractions was different forms of terror. The Woods of Terror on Church Street, Greensboro NC
If you go I highly suggest the fast pass there wil be a crowd
Try to arrive before dusk.
I like the effort they use in parking attenant to guide you in
Sunny - I'm looking at the Woods of Terror site.
Is it a continuous walk from one attraction to the next, or is it more like a theme park where I need a map to make sure that I don't miss anything? How much time to do everything?
It is a continuous walk from the beginning and ends with a haunted hayride. I think it may took us two hours. We got in line at dusk the line took us about 10 minutes. It was very well organized. After we paid they put on wristbands. (i dont know what they was for) and they gave you a card from a deck of cards, You can go in one of the souvenir shops or just wait til they called your card out (your group) out. I would allow 3 hours
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