Howl-O-Scream Williamsburg 2022

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Howl-O-Scream: Virginia Halloween Event | Busch Gardens Williamsburg

The spirit of Halloween is unleashed at Howl-O-Scream! Find haunted houses, escape rooms, scare zones, live shows & roller coasters if you dare.

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Attraction Lineup​

Haunted Houses​

1. Inferno [New] - Location: Pompeii (?)
2. Death Water Bayou [New] - Location: Festa Field
3. Nevermore Chapter 2 [New] (Updated & Relocated) - Location: Drachen Fire Station Building (?)
4. Witch of the Woods [Returning] - Location: Oktoberfest Woods Maze
5. KILLarney Diner [Returning] - Location: Ireland Simulator

Terror-Tories™​

1. Dead A-head [New] - Location: France
2. Gorgon Gardens [New] - Location: Italy Gardens
3. Scary Tale Road [New] - Location: Rhinefield
4. Meat Market [Returning] - Location: New France
5. Ripper Row [Returning] - Location: England

+ Roaming Hack Pack [Returning] - Location: Where you least expect it​

Shows​

1. Jack is Back [Returning] - Location: Ireland
2. Phantoms of the Festhaus [Returning] - Location: Festhaus
3. Skeletones [Returning] - Location: San Marco
4. Monster Stomp® on Ripper Row [Returning] - Location: Globe Theatre

+ ZomBeats [Returning] - Location: France?​

Party Zones​

1. DJ Marie Antoinette Party Zone [New] - Location: France
2. DJ Masquerade Party Zone [New] - Location: Festa Italia

(These are listed as new, but seem to be in the same areas as the party zones in 2021)

BOOze Bars​

1. Stone-Cold Spirits [New] - Location: Italy Gardens
2. Pete's Provisions [New] - Location: New France
3. Back Alley Bar - Location: England
4. Jack's Nightcap - Location: Ireland
5. Frost Bar - Location: Oktoberfest
6. BarKastle Spirits - Location: Oktoberfest

 

[ludmarco]

Gorgon Gardens in the Italy Gardens also sounds interesting. Greek mythology is not often used in Halloween attractions.

I agree, though I’m also a worried I’ll be disappointed. I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a San Marco terrortory since the pirates. I am pretty excited to see what music they’ll play!

 

[Beaumont]

How many years has Ripper Row existed during Howl-O-Scream? Victorian England is one of my favorite settings for Halloween attractions.

 

[Zachary]

How many years has Ripper Row existed during Howl-O-Scream? Victorian England is one of my favorite settings for Halloween attractions.

Ripper Row, the Terror-tory, debuted in 2013. Victorian England had been used as a theme before that a few times though.

 

[Beaumont]

I hope the new outdoor zones for Howl-O-Scream this year end up becoming so popular that they make a few comebacks in the future.

 

[Ryan]

I hate to ask as I haven’t looked around much to find out but what is the members preview day for howl o scream this year?

 

[Zachary]

I hate to ask as I haven’t looked around much to find out but what is the members preview day for howl o scream this year?

BGW cancelled the member preview day without any announcement about a month ago. One of our readers reached out and confirmed this with the park.

 

[Beaumont]

Good news? September is almost here. I am prepared for Howl-O-Scream

Bad news? I live in Pennsylvania

 

[Celticdog]

BGW cancelled the member preview day without any announcement about a month ago. One of our readers reached out and confirmed this with the park.

There is listed under the member perks a member only early bird entry to the houses on September 10 and 11 at 5pm.

 

[Zachary]

There is listed under the member perks a member only early bird entry to the houses on September 10 and 11 at 5pm.

Yep. That is what they replaced the whole member exclusive preview day with.

 

[warfelg]

Out of curiosity, is the member day more widespread? Felt like I never heard of a such thing until joining BGW.

 

[Zachary]

Out of curiosity, is the member day more widespread? Felt like I never heard of a such thing until joining BGW.

SEAS parks have done them for AGES. In fact, they used to be way bigger deals, with massive public announcement events and whatnot. It's not something you often see outside of SEAS though from what I can tell.

 

[GoHokies87]

Out of curiosity, is the member day more widespread? Felt like I never heard of a such thing until joining BGW.

Platinum passes get free entry opening weekend in Florida, kinda similar.

 

[warfelg]

It's not something you often see outside of SEAS though from what I can tell.

Thanks. Yea. So to me it doesn’t seem like a huge deal but I understand how it can be annoying.

 

[Icer]

Just sucks losing something that has felt like an unwritten expectation in the past, like one of the perks of membership there. Regardless of what competition does.

 

[Beaumont]

I suddenly realized that the idea for Scary Tale Road might be inspired by the Fairy Tale Route in Germany

 

[Diamond Dave]

I stopped going to preview days a few years ago when the preview day was more crowded than the day after it.

 

[ludmarco]

I never took advantage of the preview days, but now I’m wondering if I was missing out

 

[warfelg]

I never took advantage of the preview days, but now I’m wondering if I was missing out

The few I’ve been to were a lot like @Pink described. For some reason much busier than the following days/weekend.

 

[horsesboy]

Just sucks losing something that has felt like an unwritten expectation in the past, like one of the perks of membership there. Regardless of what competition does.

It wasn't unwritten it was an advertised perk when they started memberships that members would get the first look at Howl-o-scream and Christmas Town.

 

[Nicole]

Thanks. Yea. So to me it doesn’t seem like a huge deal but I understand how it can be annoying.

That feels unreasonably dismissive.

Whether other parks have member days isn't really the point. When BGW first introduced Memberships, exclusive member-only days were highlighted as one of the featured perks of switching. We were all told that there would be member-only days and the only way to access them was to have a membership.

Moreover, as with many other recent issues, current offerings are legitimately compared with established BGW norms. Passholder Previews were standard benefits for years, even before the introduction and codification of the Member days.

People who switched to memberships have every right to be unhappy that an advertised benefit, which actively sold as a central reason to give up their cheaper annual passes, has been quietly removed.