It’s time to see what’s happening on the farm. Knott’s Berry Farm that is. Yes, the park that invented the theme park haunt is in the final stages of preparing for the biggest Halloween event of the season. Now that Labor Day is past the park is filling with orange and ochre tones, skeletons are popping up in Ghost Town and Fiesta Village, and a sinister creep is crawling.  Yes, This is Halloween folks, and we can’t get enough 0f it. They are even preparing Knott’s Spooky Farm for the kids again.  Let’s see what we can see in the park.

Just so you all know, this is the LAST WEEKEND to buy tickets to the big Knott’s Scary Farm VIP meet(Sept 24th)! Visit the store and grab your tickets now. That’s not to mention the cool HorrorBuzz t-shirts, the fashionable cups in orange and glow-in-the-dark, and SO MUCH MORE!

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Knott’s Scary Farm VIP Night, Sat. Sept. 24th

  • Backstage Tour of two mazes
  • Meet and greet with Haunt Designers
  • Fabulous Fall Festival Entertainment
  • All-you-can-eat Boo-Fet
  • Early Admission into Knott’s Scary Farm
  • Front of the line access to mazes and Hell Boxes with Fright Lane
  • Early entry to Elvira’s Dance Macabre
  • Special surprises from our friends at MUSE
  • 10% off rooms at the Knott’s Hotel PromoCode: HorrorBuzz
  • 15% off room/breakfast reservations at the Knott’s Hotel PromoCode: HorrorBuzz
    (Call Room Reservations at 866-752-2444 8am-8pm)

$179.00 $152.99

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If you have attended the event before or visited our booth at Midsummer Scream
or ScareLA please email [email protected]  for a special limited time discount code

If you are still on the fence about either one of the events, we would like to sweeten the deal even more.  If you buy a ticket to both the Knott’s Scary Farm event AND a ticket to the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor event, we will give you a HorrorBuzz T-Shirt FOR FREE!

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We want you there for the scare and making people stare!

Camp Spooky

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The delightful Camp Spooky is returning to the Farm as the Family Friendly alternative to scary Halloween. We enter Camp Snoopy and see that the Great Pumpkin display is up in the store.

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Grizzly Lodge is dressed in candy corn colored bunting.

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Meanwhile, on the lamp posts we are seeing the autumnal harvest decorations for the night time scare zone for this section of the park, The Hollow.

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Skeleton Key

This structure. What the heck is it? We are still not too sure but the second we find out we will let you know.

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ZOZO

We DO know that ZOZO, the creepy Skeleton Keey Room attraction about the demonic spirit legend is shaping up here.

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Over at the Town Hall/Haunt Museum, Theyt have covered the windows to prepare the Skeleton Key Room here.

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Dia De Los Muerots

The DIa De Los Muertos scare zone is finally showing some signs of progress with more of the wonderful decorations popping up in the flowerbeds and the lamp posts.

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Ghost Town

As we roll ever closer to the September 22nd opening for Halloween Haunt, we get to finally see pumpkins, skeletons, and cobwebs strewn about the town in their rightful places.

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The Hanging® Finding Gory

The set for the new Hanging show is taking glorious shape on the brand new stage in Calico Square. Unlike last years show, the gallows are dead enter of the stage. The set is also an inventive layout of levels, entrances and exits.  We can’t wait to see what we get.

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Pumpkins

Some awesome new pumpkins popped up in the gardens in Boardwalk. mWe even spotted a monster along the way too.

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Gunslinger’s Grave

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The last bits of the western themed maze, Gunslinger’s Grave: A Blood Moon Rises are coming together. We see the same homestead beginning is going to be at the front of the maze along with the same burnt entrance. Let’s hope that they can really amp up the scares this year in this one.

 

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Join HorrorBuzz for a set of VIP experiences that will take you even closer to the edge of fright! Introducing the Season of Screams!

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CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE FUN!

 

Shadow Lands

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The new Shadow Lands maze has received an entrance and the opening forest scene is being enclosed. While much is visible to guests still, maze designer Jon Cooke promised that “The real good stuff is inside.” We can’t wait!

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That wraps it up!  you will get one last tracker update txt week prior to the Knott’s Scary Farm Opening on September 22nd.  We hope to see you in the Fog!

 


Knott’s 2017 Season Passes Now on Sale!

BIG BOO NEWS and a way to save some money too! A 2017 Knott’s Season Pass is the best way to experience all of the Knott’s Spooky Farm fun with the family. New 2017 Season Passes include one free admission during the 2016 season to Knott’s Berry Farm and unlimited visits in 2017 with no blackout dates, discounts on select food and merchandise, and access to exciting year-round seasonal events. 2017 Season Passes are now available at the best offer of the year for a limited time on knotts.com.
Knott’s Spooky Farm runs weekends October 1 – Halloween Day from 10:00 am to 4:00pm, and is included with regular park admission. For more information on all the exciting things that are going on at Knott’s Berry Farm, visit us online at knotts.com and follow the conversation using #KnottsSpookyFarm

About the Author

Norman Gidney is a nearly lifelong horror fan. Beginning his love for the scare at the age of 5 by watching John Carpenter's Halloween, he set out on a quest to share his passion for all things spooky with the rest of the world.