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SeaWorld Spooktacular is back at SeaWorld theme park in Orlando, Florida! Yes, the popular, kid-friendly Halloween event is back. It takes place on select dates starting tomorrow (August 30th). The last date of the event is November 2, 2025. Entry into the event is included in admission, and you can even save ovre 50% on tickets with a coupon here.
And you’ll definitely want to get a ticket if you enjoy good, kid-friendly Halloween fun. Because there are a lot of fun activities going on around the park. We’ll tell you about all the fun activities that are part of the event. And then we’ll tell you more about how you can save money on tickets!
Trick-or-Treat Trail
Kids can enjoy trick-or-treating on the trick-or-treat trail at SeaWorld. It takes place at select locations throughout the park. This is a really great, safe way to trick-or-treat during the day. All you need to do in order to trick-or-treat is to purchase a reusable trick-or-treat bag at the entrance of the Trick-or-Treat Trail.
Sesame Street Halloween Parade
Perhaps my favorite part of this event is the Sesame Street Halloween Parade! See popular characters like Elmo, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, and Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby dressed up in Halloween costumes. There are great Halloween-themed floats, kid-friendly Halloween music, and dancing. It’s just a lot of fun, even for adults like me.
You can see a video of the parade from a past year here:
Halloween Storytime with Big Bird
Who doesn’t love Big Bird? Who doesn’t love a great story? Well, combine the two with storytime with Big Bird!
Scarecrow Halloween Dance Party
Get your dancing shoes on at the kid-friendly Halloween dance party in between Journey to Atlantis and Antarctica.
Harvest Maze
Back in 2025 is the Harvest Maze! It is a family-friendly autumn-themed maze kids and adults can enjoy together.
Please note that, unfortunately, this experience is not ADA accessible.
Meet a Mermaid
Have you ever met a mermaid? If you answered yes, first of all, congratulations! But even if you answered yes, have you ever met a Halloween mermaid? Well, here is your chance to do just that in the Key West area.
Pumpkin Garden
Everyone loves a good pumpkin garden. Especially one where you could see friendly pumpkin fish. Or run into the Storyteller as she reads stories in the garden.
Bubble Dance Party
Near the Penelope pumpkin fish in the Pumpkin garden is a dance party full of fun, smiles, and lots of bubbles.
Halloween Cookie Decorating
Kids can help decorate fall-inspired cookies on event days at Sesame Street Land at 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm, and 4:00 pm. You can purchase a cookie decorating kit at the event. No reservation is even necessary.
Halloween Kids Crafts
Do your kids love arts and crafts? Then take them to the candy path next to Journey to Atlantis. Crafts are included with your park ticket!
Count von Count’s Spooktacular Breakfast
There is a special event you can do at Spooktacular that costs extra, but can be a really, fun memorable experience. And that is Count von Count’s Spooktacular Breakfast You get to meet some new friends and enjoy an unforgettable breakfast. It’s even pretty affordable for a character breakfast in Orlando, with the price only being $34.99 (compare that with the prices at Disney World!).
They have a great assortment of breakfast foods, such as:
- Biscuits & sausage gravy
- Western omelet eggs
- Scrambled eggs
- Potato tots
- French Toast sticks
- Yogurt with topping bar
- Assorted cereals
- Freshly baked pastries
- and more!
This breakfast takes place on Saturdays and Sundays at 9:00 AM at Seafire Grill. You can book the Shamu & Crew Spooktacular Breakfast here.
Costume Contest
Think your kid’s Halloween costume is truly special? Then come on a Friday during the Spooktacular event and go to the Journey to Atlantis plaza where you can enter the contest.
Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Purchase a Spooktacular Scavenger Hunt map at Coconut Bay Trader’s Store, and then enjoy tracking down colorful SeaWorld Halloween friends. This can be a fun, interactive thing you can do as a family.
Halloween Popcorn Bucket
When I was a kid, Oscar the Grouch was my favorite Sesame Street character. So I am excited that there is an Oscar the Grouch-themed Halloween popcorn bucket this year! It is refillable, too, on the day you purchase it. You can buy it at Sesame Sips in Sesame Street Land.