Haunts & Thrills | Howl-O-Scream | Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Horror-filled haunted houses are back with a vengeance. New and returning favorite houses await your demise, but the scares don’t stop there. Unspeakable horror lives in every dark corner of the park - there’s nowhere to hide. With frightful scare zones, roaming hoards and Florida’s wildest rides at night, screams await at every turn.

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RETURNING FAVORITE!

Stranglewood Estate

Once a hub of lavish parties, Stranglewood Estate now echoes with the whispers of its dark past. Madame Stranglewood, a beloved socialite with a hidden penchant for cruelty, ruled this town with an iron fist. She lured unsuspecting servants into a secret room in the basement, where she ended their lives, trapping their souls in eternal torment.

RETURNING!

Shadows of Wonderland

Step back into Wonderland, but not as you remember it. This warped dreamscape has come from years of torment under the Queen of Hearts' reign of terror. Once playful characters have become bitter shadows, their anger fueled by Alice's abandonment. Now, you must confront this distorted reality and face a vengeful Queen who wants Alice and you gone.

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RETURNING FAVORITE!

D.H. Baggum's Circus of Fear

Step right up, step right up, to the most horrifying spectacle ever witnessed! D.H. Baggum's collection of grotesque creatures will chill you to the bone. Beware, for the midway is a hunting ground. D.H. stalks the unsuspecting, snatching them away for a sinister purpose.

NEW HOUSE

M.A.R.S.

Board the wreckage of Elysium 13, a lost space vessel now overrun by nightmarish alien creatures. After a crash landing on Mars, the crew vanished leaving only bloodied walls and broken signals behind. Now, you're sent in to destroy the ship before the infection spreads. Navigate flickering corridors, evade mutated lifeforms, and reach the core before you become part of the darkness that haunts Elysium 13.

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Scare Zones

Sawgrass Slaughter the Legend of the Skunk Ape Scare Zone

Sawgrass Slaughter: Legend of the Skunk Ape

RETURNING!

Venture into the depths of the Everglades, where the stench of decay and a pungent, musky odor fill the air.

Ragnar’s Wrath

RETURNING!

The icy winds of Niflheim howl as you approach a charred Viking longhouse, its stench of death a prelude to the horrors within.

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