Halloween Haunt

The official logo of the event.

*This article is about the primary Halloween event that is intended for teens and adults. For the daytime festivities of Halloween at the park, see Tricks and Treats Fall Fest .*

***Halloween Haunt*** (Also known simply as ***Haunt***, formerly known as ***FearFest***) is a seasonal event that occurs during the late evening of Fridays and Saturdays in late September and all of October and sometimes in early November. at Kings Island. The event is based on the traditions of the Halloween season, with the park being decorated in macabre scenery, and new attractions (mostly haunted mazes) that feature actors portraying various monsters and evil characters that guests will encounter. In some cases, animatronics and other special effects are also used in this event. Each of the attractions exclusive to this event focus on different themes of monsters, such as werewolves, zombies, and cannibals. In addition to the mazes, a large number of attractions are also open during the event.

## History

As the name suggests, *Halloween Haunt* is a seasonal event at Kings Island that celebrates the primary traditions of the Halloween season, particularly the concept of macabre settings and themes, touching on one's fears, and the depiction of various monsters popularized in horror media such as zombies, ghosts, and serial killers. The event began as *FearFest* in 2000, when Paramount owned and operated the park. During this time, Paramount had a heavier focus on intellectual properties, and multiple horror properties. Some of the attractions were based on Paramount's own works, such as *Friday the 13th*, and *Sleepy Hollow* were featured, in addition to Cassandra Peterson's Elvira character and Bram Stoker's Dracula, the latter of which was included multiple years due to being in the public domain. The following year after Cedar Fair acquired all of Paramount's parks (including Kings Island) in 2006, the event was renamed to its current name of *Halloween Haunt*. Since this retheming, the event no longer focuses on notable intellectual properties in the horror genre of various media, though some of the music played during the event has come from films that fit the Halloween season, such as *A Nightmare on Elm Street* and *Beetlejuice*. Almost all of the haunted houses in the event, especially mainstay attractions that have been around for years like *Madame Fatale's Cavern Of Terror*, are housed in buildings of former attractions, while others are located in backstage areas.

In 2019, Kings Island introduced a new feature to the event called *Hallow-Tween*. This event features altered versions of some of the mazes and scare zones, for guests who might be considered too old for the festivities of *Tricks and Treats Fall Fest*, but still too young to brave the mazes of *Halloween Haunt*. The altered mazes primarily removed all scare actors, and replaced them with hosts that gave instructions on how to get through the maze, which were reworked into escape rooms. Interestingly, one of these altered mazes was *C.H.A.O.S.: Expedition Orion*, which served as a teaser for *Orion* that opened in the same area the following year in 2020.

In 2020, *Halloween Haunt* was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there was a replacement event called *Tricks and Treats Fall Fest*, which focused more on the tradition of trick-or-treating usually used in *The Great Pumpkin Fest*, but with safety protocols such as face mask and social distancing requirements in place to reduce spread of the virus.

## Sinister Shows

* Monster Rock(Festhus)

* Dr Nightmare(International Street Bandstand)
* NyteWalkers(International Showplace)

## Current Houses and Scare Zones

Note that although many of the houses may share the same name throughout different years, the layout and features of each maze sometimes changes, with the theme remaining primarily the same.

* ABANDONED-Located in Rivertown The problem started years ago on the grounds of the newly developed Miami Valley Lumber Company. Men and women, 66 in total, entered the lumber company and were never seen again… at least not the way they used to be. Stepping into Rivertown, outsiders find themselves immersed in a small abandoned lumber village that’s haunted by something mysterious. The forest is overrun by supernatural creatures that have riddled their confines with darkness and despair. Are these the lumber yard workers from days past? And, which of them are evil?
* *Alien Abyss-Located in a warehouse across from the entrance of Flight of Fear in Area 72. The Department of Alien Research has been secretly cross-breeding two aggressive life forms. Their goal: to develop a biological weapon in the event of future warfare. When civilians are invited to tour the research compound, something goes terribly wrong. The only way to exit the compound is to move forward, but are they being followed? And where are those new life forms?*
* *Cornered*- Located in the Timberwolf. A corn maze, featuring monsters based on scarecrows and other farm-based characters. A similar maze called *Field of Screams* was open from (2016-2019), in part of the area where *Dinosaurs Alive!* once operated. In 2021, Cornered opened in the Same spot Cornstalkers was originally located as basically the same house. In 2022 it moved to Timberwolf!
* *Kill-Mart* - Housed in a former arcade building of Coney Mall. This maze is themed to a shopping center that was initially a safe haven from a zombie apocalypse, but has since been overrun by the infected.
* *Slaughterhouse* - This maze was originally featured in the Action Zone in the Chicken Shack restaurant, but it has since been moved to a new building in Rivertown that can be seen year-round from the queue line of *The Beast*. *Slaughterhouse* is themed to a butcher shop for animal meat, though the characters portrayed by the actors are heavily implied to also be cannibals. Actors are dressed primarily as meat cooks, with some wearing pig masks, possibly loosely and unofficially inspired by the *Saw* series of horror films, in addition to the primary concept possibly being loosely based on *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre*.
* *Madame Fatale's Cavern of Terror* - Located in the attraction building that formerly housed *The Crypt*. This maze is themed to a wax museum, where it's implied that the titular owner may have soaked living people in hot wax for her museum's figures.
* *Pumpkin Eater* - Scare zone featured in Action Zone. This area is decorated with a large number of pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns, some of which can be seen hanging above guests heads. Dismembered corpses can also be found inside larger pumpkins. A pumpkin monster animatronic hiding behind fake bushes will occasionally make its presence known in this area.
* *Hotel St. Michelle*: located in the former action theater. Everyone has heard about the haunting tales of the old Hotel St. Michelle, but are they true? As you sneak into the abandoned hotel, named after the manager's missing daughter, you eerily find the hotel is not abandoned but very alive in spirit!
* *Coney Maul* - A frequent tradition of the event involves renaming the Coney Mall area to "Coney Maul," a play on words referring to the act of violently and gruesomely killing something, like a carnivorous animal would. Due to the Coney Mall area always having a carnival theme as the primary area for carnival games and classic carnival rides, the Coney Maul retheme often focuses around a haunted carnival. Several years of the event have featured many scare actors and decorations based on various concepts such as evil clowns, and freak show acts with mutated humans or creatures.
* *Alien X:* When darkness falls, the personnel working inside Area 72 show their true form, and the secrets of Area 72 are revealed. Walk through the displays of Alien creatures who have been contained...well most of them.
* *International Street Fear*- A Scare Zone located on International Street.

## International Street

International Street is the entrance area of the park. This area is themed to a small town, possibly to imply the beginning of an adventure. Most of this area features restaurants, gift shops, and restrooms, but there are also a few attractions as well:

#### Attractions:

* *International Street Fear*- A Scare Zone located on International Street.
* Eiffel Tower
* Grand Carousel

#### Theaters/Stages:

* Dr Nightmare (international Street Bandstand)(Outdoor)(Located near *Eiffel Tower* near fountain)
* NYTE Walkers(International Showplace)(Outdoor)(Located near *Eiffel Tower)*

#### Restaurants:

* Funnel Cakes (Located On Left Back Side of midway)
* Auntie Anne's (Located On Left Back Side of midway)
* Wishbone Grill (Located On Left Front Side of midway near *Starbucks*)
* Starbucks (Located On Left Front Side of midway)
* Grain & Grill (Located On Left Front Side of midway)
* Tom & Chee (Located to the Right of *International Showplace*)
* French Corner (Located On Right Back Side of midway)
* Graeter's Ice Cream (Located On Right Front Side of midway)
* Cinnabon (Located On Right Front Side of midway near *LaRosa's Pizzeria*)
* LaRosa's Pizzeria (Located On Right Front Side of midway)

#### Shops:

* KI Collections (Located On Left Back Side of Entrance)
* Creative Glass (Located On Left Back Side of midway in front of *Emporium*)
* Emporium (Located On Left Back Side of midway)
* Homage (Located On Left Back Side of midway)
* Sweet Spot (Located On Right Back Side of midway)
* Build A Bear Workshop (Located On Right Front Side of midway)
* Animal Fair (Located On Right Front Side of midway**)**
* Kings Island Trading Company (Located On Right Front Side of midway)
* KI Essentials (Located On Right Side of Entrance)
* Funpix(Located on left side)
* Fast Lane Buying Stand(Located on Left Side)

#### Restrooms:

* Men's- (Located to the right of the main entrance next to *Kings Island Trading Company*)
* Women's- (Located to the right of the main entrance in the same building(when looking at the main entrance from the fountain it is on the left of the building next to *KI Essentials*))
* Men's- (Located on the left side of the entrance in same building before you get in the park)
* Women's- (Located on the left side of the entrance in same building before you get in the park)

#### Lockers

* (Located near the Front Entrance to the right of the *KI Collections*)

Oktoberfest

Attractions:

Viking Fury

Shows:

Monster Rock(Festhus(Indoor)(Located near *Viking Fury or Delirium*)

**Games:**

* Guess Age and Weight(Located next to *Festhus* near Pond)

Resturants:

* Oktoberfest Bar(Located near Viking Fury)
* Festhaus (Panda Express, LaRosa's Pizzeria) (Located across from *Viking Fury* or *Delirium*)

Restrooms:

* Men(Located in Festhaus)
* Women(Located in Festhaus)

## Action Zone

Action Zone is home to many of the major thrill rides of the park. Although originally themed to a stunt arena for films under Paramount's ownership, it is now themed around thrill-seeking and adventure, and features many rides to accompany this theme. The site of this area originally opened as *Lion Country Safari* (later renamed *Wild Animal Safari*), and featured a monorail attraction where guests could observe various zoo animals. A sub-area named *Adventure Village* later opened in this spot, before all animal attractions were removed and the *Adventure Village* name was given to the entire area. The area was again entirely rethemed and renamed to its current iteration of the *Paramount Action Zone*, featuring rides either based on or named after *Paramount* films. The film company's name was removed along with several rides being renamed following *Cedar Fair's* acquisition of the park.

#### Attractions:

* Banshee (\*\*\*No Bags Allowed in Queue\*\*\*)
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* The Bat (Previously known as *Flight Deck* and *Top Gun*)
	+ This Ride is off the path past *Banshee* and *X-Treme Skyflyer*
* Drop Tower (Previously known as *Drop Zone: Stunt Tower*)
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* Delirium
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* Invertigo (Previously known as *Face/Off)*
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near station, under batwing)**
* Xtreme Skyflyer(Pay Per Ride)
* *Cornered*- Located in the Timberwolf . A corn maze, featuring monsters based on scarecrows and other farm-based characters. A similar maze called *Field of Screams* was open from (2016-2019), in part of the area where *Dinosaurs Alive!* once operated. In 2021, Cornered opened in the Same spot Cornstalkers was originally located as basically the same house in Tower Gardens. It was relocated to Timberwolf in 2022.
	+ **Fright Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* *Pumpkin Eater* - Scare zone. This area is decorated with a large number of pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns, some of which can be seen hanging above guests heads. Dismembered corpses can also be found inside larger pumpkins. A pumpkin monster animatronic hiding behind fake bushes will occasionally make its presence known in this area.

#### Games:

* Banshee Arcade(Located under *Banshee* Station)

#### Restaurants:

* Ice Scream Zone (Located to the right of *Banshee*)
* Chicken Shack (Located across from *Drop Tower*)

#### Shops:

* Coaster Connection (Located to the right of *Drop Tower*)

#### Restrooms:

* Men's- (Located Next to *Banshee* near the entrance of the *Bat*)
* Women’s- (Located Next to *Banshee* near the entrance of the *Bat*)
* Men's- (Located to the Right of the *Chicken Shack*)
* Women’s- (Located to the Right of the *Chicken Shack*)

#### Lockers

* (Located to the right of *Coaster Connections*)

## Adventure Port

#### Attractions:

* Adventure Express
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near exit)**
* Cargo Loco
* **Fast Lane Available(Enter near entrance)**
* Sol Spin
* **Fast Lane Available(Enter near entrance)**

#### Restaurants:

* Enrique’s (Located across from *Adventure Express*)
* Mercado (Located behind *Enrique’s)*
* Coca Cola Freestyle (Located to the right of *Adventure Express*)

#### Shops:

* Airbrush (Located to the left of *Enrique’s)*

#### Restrooms:

* Men's- (Located across from *Enrique’s* to the right of *Coney Confections*)
* Women’s- (Located across from *Enrique’s* to the right of *Coney Confections*)

## Coney Mall

Themed to classic carnivals and named for the park's predecessor, *Coney Island*, this area features many classic themed rides, carnival games, and restaurants. This area also features a large arcade.

#### Attractions:

* The Racer
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near entrance)**
* Dodgem
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near drive box)**
* Scrambler
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near drive box)**
* Zephyr
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter through exit)**
* Monster
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near *Arcade* on right side near red umbrella)**
* Shake, Rattle, and Roll *(*Previously known as *Troika)*
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* WindSeeker
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near back of queue)**
* Kings Mills Antique Autos (Closed in 2004 as *Les Taxis* to make way for *The Italian Job: Stunt Track* now known as *Backlot Stunt Coaster*)
	+ **Fast Lane Plus Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* *Coney Maul* - A frequent tradition of the event involves renaming the Coney Mall area to "Coney Maul," a play on words referring to the act of violently and gruesomely killing something, like a carnivorous animal would. Due to the Coney Mall area always having a carnival theme as the primary area for carnival games and classic carnival rides, the Coney Maul retheme often focuses around a haunted carnival. Several years of the event have featured many scare actors and decorations based on various concepts such as evil clowns, and freak show acts with mutated humans or creatures.
* *Kill-Mart* - Housed in a former arcade building of Coney Mall. This maze is themed to a shopping center that was initially a safe haven from a zombie apocalypse, but has since been overrun by the infected.
	+ **Fright Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* Hotel St.Michelle- housed in former action theater behind Windseeker.
* **Fright Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**

#### Restaurants:

* Coney Bar-B-Q (Located to the right of *The Scrambler*)
* Skyline Chili (Located between *The Scrambler and Dodgems*)
* Juke Box Diner (Located across from *Shake Rattle And Roll*)
* Coney Treats (Located to the left of *Dodgem*)
* Ralph's Ice Cream (Located across from *Shake Rattle And Roll*)

#### Shopping:

* Coney Confections (Located across from *The* *Racer* station)
* Orion Merchandise Store(Located across from the *Zephyr* in the *Coney Mall Arcade Building* near the entrance to *Area 72*)

#### Games:

* Three Point Challenge(Located near *Juke Box Diner*)
* Peach Basket Midway Game(Located Near *The* *Racer* and *Coney BBQ*)
* Goblet Toss Midway Game(Located Near *Kings Mills Antique Autos*)
* Ring Toss Midway Game(Located Near *Dodgem* and *Zephyr*)
* Coney Mall Arcade(Located Near *Monster* And *Zephyr*)
* Basketball(Located next to *The* *Racer*)

#### Restrooms:

* Men's- (Located to the left of *Windseeker*)
* Women’s- (Located to the left of *Windseeker*)

## Area 72

Formerly known as *X-Base*, themed to a top-secret military base specializing in extraterrestrial studies, **to get to this area(Go past *Zephyr* and under *The Racer*)**

#### Attractions:

* Flight of Fear (Previously known as *The Outer Limits: Flight of Fear*)(\*\*\*No Bags Allowed in Queue\*\*\*)
	+ **Fast Lane Plus Available(Enter near exit)**
* Orion (\*\*\*No Bags Allowed in Queue\*\*\*)
	+ **Fast Lane Plus Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* Alien Abbys-*Located in a warehouse across from the entrance of Flight of Fear in Area 72.The Department of Alien Research has been secretly cross-breeding two aggressive life forms. Their goal: to develop a biological weapon in the event of future warfare. When civilians are invited to tour the research compound, something goes terribly wrong. The only way to exit the compound is to move forward, but are they being followed? And where are those new life forms?*
	+ **Fright Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* *Alien X:* When darkness falls, the personnel working inside Area 72 show their true form, and the secrets of Area 72 are revealed. Walk through the displays of Alien creatures who have been contained...well most of them.

#### Restaurants:

* Meteor Canteen (Located near *Flight Of Fear* and *Orion*)

#### Restrooms:

* Men's- (Located to the left of *Meteor Canteen* in same Building)
* Women’s- (Located to the left of *Meteor Canteen* in same Building)

#### Lockers

* (Located to the right of the *Flight of Fear* Entrance)

## Rivertown

Rivertown is an area themed to an old-time small town, with some of its rides implying that is a ghost town. This is due to the three of the coasters (*The Beast, Diamondback,* and *Mystic Timbers)* being given the storylines that the area of the rides was abandoned due to unusual circumstances, particularly as a result of a mysterious, but dangerous creature now inhabiting the property.

#### Attractions:

* The Beast
	+ **Fast Lane Plus Available(Enter through exit- then keep going straight and not left up exit ramp)**
		- This Ride is off the path Behind the *Rivertown Arcade*
* Backlot Stunt Coaster (Previously known as *The Italian Job: Stunt Track*)
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* Diamondback
	+ **Fast Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* Mystic Timbers (\*\*\*No Bags Allowed in Queue\*\*\*)
	+ **Fast Lane Plus Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* *Slaughterhouse* - This maze was originally featured in the Action Zone in the Chicken Shack restaurant, but it has since been moved to a new building in Rivertown that can be seen year-round from the queue line of *The Beast*. *Slaughterhouse* is themed to a butcher shop for animal meat, though the characters portrayed by the actors are heavily implied to also be cannibals. Actors are dressed primarily as meat cooks, with some wearing pig masks, possibly loosely and unofficially inspired by the *Saw* series of horror films, in addition to the primary concept possibly being loosely based on *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre*.
	+ **Fright Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
* *Madame Fatale's Cavern of Terror* - Located in the attraction building that formerly housed *The Crypt*. This maze is themed to a wax museum, where it's implied that the titular owner may have soaked living people in hot wax for her museum's figures.
	+ **Fright Lane Available(Enter near Entrance)**
	+ ABANDONED-Located in Rivertown The problem started years ago on the grounds of the newly developed Miami Valley Lumber Company. Men and women, 66 in total, entered the lumber company and were never seen again… at least not the way they used to be. Stepping into Rivertown, outsiders find themselves immersed in a small abandoned lumber village that’s haunted by something mysterious. The forest is overrun by supernatural creatures that have riddled their confines with darkness and despair. Are these the lumber yard workers from days past? And, which of them are evil?

#### Restaurants:

* LaRosa's Pizzeria (Located near *The* *Beast*)
* Miami River Brewhouse (Located across from *Mystic Timbers)*
* Rivertown Potato Works (Located near *Madame Fatale's Cavern of Terror)*
* Rivertown Funnel Cakes (Moved in 2016 for construction of *Mystic Timbers*) (Located across from *Kings Island and Miami Valley Railroad)*
* Coca Cola Freestyle (Located near *Kings Island and Miami Valley Railroad)*
* Coca Cola Refill (Located near *Diamondback)*
* Coca Cola Refill (Located near *Rivertown Arcade)*
* Outpost Frozen Cocktails(Located near Diamondback)

#### Shopping:

* Diamondback Trading Post (Located near *Diamondback)*

#### Games:

* Rivertown Arcade(Located near *The Beast*)

#### Restrooms:

* Men's- (Located across from *Diamondback Trading Post*)
* Women’s- (Located across from *Diamondback Trading Post*)
* Men's- (Located across from *Rivertown LaRosa's Pizzeria)*
* Women’s- (Located across from *Rivertown LaRosa's Pizzeria)*

#### Lockers

* (Located to the right of the *Mystic Timbers* Entrance)

## Planet Snoopy(Most of area closed during HAUNT)

Originally named *Hanna-Barbera Land* and themed to *Hanna-Barbera* cartoons, the family area of the park has changed themes numerous times, once to *Nickelodeon's* library of television shows under the name *Nickelodeon Universe*, and again to its current theme of the *Peanuts* comic strips and TV specials by *Charles Schulz.*

#### Restaurants:

* Planet Snoopy Ice Cream (Located across from *The Great Pumpkin Coaster)*
* Planet Snoopy Grill (Located to the right of the *Planet Snoopy Ice Cream*)

## Former Houses and Scare Zones

* *Carn-Evil* - Located in a warehouse behind *The Great Pumpkin Coaster* in *Planet Snoopy*. This maze was themed to evil clowns at a haunted carnival. Closed in 2017 to make way for the *Peanuts Showplace.*
* *Club Blood* - Located in a warehouse near the entrance of *The Bat*. This maze was themed to an adult-oriented club and bar that featured vampires as the employees and general patrons. Closed in 2013 to make way for *Blackout*.
* *Board to Death* - Located in a warehouse in Area 72 (then known as X-Base) across from *Flight of Fear*'s entrance. Themed to giant board games, such as *Monopoly*, checkers, and *Scrabble*. Actors generally portrayed monster versions of board game pieces. Replaced by C.H.A.O.S. in 2018.
* *Tombstone Terror-Tory* - Located at the former entrance of *White Water Canyon*, with the *Kings Island and Miami Valley Railroad* used as part of the experience. In this maze, guests would board the aforementioned train with the expectation of going on a peaceful train ride through the woods. Halfway through, actors dressed as Old West bandits would "hijack" the train, causing the guests to be let off elsewhere, with the conductor noting that the nearby path was the only way back to the station. Guests would then travel down the maze, with several actors portraying hostile figures and monsters based on the Old West genre of fiction. The maze would conclude at the entrance of *White Water Canyon*, which was closed due to autumn not being an appropriate season for water rides in the Cincinnati area. After the opening of *Mystic Timbers* required a new entrance to be built for *White Water Canyon*, the maze was retired. During Paramount's ownership of the park, this layout was used for a maze themed to *Sleepy Hollow*, a 1999 Tim Burton film from Paramount that starred Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, which is in turn based on the folklore tale of a similar name by Washington Irving.
* *Cornstalkers* - Located in the Tower Gardens. A corn maze, featuring monsters based on scarecrows and other farm-based characters. Closed to make way for *Backwoods Bayou*. A similar maze called *Field of Screams* would later open in 2016, in part of the area where *Dinosaurs Alive!* once operated. In 2021, Cornered opened in the Same spot this was originally located as the same house. Then in 2022 it was moved to Timberwolf.
* *Cutthroat Cove* - Located in the outdoor dining area of what is now Enrique's in Adventure port, across the pond from *Viking Fury*. This maze was themed to undead pirates, which also had suitable decorations near the pond at the time. The area has not been used for a maze since then, and *Cutthroat Cove* was not relocated to a new location afterwards.
* *Shipwrecked* - Scare zone themed to pirates. Located in Action Zone. Take a stroll through a bustling town full of seafarers, merchants, and scrappy ruffians that rival the ports once visited by Blackbeard himself. It may look innocent on the surface, but inexplicable terror lies beneath - where lost treasure and the song of the siren have put even the strongest, sturdiest pirates in a watery grave. (2019, 2021). Replaced by Pumpkin Eater in 2022.
* *Holiday Horror* - Located in the theater space now occupied by *Peanuts Playhouse* in *Planet Snoopy*. The maze featured various holidays such as Christmas and Easter, but each of them have been changed significantly in a manner similar to the events of the film *The Nightmare Before Christmas*, in which elements of Halloween have invaded each holiday. For instance, friendly characters such as the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus were replaced with far more evil versions of these characters.
* *Sorority House/Delta Delta Die-* Located where Coney BBQ is today. This maze was themed to a sorority of killer coeds. Due to the construction of Coney BBQ, it did not re-open for the 2017 season.
* *Backwoods Bayou* - Located in the Tower Gardens to the left of the *Eiffel Tower* and the *Grand Carousel*. Themed to a dark and murky swamp in which several creatures are lurking in wait for prey. This attraction name was previously used for a scarezone in part of the pathway where International Street connects to Rivertown. (last ran in 2019). Replaced by *Cornered* in 2021, then now the area holds the Ride Cemetery.
* *Wolf Pack* - Located in the Action Zone section of the park near *The Bat*, and housed in the former loading station of *Son of Beast*. The queue and exit for this attraction also used that of *Son of Beast*. This maze focused on guests attempting to trek through a dark forest where werewolves are said to lurk.(last ran in 2019).
* *Blackout* - Located in a warehouse near the entrance of *The Bat*, the latter of which had alterations made to its queue line to allow line space for the maze. *Blackout* is themed to the fear of the dark and claustrophobia. As the name suggests, much of this maze takes place in the dark, with little to no lighting. Attraction descriptions never make it clear what kind of monsters are featured in this maze.(last ran in 2019).
* *Dance of the Macabre* - Scare zone located underneath the *Eiffel Tower*. This scare zone is themed to the French Revolution, and featured scare actors dressed in elegant old time clothing that has been damaged in some form, and with noticeable wounds primarily on their face. The scare zone featured a photo-op station based on old-time painted portraits, a banquet table overrun with rats, and torsos impaled on spiked poles.(last ran in 2019).
* *Rivertown Reaping* - Set in the area of the same name. Unlike most scare zones, this area did not have a large focus on new scenery that's exclusive to the event, and instead just uses scare actors themed to the old time theme of Rivertown. Open in 2019-2019. Replaced by Abandoned in 2023.
* *Zombie Mall* - Scare zone themed to zombies. Located in back of Coney Mall near *Kings Mills Antique Autos*. The sale of a lifetime is happening now at this one-of-a-kind outdoor market, and everything must go! If you're looking for trouble you're sure to find a killer deal, but it's still going to cost you an arm and a leg. Open 2019-2019.
* *Urgent Scare* - Housed in Coney Mall behind *Windseeker*, in the building that formerly housed the *Action Theater* motion simuator theaters. This maze is set inside a hospital where a zombie outbreak has gotten out of control. Actors primarily portrayed infected staff and patients, in addition to mannequins depicting brutally dismembered patients who were attacked by zombies. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this Maze was removed before the 2021 season(last ran in 2019). Replaced by Hotel St. Mitchell in 2022.
* *Field of Screams* - Located in a back area past *The Racer* at part of where *Dinosaurs Alive!* once stood. This attraction is a take on the classic haunted cornfield maze, and features scare actors posing as farmers, living scarecrows, and other creepy characters, which decorations including an area with haybales. (last ran in 2019).Due to *Orion* being close to this it was moved back to *Tower Gardens* in 2021 as *Cornered*. then moved to Timberwolf in 2022.
* *C.H.A.O.S.* - Located in a warehouse across from the entrance of *Flight of Fear* in Area 72*.* this maze was themed to a science laboratory, guests volunteered to be test subjects for a new experimental drug, with the drug's effects indicated when guests enter a funhouse tunnel in part of the maze. Flashing lights, scare actors, and other effects, are used to simulate the drug's effects. 2018-2022 Replaced by Alien Abyss in 2023

## Trivia

* The majority of Cedar Fair's parks, also use *Halloween Haunt* as the name for their seasonal Halloween event. Among the exceptions are Cedar Point's *HalloWeekends*, Valleyfair's *ValleyScare*, Carowinds' *S'Carowinds*, and Knott's Berry Farm's *Knott's Scary Farm*.
	+ Ironically, the *HalloWeekends* name used by Cedar Point was previously used by other Cedar Fair parks prior to the acquisition of Kings Island and the rest of Paramount Parks. These were Valleyfair, Dorney Park, and Worlds of Fun. But some of them have also since adapted the *Halloween Haunt* name.
	+ Even stranger, Cedar Point was not the first Cedar Fair park to feature a Halloween event. It was later implemented to Cedar Point and their other parks shortly after the acquisition of Knott's Berry Farm, which had done Halloween events in prior years.
* A common decoration for the event is a large Jack-in-the-Box toy, aptly named Jack. This decoration was originally featured heavily at Planet Snoopy, which was sometimes rethemed to a haunted circus theme during the event. In recent years, it has been seen in front of the *Racer* queue and carnival games at Coney Mall. During the day, it does not operate, but once the park transitions to *Halloween Haunt* during the evening, it will casually play a tradition music box version of the nursery song *Pop Goes the Weasel*, before the head lifts upward while laughing, and the aforementioned music then continues to play in a heavy metal style. It then returns to its music box style as the head lowers. This initially occurred at timed intervals, but recent years have featured this behavior start over shortly after concluding.
	+ Similar Jack-in-the-Box figures that behave in the same manner can be seen at various Cedar Fair parks for their respective Halloween events. One of them could be found at the entrance to *Happy Jack's Toy Factory*, a former maze featured at sister park Cedar Point's *HalloWeekends* event. This was the only case of this recurring decoration being a promotional item for a haunted maze.
* Some of the attraction names at Kings Island have been reused either from or by mazes at other Cedar Fair parks. For instance, Cedar Point has also used *Carn-Evil*, *Club Blood*, *Cornstalkers*, *Slaughterhouse*, *Blackout* and *Cutthroat Cove* for their *HalloWeekends* mazes throughout the years.
* An animatronic ogre can be found near the break-run of the *Diamondback* during this event. He's generally sleeping, but will occasionally wake up, and threaten the guests to go away, or he will eat them. This animatronic is also featured at Cedar Point for their similar *Halloweekends* event.
* A frequent tradition of the event involves renaming the Coney Mall area to "Coney Maul," a play on words referring to the act of violently and gruesomely killing something, like a carnivorous animal would.
	+ Due to the Coney Mall area always having a carnival theme as the primary area for carnival games and classic carnival rides, the Coney Maul retheme often focuses around a haunted carnival. Several years of the event have featured many scare actors and decorations based on various concepts such as evil clowns, and freak show acts with mutated humans or creatures.
* Guests wishing to visit the park, but not interested in the event are able to purchase "No Boo" necklaces with lights to indicate that they do not want the scare actors to interact with them. These only work for scare zones, and do not apply to the haunted mazes.
* As with most Halloween events at amusement parks, the actors are not allowed to make any physical contact with guests. In fact, the actors will sometimes improvise if guests intentionally attempt to make physical contact with the actor, usually with sudden movements to startle the guests.
	+ The closest that actors will get to guests is usually when they blend in with a group of guests, expecting them to turn around and realize a monster is following them.
	+ The actors will also address guests if they are going the wrong way in a maze, though it is usually in a confrontational manner, or to surprise as if they are aware the guests do not know which direction to go.
* All water rides, which include the entirety of Soak City, *Race For Your Life Charlie Brown*, *White Water Canyon*, and *Congo Falls*, are closed during this event, as the autumn weather of the Cincinnati area is much cooler than in the summer.
* At various years of the event, a cemetery is featured, listing various names, as well as a funeral scene. This is currently featured on the pathway past the *Eiffel Tower* that connects International Street to Coney Mall and Rivertown. Some of the gravestones feature the names of retired attractions, which include *Firehawk*, *Enchanted Voyage*, and even a gravestone referencing a time when *The Racer* had one set of its cars run backwards, indicated by the text being engraved backwards on the gravestone.