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Holidays! Parades, Fun Events, and Getaway Ideas for Holidays Through the Year

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October Holidays: Halloween
Holidays - Halloween - Photo ©  Teresa Plowright.

Spooky ambiance at Great Wolf Lodge's Howl-O-Ween in October.

Photo © Teresa Plowright.
Halloween's become a full holiday season, through all of October, with countless fun events for families: Boos at Zoos, Haunted Houses, spooky fun staged everywhere from science museums to corn mazes.

Theme parks deserve special note: even if a theme park is closed during the fall months, it will open the gates for Halloween weekends. Disney has "not so scary" parties; Universal Studios gets seriously spooky; Legoland, Sesame Place, Hersheypark all have their themed fun.

Halloween Train Rides are another fun trend for families.

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