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Spooky & Thrilling Things To Do For Halloween This Year

It's pumpkin and all-things-scary-and-spooky season! The kiddos wait all year for Halloween to dress up and gather as much candy as they can, but it's not just about trick or treating. Venues and attractions are also celebrating with frightening décor and lots of spook-tacular events and activities, so there is so much to be seen and done during this time of the year. We have rounded up the top thrilling and exciting Halloween activities that you must check out!

A scary haunted house experience

Global Village is a highly anticipated seasonal destination that people look forward to every year and this season, it's opening its door right before Halloween on October 25.

Fittingly, a new attraction called House of Fear is launching, and it is set to be the region's scariest haunted house experience! With nine different experiences set within 660 square metres, a group of actors will be haunting you across various settings like a haunted cemetery and a screaming tree. You will also find other thrilling amusement rides and arcade-style games across the carnival park like the Diggers Lab.

Book on Kidzapp and enjoy 20% off your General Admission!

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Location:
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road
Working Hours:
Set to reopen on Oct 25, 2022
Prices:
Adult : AED 15
Child 3-12yrs : AED 15
Under 3s : FREE
People of Determination : FREE
Seniors above 65yrs : FREE

A spook-tacular halloween party

Take your little boys and girls to Kids Unlimited for two hours of some Halloween partying! With thrilling activities such as balloon bending, slimy pot and spooky face painting, the kiddos will surely have a blast. 

The party will take place on Saturday October 29 and Sunday October 30 at various timings, so choose the time that is most suitable and book through Kidzapp for 10% OFF your party tickets! 

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Location:
Shop No: JPV-RTL-10, Jumeirah Park Pavilion, Jumeirah Park, Dubai
Working Hours:
Oct 29 & 30, Sat/Sun (timings in description)
Prices:
Entry Ticket : AED 117

Spooky theme park

Can you think of a better way to spend Halloween than at a spooky theme park? Hard to beat that, right? Well head to IMG World of Adventure for the ultimate Halloween experience for you and your family! 

Explore the park's haunted forest, haunted maze, creepy graveyard and more attractions across six epic zones. The little ones will have plenty of trick or treat hunts, and there's a surprise event happening every week. And of course, the already thrilling rides and attractions will be even more thrilling as they're decked out in Halloween décor for a surely frightening experience. 

Book with Kidzapp and get AED 50 Cashback on your tickets! 

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Location:
E311, Shk Mohammed Bin Zayed Road
Working Hours:
October 1-31, Daily 12:00 to 23:00
Prices:
Person aged 7yrs+ : AED 345
Child above 1.05m : AED 345

A family-friendly Halloween celebration

Venture out with your family to woo-hoo! Children's Museum for an awesome woo-hooween celebration. You can purchase a family ticket which gives you and your child access to the event to participate in all activities and grants you access to Gallery Exploration in the museum while you're at the event. 

The event activities and games include ghost face hunt, Halloween cookie decorating, dirt and worms, doughnut eating race, mystery box, monster box and cauldron bath bombs. So mark your calendars for October 30 and be sure not to miss this awesome event! 

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Location:
1 6A St, Al Quoz 1
Working Hours:
Oct 30, Sun 14:00 to 18:00
Prices:
1 adult + 1 child : AED 199

Monsters take over a theme park

This month, from 7-31 October, Legoland Dubai will be overtaken by monsters who are on a mission to spook you and your family with fun and thrilling monstrous activities

Expect spooktacular activities such as best dressed Monster contest, V.I.M ‘Very Important Monsters’ dance party, Monster street games, LEGO® pumpkin build and daily Monster giveaways. And of course, there will be Monster Brick or Treat and it involves lots and lots of HARIBO goodies! In addition, a brand-new Monster 4D movie will be showing at LEGO® Studios 4D called ‘The Great Monster Chase’. 

Book with Kidzapp and save over 25% on General Admission Tickets!

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Location:
Legoland Dubai Resort, Dubai Parks & Resorts
Working Hours:
Oct 7-31, Daily 10:00 to 19:00
Prices:
Adult - 1 Park Pass : AED 239
Child 3-10yrs - 1 Park Pass : AED 239
Child under 3yrs : FREE

Terrifying escape rooms

Escape Rooms are a great way to keep yourselves on your toes all year round, not just on Halloween. But during Halloween, Escape Rooms are especially a fun and spooky activity to undertake with your family and friends. It's just an appropriate and fun way to get in the spooky spirit! 

At Brain Game, two rooms that are exceptionally spooky and fun to play this season are the Seven and Stalker rooms. In the Seven Room, you will have to resist the seven deadly sins to reach salvation and be spared from the avenger-killer representing the Divine Judgment. At the Stalker Room, you will be on a mission in the dark to uncover your creepy stalker who is obsessed with you and is tracking every move you make!

Book with Kidzapp and get 20% OFF Escape Rooms fees plus get one hour of board games for free!  

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Location:
Jumeirah Terrace Building, Jumeirah 1, Rooftop Dubai, UAE
Working Hours:
Daily 12:30 to 22:00
Prices:
Entry from AED 60

Fright Night at a theme park

Throughout October, from Wednesdays to Sundays starting 4pm, Motiongate Dubai will transform into a horror-filled place of your deepest, darkest nightmares

Again, a spooky theme park? Doesn't get spookier than that! As for your tiny tots, there will be child-friendly and less spooky Halloween activities like zombie themed food, Halloween Candy Grab and photo opportunities with loved Halloween characters. 

Book with Kidzapp and get up to 25% OFF gate price!  

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Location:
Dubai Parks & Resorts, Jebel Ali
Working Hours:
Oct-31, Wed-Sun from 16:00
Prices:
Entry from AED 239

Haunted escape room

Head to Hungarian Games for a fail-safe way to get into the spooky Halloween spirit with an adventurous and thrilling Escape Room experience

And of course, the best Escape Room to take on during this month is the Haunted Room. In this Room, you venture out to a haunted house only to get locked in at midnight. You then have an hour of puzzle solving in order to escape the house and its evil ghosts

Book through Kidzapp and save on your Escape Room Packages

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Location:
Hungarian Games, Al Quoz
Working Hours:
Sun-Wed 12:00 to 20:00, Thu-Sat 11:00 to 22:00
Prices:
Escape Room Packages from AED 219

A haunted village with eerie residents

From October 10 till November 20, the French Village at Riverland Dubai will be transformed into a spooky Haunted Village that is inviting brave souls to visit! 

So take yourself and your little ones on a thrilling adventure and test your nerves as you walk the path alongside spooky creatures in a haunted atmosphere. And guess what? Entry to the Haunted Village is FREE

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Location:
Dubai Parks & Resorts, dubailand
Working Hours:
Oct 10 - Nov 20, Sun-Thu 20:30 to 21:0, Fri-Sat 21:30 to 22:30
Prices:
Entry : FREE

Face your fears from the top of a tower

Since it's the season of all things spooky and scary, how about challenging yourself and conquering your fear of heights at Sky Views Dubai?

Head to Address Sky View Hotel's Observatory on floors 52 and 53 where your challenge begins with a thrilling ride in a panoramic glass elevator that ascends 219.5 metres above the ground. After that, you will walk a 25-metre glass floor with thrilling views below you of Dubai's skyline. And that's not the end of it. To really come out victorious and slam your fear of heights, you will have to slide down a glass tube that wraps around the tower's exterior and links floor 53 to floor 52 below. And to really tick off your fear of heights, make sure to keep your eyes wide open throughout this thrilling ride! 

Book with Kidzapp and save on your tickets and ear Cashback! 

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Location:
Address Sky View Dubai
Working Hours:
Daily 10:00 to 21:00
Prices:
Adult : AED 70
Child 3-12yrs : AED 65

A haunted village with a spooky past

Have you heard of Al Madam Ghost Village before? Well if not, then rumour has it that an evil force took over this village and drove its residents away! And what better time to check out this place and see for yourself wether or not the rumours are true than during Halloween? 

This abandoned place is the perfect setting for a spooky adventure with your older kids. And if you're not interested in the rumours, then you can simply enjoy the huge outdoor spaces that are the perfect spot for 4x4 drifting and sand-duning

Be sure to read carefully how to access this ghost town to avoid getting lost in the desert! 

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Location:
Al Madam
Working Hours:
Accessible throughout the day
Prices:
Entry : FREE

Spooky fun for the whole family

Spooky Season at Warner Bros World is back this year with endless spooky fun for the whole family! Bedrock, Dynamite Gulch, and Cartoon Junction will all be dimmed down and transformed with spooky and exciting Halloween décor

This spooky season, five new characters will be making an appearance including Poison Ivy and Two-Face from Gotham City and Daphne, Fred and Velma from Scooby Doo. There will also be three new live shows and Scooby's Trickity Treats running daily from 4-7pm

Book through Kidzapp and get over 65% OFF Multi-Park Pass! 

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Location:
Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi
Working Hours:
Oct 1-31, Fri-Sat 16:00 to 19:00
Prices:
Adult : AED 290
Child (4-10yrs) : AED 240
Child 3yrs and under : FREE

Get brave at a thrilling adventure park

In the spirit of Halloween, kick your fear of heights to the curb and head to Circuit X for a thrilling adventure.

Face your fear at the Ropes and Zipline Park where you will have to balance on the High Ropes course while being suspended high up in the air! You will also have to walk on planks, zig zags, moving bridges and take on the zipline! So this will surely be a challenge for your physical and mental abilities and an opportunity to face your fear of heights head on

Book with Kidzapp and get up to 20% OFF activity tickets and purchase any ticket and get a Zipline voucher for FREE! 

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Location:
Hudayriat Island
Working Hours:
Mon-Fri 14:00 to 22:00, Sat-Sun 9:00 to 23:00
Prices:
Activity tickets from AED 40
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