Chessington's Halloween event featuring spooky fun, new shows, a return of the vile villagers and the final year of Creepy Caves...
Chessington's Halloween event featuring spooky fun, new shows, a return of the vile villagers and the final year of Creepy Caves...
Chessington launched their annual Howl'o'ween event on 15 October 2022, which seemed an ideal day to visit the park to have some spooky fun and explore what this year's halloween celebration had to offer.
Time for Howl'o'ween
It looked like it would be a busy day
I really don't rate the new Explorer Entrance: a metal fence just doesn't say "Welcome to Chessington, we're a world-class theme park second only to Disney" ... even with the addition of a pumpkin
Keep an eye out for the cupcakes
Buying our fastrack ticket for the traditional end-of-the-season Vampire ride later in the evening
We had a good ride on Croc Drop
Jumanji construction is continuing, with the Jaguar Shrine taking shape
The new Shipwreck Coast area is getting into the Halloween spirit
Time to test out our sea legs aboard Blue Barnacle
No sign of the goats today which appeared next to the ride a few months back
Time for lunch at Smokehouse BBQ and Bar
I only asked for a half rack of ribs!
The Witches of Adventure Point is a new live outdoor show
The singing was great, although the volume could do with being a bit louder
The main Halloween show this year is Trick or Treat Live
It follows the story of two girls as they go in search of Candyland
Asking directions: "witch way?"
Goin' on safari
Margaret spots Katie
Gir-affe
Gir-arse
A friendly welcome to Wild Asia
A masked warrior blocks the path
Don't you poke your stick at me young man!
I might have made him a bit angry
Kobra would love to slide into your DMs
The angry man's friend didn't seem any less angry
New for this year's Howl'o'ween are a range of themed food stalls, similar to those that have appeared at other events at the park throughout 2022
It was time for some real frights inside Creepy Caves Elimination
Creepy Caves is returning for the final year, with this year's maze presenting the closing chapter in the story
Read my full review for all the details on the fitting finale to the award-winning scare maze
We emerged from the Caves just as the heavens opened
Rain stopped play for a brief interlude
Looking for shelter down in the Wild Woods
The screens inside Vampire's Burger Kitchen were doing their best to scare people
Gruffalo provides the ideal place to keep dry out of the rain
Wrong season?
If you go down to the woods today, you're sure ... to find somebody left their washing out
It's one of those Vile Villagers
Spooked!
Don't look down
We took our final ride of the season on Vampire - usually it would be in the dark, but coming so early in October we had to make do with twilight
Although there were fewer Halloween attractions at this year's Howl'o'ween, we had a fantastic time at the park. I'm looking forward to returning back early next year to explore The World of Jumanji!