🎃 VacationScares continues with three more Central Florida Halloween haunts!

Taxidermied Tom and Jittery Jon are back to share their experiences at A Petrified Forest Scream Park, SeaWorld Orlando Howl-O-Scream, and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Howl-O-Scream 2026!

First, we head into the woods of Altamonte Springs for A Petrified Forest Scream Park, where this year's Chaos Reigns event features three original scare trails: The Craving, Drawn to Death, and Last Responders. We discuss our experiences at this independently operated Halloween attraction and what makes it different from the major theme park haunts.

Next, we're heading to SeaWorld Orlando's Howl-O-Scream 2026 to discuss the haunted houses, scare zones, atmosphere, and our overall experiences at this year's event.

Finally, we make our way to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Howl-O-Scream 2026. We talk about our late-October visit, the haunted houses, scare zones, and how the event delivered as Halloween approached.

With three different Halloween events to discuss, there's plenty of spooky fun, opinions, and conversation as we continue wrapping up the 2026 haunt season!

💀 In this episode:

• A Petrified Forest Scream Park 2026 — Chaos Reigns
• The Craving, Drawn to Death & Last Responders
• SeaWorld Orlando Howl-O-Scream 2026
• Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Howl-O-Scream 2026
• Haunted houses, scare zones, atmosphere & overall experiences
• Our thoughts on Central Florida's Halloween haunt season

🎥 Watch our Halloween adventures:

A Petrified Forest Scream Park 2026:

https://youtu.be/8PxuW1Qe3gs

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Howl-O-Scream 2026:

https://youtu.be/ScTDaCbNdF8

SeaWorld Orlando Howl-O-Scream 2026:

https://youtu.be/hpdlOq070pQ

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🎃 VacationScares continues as Ian returns to Vacationeers Theme Parks & More!

This week, we’re talking about two of Central Florida’s biggest Halloween events — Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights and SeaWorld Orlando’s Howl-O-Scream.

Ian joins Tom to share his experiences at both events, including his thoughts on the houses, scares, atmosphere, and how HHN and Howl-O-Scream compared during his visits.

Then Tom breaks down his recent Saturday night at Halloween Horror Nights and why Stay & Scream can be an absolute game changer, especially if you only have ONE night to experience HHN.

This year, Stay & Scream works a little differently, with three houses beginning to open as early as 2 PM. Tom and Elena went without Express Passes on a busy holiday weekend, putting the strategy to the test.

How much can you actually accomplish before the event officially gets rolling? Is Stay & Scream worth planning your entire HHN night around? And could it make the difference between seeing everything and leaving houses behind?

Plus, Ian gives us another perspective on the 2026 Halloween season with his experiences at both HHN and SeaWorld Orlando Howl-O-Scream.

👻 IN THIS EPISODE:

• Ian returns to Vacationeers Theme Parks & More

• Ian’s Halloween Horror Nights 2026 experience

• Ian’s SeaWorld Orlando Howl-O-Scream experience

• Comparing the atmosphere and scares of both events

• Tom’s HHN Saturday holiday-weekend visit

• How HHN Stay & Scream works in 2026

• Three houses opening beginning at 2 PM

• Experiencing HHN without Express

• Why Stay & Scream is so valuable for one-night guests

• Strategies for getting more done during your HHN visit

🎥 WATCH TOM & ELENA’S HHN STAY & SCREAM VLOG:

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🎃 VacationScares continues with a full Halloween Horror Nights 2026 roundtable!

Tom welcomes Jon Self, along with Kris and Dave from the Adventures by D YouTube channel, to talk all things Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights.

We break down our experiences at this year’s event, including what worked, what didn’t, the overall atmosphere, scares, sets, and some of the moments that stood out during our visits.

Then it’s time for the big one — our Halloween Horror Nights house rankings!

With four different people around the table, you can probably guess that we don’t agree on everything. We compare our rankings, defend some choices, question others, and see which houses rise to the top of the group.

👻 In this episode:

• Our overall thoughts on Halloween Horror Nights 2026

• What stood out from this year’s event

• Favorite scares, sets, themes, and moments

• Houses that exceeded our expectations

• Houses that didn’t quite work for us

• Tom’s house rankings

• Jon’s house rankings

• Kris and Dave’s house rankings

• Where we agree — and where we definitely don’t

A huge thanks to Kris and Dave from Adventures by D for joining us for this year’s HHN discussion!

🎃 VacationScares is Vacationeers Theme Parks & More’s celebration of Halloween events, haunted attractions, spooky experiences, and everything that goes bump in the theme parks.

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