HalloWeekends

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HalloWeekends debuted in 1997 and was only open for three weekends. It has since grown to be held on Thursday Nights, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during seven weekends in September and October. However, not all of the rides and attractions are open on Friday nights. Attractions include Haunted Houses and Scare Zones. The park is decorated with 1,735 bales of hay, 28,800 cornstalks, 23,000 pounds of pumpkins and other Halloween related items.{{cite web|last=Clark|first=Tony|title=By the Numbers|url=https://www.cedarpoint.com/blog-article/online-fun/By-The-Numbers|publisher=Cedar Point|access-date=October 7, 2013|date=September 25, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108044633/https://www.cedarpoint.com/blog-article/online-fun/By-The-Numbers|archive-date=January 8, 2014}} Located underneath the Sky Ride on the Main Midway in front of Raptor is the Cedar Point Graveyard, also known as "The Land Of The Lost Thrill Rides", which was added to HalloWeekends in 2004{{cite web|last=Schmidt|first=Walt|title=Paying respect to lost rides|url=http://pointbuzz.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=490|publisher=PointBuzz|access-date=October 8, 2012|date=September 24, 2004}} and features tombstones of the park's rides that have been retired from the 1960s onwards.{{cite news|title=Cedar Point's ride graveyard |last=Haidet |first=Ryan |url=http://archive.wkyc.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=261877 |publisher=WKYC |date=September 22, 2012 |access-date=September 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140108034246/http://archive.wkyc.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=261877 |archive-date=January 8, 2014 }} Cars from retired rides are placed around the park. For example, cars from Frontier Lift and formerly Mantis lie in the Cedar Point Graveyard, one from WildCat lied near Gemini and a car from Disaster Transport lied near Power Tower.

During HalloWeekends, the park offers an express ticketing system called Fright Lane for the haunt attractions, similar to Fast Lane. It offers front-of-the-line access for one visit to Deprivation, CornStalkers 2.0, Fearground Freakshow, Eerie Estate, Hexed, and Slaughter House, and unlimited visits through Blood on the Bayou, and Cut Throat Cove.{{cite web|title=HalloWeekends Begins This Friday at Cedar Point |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/halloweekends-begins-this-friday-at-cedar-point-169456756.html |publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=October 7, 2012|date=September 12, 2012}}

HalloWeekends has been ranked as one of the best Halloween events in the US. It was ranked fifth for "Best Halloween Event" in the Golden Ticket Awards between 2005 and 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.amusementtoday.com/image/GoldenTicket2005.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927185859/http://www.amusementtoday.com/image/GoldenTicket2005.pdf|archive-date=September 27, 2007|title=Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2005|format=PDF|publisher=Amusement Today |access-date=March 17, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.amusementtoday.com/image/GoldenTicket2006.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016005334/http://www.amusementtoday.com/image/GoldenTicket2006.pdf|archive-date=October 16, 2006|title=Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2006|format=PDF|publisher=Amusement Today |access-date=December 22, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.amusementtoday.com/image/GoldenTicket2007.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530013537/http://www.amusementtoday.com/image/GoldenTicket2007.pdf|archive-date=May 30, 2008|title=Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2007|format=PDF|publisher=Amusement Today |access-date=March 17, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.amusementtoday.com/image/GoldenTicket8002.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911112639/http://www.amusementtoday.com/image/GoldenTicket8002.pdf|archive-date=September 11, 2008 |title=Amusement Today — Golden Ticket Winners 2008|format=PDF|publisher=Amusement Today |access-date=March 17, 2012}} In addition, it was ranked fifth again in 2013 and 2014.{{Cite press release|author=Cedar Fair|title=Cedar Fair Parks Take Top Honors in Annual Poll|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cedar-fair-parks-take-top-honors-in-annual-poll-222863011.html|access-date=September 8, 2013|date=September 8, 2013|publisher=PR Newswire}} The event was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |last1=Haidet |first1=Ryan |title=Cedar Point cancels HalloWeekends for 2020, announces reduced operating calendar for fall |url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/places/cedar-point/cedar-point-halloweekends-2020-canceled/95-b0deb489-c6e5-4689-baea-b499ddcbe807 |publisher=WKYC |access-date=September 4, 2020 |date=August 4, 2020}} It returned in 2021.

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Cedar Fair, the park's former owner, acquired Knott's Berry Farm—the first park with a Halloween Haunt—in 1997, and implemented the event throughout the chain, starting with Cedar Point.{{cite web|title=HalloWeekends at The Scare Zone|url=http://www.scare-zone.com/wordpress/archives/tag/halloweekends|publisher=The Scare Zone|access-date=October 7, 2012}} At its debut, there were only two haunt attractions, Eerie Manor and Cedar Point Cemetery. Guests could travel on the Cedar Point Spooky Express through haunted lagoons and graveyards.{{cite news |title=Screaming Continues with HalloWeekends |author= Mike Kelly |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bm1PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BgQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2689,8962082&dq=cedar+point+halloweekends&hl=en|newspaper=Toledo Blade|date=September 26, 1997 |access-date=September 19, 2012}} The first new attraction, Toxic Tunnel of Terror, was introduced in 1998.{{cite news|title=Gore, freaks, treats haunt amusement parks Parks scare kids, adults alike with mazes, festivals|newspaper=The Gazette|date=October 4, 1998}} Camp Spooky debuted a year later with children's activities in Camp Snoopy. In 2000, Cedar Point Cemetery was re-themed into Pharaoh's Secret.{{cite web|last=Haidet |first=Ryan |title=Photos: Disaster Transport's final ride |url=http://archive.wkyc.com/news/photo-gallery.aspx?storyid=254268 |publisher=WKYC |access-date=February 10, 2013 |date=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140108034206/http://archive.wkyc.com/news/photo-gallery.aspx?storyid=254268 |archive-date=January 8, 2014 }} The park added three attractions in 2001, Eerie Manor was re-themed into Undertaker U., and Fright Zone and Magical House on Boo Hill were added.{{cite web|title=A rundown of planned Halloween festivities|url=http://www.vindy.com/news/2001/sep/30/a-rundown-of-planned-halloween-festivities/?print|publisher=Vindy|access-date=February 10, 2013|date=September 20, 2001}}

Werewolf Canyon debuted in 2003 in Thunder Canyon.{{cite web|last=Schmidt|first=Walt|title=Cedar Point releases HalloWeekends information |url=http://pointbuzz.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=86|publisher=PointBuzz|access-date=October 11, 2012|date=August 19, 2003}} 2004 saw the addition of CarnEvil and Lair of the Vampire. Werewolf Canyon was also expanded that year.{{cite web|last=Schmidt|first=Walt|title=Cedar Point's 8th annual HalloWeekends returns|url=http://pointbuzz.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=483|publisher=PointBuzz|access-date=October 11, 2012|date=September 9, 2004}} Fear Faire, with a medieval theme, was added in 2006.{{cite web|last=Schmidt|first=Walt|title=HalloWeekends returns at Cedar Point|url=http://pointbuzz.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=1022|publisher=PointBuzz|access-date=October 14, 2012|date=September 20, 2006}} In 2007, the park added the Monster Midway Invasion Celebration Parade which goes from Gemini to the main midway.{{cite web|last=Schmidt|first=Walt|title=How To Prepare For A Parade — HalloWeekends Style!|url=http://pointbuzz.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=1171|publisher=PointBuzz|date=August 15, 2007|access-date=October 14, 2012}} In 2008, HalloWeekends received a major expansion. CornStalkers replaced Werewolf Canyon, Club Blood replaced Lair of the Vampire, CarnEvil was relocated to Camp Snoopy and Terror Island was added under Millennium Force. The area near Blue Streak was turned into a children's area, Magical House on Boo Hill was relocated and a haybale maze was added. HalloWeekends was extended to eight weekends for the first time.{{cite web|url=http://www.northwestohio.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=187427#.UEucK-1J-pE|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130022118/http://www.northwestohio.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=187427%23.UEucK-1J-pE|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2013|title=HalloWeekends returns|publisher=WNWO|date=September 8, 2008|access-date=September 18, 2012}}{{cite web|title=Cedar Point announces 2008 HalloWeekends information|url=http://pointbuzz.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=1283|publisher=PointBuzz|access-date=October 14, 2008|date=August 28, 2008}}

In 2009, the park replaced Pharaoh's Secret with Happy Jack's Toy Factory and G.A. Boeckling's Eerie Estate opened.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2009/09/15/idUS163216+15-Sep-2009+PRN20090915|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108043250/http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/09/15/idUS163216+15-Sep-2009+PRN20090915|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2014|title=HalloWeekends returns with more thrills|publisher=PR Newswire|date=September 15, 2009 |access-date=September 18, 2012}} Dr. D. Mented's Asylum for the Criminally Insane was added in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.sys-con.com/node/1534132|title=Big weekends of Fun with HalloWeekends|publisher=PR Newswire|date=September 15, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2012}} For the 2011 HalloWeekends, Cedar Point renamed two attractions due to protests. Dr. D Mented's Asylum for the Crimally Insane was renamed Eternity Infirmary and The Edge of Madness show became The Edge of Madness -- Six Feet Under. Screamworks replaced Fright Zone and Blood on the Bayou was added along the lagoons under Iron Dragon.{{cite news|last=Chavezblade |first=Jon |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/business/2011/08/19/Cedar-Point-to-rename-2-attractions-after-protests.html |title=Cedar Point to rename 2 attractions after protests |newspaper=Toledo Blade |date=August 19, 2011 |access-date=April 10, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sys-con.com/node/1997536|title=HalloWeekends at Cedar Point|publisher=PR Newswire|date=September 27, 2011 |access-date=September 23, 2012}} When Disaster Transport closed in 2012, so did Happy Jack's Toy Factory.{{cite web |last=Haidet |first=Ryan |url=http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/252450/3/Cedar-Point-teases-about-new-2013-attraction |title=Cedar Point teases about new 2013 attraction |publisher=WKYC |date=July 17, 2012 |access-date=July 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209191838/http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/252450/3/Cedar-Point-teases-about-new-2013-attraction |archive-date=2013-02-09 }} Terror Island was relocated under Maverick because the Dinosaurs Alive! attraction was using the path for Terror Island. Its name was changed to Cut Throat Cove. A new haunted house called Eden Musee was built inside Mean Streak's infield.{{cite web|first=S.L.|last=Stoddart|title=Inside Cedar Point’s Newest Haunted House ‘Eden Musee’|url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/10/12/inside-cedar-points-newest-haunted-house-eden-musee-halloweekends/|publisher=CBS Detroit|access-date=October 16, 2012|date=October 12, 2012}} For the 2013 event, Cedar Point introduced Zombie High School, which replaced Club Blood at the front of the park. Trick-or-Treat with the Dinosaurs, which takes place on Adventure Island, was also introduced for kids to collect candy from the dinosaurs.{{Cite press release|author=Cedar Point|title=Cedar Point Brings "A New Class of Scares" to HalloWeekends|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cedar-point-brings-a-new-class-of-scares-to-halloweekends-2013-09-10|access-date=September 12, 2013|date=September 10, 2013|publisher=PR Newswire}}{{cite web|last=Haidet |first=Ryan |title=Cedar Point opens Zombie High School haunted house for HalloWeekends |url=http://archive.wkyc.com/news/watercooler/article/314116/91/Cedar-Point-HalloWeekends-unearths-the-dead |publisher=WKYC |access-date=September 13, 2013 |date=September 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140108034117/http://archive.wkyc.com/news/watercooler/article/314116/91/Cedar-Point-HalloWeekends-unearths-the-dead |archive-date=January 8, 2014 }}

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In 2014, CarnEvil is replaced by Fear-y Tales in Camp Snoopy, which was closed in 2016 when Camp Snoopy was no longer used as a location for outdoor scare zones.{{cite web |url=https://www.wkyc.com/amp/article/life/holidays/halloween/cedar-point-closing-3-halloweekends-attractions-new-haunted-houses-coming-in-2017/95-462467527 |title=Cedar Point closing 3 HalloWeekends attractions: New haunted houses coming in 2017|publisher=WKYC Studios|date=August 8, 2017 |access-date=September 26, 2022}} 2014 was also the opening for Tombstone Terror-tory, an old west style outdoor zone located in Frontier Town in the back of the park, and Hexed, a haunted house filled with witches located at the front next to Gatekeeper.{{cite web |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2014/09/30/halloweekends-cedar-point-scare-haunted-houses-rollercoasters/16505939/ |title=Cedar Point pumps up scare tactics|publisher=The Detroit News|date=September 30, 2014 |access-date=September 26, 2022}} In 2015 came Slaughter House, which ironically was located next to the petting zoo off Frontier Trail. The 2017 season saw the openings of two new houses and a 360 scare zone. There was Deprivation: No Way Out (which replaced Eden Musee), a complete blackout house with 3 different mazes inside with the intention of playing on your senses, Fearground Freakshow (which replaced Eternity Infirmary), a big top house filled with undead carnies and other oddities, and the brand new Harvest Fear, an outdoor zone festival that becomes haunted when night falls.{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/travel/2017/09/cedar_points_halloweekends_ope_1.html |title=Cedar Point's HalloWeekends opens Friday with themed Mine Ride, new haunted houses, return of Midnight Syndicate|publisher=Cleveland.com|date=September 13, 2017 |access-date=September 26, 2022}} Screamworks closed in 2017 and opened up in 2018 as Trail of the Forsaken, which was then closed after the 2019 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.wkyc.com/amp/article/life/holidays/halloween/cedar-point-makes-changes-for-halloweekends-announces-new-haunted-attractions-for-2018/95-580927713|title=Cedar Point makes changes for HalloWeekends: Announces new haunted attractions for 2018|publisher=WKYC Studios|date=August 8, 2018 |access-date=September 26, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cpinsiders.net/new-for-2021.html| title=New for 2021!

|publisher=CP Insiders|access-date=November 14, 2022}} Zombie High School also closes after the 2019, but is not replaced by anything going forward.

Halloweekends was closed for the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the park deemed it unsafe since the social distancing guidelines would make the houses and zones difficult to operate.{{cite web |url=https://www.wkyc.com/amp/article/entertainment/places/cedar-point/cedar-point-halloweekends-2020-canceled/95-b0deb489-c6e5-4689-baea-b499ddcbe807|title=Cedar Point cancels HalloWeekends for 2020, announces reduced operating calendar for fall|publisher=WKYC Studios|date=August 5, 2020 |access-date=September 26, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/08/04/cedar-point-cancels-halloweekends-announces-scaled-back-fall-schedule/?outputType=amp|title=Cedar Point cancels HalloWeekends 2020, and announces scaled back fall schedule|publisher=Cleveland 19 News|date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=September 26, 2022}} However, Halloweekends opened back up in 2021 with new hours on Thursdays in October and a brand new scare zone named Banished which ends up replacing the former Trail of the Forsaken.{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/09/cedar-points-halloweekends-returns-zombie-high-school-is-out-banished-is-in-plus-new-thursday-hours.html?outputType=amp|title=Cedar Point’s HalloWeekends returns: Zombie High School is out, Banished is in, plus new Thursday hours|publisher=Cleveland.com|date=September 15, 2021 |access-date=September 26, 2022}} Blood on the Bayou was also moved from the lagoons under Iron Dragon to Adventure Island from this season onwards as well.{{cite web |url= https://twitter.com/cedarpoint/status/1441132180986494978|title=A BIGGER and better Blood on the Bayou opens TOMORROW on Adventure Island! Enter from the Frontier Trail… if you dare. |date=September 23, 2021 |access-date=September 26, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://attractionsmagazine.com/halloweekends-stalk-cedar-points-pathways-once-again/|title=HalloWeekends stalk Cedar Point’s pathways once again|publisher=Attractions Magazine|date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=September 18, 2012}} The 2022 season became more amped up for its 25th anniversary with 2 new houses with Bloodbath replacing Deprivation in Steel Vengeance’s courtyard and The Haunting of Eerie Estate replacing G.A. Boeckling's Eerie Estate.{{cite web |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/2022/09/indoor-haunted-maze-among-new-attractions-for-25th-anniversary-of-halloweekends-at-cedar-point.html?outputType=amp|title=Indoor haunted maze among new attractions for 25th anniversary of HalloWeekends at Cedar Point|publisher=M Live|date=September 14, 2022 |access-date=September 26, 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wkyc.com/amp/article/entertainment/places/cedar-point/cedar-point-halloweekends-2022-new-haunted-houses/95-127b8b1c-064e-4284-9ea7-8e4d1c652a9d|title=Cedar Point changing 2 haunted attractions for HalloWeekends 2022: See what's new|work=WKYC |date=August 24, 2022 |access-date=September 26, 2022}}

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The outdoor attractions are run by the HalloWeekends' Screamsters, a group of Cedar Point staff members who are commanded to scare visitors by The Overlord when night falls. The Overlord debuted in 2009 and he commands all the Screamsters to scare people at every opportunity. However, he did not appear for the 2013 season. Knott's Scary Farm's very own Sarah "The Green Witch" Morgan-Marshall took over HalloWeekends as their new and first female leader of the Screamsters in 2014. In 2017, The Overlord returned as leader of The Screamsters. The Screamsters were introduced in 2005, with 70 staff.{{cite web|last=Schmidt|first=Walt|title=Cedar Point now hiring "Screamsters"|url=http://pointbuzz.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=712|publisher=PointBuzz|access-date=October 8, 2012|date=September 5, 2005}} {{As of|2013}}, there are about 400 Screamsters, and 25 make-up artists who provide their masks. Each Screamster has an individual character.{{cite web|last=Phipps |first=Jennie |url=http://www.mlive.com/jobs/index.ssf/2011/09/spend_halloweekends_working_at_cedar_poi.html |title=Spend HalloWeekends working at Cedar Point |publisher=MLive |date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=September 23, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dangerous-business.com/2010/09/behind-the-scenes-at-cedar-points-halloweekends/|title=Behind the Scenes at Cedar Point's HalloWeekends|publisher=DangerousBiz|date=September 24, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925175447/http://www.dangerous-business.com/2010/09/behind-the-scenes-at-cedar-points-halloweekends/|archive-date=September 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}

{{As of|2023}}, HalloWeekends features 9 attractions, including four scare zones and four haunted houses. The outdoor attractions are Blood on the Bayou, Cut Throat Cove, Tombstone Terror-tory, and CornStalkers 2.0. The indoor attractions are The Haunting of Eerie Estate, Bloodbath, Slaughter House and Fearground Freakshow.

In March 2014, Midnight Syndicate announced plans for a series of live multimedia concerts entitled Midnight Syndicate Live! Legacy of Shadows that would run throughout the 2014 HalloWeekends event. They also announced that they would be teaming up with special effects artist, Robert Kurtzman (From Dusk till Dawn) as well as director Gary Jones (Axe Giant) and Face Off contestants, Beki Ingram and David Greathouse.[http://www.fearnet.com/news/news-article/midnight-syndicate-announces-live-halloween-show-legacy-shadows Midnight Syndicate Announces Live Halloween Show 'Legacy of Shadows'] FEARnet, Gregory Burkart, March 14, 2014[http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3283875/catch-midnight-syndicate-live-at-cedar-points-halloweekends/ Catch 'Midnight Syndicate Live!' At Cedar Point's HalloWeekends] Bloody Disgusting, Jonathan Barkan, March 17, 2014 The show opened on September 12 to very positive reviews.[http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201410/4263/ Review: Midnight Syndicate Live! Legacy of Shadows, at Cedar Point] Theme Park Insider, James Koehl, October 20, 2014 The Akron Beacon Journal described it as "Part concert, part movie, part theater, part just plain creepy," going on to call it "top-notch and ambitious."[http://www.ohio.com/blogs/airtime/airtime-1.489637/midnight-syndicate-transforms-cedar-point-s-good-time-theatre-into-the-ghoul-time-theatre-1.525758/ Midnight Syndicate Transforms the Goodtime Theater into the Ghoultime Theater] Akron Beacon Journal, Craig Webb, Sept 25, 2014 This production would be the final show to run in the Goodtime Theater which was torn down shortly after to make way for park expansion.[http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2014/11/cedar_point_to_remove_good_tim.html Cedar Point To Remove Goodtime Theatre] The Plain Dealer, Susan Glaser, November 25, 2014 In March 2017, it was announced that Midnight Syndicate would be returning once again to perform their Midnight Syndicate Live! show at HalloWeekends and that the show would be held in the Jack Aldrich Theater.[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/218750/midnight-syndicate-returns-rock-halloween-live/ Midnight Syndicate Returns To Rock Your Halloween Live!] Dread Central, Steve Barton, March 15, 2017 The production was subsequently brought back the Aldrich Theater for the 2018, 2019, and 2021 seasons.[https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/a-guide-to-everything-new-at-cedar-point-in-2019/95-22b2e31e-79e6-4a58-a21a-5452a1c6964b/ A Guide to Everything New at Cedar Point] WKYC, Ryan Haidet, May 2, 2019[https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/09/midnight-syndicate-returns-to-halloweekends-with-plenty-of-new-music-in-store.html Midnight Syndicate returns to HalloWeekends with plenty of new music in store] The Plain Dealer, Anne Nickoloff, September 28, 2021 in 2022, the band commemorated its 25-year association with HalloWeekends by co-producing and performing in a new show entitled, Midnight Hour: 25 Years of HalloWeekends and Midnight Syndicate. A compilation album entitled, HalloWeekends: 25 Years of Terror Together was released and sold in the park. The album featured songs that had been heavily used at HalloWeekends over the previous 25 years as well as new music from the Midnight Hour show.[https://www.toledoblade.com/a-e/music-theater-dance/2022/10/29/midnight-syndicate-cedar-point-halloweekends/stories/20221030036 Midnight Syndicate brings the sounds of the season to Cedar Point's HalloWeekends] The Blade, Lilian King, October 29, 2022

The park features several attractions for children. Several live shows, including the Skeleton Crew acrobatics show that takes place in Celebration Plaza, are performed each day.{{cite web|last=Haidet |first=Ryan |url=http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/256900/110/Cedar-Point-Two-new-haunted-attractions-for-HalloWeekends |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209122340/http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/256900/110/Cedar-Point-Two-new-haunted-attractions-for-HalloWeekends |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2013 |title=Cedar Point to add 2 attractions in 2012 |publisher=WKYC |date=August 20, 2012 |access-date=August 24, 2012 }}{{cite web|title=Live Shows during HalloWeekends |url=http://www.cedarpoint.com/daytime/things-to-do/live-shows |publisher=Cedar Point |access-date=October 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001025812/http://www.cedarpoint.com/daytime/things-to-do/live-shows |archive-date=October 1, 2012 }} The Monster Midway Invasion Celebration Parade, which travels along the Main Midway from Gemini to Starbucks on Saturdays, and travels the reverse route on Sundays, takes place at 4 pm.{{cite web|title=Monster Midway Invasion Celebration parade |url=http://www.cedarpoint.com/daytime/things-to-do/monster-midway-invasion-celebration |publisher=Cedar Point |access-date=September 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001025829/http://www.cedarpoint.com/daytime/things-to-do/monster-midway-invasion-celebration |archive-date=October 1, 2012 }} In 2013, the park introduced Howl-O-Palooza in the Blue Streak plaza. It includes several Halloween attractions for children, including a haunted house named Magical House on Boo Hill, a haybale maze and a Kids' Costume Contest.{{cite web|title=Howl-O-Palooza |url=https://www.cedarpoint.com/daytime/what-s-new/howl-o-palooza |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130913213851/https://www.cedarpoint.com/daytime/what-s-new/howl-o-palooza |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2013 |publisher=Cedar Point |access-date=September 13, 2013 }} The Camp Snoopy children's area is transformed into Camp Spooky. The Planet Snoopy children's area is transformed into Planet Spooky.{{cite web|title=Planet Spooky |url=http://www.cedarpoint.com/daytime/things-to-do/planet-spooky |publisher=Cedar Point |access-date=October 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006014019/http://www.cedarpoint.com/daytime/things-to-do/planet-spooky |archive-date=October 6, 2012 }}{{cite news|last=Helms |first=April |title=New haunted house debuts at HalloWeekends |url=http://www.bedfordtimesregister.com/news/article/4907523 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117232835/http://www.bedfordtimesregister.com/news/article/4907523 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |access-date=October 7, 2012 |newspaper=Bedford Times Register |date=October 7, 2010 }}

• Halloween Haunt (disambiguation), Halloween events at other Six Flags parks

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• [http://www.cedarpoint.com/haunt Official HalloWeekends Website]
• [http://thepointol.com/halloweekends-cedar-point-photo-gallery/ HalloWeekends Photo Gallery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724001237/http://thepointol.com/halloweekends-cedar-point-photo-gallery/ |date=2014-07-24 }} at The Point Online
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhE9Sxj17KE Making of a HalloWeekends Screamster Video] at YouTube

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