Majority Halloween Events Cancelled Due To COVID-19

ORLANDO, FL - OCTOBER 01: In this handout photo provided by Universal Orlando, Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan encountered deceased souls while making her way through the Winter's Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery haunted house at Universal Orlando Resort's Halloween Horror Nights 21 on October 1, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Hosted this year by Universal Orlando, Estefan and her family are avid fans of Halloween Horror Nights and have been coming to the event since its inception in 1990. Named "the country's best Halloween event" for four years in a row, Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights brings to life guests' most intense nightmares on select nights this fall through October 31. Estefan's newest album, "Miss Little Havana" debuted September 27 with the hit single, "Wepa," already at No. 3 on the Billboard dance chart. (Photo by Roberto Gonzalez/Getty Images via Universal Orlando)

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Majority Halloween Events Cancelled Due To COVID-19

If like us you waited all year to attend your favorite fright-filled event on Halloween, then your just as disappointed to learn that almost every single annual scare-fest has been canceled due to COVID-19.

Safety always comes first, but COVID already took the Summer away and decrease some didn’t want to social distance in the early days, it has now crept up and is taking over our favorite Fall festivities. What’s next Christmas?

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Universal Studios Hollywood and Orlando have canceled their popular Horror Nights, The Queen Mary in Long Beach, California has opted out, and Knotts Berry farm just announced that they will also be canceling their event.

“Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood have made the difficult decision to not hold Halloween Horror Nights events this year. Universal Orlando Resort will be focusing exclusively on operating its theme parks for daytime guests, using the enhanced health and safety procedures already in place. Universal Studios Hollywood continues to face ongoing business restrictions and uncertainty around its opening timeframe,” said the studios.

Knotts Berry Farm shared a similar statement,

“Regrettably, due to continued operating restrictions related to the pandemic we have had to make the very difficult decision to cancel our highly anticipated 2020 Knott’s Scary Farm event,” Knott’s officials said. “We know that this news is disappointing, but we look forward with great enthusiasm to making 2021 Knott’s Scary Farm our best year ever.”

So far there has been no word yet if Six Flags plans on canceling its annual Fright Fest.

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