Halloween Haunt runs select nights September 25 through October 31, 2026. Two mazes are new, headlined by Jason: Blood Reign, and there's a change that catches people off guard this year: maze access is no longer part of park admission. Here's the whole picture, including the family daytime side.
Last checked August 18, 2026, against Kings Island's official event pages. Prices are online starting prices before processing fees, and they climb on peak nights.
Six mazes are on the Haunted Attractions Pass this year. Two are new, and two 2025 mazes (Hotel St. Michelle and Cornered) were retired to make room.
The Conjuring: Beyond Fear returns as its own separate add-on from $20 a night: a roughly 20-minute walkthrough of the Conjuring universe with The Nun and Annabelle. It's not covered by the maze pass.
Four scare zones come with admission: Pumpkin Eater (a dark town with something in it), Coney Maul (the ghosts of a traveling circus that never left), Abandoned (the lumber mill where 66 workers vanished), and Hooked (a sunken pirate ship's crew, ashore). Three shows are included too: the acrobatic zombie show Nytewalkers, Ghouls Gone Wild, and Dr. Nightmare's Game Show.
And the quiet headliner of the whole event: The Beast at night during Haunt season. The night rides on Beast, Orion, Diamondback, Mystic Timbers, and Banshee come free with your admission.
Trick-or-Treat Trail, Mask Makers Mash crafts, a costume contest at the Bandstand, the Beanboozled challenge, and a PEANUTS show. No jump scares, costumes encouraged, included with admission.
Six mazes, four scare zones, and three shows aimed at 13 and up, with coasters running in the dark.
Planning around younger kids? Note that during Haunt, the Camp Snoopy kids' area doesn't open at all on Fridays and closes at 7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Saturday or Sunday daytime is the family window; clear out before the fog rolls in.
These were the online starting prices on Kings Island's official pages as of August 18, 2026. Maze pass pricing is dynamic, so peak Saturday nights near Halloween will run higher.
A skip-the-line Express upgrade exists for both maze pass tiers, but Kings Island hasn't published its price. We don't sell tickets or passes, and we don't do affiliate links; this is just the lay of the land before you buy from the park.
Kings Island hasn't posted the night-by-night calendar or hours yet, so the safe assumptions from the structure it has published: Saturdays will be the crunch nights, late-October Saturdays the heaviest, and the per-night maze pass gets pricier exactly when the park is fullest. If the mazes are your priority, an early-season Friday or a Sunday is where the pass buys the most walkthroughs per dollar.
The park runs its regular ride lineup on Haunt days, so check the crowd calendar for the daytime picture before you pick a date.
The event is, the mazes aren't. Admission covers scare zones, shows, and night rides. The six mazes need the Haunted Attractions Pass, from $15 a night or $29 all season, and that goes for passholders too. The Conjuring: Beyond Fear is a separate add-on from $20.
Kings Island's line is not recommended under 13. The family route is Tricks and Treats Fall Fest during the day: trail, crafts, costume contest, zero scares, all included. Just know Camp Snoopy skips Fridays entirely and closes at 7 p.m. on weekends during Haunt.
Jason: Blood Reign and Metal Massacre are the new mazes, replacing Hotel St. Michelle and Cornered. The bigger change is structural: maze access went from included to a separate paid pass this year.
No. Fright Fest is the legacy Six Flags event brand. Kings Island kept Halloween Haunt, same as Cedar Point kept HalloWeekends.
Not posted yet. Kings Island has only published the select-nights window, Sept. 25 through Oct. 31. We'll update this page when the calendar lands.
Haunt admission includes night rides on The Beast, Orion, and Diamondback. The app tracks Kings Island's waits live and flags the drops, so you can time your night rides between mazes instead of guessing. Get it on the App Store before you go.
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