Dorney Park’s Halloween Haunt opens Friday, September 18, and visitors should budget for more than a regular admission ticket if they want to enter the haunted mazes. The park’s official event page says the nighttime event runs on select dates through October 31 and debuts Blair Witch: No Signal, a new maze inspired by the film franchise.
The ticket structure is the most important pre-trip detail. Dorney Park lists an admission-and-maze bundle starting at $60 online, plus taxes and processing fees of up to $9.99. Guests who already have park admission can buy a date-specific Haunted Attractions Pass starting at $15; the maze pass does not include admission. Express upgrades are also offered. In other words, a daily ticket or season pass gets a visitor through the gate, but it does not by itself unlock the haunted mazes.
For opening night, the regional tourism bureau’s event listing shows hours of 6 to 11 p.m. The 2026 lineup includes six mazes, five scare zones and four live entertainment experiences. Beyond Blair Witch: No Signal, the park lists returning mazes including Trick or Treat, Roadside Stop N’ Chop, Necropolis, Blood on the Bayou and Ghost in the Machine. A new 12-minute show, The Conductor, combines percussion, violin, music and pyrotechnics inside the McTavish Steel Yard.
Families and teen groups should read the rules before leaving home. Dorney Park’s code of conduct, updated September 17, says there is no re-entry after 7 p.m. and no admission after 10 p.m. on Haunt nights. Guests 15 or younger must be accompanied by a chaperone age 21 or older by 4 p.m.; one chaperone may accompany no more than 10 such guests and must remain in the park and be reachable by phone. Guests 16 or older may be asked for government-issued photo identification.
The nighttime Haunt is not recommended for children younger than 13. Dorney Park’s separate daytime Tricks and Treats event begins Saturday, September 19, and runs on weekends through November 1 as the family-oriented alternative.
Before traveling, compare current conditions across Pennsylvania parks in TAQ’s live park guide and check TAQ’s Pennsylvania theme-park coverage for additional planning updates.
