Finally, the spookiest day of the year is approaching, and Miami offers several opportunities to enjoy Halloween. We have more than enough activities to keep you busy over the spooky season, including Miami Vice and Mean Girls costume parties, a haunted mall in Hialeah, ghost tours, the Cirque du Soleil vampire circus, and simple pumpkin carving.
Halloween is a recipe for madness with costumes, masks, and drinks. You must attend the best parties in town if you want to make a huge impression. Leave the scary homes to the kids this Halloween. Miami's Halloween in 2022 is expected to be the biggest and scariest yet.
There are eight haunted drive-through experiences at the Miami intersection of Country Club Drive and Abigail Road, making it the most terrifying location in the city. If you dare, get in your automobile and drive through Once Upon a Holiday Horror, Dinner to Die for, Burned Alive, an Infected Town, a Bloody Sweet 16, the Holiday Asylum, and Clown Attack. There is an entry cost and you may go on any Sunday in October, so check that out.
Miami's Tropical Park was converted into a frightening Haunted Circus for the month of October. The circus's story is driven by a sinister mystery, and guests can delve deep into the perplexing ringmaster's disappearance. After you've solved the mystery, treat yourself to some tasty circus sweets, demonstrate your pumpkin-carving prowess, cuddle up to a furry friend in the petting zoo, or get your tarot cards to read to find out what the future holds.
But let's hold off on spilling all the juicy details. To see for yourself all the bizarre and outlandish things to do this Halloween in Miami, visit the Haunted Circus.
This year's House of Horror Haunted Carnival adds Mall Mayhem, where demonic mall staff torment you as soon as you enter, taking the phenomena of abandoned malls a step further. A Toxic Apocalypse, mental breakdowns in the 1455 Asylum, and eventually the immersive Scare-X, multimedia, high-tech haunted home await you if you can manage to get away from the spirit of Sam Goody. Throughout the Halloween season, take advantage of the unique things. On weekdays, the price per person is $25; on weekends, it is $35.
The boundaries between fiction and reality are often blurred in frightful haunted houses, and Miami's No Way Out Haunted City is no exception. Enter a dream environment where your greatest nightmares are unable to escape. You'll have sleepless nights thanks to the "Sleep Paralysis" and "Insomnia" residences as well as the "Infected" AirSoft Simulated Hunting Experience. The staff of No Way Out Haunted City, however, has not overlooked the youngsters! The kid-friendly "Not So Haunted" labyrinth is the ideal Halloween entertainment for kids.
Speaking of goodies, Westland Mall offers a variety of entertaining indoor activities as well as spooky-themed food and snacks.
There is more to Halloween in Miami than just horror and blood. Take advantage of the lovely weather and Miami's Fall festivities by participating in one of the many outdoor family-friendly activities available. On Halloween weekend, children under 12 are welcome to trick-or-treat and compete in costume contests at Zoo Miami's Zoo Boo event. The nicest part is probably seeing the animals get into the Halloween mood. There will also be a tonne of Halloween crafts to do.
For the Halloween celebrations, there will be a wide variety of creatures on show, including African elephants, bats, birds, hippos, and crocodiles. Watch as raccoons hunt for candy in the cemetery, gigantic River Otters bob for pumpkins, wombats and kangaroos investigate (and demolish) the Halloween decorations.
Parts of the Deering Estate, which have historical significance for Miami, date to the late 1800s. Staff members and visitors have related tales of ghostly experiences. For the Deering Estate Ghost Tours and random encounters with early occupants, the estate grounds are available to guests after dark throughout the month of October.
In a similar manner to the spooky and adrenaline-filled Key West ghost tours, guides take visitors to the locations of some of these mysterious encounters. The use of pendulums, EMF sensors, and infrared thermometers are among the paranormal detection tools that visitors are urged to bring.
The Miami Beach Halloween Half-Marathon is the event for you if you're one of the crazily athletic folks who like a casual marathon. Dress up, take in the beautiful Miami Beach waterfront scenery, and receive one of the highly sought-after medals with a Halloween theme. Enter the weird four-miler race for a shorter but as enjoyable run.
Participants may choose to walk, but there is a four-hour time restriction, so if you want to cross the finish line, move as though zombies are after you!
The Curtiss Mansion serves as an educational facility and one of Miami's historically protected structures throughout the day. By night, it transforms into the bizarre Cortez Manor, a facility where everyone is welcome but never departs. Enjoy the most terrifying experience of your life as patients roam the hallways and Dr Cortez and his colleagues attempt to treat you by frightening your issues away. All ages are welcome, but only the most courageous should enter since you will be scared! If you survive, you can eat at the renowned Tuto's Cuisine and the Manor Market.
We've learned from movies to avoid visiting cemeteries on Halloween. Could this be the reason why the 29th of October was chosen for the walking tour? History The resident historian of the Miami Museum will lead visitors on a tour of the 19th-century Miami City Cemetery, which has grown into its monument.
Dr Paul George and Museum Educator Ingrid E. Argueta will transport you back in time to meet these illustrious individuals who have been laid to rest in this graveyard along with many more Miami giants. Along the trip, you will gain knowledge about Carrie B. Miller, the lady buried in cement, Julia Tuttle, the "Mother of Miami," and Reverend Theodore Gibson, a well-known civil rights activist.
Halloween isn't only for people; our canine companions also want to join in the fun! Come celebrate Halloween with the canines at Pinecrest Garden Howl-O-Ween with renowned animal rescue group Paws4You. Dogs and their owners dress up and take part in Halloween events including trick-or-treating, costume competitions, agility challenges, and more. A scary pumpkin farm, a tonne of food and beverages, and live entertainment round out the fun for the whole family.