Tricks and Treats Fall Fest Replaces Halloween HAUNT At Kings Island

Make no bones about it, Kings Island’s all-new Tricks And Treats Fall Fest is set to be the area’s favorite event for family-friendly Halloween activities and fall fun. Tricks and Treats Fall Fest is the park’s new Halloween event for the 2020 season after “HAUNT” was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Everyone in the whole family will have a spook-tacular time with AMAZING food, activities, entertainment, seasonal merchandise, and so much more!

Trick-or-treating is definitely on the agenda at Tricks And Treats Fall Fest, so kids – wear your Halloween costumes and go candy hunting! With specially designed sanitation processes and social distancing measures in place, you can count on Kings Island to bring this Halloween tradition to life in a fun new way while being as safe as possible.

For $30, guests can purchase a Tasting Card valid for six (6) menu items allowing them to visit numerous tasting stations and get snack-sized portions of scrumptious sweets and savories—from wild to mild. You’ll nosh on Tricks (foods that might look a bit crazy but are crazy delicious) and classic Treats (seasonal tastes you know and love). Also available throughout the park will be gotta-have-it favorites and lots of goodies with a Halloween twist. Check out this Death Dog — An Eisenberg premium hotdog topped with fresh jalapenos, shredded pepper-jack cheese, and five alarm chili!

Below is a look at Kings Island’s 2020 tasting card menu along with the locations of where you can find each item.

Brews and Booze Bars around the park will be serving up specialty drinks and a variety of craft beers! The specialty drinks can be ordered without alcohol or “bewitched” with a nip of spirits.*Drinks are sold separate and not part of the food tasting cards*

Also new this Fall is the French Corner, where the park will be serving up a samplings from France. French Baguettes, pull-a-part bread, soups, meats, cheeses, cream puffs, and even crepes are just some of the tasty items being served. Click Here for the full menu.

Tricks And Treats Fall Fest offers all the playful fun of a traditional fall festival with safety and social distancing measures built in. A fang-tastic time is in store for all with fall-themed games, game shows, mazes, and crafts for everyone in the family. Plus, your favorite rides will be open to deliver the thrills and chills found only at Kings Island. If that’s not AMAZING enough, take your taste buds on a wacky adventure with the “Trick or Treat Bean Challenge!” (the Russian Roulette of candy games). Will you get jellybeans that are yuck or yum? Great or gross?

Have a blast at AMAZING fall activities around every corner. Decorate your own pumpkin. (No mess, Mom!) Kids – wear your Halloween best and join the costume contest. Don’t have a costume? Snag a Halloween-themed face mask or get your face painted (with Kings Island’s safe and sanitary process). Plus head out on a quest full of fall puzzles, riddles, and challenges to solve that will take you around the park!

Tricks and Treats Fall Fest will begin September 26 and operate every Saturday (11 am – 8pm) and Sunday (11 am – 7pm) until November 1. Park officials have said the traditional HAUNT event is expected to return in 2021.