Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Howl-O-Scream 10165 McKinley Drive, Tampa, FL 33612

"The staff were great, and started to siphon out regular day guests to night time guests around 6:30ish. The houses were great, each with great themes. The wait lines may have been long, but they moved fluidly and that made it all quite easy. We were able to ride a few rides, which at night is a truly great experience. The scare zones and themed foods and drinks were great too!"

"The top Halloween theme park for the entire Tampa Bay region, and a screaming value for the price of admission, especially if you purchase tickets in advance with a promotional discount. There is an early 2 hour entry with your Howl-O-Scream admission, I recommend getting there early, enjoy some rides, than get into a haunted house line at least 30 minutes before the event starts, this will give you adequate time to get through all the haunted houses and shows before the park closes. My top 2 scare zones are Sun City Zombies and Raven's Hill. My top 3 haunted houses are Stranglewood Estate, Witch of the Woods, and Circus of Fear. You may have extra time afterward to ride some of the best coasters in the dark for a different experience."

"I enjoyed the haunted houses. They were fun and the lines weren't too terrible. My complaint was the food and fountain drinks. My meal at Dragon something or other was a cheeseburger and fries. I also grabbed a drink. That was roughly 25 with a discount. It was crazy salty too. Later my friends and I bought the refillable cups for unlimited drinks like soda and water. Most of the machines were flooded with ice, or the ice didn't come out, out of soda, etc. To pay the amount for a ticket and the refillable cups, the park should have more people to maintain cleanliness and have drinks. Felt disappointed with that."

"We got the unlimited pass to go as many nights as we want and I’ve had a blast every time. I don’t understand people who leave a bad review, I have gone almost every single night and even though sometimes you can tell there are areas that are understaffed everyone who is working is giving 110%. I have to imagine scaring people all night can be a physically difficult job and on top of that this is just a temporary seasonal gig for them but they perform like true professionals. I’ve seen some guests make it a not fun experience but the employees have been awesome. Going to HOS so many times has been the best stress relief for me, I love screaming and laughing all night. The houses are really well designed and the scare zones are too! The Junkyard one is basically an extra haunted house. They are all awesome. Knowing the actors roam the park keeps the tension up and I’ve had a few scares from them that were very unique and made the experience even cooler. Keep up the great work everyone!!!! Oh, and don’t bring small kids to this please. The imagery is really adult in places, and it makes everyone uncomfortable to try to be chill around your 5yo. Get a babysitter, it’s cheaper than the therapy they will need later."

"This was the worst year I have visited Horrors Night. For platinum members we don't have that much of a problem since it's 2 days free but you still expect to enjoy a horror show which since I've been visiting since I've had my passes (2018) the quality has deteriorated. There was no longer the magic that greeted you from the entrance, and which followed through the entire route of the park and which many times 2 days did not give you to enjoy everything. Now in 2 or 3 hours you run all the houses, some more of the same and the park empty compared to other years instead of being terrified, I left depressed because the employees passed you sometimes as if nothing the emotion of the sound was often not there, it seemed more like a funeral than a Horrors Night. I hope that Busch Gardens will look for ways to improve this so that they can retake that illusion of Horrors that one hopes to enjoy and take a lot of pictures. This year I only took about 4 to just document what it was but nothing to recommend to visit. Sorry for those who pay and don't get the quality of show they expect to see."