2012-10-16

Spooky Fun: Halloween events in MI Great Lakes Bay



If Halloween is one of your favorite holidays, you will love the events coming up in the following weeks in MI Great Lakes Bay. Most of the spooky fun events are for the entire family. If you are bold enough, or you are the kind of person who enjoys being scared, come to our region to challenge some of the best haunted houses in Michigan!


Halloween Spook Train Ride


Date: Oct. 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 26-28 and 30-31, 2012
           [Fri/Sat]7:30 – 11:00 p.m.
           [Mon – Thu]: 7:30 –10:00 p.m.
Location: Junction Valley Railroad (7065 Dixie Hwy., Bridgeport)

People of all ages will enjoy the train ride through funny, cute and some scary scenes.  There are "live spooks" to entertain you while you wait, and while you ride.  It's an awesome 18 minutes ride filled with thrills and chills around every corner, but don't be frightened by a long line, it moves rather quickly! 

Prices are $9.25 per person (all ages), and all riders must have a ticket, cash only for the Spook Train event. 

For more information, please visit Junction Valley Railroad website.

Halloween Magic Show & Movie - Dr. Scream's Spook Show



Date: Oct. 19, 2012, 08:00 p.m. Oct. 20, 2012, 05:00/08:00 p.m.
Location: Fischer Hall (613 S. Main St., Frankenmuth, MI)

Bring your family to Frankenmuth this Friday and Saturday to enjoy an amazing show with magic, mirth, and ghosts as Doctor Scream’s Spook Show, a throwback to the Halloween magic and movie shows of the 1950’s invades Frankenmuth!

Join Dr. Scream, magician and “ghost master”, as he hosts a family friendly evening of magic, comedy, and an epic blackout featuring “live” ghosts flying into and over the audience! After the live stage show, the audience will enjoy a classic Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoon, followed by Tod Browning’s classic film FREAKS.

For more information, please visit Dr. Scream’s Spook Show website. You can buy your tickets here.

Thomas Township Haunted Train Ride


                                     source: Thomas Township 

Date: Oct 19, 2012, 07:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Location: Roethke Park (400 Leddy Rd, Saginaw, MI 48609)

Ready for a spooky ride? Come to the Roethke Park this Friday night to enjoy a fun an scary haunted train ride! More than 13 sites and 60 people will wait to surprise you as they fly along the wooded, three-quarters of a mile track through the 72-acre park in the red Roethke Express.

The ticket costs $5 for each person. For more information, please visit Thomas Township website.


Village of the Living Dead



Date: Oct. 12 – 13, 19 – 20, 26 –27, 7:00 p.m.-midnight
           Oct. 14, 21, 28, 30 31, 7:00 –10:00 p.m.  
Location: 400 E. Water Street, St. Charles
Note: The haunted house is for adult and older children

Are you a bold person and looking for something really scary to celebrate your Halloween? If so, you got to visit St. Charles’s Village of the Living Dead and get scared out of your mind! The Village of the Living Dead is just selected as one of Michigan’s best haunted houses! So, are you ready for being scared?

The St. Charles Haunted House Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the youth of St. Charles. All dollars earned will be given to the St. Charles community. Entrance costs $7, or visitors can buy a Speedpass, which moves them to the front of the line for $15.  The Last Ride costs $5 for the photo and the ride, and visitors who participate in this will smell, feel and hear the coffin ride from the funeral home all the way to the grave!!!  BE VERY BRAVE! 

For more information, please visit the Village of the Living Dead website.


Are you planning to go to any of the Halloween event, or have you ever been to the above event in the past? We are happy to hear your experience! Don’t forget to share your experience or photos on our Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram (#MIGreatLakesBay). We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Enjoy the spooky events in our region this week! Go Great Lakes Bay!

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