Spooky Season! Halloween at Gold Coast Theme Parks

Get ready for Halloween fun on the Gold Coast with extra thrills, chills and after-dark fun at the city’s famous theme parks. From terrifying horror mazes and creepy characters to trick-or-treating, costumes and family-friendly Halloween entertainment, there’s something for every little monster. Whether you’re chasing a fright at Warner Bros. Movie World, spooky fun at Dreamworld or a family night out at Sea World, here’s your guide to the best Halloween events at Gold Coast theme parks.

Fright Nights at Warner Bros. Movie World

Enter if you dare! Warner Bros Movie World celebrates Halloween with a truly terrifying Halloween experience - Fright Nights! 

Every Friday and Saturday night in Octoner, the entire park transforms into an immersive horrow show. A nightmare cast of freaks, fiends, zombies and killer clowns roam the park’s precincts, on the hunt for innocent civilians to scare.  Face your fears in horror mazes, ride rollercoasters in the dark and soak up the spooky vibes via live entertainment, demonic DJs and impressive pyrotechnics. Say hi to horror icons like Pennywise, Clayface and and Beetlejuice with epic costumes and detailed sets.

Be Warned:The event is seriously scary and not recommended for children under 14. Be sure to check the makeup and costume guidelines. General admission start from $89 online - get you tickets fast because Fright Night regularly sells out. (Entry is not included in annual passes.) Fright Night dates for Halloween 2023 are October 3rd, 9th, 10th, 16th, 17, 23rd, 24th, 30th and 31st.

Date: Fright and Saturday nights October 3rd - 31st. Location: Pacific Mwy, Oxenford 

Happy Halloween at Dreamworld

Happy Halloween at Dreamworld is the perfect event for younger kids with plenty of fam-tastic entertainment, spooky themed fun, immersive experiences and free trick or treating througout the park. 

Get dressed up in your creepiest costumes and join the Halloween festivities for spooky photo opportunities, rides at night, a haunted mazeand more. There’s a smorgasbord of Halloween inspired treats from food outlets to sink your fangs into, lots of live, eerie entertainment and activations plus a costume contest with prizes.

Dreamworld passholders receive free entry to one Happy Halloween event - just visit the website to redeem and book your ticket. General admission starts from $59. 

Dates: October 10th, and16th
Location: Dreamworld Pkwy, Coomera

Spooky Nights at Sea World

Sea World Spooky Nights is absolutely a treat for families this October with kid-friendly Halloween fun. Adventure throughspooky precincts, glowing displays and enjoy all your favorite rides and exhibits by night! There will be witches, zombies, pirates and all sorts of creepy characters roaming the park and entertaining the kids with shows and meet and greets that are more friendly than frightening.

One free entry to Spooky Nights is included with Premium Annual Pass. General admission starts from $69. Come and join in for a frightfully fun  experience!

Dates: October 17th, 23rd, 24th, 30th and 31st.
Location: Seaworld Dr, Main Beach

More Gold Coast Halloween Events

Dracula's Cabaret

There's no better place to celebrate scary season than Dracula's Cabaret! This iconic dinner and a show experience has been keeping the Gold Coast entertained for decades - with creepy theming, a ghost train ride to enter, and drinks served in blood bags, it's the hallowed venue of Halloween. Their all new prodcution, ABYSS has just launched, drawing inspiration from shipwrecks, sirens, and creatures of the deep.

Expect talented live musicians, singers and performers putting on dinner cabaret of comedy, comedy, aerial stunts and black light puppets. It's the Halloween of your dreams.. or maybe your nightmares! And if you don't make it on October 31st, never fear - the show goes on 5 nights a week from Tuesday - Saturday.

When: Tuesday - Saturday night, every week.
Location: 1 Hooker Blvd, Broadbeach

Door Seven Haunted House

Steel your nerves as you enter Door Seven, for a truly terrifying haunted house experience. Explore seven themed rooms, live actors, immersive sets and high-end special effects for non-stop thrills and hair-raising chills.  Brought to you by Padlockd Escape Rooms, this experience is not for the faint-hearted, with cutting-edge special effects and spine-chilling jump scares around every corner. Best suited for those over the age of 15, with nerves of steel! Tickets from $28.

Location: Paradise Centre, 2 Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise

YOT Club Halloween Night

Spend your Halloween aboard YOT Club on a floating celebration of good music, great drinks and spectacular costumes! Cruise the Broadwater for three hours of fun with a posse of witches, vampires, zombies and other spooky characters, dancing the night away to DJs. Dress to impress because there are prizes for the best Halloween costumes and a photo booth to capture all the guys and ghouls looking gorgeous. Tickets start from $55. Get your crew and get organised because this Halloween event will sell out.

When: October 31st. Board 6.30pm, set sail from 7 - 10pm
Where: Depart from YOT Deck, Mariners Cove, Main Beach

Looking for some fun activities over the September school holidays? Check out our September School Holiday Survival Guide.