Get Your Scare On: Fright Fest 2021 At Six Flags Brings New Thrills, Special Events

JACKSON, NJ — Are you ready to be scared? Fright Fest is back at Six Flags Great Adventure, and the park is expanding the thrills for families and fright fans.

Fright Fest begins Sept. 10 and runs through Halloween, and this year includes new weeknight events, park officials said.

On the weekends, there will be family-friendly "Thrills by Day" and terrifying "Fright by Night."

Admission will include six elaborately decorated areas, attractions for kids including the Trick-or-Treat Trail, 10 live shows including its "Dead Man’s Party" and "Unleashed."

The park’s thrill rides will run in the dark and for those who really love to be frightened, there will be nine haunted mazes to "provide the most extreme scares," for an additional fee.

There also will be special limited-time fall offers at dining and shopping throughout the park, officials said.

The park also is offering "Fright Fest Power Hours," on Thursdays in September and Wednesdays and Thursdays in October, "a new, private event for ultimate thrill-seekers," officials said. It includes exclusive ride time on the park’s coasters and select thrill rides in the dark, and discounted prices for the indoor and outdoor haunted mazes. Attendance for this event is limited and tickets and reservations are required.

The Wild Safari Drive-Thru Adventure will operate daily through September and weekends and select days in October and November. Reservations are no longer required to visit the safari. Xpedition Dino will operate throughout the day as a drive-thru add-on without scare actors.

September will include fireworks set to a Halloween-themed music soundtrack on the weekends, as part of "Member & Season Pass Appreciation Month."

New attractions include:

• "Venom Gulch" Scare Zone, where Frontier Adventures will become a Wild West town abandoned following a mineshaft collapse. "The town folk packed up and left…but the miners’ spirits remained to poison the town."
• Witch’s Brew, story time for the littlest boys and ghouls with the friendly neighborhood witch.
• The legend of the Jersey Devil, at the Jersey Devil Coaster.
• And debuting this fall, the Lil’ Devil Coaster, "pint-sized coaster thrills for the park’s smallest guests," near the Jersey Devil Coaster.

Two additions to the haunted mazes (which require Fright Passes):

• Xpedition Dino will become a haunted maze where blood-thirsty dinosaurs have begun their prehistoric purge, and humans must try to escape alive. Fright Pass required;
• The Lab, a new haunted maze that features "a secretive laboratory where mysterious and unlicensed experiments are the order of the day."

Family-friendly “Thrills by Day” activities include the Spooktacular Dance Party in the street where attendees can join in; Scary-oke, where kids can be the singing stars; and the Trick-or-Treat Trail for kids 12 and younger.

Fright by Night begins at 6 p.m. and may not be suitable for children 12 or younger. It includes The Arrival Ghoul Parade, where a horde of demented clowns, mutants, and freaks take to the streets, along with:

• The Awakening – Guests harness the power of black magic to release the ghouls for “Fright by Night” in this stage show. Contains pyrotechnics and loud noises.
• Dead Man’s Party: Grave Stories – Learn the tales behind the revelers at Dr. Fright’s explosive and iconic song-and-dance bash. Contains strobe lights, pyrotechnics, and loud noises.
• Unleashed – Enter a mystifying world of incredible acrobatics, illusion, and dance.
• Blood Drums – Driving beats and rhythmic power tools create a unique, pulse-pounding percussion show.
• Doc Swan’s Sideshow of Oddities – Wild, wacky, and macabre exploits from sideshow expert Doc Swan.

The haunted mazes, which require a Fright Pass, are:

• Reflections of the Dead – Come face-to-face with yourself as you try to escape the evil lurking in this labyrinth of mirrors, mystery and mayhem! Children 44 inches or smaller must be accompanied by an adult.
• Fears – Six Flags will prey on your worst nightmares, from spiders and blood to dolls, ghosts and more.
• The Manor – Travel the cobwebbed halls of The Manor, where flesh-hungry zombies are stalking around every corner.
• Big Top Terror: Forgotten Carnival 3-D – Deep in the woods, stumble upon a forgotten carnival of rotten tents and vicious monstrosities trapped in the netherworld.
• The Lab – Try to escape this facility filled with unlicensed experiments, mysterious test tubes, and top-secret research.
• Xpedition Dino: Survival – It’s a prehistoric purge of epic proportions. Beware–dinos are on the loose.
• Blood Shed – Mama welcomes you to her nightmarish farm of human-animal hybrids.
• Wicked Woods – Dare to venture into the haunted forest where evil creatures of fables and folklore materialize before your eyes.
• Aftermath – A once-quiet neighborhood has been overtaken by post-apocalyptic mutant scavengers.

Member and season passes are on sale for 2022, and in September there will be special discounts and offers in the park, extra rewards, exclusive shows and maze access, for those who have memberships and season passes.

Reservations are required for Fright Fest; those who arrive at the park without a reservation will be able to make one on the spot if there is availability. If the park is sold out on a particular day, they will be turned away.

Park officials say they are still looking for more ghouls and zombies for Fright Fest. If you'd like to spend your weekends putting the "fright" in the fest, apply online before attending an audition or text SCARE to 220-MONSTER.

Based on current New Jersey mandates and park safety protocols, masks are recommended for all non-vaccinated guests. Social distancing and hand sanitizing are strongly encouraged.