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Vol. 5, No. 10, October 2008, Featured Articles

Fright Night Festivities

By Casino Connection Staff  

Halloween Happenings

Fright Night Festivities

It’s that time of year again when ghosts and goblins roam the night in search of treats, or at least a good drink special. Here are some of this year’s Halloween hot spots, from hayrides and haunted houses to the best watering holes.

CASINO EVENTS & NIGHTCLUBS

Quarter at Tropicana
15 night spots with events and costume parties October 30 - November 1
•The Quarter Costume Contest,  October 31, 11pm
Providence Nightclub, Halloween Happy Hour, October 31, 10pm-Midnight
Cuba Libre & Missile Bar Costume Party, October 31
•Scaryoke at Planet Rose,  October 31
•Holla-Ween at 32 Degrees Luxe Lounge, October 31, costume contest at Midnight
•Haunting Halloween Tour: A single $10 cover charge buys partygoers $10 in food and drink certificates as well as admission into three bashes. Costumes are a must because each location will hold a contest: Hooters of Tropicana awards $500 in cash and prizes at 9 p.m.; Firewaters gives out another $500 in cash and prizes at 10:30 p.m.; and, at Midnight, A Dam Good Sports Bar presents $1,000 in cash and prizes. Drink specials are featured at all three venues all night long.

Resorts Casino Hotel
Booooogie Nights Halloween Bash
October 31, 9 p.m.

The Pool at Harrah’s
Wet Yourself Halloween Bash
October 31, 9 p.m. - 4 a.m.

Casbah Nightclub, Trump Taj Mahal
Wicked Good Time Halloween Party
November 1, 9 p.m.

IMAX at Tropicana
“Rocky Horror Picture Show”
October 30 - November 1
(Pre-party and costume contest, Planet Rose Oct. 30, 8-10pm • Rocky Horror costume contest 10pm Oct. 30)

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
mur.mur Monday Costume party October 27 and parties at Mixx and mur.mur October 31

Hard Rock Cafe at Trump Taj Mahal
Costume party October 31

Déjà Vu Nightclub, Atlantic City
SJ AIDS Alliance Halloween Bash
October 26 • www.southjerseyaidsalliance.org

HAUNTED HAYRIDES & TOURS

Haunted Train Ride at Smithville
Historic Smithville & Village Green
October 10 - October 25
Fridays & Saturdays dark to 9 p.m.
609-748-6160 • www.smithvillenj.com

Haunted Hayride and Maze
Flemings Junkyard, 353 Zion Rd.
Egg Harbor Township
Fridays & Saturdays in October,
7 p.m. - 11 p.m.
609-653-8412 • www.scullvillefire.org
Indian Acres Pumpkin Farm & Hayrides
Tuckerton Road, Medford
Hayrides: Friday, Saturday 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Sundays Oct. 12, 19  & 26, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Pumpkin Farm: Weekends until October 26,
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. • 609-953-0087
www.indianacrestreefarm.com
Ocean City Hayride & Ghost Tours
Boardwalk Hayrides, Oct. 18-19, noon- 4 p.m.
Ghost Tours: 9th Street & Asbury Avenue,
Every Saturday, Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, 8 p.m.
609-814-0199 • www.ghosttour.com

Birch Grove Park Non-haunted Hayrides
Burton Avenue, Northfield
(Call for dates) 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
609-641-3778

Tuckerton Haunted Seaport
Route 9, Tuckerton
October 24-25, 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
609-296-8868 • www.tuckertonseaport.org

Tales of Terror/Ghosts of Cape May Trolley Tours • Historic Cape May
Tales of Terror: Friday, Oct. 17, 24 & 31,
Saturday, Oct. 18 & 25 (Various Times)
Ghosts of Cape May: October 17-31
www.capemaymac.org
Phantoms of the Physick Estate Tour
Historic Cape May
Oct. 18 & 25, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.,
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
www.capemaymac.org

Ghost Host Walking Tours
600 Main Street, Mays Landing
October 17, 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
609-625-0805 • www.mayslandingmerchants.com

Haunted Trolley & Ghost Tour of Philadelphia
Ghost Tour: Signers Garden at 5th & Chestnut, Daily 7:30 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Halloween 7:30 p.m. & 9 p.m.
Trolley Tour: 111 S. Independence Mall,
Daily 8 p.m. • 215.413.7000
www.ghosttour.com

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