Halloween in orlando

[ihatethecold]

Going to be in orlando this halloween. Iwas thinking about the fright night at universal but the website says not suitable for under 13s.
My kids are 9 and 12.
Has anyone been? Is it really that scary?
If not what to do instead?
Not doing disney this year.
Was wondering about celebration, ive heard its worth a visit for the decor etc.

Hi, we've been in Orlando a few times at Halloween and although not been to fright night I'm pretty sure it is aimed at older children and I'm 99% sure I read that you are not allowed to dress up going into the park. Also, like a lot of the parks there (except I think seaworld) it is an additional charge on top of the normal entrance price for going to the halloween special evenings/days.

Where will you be staying? We stayed in a villa there and went trick & treating around the neighbourhood and kids had a great time. They really go overboard about halloween out there and loads of halloween stuff available cheaply in all the supermarkets.

Celebration is lovely, we were there a few weeks ago and I'm guessing there will be a good athmosphere. There are some great restaurants down by the lake if you want to eat there before trick and treating.

I'm sure your kids would love Seaworld who don't (or didn't) charge extra to get when they have the halloween stuff on and the parks tend to do the halloween special stuff over a period of 3 or 4 days, not just on the 31st

Believe them when they write such stuff; they are not kidding.

It really is not suitable for those under the age of 13, there are often horror film type elements tied into such events and it can be very intense indeed for adults let alone children.

Would suggest visiting SeaWorld or one of the Disney parks instead.

Thanks you two. Very useful info.