Anyone who thinks Halloween is just for kids is missing out on some
ghostly fun. Halloween is the one time of year when it�s okay for
grown ups to indulge in everything from diet-breaking candy binges
to daring costumes a la vampires and the French maid. If nothing
else, Halloween is a means of breaking routine and trying out
another role. Break your routine this year in one of the following
cities, where the festivities promise to scare, or at least tickle,
your funny bone. According to Jen Catto, Travelocity�s Senior
Editor, �Halloween is a time for the kid in all of us to come out
and play." She adds that, "traveling to your favorite costume
party, parade or pumpkin patch just adds to the fun.� From the
ultimate Vegas party to the best pumpkin festival around,
Travelocity�s editor�s picked the top Halloween events for everyone
from 6 to 60: Grisly Adult Options: Vegas: Haunted Villages and
Wedding Chapels In true Vegas-meets-Liberace style, the Haunted
Village at Orleans Arena pulls out all the stops with seven
decaying haunted houses (with names like �Hysteria Hotel� and �The
Morbid Clown Manor�), an above-ground graveyard crawling with
ghouls and zombies, dizzying carnival rides, a DJ and live music,
and on a surprisingly restrained note, a pumpkin patch with haunted
hayrides. Tickets must be purchased in advance (Oct. 13�31, 7 p.m.
� midnight). Some think walking down the aisle is scary enough, but
not at the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel. It�s taking the fear of
commitment to a new level with Halloween-themed wedding packages
from Oct. 11�31. Depending on your theme, the chapel is transformed
into everything from a foggy, Gothic graveyard�complete with the
Grim Reaper, candles, and creepy music�to the costumed set of the
Rocky Horror Picture Show (Minister Frankenfurter�s services
included). Miami: Ghoulish Grooves Never passing up an opportunity
to let loose, Miami celebrates Halloween in style and takes
advantage of the warm Florida nights.�Get your ghoulish groove on
at the mansion-turned-haunted house at the Vizcaya Museum and
Gardens� Halloween Sundowner. The beautiful people who attend this
annual ball go out of their way to make themselves appear creepy
with over-the-top costumes befitting of the lavish, 1916 estate
that is now a National Landmark. Top-shelf liquor and J.P. Chenet
wines limit this dance party to nearly 3,000 members of the 21 and
over crowd. All proceeds go towards restoration of this popular
museum (Oct. 28, 8 p.m. � 1 a.m.). Frightening Adult and Children
Options: London: Highgate Cemetery Founded in 1839, high on a
hilltop above the soot and smoke of London, this massive
Romantic-Gothic woodland park became the most fashionable�and
mystical�place to be buried in Victorian society. Karl Marx,
Charles Dickens, and many of Queen Victoria�s Royal household are
among the 850 notables buried here. Highland was immortalized as
the �most magical place in London� and was reputedly the setting
for Bram Stoker�s Dracula. The cemetery is notorious for its myriad
myths and legends--from mysterious exploding coffins to rumors of a
predatory vampire, which led locals to storm the cemetery with
torches and garlic in the 1960s. Highgate has recently been
restored for visitors and makes an historic and authentically eerie
place to spend Halloween. Tarrytown, NY: Old Dutch Burying Ground
of Sleepy Hollow Located along what used to be the Albany Post Road
(Route 9), in the beautiful Hudson River Valley the ruins of this
17th-century cemetery lay to rest. The Romantic-style design and
iconic skull and angel grave-markers are only enhanced by the
overrun vines and dense wooded areas that comprise the property.
The bordering, 860-acre Rockefeller State Preserve also harkens
back to the days of Ichabod Crane and makes for a wonderfully eerie
afternoon hike through the Valley�s fog. Editor�s Tip: Just around
the corner on Oct. 27, the National Trust for Historic
Preservation�s Lyndhurst Mansion, a superlative example of
Gothic-Revival architecture, hosts a 19th-century themed Halloween
party, complete with famous characters from the past. Spooky Kids
Options: Miami: Kid-Friendly Thrills If you�re traveling in
family-friendly Miami with your little gremlins, take the brood to
MetroBoo, Miami Metro Zoo's creepy kiddie celebration. Kids will
enjoy face painting, a costume contest, and costumed parade, and
parents will appreciate this safe opportunity for trick-or-treating
amongst the zoo animals (Oct. 28-29, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.). Another one
for kiddies and adults alike is the Seaquarium�s Monster Splash
Nighttime Bash: three nights of trick-or-treating, Halloween-themed
animal shows, and two haunted houses. Candy stations and other cool
surprises will be set up around the park for trick-or-treaters in
costume. The nighttime shows will feature cadaverous creatures
performing at Flipper's Thrills and Chills Show, and little ones
can follow the yellow brick road to The Wizard of Oz Sea Lion Show,
or see buccaneers put up a fight at Pirates of the Top Deck Show
(Oct. 27, 28, 29 and 31). Keene, New Hampshire: Record-Breaking
Jack-o-Lantern Festival Each year, tens of thousands of people
flock to downtown Keene for the annual pumpkin festival, which is
so popular, the city closes off Main Street to create a pedestrian
walkway. Storefronts and streets lined with jack-o�-lanterns are
only the beginning: more than a mile of wooden scaffolding supports
tens of 1000s of specimens in four 40-foot towers. Starting around
nightfall, volunteers coordinate a simultaneous lighting, which
draws a chorus of gasps. Visitors are encouraged to arrive with
prepared, carved pumpkins, ready to be lit, and past years�
mailed-in samples have traveled from as far as New Zealand. In a
Herculean effort that would make even Martha Stewart green with
envy, the town holds the Guinness Book World Record for the largest
number of lit jack-o-lanterns: 28, 952-in one place, at one time
(Oct. 21, 10 a.m. � 10 p.m.). Thrilling Parades: San Francisco:
Halloween in the Castro Reminiscent of Rio's Carnival or New
Orleans' Mardi Gras, the annual Halloween celebration is a
spectacular sight to see. Massive crowds congregate in the Castro
on All Hallow's Eve to gawk at, or show off, crazy getups and be
entertained by any of the four stages that feature drag shows,
costume contests and live music (Oct. 31, 7 p.m. � midnight). New
York: 33rd Annual Village Halloween Parade All those in costume are
welcome to join hundreds of puppets, 53 bands of different types of
music, dancers and artists, and thousands of other New Yorkers in
costumes of their own creation in the nation�s most wildly creative
public participatory event. This year the parade pays tribute to
its origins with an Ancient Celtic communal fire theme (Oct. 31, 7
p.m. � 10 p.m.). Hawaii: 16th Annual Halloween in Lahaina, Maui The
Legend of Halloween, celebrated since 1990, is more than just a
night on the town in costume! More than 30,000 revelers come to
Front Street on Halloween night to participate in the annual
children's costume parade, and enjoy crafters, activities, food
booths, live music and dancing, as well as watch The Maui Tacos
Halloween Costume Contest in Banyan Tree Park (Oct. 31, 5 p.m.).
About Travelocity Travelocity is committed to being the traveler�s
champion � before, during and after the trip and guarantees
everything about a customer�s booking will be right. If it�s not,
Travelocity will work with its partners to make it right, right
away. This customer-driven focus, backed by live 24/7 phone
support, great prices and powerful shopping technology has made
Travelocity the fifth largest travel agency in the U.S. � booking
$7.4 billion in travel worldwide in 2005. Based in Southlake,
Texas, Travelocity also�owns and operates Travelocity BusinessSM
and GetThere for corporate travelers, lastminute.com, a leader in
European online travel and ZUJI, a leader in Asia-Pacific online
travel. Travelocity is owned by Sabre Holdings Corporation (NYSE:
TSG), a world leader in travel commerce. Anyone who thinks
Halloween is just for kids is missing out on some ghostly fun.
Halloween is the one time of year when it's okay for grown ups to
indulge in everything from diet-breaking candy binges to daring
costumes a la vampires and the French maid. If nothing else,
Halloween is a means of breaking routine and trying out another
role. Break your routine this year in one of the following cities,
where the festivities promise to scare, or at least tickle, your
funny bone. According to Jen Catto, Travelocity's Senior Editor,
"Halloween is a time for the kid in all of us to come out and
play." She adds that, "traveling to your favorite costume party,
parade or pumpkin patch just adds to the fun." From the ultimate
Vegas party to the best pumpkin festival around, Travelocity's
editor's picked the top Halloween events for everyone from 6 to 60:
Grisly Adult Options: Vegas: Haunted Villages and Wedding Chapels
In true Vegas-meets-Liberace style, the Haunted Village at Orleans
Arena pulls out all the stops with seven decaying haunted houses
(with names like "Hysteria Hotel" and "The Morbid Clown Manor"), an
above-ground graveyard crawling with ghouls and zombies, dizzying
carnival rides, a DJ and live music, and on a surprisingly
restrained note, a pumpkin patch with haunted hayrides. Tickets
must be purchased in advance (Oct. 13-31, 7 p.m. - midnight). Some
think walking down the aisle is scary enough, but not at the Viva
Las Vegas Wedding Chapel. It's taking the fear of commitment to a
new level with Halloween-themed wedding packages from Oct. 11-31.
Depending on your theme, the chapel is transformed into everything
from a foggy, Gothic graveyard--complete with the Grim Reaper,
candles, and creepy music--to the costumed set of the Rocky Horror
Picture Show (Minister Frankenfurter's services included). Miami:
Ghoulish Grooves Never passing up an opportunity to let loose,
Miami celebrates Halloween in style and takes advantage of the warm
Florida nights. Get your ghoulish groove on at the
mansion-turned-haunted house at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens'
Halloween Sundowner. The beautiful people who attend this annual
ball go out of their way to make themselves appear creepy with
over-the-top costumes befitting of the lavish, 1916 estate that is
now a National Landmark. Top-shelf liquor and J.P. Chenet wines
limit this dance party to nearly 3,000 members of the 21 and over
crowd. All proceeds go towards restoration of this popular museum
(Oct. 28, 8 p.m. - 1 a.m.). Frightening Adult and Children Options:
London: Highgate Cemetery Founded in 1839, high on a hilltop above
the soot and smoke of London, this massive Romantic-Gothic woodland
park became the most fashionable--and mystical--place to be buried
in Victorian society. Karl Marx, Charles Dickens, and many of Queen
Victoria's Royal household are among the 850 notables buried here.
Highland was immortalized as the "most magical place in London" and
was reputedly the setting for Bram Stoker's Dracula. The cemetery
is notorious for its myriad myths and legends--from mysterious
exploding coffins to rumors of a predatory vampire, which led
locals to storm the cemetery with torches and garlic in the 1960s.
Highgate has recently been restored for visitors and makes an
historic and authentically eerie place to spend Halloween.
Tarrytown, NY: Old Dutch Burying Ground of Sleepy Hollow Located
along what used to be the Albany Post Road (Route 9), in the
beautiful Hudson River Valley the ruins of this 17th-century
cemetery lay to rest. The Romantic-style design and iconic skull
and angel grave-markers are only enhanced by the overrun vines and
dense wooded areas that comprise the property. The bordering,
860-acre Rockefeller State Preserve also harkens back to the days
of Ichabod Crane and makes for a wonderfully eerie afternoon hike
through the Valley's fog. Editor's Tip: Just around the corner on
Oct. 27, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Lyndhurst
Mansion, a superlative example of Gothic-Revival architecture,
hosts a 19th-century themed Halloween party, complete with famous
characters from the past. Spooky Kids Options: Miami: Kid-Friendly
Thrills If you're traveling in family-friendly Miami with your
little gremlins, take the brood to MetroBoo, Miami Metro Zoo's
creepy kiddie celebration. Kids will enjoy face painting, a costume
contest, and costumed parade, and parents will appreciate this safe
opportunity for trick-or-treating amongst the zoo animals (Oct.
28-29, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.). Another one for kiddies and adults alike is
the Seaquarium's Monster Splash Nighttime Bash: three nights of
trick-or-treating, Halloween-themed animal shows, and two haunted
houses. Candy stations and other cool surprises will be set up
around the park for trick-or-treaters in costume. The nighttime
shows will feature cadaverous creatures performing at Flipper's
Thrills and Chills Show, and little ones can follow the yellow
brick road to The Wizard of Oz Sea Lion Show, or see buccaneers put
up a fight at Pirates of the Top Deck Show (Oct. 27, 28, 29 and
31). Keene, New Hampshire: Record-Breaking Jack-o-Lantern Festival
Each year, tens of thousands of people flock to downtown Keene for
the annual pumpkin festival, which is so popular, the city closes
off Main Street to create a pedestrian walkway. Storefronts and
streets lined with jack-o'-lanterns are only the beginning: more
than a mile of wooden scaffolding supports tens of 1000s of
specimens in four 40-foot towers. Starting around nightfall,
volunteers coordinate a simultaneous lighting, which draws a chorus
of gasps. Visitors are encouraged to arrive with prepared, carved
pumpkins, ready to be lit, and past years' mailed-in samples have
traveled from as far as New Zealand. In a Herculean effort that
would make even Martha Stewart green with envy, the town holds the
Guinness Book World Record for the largest number of lit
jack-o-lanterns: 28, 952-in one place, at one time (Oct. 21, 10
a.m. - 10 p.m.). Thrilling Parades: San Francisco: Halloween in the
Castro Reminiscent of Rio's Carnival or New Orleans' Mardi Gras,
the annual Halloween celebration is a spectacular sight to see.
Massive crowds congregate in the Castro on All Hallow's Eve to gawk
at, or show off, crazy getups and be entertained by any of the four
stages that feature drag shows, costume contests and live music
(Oct. 31, 7 p.m. - midnight). New York: 33rd Annual Village
Halloween Parade All those in costume are welcome to join hundreds
of puppets, 53 bands of different types of music, dancers and
artists, and thousands of other New Yorkers in costumes of their
own creation in the nation's most wildly creative public
participatory event. This year the parade pays tribute to its
origins with an Ancient Celtic communal fire theme (Oct. 31, 7 p.m.
- 10 p.m.). Hawaii: 16th Annual Halloween in Lahaina, Maui The
Legend of Halloween, celebrated since 1990, is more than just a
night on the town in costume! More than 30,000 revelers come to
Front Street on Halloween night to participate in the annual
children's costume parade, and enjoy crafters, activities, food
booths, live music and dancing, as well as watch The Maui Tacos
Halloween Costume Contest in Banyan Tree Park (Oct. 31, 5 p.m.).
About Travelocity Travelocity is committed to being the traveler's
champion - before, during and after the trip and guarantees
everything about a customer's booking will be right. If it's not,
Travelocity will work with its partners to make it right, right
away. This customer-driven focus, backed by live 24/7 phone
support, great prices and powerful shopping technology has made
Travelocity the fifth largest travel agency in the U.S. - booking
$7.4 billion in travel worldwide in 2005. Based in Southlake,
Texas, Travelocity also owns and operates Travelocity BusinessSM
and GetThere for corporate travelers, lastminute.com, a leader in
European online travel and ZUJI, a leader in Asia-Pacific online
travel. Travelocity is owned by Sabre Holdings Corporation (NYSE:
TSG), a world leader in travel commerce.
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