Scream-A-Geddon is back on its 60 acres in Pasco County this weekend, kicking off its 12th season fresh off a $2.5 million renovation of the park's central midway. The horror attraction runs from Thursday through November 1, with general admission tickets starting at $29.95.
The overhaul transformed the park's Monster Midway into a 50,000-square-foot themed space called Bonzo's Bizarre, adding four food trucks, s'mores fire pits, permanent covered pavilions and an expanded craft beer garden, according to WFTV. As Creative Loafing Tampa reports, the park also added paved parking lots as part of the upgrade, and the character Bonzo appears throughout the attraction.
The renovation marks a shift for a park that started as a rural pop-up haunt back in 2015. Scream-A-Geddon originally opened that year on Saint Joe Road under Indiana-based parent company Point Summit Inc., which also owns and operates the adjacent TreeHoppers Aerial Adventure Park, per the Laker/Lutz News.
Six Haunts and a Grab-Consent Zone
This year's lineup features six main attractions spread across the property, led by Killgore's 3D Circus — which debuted as the flagship haunt in 2025 — alongside Bloodwater Bayou, Demon's Revenge, Breach, Ravenhill Asylum and Zombie Paintball Assault, the same report notes. Zombie Paintball costs an extra fee, and the park also sells Fast Pass and VIP upgrades along with paid parking.
Two of those attractions, Breach and Ravenhill Asylum, let visitors 18 and older opt into what the park calls an interactive experience by wearing a glowing marker, giving scare actors permission to physically grab, touch or even separate them from their group, the station's report states. It's a hands-on format that goes further than a typical walkthrough haunt, and it's strictly a choice guests make for themselves rather than something imposed on every visitor.
Early Opening, Fluctuating Prices
By launching its 2026 season on August 29, Scream-A-Geddon opened earlier than nearly every independent horror haunt nationwide, beating regional competitors like Busch Gardens Tampa Bay's Howl-O-Scream to the punch, according to the Haunted Attraction Network. The park operates on select weekends early in the season before expanding its hours as October 31 approaches.
Ticket prices have swung considerably over the park's history. General admission started at $19.95 when the park debuted in 2015 and climbed as high as $31.95 to $52.95 in 2023, per WFTV's account, though this year's base price sits at $27.95 with promotional discounts before climbing toward the $29.95 starting point cited by Creative Loafing Tampa for peak dates.
New Dining Bundle, Local Hiring Push
For 2026, the park also introduced a pre-paid Deadly Dining Plan that lets guests bundle their online ticket purchase with advance food and beverage vouchers, according to the park's own site. Seasonal hiring listings for scare actors at the Dade City location posted starting pay of $13.50 an hour, based on postings reviewed on Indeed.
Pasco County's official tourism agency, Florida's Sports Coast, actively markets Scream-A-Geddon as a flagship fall attraction meant to boost overnight visits to rural Dade City. The park operates under local management led by Chief Marketing Officer Jon Pianki and Manager Winston McDaniel, and it currently holds a B- rating with the Better Business Bureau of West Florida tied to an unresolved complaint, per the Better Business Bureau.
