ValleyScare at Valleyfair

ValleyScare returns to Valleyfair on Friday and Saturday nights, September 19 through October 31, 7 p.m. to midnight. After dark the park up the road in Shakopee becomes a haunted playground: five indoor haunted mazes, scare zones along the midways, Halloween-themed live shows, and the big coasters running in the dark.

The five mazes are Berserkers: Valkyries’ Vengeance (undead Vikings among Norse ruins), Cryptidland (a roadside attraction where the legends turn out to be real), Mr. Cleaver’s Bloodshed (a slaughterhouse), The Chateau: 7 Deadly Scares (a haunted manor built around the seven deadly sins) and Undertakers (a mortuary whose residents refuse to stay buried). Scare zones include Signal Zero, Hemlock’s Coven, Blood on the Boundary Waters and CarnEVIL: Midway of Mayhem, with shows like Hell on Wheels and Dragons Fire Theater on the stages in between.

ValleyScare is a separately ticketed nighttime event. Tickets are $49.99 online ($89 at the gate) with all five mazes and parking included, and it is covered by eligible season passes; a 2027 pass bought now includes the rest of this season. Everyone 3 and up needs a ticket, a chaperone policy applies, there is no re-entry, and masks, face paint and costumes are not allowed. It is intense and not meant for young kids. Families can do Tricks and Treats, the daytime version, on weekends September 26 through November 1, and a combo ticket covers both on the same Saturday. Dates, tickets and policies are on Valleyfair’s ValleyScare page.