Tomorrow will mark my very first Scream Break at Six Flags Great Adventure! For those who do not know, Scream Break is a limited capacity event that will be taking place after the park closes at Six Flags Great Adventure and other Six Flags parks around the country. Scream Break is actually a sort of miniature Fright Fest, so naturally I am pretty excited to get a dose of spooky at the start of the season as well as during the fall. So what is Scream Break and is it going to be worth it. The following are my initial thoughts on it.
Being a limited capacity event, you can either reserve a ticket online or walk up and purchase one when you arrive. Scream Break is free to pass holders, but a limited number of pass holder slots are available, otherwise the event for non passholders is $40. Seems like a reasonable price for an evening of chills and thrills from 8pm till 11pm right? Normally I'd say yes, but lets look deeper shall we. Unlike Fright Fest, the park is not fully open during Scream Break. In fact, the only portions of the park that will be open is The Boardwalk section and the Kingda Ka area of The Golden Kingdom. So this means that you attendees will not be getting to experience the usual decor and layout of the park's Fright Fest. In fact, there is no advertisements of decorations at all, which makes sense considering Great Adventure has not really decorated The Boardwalk in recent years and The Golden Kingdom historically has not really participated in Fright Fest (minus a terror trail being there).
While it does not sound like there will be too much in the way spooky decorations, Six Flags does advertise that there will be a Spring Break Zombie Scare Zone. I'll find out what that entails tomorrow when I go, but I hope it is more than just a few scare actors wandering around with no decoration or theming to be seen at all. There will, however, be a Scream Break Dance Party. Now don't go getting things confused. I didn't type Dead Man's Party for a reason. It's not going to be a dance party like that as it sounds more like it's going to be a dance party for the attendees that the ghouls/zombies will be intermingling in. I could be wrong, but I will certainly not complain hopefully hearing some good Halloween party dance music. Six Flags is also advertising fog, spooky lighting, and spooky music during the event. I'd hope so.
So what's open? I mentioned the areas that will be open, but what about the rides? Well a select number of rides and attractions will be open during this event. The good news is that there does appear to be a little something for almost everyone. Superman Ultimate Flight, The Green Lantern, Twister, Dare Devil Dive, Sling Shot, Great American Road Race, and Kingda Ka will all be open. I am hoping with this being a limited capacity event that the extra fees for Sling Shot, Great American Road Race, and Dare Devil Dive will be dropped or even removed. I did have a Six Flags online support member tell me that they will still be there normal extra fee, but people close to the park seem to have been told other things. If not this means that four rides are available to ride without having to pay an additional fee. In addition to the rides and dance party will be two haunted houses. Both The Manor and Fears will be open during the event. These too I have been told will be at an extra fee. I have also been told though by others close to the park that they will not be at an additional fee. Long story short here is that Six Flags has not actually said what the situation is with these attractions so it's just as possible they will be at an added fee as it is they will not be at an added fee. For non passholder sakes I'd hope they are included as Scream Break is a separate admission from the normal operating hours.
So whether this event ends up being worth it in my opinion will end up coming down to the situation with the haunted houses and extreme attractions as they call them. If there are added fees for all of those I do think the price would be a bit rough and really the $40 is getting you a dance party and a nighttime ride on three coasters and Twister, all of which can be done at various points during the season. I've seen a lot of people commenting on social media that Scream Break (at other parks) is a scam with hidden fees. I'm guessing the hidden fees people refer to is the fact that certain attractions are listed as included, but are still pay to ride. I don't think I'd personally call it a scam though... Still, a taste of spooky during the spring is something I am greatly looking forward to.
As a passholder I'm not going to be paying anything additional to go to Scream Break, so if I decide to spend any money on attractions, I'm personally not going to feel shafted or scammed since the event is covered by my pass. While I don't have a ton of high hopes for this being a spectacular event, I am hopeful that it will still be a good time and I hope to see at least some people get a good scare. I would love to see the park do more limited capacity events during the year like this. Even if it does not include the whole park, different themed events gives me another reason to want to go. So with that said I will be at the park tomorrow night having a scary good time and ultimately making the experience what I make it, and that will be a fun time regardless of ride availability (also helps that I'm not a huge ride person anyway).
Scream break will run nightly from April 8th until April 15th from 8:00pm till 11:00pm. For tickets or to book your passholder reservation visit https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure/events/scream-break .
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