Family Halloween Activities

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Hey all! I wanted to tell you about our family Halloween trip at Witch’s Woods and if it is worth the money.

Located at Nashoba Valley Ski Area in Westford MA

Witch’s Woods is similar to what you would expect at Spooky World, except I don’t remember them having carnival rides but they did have a couple other attractions. My boyfriend and I have an 11 year old little girl. We get her every other Halloween. Her mother gets to spend the others with her because we spit holidays.

My boyfriend and I wanted to do something fun with her, the next time we have her for family Halloween activities she will be 13. YEAH as in thirteen – she will be a teenager and in 8th grade!

Missing the days she was a toddler and an energetic little hurricane

There was sometimes,I dreaded the long days but now I miss them terribly. I feel like the time passed so fast. I know some teenagers stay close with their parents. It just scares me that she is growing up.

She said she wanted to go to Witches Woods this year. Immediately I started looking up coupons. How do you fathom paying $39 a ticket. I went online through the checkout and at $117 and I just couldn’t do it.

Online Deals

I went back to phase one, looking online for deals. The website at checkout, they have a coupon code slot but I could not find a code anywhere on the internet. When I finally realized the site itself has a deals page, durrrr.. they had a coupon for $9 off, but you had to print it and they do not accept a picture on your phone. Thankfully we have a printer and it wasn’t out of ink. SHOCKER!

I know it’s not much but $90 sounds a lot better than $117. Especially on a tight budget.

The ticket is below if you want to print it out.

Additional Coupons, Deals and Details

Just my opinion but I would always call ahead to make sure they have them. Some locations may not be participating.

Sullivan Tire

Buy 4 tires, get 4 passes free

Buy 2 tires, get 2 passes free

This deal is only good for 10/30 and 10/31 – It also says only good for Thursdays and Sundays (which is confusing)

Gervais Automotive

This auto dealership is offering 2 free tickets for a test drive

It does say only for select nights and only certain dealerships are participating. I would definitely recommend calling first.

Papaginos

If you visit a store you get a $9 off coupon –

$30 for single admission

They also have a deal going that you can text WITCH to 40518 to get a free small cheese pizza with a purchase of a beverage.- VALID ON ONLINE ORDERS ONLY

D’Angelo Grilled Sandwiches

Is also offering $9 off your ticket for visiting there location

They as well have a deal going on that you can text SCREAM to 40518 to get a free small sandwich with a purchase of a beverage.VALID IN STORE ONLY

Southwick’s Zoo

Visit the location and you get a $9 off coupon

A-Affordable

If you visit a store you get a $9 off coupon

Visit the location and you get a $9 off coupon

Witch’s Woods Family Halloween Adventure Details

Your pass includes what is known as the longest hayride in New England, 3 haunted houses you can visit, they offer 2 self-guided tours, a scary woods walk.

We decided, OK, let’s go for it, she will only be 11 once, we have to do something really exciting in case she is too cool for us next Halloween. Lol.

The ride from Middleboro took about an hour and fifteen minutes.

Directions to Witches Woods in Westford MA

A downfall of not ordering online is that you have to wait in line instead of will-call. No skipping the lines to get in. To my surprise it really wasn’t to long at all. Possibly 5-10 minutes, if that. We went on a Sunday night and got there right when they opened at 6:30. Parking is free and we got a spot extremely close to the entrance.

After purchasing 3 tickets our total was $90.

It will look like this but with five perforated tab sections (basically tickets) and one at the end. The one at the end is for the Haunted Hayride, you only get one admission for that. The 5 small tickets on the opposite end will get you into 5 attractions, including 3 haunted houses. You can go to the same one 5 times or any combination you choose.. More information on each attraction is listed here.

The First Haunted House we decided on was the The 3D Keeper’s Crypt



This one definitely scared my stepdaughter the most. She didn’t want to go back to that one. Older kids would probably love it, but the little ones may be scared of this one. They give you 3D glasses which makes everything seem more real. Its super loud, lots of banging and yelling. The glow in the dark strobe lighting everywhere was impressive. I enjoyed that a lot!

For our next adventure we traveled over to the Witch’s Woods Haunted Hay Ride.

That was my stepdaughter’s favorite so far! She really enjoyed it. They had a guide explaining the details of the little town we traveled around. It was really cool. It is called a hayride but there was no hay. We sat on a tractor with a wood bed and dangled our feet off the edge. It was not uncomfortable or anything but different then others I have been on.

The last haunted house we visited was called Nightmare Mansion. I say last because she insisted on going in three times. Then we were out of tickets.

We also passed a Psychic booth. The were charging $15 for a palm reading or $30 for cards and palm readings. I wasn’t interested but I thought that was a little steep in price. I would have guessed $5, especially in a place like this.



They do have two other free walk through areas. It reminds me of Edaville in Carver MA. In the winter before Christmas, they have a ton of displays. They are all lit up and the kids love it. Especially the little ones. (Which does have a Groupon out for the month of October)

The Jack O’Lantern Jamboree was an area filled with professionally carved pumpkins. It was so beautiful and the details they put into those carved pumpkins was amazing.

There were probably over 20 of these display cases, filled with carved pumpkins, lined up all around a gorgeous light up path.

The Horror Chamber of Chills was basically set up similar but had horror movies playing on screens. There were displays of people hanging, and bloody scenery.

At this point it was around 8:30. So all of that took us two hours but barely any long lines. I can’t imagine what the lines are like on a Saturday night.

They had a bunch of stands with carnival food. Candy apples, fried dough, fries and all the other favorites. They had picnic tables outside but also a huge tent filled with more picnic tables.

We ate some fries and the little one got a candy apple.

They also had a stage so we got to see people in scary costumes doing the git up dance.

Of course these places sneak other things in that cost extra. (Of course that is the ONE thing you’re child is dying to do.) So I splurged on an $8 trampoline jump!

Now it’s close to 9:15PM and I still had an hour and 15 minute ride home, an 11 to put to bed, who has school in the morning. I still had to make her lunch for the next day and get ready for bed. All things considered, it was an awesome night and we had a blast.

In conclusion, we ended up having a great time. I 100% think it is worth the $30 a ticket.

I still can’t see myself spending $39. Coupons are everywhere. You just need to find them!

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