Happy Fall, y’all! It’s the 50th Anniversary of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and Carowinds is celebrating in with the ultimate fall festival – The Great Pumpkin Fest! This is the QC’s BEST fall festival of the season!
The Great Pumpkin Fest is the day version of Carowinds’ Halloween festivities. Every weekend day, you can go to Carowinds’ Great Pumpkin Fest, which takes place every Saturday and Sunday now through October 30th inside Carowinds’ Planet Snoopy. During the daytime, they transform Planet Snoopy into a street party of Halloween fun for kids and their families.
The Great Pumpkin Fest has Halloween-themed shows, attractions and interactive activities throughout the day. If you have been to Carowinds before, then you know Planet Snoopy has 13 amazing rides that are perfect for your younger kids. In addition to the rides, the Great Pumpkin Fest offers many Halloween-themed activities such as:
– Sleeping Giant
– Petting Zoo
– Hay Bale Maze
– Mumpkin Patch (kids choose their own mumpkin (mini-pumpkin) to decorate and take home as a spooktacular keepsake)
– Pig-Pen’s Foam Zone
– Trick-or-Treating
– Peter the Talking Pumpkin
– Color Station
– Midway Games
The Great Pumpkin Fest runs Saturdays & Sundays now through October 30th. Halloween activities are from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Click here to view complete park hours.
The Smarty Pants Carowinds Great Pumpkin Fest Giveaway!
Y-O-U could win a family 5-pack of tickets to The Great Pumpkin Fest! This is a $170 value! We’ll pick our lucky winner on Thursday, 10/13, simply do the following:
1) Leave a comment below about what your kids are going to be for Halloween – REQUIRED. Make sure you include your full name and working email address in your CSP profile so we can contact you as a winner.
2) Sign up for our enewsletter – REQUIRED.
3) Bonus Entry: Share this post on facebook & instagram. Tag your besties and @charlottesmartypants & @carowinds in hopes that one of you will win!
4) Bonus Entry: Share your best Halloween costume on CSP’s instagram with #CharlotteSmartyPantsCarowindsGiveaway.
We’ll pick our lucky winners on Thursday, October 13th in the CSP newsletter (so don’t forget to subscribe:-). Boo y’all!
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My daughter is going to be Minnie Mouse, my son wanted to be a clown, but we didn’t think it was appropriate so he is still deciding.
my daughter is going to be a renaissance princess and my son is going to be a Star WArs x-wing fighter pilot
My kids are going to be a guy from Suicide Squad, Cheshire Cat, and a Zombie bride! 🙂
My oldest daughter is going to be cotton candy and my five year old is going to be a unicorn.
My youngest son is going to be Olaf and my older son is going to be a football mummy. Interesting costume from Target…
My kids have not decided yet but they want to be something scary like a dead bride or a zombie.
My daughter is going to be super girl and my sonis going to be a zombie (I think).
Our daughter is going to be a Weeping Angel from Doctor Who. Fingers crossed this costume all comes together ☺️
My 3 boys are going as Five nights at Freddy’s characters. Freddy, Foxy, and Balloon Boy! We like to coordinate!
Our daughter is going to be the DC Superhero Girls Bat Girl. She loves her! Just found the costumer yesterday. 🙂
At first, we were going to all do a Plants vs. Zombies theme as my kids wanted to be pea shooters. So, my husband was going to be crazy Dave, and I was going to be the Zomboss, and it was going to be awesome. BUT, as usual, kids are fickle. My daughter decided she wanted to be Elsa (AGAIN), my son decided he wanted to be Raichu (the evolved form of Pikachu). My 3 year old agreed to be something we already had – a dragon/crocodile/giant lizard that I got from a consignment sale.
My kids are going with Ghostbusters this year! My son will be Peter Vinkman and my daughter as the giant marshmallow.
Our family (2 boys- 3 year & 3 months) are going as the 3 pigs & the big bad wolf! My oldest boy was Charloe Brown for his first Halloween and we are big Peanuts fans so we would LOVE a day at The Great pumpkin fest!!
My daughter is going to be an emoji and my son is going to be Ron from Harry Potter.
My daughter is going to be the pink power ranger.
My daughter is a good witch and my son is going as a ninja!
My daughter is going to be Draculara and my son is going to be Kane!
My daughter is going to be an emoji. I ‘m attempting to make her costume! 😮
We are all going as ghostbusters
My daughter is going as Elsa, my son will be a Minion!
my son is going to be pikachu
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We have a ninja and a princess this year!
My daughter is the purple haired character from the Decendants and my son is a biker gang member.
Sage is going to be poison ivy and Arden will be Princess Leia
My son will be Pikachu and my daughter will be riding an Ostrich!
My kids are going to be Paw Patrol, a ninja and a gumball machine!
My 5 year old is going to be a “Day of the Dead” witch (her own creation). We would love to go, have never been to Carowinds before!
I have six children. The 4 boys are going as football players, my oldest
Daughter is going as a cheerleader, the baby a football, and My husband
And I, the coaches.
My Granddaughter is going to dress up as a pirate or a duck. She will be cute in both!!
My boys will be going as Storm Troopers.
To be honest, my three little ones have not decided on what they are going to be, but my oldest did see a Lego Ninjago costume he liked the other day. My little girl put a sparkly dance outfit on today & did mention she would wear that & my other son will probably want to wear one of the costumes we have here (a pirate, an alien, or a superhero).
The grim reaper, a witch, and a mermaid
One is going to be a zombie, the other jelly beans
Our 6 year old grandson, Conner, is going as a biker.
our group theme this year is monsters- my oldest daughter wants to be a vampire, my hubby will be a mummy, i’m the witch and my youngest will be my black cat!
My daughter is wanting to be Santa Claus and my son plans to be Super Mario.
My daughter is going to be a chef and I haven’t decided if the baby is going to be a pumpkin or a bunny (we have both costumes).
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My 9yo is going as a rainbow and her 7yo sisters as a candy corn!