Spook-tacular street parties and more in store for Hong Kong’s first-ever Halloween Month

 

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For Filipino travelers looking for a reason to travel to Hong Kong this season, this is your sign. For the first time, Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is bringing “Hong Kong Halloween Month,” to the streets, with major districts across the city gearing up for the spooky season every Saturday from October 17 to 31.

With the theme “Make the Streets Your Runway,” the city-wide celebration invites both visitors and locals to dress up and take their Halloween looks beyond the theme parks and straight into the streets.

Join the city’s largest Halloween Cosplay Street Party for a scary good time

In Central, Pinoy art fans can enjoy large-scale, Halloween-themed installations like giant eyeballs, a mysterious gateway, and a haunted jail. There will also be an outdoor music party and a family carnival so parents can take their kids on a spooky night out on the town. Pet parents will be sure to enjoy the Kai Tak Sports Park Halloween Party, with pet photo spots, neon lighting installations, and live busking performances.

Monster flash mobs, roaming cosplayers in full Halloween regalia, and DJ performances are what await at the Only in LKF! Halloween Cosplay Party @LKF Monster Mash, featuring three major themed cosplay street celebrations: “Monster DJ Night”, “Wizard Block Party”, and “Monsters Night.”

For Filipino travellers craving a big city photo moment and a sweet treat, you can’t miss the Next Stop, Mong Kok! Langham Place Halloween Street Party. Here, you can find the iconic red Hong Kong minibus transformed into the “Mong Kok Haunted MiniBus” installation, along with themed snacks and limited-edition desserts to keep your energy going.

Make sure to put on your dancing shoes for the TST East Halloween beats party where you can find local and international DJs spinning some scarily good tunes set against the backdrop of the iconic Victoria Harbor.

Fun frights and themed nights at major city theme parks

Hong Kong’s two theme parks are also rolling out their signature Halloween events to attract Filipino families. Hong Kong Disneyland Resort’s “Disney Halloween Time” transforms the park into an ultimate Halloween destination. You can enjoy the park’s line-up of entertainment offerings, including the all-new musical celebration “Mickey’s Happy Halloween Adventure,” a grander “Uninvited! A Villains Takeover Party,” award-winning musical “Let’s Get Wicked,” and with a variety of themed food and beverages, merchandise, and Trick-or-Treat experiences.

Ocean Park Hong Kong’s will also be hosting its annual “Halloween Fest,” with four thrilling scare experiences and a packed line-up of unmissable Halloween entertainment. Highlights include a landmark collaboration with “Under the Castle”, an original intellectual property (IP) created by internationally renowned artist Jackson Wang, delivering an immersive, multi-sensory horror experience. The themed dining experiences, limited-edition merch, and interactive activities also cannot be missed.

Get Free Rides Just by Dressing Up

Dressing up in your best Halloween costume will also get you to places—for free. Bust out your most creative costumes and enjoy free rides on the iconic Ding Ding Tram and Citybus’ Halloween-themed, stop sightseeing bus route on October 17, 24, and 31. The open-top sightseeing bus will stop at all five street party locations to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the fun and Hong Kong Tramways’ Ding Ding Tram will be available to the public between Causeway bay and Sheung Wan (Western Market).

For more information, visit Discover Hong Kong.

Spooky Treats for Halloween at The Manila Hotel

 

The Manila Hotel presents its hauntingly good Halloween-themed cookies and cocktails just in time for the spookiest night of the year.

Spooktacular Bites

Get into Halloween spirit with our frightfully delicious cookies—ghosts, bats, and jack-o-lanterns—baked to perfection and a touch of spooky flair. These limited-edition treats are the perfect addition to any Halloween celebration. Enjoy a set of 6 pieces for Php 225 nett or 12 pieces for Php 350 nett, available at the Delicatessen until November 5, 2024.

Creepy Concoctions to Sip if You Dare

For those who like their thrills shaken or stirred, The Manila Hotel’s Halloween cocktails are a must-try. Sip on bewitching blends inspired by haunted tales. The Goblin offers a wicked mix of rum, melon-flavored liqueur, coconut-flavored liqueur, and pineapple juice; while the Bacardi Zombie unleashes one’s adventurous side with a mix of rum, lime, orange, and cherry. Both priced at Php 390 nett each, these spellbinding concoctions are sure to cast a delightful spell. Available at the Lobby Lounge, Tap Room, and Pool Bar until October 31, 2024.

Special Treats for the Kids

To add sweetness to the Halloween dining experience, junior guests will receive complimentary candy treats during dinner time from 6:00PM to 10:00PM on October 31, 2024. All restaurants will be open and fully operational during the Halloween weekend, including November 1, All Saints’ Day.

For inquiries, call +632 8527 0011 or +632 5301 5500, or email restaurantrsvn@themanilahotel.com.

Fun-filled Halloween at Shangri-La Plaza Mall

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Halloween is here once again, and Shangri-La Plaza has lined up thrilling events for mall guests of all ages to enjoy.

Visit the Toy Frenzy with the Boo Crew happening from October 19 to 29 at Level 1, Main Wing. Stock up on board games to play and bond over with the whole family from Hobbes & Landes; choose from a range of child-friendly books from National Bookstore; score educational toys from Build City; get child development tools for your infant or toddler from Ogalala; or simply discover what’s new from other participating merchants.   Young players can visit Alter Ego’s board game events on October 21-22 and 28-29 at Level 5 of the East Wing.

See your favorite characters and superheroes in all their life-sized glory with the Halloween Installations from October 20 to 29 located in different areas of the mall. Pose with The Hulk, Iron Man, and Spiderman; cute characters such as Hello Kitty and the Minions; or the Star Wars iconic Stormtroopers, R2-D2, and C-3PO.

Bring the kids and dress them up in their best costume for the one-day-only mall-wide Trick or Treat on October 29 where little ones can go from store to store to receive sweet treats and surprise goodies.

Then, from October 30 till November 7, mall guests can shop their way into Dino Planet at the IMMRSV Dome located in the Grand Atrium. Enjoy a spectacular 360-degree view of the Earth in the age of triceratops and velociraptors. People of all ages will be awed by the one-of-a-kind experience of exploring the tropical forests and learning about these majestic creatures. 

Enjoy all these Halloween festivities when you come by the Shang this month of October.

For inquiries, call 370-2597/98 or visit www.facebook.com/shangrilaplazaofficial. Follow the Shang on Instagram: @shangrilaplazaofficial.

Cartoon Network’s Intergalactic Halloween 2015

Ghouls, fairies, superheroes and whatnot, kids donned their most spooktacular costumes as they celebrated one fantastic Halloween and Ben 10’s birthday bash and filled SM Megamall Megatrade Hall 1 where Cartoon Network’s Intergalactic Halloween was held recently.

Kids and kids-at-heart enjoyed the said event where intergalactic entities joined them and graced the said affair along with all-time favorite Cartoon Network characters such as Finn and Jake of Adventure Time, Gumball and Darwin of The Amazing World of Gumball, Grizzly, Panda and Ice bare of We Bare Bears and Ben 10.

Nickelodeon Takotown Twisted Tales on October 31

Next to Christmas—and probably their birthday, Halloween is the most exciting time of the year for kids (let’s not mention the kids at heart). It’s when they get to dress up in cool costumes, go trick-or-treating (and stuff their faces with sweets before they’re even halfway home), and spook each other with silly, scary stories. It’s a fun, festive holiday that brings a lot of laughs—and candies, and nobody is more excited to get everyone into the Halloween spirit than the channel for kids, Nickelodeon.

Adventure Time Night-O-Sphere glow-in-the-dark Halloween bash at the SM AURA Samsung Hall

For most Mommies, October is one hell of a hectic + stressful month because of halloween parties (read: Trick O' Treating) for their little ones. I say hectic because of the consecutive invites one receives from one party to another (mall-wide events included) and stressful, because as a Mom, you have to make sure that your son/daughter would look nice or would somehow get the chance to clinch one of the awards for best in costume. I bet most Moms will be able to relate with me. In fact, some Moms would have the tendency to go 'overboard' as they try to make their child to look as 'ghoulish' as possible even up to the point that their kids are no longer comfortable with it. If you don't have any idea yet where to spend your Halloween, I strongly suggest that you bring your kids on a spooktacular, glow-in-the-dark adventure with their favorite characters from The Land of Ooo with Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time Night-O-Sphere on Friday, October 31, 2014 at the Samsung Hall, Level 6, SM Aura Premier. Gates open at 11:00am. 

  

To enter, spend a minimum of PhP1,000 (single receipt) on Halloween and Cartoon Network merchandise from now to 31 at participating Toy Kingdom and Toy Kingdom Express outlets. Redeem your ticket at participating Toy Kingdom Customer Centers. Each ticket admits one child and one adult. 

  

Get ready to enter the Night-O-Sphere, a special place teeming with bone-tingling adventures starring Finn and Jake. Take part in some hair-raising sing-alongwith Marceline, the vampire queen. And don’t forget to come as your favorite Adventure Time character or wear white and bright-colored clothes for some added fun. 

  

Adventure Time Night-O-Sphere’s venue partner is SM Aura Premier. Media partners are SKYCable and Destiny Cable. Presenting sponsor is Bankee. Co-sponsors are Propan TLC, Toy Kingdom, Selecta Moo, McDonald’s. Major sponsor is Skechers. Patron sponsors are URC Wiggles, Rebisco Lipps, Rebisco Chubby, and Rebisco Krimstix. 

  

For more information, visit CartoonNetworkAsia.com or follow Cartoon Network’s Facebook page at facebook.com/CartoonNetworkAsia .