Stanley Park Ghost Train 2012: Scary Fairy Tales
The Stanley Park Ghost Train rolls into the woods this October with a scary fairy tale theme this year. Mortal Coil Performance Society has once again put together the production and artistic direction as they have done in the past with the Ghost Train’s carnival and Alice in Nightmareland themes.
The Ghost Train will run nightly from October 5, 2012 to October 31, 2012. Rides will run 6:00pm to 10:00pm Sunday through Thursday, until 11:00pm Fridays and Saturdays, and 11:00am to 3:00pm matinee runs (for just $5) will take places on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Of course there’s always more to Halloween in Stanley Park than the Ghost Train. The surrounding courtyard will feature a haunted castle, face painting, crafts, a pumpkin patch, entertainers like the Carnival Band, and special event nights. On Tuesday, October 30th there will be a costume contest starting at 6:00pm and movie nights will be Sundays (with Mirror Mirror) and Thursdays (with The Princess Bride).
The train is covered and protected from the rain so you can come despite the fall weather that will eventually arrive. There will be free parking on site and you can take transit right into the park on the #19 bus. Tickets are now on sale online and by phone (1-855-985-5000) for $6.25 (for ages 2-18 and seniors) and $9.82 (adults). You can also purchase tickets on site after 3:00pm.
I have 10 tickets to give away to opening night on October 5th so I’ll bundle them up into 5 pairs to give away. Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment naming your favourite fairy tale (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw 5 winners at random from all entries next Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:00pm. Follow the Stanley Park Ghost Train on Facebook and Twitter for more information.
Update The winners are @michiec87, Tracy, Lorraine, Rachel, and Kirsten!
Update A pumpkin patch is coming to Stanley Park right at the Ghost Train area. The pumpkin patch will open October 18th and run until Halloween from 6:00pm to 9:00pm nightly. Pumpkins will be $5 each and children can take park in carving events on Tuesday, October 17th and Tuesday, October 23rd.
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Alice in Wonderland!
Rapunzel!
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Jack and the beanstalk.
Alice in Wonderland!
One Pill Makes Your Larger and One Pill Makes You Small~~
The Twelve Brothers!
Little red riding hood!
Snow White
Little Mermaid!
Alice in Wonderland!
Rapunzel for sure! 🙂
Jack and the Beanstalk
Little Red Riding Hood
Cinderella!
Speaking on behalf of my 4 year old daughter:
The Boy Who Cried Wolf—I don’t know that it is her favorite buy I know I have told it to her many times that she tells it to her friends, when they are perhaps fibbing..
lol
Snow WHite
https://twitter.com/leanne_mac/status/249386130296958977
Hansel and Gretel
Beauty and the Beast
Snow white
Sleeping Beauty.
The stinky cheese man! (based on the gingerbread man)
Rumpelstiltskin is #1! The devious little rascal!
Beauty and the Beast!
Beauty and the Beast!
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Hansel and Gretel.
Beauty and the Beast
Alice in Wonderland (Nightmareland)
Blue Velvet!
3 Billy Goats Gruff.
I would have to say the beauty and the beast was my fave. So hard to choose though!
Favourite Fairy Tale was Beauty and the Beast!
Snow white 🙂
Alice in Wonderland
red riding hood
Rumpelstiltskin
My favourite fairy tale is Beauty & The Beast!
Any of the dark, freaky pre-Disney ones as they were meant to do: scare the crap out of kids to keep them in line!
The boy who cried wolf,…
Little red riding hood
I love fairy tales – where do I start? I guess I will just choose one that I liked from the very beginning and its Beauty and the Beast.
Sleeping Beauty
Jack and the Bean Stalk
According to my daughter, Cinderella because even though a dream is a wish your heart makes, it can still come true.
Does a nightmare before Christmas count? If not three little pigs!
Snow white
snow white
Pocahontas
Jack and the Bean Stalk
The Three Little Pigs
Jack and the Beanstalk
Sleeping beauty. I named my daughter Aurora.
Rapunzel!
Beauty and the Beast.
Thumbalina!!
Little red riding hood!
Jack and the Bean Stalk
cinderella
Rapunzel, =D
Little Red Riding Hood
Sleeping Beauty
snow white and the 7 dwarfs
Beauty and the Beast!
Alice in Wonderland
Rapunzel
The Three Little Bears
Red Riding Hood!
Hansel & Gretel
Alice in Wonderland
Sleeping Beauty
Beauty & the beast!
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Definitely Jack and the Bean stock
My favourite fairy tale is snow white, I love how the animals help her and she is part of the forest.
Alice in Wonderland
“The Boy Who Cried Wolf”
Alice in wonderland..the original though, non of this cinema stuff :p but my daughters favorite is Cinderella!
jack and the bean stalk for sure!
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Hi-Ho…Yeah the Disney version)
another for jack and the bean stalk
Hansel and Gretel !!!
Red Riding Hood, used to dress up as her as a child 🙂
Sleeping Beauty, because I just loved the Disney movie so much 🙂
jack and the beanstalk!
Rapunzel!
I got a kick out of ‘The Brown Bear of Green Glen’…it’s a Scottish fairy tale and has a good moral to but then again, don’t they all??
beauty and beast:)
Cinderella is my favourite.
I love Sleeping Beauty
Alice in Wonderland
One Thousand and One Nights (aka Arabian Nights)
I prefer redone versions of fairy tales that don’t have as many stereotypes as the traditional tales. One redone children’s fairy tale book I like is The Undone Fairy Tale by Ian Lendler.
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My favorite fairy tale is Hansel and Gretel- it’s darkness is way understated and convoluted in modern stories.
I love Aladdin, always wish i could pull of dressing up as Jasmine for Halloween!
Little red riding hood
Alice in Wonderland
Three Little Pigs. It’s a classic!
My favorite would definitely be Little Red Riding Hood.
Hmm, one of my faves would be Toads and Diamonds.
Beauty and the Beast
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
My daughters have always loved this – it’s a tradition.
fav fairy tale – The Grinch who stole Christmas!
Fav Fairytale is Jack and the Bean stock!! the best to read to my boys…fe fi fo fummm
Cinderella!
Beauty and the Beast!
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
beauty and the beast!
Alice in Wonderland
SWAN PRINCESS 🙂
Cinderella
Being named Alice it is naturally ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Cinderella
Jack and the Beanstalk
Beauty and the Beast
The Three Little Pigs
Little Red Riding Hood
I dressed as her for at least 3 Halloweens!
Cinderella
snowwhite 🙂
Alice in Wonderland
Does Alice in Wonderland count? Because that’s definitely my favourite.
the boy who cried wolf!
alice in wonderland!
Stone Soup
Has to be Cinderella!
Puss in boots!
Snow White
Classic Beauty and the Beast!
Sleeping beauty
I liked the “scary” fairy tales like Bluebeard. I also like children’s stories from around the world like Ali Baba & The 40 Thieves. I also liked Der Struwwelpeter, which was quite terrifying, now that I reflect back on it as an adult.