Fact Sheets

FRIGHTENING, FUN FACTS

Ghost Train Characters

....about the Ghost Train® Halloween Festival at Tweetsie!

 

  • Halloween Festival History
    Ghost Train® made its first run in 1990
  • Honors
    Named one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society
  • Time it takes to prepare for the chills and thrills
    6 months
  • Number of employees required to frighten guests
    200
  • Number of haunting trips made by the Ghost Train nightly
    5 to 10
  • Time it takes to clean up each night after ghosts and goblins
    4 hours
  • How long the Ghost Train trip takes
    15 to 20 minutes
  • Tons of coal used each night on the Ghost Train
    2 tons
  • Number of rooms in the haunted house
    13
  • Miles of drop cord used for such a scary event 
    7
  • Special Halloween delicacies served at the festival
    Candied apples, hot cider, creepy candies and cookies
  • How employees transform into Halloween haunters
    Professional makeup artists
  • Most elaborate creepy costume
    The Ultra Zombie, made by Ex-Mortis of California
  • Most memorable costumes of past Trick-or-Treaters
    Elvis, Tweetsie Engine, Candy Hershey Kisses, Herd of Cows
  • 2010 Schedule 
    Friday and Saturday nights October 1-30. Gates open at 7:30 each night

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