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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAs if 2020 hasn’t been scary enough, now comes the haunted houses, ghost tours and escape rooms, ready and able to scare the bejeezus out of ya’, just in time for Halloween.And what a Halloween it will likely be. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urging caution regarding holiday celebrations, it’s likely many of your favorite traditions will be curtailed, if not eliminated entirely.Don’t expect to go bobbing for apples any time soon, for example. And who knows what trick-or-treating will look like this year?The good news is that many haunted houses, ghost tours and escape rooms are open and ready for boo-sness, while also taking special precautions to keep their guests and family healthy.Haunted houses13th Floor Haunted House: This year’s themes are Dead End District, where you will make your way through the hordes of the living dead; and Legend of the Saw, where the slaughterhouse has become a feeding ground. Tickets range from at $19.99-$49.99.Open most days through Nov. 7. 1203 E. Commerce St.,13thfloorsanantonio.com, 210-910-6450. Precautions: Masks required, social distancing, enhanced cleaning, only clear bags and clutches allowed.Ripley’s Haunted Adventure presents: Fright Nights: Private haunted house experience. $25.99.Open Friday and Saturday through Oct. 31,frightnightssanantonio.com, 210-226-2828. 329 Alamo Plaza. Precautions: Masks requires, social distancing, enhanced cleaning.SeaWorld Halloween Spooktacular: Kid-friendly Halloween adventure with trick-or-treating, a pumpkin patch, not-so-scary Halloween shows and an outdoor hay maze. Tickets start at $39.99.Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 1. 10500 SeaWorld Drive.seaworldsanantonio.com, 210-520-4732 Precautions: Masks required, social distancing, enhanced cleaning.Six Flags Fiesta Texas Hallowfest: Features family-friendly activities during the day and outdoor scare zones and monster coasters at night. Live entertainment at two outdoor theaters. Tickets start at $29.99.Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Nov. 1, as well as Oct. 12. 17000 Interstate 10 W.,sixflags.com/fiestatexas, 210-697-5050. Precautions: Reservations required, masks required, temperature checks and enhanced cleaning.Escape RoomsEscape the Room: Three scenarios, $28-$30 for a 60-minute session.escapetheroom.com/san-antonio, 210-764-4415, 315 E. Commerce St. Precautions: Social distancing, enhanced cleaning, no cash accepted, online booking only.The Exit Game: Three scenarios, $29 for a 60-minute session.exitgame-sa.com, 210-568-7777. 5720 Bandera Road. Precautions: Masks required.Extreme Escape Colonnade: Four scenarios, $31.99 for a 60-minute session.extremeescape.com, 210-641-2828, 9995 Interstate 10. Precautions: Masks required, social distancing, enhanced cleaning.Extreme Escape Stone Oak: Four scenarios, $31.99 for a 60-minute session.extremeescape.com, 210-402-3722, 434 N. Loop 1604 W., Suite 1204. Precautions: Masks required, social distancing, enhanced cleaning.Great Room Escape: Two scenarios, $100 for up to four people, $25 each additional person.greatroomescape.com/sanantonio/booking, 210-504-4698, 1203 E. Commerce St. Precautions: Masks required, Social distancing, enhanced cleaning.Komnata Quest: Two scenarios, $28-$32 for a 60-minute session.komnataquest.com/sanantonio, 210-421-1240, 8507 N. McCullough Ave., Suite C12. Precautions: Masks required, social distancing.Mobile Escape Room: Thirty-foot trailer comes to you with two different escape rooms. Games can run for 15, 30 and 60 minutes and start at $395 per hour for up to 32 people, with a surcharge for larger groups.MobileEscapeRoom.com, 210-983-4263. Precautions: Enhanced cleaning.San Antonio Panic Room: Three scenarios, $25 for a 60-minute session. , 210-802-8958, 12770 Cimarron Path. Precautions: Masks encouraged, social distancing, enhanced cleaning, guests must wash hands before and after each session.Ghost toursAlamo City Ghost Tours: Adults, $18; children 5-14, $15. Groups meet at 8:30 p.m. at 115 Main Plaza in front of San Fernando Cathedral.alamocityghosttours.com, 210-336-7831. Precautions: Masks required, social distancing.Bad Wolf Ghost Tours: Adults, $20; children under 12, $15. Groups meet 7:45 p.m. at 516 E. Houston St., across from Moses Roses Hideout.badwolfghosttours.com, 805-757-0512. Precautions: Masks required, social distancing.Ghost City Tours: Adults, $19.99; children 6-12, $9.99; under 6, free. Groups meet at 8 p.m. at The Alamo.ghostcitytours.com, 855-999-9026. Precautions: Masks strongly recommended, social distancing.River City Ghost Walking Tour of San Antonio: Adults, 12 and over, $19; Children under 12, $12; under 6, $6 Groups meet at 7:45 p.m., corner of Crockett and North St. Mary’s streets.rivercityghosts.com, 210-802-3495. Precautions: Masks required and social distancing.Sisters Grimm Ghost Tours: Adults $20; children, $15. Groups meet Monday through Thursday at 8:30 p.m., and Friday and Saturday at 8:15, 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. at the Sisters Grimm store in Blum Alley between the Menger Hotel and The Shops at Rivercenter downtown.sistersgrimmghosttour.com, 210-638-1338. Precautions: Masks suggested.Richard A. Marini is a features writer in the San Antonio and Bexar County area. To read more from Richard, . | Twitter:

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateAs if 2020 hasn’t been scary enough, now comes the haunted houses, ghost tours and escape rooms, ready and able to scare the bejeezus out of ya’, just in time for Halloween.And what a Halloween it will likely be. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urging caution regarding holiday celebrations, it’s likely many of your favorite traditions will be curtailed, if not eliminated entirely.Don’t expect to go bobbing for apples any time soon, for example. And who knows what trick-or-treating will look like this year?The...

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