Cape Coral Halloween celebrations adjust to pandemic; list of local events

Halloween may be even scarier this year, trick-or-treating even trickier.

Celebrating the spooky holiday during a pandemic may be fraught with risks, but many Lee County locals are determined to have fun safely.

Places like Gator Mike’s Family Fun Park in Cape Coral are bringing the fear a little differently this year.

“This year we’re doing a virtual line where people will come and check in,” said general manager Jeff Peterson. “They’ll tell us the size of the group, we will put your number down and then we’ll send you a text when it’s your turn to come up.”

Masks are not required there, but the park is taking other precautions to keep you safely spooked.

“We’re also going to be doing sanitization,” Peterson said. “We’re going through every single hour spraying down props, anything that is touched.”

Peterson also confirmed that temperature checks will take place for both customers and employees.

Jason Fields turns his own Cape Coral home into the “Terror on 20th,” and he doesn’t feel he can implement a comprehensive COVID-19 safety plan.

“It’s difficult for me, personally, to ask anybody… I’m kind of in my own thing here,” Fields said. “This is not a professional haunt, it’s a home haunt, it’s something for the neighborhood, for the community. I’m really hoping that people can just police themselves and respect each other.”

Here are some upcoming October events:

Fri. 10/9-10/31 – all day – Farmer Mike’s 6th Annual Fall Festival & Corn Mazes – Bonita Springs