Pumpkin Palooza's Final Weekend: Santa Ana's Discovery Cube Hosts Halloween Dance Parties, Trick-or-Treating and a Pumpkin Maze
Pumpkin Palooza, the annual Halloween festival at Discovery Cube Orange County in the city of Santa Ana, Orange County, California, heads into its final weekend: the event runs only on Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day — the last chance this year for families to give Halloween a scientific twist.
Presented by OC Waste & Recycling, the festival is built around the Jack-O-Lynn Halloween dance party, staged five times a day at 11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. with current hits and Halloween favorites. Around it are an interactive pumpkin maze, bumper cars, mini tractors, spooky science experiments, festival games and trick-or-treat stations where children can collect candy. One festival ticket covers the dance party, the festival grounds and trick-or-treating.
On tickets, note the fine print: Pumpkin Palooza is an extra-cost event on top of general museum admission. Festival tickets are non-refundable but may be exchanged once, at least 24 hours ahead, subject to availability; check the official site for current prices and remaining slots. The museum is at 2500 N. Main St. in Santa Ana, right by Interstate 5.
Discovery Cube Orange County is one of Southern California's best-known children's science museums. It opened on December 17, 1998, houses more than 100 hands-on science exhibits, and is marked by the ten-story solar cube facing Interstate 5 — a longtime Santa Ana landmark. Its regular galleries, including Dino Quest, the Science of Hockey, the Rocket Lab and the Quake Zone, remain open during the festival.
With Halloween-day crowds expected, organizers advise buying tickets online in advance and allowing extra time for parking and entry; families with younger children may prefer the morning dance parties before the afternoon peak.
Source: Discovery Cube Orange County official Pumpkin Palooza event page.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：点亮的南瓜灯（资料图）。照片：ami harikoshi，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / A lit jack-o'-lantern (file photo). Photo: ami harikoshi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
