Your Adventurer's Guidebook
Every successful quest requires a bit of preparation! Here you’ll find the answers to all your questions, ensuring your family’s magical adventure is as smooth and delightful as possible.
Preparing for Your Quest (Tickets & Arrival)
Tickets must be purchased online or at the event. We highly recommend purchasing them in advance online. To make sure you have a spot for your adventuring party, booking early is highly recommended!
Your all-inclusive passage costs $19 for Adults (ages 13 and up) and $15 for Children (ages 2-12). Young “Detectives” under the age of two are welcome for free.
Like tickets to a grand magical tournament, our tickets are non-refundable. However, we understand that unforeseen circumstances can arise. Please contact us, and we will do our best to accommodate a change to a different day or time, subject to availability.
The specific dates for 2026 are October 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, and 31.
Park hours are from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM. In order to experience everything, please plan on arriving before 2 PM.
Our event is labeled as a G/PG family-friendly event. While we recommended ages three and up, we have had younger go through the event and greatly enjoy it. We’ve had just adults go through and enjoy it too! It’s suitable for all ages to enjoy.
Powerland Halloween takes place at Powerland Heritage Park. Here is the address:
3995 Brooklake Rd NE, Brooks, OR 97303
(I-5, Exit 263)
We highly recommend getting to the event early. Certain days get crowded between 11-2. We recommend you aim for 10 am to enjoy everything or 2pm to miss the crowds.
This year your children will be young detectives on a quest to find out what happened to a fairy named Autumn. When you and your family arrive, you will be given a trolley/MAX car ticket and a case file to help solve the mystery. This year, you will be able to do everything in any order you want (except for the “Oregon Trolley Museum) which requires you first go on the trolley and MAX car.
There are many things for you to do while you wait, including photo opportunities, funny skeleton poses, a model railroad, and a Kids’ Activity Center.
Due to the historic trolleys’ design (and MAX car), they are not wheelchair accessible. However, the trolley barn (where part of the adventure happens) and Kids’ Activity Center are both handicap accessible. The model railroad is also handicap accessible.
If you require any special assistance, please let us know upon arrival, and we’ll be more than happy to help.
Yes. Tickets are available both online and at the event.
Your Detective Experience (On-Site Fun)
Your ticket is an all-inclusive key to the adventure! It includes the main “The Case of the Missing Fairy” story quest (including a ride on a historic trolley and a short ride on a MAX car), a skeleton “hunt,” access to the Kids’ Activity Center, a small white pumpkin to decorate, and a fun activity that includes a Steam Traction Engine!
In the Kids’ Activity Center, you can play, decorate your small white pumpkin, do art projects, and more! Plus, you can collect coins during your adventure to spend in the Detective Store!
Absolutely! We highly encourage all of our guests, young and old, to arrive in their finest Halloween costumes. It adds to the fun for everyone and makes for the most magical photos!
We take our “All Magic, No Frights” promise very seriously. The entire experience is designed from the ground up to be delightful, not terrifying. You will find no jump scares, gore, or high-startle elements. Our goal is to create a fun, story-driven adventure that is perfect for elementary-aged children and their families.
We recommend planning for at least 2-3 hours to enjoy everything the experience has to offer. The main story quest takes about 25-30 minutes, but with trolley rides and other activities, many families bring a picnic and make an afternoon of it! We will have a food vendor on site too.
During their quest, kids will earn coins that they can spend at the Detective Store for prizes. The Detective Store is at the Kids’ Activity Center.
This year is an entirely new story adventure – A Trolley Museum Mystery: The Case of the Missing Fairy!
When you arrive, you will be given a case file for your adventure to help you solve the case!
The immersive part has been scaled down in favor of a stronger story that now includes some roving characters! This means that for the first time, you’ll be able to see the trolley cars as they were meant to be seen! The final scene in the story takes place here at the “Oregon Trolley Museum!”
Also new this year, instead of giving rides, the Steam Traction Engine will power a fun activity for kids! It’s a whole new way to see it in action!
Also new this year… are you ready? For the first time in five years, you will be able to ride on the top floor of the double-decker trolley!
You also get a short ride on a MAX car! The MAX car is part of your story adventure!
In addition, returning favorites include:
- A store to spend coins you earn.
- A skeleton “hunt.”
- Kids’ Activity Center
- A small white pumpkin (that is part of the story) that you can decorate and take home.
Yes. They are also historical. Read more about them at https://museum.oregontrolley.com/. This year we plan on using a double-decker trolley that ran in Blackpool, England, in the 1900s!
Note: Occasionally, due to a mechanical issue, a historic trolley may be replaced with another.
Provisions & Practicalities (Food, Rules & More)
Yes, you are more than welcome to bring your own food, drinks, and snacks to enjoy during your visit. We also have a food vendor with great prices!
The adventure continues, rain or shine! Many of our attractions, including the trolley ride and Kids’ Activity Center, as well as the Trolley Car Barn, where the end of the story experience takes place, are covered or indoors. Even the food vendor area is covered! Please dress for the Oregon weather!
Unfortunately, they are not. The museums at Powerland Heritage Park closed for the season on September 31st. This event takes place on the grounds, but the museums (except for Oregon Electric Railway Museum) are closed.
Yes! We do! We love putting on this very unique family-friendly Halloween event. One of our favorite parts is when people enter the trolley barn for the first time for the interactive story and go “wow.”
Are you interested in being a volunteer for the event? We need staff, actors, and behind-the-scenes people. Contact Joe Tracy via jtracy@themeparkmagazine.com if you’re interested.
