SeaWorld Wants to Make You Horny
But this Halloween, the theme park franchise wants to make SeaWorld synonymous with something else entirely: BookTok smut.On September 11, SeaWorld Orlando officially opened its annual Howl-O-Scream event, an after-hours Halloween-themed immersive experience featuring various “scare zones” in the park. And on Instagram, influencers posed around a central set piece, an oversized book open to a chapter called “The Cathedral,” emblazoned with the slogan “Good Girls Go for the Bad Boys.”Some of the TikToks from the scare zone went viral, garnering mixed reactions. She came up with the idea for the event last year, after seeing romantasy bestsellers like Lights Out and Haunting Adeline go viral on TikTok.
- ▪But this Halloween, the theme park franchise wants to make SeaWorld synonymous with something else entirely: BookTok smut.On September 11, SeaWorld Orlando officially opened its annual Howl-O-Scream event, an after-hours Halloween-themed im
- ▪And on Instagram, influencers posed around a central set piece, an oversized book open to a chapter called “The Cathedral,” emblazoned with the slogan “Good Girls Go for the Bad Boys.”Some of the TikToks from the scare zone went viral, garn
- ▪She came up with the idea for the event last year, after seeing romantasy bestsellers like Lights Out and Haunting Adeline go viral on TikTok.
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Ej Dickson CultureSep 24, 2026 6:45 AMSeaWorld Wants to Make You HornyThe Orlando theme park’s immersive Halloween experience now includes hot, brooding guys in an homage to romantasy antiheroes—and it’s leading to record-breaking ticket sales.Photo-illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyWhen you think of SeaWorld, you most likely think of orcas, school trips to the aquarium, or eating chicken fingers while contemplating the ethics of marine mammal captivity.
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