12/31/2021
As 2021 comes to an end, we want to reflect on the great season we had filled with new opportunities and spooky adventures.
We’re so grateful for the memories of this past year and can’t wait to reveal what lies ahead for 2022. 🥳👻
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The Pirates Cave home haunt has been providing family-friendly scares to the city of Villa Park & Orange for 22 years now.
It’s a labor of love headed up by the father and son team, Dave & Jacob Larson at our home in Orange County, CA Since 2000, The Pirate's Cave has been a premiere stop for trick or treaters in the city of Orange. During the expansion of our haunt, a long forgotten pirates cave has been discovered. Since then, many have entered seeking treasure, but none have returned. Legend says the cave is haunte
It’s a labor of love headed up by the father and son team, Dave & Jacob Larson at our home in Orange County, CA Since 2000, The Pirate's Cave has been a premiere stop for trick or treaters in the city of Orange. During the expansion of our haunt, a long forgotten pirates cave has been discovered. Since then, many have entered seeking treasure, but none have returned. Legend says the cave is haunte
Operating as usual
12/25/2021
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at Pirate’s Cave! 🎄❄️
12/21/2021
Excited to announce that we will be in Epic Home Haunts Chapter 2!
We are so grateful to be apart of this along with many other haunters and can’t wait for everyone to see it. Stay tuned! 👻
11/25/2021
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍽
We are thankful for each and everyone of you, maybe not Calico Jack. ☠️
11/18/2021
We just released our facade radio loop from our 2021 haunt on our YouTube! Click the link below to check it out! 📻
https://youtu.be/-ylzvtEmrFU
11/11/2021
Our official walkthrough POV of Pirate’s Cave: Curse of Calico Jack is NOW on our YouTube channel! ☠️🏴☠️
Click the link below to check it out! 👻
https://youtu.be/39e6p7k0xUQ
11/06/2021
Stopped by yesterday to check out their latest haunt “Evil in the London Fog”. Thank you Diane & Preston for giving us the tour! 👻🖤
11/03/2021
Our 2021 crew! Everyone in this picture plus many more killed it for 9 long nights and we could never do it without them. Thank you to our crew. 🖤
10/31/2021
Happy Halloween from the Larson & Son Mining Co. ⛏ 🎃
Don’t open up any cursed treasure tonight. ☠️🏴☠️
10/30/2021
Join us this final weekend for Pirate’s Cave Kids Candy Hunt! 🍭🍬
For little ones too scared of our monsters; we invite you to experience a no-scare candy hunt on Oct 30-31 from 5-6PM, Where kids can search for candy stations within the haunt!
This season we have teamed up with Bazooka Candy Brands to provide special treats for the kids this Halloween. We'll see you then!
This event is suitable for ages 10 & younger*
10/30/2021
Thank you Spectrum 1 News for coming out! 📺🖤
10/30/2021
Halloween maze tradition in Orange unites father and son
Spectrum news did a wonderful news story on our haunt this year! https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/orange-county/human-interest/2021/10/29/halloween-maze-tradition-in-orange-unites-father-and-son
Maze took the Larson's over six months to design and build
10/28/2021
Join us for the final weekend of Pirate’s Cave Haunt! ☠️
We are open Friday & Saturday from 6:30-10pm & Sunday from 6:30-9pm. Reservations are not required.
Please note line may close earlier*
Want to skip the line? Express Queue tickets are still available for this weekend. Reserve yours NOW! Link in bio. 🎟
10/27/2021
Pirate's Cave 2021 is a Must-See Theatrical Immersive Haunted House
Haunting's Review of our event. Check it out! https://www.haunting.net/pirates-cave-2021-curse-calico-jack/?fbclid=IwAR2IzGMNrtAllS0isgEbqmRza2mcTnV1seVCRXJjbdDGiLjCipU9Vtmr18s
Pirate's Cave 2021 elevates the traditional haunted house formula by adding in full scenes, special effects, and a transformation that changes what is familiar into what is frightening. And it does all of this while fully immersing you into the world of Pirate's Cave.
10/27/2021
Three more nights to experience the Curse of Calico Jack.
Express Queue is limited but still available for this weekend! 🎟
Pirate’s Cave Haunt ☠️
2548 East Garfield Avenue, Orange CA 📍
10/24/2021
Additional Express Queue tickets have been released for tonight and next weekend!
Reserve yours now before they sell out! ☠️
Link in bio.
Express Queue is not required to experience this event*
General admission is free and reservations not required*
10/22/2021
Join us this weekend for Pirate’s Cave Kids Candy Hunt! 🍭🍬
For little ones too scared of our monsters; we invite you to experience a no-scare candy hunt on Oct 22-24, 29-31 from 5-6PM, Where kids can search for candy stations within the haunt!
This season we have teamed up with Bazooka Candy Brands to provide special treats for the kids this Halloween. We'll see you then!
This event is suitable for ages 10 & younger*
10/22/2021
Join us this weekend at Pirate’s Cave Haunt! ☠️
We are open Friday & Saturday from 6:30-10pm & Sunday from 6:30-9pm. Reservations are not required.
Want to skip the line? Express Queue tickets are still available for this weekend. Reserve yours NOW! Link in bio. 🎟
10/22/2021
The Pirates Cave - The Curse of Calico Jack: 2021 Review — Westcoaster
The Pirates Cave - The Curse of Calico Jack: 2021 Review — Westcoaster
The Pirates Cave, Orange, CA In relation to its overall lifetime as a haunt, I haven't really been following The Pirates Cave for that long--only three years. It was three years ago that I first visited this home haunt on Halloween night after having found it on the SoCal Haunt List . Three year
10/19/2021
Journey into dark sea caverns on a mine tour to discover a legend buried for centuries. ☠️
Miss out on our opening weekend? Don’t fear, you still have 2 more weekends to experience The Curse of Calico Jack.
Want to skip the line? Express Queue tickets are still available for this weekend. Click the link below to reserve yours NOW! 🎟
https://app.hauntpay.com/events/pirate-s-cave-curse-of-calico-jack
10/16/2021
Join us this weekend at Pirate’s Cave Haunt! ☠️
We are open tonight (Saturday) from 6:30-10pm & tomorrow (Sunday) from 6:30-9pm. Reservations are not required. General admission is free.
Want to skip the line? Express Queue tickets are still available for this weekend. Reserve yours NOW! Click the link below.
https://app.hauntpay.com/events/pirate-s-cave-curse-of-calico-jack
10/13/2021
Introducing Pirate’s Cave Kids Candy Hunt! 🍭🍬
For little ones too scared of our monsters; we invite you to experience a no-scare candy hunt on Oct 22-24, 29-31 from 5-6PM, Where kids can search for candy stations within the haunt!
This season we have teamed up with Bazooka Candy Brands to provide special treats for the kids this Halloween. We'll see you then!
This event is suitable for ages 10 & younger*
10/10/2021
6 days till our doors open. ☠️⛏
Who will we see on opening weekend?!
10/06/2021
10 days ☠️⛏
09/30/2021
Happy Birthday to the man behind the madness, Dave Larson! 🥳
Pirate’s Cave would not be what it is today without him, so make sure to wish him a Happy Birthday! 💀🎉
09/25/2021
6 months of building going strong! 💪🏽🔥
Can’t wait for everyone to experience our biggest and most advanced haunt yet!
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2548 E Garfield Ave
Orange, CA
92867
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Videos
Origins Behind the Screams
Pirate's Cave Origins - Announcement Video
This October, experience the terrifying story of where it all began. On the coast, a team of miners are dispatched into a remote cavern where they release an undead evil buried for centuries. Will you escape with your soul, or become their next victim? More details about our 2020 Yard Display to come soon.
We are brewing up something special for our YouTube Channel. 😈 #piratescavehaunt Click the link in our bio and give us a follow!
A behind the scenes look at our “fire room” that was new for 2019. 🔥 •This was by far, the hardest effect we ever had to do.To start, we looked at the famous burning town scene at the end of the Disneyland attraction, “Pirate’s of the Caribbean.” We used many different types of material to make this scene look as real as possible. We started out with thin plastic paint tarp which had creases that ruined the effect. Then we tried a slightly orange then a white satin rolled fabric. The white satin worked the best. Once we finalized our material, we went ahead and got 2 oscillating standing fans off eBay for a steal. We altered them so they wouldn’t spin and took off the bases. We attached the material to the fans by duct tape and stapled red and orange Christmas lights to the back of a wood frame. On the front of the wood frame, we made embers with cut up coke bottles,spray foam, and painted it red and black. This project took a lot of patience and required us to test many aspects to get it just right. The final product was a success and scared many people straight out the exit.
Here are our finished trees that we made!
Pirates playing with fire.
Our fire effect is getting closer. Wait until you see it final.
Pirates Cave Air/Smoke Cannon
Pirates at Play, Testing one of our new tricks for the haunt
Things are heating up at the Pirates cave!
Pirate's Cave 2019
Announcing our 2019 Dates for the Pirate's Cave.
The Pirates Cave opened this past weekend and 475 people experienced the haunt, have you?
Killer Crab
Working on some low tech animatronics
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The Pirates Cave Home Haunt
Dave Larson started creating home haunts since he was a young boy taking over his parents garage in the 1970’s. In 1999 the Larson family moved into their own home in Orange, and the Halloween on Garfield Avenue has never been the same! It all started small with one mask and a shovel in the front yard. Today we have visitors from all over Orange County and beyond to check out our family appropriate pirate themed haunt. We don’t care for blood, so our haunt is a lot like a scarier version of Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland. Each year we try to up the ante with new props and scares. Even though we keep it clean, the design and scares are guaranteed to impress everyone who comes to visit. Admission is FREE, but donations help us offset our expenses and keep the pirates coming back year after year. Let us know if you are interested in being one of our sponsors!
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17853 Santiago Blvd, Villa Park
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P.O. Box 5890
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1500 E Village Way Suite 2131
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2022 N Tustin St
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632 E Katella Avenue
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2345 N Tustin St
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92865
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2736E Chapman Ave.
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3606 E Chapman Ave
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Palmyra Avenue
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1030 N Lemon St
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On deck is one of our personal favorite home haunts - Pirates Cave Haunt! This pirate-themed haunt has everything you’d want in a spooky good time - obscenely high quality sets, great actors, and a quick story that unravels during your adventure.
Photos expertly captured by Westcoaster
Photos expertly captured by Westcoaster
Each October, one family home in an Orange neighborhood transforms its exterior into , a spooky pirate-themed mining tour for all ages. It's a passion project for Dave Larson and his son, Jacob Larson, who said they are always adding new sights to see. While some would say Halloween is all about the candy, for Dave, it’s about the experiences his family can create. This year the free maze has expanded throughout the Larsons property line and visitors can find a simulated elevator ride that actually moves.
"It's like being able to build a tree house with your son every year and those times you get together are so special," Dave Larson said.
Link: https://bit.ly/2ZJbHnI
Spectrum News 1 SoCal
Pirates Cave Haunt
"It's like being able to build a tree house with your son every year and those times you get together are so special," Dave Larson said.
Link: https://bit.ly/2ZJbHnI
Spectrum News 1 SoCal
Pirates Cave Haunt
"You are now part of a tour of a mine, 450 feet below ground. Welcome to Larson and Son Mining Co, where you’ll board an old, rickety elevator to make your descent into the earth for a viewing of a real-life active mine. But be careful of what you find down there. And if you find any buried treasure—definitely don’t open it. You never know what might be hiding inside." - Taylor Winters
Located in Orange, Pirates Cave Haunt is a must-see with the production value of a professional one! With amazing tech, a strong narrative, and some theatrical scenes, this was definitely one of our favorites. Check out our review on for more information!
https://www.haunting.net/pirates-cave-2021-curse-calico-jack/
Located in Orange, Pirates Cave Haunt is a must-see with the production value of a professional one! With amazing tech, a strong narrative, and some theatrical scenes, this was definitely one of our favorites. Check out our review on for more information!
https://www.haunting.net/pirates-cave-2021-curse-calico-jack/
LAST NIGHT WE WENT ON A HOME HAUNT ADVENTURE!🤩🤩🤩🎃🎃👻🏚👻 Thank you The Corona Haunt , Pirates Cave Haunt AND The grey phantom designs Casts and Crews for such a WONDERFUL SCARY EVENING Filled With THRILLS AND CHILLS🤩🤩🎃👻👻🙌🏼🙌🏼👻🎃 You ALLL KILLED IT👻🎃👻🤩 We had a Blast! LINK Below to watch our adventures in Home Haunting in So Cal! 🤩👻🎃👻👻🏚And Be sure to CHECK THEM OUT before Haunt Season is Over🏚👻These are incredible home haunts by people who have a passion for halloween/haunts and bring that to life through their haunts🖤🖤🖤🎃🎃 Thank you all Again and I hope ypu all have a wonderfully spooky evening 👻👻👻👻
We've teamed up with teen actress and model Isabelle Blackthorn to bring you Things To Do in OC- Halloween Edition. Check out this sneak peek of this fun OC Haunted House 📍 2548 East Garfield Ave, Orange, CA
🎃 Pirates Cave Haunt🎃
🔸 October 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 & 31
🔸 Fri-Sat: 6:30-10PM & Sun 6:30-9PM
🔸 FREE General Admission
🔸 Little Kid-Friendly Hours are 5-6PM with the lights on & no monsters in sight with 3 candy 🍬 stations along the way to bring your little one (for under 10 years old)
🔸 17 minutes from Disneyland, 19 minutes from Knotts Berry Farm, 9 minutes from Discovery Cube & there’s an 🍔 In-N-Out Burger, Islands and Chick-fil-A really close if you’ve got little hungry trick-or-treaters
🔸 Want to skip the line? Grab an Express Queue ticket 🎟 on the link at
👉 Save this & 💬 share it with someone you’d like to go with!
Stay tuned for more OC Halloween Things to Do! 💕 Big thank you to Isabelle Blackthorn for the video!
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🎃 Pirates Cave Haunt🎃
🔸 October 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 & 31
🔸 Fri-Sat: 6:30-10PM & Sun 6:30-9PM
🔸 FREE General Admission
🔸 Little Kid-Friendly Hours are 5-6PM with the lights on & no monsters in sight with 3 candy 🍬 stations along the way to bring your little one (for under 10 years old)
🔸 17 minutes from Disneyland, 19 minutes from Knotts Berry Farm, 9 minutes from Discovery Cube & there’s an 🍔 In-N-Out Burger, Islands and Chick-fil-A really close if you’ve got little hungry trick-or-treaters
🔸 Want to skip the line? Grab an Express Queue ticket 🎟 on the link at
👉 Save this & 💬 share it with someone you’d like to go with!
Stay tuned for more OC Halloween Things to Do! 💕 Big thank you to Isabelle Blackthorn for the video!
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This recommendation goes out to not only my haunt enthusiast friends but also any friends looking for a Halloween excursion in Orange County. The Pirates Cave Haunt in Orange is an amazing home haunt that will leave you speechless. They run this and next weekend. Go visit them. You won't regret it!
And while you're there, stop by nearby Phantom Hollow Holidays in Villa Park for one of the absolute best Halloween yard displays in all of Southern California!
And while you're there, stop by nearby Phantom Hollow Holidays in Villa Park for one of the absolute best Halloween yard displays in all of Southern California!
Pirates Cave Haunt is bigger and better than ever — with an expanded story and maze, mixing the best of previous years with an all-new experience! Check out this impressive home haunt in Orange!
Next up, Pirates Cave Haunt! This walkthrough attraction is jaw dropping. If this were transplanted into a theme park, we’d never believe it were designed for anything other than a park.
Free haunted house experience in Orange! 👻
Pirate's Cave Haunt has been providing family-friendly scares to the city of Villa Park & Orange for 22 years now.
We recommend this experience for kids ages 11 and over as the dark, sudden movements and scary creatures might be too scary for some kids.
The experience is about 5-7 minutes long.
Pirates Cave Haunt is a free non-profit event.
Express Queue for front of the line is available for $8.
Event dates:
October 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31
Hours:
Fri-Sat 6:30-10pm
Sunday 6:30-9pm
Address:
2548 E Garfield Ave, Orange, CA 92867 (major cross streets: Katella Avenue and Wanda Road)
🍭 Kids Candy Hunt on October 22-24, 29-31 from 5pm-6pm
Families can tour the Pirate's Cave with the lights on and no monsters in sight. Kids can also search the mine for 3 candy stations throughout the haunt if they are brave enough!
Tag us in your pics if you go!
Pirate's Cave Haunt has been providing family-friendly scares to the city of Villa Park & Orange for 22 years now.
We recommend this experience for kids ages 11 and over as the dark, sudden movements and scary creatures might be too scary for some kids.
The experience is about 5-7 minutes long.
Pirates Cave Haunt is a free non-profit event.
Express Queue for front of the line is available for $8.
Event dates:
October 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31
Hours:
Fri-Sat 6:30-10pm
Sunday 6:30-9pm
Address:
2548 E Garfield Ave, Orange, CA 92867 (major cross streets: Katella Avenue and Wanda Road)
🍭 Kids Candy Hunt on October 22-24, 29-31 from 5pm-6pm
Families can tour the Pirate's Cave with the lights on and no monsters in sight. Kids can also search the mine for 3 candy stations throughout the haunt if they are brave enough!
Tag us in your pics if you go!
Pirates Cave Haunt 2021 | Opening Night | Orange CA
Tonight we make our way to Pirate's Cave Haunt in Orange, CA.
Pirate's Cave Haunt has been providing family-friendly scares to the city of Villa Park & Orange for 22 years now. It’s a labor of love headed up by the father and son team Dave & Jacob Larson, at their home in Orange County, CA
For those families with kids that are too young for scares, they open up the cave for a “Kids Candy Hunt” during the last two weekends of the event from 5-6pm. Families can tour the Pirate's Cave with the lights on and no monsters in sight. Kids can also search the mine for 3 candy stations throughout the haunt if they are brave enough!
Tonight we make our way to Pirate's Cave Haunt in Orange, CA.
Pirate's Cave Haunt has been providing family-friendly scares to the city of Villa Park & Orange for 22 years now. It’s a labor of love headed up by the father and son team Dave & Jacob Larson, at their home in Orange County, CA
For those families with kids that are too young for scares, they open up the cave for a “Kids Candy Hunt” during the last two weekends of the event from 5-6pm. Families can tour the Pirate's Cave with the lights on and no monsters in sight. Kids can also search the mine for 3 candy stations throughout the haunt if they are brave enough!
We are 4 Days Away from Opening Night of HOLLYWOOD!!!!🤩🤩👻🙌🏼🙌🏼🎃 We are so excited for the beginning of Haunt Season!!!🤩😈🤩😈🤩 Here is a list of the haunts we will be visiting this Haunt Season 2021👻🎃🎃👻
👻 Halloween Horror Nights - Hollywood
🦇 Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Orlando
🧛🏻♂️ Six Flags Magic Mountain
🧙🏻♀️ Knott's Scary Farm
🎃 Howl-O-Scream San Diego
😈 Howl-O-Scream
🏚 Delusion: Interactive Horror Theatre
💀 Mortem Manor
🎃 The Corona Haunt
☠️ Pirates Cave Haunt
🚢 grey phantom designs
🚘 Tunnel of Terror OC - Haunted Carwash
🎃 Dark Harvest
🎪 Castle Park
We are so excited to see all you Monsters 🧟 In Action This Year and to get scared by you all!!!!👻🤩 You got this!!🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 And a huge Thank You to the incredible build/creative teams that are working around the clock to bring these nightmares to life!!!🙌🏼🤩🤩👻🙌🏼🎃 You are all Amazing! Thank you🖤🖤🖤
We are wishing the Monsters and Crews of all of these haunts and the haunts across the country a safe and killer haunt season👻👻🤩🤩🙌🏼🎃🎃🖤🖤 Thank you all again for making these breathtaking events🖤 We cannot wait to be immersed in your worlds of Horror and Madness👻👻🤩🎃🎃🖤🦇
LET THE HAUNTING BEGIN👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻
👻 Halloween Horror Nights - Hollywood
🦇 Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Orlando
🧛🏻♂️ Six Flags Magic Mountain
🧙🏻♀️ Knott's Scary Farm
🎃 Howl-O-Scream San Diego
😈 Howl-O-Scream
🏚 Delusion: Interactive Horror Theatre
💀 Mortem Manor
🎃 The Corona Haunt
☠️ Pirates Cave Haunt
🚢 grey phantom designs
🚘 Tunnel of Terror OC - Haunted Carwash
🎃 Dark Harvest
🎪 Castle Park
We are so excited to see all you Monsters 🧟 In Action This Year and to get scared by you all!!!!👻🤩 You got this!!🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 And a huge Thank You to the incredible build/creative teams that are working around the clock to bring these nightmares to life!!!🙌🏼🤩🤩👻🙌🏼🎃 You are all Amazing! Thank you🖤🖤🖤
We are wishing the Monsters and Crews of all of these haunts and the haunts across the country a safe and killer haunt season👻👻🤩🤩🙌🏼🎃🎃🖤🖤 Thank you all again for making these breathtaking events🖤 We cannot wait to be immersed in your worlds of Horror and Madness👻👻🤩🎃🎃🖤🦇
LET THE HAUNTING BEGIN👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻
"Pirates Cave Origin has production value seldom seen in independent yard displays/shows, and a must-see if you’re in the area. One of our favorites of the season, the show was a treat to attend, and the talented team demonstrated enthusiasm for their work in every moment." - Madeline Nelson
Check out our new article on where we review Pirates Cave Haunt's . With a live show, cutting edge technology, and immense attention to detail, this was definitely one of the highlights of the season.
https://www.haunting.net/pirates-cave-origin-review/
Check out our new article on where we review Pirates Cave Haunt's . With a live show, cutting edge technology, and immense attention to detail, this was definitely one of the highlights of the season.
https://www.haunting.net/pirates-cave-origin-review/