Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site Tickets

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Directions

DIRECTIONS TO EVENT PARKING:
Ghost Bus Parking Lot
Philadelphia Zoo - Giraffe Lot
3901 Girard Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

From NORTH or EAST
Take I-95 South (if coming from North of Philadelphia) or the Benjamin Franklin Bridge ( if coming from New Jersey) to I- 676 West.
Merge onto I- 76 West
Take I -76 West to Exit 342 Girard Avenue
Follow directional signs for Zoo/Ghost Bus Parking

From the WEST:
Take I-76 to Exit 342 Girard Avenue
Follow directional signs for Zoo/Ghost Bus Parking

From the SOUTH:
Take I - 95 North ( if coming from South of Philadelphia) or the Walt Whitman Bridge ( if coming from New Jersey) to I -76 West.
Take I- 76 West to Exit 342 Girard Avenue
Follow directional signs for Zoo/Ghost Bus Parking.

DIRECTIONS FOR DROP OFF AT EVENT LOCATION:
22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue, just five blocks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

FROM NORTH OR WEST:
Take Interstate 76 (Schuylkill Expressway) to Exit 344 (old exit 38), which is I-676 (Vine Expressway). As soon as you get onto I-676, take the first exit on the right "Benjamin Franklin Parkway." Take the first left onto 22nd Street. Pass the Philadelphia Museum of Art (on your left) and continue five blocks north to Fairmount Ave.

FROM SOUTH OR EAST:
Take I-95 to exit 22 (old exit 17) and follow Interstate 676 West. Get off at "Art Museum/ Benjamin Franklin Pkwy" exit. At the top of the ramp, turn right onto 22nd Street. Pass the Philadelphia Museum of Art (on your left) and continue five blocks to Fairmount Ave.

Parking

Parking:
Take Regal Entertainment Group’s Ghost Bus to Terror Behind the Walls.

The Ghost Bus: Easy, inexpensive parking, a bus or trolley ride and real ghost stories! Every night of Terror Behind the Walls multiple trolleys loop between the secure parking lot and the Penitentiary. The cost is just $15 per car ($12 in advance online), including the bus or trolley ride and real ghost stories!

Public Transportation
Bus service to Eastern State Penitentiary is convenient to SEPTA Bus Routes: 48, 43, 33, 32, 7.

Take the 7, 32 or 48 to 22nd and Fairmount Avenue. Walk east one block and the entrance to Eastern State Penitentiary is on the left-hand side of Fairmount Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets.

Take the 33 to 20th and Fairmount. Walk east one block and the entrance to Eastern State Penitentiary is on the right-hand side of Fairmount Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets.

From the 43 bus, get off at 21st and Spring Garden Streets and walk north. Fairmount Avenue is the next major street, parallel to Spring Garden Street.

Box Office Numbers

Special discounted group rates ( 20 people or more) are available on select group nights (see schedule) by calling the TBTW Group Sales Department at 215-236-5111 x19 or emailing BoxOffice@EasternState.org

See www.EasternState.org for more information or call our automated Halloween hotline
at 888-763-NITE

Box Office Hours

The TBTW Box Office is open everyday from 11am to 6pm starting September 13th to November 6 and from 11am to 11pm every night of Terror Behind the Walls. See schedule for show nights.

The TBTW Box Office is located directly in front of the prison at the corner of Fairmount and 21st Street.

Types of Payment Accepted

Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and Cash only accepted at Box Office.

Will Call

Please pick up tickets 15 minutes before entry window listed on ticket. Will call is not available until shows opens at 7pm.

PLEASE NOTE: Will Call is located in a separate booth directly in front of the Penitentiary on Fairmount between 21st and 22nd Streets. You must present a photo ID and credit card at Will Call.

Accessible Seating

This historical building is fully accessible on the entire first level of the tour.

General Rules

The following are NOT PERMITTED in the Penitentiary:
Weapons/Firearms*
Knives
Sharp Objects
Alcohol
Outside food or beverage
Smoking
Flashlights
No cameras or recording devices of any kind may be used inside the haunted attractions.
No refunds, exchanges or replacements.

* Eastern State Penitentiary Historice Site has a strict no guns policy. No one may bring a gun onto the property, including off duty police officers, etc.

Children Rules

Terror Behind the Walls is a great event for older kids (and of course for fright-loving adults!), but we recommend that kids ages 7 to 12 visit on our "Slight Fright Family Nights"

For the first hour these nights, 7:00p.m. to 8:00p.m., kids can say "Monster Be Good!" and they will! The tour and special effects are the same, but our actors will take it just a little bit easier on the group.

Plus, specially discount kids' tickets** are available all evening on Family Nights! Just $ 10* each! Families with older kids can visit after 8:00p.m. for a more scary tour, and still get the kids' discount. Please note: Discounted kids' tickets are available only on Family Nights. There are no kids' discounts on other show nights.

Family Nights are every Sunday night, plus Wednesday, Oct 13th, Thursday October 14th & Tuesday, Oct 19.

Please note: Kids under the age of seven (7) are not permitted on the site.

Miscellaneous

COUPONS
Save $ 5.00 with discount coupons available at all Pennsylvania, New Jersey & New York LUKOIL locations. (*Coupons available while supplies last).

UP GRADE YOUR TICKET!
When you order online, you can upgrade your ticket to a Quick Pass ticket and skip the line (select the “Quick Pass” option) and you can also prepay for parking (you will be asked if you would like to add parking before completing your order). The Quick Pass upgrade and prepaid parking are available exclusively online through Ticketmaster.

You can also add a daytime prison tour ticket to your purchase for just $8. This discounted daytime prison tour ticket is valid between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm on any date of Terror Behind the Walls. See www.EasternState.org for more information about daytime prison tours.

AFTER DARK VIP TOUR
Eastern State Penitentiary’s “After Dark VIP Tour” is the ultimate Halloween experience. The evening begins with an hour-long, guided flashlight walking tour of this National Historic Landmark. Highlights include the cellblocks, Death Row, Al Capone’s cell, and the underground isolation cells under Cellblock 14. Following the tour, guests will be escorted to the front of the Terror Behind the Walls’ lines. Visitors can remember their evening with a souvenir photo taken inside the penitentiary and a special Terror Behind the Walls LED flashlight.

After Dark VIP Tour tickets must be purchased in advance online through Ticketmaster. See www.EasternState.org/viptour for more information.

Following the tour there is an area with music, roving actors, photo opportunities and various shops selling reasonably priced light food. The penitentiary museum is also open. All attractions are included in the single ticket price.

Neighborhood Restaurants:
Illuminare (215) 765-0202
Jacks Firehouse (215) 232-9000
London Grille (215) 978-4545
McCrossen's Tavern (215) 854-0923
Mushots (215) 500-7650
Rembrandts (215) 763-2228
The Belgian Café (215) 235-3500
Trio (215) 232-8746

Terror Behind the Walls is presented by Lukoil.
Terror Behind the Walls is also brought to you by Coca Cola, Regal Entertainment Group,
P.W. - Philadelphia Weekly and Halloween Adventure Stores.

SEE www.Easternstate.org for more information or call the general information number at 888 -763-NITE.