Somporn Naksuetrong (center),
vice president of the Royal Garden Plaza, brings out the ghosts, ghouls and
goblins to begin the Halloween Fancy Costume Contest.
Staff reporters
Ghouls and goblins once again were out in full force, celebrating
Halloween in the usual Pattaya fashion. Tourists and residents alike haunted
hotels, restaurants and nightlife districts.
On Walking Street, business owners decorated their establishments with ghost
figures, dark curtains, haunted posters and employees in full makeup. The more
elaborate shops created that spooky feeling with music and lights, plus the
occasional ghoul popping out of a dark corner.
Revelers filled the street in costumes of their own, giving the city a festive
feeling that permeated the walls of luxury resorts and shopping malls.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! in the Royal Garden Plaza threw a unique Halloween
party filled with monsters from its Haunted Adventure attraction. The amusement
center ran a costume contest with 25 ghouls competing for 50,000 baht in Royal
Garden gift certificates.
Contestants in the Zulu Bar’s
scary costume contest, won by the youngster in the middle, perform their
scariest dance moves for the judges.
Nisuth Phuthong took the grand prize for her “Bupha
Ratree”-themed ghost-student dress. Fahprathan Pholaahan took second prize as a
foreign ghost child while Naruemol Sukhyuu took third place for dressing up as a
zombie from the Resident Evil movies and video games. Fourth place was awarded
to Phitcha Saetang who dressed up as ‘Nangmai Ghost’, an ancient Thai ghost that
scared the wits out of the spectators.
Down the road, the Hard Rock Cafe threw a distinctly morbid Halloween bash using
the theme “Dead & Beloved Rockers Night.” Costume-contest hopefuls dressed up as
deceased music stars, with prizes awarded both for kids and adults.
Malisa Steinhoff was scariest child contestant, winning a free birthday party
for 10 kids at the Hard Rock Cafe. The adult category was won by Alisa
Panprasom, who took home 5,000 baht and a dining voucher.
In Naklua, the Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort offered its own Halloween
happening at its Zulu Bar. Its family-friendly party saw the upscale hotel
decorated with skulls, coffins and eyeballs with ghosts and goblins serving food
and drinks. The hotel put on a “funky, funny ghost” show and dances by female
monsters.
Aye matey, ‘twas a good night for
scaring people. This pirate and his two sexy companions blended quite well into
the Halloween scene on Walking Street.
Can I give you a hand with that?
Alisa Panprasom, winner of the
scariest costume contest at the Hard Rock Cafe Pattaya’s Dead & Loved Rockers
Night.
Shock! Spirits are captured in a
photograph taken at the Hard Rock Cafe.
Ghouls, ghosts and goblins invade
the Tavern by the Sea at the Amari Orchid Pattaya.
It’s Scary Movie the Sequel in
the Zulu bar at Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya.
Just another typical night on
Walking Street?
The Wicked Witch of the West and
Cowardly Lion were spotted on Walking Street looking for the Yellow Brick Road.
