Muskoka Heritage Place announced today that the annual Great Pumpkin Trail Hallowe’en event as well as the Portage Flyer Christmas will be postponed until 2022.
“To maintain the high standard of Covid-19 prevention that we have worked so hard to accomplish this past summer, Muskoka Heritage Place is unable to offer The Great Pumpkin Trail or our Portage Flyer Christmas event this year,” noted Ron Gostlin, Manager of Muskoka Heritage Place.
“These events have been well attended, and loved by the community for many years. Their success relies on the community getting together and gathering in tight spaces to trick or treat or share holiday cheer. To run these events during the pandemic and maintain a high standard of prevention would mean the events would need to be drastically modified in capacity and duration, that we wouldn’t be able to provide the ‘supermagicated’ experience that everyone knows and loves.”
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Too bad. Two seasonal programs the community will miss. Ron, Sarah and support staff always put on a good show.
The Great Pumpin Trail? Isn’t everyone masked anyway? But the Merry Old Elf? Tough to get on his knee and whisper in his ear from 6′ away.
Let’s hope we can get it all up and running come Easter and they can get the bunny to’Run Rabbit, run!’