Oct. 25, 2024

Behind the Screams: Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group on LA Haunted Hayride 2024

Behind the Screams: Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group on LA Haunted Hayride 2024

Get an exclusive look into the different offerings from Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group during this presentation from Midsummer Scream! NOTE: this originally aired during Midsummer Scream, and I forgot to post this earlier!

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Get an exclusive look into the different offerings from Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group during this presentation from Midsummer Scream! NOTE: this originally aired during Midsummer Scream, and I forgot to post this earlier!

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Today we're learning all about what Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group

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has planned for the SoCal area that's coming up on

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today's show. From the Haunted Attraction Network, I'm Philip, and

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this is our annual Hauntathon where we're counting down to

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Halloween by celebrating haunted houses daily via videos, podcast articles,

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and more. Since this podcast is only one part of

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the Haunted On, the best way to follow everything is

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by subscribing to our free weekly newsletter at the link

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in our show notes. Remember that the best way you

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can support us is by sharing our Hauntedon with someone

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you think we'll enjoy it. Okay, today I'm playing the

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full panel from the Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group that they

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gave during Midsommer's Scream this past season. Yes, this is

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a little bit of old recording. However, the Los Angeles

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Haunted Hey Rid just opened this past weekend and Delusion

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opened the weekend before that. The events are still pretty new,

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and I think this panel still gives you the context

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behind what's.

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Happening at them.

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So here we go. In three two one.

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Let's right for the masle.

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Please won't you welcome the afterlife?

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For the party, the most affordable entertainer in his price range.

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Let's hear it for the Superintendent of Springs and the

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executive of Fright, the.

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Late Monty red Volta.

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A great Eatings, It's me, Great Teams, It's me the

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Late Mon.

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Alright, that's the track, that's a greetings.

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It's me the late Mon he moonta styre of the mon.

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You were bold to show? Cue the clopping. I can't.

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Will you sit down? Yeah, you gotta sit down, will

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you directed? I wanna just say this, Welcome to the

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San Diego Comic Con.

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And welcome to the thirteenth floor Entertainment Group LLC panel.

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What a horrible title.

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Indeed, now, I'm sure you know this is my complete

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contractual obligations to have you all raise up in your

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seats and join me in the official anthem of La

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Haunted hay Ride.

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And Midnight Falls.

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I means, get up your dummies, trigger tree and trigger

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trees and tart are far trees to eat? Tis all

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us nat claws in the town Midnights.

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And nine falls, nine poles town mid nine.

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Files, a town that's toursted from bad to west.

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In the Town of mid Night. Thank you, I'll see

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you in the spot township.

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Welcome to Midsummer Screen. We are excited to be joined

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by a few of the creative masterminds behind Thirteenth Floor

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Entertainment Group, the owner operator of seventeen large scale attractions

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that haunt the nation each Halloween, including some of your

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favorite events right here in the South Pland. Today, they

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will discuss the innovation behind their cutting edge designs, intricate mazes,

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and the narratives that keep fans returning.

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Year after year.

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As summer starts to fade.

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Away and the spooky season looms large, it's time to

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find out what this sinister crew has in store for

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all of us. Please welcome to the stage the creator

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of Delusion and director of Immersive Entertainment for thirteenth Floor,

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John Braid, the creator of the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride

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and producer at thirteenth Floor. Melissa carbon Wa, Regional manager

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for thirteenth Floor, Amy Holloman, Vice President of Operations for

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thirteenth Floor, Greg Salliers, CEO and founding partner of thirteenth Floor,

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Christopher Staff, and your moderator for this presentation from Ash

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versus Evil Dead, actress Dana de Lorenzo.

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Hi, guys, how's everyone doing?

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How great is Midsummer scream? You guys having a good weekend? Well,

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well it's about to get even better as long as

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nothing gets possessed and jumps on stage, which has been

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known to happen with a few of us.

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In fact, some of these people, if not all, are

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very good friends with ghosts and goals and all the

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things we love. So I'm so excited to reveal this

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information to you because you know, we love to hear

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what's coming up every year.

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We all know and love it. That's why we're all

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here with the Thirteenth.

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Floor Entertainment Group. And I don't know, there may be

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a surprise in it or two.

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Do you know?

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He doesn't allow a surprise, So.

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I'm excited to be here and to talk about all

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the things going on for Southern California Halloween. Also, I

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do tend to scream the closer I get to a microphone,

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so sorry, in advance, I'll.

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Try and not talk as much and loudly.

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So we're all here because we've been to one of

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the events, so hopefully can come for the first time.

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We know in Love and it's developed quite a name

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in southern California. So, Chris, how has the thirteenth floor

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changed over the years?

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And you know what has been going on recently? What

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we're my parents for?

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Yeah, I mean it's changed crazy over the last I

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don't know how long I've been doing this now, But

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started out, like much of the people in this room,

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just as.

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A Han Halloween fan.

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Got invited to go work at my first mine at

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house when I was fifteen years old, and fell in

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love with it and always thought about what.

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Would it be like if I did my own Honted

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house one and so in.

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Two thousand and two, I actually opened our first one

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at house with my business Mark of Our, who we

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met working as fifteen year old kids at that haunted house,

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opened our first Honted house. Then two thousand and eight

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we opened the original thirteenth floor Haunted House in Denver, Colorado.

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And then in two thousand and nine we met a

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couple of guys from Austin, Texas that had done on

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haunted house called the House of Torment, and we brought

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our businesses together. In twenty ten we opened thirteenth Floor

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Saan Antonio, and that was kind of our our that

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was kind of the genesis of the Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group, right,

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bringing those two companies together and starting to grow the business.

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Since then, we've been opening new shows, acquiring shows.

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The company this year will operate thirty two different attractions

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across the country.

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Oh yeah, and a lot of work.

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Yeah.

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So a lot of them are are centered in the

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Halloween space, so haunted houses, Halloween festivals, but some of

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them are also room escape acts, throwing. And then we

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just opened our first immersive art installation in a joint

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venture with Other World.

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It's called Other World Philadelphia. It's a pretty incredible location.

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But yeah, and it wouldn't be possible without all the

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people sitting on stage here today and a lot of

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the folks that are in the audience watching us today.

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So pretty excited to reveal to you guys a lot

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of secrets about what we've been working on.

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What all these folks have been working on.

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But before we do that, I think we're gonna hop

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back and take a look at a video of just

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a recap of what we did in twenty twenty three.

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Right, I'm excited. I'm so excited. Are you so excited?

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Look?

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Bit now last year, so now we're going to get

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into what's to come, and I think we have to

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jump into probably the most unique event to start off

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the events. It's also known, I'm short, as you all agree,

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as the vanguard of interactive horror theater. I think you

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know and who love it. It's a little world called Delusion,

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and I'd love to talk to.

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John Braver everybody the creator of Delusion.

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So John, for anyone who has.

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An experienced Delusion, can you just kind of describe the concept?

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Yes, how many people have been to Delusion? That was loud,

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That's good, and there were a lot of people that

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have it, So for all of you, I kind of

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want to give a quick explanation. It's basically the most

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cinematic experience you can have in the live setting. So

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that's I come from the film world and we kind

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of brought that into the live the live world. And

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to give you a bit of a taste of that

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and some of the characters and the stories, I just

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want to throw up a little video here for the

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guys to enjoy, So check it out.

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Delusion to get the.

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Best time for may have this all very very very

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intimidating out for that and I just felt like someone.

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Going behind for the entire times, you've got to come

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to chuck it out. It's awesome, my lord, who think

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we should play that again? Yeah, that's so quick that

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you've got a little taste that you can kind of

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see some of the characters over the years here. So

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it's very much like living inside of a creepy, hauntingly

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beautiful story. And we've been doing it since twenty eleven

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and it's really not much like it. It's an very

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intimate experience. We try to make sure that people feel

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they have some agency and they're a part of the story.

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Obviously our trademark player of parts. We really take that seriously.

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So I've been just doing this for a long time

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and get swallowed back into this every year, and we'll

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kind of dig into this year's show a little bit later.

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Well, and since you've been doing it since twenty eleven,

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and like you said, every year, it's a different story,

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so that's a lot of storylines to come up with.

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So how would you describe that process of coming up

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with something new every year, trying to top the last year.

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Well, I think if I go into an overear thing

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and try to top it, I can set yourself up

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for our disaster. But basically, storylines come in various ways,

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through gummies, through through streams, through various interactions I'll have

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with someone on the street. They're all standalone stories pretty much,

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so you could go to any one of them. But

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there's a delusion universe we have over now at this point,

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probably about fifty characters, fifty original characters, and we've done

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this since twenty elevens with nine stories, and it's pretty

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expansive at this point, so I think coming up with

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them it depends on also the venue. Obviously you've been

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a lot of you have been to the show, so

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you've been to some of these really unique and special

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venues that we acquired, not so much acquired, but rented,

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and we'd love to acquire them. But that plays a

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big part in the telling of the story as well too. I'll,

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for example, the Phillips Match. We've been there for the

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last three years, Pomona, and that's a very special place.

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So I remember the first.

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Time I saw it.

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I would just stand there and just stare at this

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for a little bit and see what comes my way,

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just feel the space and walk around and to go

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through a process. It's hard for me to explain it

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so much, but I explained it with the gummy park.

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But basically, it's really fun because it's fun, and it's

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frustrating at the same time, to be honest, because obviously

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we do ten to twelve people every ten minutes or so.

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That's been our format. So it's it's it's been a

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little it's been difficult to try to tell a compelling

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story with that kind of format, but we've been able

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to do it for many years now and I'm very

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proud of it. So it's a it's exciting. Most of

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the time I spent spent about two or three days

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at the venue. I'll sit there and I'll maybe sleep

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there sometimes and just walk around and feel the space,

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feel the flow of it as well too. That's most

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important to make sure the audience doesn't sort of backtrack

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into other groups, so we get the flow down and

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then the rest of the time in front of my

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computer in a very crouched, annoying position like this for

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a couple of months. That's where I'm at right now

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with this current story, so I should probably change my posture.

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So anyway, it's there's a lot, a lot more to

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tell me about that.

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But that's that's kind of a the gist, okay, and

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so and I don't want to try too much, but

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so you you cloud gay, we'll try.

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So last year we.

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Saw a culmination of all of the Delusion storylines, right,

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so can you maybe tell.

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Us what era or world that Delusion will be taking

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us to this year?

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Yeah, so this will be interesting. Those of you who

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went to the show last year, did you see anything

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at the very end of the show, any little easter egg?

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A book?

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Okay, your story?

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Lots of what.

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That's something. Somebody said the blood right.

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Here?

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You got one. Somebody said the blood, the blood right

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back there, and there's the book. Okay. So at the

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end of the story last year, we had the Delusion

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sort of compendium, toss it into the furnace burns, and

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then we're outside. We hear the epilogue kind of wrapping

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everything up. If you might have missed it, and a

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lot of people did. I just snuck it in there

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as a fun thing and see if anybody would notice.

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But one page lingered outside of the outside of the

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carriage house. There's a window, and it's sort of sticking

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outside of the window.

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I saw it.

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So that was called the Original that show from twenty

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twelve called The Blood Right, and that's that's the era

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I'm revisiting. I'm bringing back sort of a storyline, some

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characters from that story from that show, So that was

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if you saw that, then that's kind of the continuation

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of this to go back into some of the old stories.

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But this is really this show is as I'm writing it,

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it's becoming a holy new show. It's the loved characters

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back then. Did anybody actually see that show from twenty twelve? Oh,

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you guys are og come up here. I want to

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shave your head, Florida.

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And can you reveal maybe the title of this year's

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Delusion show?

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Yes, do we hear the best storytelling? I want you

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to say it.

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Oh, no, you're the best story writer, John.

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I'll tell you the title the new.

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Delusion, the rand Castle.

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Check it out, Losing the Red Castle. And you can

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kinda take a moment and read about the storyline. And

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this year it's a it's a lot about love and sorrow.

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It's a character named those who came to the show

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in twenty twelve. If you even remember the name of

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the protagonists. This is this stuff forget it. It's called

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doctor Lowell.

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That's right, Someone bring that person a prize.

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It's right, gummy, gommy, Hey, we've got a theme going

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for this battle thirteen learned team group is not unders tis.

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Not a guarantee.

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So the storyline basically is like he lost his wife,

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what a transition lost his wife? And like how far

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would you go to sort of bring this this loved

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one back and would they even want to be brought

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back to this world? So we're playing into that, into

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having the audience be key players, keep patience of doctor

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Lowell this story and how they're going to help him

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either bring his wife.

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Back or not.

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And so at the last three years, it was at

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the Phillips Mansion, right, the last three years of the setting.

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So if we are if it's called the right.

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Castle, can you tell us where Delusion is going to

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move to this year?

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Yeah, that is actually the venue you're looking at right there.

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Wow.

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Who So this I don't know if anybody's known. I

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didn't have lived in La for a long time. I

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didn't know this place existed. But it's called a Stimpson

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House and it is thankfully in La proper.

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It's it's near usc near the one ten and the

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ten energy and it's it's very close to a lot

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of people, but it's this really cool, clean Distrian kind

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of castle that exists right next to a church. So

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we'll be sure to defy all that. But it's it's unreal.

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I mean, you see it right here. Obviously, if you're

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standing in front of it, you'll be blown away. So yeah,

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the Stimpson House and your uc and will be that

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is that is the right castle. This is this was

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actually owned by an old lumber magnate. I forgot his

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name exactly, but it's you know, these Crimson bricks and

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it's got this obviously cool milk. This tower you can

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see over there as well too. So we're gonna occupy

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that space and put on quite an unreal show. This

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thing is turning out to be incredibly fun.

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I'm really excited for that.

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Yeah, well he's not exciting to let a passault.

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And so just one last question.

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Done so in the past, you know, because you've had

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different locations, what can you give a little bit about

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because now we have this location that you're doing it.

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What is the experience like when what can people expect

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with the experience when.

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They walk in to this one, well kind of allude

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to what I talked about earlier about being patients of

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this of this psychiatrist, doctor Frederick Lowell, and again going

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back to a question earlier about the era, we're in

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the late forties, early fifties kind of era. So he

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took over this place and made it his sort of

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again clandestine asylum. So it's we're leaning into the idea

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of sort of this research. I wouldn't even say facility

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because it's supposed to be private, as I said, clandestine, secret.

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So you're going to be sort of readmitted into this

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place that you've existed for a little while, but your

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memory of it has kind of faded, and so you'll

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be sort of reintroducing some interesting way to old characters.

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So you'll you'll feel as if you're being I mean,

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the idea is feel as if you're you've gone mad

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for sure. So that's that's the idea, that's the experience.

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But we're testing this out, and this has always been

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an interesting part of the delusion of the past, and

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I've always put a lot of trust into the audience.

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But for this one, I want to go back to

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that idea that the audience has these certain abilities to

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be able to manipulate things, and so you have these

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dormentabilities in your mind. And the doctor has been kind

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of working on that for a while to help resurrect

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his wife. So you're going to feel as if you're

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you're patient. I would suggest everybody goes and rewatches Shutter

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Island because that is a big inspiration for this story.

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Thank you for all of those little tippets.

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I'm very excited about this and yes, let's get it

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up and John Wray and commenca.

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So we're going just.

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Transition here from the dark and deep of delusion to.

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The magical and beautiful and delightful Magic of the jack

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O lantern So, Amy, can you just tell us a

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little bit about this event For anyone who has a

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been or may of Mista last year, I would love

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to thank you, Amy.

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Magic of the jack O Lanterns is a Halloween event

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located in Wittier and Narrows. Nestling between two bodies of

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water is a delightful trail flanked with thousands of hand

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carved pumpkins. Some of these pumpkins are placed on the

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ground and some are interconnected into larger than life displays.

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What I love about this event is it has that

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feeling of like on a crisp fall evening, that you're

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going to something that's it's like vintage Halloween, but at

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the same time we incorporate a new wave of technology.

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So I think it dazzles all guests who attend. I agree.

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And how long is how do I say, how as

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long as the trail or how long can people expect

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to be there when they attend?

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I would say you expect to plan at least an hour.

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But you're gonna hear me talking about in addition to

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the walking trail, there's some activities so you can come

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and make a whole night of it, or if you're

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someone who likes to bounce from one Halloween event to another,

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like start with delusion and end with something a little softer,

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you could come and make sure you get through the

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event and an hour great?

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And who is this geared towards demographic?

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Wife?

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It's a great question. I think magic is perfect for

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actually for all ages.

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There's something for everybody, whether it's from a date night,

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which would be a very romantic suggestion for you guys

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out there, from a date night to a group of

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teenagers who want to do something fun to family.

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Family favorites. There's nothing startling, you know, but it's something

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that people like all the time.

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And if you even if you get creative like John

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with whatever gummans he was talking about, you still would probably.

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Find this event extremely magical. But it's really it's there's

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something for.

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Everybody imagin No gummans, but there is alcohol that helps

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you do not provide that.

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And so this is the second year correct of the

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Magic of the jack Lards And what are there any

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changes or updates that we should know about for the ship?

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Oh yeah, for this year, like I said, in addition

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to walking through the trail and seeing all of the displays,

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we are going to also have some fun inflatable pumpkin

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themed activities, from a gigantic slide to obstacle courses both

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for adults and children. And then there's the pumpkin Bounce

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Pad which you can bounce on it, you can chill

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on it.

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Everybody has a great starting.

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We also have We started this Morris experience last year

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prototyping this at this event, and we found it was

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so popular, but we weren't to make it even better

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this year.

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So you can get sure, we can tell you some moores.

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But Greg and the team have been planning on how.

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To make this really an experience where you're sitting around

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what you know can't fire together, which I think is awesome.

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And in addition to.

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That, we, like I mentioned earlier in New Wave of Technology,

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I'm gonna let someone else tell you all about the

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technical components of that, but we're pretty excited for the

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advances that we're making in the show.

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Too wonderful, and so you just touched upon it. I

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was just gonna ask that, ask you, Greg. There's one

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new surprise this year at Magic of the Jack at Lanterns.

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There is we didn't ask how many people went to

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Magic last year. That's fantastic. So if you've been, if

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you haven't been, Magic is it's beautiful. I mean, there's

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just no other way to put it. There's seven thousand

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pumpkins and pumpkin boards and a lot of different things

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going going on. But last year we had one particular

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feature that we put in the five hundred little pumpkins

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around the corner that were all synced up to music

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and dancing, and it was, without a doubt, the most

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pompular part of the show. So we're sitting there one

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night looking at the crowd, looking at the grid, and

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we're like, why don't we do this to the entire show.

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So every single pumpkin and board and every other feature

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in the entire show is going to be dancing to

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the music. And every half hour, we're gonna take that

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and we're going to have a park wide show. So

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it's did a little vignettes with their own little show

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every half hour. The entire part is going to be

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one giant show.

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Wow.

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And I'll add one thing that's cool that we are

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bringing back this year is some of those songs are

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by our friends Lovecraft.

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I think you guys make awesome spooky Halloween music. So

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we're really excited to partnering with them again.

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So I'm gonna I'm gonna bring on our technical director Polly,

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who actually made all of this happen.

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Thanks.

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Yeah, Hi.

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Kid, it's kid, thank you.

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It's bad for correcting and he's old and forgets.

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Yeah.

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So, like Mike said, we really looked at the event

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last year, and at our pumpkin grid in particular, and

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we saw our guests really responding to it positively. They

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enjoyed and they stood around and watched it, and it

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had a few different seasons in the run, and so

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we spent the off season really considering, you know, what

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does it look like to integrate that technology is addressable

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LED technology throughout the entire event, and so we've replaced

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not only every light in every pumpkin, but also our

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ambient lighting that lights the trees and everything.

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All of this is now addressable.

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LED technology, which allows us to control bolt, the brightness

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and the cover of every light in the event. And

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we kind of have two modes that customers will be

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able to enjoy.

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When they come.

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The first is just kind of an ambient where the

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show looks a lot like it did last year.

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If you went, it's pretty and it's split up and

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it's nice.

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But even there there's some new kind of magic. All right,

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imagine that the.

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Jacklitter, the pumpkins on the ground will you know, flicker

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00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:04.559
a bit like they're by fire, or maybe they're they'll twinkle.

485
00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:06.160
We're changing color things like this.

486
00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:10.880
But what we're really excited about is kind of showboat

487
00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:14.960
where every half an hour, every light in the entire

488
00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:20.160
event goes out and then comes back up, playing an

489
00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:24.559
event wide show synchronized to music, something that we think

490
00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:26.799
is going to be a really unique and exciting experience,

491
00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:30.519
something that our guests have never seen before, something we've

492
00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.279
just never been able to.

493
00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:33.519
Bring before without this technology.

494
00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:38.039
And if you haven't yet, please stop by or who's

495
00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:40.079
in the Hall of Shadows even see sort of a

496
00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:43.279
small version of what we imagine this looks like again

497
00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:47.079
with great Lovecraft music and then the season.

498
00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:49.559
Please come out to see the entire event.

499
00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.119
What are your name?

500
00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:52.680
Fantastic lot and we.

501
00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:55.720
Did Greg mentioned briefly, but there we do also have

502
00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:59.839
food and theme beverages, both alcoholic and so over the

503
00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:03.759
So I think if you come and use catch the

504
00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:08.799
tail end of show mode, grab a drink, stick around

505
00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:11.720
so you can see it go through the whole sequence here.

506
00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:14.720
And there are multiple shows that throughout your stay at

507
00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.839
the event, you can see it at least the cover

508
00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:18.880
three different sequences.

509
00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:22.359
I want to thank Kip for how positively he's describing

510
00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:24.279
all of this, because on the night that we all

511
00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:27.200
stood there with the small example of it and said,

512
00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:29.640
what is the whole place did this?

513
00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:36.400
I can see Kim's head just go. So I appreciate

514
00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.240
his enthusiasm.

515
00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:39.319
Now actually he loves what he does, and I think

516
00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.680
you guys are going to see that when you come

517
00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.319
see it this year.

518
00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:44.359
I was super impressed by just a small demo that

519
00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.000
you guys can.

520
00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.880
See of all the shadows.

521
00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:48.720
And that's always the secret sauce I found in anything

522
00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:51.680
when you really love what you do, when you're passionate

523
00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:54.160
about it, like everyone up here, you can see how

524
00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:56.680
excited they are, which is why you all excited, which

525
00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:59.680
is why they consistently put on good events and good

526
00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:01.920
show because that you can tell they genuinely love it

527
00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.079
and they invest a lot into it.

528
00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:05.279
And I'm very excited about this, and I think this

529
00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:07.480
is going to bring the magic of the Dan Jack

530
00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:09.039
Landers to a whole new level.

531
00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:11.880
And I think I could be wrong, but I believe

532
00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:16.799
we have a teaser trailer of what to maybe expect

533
00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.279
this year.

534
00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:59.680
Things tasts, there's bass, boss takes everything, boats, passssssts, past, don't.

535
00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:10.119
I want you, I can't wait.

536
00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:14.279
I wanted to start tomorrow, although then that would give

537
00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:14.839
you last time.

538
00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:20.279
No, no, never mind, And so I.

539
00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:24.480
Want to bring out a special guest to help Amy

540
00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:27.599
with this next section because there's been a lot of buzz.

541
00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:31.799
I'm sure you guys have heard a lot of buzz

542
00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:37.519
about a certain event returning to the Queen Mary this year.

543
00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:44.240
So it sounds like he knows peeing Mary's Dark Harbor

544
00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:49.319
that we all love, and there's we have an exclusive

545
00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:53.039
announcement for all of you. So please welcome to the

546
00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:57.160
stage the thirteenth floor Director of Special Projects.

547
00:32:57.119 --> 00:33:00.119
Bert's Bergolini Berlino.

548
00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:10.160
Him Brett, every befor oh it's oh wow, Hi Brett,

549
00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.839
welcome back.

550
00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:11.759
Yes.

551
00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:16.119
So how does it feel Brett to be producing such

552
00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:19.400
an iconic event that people are so excited about as

553
00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.759
returning to the Quemer.

554
00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:23.319
Well, I think I can speak for both Amy and

555
00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:26.440
myself and say it's super exciting and it's a true

556
00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:30.960
honor to work on this project. If you're from southern California,

557
00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:35.720
you know how legendary Dark Harbor is, but it's legendary

558
00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.920
outside of this market.

559
00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:39.960
Both Amy and I are fans of Dark Harbor. When

560
00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.279
we were producing.

561
00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:44.359
Halloween events on the East Coast together, we flew across

562
00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:48.319
the country on multiple occasions just to see Dark Harbor.

563
00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:51.480
And so I feel like our Hank careers are coming.

564
00:33:51.319 --> 00:33:55.319
Full circle when we have this opportunity to bring back

565
00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:59.000
such a legendary event that's been dormant for four seasons.

566
00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:01.079
I don't think that's a thing that happens.

567
00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:03.759
Very often, and so it's really a true honor for

568
00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.839
us to be, you know, participating in this project.

569
00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:11.840
And I hear you have some news to share with

570
00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:13.599
us today, we do.

571
00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:19.760
So who was at the Dark Harbor panel yesterday? Yesterday

572
00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:22.800
we talked about some new mazes. We teased a new

573
00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:25.880
maze on the ship called Infirmary, We teased a new

574
00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:27.519
maze in the harbor called Breakout.

575
00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:29.960
We told you about some new rides, We told you

576
00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:33.519
about the Secret Bar program. We talked about entertainment, and

577
00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:36.519
we said that we drop another announcement here today.

578
00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:42.440
Right now, I think, are we going to.

579
00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.400
Show the trailer first?

580
00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:48.079
Or things are trailers at the end?

581
00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:51.840
Got it? What about the next slot?

582
00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:54.400
I think it might hit us with the next slide.

583
00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:58.199
Do you guys remember this? Yeah?

584
00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:02.760
So, so, as Amy and I are producing Dark Harbor,

585
00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:06.119
We've spent a lot of time doing research, a lot

586
00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:09.559
of time talking to other fans, and we know that

587
00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:13.079
one of the things that most resonates with people are

588
00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:16.519
the stories of Dark Harbor and the icon characters of

589
00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:20.599
Dark Harbor. The Chef we found was one of the

590
00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:23.840
icon characters that was newer, and we found that the

591
00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:26.960
Chef actually didn't resonate as much as some of the

592
00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:30.599
other characters, some of the other icons that we want

593
00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.239
to bring back.

594
00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:34.239
So I want to go to the next slide.

595
00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:38.280
One of the interesting things about producing Dark Harbor this

596
00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:41.519
year is four years are past since the event operator

597
00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:45.679
the Queen Mary was closed for three halloweens. During that time,

598
00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:50.000
nearly all the physical assets from the past events were

599
00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:53.280
lost to time. When we started producing this event, we

600
00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:56.519
were told that all the mazes on the ship no

601
00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:59.920
longer existed, that they were removed when the ship was closed.

602
00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:05.000
And then we got a call from Dylan, who runs

603
00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:06.280
events on the ship.

604
00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:09.880
And he said, I found something. Do you have a

605
00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:12.519
moment to come over here? And I said, of course

606
00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:12.800
we do.

607
00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:17.440
And deep deep inside the ship, in the very back

608
00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:21.119
of the ship is the Feast Maze, And somehow, over

609
00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:25.039
those four years, because it's so deeply buried in the ship,

610
00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:27.360
the maze was still there.

611
00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:28.119
Intact.

612
00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:32.440
It was like stepping back in time. It was so

613
00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:35.760
emotional for us because we're fans of Dark Harbor. You

614
00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:37.800
can even see some of the pictures up here from

615
00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:41.480
the last night of twenty nineteen, the thank you message

616
00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:44.119
to the Feast staff in the Feast break room. So

617
00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:47.760
it was such an eerie, creepy experience but also so exciting.

618
00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:51.840
And then we had the parallel kind of thought, well, okay,

619
00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:56.360
Feast has an icon character that probably resonated least with

620
00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:58.840
the fans, So it was kind of a wind but

621
00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:02.800
also a loss. We've been telling our fans that we're

622
00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:05.559
going to honor the history, the legacy and the stories

623
00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:08.280
of Dark Harbor and some of the mazes this year

624
00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:11.599
we're telling completely new stories, continuing it. In some of

625
00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:14.960
the mazes, we're continuing the existing stories of the past

626
00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:19.280
and telling what happens next in those stories. With Feast,

627
00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:22.840
we decided to go in a different direction. Amy, you

628
00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:24.079
want to tell them where we landed.

629
00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:27.880
Yes, we decided to go back in time.

630
00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:30.519
So if you could think of Dark Harbor as a

631
00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:33.800
film series, we wrote a prequel.

632
00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:38.320
Meat our young.

633
00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:44.159
Ambitious, handsome butcher with his eyes on the roll of

634
00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:49.440
head chef on a luxury cruise line. After chopping up

635
00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:53.880
meat for years on the ship, he grew resentful towards

636
00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:58.840
the first class passengers, I'm grateful for his meticulous cuts

637
00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:06.079
of meat, fish, poultry, and beef. He grew frustrated, and

638
00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:09.480
he started to take things into his own hands. He thought,

639
00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:14.440
maybe I need some type of special ingredient. So this

640
00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:18.119
butcher waited until it was late at night when people

641
00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:21.079
were leaving the dining room. A little tipsy from a

642
00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:24.239
little too much champagne, he lurked in the halls of

643
00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:27.920
the Queen Mary and jumped out and nabbed first class

644
00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:33.280
passengers needle to the neck, sedating them, and dragged him

645
00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:38.639
back to his butcher block. All of a sudden, everyone

646
00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:43.519
on the ship started saying, yum, this food tastes delicious.

647
00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.920
What is so good?

648
00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:49.480
What are these secret recipes? People started going crazy. I

649
00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:51.639
read the name of the chef. Oh it's not a chef,

650
00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.159
it's a butcher.

651
00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.920
What is this meat?

652
00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:54.000
It's so good?

653
00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:58.440
He started growing, you know, his pride. He's like, oh, yes,

654
00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:01.559
I'm the best butcher this. And the chef was getting jealous,

655
00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:04.800
and his coworkers are getting jealous. I thought, I'll take

656
00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:07.920
care of my competition. Who took them down too. They

657
00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:09.440
became part of the feast as well.

658
00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:13.400
But soon all this went to his head, and he

659
00:39:13.480 --> 00:39:15.920
got hungry and started eating his own spoils.

660
00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:18.719
He needs more meat. He's searching for it.

661
00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:21.079
He is looking for you.

662
00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:24.159
Everyone who comes into this attraction this year could be

663
00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.960
end up on the table.

664
00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:29.480
Of course, as he became more and more distressed, he

665
00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:34.679
eventually became who you recognize from the past as the chefs.

666
00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:37.199
But we want you to step back in time with

667
00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:41.320
us to follow the story of the young, ambitious butcher

668
00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:46.159
rising the ranks this year, the prequel story of feasts

669
00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:47.360
at Dark Harbor.

670
00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:29.039
Wow, anybody hungry? Well, thank you so much Brett Bertolino,

671
00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:31.119
everybody for coming out and sharing that with us.

672
00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:34.519
All this fallen, we'd marry Stark Harbor.

673
00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:35.079
Thank you.

674
00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:41.079
So now we have to go to a place we

675
00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:46.559
all know in love, a little town known as Midnight Falls.

676
00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:27.079
Well, yes, we are ready to talk about the l

677
00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:28.800
a haunted hay hye.

678
00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:38.280
And uh and unless clearly it's become such a beloved event,

679
00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:40.599
can you just give us a little bit of a

680
00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:45.480
background on the event and this process of evolution.

681
00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:49.280
Over the years, for sure, So the La hont A

682
00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:50.559
hair Rides evolution.

683
00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:52.960
Is best right and very consistent.

684
00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:55.599
I was actually talking to Dave Markland right before we

685
00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:58.599
walked out here. Who knows how many years we've done

686
00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.400
the hair ride?

687
00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.840
Take us.

688
00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:05.639
Fifteen, twenty five? Do I look old enough to have

689
00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:07.519
created this twenty five years ago?

690
00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:08.239
No?

691
00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:15.360
Sixteen? So this is year sixteen, right, So yeah, it's

692
00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.000
pretty crazy.

693
00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:20.239
Thank you for everybody would come over in the last

694
00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:23.280
sixteen it wee who has been Tolhana hay Ride.

695
00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:29.639
That's what I'm talking about. Thank you, Chris Asti says,

696
00:42:29.719 --> 00:42:30.039
thank you.

697
00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:33.960
So the Dave Marklin and I.

698
00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:35.719
Right before we came out here, we're talking in two

699
00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:37.960
thousand and nine, which is the year we started, there

700
00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:40.679
were only three other things here.

701
00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:46.159
There was Queen Mary, there was a universal and knots

702
00:42:46.360 --> 00:42:46.920
and that was it.

703
00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.480
That was it.

704
00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:50.920
So when you look at when we think evolution, and

705
00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:54.239
we look at then and now, I mean the industry

706
00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:54.559
as a.

707
00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:57.599
Whole has evolved, La and Halloween has evolved.

708
00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:01.039
But for you know, the La Haunted Hayride we started

709
00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:05.920
as as an attraction that put an environment first, right,

710
00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:10.559
like the entire the entire like cerebral like motivation for

711
00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:12.320
this was we wanted to take people who lived in

712
00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:15.400
Los Angeles and were always on concrete and in the

713
00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:19.039
city and in traffic it could barely breathe, and those

714
00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.920
what our lungs look like.

715
00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:21.400
But we were going to stick them in the woods

716
00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:23.480
and nights because that had never happened.

717
00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:26.480
We were only in amusement parks and we were we

718
00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:31.280
were in environments with mazes. You know that that we

719
00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:33.400
would walk from one maze to the next and between

720
00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:36.320
those two mazes, and we weren't always still.

721
00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:36.920
In the experience.

722
00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:39.760
We'd be plucked out of that experience sometimes by you know,

723
00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:43.159
looking at like pastel colors or cartoons, or we would

724
00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:45.559
we would be taken out of the experience. But this

725
00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:48.599
was you know, I think the first time we just

726
00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:51.719
kept people in this the experience in a cerebral way,

727
00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:53.360
like kind of like shut their head on their so

728
00:43:53.519 --> 00:43:57.079
to speak. But since then, I think the hay Ride

729
00:43:57.360 --> 00:44:00.199
has been on a constant evolution of changing every year.

730
00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:04.199
I think most people know that in twenty thirteen it

731
00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:06.320
we went on Shark Tank and we got the largest

732
00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:08.760
deal in the history of the show from our Cuban

733
00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:12.159
that started a motor for the Elli Hanted Hayride that

734
00:44:12.199 --> 00:44:14.920
has just never stopped. So I think you know that

735
00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:20.199
that immersive experience that narrative. That narrative piece has always

736
00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:22.880
played a big role in each year.

737
00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:23.880
Of that Elihanted ha Ride.

738
00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:26.000
Now, with the characters that are out there right now,

739
00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:27.639
I think a lot of you have probably met them,

740
00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:29.800
talked to them, with conversations with them, spent.

741
00:44:29.800 --> 00:44:33.000
Nights with them, right and you're seeing you're seeing them

742
00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:35.239
again tonight and it's like, you know, rehearsal is an

743
00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:38.400
old friend that you like, had a hot co go

744
00:44:38.559 --> 00:44:39.280
with in October.

745
00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:41.960
So I think that's the special part of the hay

746
00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:45.880
Ride because even today, sixteen years later, there's nothing in

747
00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:48.559
La that makes you feel like you're not at La

748
00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:50.719
like the Lee Hanted Air rides.

749
00:44:51.119 --> 00:44:53.280
That is perfect. That is exactly what I was gonna say.

750
00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:55.880
You feel transported in the town of La.

751
00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:59.480
And can you tell us a little bit more more

752
00:44:59.519 --> 00:45:01.679
about what mazes we can expect this year?

753
00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:06.440
Yeah, we've got as last year most of you want.

754
00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:09.239
Whoever went last week Billy Halloween last year that was

755
00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:10.119
a brand new Maids.

756
00:45:10.639 --> 00:45:12.559
We're very excited about that that we'll be back.

757
00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:15.920
This year with some tweens Trick or Treat, which has

758
00:45:16.039 --> 00:45:20.239
been a perennial maze desperately needed some updating, and I'm

759
00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:22.119
glad to say that about eighty percent of that has

760
00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:26.239
been completely transformed and redoun this year with the doorbells.

761
00:45:25.760 --> 00:45:26.840
Back where they go long.

762
00:45:33.679 --> 00:45:36.320
And then we got a really big update for midnine Mortuary,

763
00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:37.440
but I'm going to give that back.

764
00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:41.119
So we're doing something for the first time with Ellie

765
00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:44.519
Haunted Hared we've never done, and that is we're partnering

766
00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:48.079
with somebody that you may or may not know, who's

767
00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:52.880
kind of a Halloween aspiring Queen of Halloween maybe in

768
00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:55.719
La nationally.

769
00:45:55.840 --> 00:45:59.320
Actually she wants the Queen of Halloween titled nationally, so we're.

770
00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:00.119
Gonna bring her to you.

771
00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:02.280
The ELI wanted hay read this year and let her

772
00:46:02.360 --> 00:46:04.159
try to earn that crown.

773
00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:05.920
Let's give you a hint.

774
00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:11.000
Do you bring them a gift?

775
00:46:11.639 --> 00:46:12.000
I did?

776
00:46:12.039 --> 00:46:13.440
It wasn't What was it?

777
00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:18.599
I'm looking at a thousand words for myself and we're

778
00:46:18.760 --> 00:46:20.000
all fine.

779
00:46:21.800 --> 00:46:26.400
Grabb me nominated a musician, author actor at Fashion Icon.

780
00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:32.719
You money, I'm being the most.

781
00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:35.639
I don't have to cling anything space that I've ever

782
00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:36.639
been in my mind.

783
00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:57.000
Hello, ma'am and hello made summer screen. Yes question, I

784
00:46:57.400 --> 00:46:58.800
am sad that I cannot be with you.

785
00:46:58.880 --> 00:46:59.360
In person.

786
00:46:59.480 --> 00:47:03.559
I am on tour and as you know, like I know.

787
00:47:03.920 --> 00:47:10.519
Halloween is the only season that matters, right, He announced

788
00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:13.400
that I will have my very own attraction at the

789
00:47:13.719 --> 00:47:19.960
Iconic lad and it's called the Monegue Man.

790
00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:23.239
Yeah, a season long.

791
00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:29.239
So join me as each Transformer ponted Wonderland, blending ear

792
00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:34.159
elegance with futuristic frights and more.

793
00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:37.199
I am dying for all of you who come.

794
00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:38.760
Will you please join me?

795
00:47:40.199 --> 00:47:40.960
That's in me.

796
00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:44.920
You're brave enough, you vold enough to interview money man.

797
00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:50.119
I may or may not be ones of characters in

798
00:47:50.239 --> 00:47:51.000
the Morning manner.

799
00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:53.679
That's what you find out.

800
00:47:53.760 --> 00:47:57.239
So stay tuned for more surprises, and I look forward

801
00:47:57.599 --> 00:47:58.800
to hopefully sing all of you.

802
00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:14.559
Oh name manner, everybody. I mean, as if, as if

803
00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:17.559
the hay Ride any better.

804
00:48:17.679 --> 00:48:18.760
Guys, this is exciting.

805
00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:22.199
I'm sorry. I thought she said she may or may

806
00:48:22.320 --> 00:48:23.159
not be a character.

807
00:48:23.239 --> 00:48:24.079
Did I do that right?

808
00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:28.639
I mean, she's very creatively involved in this, so it

809
00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:31.199
will not surprise us if she paps him a lot.

810
00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:35.119
I mean, oh man, I'm so excited. I got chills,

811
00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:36.800
like I was, like good chills on that one.

812
00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:40.519
And so but now we do have to talk about

813
00:48:41.159 --> 00:48:44.400
the event's namesake, So can you tell us, Frank, I

814
00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:45.559
believe what's going on with.

815
00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:46.480
The hair Ride this year?

816
00:48:46.719 --> 00:48:50.239
Absolutely, So before I do that, how many my last

817
00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:52.039
year and experienced the new hay Ride wagons?

818
00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:56.280
I tell her, okay, I'm saying response we wanted because

819
00:48:56.280 --> 00:48:58.199
we didn't enjoy sitting on our butts something on the

820
00:48:58.239 --> 00:48:58.840
wagons either.

821
00:48:59.280 --> 00:49:01.760
So the new wagon I think made a gigant.

822
00:49:03.880 --> 00:49:06.480
So, as we do every year, we try to at

823
00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:09.079
least change at least three scenes on the hay Ride,

824
00:49:09.079 --> 00:49:11.719
which will be doing and then tweaking the rest. We've

825
00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:15.440
the last few years, we've been focused very much on

826
00:49:15.599 --> 00:49:19.480
figuring out how to reach out and touch customers in

827
00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:22.440
a wagon their fifteen feet from the sea, and that's

828
00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:26.079
always been the hardest part, right, So every year, how

829
00:49:26.119 --> 00:49:28.000
many people have joyed the beach balls last year as

830
00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:29.000
silly as that saying?

831
00:49:29.920 --> 00:49:30.239
Okay?

832
00:49:31.320 --> 00:49:33.039
So every year we're trying to come up with some

833
00:49:33.199 --> 00:49:35.480
new way to interact directly with the customers. And we've

834
00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:37.800
got some surprises for you in store this year on

835
00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:41.800
the hay Ride, and that's very exciting.

836
00:49:41.920 --> 00:49:44.320
I like the beach balls, I like them very I

837
00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:47.880
think everyone is very much looking forward to the new updates.

838
00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:49.199
Equaling the beach balls. More than.

839
00:49:53.039 --> 00:49:55.320
What else is new this year here, there's a couple

840
00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:58.480
other little new things, a little couplet.

841
00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:02.559
So again, like last year, we added at Storring and

842
00:50:03.519 --> 00:50:04.719
Zombie Splatt and everything.

843
00:50:04.920 --> 00:50:06.280
They sold out every single night.

844
00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:08.000
And what we heard from a lot of customers is

845
00:50:08.480 --> 00:50:10.440
we love the mazes, we love the hay Ride, and

846
00:50:10.719 --> 00:50:13.320
we want more things to do while we're out here.

847
00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:15.719
So this year we're adding them in his scape games.

848
00:50:16.559 --> 00:50:21.559
So we're adding some new drink options.

849
00:50:21.920 --> 00:50:23.719
So you know, last year, if you wanted a drink,

850
00:50:23.760 --> 00:50:25.440
you had to stand in line with a food vendor

851
00:50:25.480 --> 00:50:27.320
and wait to get a drink. We're actually putting in

852
00:50:27.440 --> 00:50:29.039
dedicated drink stands this year.

853
00:50:29.760 --> 00:50:32.079
So we do listen.

854
00:50:32.159 --> 00:50:34.119
I promised you we do listen because we had to

855
00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:36.000
stand in there some the same lines to get a drunk.

856
00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:41.119
And maybe most importantly, how many years have we teach

857
00:50:41.199 --> 00:50:43.920
you with a merryer out Now you're going to get

858
00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:44.400
to ride.

859
00:50:44.280 --> 00:50:44.719
It this year.

860
00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:57.639
I believe there's one more video of something else that's

861
00:50:57.719 --> 00:50:59.280
new that is coming.

862
00:51:00.079 --> 00:51:00.920
I think we'll show you.

863
00:51:06.480 --> 00:51:07.800
She speaks to the Dead.

864
00:51:08.760 --> 00:51:13.880
Madame Auroro, the world famous spiritual medium is here tonight

865
00:51:14.119 --> 00:51:15.039
on our stage.

866
00:51:15.840 --> 00:51:19.320
People have traveled from around the world to witness her power.

867
00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:23.800
As she contacts the spirits of the dead, you too

868
00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:28.639
can receive a message from the other side. Look, she's

869
00:51:28.760 --> 00:51:33.400
lighting her candles. Now hurry, you don't want to miss

870
00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:38.360
the experience of a lifetime. She's performing live right inside.

871
00:51:49.480 --> 00:51:50.079
So what is this?

872
00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:52.639
I love a seance. I don't know about you, guys,

873
00:51:52.760 --> 00:51:55.000
I love a seance. Can you tell us a little

874
00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:56.800
bit about what this experience.

875
00:51:56.320 --> 00:51:56.760
Will be like?

876
00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:57.559
Absolutely?

877
00:51:58.159 --> 00:52:00.400
We're doing a lot of cool things this year, including

878
00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:02.960
money manner, but this is the one that I'm excited about.

879
00:52:03.199 --> 00:52:05.400
This is our first theatrical experience.

880
00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:09.480
You're gonna sit down and actually experience let's just say,

881
00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:10.639
a samce that went wrong.

882
00:52:11.840 --> 00:52:14.320
So I'm gonna actually let Polly talk about a little

883
00:52:14.320 --> 00:52:14.920
bit about.

884
00:52:16.239 --> 00:52:16.440
Kim.

885
00:52:17.440 --> 00:52:21.360
We're gonna keep working on it, Polly. He forgets as

886
00:52:21.400 --> 00:52:23.320
the day gets later, as mind wanders.

887
00:52:25.239 --> 00:52:25.440
Yeah.

888
00:52:25.559 --> 00:52:30.760
So with Madame maroora Sance Theater, we really want to

889
00:52:30.840 --> 00:52:34.760
create the unique experience at the hay Ride that we

890
00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:39.000
just have offered before. So this year, guests will be

891
00:52:39.039 --> 00:52:43.559
able to enter the tenth and meet Madame Aura for themselves.

892
00:52:43.679 --> 00:52:48.599
She's a world famous psychic medium who promises us an

893
00:52:48.760 --> 00:52:52.599
evening we won't forget as she conjures spirits of the

894
00:52:52.679 --> 00:52:57.480
dead that we at least hope will be forrid. The

895
00:52:58.159 --> 00:53:06.159
experience will really combine theatrical elements with some like edge audio, lighting,

896
00:53:06.440 --> 00:53:11.639
tactile effects to really create sort of been imbersive experience

897
00:53:11.719 --> 00:53:13.159
for our guests at Hey Ride this year.

898
00:53:13.280 --> 00:53:16.880
I think hopefully it's something that they won't forget.

899
00:53:17.320 --> 00:53:20.840
We're very excited about it than four D's hearing. So

900
00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:22.239
that's that's the way about this.

901
00:53:22.679 --> 00:53:24.880
Well, I don't know about you, guys, but I'm okay

902
00:53:25.000 --> 00:53:26.559
if the ghosts aren't friendly.

903
00:53:27.119 --> 00:53:29.039
I'm okay if they want to scare us.

904
00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:31.320
A little bit. And I'm really really looking forward to this.

905
00:53:31.440 --> 00:53:32.480
This looks fantastic.

906
00:53:32.760 --> 00:53:34.199
It sounds like it's going to be a jam pack

907
00:53:34.280 --> 00:53:36.920
season this year Hey Ride, which everyone loves so much.

908
00:53:37.320 --> 00:53:38.800
So let's give it up with Hey D.

909
00:53:39.239 --> 00:53:42.840
Who can I please?

910
00:53:44.199 --> 00:53:49.920
And Well, I did promise you a surprise, and I

911
00:53:50.039 --> 00:53:53.960
would like to reveal to you that everyone today is

912
00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:57.599
going home or going going home like you're gonna you

913
00:53:57.840 --> 00:54:00.719
getta one. You to that every one year is gonna

914
00:54:01.000 --> 00:54:05.400
receive a free ticket to the Magic of the Jack

915
00:54:05.440 --> 00:54:08.639
O Lanterns and the Los Angeles honey.

916
00:54:13.400 --> 00:54:15.079
So all you can do is check out.

917
00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:17.719
The screen for instruction to them how.

918
00:54:17.639 --> 00:54:21.119
To redeem your tickets and make sure you take.

919
00:54:20.960 --> 00:54:24.760
Advantage of that because there's so much, so much that

920
00:54:24.880 --> 00:54:27.880
we love, so much, of things that we return for

921
00:54:28.079 --> 00:54:31.719
every year, but so many new exciting things.

922
00:54:31.840 --> 00:54:32.679
I don't know about you guys.

923
00:54:32.760 --> 00:54:36.400
It sounds like every single event is I'm gonna go

924
00:54:36.519 --> 00:54:37.199
ahead and say it.

925
00:54:37.199 --> 00:54:38.079
I'm gonna call it early.

926
00:54:38.239 --> 00:54:41.239
It is gonna top itself as it does every single year,

927
00:54:41.280 --> 00:54:43.519
and that's why we all love it so much and

928
00:54:43.639 --> 00:54:45.199
all the events you guys put on so.

929
00:54:45.320 --> 00:54:46.199
Thank you so much.

930
00:54:47.159 --> 00:54:51.280
Chris John Brett Amy I think wait, I'm gonna make

931
00:54:51.280 --> 00:54:52.440
sure everyone sees the screen.

932
00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:53.679
We all know what we have to do.

933
00:54:54.760 --> 00:54:59.719
Okay, we got it, okay, And Chris John Amy Brett,

934
00:55:01.199 --> 00:55:03.800
thank you all for just coming in and for sharing

935
00:55:03.840 --> 00:55:06.159
all this stuff with the crowd, being the first year

936
00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:08.199
about it, getting us all psyched up and hoping it

937
00:55:08.360 --> 00:55:09.840
was Halloween tomorrow.

938
00:55:10.360 --> 00:55:11.280
And thank you.

939
00:55:11.480 --> 00:55:13.480
This is the thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group, as you.

940
00:55:13.519 --> 00:55:13.960
Know and love.

941
00:55:14.280 --> 00:55:16.519
Don't forget to tuxt in and get your free tickets

942
00:55:16.519 --> 00:55:17.800
because you don't want to miss out on that.

943
00:55:18.159 --> 00:55:20.800
And I will be seeing you guys there because.

944
00:55:20.559 --> 00:55:22.079
I'm very, very very excited.

945
00:55:22.199 --> 00:55:25.280
So thank you all of you for your time today. Oh,

946
00:55:25.400 --> 00:55:26.559
thank you Dana for being here.

947
00:55:26.599 --> 00:55:30.880
Everybody give Dana giant rod blah blatch for walking.

948
00:55:30.599 --> 00:55:32.239
Us through and he's going USB track.

949
00:55:33.480 --> 00:55:35.559
Thank you guys, and thank you and enjoining the rest

950
00:55:35.599 --> 00:55:39.039
of your time at Midsummer screening. I will be over

951
00:55:39.559 --> 00:55:41.280
in the booth, but in the meantime all Joys will

952
00:55:41.280 --> 00:55:43.320
see you at the big events coming up in Halloween.

953
00:55:43.800 --> 00:55:45.039
Thank you, guys, so much.

954
00:55:45.360 --> 00:55:45.639
Thank you.

955
00:55:48.159 --> 00:55:51.880
Today's episode was produced and edited by me Philip Hernandez,

956
00:55:51.960 --> 00:55:55.400
with post production by David Swape and original music composed

957
00:55:55.480 --> 00:55:59.079
by Chris Thomas. We're counting down to Halloween with daily podcasts,

958
00:55:59.079 --> 00:56:01.679
at videos, and events in our sixty one day Hantathon.

959
00:56:02.079 --> 00:56:04.199
Follow along at the link in our show notes. Our

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00:56:04.239 --> 00:56:07.119
Hanathon is made possible through generous support from Gantum, Lighty

961
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and Controls. Gantum illuminates attractions worldwide with the world's smallest

962
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Sign up at d'antum dot com slash demo. That's gantum

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Emily Luis Rua, Megan Spells, Gavin Burns and omni Adventures

966
00:56:28.440 --> 00:56:31.880
and our content partners for this year include Attractions Magazine,

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Weekend with Nick Pelliochini. The best way you can support

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00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:54.239
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00:56:54.280 --> 00:56:56.960
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00:57:01.440 --> 00:57:05.119
and every day until Halloween until next time. Please Gary.

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