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Coming up your weekly roundup of news
from around the haunt industry. Welcome to

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the show. I'm Philip on the
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in the show notes, and as
always for the news roundup, I'm passing

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it off to Darryl. Halloween Horror
Nights and Universal Orlando in Orlando, Florida

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has announced another three mazes in the
Museum Deadly Exhibits. Visit the Rotting Stone,

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the Local Folklore Museum's infamous new exhibit. An evil spirit escapes from within,

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possessing the other displays and decaying everything
in its path. After a successful

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debut at Universal Studios Hollywood last year, Monsteros the Monsters of Latin America makes

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its way to Orlando with Lea Muerte
as your guide. Based the bloodsucking slahu

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Plucci, Owl Faced which La la
Chuza and the bone ripping El Silbon.

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View a walkthrough of last year's Hollywood
version by following the links in Our Shona.

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Finally, in Triplets of Terror,
attend the Barmes triplets birthday bash,

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but prepare for a gory gathering as
they celebrate by recreating their family's murders.

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Scare zones have not yet been announced, but last year we did see a

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scare zone for the major sweets Haunt, and Hollywood's version of Monstros saw a

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companion scare zone. El Terror de
las Momias. Tokyo Disney c in Tokyo,

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Japan is officially opening their new Fantasy
Springs area on June sixth, twenty

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twenty four, but the Haunted Attraction
Network's very own Philipernandez was able to get

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a sneak peek on behalf of Attractions
Magazine. In his video walkthrough, Philip

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showcases all the new facades, fountains
and more in the three sections of Fantasy

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Springs Frozen Kingdom, Peter Pan's Neverland
and Rapunzel's Forest, as well as the

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new in park Disney Fantasy Springs Hotel. After a year long hiatus, Phantasmic

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has returned to Disneyland in Anaheim,
California. The show features a newly reimagined

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final battle between Sorcerer Mickey and Moleficent. Instead of a return of the infamous

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dragon animatronic Mollificent now rises thirty five
feet atop a tower, dotting her dark

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gown and scepter to light the River
of America Aflame. Another change is the

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return of the classic Peter Pan sequence
on the sailing ship Columbia. Peter Pan

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has been featured in Phantasmic until twenty
seventeen, when a Pirates of the Caribbean

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scene replace the classic Pan versus Captain
Hook battle aboard the ship. Midsummer Scream

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has announced its lineup of theme park
and attraction presentations for their July twenty six

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through twenty eighth event in Long Beach, California. Saturday, July twenty seventh

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will feature presentations from Castle Dark,
Queen Mary's Dark Harbor, and Six Flags

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Magic Mountains. Fright Fest Sunday July
twenty eighth will feature presentations from Not Scary

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Farm, the Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group, including the La Hunted Hay Ride,

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Delusion and Magic of the Jack O
Lanterns, Universal Studios, Hollywood's Halloween Horror

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Nights, and the Winchester Mystery House. Plan and schedule your spook Field Days

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at this year's event with the Midsummer
Screams Free Official App with nearly one hundred

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hours of panels, presentations, and
performances, over three hundred vendors to browse,

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as well as haunted Houses, Black
Cat Lounge, Screaming Room, and

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more. The app is the perfect
way to schedule your day so you can

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see as much as possible. Event
tickets are on sale now starting thirty five

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to fifty dollars for single day passes, sixty five for weekend passes, and

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one forty five for the VIP Gold
Bat passes. Monster Palooza's fifteenth anniversary event

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will take place this weekend May thirty
first June second at the Pasadena Convention Center

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in Pasadena, California. Monster Peluza
celebrates the art of monsters and movie magic

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with over four hundred and fifty exhibitors, monster Museum, makeup demos, celebrity

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guests, and more. The official
Monster Paluza Afterlife Party on Saturday will honor

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Tony Gardner and Alterian Effects and feature
an awards show, live music by Strange

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Days, the Doris Tribute Band,
bars, and special guests. Tickets are

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on sale now starting at forty dollars
for Friday admission, forty five for Sunday,

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and ninety dollars for a three day
pass. Saturday advanced tickets are currently

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sold out, but tickets will be
available at the door on Saturday, June

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first, four to fifty dollars each. Early bird prices for Midwest Haunters Convention

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and on May twenty nine to eleven
fifty nine Central Time, taking place July

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seventh through ninth, and the show
floor the eighth and ninth at the Donald

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East Evens Convention Center in Rosemont,
Illinois. Midwest Haunters Convention features a lively

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vendor floor, educational seminars, pre
show, US tours, and more.

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Early Bird pricing starts at forty five
to fifty dollars for one day floor access

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tickets, sixty five for weekend show
floor access, and three hundred and sixty

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five for weekend passes including the Friday
Night Haunt Tour and the Saturday Night Party.

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Fearworm has won a Silver Telly Award
for its video commercial for Scarehouse in

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Established in nineteen
seventy nine, the Telly Awards honor outstanding

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video and television productions receiving over thirteen
thousand entries from around the world each year.

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We are immensely honored to receive this
Telly Award, said Ernest Cordor,

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present of Fearworm. Our team is
passionate about creating immersive, engaging content that

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delivers real results for our clients.
This award is an outstanding reflection of our

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dedication to the haunted attraction industry,
but also an exciting feat to win an

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international award in this business category.
The commercial feature professionally filmed scenes along with

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security camera footage from inside the Haunt. View the award winning commercial at Fearworm's

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official YouTube channel. Zombie Joe's Underground
Theater Group in North Hollywood, California,

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presents Elijah Connelly's Enter the Void May
thirty first through June second. Enter the

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Void centers around the doomsday cult known
as the Union of the Void, that

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has discovered a way to bring about
the end of the universe through maximum entropy.

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Step into the cult's shadowy realm and
navigate through a dreamscape of fear and

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wonder, experiencing the ultimate demise of
existence in a way that only Zombie Joe's

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Underground Theater group can Deliver. Tickets
are on sale now for twenty dollars in

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advance and twenty five at the door. Screenfest presents a screening of Brian to

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Palmer's nineteen seventy six classic horror Carrie
at the Freeda Cinema in Santa Ana,

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California, on Friday, May thirty. First. Tickets are on sale now

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for fifteen dollars each. Scare City
in Shorley, United Kingdom announced its return

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for the fifth year to the abandoned
Camelot Theme Park. Over the next six

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weeks, the attraction will announce each
of its ten Scare zones. Currently announced

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zones include Slaughterhouse, where Camelot's resident
Cannabiate hosts his annual dinner party, Carney

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Valley, where evil clowns take all
the fun out of the Funhouse, The

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Basilica of Gagani, where an altar
of evil awaits, and the all new

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Arakne, a horrifying spider experience where
visitors will enter the spider Queen's web of

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Fear and her cluster of sinister spiders. The event runs September twenty sixth through

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November three. Tickets are on zial
now starting at twenty six pounds ninety five

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for standard entry and thirty six pounds
ninety five for a gold entry. Deadmonton

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Haunted House in Alberta, Canada is
now hiring for the twenty twenty four season.

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Interested individuals can now submit their applications
for positions such as scare actors,

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makeup FX artist, customer service staff, concession staff, parking lot attendants,

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store personnel, and custodians. Scare
actor auditions will be held in person on

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July twenty seventh and August seventh.
Thirteenth and eighteenth. Video auditions will be

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accepted through August seventeenth at nine pm
Mountain Time, It's showtime. Warner Brothers

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Picture is released the official trailer for
the upcoming Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The film is

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directed by Tim Burton, with returning
cast Michael Keaton, we own A writer,

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and Catherine O'Hara. The trailer featured
glimpses of some new faces joining the

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cast of the Strange and Unusual,
including Justin Threw, Monica Balucci, Arthur

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Conti, Jenna Ortega, and Willem
Dafoe Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice will be released in

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the US. On September sixth,
twenty twenty four, Mars Wrigley has announced

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its candy lineup for Halloween twenty twenty
four. At Mars, we celebrate Halloween

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every day all year long, said
Tim LaBelle, the Chief Halloween Officer and

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President of Sales at Mars Wrigley North
America, shared in a statement, our

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twenty twenty four Mars Wrigley Halloween product
lineup is a direct reflection of our consumer

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obsession and offers a playful blend of
taste, creativity, and on trend seasonal

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offerings to deliver products we know we'll
end up in the good pile on Halloween

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Night. New for twenty twenty four
is the M and M's Milk Chocolate Pumpkin

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Pie, featuring on trend pumpkin spice
flavors in a milk chocolate shell deliver that

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feel good flavor of fall. Other
offerings include Snickers Pumpkins featuring redesigned packaging,

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Mars Wriglely mixed variety bags, Twigs
Ghoulish Green, Snickers Goulish Green, Eminem's

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Ghoules blend of milk chocolate, peanut
and peanut butter, and Snickers Fun sized

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Buckets. Mars is also launching their
inaugural Tricks, Treats and Trends report.

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With the majority of Americans planning to
celebrate Halloween in some way, report looked

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at generational differences in how people celebrate
the occasion. Gen Z celebrates Halloween early

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and often. Thirty six percent of
gen Z Americans who plan to celebrate Halloween

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plan for the holiday more than a
month in advance, and some gen zs

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are already planning for Halloween now.
They are also most likely to make multiple

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trips to purchase candy throughout the season
compared to other age groups, and they

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are more likely to hand out full
sized candy bars. To plan your trick

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or treating route accordingly. For all
of our So Cal event people, make

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sure you head over to Santa Ana
Cala, Fournia for Screamfest Presents Carrie on

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May thirty first. In Pasadena,
California, Monster Poluza is happening May thirty

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first through June second, and in
North Hollywood, California, Enter the Void

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is happening May thirty first through June
second. Some upcoming events this year include

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Monster Palooza and Pasadena, California from
May thirty first to June second, the

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Midwest Haunters Convention in Rosemont, Illinois
from June seventh through ninth, a Texas

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Haunters Convention, Mesquite, Texas July
thirteenth and fourteenth, and Midsummer Scream in

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Long Beach, California, July twenty
sixth through twenty eight And that's all for

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the news this week. Today's episode
was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with

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reporting by Darryl Plunky, post production
by David Swope. This Haunt News Update

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is a production of the Haunted Attraction
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