NEWS: Disney Parks Halloween Updates; Dark Harbor Returns

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

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as always for the news roundup, I'm

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passing it off to Darryl. Disney
Parks released a salut of Helloween updates to

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celebrate halfway to Halloween. Mickey's Not
So Scary Halloween Party returns to the Magic

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Kingdom and Walt Disney World Resort on
August ninth, and will take place on

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select nights through October thirty first.
This is the earliest we have seen a

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ticketed Halloween event. Universal Orlando will
offer Haunted House tours begins August eleventh.

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This year, Strake opposed with Mickey
and Minnie and the new costumes. During

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the party, meet Bruno alongside Mirabelle
in the Fantasy Garden, and even show

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off your best villain dance moves in
the new Descend Dance party inspired by the

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upcoming Disney Plus movie Descendants, The
Rise of Red. Tickets will be available

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to select hotel guests on May eighth, and to all guests starting May fifteenth.

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The Ugi Boogie Bash at Disney Halloween
Party returns to a Disney California Adventure

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Park for twenty seven select nights beginning
Sunday, August twenty fifth. Enjoy an

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evening of immersive treat trails, unique
character sightings, special entertainment, themed merchandise,

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food and beverages available only during Ugi
Boogie Bash nights, and so much

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more. The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
will celebrate Halloween from September twelfth to October

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thirty. First. Common experience Halloween
were favorites such as The House of de

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Villains Award winning show Let's Get Wicked
one of my favorites, Theme park shows

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Everywhere, and Nightmare Before Dinner experience, complete with character greetings and an atmosphere

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show, will return. Disney Halloween
Festival returns to Disneyland Paris from October first

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to November three. Relish in this
spellbinding atmosphere with the return of fan favorite

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shows Mickey's Helloween Celebration, meet your
favorite Disney villains, experience the iconic Phantom

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manner, and so much more.
Disney Halloween returns to the Tokyo Disney Resort

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from October first to November seventh.
Enjoy brand new theming at Tokyo Disneyland,

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new entertainment, and more. A
few spooky food items are available at Gideon's

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Bakehouse Florida and Kala's Cake in California
through May ninth. Read the full details

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on the Disney Parks blog by following
the links in our show notes. After

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a multi year hiatus that Queen Mary's
Dark Harbor returns to Long Beach, California

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for the twenty twenty four season,
Halloween Spirits rise once again select Night'september twentieth

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through November two. This year's event
will feature haunted mazes, live entertainment,

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themed bars and lounges, experiences on
board the ship, festive eats and treats,

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and the return of well known icon
characters. Twenty twenty four attraction details

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will be released in the coming months, including fan favorites from the past and

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many new surprises. Dark Harbor has
become an iconic part of our city's Halloween

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celebrations, and we are excited to
once again transform the Queen Mary into a

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haunted spectacle for scaregoers, said Mayor
Rex Richardson. Having brought in hundreds of

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thousands of visitors to Long Beach in
the years past, its return is another

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major step in the Queen Mary's recovery
and return to a premier tourist attraction.

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I extend my appreciation to Evolution Hospitality
and to our city Council for their support.

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Tickets will be available to purchase in
late summer of twenty twenty four.

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I app A President and CEO Jacob
Wall said summer travel numbers look strong according

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to iapp as members, AYAPPA expects
a two percent boost in North American park

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attendance, representing more than three hundred
million visits in twenty twenty four. Consumer

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spending is expected to match pace,
with more than thirty two billion dollars projected

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to be spent, a seven percent
increase. As the weather warms up,

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many people are thinking of the classic
summer vacation. Wall said, we're seeing

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consumers shifting spending for material goods and
instead investing in those trips and memories with

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family. Attractions are rising to the
occasion to meet consumers with new experiences,

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with four trends emerging for this season. Family attractions, technology and inclusiveness to

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allow more accessible guest experiences, attractions
for younger children and zoos and aquarium exhibits

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evolving to become more nature driven with
initiatives focusing in conservation and sustainability. Donald

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Finley, owner of the Bayville Screen
Park in Bayville, New York, and

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the now defunct Jekylin Hide Club in
Manhattan, New York, was sentenced to

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two years in federal prison for three
point two million dollars in COVID loan fraud.

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Finley pleaded guilty in May to relieve
fraud and wire fraud, admitting he

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inflated the payroll of his business entities
and made other false statements to obtain additional

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COVID nineteen relief fund. Prosecutors said
he used the money for personal expenses,

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including purchasing a home. In addition
to jail time, Finley has paid three

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point two million dollars in restitution,
and the judge ordered him to pay a

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fifteen thousand dollars fine and complete five
hundred hours of community service. A hauntingly

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good time awaits this Saturday, May
eleventh at the Halfway to Halloween Expo in

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ann Arbor, Michigan. The expo
offers an array of vendors, walk through

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haunt rides, and food. Costumes
are encouraged. Tickets are available online starting

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at five dollars for general admission.
Twelve and under are free. Just in

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time for Halfway to Halloween Spirit Halloween
debut, two new animatronics and a new

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prop. A seven foot Clowning Around
animatronic for three hundred and nineteen ninety nine

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is a diabolical black and white clown
who flails his victims up and down in

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each arm. The anomatronic has six
unique sayings, including a volume control and

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speaker. Jack Face your musophobia the
fear of mice with a six point three

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foot Ratman animatronic for one ninety nine
ninety nine. This rat infested zombie animatronic

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will give your guests that total creeps
once he comes to life with a side

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to side moving torso and dangling rats. Lastly, prepare for the Martian evasion

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with the officially licensed Mars Attacks Atomic
ray Gun with poster for one twenty nine

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ninety nine featuring intergalactic sounds, a
blue led light up barrel, and a

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green led light up nozzle that shoots
actual fog missed when turned on. This

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officially licensed fog gun is perfect for
fans to show off their fandom from Mars

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attacks this Halloween. Squish Mellows and
Sees Candies are teaming up for a new

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Squish Mellows Halloween gift set that will
roll out to more than two hundred and

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fifty Seas Candy stores across the US
in early October. The set will include

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Squish Mellows brand tote bag, a
custom box of candy, and a limited

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edition eight inch Emily the Bat.
Squish Mellow partnering with Sees Candies is the

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perfect way to introduce Squish Mellows to
the consumable space. Further, said Garrard

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Runken, Executive vice president of Brand
and Marketing at Jazzwares, This will be

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the perfect Helloween treat for both brands, and we're eager to see this unique

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collaboration in our robust lineup of iconic
Squish Mellow products. Cineverse and its horror

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division, Bloody Disgusting have announced Terrifier
three is now slated for an October eleventh,

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twenty twenty four premiere. This moves
the release date up two weeks,

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giving fans even more time to get
into the holiday spirit and make sure their

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stomachs are fully settled in time for
any year end family gatherings and dinners.

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Following the theatrical run, Cineverse plans
to release the film across all platforms,

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including its scream Box horror streaming service
from filmmakers Damian Leon and Phil Falcone.

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Terrifier three sees the return of art
to Clown David Howard Thornton as he unleashes

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another round of chaos on the unsuspecting
residents of Miles County as they peacefully dripped

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off to sleep on Christmas Eve.
Some upcoming events for all of the So

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Cal folks include Urban Death in North
Hollywood, Call, California, May tenth

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and eleventh, The Haunt super Show
in Palmon's, California, May third through

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twenty seventh, Halfway to Halloween Festival
in Riverside, California, May eleventh and

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twelve. Google's Day Out in Los
Angeles, California, May eighteenth. Monster

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Palooza May thirty first through June second
in Pasadena, California, Also coming up

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

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

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twenty sixth through twenty eighth in Long
Beach, California. And that's all for

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

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

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