June 10, 2025

NEWS: Industry Mourns Sudden Passing of Edward Terebus of Erebus Haunted Attraction

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This week: Industry Mourns Sudden Passing of Edward Terebus of Erebus Haunted Attraction; Fallout Comes to Halloween Horror Nighte; GUIDE to Halloween Horror Night Tickets; Ghost Boat Collaborates with Moment Factory; Haunt Shirts Announces Closure; Midwest Haunters Convention Returns June 5th - 7th, 2026. Read the stories here.

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Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the

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haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the

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HN Show. We bring you the haunt news, information, and

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education you need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays, we

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bring you a roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read

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more about these stories and so much more in our

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free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at the link in the show notes,

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and as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it

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off to Daryl. Hey, Philip here, I'm back because right

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after we wrote the newsletter for this week, there was

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some very sad and sudden news that came out and

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we included it as the main headline for the newsletter.

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So I'm just going to read what we wrote in

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the newsletter about that and then pass it back off

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to Daryl for the rest of the news. The haunt

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trash industry mourns the sudden passing of Edward Terrabus, co

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founder of the legend Arabis Haunt Attraction in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Along with his brother Jim, ed transformed a four story

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abandoned building into what became one of the most renowned

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haunted attractions in the world. Arabis held the Guinness World

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Record for the longest walk through haunted attraction for nearly

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a decade and has consistently been ranked and listed as

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one of the top thirteen haunted attractions in the world

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for over twenty years. The attraction has terrified and delighted

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over a million guests during its twenty five year run.

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Beyond Arabis, Ed expanded his vision with Arabis Escape, a

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multi floor escape room complex, and the recently opened Mythos

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Museum of Oddities and Curiosities. He also founded Fearfinder magazine

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to promote haunted attractions throughout Southeast Michigan, helping cement the

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region as the haunted attraction capital of the world. Ed

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was described as bigger than life, an innovator, a showman,

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a storyteller, a visionary, an icon, a friend to all,

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a loving family man, and a prolific businessman. Those who

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knew him remember a life force who lived loud, loved big,

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and gares endlessly. A celebration of life will be held Friday,

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June thirteenth, twenty twenty five, from two pm to eight

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pm at Lynch and Sun's Funeral Home, which is located

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at three forty North Pontiac Trail in Walled Lake, Michigan.

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A larger celebration is being planned for a later date.

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Starting at the beginning of each Haunt season, residents of

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Southeast Michigan see the night sky light up with the

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spotlights and know that all pass lead to Arabis. This

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tradition will continue as Arabis prepares for its twenty sixth season.

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Get ready to enter the post apocalyptic wasteland. As Prime

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Videos Fallout comes to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios

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Hollywood in Universal City, California, and Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida.

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Based on the video game franchise from Bethesda Game Studios,

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Fallout is set two hundred years after a nuclear war

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destroyed civilization. All that is left is an eradicated and

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highly violent healthscape known as the waste Land, crawling with

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mutated animals and creatures, while gentle citizens take refuge underground

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in luxury Follout shelters known as vaults. This maze will

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follow the journey of Lucy McLain through iconic scenes of

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season one, including the massacre at All thirty three, attacks

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from Scavengers, raiders, and the mutant rad roaches. And a

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walk through Super Drug Mart come face to face with

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the fan favorite characters, including the Ghoul and Maximus clad

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in his T sixty armor. Creative director John Murdy from

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Universal Studios Hollywood and Senior show director Matthew Flood from

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Universal Orlando Resort spoke more about the creation of this

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maze in the recent IGN interview, where they discussed the

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process of adapting a TV series to a maze and

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tease what iconic scenes in Easter Eggs attendees should to

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look out for. Also skip to eight minutes and eleven

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seconds by following the links in our show notes to

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hear the duo confirm that five nights at Freddy's will

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be a maze, and the design team has been working

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directly with Jim Henson Studios on the creature designs. Halloween Horrorites.

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Tickets for twenty twenty five are now on sale, and

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with multiple locations and ticket tiers available, choosing the right

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option can feel overwhelming whether you're planning to visit Universal

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Orlando Resort or Universal Studios Hollywood. We've created a comprehensive

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guide that breaks down every ticket type to help you

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make the best choices of your HHN Experience. AHHN runs

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select dates August twenty ninth through November two in Orlando, Florida,

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and September fourth through November tewod in Hollywood, California. Some

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pro tips for Halloween Horror Nite tickets by early popular

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nights do sell out completely and prices increase closer to

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the event. Avoid opening weekend unless you choose premium screen

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night crowds are typically the heaviest the very first weekend.

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Consider weeknights Tuesday through Thursday typically offer lower prices and

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smaller crowds, and plan for multiple visits. Season passes almost

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always provide better value than single night premium options. Follow

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the links in the show notes to find the complete guide.

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Gantem's got a flash sale going on. Gantum Lighting in

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Controls is having a flash sale on its Precision CP

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seven DR forty four fixtures. This DMX controlled RGB spot

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fixture features an eighteen degree bm angle, strobe effects and

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built in macros like candle flicker and heart pulse. It

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is perfect for props and scenic pieces. The fixture is

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bare wire and includes a two point one millimeters barrel

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jack and TRS screw terminal. Adapters for power and data.

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Bundle includes twenty Precision CP seven fixtures, one dark box,

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programmer version two for DMX addressing or static presets at

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all necessary adapters for only two thousand dollars regular retail

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is thirty six forty three. That's an over forty five

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percent saving. While supplies last interested, contact sales at gantum

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dot com and mention the Precision CP seven Bundle deal

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to add these versatile fixtures to your next project. The

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Ghost Boat collaborates with Moment Factory for a multimedia overhaul.

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For over a decade, Ghost Boat by Dell's Boat Tours

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in Dell's, Wisconsin has thrilled brave visitors with their signature

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after dark excursion up the Wisconsin River and into the

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depths of Coldwater Canyon. This year, the haunt has partnered

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with Moment Factory, a multidisciplinary studio with over twenty four

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years of expertise in themed entertainment, to overhaul the attraction

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with a completely original multimedia experience. What makes ghost Boats

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so unique from other haunted attractions is the incredible dramatic setting,

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A narrow, twisted walk through ancient sandstone formation, said Emily Bertelot,

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communications director at Dell's Boat Tours. It's spooky enough on

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its own, but we always believed it held vastly more potential.

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We shared our vision and the goals with Moment Factory,

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and they not only understood it, they elevated it, intensified it,

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maximized it. Emotionally speaking, its pure nightmare fuel. The new

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experience includes a combination of physical and digital elements, featuring

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dynamic lighting, video projections, timed scares, and spatial audio. Exploring

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the world of scare attractions is an exciting new chapter

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for us. As Alexander Lupian, deemed Entertainment Creative Director at

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Moment Factory. What monks multimedia story world so powerful is

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their ability to create a genuine emotional connection between visitors

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and their environment, while offering the flexibility to evolve over time,

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keeping the experience fresh, surprising, and a live year after year.

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Ghost Boat is open every day through Labor Day weekend,

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whether permitting. Tickets are on sale now starting in thirty eight,

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forty three for adults, twenty five sixty two for children

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ages four through eleven. After ten years, Aunt Shirts saying

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goodbye in a June seventh Facebook post owner James and

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Melissa announced that the company is closing, stating as demands

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for our personal and professional lives have grown, has become

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harder to give this business the attention it deserves. Designing

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and making everyday Halloween ware for everyday Halloween people has

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been one of the most exciting things we have ever done.

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This little side project turned into something bigger than we

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ever imagined. It brought joy, creativity, innovation, and countless connections

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to the most passionate and spooky loving community out there. You.

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A final farewell sale has begun. Customers can receive twenty

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percent off everything applied at checkout and free USPS shipping

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on all orders over one hundred dollars. The Midwest Hunters

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Convention returns next year June fifth through seventh of twenty

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twenty six. Save the dates. Midwest Hunters Conventional will return

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to the Donald E. Stevens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois,

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June fifth through seventh of twenty twenty six. Pre show

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tours will take place on Friday June fifth, with the

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trade show floor opening June sixth and seventh. In education news,

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the Arizona Haunters host intro to Soldering Flickery Flames Class

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on Saturday, June twenty first, at ten am one pm

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join the Arizona Haunters at Heat Sink Labs and Mesa

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Arizona for an intro to soldering lickory flames class. Soldering

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is a fundamental skill for anyone looking to add electronics

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to their show. The instructors will show attendees how to

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solder up clickory flame kits, which can be combined to

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light up your monsters or other prop with no programming needed.

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Reserve your spot today for fifteen dollars. Additional kits can

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be purchased for five dollars each. Some upcoming events this

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June through August include the Texas Haunters Convention in Dallas, Texas,

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July twenty six through twenty seven, Hunters Against Hate the

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Event three in Louisville, Kentucky August eighth through tenth. Midsummer

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Scream in Long Beach, California, August fifteenth through sixteenth. Some

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podcast news you may have missed, Five trends you can't

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ignore mergers, velvet ropes, and the rise of the festival

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First Parks, six Flags and Cedar Fairs eight billion dollars

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mashup for Shen's shopping spree, and falcons beyond devouring oceaneering

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are just the opening salvo in a consolidation wave now

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squeezing the most regional parks into four corporate camps. Spot

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deal making is only the first of five seismic shifts.

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Philip and Scott unpacked this week. They probe why per

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guest spending keeps climbing even as attendance flattens, how velvet

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rope up charges like Disneyland's four hundred dollars Premier Pass

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and six flags one hundred and sixty two dollars a

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month flash Pass are normalizing class tiers, and why every

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operator from Universal's Fan Fast Nights to SeaWorld's Coasters after

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Dark now treats shoulder season festivals as it's loyalty engine.

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The hosts also tackles staffing's post pandemic cool down and

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ask whether AI driven scheduling and on site dorms finally

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solve the labor puzzle. Think your already future proved your part,

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these five trends say, otherwise, listen to the weekly bonus

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episodes on the Patreon page of the Green Tagged podcast.

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And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode

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was produced by me Philip Bernandez, with reporting by Darryl

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Plunky post production by David Swape. This haunt News Update

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is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you

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can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Hanta Attraction

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network dot com. Support for this episode comes from Gantum

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Lighting and Controls. Until next time, Haunters, stay scary This

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