NEWS: Scream Break Returns; John Wick Experience

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

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link in the show notes. Scream
Break returns for its second year to six

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Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, on Fridays and Saturdays from March twenty

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second through April thirteenth. The after
hours event runs from nine pm to midnight

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and includes access to two haunted houses, saw and Condemned House Party, three

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scare zones, exclusive food, two
DJs, and of course, rides in

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the dark on select attractions. Tickets
are one now with single night admission for

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forty dollars per person. Admission is
free for pass holders, with limited reservations

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available online and at the park on
a first come, first serve basis.

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In describing this year's event, Magic
Mountain Interim Park President Jeff Harris said,

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screen Break combines the party and fun
of Spring Break with exhilarating and haunting entertainment.

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Disneyland's Halloween Half Marathon weekend events have
already sold out within days of opening

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for registrations. This new run disney
event is September fifth through the eighth of

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twenty twenty four at the Disneyland Resort
in Anaheim, California. The weekend's slate

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of events include Disneyland Yoga with Goofy, Disneyland Halloween five K hosted by Chippendale

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with Trick or Treating, Disneyland Halloween
ten K themed after the Haunted Mansion,

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Disneyland Half Marathon hosted by Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck and Clara Bell, Cow

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Run, Disney Kids Races, and
the Chills and Thrills Challenge hosted by Jack

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Skellington, Sally and Zero from The
Nightmare Before Christmas. A new john Wick

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Experience is coming to Area fifteen in
Las Vegas later this year. The twelve

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thousand square foot attraction will blend immersive
theater and highly themed cinematic environments to create

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an interactive journey through the underworld of
john Wick. The official description reads,

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Guests will step through the doors of
the Las Vegas Continental and into the fantastical

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underworld of john Wick, where they
navigate a high stakes adventure, as well

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as visit the themed bar and retail
shop open to the general public. The

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john Wick Experience will be created in
collaboration with Egan Productions, which is the

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same company that made the official Saw
Escape and The Escape Blair Witch in Las

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Vegas. A new immersive horror experience
from Blumhouse and Lionsgate is coming to SoCal

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but reservations have already sold out within
just a few days. In Blumhouse Presents

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Chauncey's Imaginary Playhouse, guests will step
into the world of the upcoming horror film.

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Imaginary Guests can play with Chauncey through
six rooms across two floors filled with

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spine tingling, jump scares, perception
altering audio visuals, and scene recreations.

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Two new after dark events are coming
to the Winchester Mystery House this spring Paranormal

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Investigation with TAP's West Coast and Halfway
to Halloween Flashlight Tours. Let's focus on

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the Flashlight Tours. The Flashlight Tours
will be offered April twenty sixth and twenty

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seventh, and May third and fourth, starting at six pm each evening.

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The self guided tour allows brave guests
to explore the dark halls while hearing unnerving

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stories of the home's haunted history.
Tickets are on sale now, starting at

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forty nine ninety nine for adults and
twenty nine ninety nine for children under twelve.

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And now let's head over to some
convention news. Tickets are now on

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sale for trans World's East Coast Haunters
Convention, which is happening in April twenty

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seventh through the twenty eighth at the
Greater Philadelphia ExpoCenter. The East Coast Haunters

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Convention is Transworld's newest edition into their
slate of Halloween industry expos The regional event

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will feature premiere haunted house tours,
networking events, evening parties, and a

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lively exhibit floor. Unlike Transworld's flagship
trade show, this event is open to

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the public and early bird tickets start
at forty dollars to fifty dollars for single

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day show floor admission and sixty five
dollars for weekend show floor access. Sci

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Fi has announced new seasons of Chucky
and Reginald the Vampire coming this spring.

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Chucky's second half of season three will
premiere on April tenth, and Reginald the

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Vampire will return for its second season
on May eighth. A Bewitched series reboot

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is currently in the works at Sony
Pictures TV. The producers describe it as

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an irreverent, hour long reimagining of
the classic TV series. A release date

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for the reboot has not been announced. Spirit Halloween donated sixty one thousand dollars

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to a children's hospital in Fort Myers, Florida. The funds were raised during

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the store's annual Spirit of Children campaign
last Halloween. The company also gifted thousands

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of dollars in costumes, decorations,
and crafts to make the hospital more festive

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during Halloween. All right, before
we head out today, let's talk about

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some of the upcoming events that are
happening through April. First, of course,

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March seventh through the tenth is Transworld's
Halloween and Attraction Show, happening in

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Saint Louis, Missouri. April twelfth
is Fear Expo in Owensboro, Kentucky.

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April twenty sixth through the twenty eighth
is the Spooky Swap Meat happening in Los

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Angeles. And April twenty seventh through
the twenty eighth is the East Coast Hauntredge

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Convention happening in Oaks, Pennsylvania.
And that's all for the news this week.

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Today's episode was produced by me Philip
Hernandez with reporting by Darryl Plunky post

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production by David Swope. This Haunt
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