Nov. 25, 2025

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IAAPA Expo 2025 returned to the Orange County Convention Center with record-breaking attendance and a show floor packed with innovations across the attractions industry. Among its newest and fastest-growing areas is the Haunting Grounds, a dedicated pavilion in the North Concourse focused on Halloween and seasonal events.
Also this week:- 32nd Annual Thea Awards Recipients Announced- Sally Dark Rides Brings Mini™ Dark Ride to Qatar- Creep It Real Festive Kicked Off the Holiday Season with Cosplay, Entertainment, Spooky Vendors, and More. Read more 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 Darryl.

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As the holiday season arrive, it's haunted houses across the

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US are getting into the festive spirit, combining the joy

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of holidays with thrilling scares. Check out our website or

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keep listening to this news to hear about nearly one

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hundred and fifty haunts that will be operating this holiday season,

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with more added weekly. Is your haunt opening for the

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holiday season? Simply let us know you're hans. Information can

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be included in our annual listing. IAPPA twenty twenty five

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recap Last week the IAPPA Expo twenty twenty five Welcome

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thirty eight thousand, five hundred and twenty verified attendees drawn

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from a total of forty three thousand, eight hundred and

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forty registered participants, setting a new benchmark for participation. The

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trade show floor featured twenty five thousand, five hundred and

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ninety eight qualified buyers representing twenty thousand, three hundred and

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sixteen companies across one hundred and two countries, spanning more

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than five hundred and fifty thousand square feet of exhibit space.

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This year's expo showcased cutting edge innovations for more than

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eleven hundred exhibitors representing the full spectrum of the global

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attractions community, including amusement and theme barks, water parks, family

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entertainment centers, zoos, aquariums, museums, resorts, and cruise lines. Some

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major announcements include SeaWorld Orlando unveiling the Neuvacoma roller coaster

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called SeaQuest and Inverted Indor coaster with Immersive Media, Dollywood

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debuting a new attraction in partnership with mac Rides, Six

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Flags Over Texas revealing the tormenta coaster manufactured by Bollinger

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and Mabile Art, Inc. Rocky Mountain Construction announcing a new

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single rail coaster coming to the Family Kingdom Amusement Park,

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and Zamperla partnering with Morgan's Wonderland on the Wing Z,

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an accessible friendly ride, underscoring iappa's commitment to inclusion and innovation.

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In this week's episode of Green Tag, Philip and Scott

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break down the trends that truly mattered this year. The

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push toward indoor attractions from SeaWorld Orlando's new Vacoma indoor

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adverted coaster to Merlin's ninety million dollar Galacta coaster installations,

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the explosion of interactive dark rides like Sally's Phantom Theater

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and its new Mini Dark Ride heading to Qatar, and

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the rise of competitive socializing through Triotech's new Montreal Trio.

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They also discussed the operational side rollers new industry benchmark

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show reporting mobile dominating bookings and F and B memberships,

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driving repeated visitation and digital wallets nearly doubling average spend

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across the board. The expo revealed a sectors leaning to

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indoor reliability, personalized experiences, and value minded designs. Located in

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the North Concourse, Iappa's Haunting Grounds showcased products for Haunt

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and Halloween products this year. The Haunted Attraction Network was

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there to cover some highlights League productions debut of Vintage

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Dark Ride Booth to showcase their creative services. Nethercraft, manufacturer

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of vacuum form architectural facades, showed off their creations at

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the booth and via photo ops and a large facade

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at the entrance of the Haunting Grounds area. Dogwood Entertainment,

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known for their bold, scenic pieces and photo ops for

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family friendly attractions, brought their new twelve foot pumpkin treehouse

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the Spooky Not Scary Immersia photo op as interactive features

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guests can touch and play with to activate different elements

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of the house. Ironwood and Glitter IWG showed off their

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signature mirror mazes. Verse Immersive, a glasses based ar attraction,

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highlighted their newest experience by legendary entertainment Trick or Treat

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experienced the twisted charm of Sam and the Rules of Helloween.

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Every action you take, from every candy you pick up

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to every pumpkin you touch, determines whether or not you survive.

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And Sally Dark Rides revealed the first new animatronics for

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Phantom Theater opening Nightmare, coming to King's Island in Manson,

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Ohio in twenty twenty six. Follow the links in our

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show notes to watch our full coverage report. The area

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also housed Haunt focused educational sessions, including Marketing the Monsters,

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a class taught by the Haunted Attraction Networks owned Philip

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Hernandez and Scott Swinson, Scott Swinson Creative Design, and Green

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tagged in this pact standing room only presentation, Philip and

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Scott discussed how marketing a Halloween event is different from

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marketing and Attracttion's core product, and gave attendees valuable insights

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for boosting attendance, enhancing storytelling, and maximizing ROI. The thirty

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second Annual THEA Awards, the Themed Entertainment Association TEA announced

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the recipients of their thirty second annual THEA Awards. These

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awards celebrate the professionals and organizations whose work brings to

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life outstanding achievements, bold innovation, and the world's most immersive

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experiences shared live from universal epic Universe. During tea's annual

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International Mixer, The announcement officially launched the month long celebratory

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campaign that will culminate next May. During the annual TEA

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Inspire Program and thirty second Annual THEA Awards Gala, we

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received nearly two hundred impressive and diverse submissions from around

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the world, said Mark Zachary, chair of the THEO Awards

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Judging Committee and President of Experiential Advisors. These entries demonstrate

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the imagination, ingenuity, expertise, and passion across the themed entertainment industry.

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Every year, the THEO Awards Judging Committee spends countless hours reviewing, discussing,

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and selecting this year's outstanding and most deserving project. Today,

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we celebrate these extraordinary projects and the teams that brought

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them to life. Award highlights of special interest to the

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horror and Halloween community include the the Awards for Outstanding

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Achievement for an attraction, which is Donce maccobb in the

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f Telling in Katchavel, Netherlands. Attraction is Monsters Unchained, the

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Frankenstein Experiment, Universal Epic Universe Orlando, Florida, and themed food

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and beverage experience is The Haunted Mansion Parlor in Disney

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Treasure Disney Cruise Line, and the Tea Recognitions of Merit

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Immersive Live Entertainment Just fix It productions from Los Angeles, California,

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Sally Dark Rides and Doha Quest bring the first ever

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mini dark ride to Katar. A November nineteenth, Sally Dark

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Rides announced a new partnership with Katar's largest indoor theme park,

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Doha Quest. Doha, Qatar delivered Guardians of the Hidden Chamber,

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a first of its kind mini dark ride coming soon

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to the theme park. Guardians of the Hidden Chamber will

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blend high tech interactivity with cinematic storytelling, placing guests inside

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an adventure game brought to life. Designed to fit in

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a compact footprint, the attraction will combine physical sets, dynamic media,

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and family friendly action for a four plus minute ride

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with trackless vehicles were honored to bring Guardians of the

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Hidden Chamber to Doha Quest, said Ralph Piggert, CEO of

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Sally Dark Rides. This attraction showed just how much storytelling, interactivity,

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and excitement can be packed into a smaller footprint without

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compromising a world class experience. Customize your own vehicle with

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Merlin Entertainment's new Galacta Coaster. Murlin Entertainments offered Iappa attendees

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a behind the scenes preview of Galacta Coaster, the first

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of its kind into a roller coaster experience, opening at

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Lego Land Resorts in Florida and California in early twenty

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twenty six. Blending storytelling, interactivity, and cutting ride technology, Galactic

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Coaster will take families on a customizable Lego space adventure

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from briefing room to blast off. Using interactive touchscreens and

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RFID wristbands, guests personalize their craft across four building phases, nose, tail, wings,

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and special features, unlocking more than six hundred and twenty

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five possible spacecraft combinations. Once complete, their digital creation is recognized.

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Merging physical thrills with immersive storytelling, Galactic Coaster redefines what

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a family coaster could be. It's not just about the thrills,

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It's about giving every guest the power to create their

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own story. It's Lego play valuated to a whole new orbit,

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said Rob Smith, chief operating Officer of Merlin Entertainments. More

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than three years in development, Galactic Coaster was brought to

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life by Merlin Magic Making and collaboration with Art Engineering,

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two heads, avsc Imagine Size, and the Lego Brand Parks

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and Experiences teams. Triotech unveils three attractions that redefine competitive socializing. Triotech,

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a global leader in immersive attractions and Interactive Experiences announce

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the upcoming launch of three groundbreaking entertainment concepts, Electric Funfair, Energize,

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and Crazy Carts, all debuting in Montreal in the summer

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of twenty twenty six. Together, these attractions redefine competitive socializing, lending,

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physical activity, interactive gaming, immersive storytelling, and breakthrough digital technology.

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Each attraction has been built to maximize replay value, social engagement,

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and operator flexibility, with a seamless connected experience enabled by

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a video game inspired persistence system that tracks guests across

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each attraction. Electric Funfair reinvents classical carnival style games with

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dynamic digital theming, allowing the entire attraction to transform instantly

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for different moods, audiences, seasons, or intellectual properties. Energize is

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a one hour interactive adventure with seasonal and IP based

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story lines, where a group of two to sixty participants

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will experience a dozen or more uniquely themed game rooms,

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each featuring high energy, physical and cognitive challenges. Participants can

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earn individual and team scores, climb the local, regional, and

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global leader board, and return to improve their ranking, making

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the experience endlessly replayable. Crazy Cards is powered by Triotech

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dynamic mapping technology, which allows real go karts to navigate

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complex indoor layouts enhanced with video games style power ups,

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environmental projections, and interactive obstacles. Players race through projected worlds,

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dodge challenges, trigger power ups, that experience gameplay variations such

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as race, zombie chases, and more, all will utilizing existing

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building footprints. Roller releases their twenty twenty six Attractions Industry

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Benchmark Report, an all in one venue management platform for

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the leisure and attraction industry, released its twenty twenty six

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Industry Benchmark Report, offering valuable insights to attraction operators. Roller

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has also incorporated benchmarking data into its AI assistant, Roller Iq.

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This provides Roller customers with instant in platform comparisons against

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industry benchmarks, enabling them to see how their venue perform

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alignance with competitors and peers in real time. Highlights from

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the benchmark report. Mobile dominates eighty four percent of online

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bookings and are now made via mobile devices. Guests are

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five point three times more likely to book on mobile

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than desktop. Mobile food and beverage orders are three point

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three times larger than pos orders and represent ten percent

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of food and beverage revenue, up from seven point three

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percent last year. Online checkouts generate higher spend. Online bookings

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drive forty five percent of revenue despite representing just thirty

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three percent of total bookings. Party guests return more often.

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Venues offering parties saw forty point eight percent repeat rate

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versus twenty five point six percent at venues without memberships

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increase loyalty and repeat visits. Members visit nearly five times

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more often four point nine visits per year than non

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members one point three visits. Digital payments yield higher transaction values.

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Digital wallets such as Google Pay and Apple Pay account

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for twenty three point eight percent of online transactions and

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values one point nine six times larger on average than

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those of physical cards. Follow the links in the show

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notes to download the full report. Creep It Reel kicked

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off the festive holiday season this past weekend. So Cal

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Halloween fans kicked off the horror Laday season with creep

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It Real Festive in Santa Ana, California. Guests could find

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the perfect holiday gift for that spooky someone in the

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Cryptmas Marketplace, with over one hundred vendors showcasing horror inspired

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seasonal artwork crafts. Treats and merch. They also enjoyed live

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music from the Sceralars, Kitty Antics, and Silk Monsters, and

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met some truly chilling characters, including the one and only

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creep Kringle. The Haunted Attraction Network was there to see

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all of the events had to offer and showcase some

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of the amazing costumes, entertainment, photo ops and vendors. You

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can watch our video by following the links in our

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show notes and see such featured exhibitors as Mister He's

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Artificial Tree Lot, Unwrapped Art, Haunted Ventures, Peer Farm, Jeepers, Creepers,

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Malhica Created, and Bubbles of Madness. Zombie Joe's Underground Theater

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Group presents Urban Death x Mass. Celebrate the Haunted holiday

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season with Zombie Joe's Underground Theater Groups Urban Death Xmas

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from North Hollywood, California on December eighteenth through twenty first.

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This ghoulishly new maze and theater attraction reaches to the

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darkest corners of the winter solstice, creating a nightscape of

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holiday horrors, Yuletide monstrosities, and the orchard spirits of Christmas past.

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Urban Death Xmas was created by Zombie Joe and Jana

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Weimer and directed by Denise Devin. The show is intended

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for audience as eighteen plus as it contains graphic content,

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mature themes, and nudity. Tickets are on sale now for

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twenty four dollars in advance or twenty eight at the door.

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The Canadian Haunters Association Home Haunters Contest is accepting submissions.

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The twenty twenty five Canadian Haunters Association Contest is now

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open for submissions. Categories include the best Walkthrough, best yard Haunt,

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Best set Design, Best Animated Prop, Best static Prop, Best tombstone,

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Non animated, Best scare Actor, Best Costume, and best carved Pumpkin.

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Five of the nine categories are open to haunters to

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both Canada and the United States, while Best walk Through,

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Yard Haunt, Set Design, and Tombstone are for Canadian residents only.

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All entrance must be a member of the Canadian Haunters

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Association Facebook page. You can view the full list of

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rules and regulations online. Now what everybody was waiting for

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the Our list of the twenty twenty five holiday haunts,

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starting with Alabama Haunted houses, including a TROX factory in Leeds, Alabama,

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Conjure Haunted Attraction in Birmingham and Nightmare at three thousand

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and eight in Fulton, Alabama. Arizona includes sc Arizona Scare

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Grounds at Mesa, Arizona and Yuma Nightmares in Yuma. Arkansas

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has Folklore Slaughterhouse and Draves in Gravesville, Reapers night Off

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in Donaldson, and Twisted Intent Haunted Attraction in Benton, Arkansas.

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California brings you All Saints Lunatic Asylum Haunted Attraction in

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Apple Valley, California, The Soto Asylum in Needles, Reign of

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Terror in Thousand Oaks, and Urban Death in North Hollywood, California.

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Colorado has got the thirteenth Floor Haunted House Denver in Denver, Colorado,

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and the Fear Complex in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Connecticut has

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got Nightmare Acres in South Windsor, Connecticut. And Delaware brings

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you Old Crow Manor in Milton, Delaware. Down in Florida,

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They've got the thirteenth Floor Haunted House Jacksonville and Jacksonville, Florida.

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The Horrorland Miami in Miami, Florida, Ominous Descent in winter Haven, Pemberton,

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Haunted Acres in Plant City, and Sir Henry's Haunted Trail

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in Plant City, Florida, Georgia. Holiday haunted houses include Thirteenth

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in Canton, and Wicked South Productions in Pembroke, Illinois. Haunted

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houses include the Thirteenth Floor Haunted House Chicago in Chicago, Illinois,

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Area sixty six Haunted School in Livingston, the Dungeon of Doom,

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Indiana has the Barn of Terror in Bloomington, Columbia City,

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Culbertson Mansion in New Albany, House of Lector in Evansville, Hysterium,

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the slaughter House Haunted attraction in Des Moines, Iowa. Kentucky

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Asylum in Williamsport, Sinister Hills in Corbin, and Sinister Tombs

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in East View, Kentucky. Killing It In Louisiana, We've got

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Bossier City, and New Orleans Nightmare in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Maryland Holiday haunted houses include Bennett's Curse Haunted House in Baltimore, Maryland,

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Creekside Manor and Williamsport, The Final Bell in Hampstead, Hara's

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Nightmare in Westminster, and Laurel's House of Horror in Laurel, Maryland.

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Michigan has got the Awaken Haunted Attraction in Leslie, Michigan,

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Ezra Chamber of Horrors and Madison Heights Deranged Haunted House

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and Romulus Factory of the Dead in Saginaw, Hinterland, Haunted

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Attraction in Ashley, Rotten Manor in Holly, and the Scream

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Machine in Taylor, Michigan, Missouri. Haunted houses include The Darkness

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in Saint Louis, Missouri, Terror en Route sixty six and Sullivan,

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Trepidation's Haunted House and Exeter and the Warehouse in Joplin,

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Mississippi brings you Terror on the Coast in Gulfport, New Hampshire,

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has Got Fright Kingdom in Nashua, and New Jersey's Got

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The Brighton Asylum in Passaic. New York brings you the

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Bayville Screen Park in Bayville, Headless Horseman in Lster Park,

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Nightmare and NASA at Westbury, and Wallkill's Haunted Barn in Middletown,

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Auditorium in Barco, Extreme Fear Scare Grounds in Kingston, The

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Haunted Forest at Panic Point in Youngsville, Paula, Wakers and Fairmont,

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The Hotel and A. Haskie Pinhead's Graveyard in Canton, and

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the Akron Haunted Schoolhouse in Akron, Ohio, Blood Prison in Mansfield,

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Dark Harvest Productions in Hillsboro, The Dance Schoolhouse in Cincinnati,

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The Beer Columbus and Columbus, Ohio, and the Haunted Farm

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in Pleasantville, Ohio. Oklahoma holiday haunted houses include the Chamber

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of Terror in Mooor, Oklahoma. Oregon brings you The Fear

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PDX from Portland and Nightmares on the Rogue from Medford, Oregon.

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Pennsylvania Haunted houses include Castle Blood and Monisson Crawford School

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of Terror in Connellsville, Demon House in Mono Gehela, Devil's

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of Screams PA in Mountville, Jason's Wood and Lancaster Kim's Crypt,

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Haunted Mill, Scream Park in spring Grove, Lincoln Mill, Haunted

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House in Philadelphia, Penhurst Asylum in Spring City, and Ravenwood

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Dark Castle, Haunted Attraction in Elgin and the Deceased Farm

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Zone in Memphis, Frightworks and Powell Haunted Webb Scream Park

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in Memphis, Ellsbar, Damn Haunt and Haletown Malice Haunted Attraction

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in Belfast, Mountain, Mayhem in Cookeleville and Nashville Nightmare in Nashville, Tennessee.

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The State of Texas brings you the Thirteenth Floor Haunted

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House Houston in Houston, Texas, Dark Hour, Haunted House in Plano,

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Doc Wilkes, House of Horrors in Longview, Graystone Scream Park

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in Longview, House of Torment and Austin McCallan Horror Knights

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and McCallen, Monte de las Muertos and Donna, Texas. Nightmare

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on Elm Street in Lubbock, Scream Depot and Baird Scream Hollow,

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Wicked Helloween Park and Smithville, Texas. Terrors of North Texas

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and Dennison, Texas Scare Grounds and Mineral Wells and Trilvania

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Darkwood Manor in Lay, Virginia, Fright Mare and Chesapeake, Milltown

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Haunt and Lovettsville, Red Vain Haunted House in Ashland, Spooky Acres,

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Haunted House in Norfolk, Terror Manor and Roanoke, while Washington

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brings you the Cinema of Horror's Haunted House in Kelsoe, Washington.

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West Virginia brings you The Fear Farm WV in Winfield,

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Bright Nights, WV and Daniels Scary View Grave School in

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Saint Albans and the Twelve Pole Manor in Wayne, West Virginia.

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And finally, Wisconsin brings you Pradition Pines and Antigo Wisconsin,

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the Realm of Darkness and Cacouna and the Terrorshed Haunted

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House in Kooscam, Wisconsin. Some upcoming events from November through

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January of twenty twenty six The Halloween and Party Expo

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in Las Vegas, Nevada coming to you January twelfth through fourteen.

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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 Daryl

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