NEWS: Theme Parks Want Halloween Every Month

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the HN Show. We bring you the Haunt news, information, and education you need to prepare for Halloween. On Tuesdays, we bring you a roundup of news from haunts worldwide. Read more about these stories and so much more in our free weekly newsletter. Subscribe at the link in the show notes, and as always for the news roundup, I'm passing it off to Darryl. Tokyo Disney Resort is thriving with fantasy springs and seasonal events, driving record breaking revenue, while Universal Studios Hollywood is experimenting with a bold new event, Fan fast Nights. This week, Green Tagged Podcast breaks down the Oriental Land company's latest earnings, revealing how fantasy springs and seasonal activations like Halloween help boost it tendance in spending and created operational challenges. Then they dive into Universal's fanfaest Nights, which blends pop up experiences, immersive LARPing, and Haunt style walkthroughs to test new event formats.

1:13 What does this mean for the future of park events and will Universal's experimental approach lead to year round second gates. The Haunted Attraction Association's annual Meeting of Members and Directors will be held during trans World's Halloween and an Attraction Show in Saint Louis, Missouri, on Friday February twenty eighth, at nine thirty am. The HAA State of the Industry Meeting will immediately follow at ten o'clock am. Join the HAA as they discuss the current landscape of our industry, emerging trans and what's on the horizon. Celebrate excellence across the Haunt industry with the Oscarees at trans world Talloween and Attraction Show on Saturday, March first, at five pm.

1:53 Awards categories includes Vendor Excellence Awards, Board of Directors Awards now including awards for mid and small tier attractions, Special Recognition Awards, Home Haunter Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Award. The event includes complimentary food and a cash bar for all to enjoy. Renewed HAA members will receive a free drink and priority seating. Visit the HAA booth number two zero two to three in advance to receive your couponts. Transworld's free seminar schedule has been announced The Transworld Halloween and Attraction Show in Saint Louis, Missouri, has announced their free seminar lineup for February twenty eighth and Saturday, March first. Joined members of the haunt industry as they discussed topics including attraction, liability, creating interactive experiences, social media influencers, and more. Additionally, delve deeper into products and services you'll find in the show floor with exhibitor led free seminars from CFX, Tune two Technologies, LLC, Bloody Mary, Makeup, Clue Quest, Weldwood Marketing, and fearworre Conpretizing. The owners of the Sunken Manor in Greenville, South Carolina, have requested Greenville County rezone the property from residential suburban to agricultural to allow for a major agritourism expansion.

3:06 The family run business one hundred and sixty eight Hours, bought the twenty two acre property in twenty twenty three to create a haunted attraction and escape room. Now they would like to restore the property's historic Keeler mill, creating a functional farm that could grow crops, raise livestock, and host activities such as classes, tours, hay rides, and pumpkin patches. Netflix Bytes and new Netflix themed dining experiences coming to the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The one year culinary residency serves up breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with each menu item inspired by a hidden Netflix show or movie of note to horror and Halloween fans. Are dishes themed after Stranger Things Wednesday, Army of the Dead, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Netflix Bytes will operate for breakfast and lunch from seven am to two pm daily and for dinner from five pm till ten pm Sunday through Thursday, and five pm to mid night Fridays and Saturdays. Walk ups are welcome, but reservations are encouraged. Learn more and make a reservation on their official website by following the links in our show notes so Oncoming events this February through April include trans World's Halloween An Attraction show in Saint Louis, Missouri, February twenty seventh through March second, the Spooky Swap Meet in Los Angeles, California, April twenty fifth through twenty seventh, and the East Coast Haunters Convention in Oaks Pennsylvania from April twenty six through twenty seven.

4:30 And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Bernandez, with reporting by Daryl Plunky post production by David Swape. This haunt News Update is a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Hanta Attraction Network dot com. Support for this episode comes from Gantum Lighting and Controls. Until next time, Haunters Stay Scary. This is a Haunted Attraction Network