April 7, 2025
NEWS: Transworld Recap Video & Tourism Struggles
Watch our video on the 25 Best New Products from Transworld 2025 https://youtu.be/IwhslV-IJtk; U.S. tourism decline threatens attractions; Epic Universe's Darmoor Monster Makeup Experience; UF Swamp Haunters host halfway-to-Halloween haunt; Haunters...
Watch our video on the 25 Best New Products from Transworld 2025 here; U.S. tourism decline threatens attractions; Epic Universe's Darmoor Monster Makeup Experience; UF Swamp Haunters host halfway-to-Halloween haunt; Haunters Toolbox to host a live Q&A with Philip Hernandez of the Haunted Attraction Network on April 8th. 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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International tourism to the United States is projected to decline
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by five percent this year instead of growing nine percent
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as previously expected. According to Tourism Economics, this reversal could
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result in a seventy two billion dollar reduction in travel spending,
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with destinations relying heavily on international visitors facing the greatest challenges.
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Haunted attractions depend on tourism rather than local attendance could
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feel significant impacts from this downturn. As seen with theme parks,
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Those with strong local customer base will likely whether the
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storm better than those targeting visitors from other countries or regions.
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In the latest Green Tagged podcast, Scott and Philip discuss
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potential solutions, including industry collaboration as demonstrated by Disney and
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Universal's summer announcements, and increased focus on building local loyalty.
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Regional haunts might consider reallocating marketing resources from tourism markets
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to local audience as while tourism sentiment recovers. The Darkmoor
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Monster Makeup Experience tickets are on sale Release your inner
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creature at Universal's Epic Universe in Orlando, Florida. With Darkmoor
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Monster Makeup Experience, horror fans can enter into Doctor Pretorius's
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old lab, which has been converted into a parlor. There,
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skilled artisans use their talent to experiment on customers and
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release their inner love of Universal monsters e. The Warewolves, vampires,
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or something even more fashionably monstrous. Guests can choose from
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two twenty minute experiences, the Experiment ticket, which is make
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up only, and the Transformation ticket, which is makeup plus accessories.
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Tickets are on sale now, starting at forty five dollars
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for Experiment tickets, one hundred and nine dollars for Transformation
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tickets for ages five to nine, and one hundred and
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sixty nine dollars for Transformation tickets ten and over. Epic
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Universe opens on May twenty second of twenty twenty five.
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The UF Swamp Ponters invite brave souls to a truly
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chilling halfway to Halloween experience, Camp Carnage, coming April eighteenth
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and nineteenth to the University of Florida's Norman Field in Gainesville, Florida.
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Nestled on the edge of a charming New England town,
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Camp Deer Creek is the place where campfires blaze, lifelong
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friendships forge, and legends come to life under the moonlit sky.
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Some say that the ghost stories shared around the campfires
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of Camp Deer Creek are more than just stories. In
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these ancient woods, buried spirits and demonic entities are said
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to rome. Will you be brave enough to face what
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lurks beneath the pines and survive? Camp Carnage. Swamp Haunters
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is a division of Gator Theme Park Engineering and Design
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at the University of Florida. Since twenty twenty two, they
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have brought together students from many disciplines to design and
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construct theme haunted houses completely from scratch. Tickets for Camp
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Carnage are on sale now for five dollars each. Follow
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the links in the show notes. To get yours. The
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Midnight Games in Fall River, Massachusetts return with an all new,
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ninety minute interactive experience on April fifth. Set in a
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massive twenty thousand square foot world inspired by the dark
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Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, players will encounter a series
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of seven trials that will test their worthiness to join
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a secret society. Only one person in each group will
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win will it be You? While the experience comes from
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the creative minds behind a factory of terror and feartown
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haunted House, this is not a scary experience. Instead, it
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offers a thrilling, suspenseful adventure that challenges participants wits and teamwork.
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Tickets are on sale now starting at thirty five online
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forty dollars at the door. Use the code pre Sale
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at checkout to receive a five dollars discount. Through April fourth,
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at Midnight. Hunters Toolbox is hosting a live Q and
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A session with Philip Heernandez of Gantim and the Haunted
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Attraction Network on Tuesday, April eighth, at five point thirty
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pm Pacific daylight time. Join this informative one and a
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half hour live session to learn tips and tricks from
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Philip whose experience includes social media, marketing, video and audio,
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theme parks, Haunted Attractions, public relations, press releases, and much more.
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Some upcoming events this March through May of twenty twenty
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five include the Spooky Swap Meet April twenty fifth through
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twenty seventh in Los Angeles, California, The East Coast Haunters
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Convention April twenty sixth and twenty seventh in Oaks, Pennsylvania,
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The Halfway to Halloween x Boat May tenth in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
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and Monster Palooza May th through June one and Pasady At, California.
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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 Hernandez, with reporting by Darryl Plunky.
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Post production by David Swope. This Haunt News Update is
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a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can
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sign up to our weekly newsletter at Hanta Attractionnetwork dot com.
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Support for this episode comes from Gantum Lighting and Controls.
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Until next time, Haunters Stay Scary. This is a Haunted
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Attraction Network production.
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