NEWS: what Disney's new CEO means for Halloween

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the Ahn 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. Keep on listening for a list of haunts open this coming weekend, and check out our full list of Valentine's and Friday the thirteenth haunts by following the links in our show notes. Spooky Swap Meet tickets are on sale.

0:52 Tickets are now on sale for the Spooky Swap Meet six, taking place at the Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles, California, on April twenty fourth through twenty six. The Spooky Swap Meet features more than sixty five vendors selling a mix of used Halloween decorn props and new merchandise, all age, trigger treating performances, mini haunts, and more. The exterior of the museum's Victorian era manners have been spooked up for the weekend by a curated selection of professionals and amateur Haunt designers and enthusiasts, including La Haunted Hayride, a Mister he Slasher, Stage Fright Theater, Sam Haynes's Restless Farm, and association with Adam jess FX. New decorators for twenty twenty six will be Nick Alcarez of Practical Peculiarities, who will be signing copies of Peculiar Baking, A Practical Guide to Strange Confections, and Diane Vogel of The Vogel Victorian. This year's event will feature a new Swap Till You Drop Dead pass that allows the bearer to access the event on one or all three event days without the usual time slot restrictions of the general Admission Pass. We thought of a way to provide flexibility for our diehard Halloween fans who want to see all aspects of the event at differing times of day and night. Sinclared Dunlap, co creator and producer of the Spooky Swap Meet. The Swap Till You Drop Dead pass will get them first stab at acquiring vendor's limited products, as well as avoiding fomo as each day has distinct offerings. General admission starts at

2:22 twenty three dollars for timed entries throughout the weekend, while the limited swap till you Drop Dead pass will be forty five dollars for entry during all open hours or multiple day use. Trans World Vendor Spotlight videos are coming. Extend your reach beyond the show floor. Vendor spotlight videos are short form, professionally produced video features filmed live on the show floor at trans World's Halloween and Attraction Show. Each spotlight highlights one new product or one best selling item in a focused, thirty second interview style format. These videos are editorial features distributed through the Haunted Attraction Network, the leading news resource for the Haunted attraction industry. Cost is three hundred dollars. Contact Philip at Haunted Attractionnetwork dot com to book yours today. Why would you participate? Reach a massive targeted audience. The Haunted Attraction Network reaches over five hundred thousand followers and subscribers across social media, YouTube, newsletters, podcasts, and its website. Your spotlight is seen not just during the show, but long after the show ends by the people who make purchasing decisions. What do you get? Each vendor Spotlight includes placement across the Haunted Attraction Network, including the Haunted Attraction Network Facebook page, Haunted Attraction Network YouTube shorts, inclusion in a long form YouTube recap video with chapter markers that allow viewers to jump directly to your segment.

3:46 Inclusion in the Haunted Attraction Network newsletter with forty two hundred subscribers, and the trans World recap article. A combined Instagram reel Facebook collaborator access. Vendors will be added as a collaborator in the Haunted Attraction netwtwork Facebook post, allowing the video to appear directly in the vendors Facebook page and to be shared, boosted, and repurposed natively searchable YouTube placement. Your spotlight is included in a longer YouTube video with chapters, making it easier for viewers to find your brand, product or booth even months later. How it works. The videos are filmed on the show floor using a multi camera setup. Each Spotlight focuses on one product to keep messaging clear and effective. Scheduling as coordinated. Once participation is confirmed, all filming, editing, and distribution are handled by the Haunted Attraction Network vendor Spotlight videos are limited in quantity and scheduled on a first come, first serve basis during the show. Runway showcase at trans World's Halloween and Attraction Show. New for twenty twenty six, trans World's Halloween and Attraction Show from Saint Louis, Missouri, will present a runway showcase on Friday, March twenty seventh at five point thirty pm. The event will spotlight the product's poised to dominate the Halloween and holiday season, from props to special effects, make up, to costumes, lighting, and more.

5:04 Network with both buyers and exhibitors that this relaxed social setting. Light appetisers will be provided with additional food available for purchase. The showcase is free to all attendees. Limited spaces are still available to showcase products at the event. Interested exhibitors can sign up by following the links in our show notes. Trans World's Halloween and Attraction Show takes place March twenty six through twenty ninth at America Center in Saint Louis, Missouri. Registration is now available starting at one hundred and nine dollars for a general admission pass four hundred and fifty for a VIP pass and seven hundred for a VIP with unlimited seminar passes. Prices will increase after March nineteenth. East Coast Haunters Convention announces Haunt Tours. The East Coast Haunters Convention from Oaks, Pennsylvania, has announced its Haunt Tour lineup for this year's event. At the Thursday Haunt Pre Show tour on April twenty third, guests will visit Kim's Crypt in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley Scream Park in Orfield, Pennsylvania. The Friday Haunt Tours April twenty fourth will feature Penhurst Asylum in Spring City, Pennsylvania and Lincoln Mill Haunted House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Finally, at the Saturday Night Party April twenty fifth, guests will be able to explore Shock Toberfest in Singing Spring, Pennsylvania. The Zombie Safari Hay Ride, the Unknown Haunted House, Prison of the Dead, and Midway Massacre scare Zone will all be open with live actors, and guests will receive a behind the scenes look at the actor area, mini Escape Room and Ground

6:34 Assault Zombie Laser Tag. Enter Club Shock for a next level party with a catered meal, music, and cash bar to keep the party going all night long. The East Coast Hauntras Convention takes place April twenty four through twenty six at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center. Tickets are on sale now starting in forty dollars to fifty dollars for single day admission sixty five dollars for weekend admission. Prices increase after April tenth. Haunt Tour tickets will be available soon. The third annual Halfway to Halloween Festival comes to Rancho Orupa Park. Step into a world of spooky delights in springtime scares at the third annual Halfway to Halloween Festival, taking place May first to third at Rancho Eurupa Park in Riverside, California. The outdoor celebration of horror, haunt culture, and all things eerie will feature mini haunts, over one hundred vendors and artists, horror celebrities and special guests, photo ops, food trucks, and more. Tickets are on sale now starting at eighteen to twenty five dollars for single day admission and forty two dollars per weekend general admission. Six Flags restructures their season passes into regional tiers. Six Flags is simplifying its season pass program into three tiers. Silver passes grant access to a single park. Gold passes now cover all parks within a regional group. East, Midwest Texas or West Prestige passes unlock the entire North American chain. The existing Gold pass holders automatically receive access to all parks in their region with no action required. Gold pass holders

8:04 who had previously purchased the all Park add on will receive a free upgrade to Pressed ege starting February twenty seven. For a limited time, guests can purchase a Gold pass at the silver price at select park. The restructure is one of the first major changes under CEO John Riley, and also introduces a new perk system across all pass levels. For a deeper look at what the regional model signals about Six Flag Strategy, watch this week's Green Tagged podcast. Josh Damero named Disney CEO as Experienced Divisions carries the company. Josh Damero will replace Bob Iger as CEO at the Walt Disney Company effect of March eighteenth, of twenty twenty six.

8:45 Dana Walden will join as president and Chief Creative Officer reporting to Diamero. Disney was not publicly named success to Diamro's current role leading Disney Experiences. The appointment follows a quarter in which the experiences segment posted ten billion dollars in revenue with a six percent growth, while Entertainment lost thirty five percent of its income and sports dropped twenty three percent. Disney attributed much of the Experience's growth to its two newest cruise ships, the Disney Treasure and the Disney Destiny, while flagging international visitation headwinds at domestic parks. Diamarro is the first person in the CEO role who has run one of the company's individual theme parks and worked overseas for attractions professionals. Deamuro's promotion signals that Disney's future runs through physical experiences rather than linear media. You can read a full analysis in this week's Green Tagged Insight by following the links in our show notes. Haunted Calgary delivers ghulish greetings for Valentine's Day. This Valentine's Day skipped the roses instead sent a ghoulish greeting from Haunted Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Gulish Greetings, My Bloody Valentine is a surprise in person delivery performed by a Haunted Calgary character, complete with a themed gift package of your choosing. Whether you're planning the heartfelt reveal, a Gallantine's ambush, or a declaration of affection that leans delightfully unhinged. Your message arrives not by card, but by creature. Feeling fewer hearts and more hexes, opt for hexes for exes, a harmless, hilarious

10:15 prank designed to surprise, confuse, and mildly inconvenience your former flame. Packages range from forty dollars Canadian to one hundred and fifty dollars Canadian. Delivery areas include Calgary, Cochrane, Strathmore, Chestermere, Airdrie and Ocato's Reminder Ask the Haunter with Philip Hernandez as coming up handres Toolbox is hosting a live Q and A session with the Haunted Attraction Networks own Philip Hernandez on Tuesday, February tenth at seven thirty pm Central Standard time. How do you create a successful off season Haunt event? Are you spending your marketing budget effectively? What is changing in the Haunt Industry for twenty twenty six. Philip will answer all of these questions and more during his ninety minute live session. Attendees must be members of the Haunters Tools Facebook group to join in. This weekend is Friday the thirteenth and Saturday is Valentine's Day. Here's our list of Friday the thirteenth and Valandine's Day haunts that are going to be open. In Alabama. We have Arx Mortis from killin Alabama, the City of Chaos and East of Boga, Conjure Haunted Attraction in Birmingham, Pope's Haunted Farm in Salem, Sweet Dreams Haunted House in Joppa, and Warehouse thirty one in Pelham, Alabama. Arkansas has got the Asylum Haunted House in Cave Springs, Arkansas, Asylum X and Fort Smith and Folklore slaughter House in Gravesville, Arkansas. California is bringing you the two O nine Haunts in Lynden, California.

11:41 All Saints Lunatic Asylum in Apple Valley, Black Casket Productions in Ukaipa Eulogy Collective in Anaheim, bere Overload in Newark, The Haunted at Tescadero at a Tescadero High Desert Haunted House in Apple Valley, Sacramento, Scream Park and Sacramento, and Screams in Fairfield, California. Colorado has got the thirteenth Floor Haunted House in Denver, find Your Fright in Loveland, and hell Scream Haunted House in Colorado Springs, while Connecticut is Bringing You Fright Haven from Stratford. Florida has got the thirteenth Floor Haunted House Jacksonville from Jacksonville, Florida, Preep Hollow Woods in jay The Horrorland in Miami, Sir Henry's Haunted Trail in Plant City, and the Wentz Brothers Festival of Fears in mary Esther, Florida. Georgia's Bringing You Helen Helen in Helen, Georgia, The Lakeview Trails of Terror in Kathleen and Wicked South in Pembrook, Illinois has got the thirteenth Floor Haunted House Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, Disturbia Haunted House in Downers Grove, Factory of Fear in mow Lean, the Massacre Haunted House in Montgomery, Sinister Acres in DeSoto, Illinois, and the Vibe Haunted House in crev Coor Illinois, Indiana has got the House of Lector in Evansville, Hysterium Haunted Asylum and Fort Wayne Malice Manor in Clarksville, Propolis Underground in Indianapolis and the Thirteenth Hour in Indianapolis, Indiana. Iowa is bringing you the Hillside House of Hell in Glenwood, Iowa.

13:13 And Kansas has the Haunt at Walters in El Dorado. Kentucky has got the American Horror Plex in Louisville and the Kentucky Fear Tower in Winchester. Louisiana is bringing you Necromander Haunted House in Bossier City. Maryland's got Harra's Nightmare in Westminster and Laurel's House of Horror in Laurel, Maryland. Massachusetts has got the Factory of Terror in Fall River, and Michigan has got Awake in Haunted Attraction in Leslie, Factory of the Dead in Saginaw, and the Hush Haunted Attraction in Westland, Michigan. Minnesota has got the Nowhere Haunted House in Inner Grove Heights, Minnesota. Missouri brings you Terror on Route sixty six from Sullivan and The Darkness from Saint Louis, Nevada. Haunted houses include the Helloween Mays in Las Vegas and Tom Devlyn's Monster Museum in Boulder City, Nevada.

14:03 The New Jersey Haunted House open this weekend is Brighton Asylum in Passaic, New Jersey, while New Mexico is bringing everyone the Haunted Scarecrow from Albuquerque. The New York Haunted House is the Bayville Scream Park in Bayville, New York, while North Carolina is bringing the Haunted Forest at Panic Point from Youngsville, Hollowing Haunts, Hayride in Clinton, the Hotel and a Haskie Panic Attack in Nikina, Pinhead's Graveyard in Canton, and the Woods of Terror from Greensboro, North Carolina. Ohio haunted houses include Akron Haunted Schoolhouse from Akron, Ohio, Area, thirteen Project from Oxford, Beer, Columbus Haunted House in Columbus, Ohio, Hell's Dungeon, and Dayton Nightmare on Main Street from Palme Roy, Ohio.

14:46 Oklahoma haunted houses include The Asylum from Newada and the Chamber of Terror from Mooor, Oklahoma. While Oregon is bringing people the Beer PDX from Portland, Oregon. Pennsylvania has got the Field of Screams PA from Mount Pennsylvania, Haunted Hills Estate, Screen Park from Uniontown, Horrawhen, Haunted Warehouse from Mount Union, Lincoln Mill, Haunted House from Philadelphia, Penhurst Asylum from Spring City, and spook Haven from Mill Hall, Pennsylvania. South Carolina has got Dark Castle from Elgin, Deceased Farm from Lexington, and Nightmare Dungeon from Greenville, South Carolina. Tennessee has got the Fear Zone from Memphis, Tennessee. Wright Works from Powell hellsbar Dam from Guild Nashville, Nightmare from Madison, and the Scream Chamber from Athens. Texas is bringing you the thirteenth Floor Haunted House Houston in Houston, Texas, Cutting Edge from fort Worth, Dark Hour from Plano, Doc Wilkes, House of Horrors from Longview, Hangman's House of Horrors from Fort Worth, Imminent Doom from Kilgore, Nightmare on Nineteenth Street from Lubbock, Silo of Screams from Temple, and the Texas Scare Grounds from Mineral Wells, Texas. Utah Haunted Houses are bringing you Aside forty nine from Tuel, Utah, Castle of Chaos from Midvale and Fiesta Fright from Saint George Well. Virginia is bringing you Fright Mare from Chesapeake, Virginia, Spooky Acres Haunted House from Norfolk, Saint alban Sanatorium from Radford, and Terror Manor from Roanoke, Virginia. Washington haunted houses include

16:20 the Cinema of Horrors and Kelso Washington and Frightville in Oak Harbor, while West Virginia is bringing you The Fear on the Farm WV from Winfield, West Virginia and Fright Nights WV from Daniels. Some upcoming events this February through April include March twenty six through twenty ninth, trans World's Halloween and Attraction Show coming to You from Saint Louis, Missouri. April twenty four through twenty six is the Spooky Swap Meet in Los Angeles, California, and April twenty fifth and twenty sixth is the East Coast Haunters Convention in Oaks, Pennsylvania. And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode was produced by Philip Hernandez with reporting by Darryl Plunky post production.

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