Roundup: Knott's 50th; Delusion; Pumpkin Spice Suites

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the h An 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 Daryl. Get ready for this year's Haunted Attraction Network Haunt of Fon. Starting Friday, September first, we will celebrate haunted attractions daily via videos, podcasts, and articles. Not Scary Farm in Buena Park, California celebrates fifty years of never ending nightmares with nostalgic naws to the Past and wicket new Mazes. This year's fiftieth anniversary event, which runs select night September twenty first through October thirty feet, will include three new mazes for a total of ten five scare zones and four shows in the cinema. Slasher Maze travel through the silver screen at the Mystical Midnight Theater into a trilogy of Slasher movies. The Room thirteen Maze delves further into the world of the Goring twenties scare Zone, allowing guests to learn more about the origins of the Devil's Elixir at the extravagant Argive Hotel. The Chilling Chambers Maze honors the first maze and not Scary Farm's history ten Chilling Chambers with nostalgic nods to maze themes of years

1:37 past, guided by the Keeper, the sinister caretaker of this Conservatory of horrors fan favorite scare zone, The Gauntlet returns reimagine for an onslaught of fresh terror. Your favorite demented doctor is back with Doctor Cleaver returns the Birdcage Theater then go on to the scintillating and provocative musical Journey celebrating fifty years of terror and fright with the music Monsters and Mayhem Show. Finally, after a four year hiatus, everyone's favorite lawman and Executioner return the Hanging uncensored. The chills and thrills will become even more immersive than before with an interactive lantern for thirty nine ninety nine, which will trigger over one hundred effects throughout the event. In celebration of its landmark milestone. Not Scary Farm has creaked open the cemetery gates to its fiftieth anniversary legacy store and museum. The immersive retail experience features exclusive specialty fiftieth anniversary merchandise that fans will die for, while the museum presents historic exhibits highlighting Not Scary Farms Frightfully Rich past Celebrate this year's anniversary with unlimited visits to all event nights with a Scary Farm Season's pass one hundred and fifty nine dollars two hundred and forty nine dollars per season pass holders. Tickets, passes in, hotel packages, and more are on sale now at the event's official website. Follow the links in our show notes to find them. This fall, The Darker Side of Magic returns to Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida, as Death Eaters leave their mark on the Wizarding World of Harry Potter diagon

3:10 Alley for the first time. From September first through November fourth, guests can encounter the villainous death Eaters in diagon Alley enjoy an interactive, live entertainment experience, coming face to face with these fanatic witches and wizards as they roam through London, lurk their way through the cobbled streets of Nocturn Alley, and even challenge guests to join the Dark Lord. Learn more and get your tickets today at Universal Orlando Resorts official website. Early tickets are now on sale for thirteenth floor entertainment groups Hit Attraction Delusion in Pomona, California, running selected night September twenty first through November nineteenth, the historic Philip Mansion in Pomona, California will be transfigured into a new, ghastly interactive horror theater experience where guests become key players and a sinister and in tang called hour long interactive escapade. With eight seasons of this incredible journey we call Delusion. All things have led to this year's story, Nocturnes and Nightmares. Rather, let's call it a compendium, said John Braver, creater of Delusion. I gave it much thought and felt an anthology of Delusion stories woven together like a terrifying tapestry into an epic live experience would be something both Delusion fans and newcomers alike will revel in new for twenty twenty three is the Spectral Soire with an array of enhanced dining, beverage and entertainment options. Also new is Behind the Veil BP experience, which offers guests and interactive look behind the scenes. VIP guests will have the opportunity to

4:42 interact with actors and crew, as well as Dawn costumes, and take part in the action themselves. General ticket sales will begin soon, with prices starting at eighty nine ninety nine for select nights. For additional information including events specifics, ticket pricing, and more, visit the event's official website. The Pirates Dinner Adventure in Bueno Park, California, will once again offer a spooky twist this Halloween season as Vampirates return select knights September thirteenth through October thirty feet traveled back to the eighteen hundreds, where you'll climb aboard the evil Captain Sebastian the Black Ship for an interactive, family friendly evening filled with adventure, romance, and a spooky good time. While enjoying a three course meal so delicious it's scary, you'll witness feats of aerial artistry, swordplay, death defying stunts, and dynamic duels. Every Saturday during Vampirates as well as Halloween Night, they'll host a costume contest. Both grown Sea Dogs and young Buccaneers are invited to down their best attire for a chance to win prizes. Tickets are on sale now starting at sixty eight ninety five for adult general admission. Select Great Wolf Lodge locations will debut Pumpkin Spice Suites September twenty eight through October thirty feet as part of their Great Wolf Halloween celebration. These suits feature seasonal decor and oranges and browns to represent the fall flavors of nutmeg, allspice, and cinnamon, as well as pumpkin themed rooms and fall scented fragrances. These elements have been created by a content creator, author, and interior enthusiast, Stephie Degraff.

6:12 Pumpkin Spice Suite is only available at the following lodges Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania, Gumi, Illinois, Grapevine, Texas, The Grange, Georgia, and Garden Grove, California. The autumn themed suites start at three ninety nine per night and included daily delivery of pumpkin cinnamon rolls and bottomless pumpkin spice lattes. Learn more on their official website. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, California, will transform its nature gardens into a hauntingly whimsical interactive light of experience for all ages with Bony Island Thursdays through Sundays, September twenty eight to October thirty first, featuring familiar sites for longtime Bony Island fans, skeletons, performing rope tricks, levitating through loops, shadow poppetry, and more.

6:58 The Natural History Museum will put its own spin on the event with artistic performances, real fossils, live animal presentations, tricker treating, and other ghoulishly glowing installations. Explore the garden paths as Creepy Crawley's, Silly skeletons and carnivores from the credaceous Abound. Tickets are on sale now twenty five per person, twenty dollars for members. The Chaffee Theater Company in Ontario, California will present Folklore, a completely new, designed and immersive walk through haunt experience October twenty seven through thirty first, Pulling inspiration from the legends at witchcraft in German fairy tales and pagan traditions. This interactive haunt will transport guests to the Black Forest, where they will find many experiences that will leave them chilled or screaming in terror. Tickets will be available soon at the box office on the days of the event. Bob Barker Marionette Theater in Los Angeles, California, Rest in Peace. Bob Barker presents their Frightfully Fun Halloween Spooktacular September sixteenth through November fifth.

7:56 Halloween Spooktacular is an hour long, family friendly boos review featuring over one hundred spirited puppets rallying to regale you with silly things on strings, the new thrills and curious creations from Frankenstein's Monsters, toe tapping inception to an out of the world Venusian dreamscape, to a bone rattling soaret of clone the dark skeletons in a hidden cabaret. Halloween Spooktacular beckons you to the place where imagination lurks. Costume parades will be hailed at every Spooktacular show in October, so don your spooky best to join the show. Tickets are on sale now starting at twenty five dollars per person. Some upcoming events August through October twenty twenty three include Creepit reel Oc Expo in Santa Ana, California, September sixteenth and seventeenth, The West Michigan Halloween Expo in Grand Rapids, Michigan September twenty third and twenty fourth. Burbank, Californias. The Son of Monster Palooza will be on October thirteenth and fourteenth. A few places are still holding their casting calls and additions, including Seven Gates Scream Park in Niagara Falls, New York. The Darkness in Saint Louis, Missouri, Arabis, Haunted Attraction in Pontiac, Michigan, Haunted Calgary in Balzac, Alberta, Canada, Nightmare on Edgewood in Indianapolis, Indiana, how A Mead Open Farm in Billington, UK, Spooky Ranch in Columbia Station, Ohio, The Village Evil Harvest in Fairburn, Georgia.

9:24 And That's all for the News this Week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Darryl Plunky. Post production by David swolpe. This Haunt News update is a production of the Haunt Atraction Network, and you can sign up to our weekly newsletter at Haunted Traction network dot com. Support for this episode comes from Gantum Lighty end Controls. Until next time, Hunters, stay scary. This is a Haunted Attraction production.