Aug. 29, 2023

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

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

Knott's Scary Farm celebrates 50 years of never-ending nightmares with nostalgic nods to the past and wicked new mazes; Death Eaters come to Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando Resort; Early access tickets to Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group's...

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Knott's Scary Farm celebrates 50 years of never-ending nightmares with nostalgic nods to the past and wicked new mazes; Death Eaters come to Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando Resort; Early access tickets to Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group's Delusion are now on sale; Vampirates returns to Pirates Dinner Adventure; Pumpkin Spice Suites debut at select Great Wolf Lodge locations; Boney Island comes to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County for a family-friendly interactive light-up experience; The Chaffey Theatre Company presents "Folklore", an immersive walkthrough haunt; Bob Barker Marionette Theater presents their annual Hallowe'en Spooktacular; Get ready for the Haunted Attraction Network's annual Hauntathon starting this Friday, September 1st! https://mailchi.mp/hauntedattractionnetwork.com/knotts-scary-farms-50th-anniversary-announcements
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h An Show. We bring you the

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Get ready for this year's Haunted Attraction Network

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Haunt of Fon. Starting Friday,
September first, we will celebrate haunted attractions

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daily via videos, podcasts, and
articles. Not Scary Farm in Buena Park,

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California celebrates fifty years of never ending
nightmares with nostalgic naws to the Past

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and wicket new Mazes. This year's
fiftieth anniversary event, which runs select night

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September twenty first through October thirty feet, will include three new mazes for a

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total of ten five scare zones and
four shows in the cinema. Slasher Maze

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travel through the silver screen at the
Mystical Midnight Theater into a trilogy of Slasher

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movies. The Room thirteen Maze delves
further into the world of the Goring twenties

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scare Zone, allowing guests to learn
more about the origins of the Devil's Elixir

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at the extravagant Argive Hotel. The
Chilling Chambers Maze honors the first maze and

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not Scary Farm's history ten Chilling Chambers
with nostalgic nods to maze themes of years

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past, guided by the Keeper,
the sinister caretaker of this Conservatory of horrors

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fan favorite scare zone, The Gauntlet
returns reimagine for an onslaught of fresh terror.

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Your favorite demented doctor is back with
Doctor Cleaver returns the Birdcage Theater then

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go on to the scintillating and provocative
musical Journey celebrating fifty years of terror and

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fright with the music Monsters and Mayhem
Show. Finally, after a four year

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hiatus, everyone's favorite lawman and Executioner
return the Hanging uncensored. The chills and

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thrills will become even more immersive than
before with an interactive lantern for thirty nine

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ninety nine, which will trigger over
one hundred effects throughout the event. In

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celebration of its landmark milestone. Not
Scary Farm has creaked open the cemetery gates

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to its fiftieth anniversary legacy store and
museum. The immersive retail experience features exclusive

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specialty fiftieth anniversary merchandise that fans will
die for, while the museum presents historic

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exhibits highlighting Not Scary Farms Frightfully Rich
past Celebrate this year's anniversary with unlimited visits

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to all event nights with a Scary
Farm Season's pass one hundred and fifty nine

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dollars two hundred and forty nine dollars
per season pass holders. Tickets, passes

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in, hotel packages, and more
are on sale now at the event's official

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website. Follow the links in our
show notes to find them. This fall,

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The Darker Side of Magic returns to
Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida,

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as Death Eaters leave their mark on
the Wizarding World of Harry Potter diagon

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Alley for the first time. From
September first through November fourth, guests can

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encounter the villainous death Eaters in diagon
Alley enjoy an interactive, live entertainment experience,

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coming face to face with these fanatic
witches and wizards as they roam through

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London, lurk their way through the
cobbled streets of Nocturn Alley, and even

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challenge guests to join the Dark Lord. Learn more and get your tickets today

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at Universal Orlando Resorts official website.
Early tickets are now on sale for thirteenth

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floor entertainment groups Hit Attraction Delusion in
Pomona, California, running selected night September

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twenty first through November nineteenth, the
historic Philip Mansion in Pomona, California will

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be transfigured into a new, ghastly
interactive horror theater experience where guests become key

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players and a sinister and in tang
called hour long interactive escapade. With eight

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seasons of this incredible journey we call
Delusion. All things have led to this

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year's story, Nocturnes and Nightmares.
Rather, let's call it a compendium,

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said John Braver, creater of Delusion. I gave it much thought and felt

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an anthology of Delusion stories woven together
like a terrifying tapestry into an epic live

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experience would be something both Delusion fans
and newcomers alike will revel in new for

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twenty twenty three is the Spectral Soire
with an array of enhanced dining, beverage

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and entertainment options. Also new is
Behind the Veil BP experience, which offers

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guests and interactive look behind the scenes. VIP guests will have the opportunity to

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interact with actors and crew, as
well as Dawn costumes, and take part

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in the action themselves. General ticket
sales will begin soon, with prices starting

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at eighty nine ninety nine for select
nights. For additional information including events specifics,

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ticket pricing, and more, visit
the event's official website. The Pirates

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Dinner Adventure in Bueno Park, California, will once again offer a spooky twist

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this Halloween season as Vampirates return select
knights September thirteenth through October thirty feet traveled

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back to the eighteen hundreds, where
you'll climb aboard the evil Captain Sebastian the

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Black Ship for an interactive, family
friendly evening filled with adventure, romance,

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and a spooky good time. While
enjoying a three course meal so delicious it's

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scary, you'll witness feats of aerial
artistry, swordplay, death defying stunts,

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and dynamic duels. Every Saturday during
Vampirates as well as Halloween Night, they'll

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host a costume contest. Both grown
Sea Dogs and young Buccaneers are invited to

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down their best attire for a chance
to win prizes. Tickets are on sale

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now starting at sixty eight ninety five
for adult general admission. Select Great Wolf

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Lodge locations will debut Pumpkin Spice Suites
September twenty eight through October thirty feet as

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part of their Great Wolf Halloween celebration. These suits feature seasonal decor and oranges

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and browns to represent the fall flavors
of nutmeg, allspice, and cinnamon,

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as well as pumpkin themed rooms and
fall scented fragrances. These elements have been

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created by a content creator, author, and interior enthusiast, Stephie Degraff.

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Pumpkin Spice Suite is only available at
the following lodges Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania,

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Gumi, Illinois, Grapevine, Texas, The Grange, Georgia, and Garden

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Grove, California. The autumn themed
suites start at three ninety nine per night

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and included daily delivery of pumpkin cinnamon
rolls and bottomless pumpkin spice lattes. Learn

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more on their official website. The
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in

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Los Angeles, California, will transform
its nature gardens into a hauntingly whimsical interactive

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light of experience for all ages with
Bony Island Thursdays through Sundays, September twenty

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eight to October thirty first, featuring
familiar sites for longtime Bony Island fans,

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skeletons, performing rope tricks, levitating
through loops, shadow poppetry, and more.

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The Natural History Museum will put its
own spin on the event with artistic

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performances, real fossils, live animal
presentations, tricker treating, and other ghoulishly

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glowing installations. Explore the garden paths
as Creepy Crawley's, Silly skeletons and carnivores

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from the credaceous Abound. Tickets are
on sale now twenty five per person,

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twenty dollars for members. The Chaffee
Theater Company in Ontario, California will present

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Folklore, a completely new, designed
and immersive walk through haunt experience October twenty

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seven through thirty first, Pulling inspiration
from the legends at witchcraft in German fairy

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tales and pagan traditions. This interactive
haunt will transport guests to the Black Forest,

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where they will find many experiences that
will leave them chilled or screaming in

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terror. Tickets will be available soon
at the box office on the days of

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the event. Bob Barker Marionette Theater
in Los Angeles, California, Rest in

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Peace. Bob Barker presents their Frightfully
Fun Halloween Spooktacular September sixteenth through November fifth.

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Halloween Spooktacular is an hour long,
family friendly boos review featuring over one

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hundred spirited puppets rallying to regale you
with silly things on strings, the new

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thrills and curious creations from Frankenstein's Monsters, toe tapping inception to an out of

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the world Venusian dreamscape, to a
bone rattling soaret of clone the dark skeletons

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in a hidden cabaret. Halloween Spooktacular
beckons you to the place where imagination lurks.

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Costume parades will be hailed at every
Spooktacular show in October, so don

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your spooky best to join the show. Tickets are on sale now starting at

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twenty five dollars per person. Some
upcoming events August through October twenty twenty three

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include Creepit reel Oc Expo in Santa
Ana, California, September sixteenth and seventeenth,

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The West Michigan Halloween Expo in Grand
Rapids, Michigan September twenty third and

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twenty fourth. Burbank, Californias.
The Son of Monster Palooza will be on

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October thirteenth and fourteenth. A few
places are still holding their casting calls and

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additions, including Seven Gates Scream Park
in Niagara Falls, New York. The

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Darkness in Saint Louis, Missouri,
Arabis, Haunted Attraction in Pontiac, Michigan,

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Haunted Calgary in Balzac, Alberta,
Canada, Nightmare on Edgewood in Indianapolis,

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Indiana, how A Mead Open Farm
in Billington, UK, Spooky Ranch

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in Columbia Station, Ohio, The
Village Evil Harvest in Fairburn, Georgia.

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And That's all for the News this
Week. Today's episode was produced by me

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Philip Hernandez, with reporting by Darryl
Plunky. Post production by David swolpe.

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