Roundup: Oogie Boogie Bash Tech Issues; Spirit Halloween Hiring

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Coming up your weekly roundup of news
from around the Haunt industry. Welcome to

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the show. I'm Philip on the
H A N Show. We bring you

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the Haunt news, information, and
education you need to prepare for Halloween.

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at the link in the show notes, and as always for the news roundup,

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I'm passing it off to Daryl.
Disneyland has paused general ticket sales for

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the Oogy Boogie Bash amid technical issues
after magic keyholder passes went on sale on

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June twenty seventh and sold out the
same day. Tickets went on sale to

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the general public this past Thursday,
June twenty ninth. However, the website

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experienced a myriad of technical issues,
causing the park to stop all sales for

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the time. An official message was
released to the ticketing website. We apologize

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for the technical issues which have impacted
general ticket sales for the Oogiboogie Bash.

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New sales are paused while we work
to address these issues. Guests can visit

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Disneyland dot com slash Oogiboogie Bash on
Thursday, July sixth at nine am Pacific

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time for an update, which may
include the date and time when new sales

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will resume. We commit to providing
advanced notice prior to activating new sales and

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strive to make the process as smooth
as possible. We are sorry for any

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inconvenience caused. Completed ticket purchases will
be honored. Ugiboogie Bash will occur twenty

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five select nights between September fifth and
October thirty. First ticket prices range from

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one hundred and thirty four to one
hundred and eighty nine dollars. Established in

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eighteen fifty three, Hanna Yashiki Amusement
Park in Tokyo, Japan is celebrating its

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one hundred and seventieth anniversary with an
upgrade to its Haunted House and the addition

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of a new ar game. The
renovated and rethemed Haunt will feature a new

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backstory based on the four Great Kaiden
of Edo Brave. Visitors will be able

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to experience our fearsome tales Casina Goofuci, the Ghost Story of Kassain Swamp Botandoro

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the p and E Lantern, Yotsua
Kaiden the Yotsua Ghost Story and Bancho sarah

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Yeshiki the Bancho Disc Mansion through the
seventy four meter walk through Haunt. Japanese

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folklore will continue to be honored via
the park's new aar game, Mysterious Scoop

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Cameramen. Guests will use a special
device to hunt for Yokai Japanese folkloreic monsters

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throughout the park and capture photographs of
them. Learn more on the park's official

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website by following the links in our
show notes. The Puca Festival returned to

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Trim and ath Boy in Meet Ireland
October twenty seventh through thirty first to celebrate

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Ireland as the birthplace of Halloween.
Puka is a shape shifting character from Celtic

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folklore that comes alive in ancient New
Year to roam the night and change the

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fortunes of those that cross it.
The festival celebrates Bucca's proclivity for mischief and

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entertainment on sawn through folklore, food, myth and music. In addition to

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traditional ceremony, celebrations and offerings,
high profile contemporary acts and music, comedy,

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and performance will take place. Visitors
can expect to indulge in traditional harm

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brack, cold cannon and baked apples
as they immerse themselves in the local offerings

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of the Harvest Market to take a
spirited journey through time in Ireland's ancient East

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via immersive games, storytelling workshops,
talks and walks through the festival. Check

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back regularly for programming updates on the
event's official website. A new horror experience

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from Asylum Entertainment Limited is coming to
Newsham Park Hospital and Liverpool, UK this

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Helloween. Newsham Scream Park, a
former orphitage asylum a nursing home. Newsham

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Park Hospital is a mecca for ghost
hunters and spectral thrill seekers, with many

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claiming to have seen spirits, heard
whispers, are felt a touch of something

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cold on their spine in the dead
of night. From October thirteenth through November

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fifth, brave souls can enter three
scare attractions in Sanatorium, the Orphanage and

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Helluminati for ages eighteen plus. The
courtyard at Newsham Screen Park will include live

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music in DJ's license, bars,
food vendors and array of tarot card readers,

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mystics, spirit board guides and other
curious characters. Tickets go on sale

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Friday, July seventh. Haunted Calgary
in Alberta, Canada is bringing back its

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popular zombie themed survival game, and
for the first time ever, it's an

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outdoor, summertime version with a Western
flare. Hell Night on Dead Roundup will

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take place July twenty eighth at seven
pm as the sun sets. The stampede

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of zombies will take over the park, and your survival depends on your next

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move. You will face multiple challenges
throughout the game, including navigating through the

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abandoned park, scavenging for food and
weapons, and avoiding contact with the undead.

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If you're bidden, you'll visit the
team from Dawn's Costume and makeup shop

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for zombification and rejoin the game as
a zombie. The game will end with

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a last person standing who will win
a fabulous prize pack from Haunted Calgary and

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Events sponsors. So are you ready
to take on the challenge and see if

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you have what it takes to survide
a stampede of zombies? Register now and

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secure your spot before it's too late. Tickets start at forty five dollars for

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general admission and Deluxe rip. Really
important player tickets are available for one hundred.

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Field of Screams in Olney, Maryland
announced a major expansion for the twenty

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twenty three Halloween season. Due to
record crowds in twenty twenty two, Field

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of Screams plans to double the number
of stations in their flagship Super Screams Haunted

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Trail, a one hour walk through
the dark, cold, sinister woods.

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The trail will include over fifty terrifying
scenes packed full of custom props to core

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and actors, including Skinner Shack Infested
House, Laser Maids, and the all

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new clown Freak Show. Christian Sadio's
creative director for Steelhead Events and Productions,

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set an a press release. Our
commitment to quality and our growing popularity has

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led to more and more opportunities,
including an upcoming horror movie based on our

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Super Screams Trail, slated for production
this fall. Field of Screams will open

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Saturday, September twenty third and run
through Halloween. General admissions will start at

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forty four dollars and include the Slaughter
Factory, Haunted House, the one hour

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Super Screams Trail, and a compound
with thirty plus bonfires, concessions and more.

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Lions Gate is bringing Saw to Midsummer
Scream in Long Beach, California,

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July twenty eight through thirtieth. On
the floor of the Long Beach Convention Center.

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An Incredible Saw Experience invites attendees to
explore the horrific, unnerving, and

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unforgettable world of the Saw movies.
On Saturday, July twenty ninth, special

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guests who helped bring Saw to the
screen will take part in a panel presentation

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that offers exclusive mind bending glimpses into
the upcoming film Saw X. Tickets for

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Midsummer Scream or on sale now with
single day adult admission passes starting at thirty

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five to one hundred and forty dollars
for a three day VIP gold bat pass.

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This past week, Spirit Halloween debuted
thirteen new animatronics for the twenty twenty

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three season. His collection includes three
horror icons, the Crip keep Her from

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Tales from the Crypt, Slim from
Killer Clowns from Outer Space, and Leatherface

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from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Or
More animatronics are still waiting to be on

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Earth in the coming weeks. The
Cauldroness, Darling, Dolly, Desmodus,

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and hell Spawn. Spirit Halloween is
now hiring approximately forty thousand seasonal associates for

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a record number of retail stores in
the US and Canada this Halloween season.

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This will be Spirit's fortieth season of
bringing the mystique of Halloween to life,

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and that starts each year with the
hiring of our talented, enthusiastic associates and

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storm manager, said Stephen Silverstein,
CEO of Spirit Halloween. We look forward

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to welcoming back returning team members and
introducing new employees to the Spirit Halloween family

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as we get ready for the truly
unforgettable season. Interested individuals can apply via

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Spirit Halloween's hiring website. Some upcoming
events this July through September include the Texas

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Haunters Convention July fifteenth and sixteenth and
Mesquite, Texas Horror Ween Cohn, Idaho,

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which July twenty first through twenty third
in Boise, Idaho. Midsummer Scream

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July twenty eighth through thirtieth in Long
Beach, California, Ghosts of Summer July

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twenty nine through thirtieth in Portland,
Oregon, Creep at Real Ocxpo September sixteenth

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and seventeenth in Santa Ana, California, and the West Michigan. Halloween Expo

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September twenty third and twenty fourth in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. Is your Haunt

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doing casting calls or editions coming up? Feel free to add your list to

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our casting call list by replying to
your email newsletter or the links in their

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show notes and join this list of
haunted attractions. Arks Mortis in Killin,

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Alabama, Blood Prison in Mansfield,
Ohio. Crawford's School of Terror in Connellsville,

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Pennsylvania. Creatures of the Night at
Zoo Tampa, Tampa, Florida,

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Crooked Descent Perkimer, New York.
Dark Knights at Hershey Park, Hershey,

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Pennsylvania, The Darkness Saint Louis,
Missouri, Darkside, Haunted Estates, Middlesex,

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North Carolina. A Dent Schoolhouse,
Cincinnati, Ohio, Demon Acres in

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Hannibal, New York. Eloisa Asylum
in Westland, Michigan, Arabis Haunted Attraction,

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Pontiac, Michigan. Extreme Fierce Scare
Grounds, Kinston, North Carolina.

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Field of Screams Kentucky, Brandenburg,
Kentucky. Fright Knights w V. Daniels,

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West Virginia, Interland Haunted Attraction in
Ashley, Michigan, Nightmare Cleveland and

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Cleveland, Ohio, Scream Dreams in
Thomasville, North Carolina, Scream Hollow in

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Smithville, Texas, Southern Screams in
North Charleston, South Carolina, Terror Vault

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San Francisco, California, Undead in
the Water Tampa, Florida, Woods of

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Terror in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Feel free to visit some of these summer

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haunts, including the Ams Haunted Attractions
in Maryville, Tennessee, Blood Prison in

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Mansfield, Ohio, Cinema of Horror's
Haunted House in Kelsa, Washington, Ever

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Haunt in Anglo, New York,
and Haunted Calgary in Calgary, Alberta,

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Canada. And that's all for the
news that's week. Today's episode was produced

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by me Philip Hernandez with reporting by
Daryl Plunky, post production by David Swolk.

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