Roundup: Oogie Boogie Bash Tech Issues; Spirit Halloween Hiring

0:07 Coming up your weekly roundup of news from around the Haunt industry. Welcome to the show. I'm Philip on the H A N 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. Disneyland has paused general ticket sales for the Oogy Boogie Bash amid technical issues after magic keyholder passes went on sale on June twenty seventh and sold out the same day. Tickets went on sale to the general public this past Thursday, June twenty ninth. However, the website experienced a myriad of technical issues, causing the park to stop all sales for the time. An official message was released to the ticketing website. We apologize for the technical issues which have impacted general ticket sales for the Oogiboogie Bash.

1:07 New sales are paused while we work to address these issues. Guests can visit Disneyland dot com slash Oogiboogie Bash on Thursday, July sixth at nine am Pacific time for an update, which may include the date and time when new sales will resume. We commit to providing advanced notice prior to activating new sales and strive to make the process as smooth as possible. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. Completed ticket purchases will be honored. Ugiboogie Bash will occur twenty five select nights between September fifth and October thirty. First ticket prices range from one hundred and thirty four to one hundred and eighty nine dollars. Established in eighteen fifty three, Hanna Yashiki Amusement Park in Tokyo, Japan is celebrating its one hundred and seventieth anniversary with an upgrade to its Haunted House and the addition of a new ar game. The renovated and rethemed Haunt will feature a new backstory based on the four Great Kaiden of Edo Brave. Visitors will be able to experience our fearsome tales Casina Goofuci, the Ghost Story of Kassain Swamp Botandoro the p and E Lantern, Yotsua Kaiden the Yotsua Ghost Story and Bancho sarah Yeshiki the Bancho Disc Mansion through the seventy four meter walk through Haunt. Japanese folklore will continue to be honored via the park's new aar game, Mysterious Scoop Cameramen. Guests will use a special device to hunt for Yokai Japanese folkloreic monsters throughout the park and capture photographs of them. Learn more on the park's official

2:38 website by following the links in our show notes. The Puca Festival returned to Trim and ath Boy in Meet Ireland October twenty seventh through thirty first to celebrate Ireland as the birthplace of Halloween. Puka is a shape shifting character from Celtic folklore that comes alive in ancient New Year to roam the night and change the fortunes of those that cross it. The festival celebrates Bucca's proclivity for mischief and entertainment on sawn through folklore, food, myth and music. In addition to traditional ceremony, celebrations and offerings, high profile contemporary acts and music, comedy, and performance will take place. Visitors can expect to indulge in traditional harm brack, cold cannon and baked apples as they immerse themselves in the local offerings of the Harvest Market to take a spirited journey through time in Ireland's ancient East via immersive games, storytelling workshops, talks and walks through the festival. Check back regularly for programming updates on the event's official website. A new horror experience from Asylum Entertainment Limited is coming to Newsham Park Hospital and Liverpool, UK this Helloween. Newsham Scream Park, a former orphitage asylum a nursing home. Newsham Park Hospital is a mecca for ghost hunters and spectral thrill seekers, with many claiming to have seen spirits, heard whispers, are felt a touch of something cold on their spine in the dead of night. From October thirteenth through November fifth, brave souls can enter three scare attractions in Sanatorium, the Orphanage and Helluminati for ages eighteen plus. The courtyard at Newsham Screen Park will include live

4:10 music in DJ's license, bars, food vendors and array of tarot card readers, mystics, spirit board guides and other curious characters. Tickets go on sale Friday, July seventh. Haunted Calgary in Alberta, Canada is bringing back its popular zombie themed survival game, and for the first time ever, it's an outdoor, summertime version with a Western flare. Hell Night on Dead Roundup will take place July twenty eighth at seven pm as the sun sets. The stampede of zombies will take over the park, and your survival depends on your next move. You will face multiple challenges throughout the game, including navigating through the abandoned park, scavenging for food and weapons, and avoiding contact with the undead. If you're bidden, you'll visit the team from Dawn's Costume and makeup shop for zombification and rejoin the game as a zombie. The game will end with a last person standing who will win a fabulous prize pack from Haunted Calgary and Events sponsors. So are you ready to take on the challenge and see if you have what it takes to survide a stampede of zombies? Register now and secure your spot before it's too late. Tickets start at forty five dollars for general admission and Deluxe rip. Really important player tickets are available for one hundred.

5:17 Field of Screams in Olney, Maryland announced a major expansion for the twenty twenty three Halloween season. Due to record crowds in twenty twenty two, Field of Screams plans to double the number of stations in their flagship Super Screams Haunted Trail, a one hour walk through the dark, cold, sinister woods. The trail will include over fifty terrifying scenes packed full of custom props to core and actors, including Skinner Shack Infested House, Laser Maids, and the all new clown Freak Show. Christian Sadio's creative director for Steelhead Events and Productions, set an a press release. Our commitment to quality and our growing popularity has led to more and more opportunities, including an upcoming horror movie based on our Super Screams Trail, slated for production this fall. Field of Screams will open Saturday, September twenty third and run through Halloween. General admissions will start at forty four dollars and include the Slaughter Factory, Haunted House, the one hour Super Screams Trail, and a compound with thirty plus bonfires, concessions and more.

6:15 Lions Gate is bringing Saw to Midsummer Scream in Long Beach, California, July twenty eight through thirtieth. On the floor of the Long Beach Convention Center. An Incredible Saw Experience invites attendees to explore the horrific, unnerving, and unforgettable world of the Saw movies. On Saturday, July twenty ninth, special guests who helped bring Saw to the screen will take part in a panel presentation that offers exclusive mind bending glimpses into the upcoming film Saw X. Tickets for Midsummer Scream or on sale now with single day adult admission passes starting at thirty five to one hundred and forty dollars for a three day VIP gold bat pass. This past week, Spirit Halloween debuted thirteen new animatronics for the twenty twenty three season. His collection includes three horror icons, the Crip keep Her from Tales from the Crypt, Slim from Killer Clowns from Outer Space, and Leatherface from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Or More animatronics are still waiting to be on Earth in the coming weeks. The Cauldroness, Darling, Dolly, Desmodus, and hell Spawn. Spirit Halloween is now hiring approximately forty thousand seasonal associates for a record number of retail stores in the US and Canada this Halloween season.

7:23 This will be Spirit's fortieth season of bringing the mystique of Halloween to life, and that starts each year with the hiring of our talented, enthusiastic associates and storm manager, said Stephen Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. We look forward to welcoming back returning team members and introducing new employees to the Spirit Halloween family as we get ready for the truly unforgettable season. Interested individuals can apply via Spirit Halloween's hiring website. Some upcoming events this July through September include the Texas Haunters Convention July fifteenth and sixteenth and Mesquite, Texas Horror Ween Cohn, Idaho, which July twenty first through twenty third in Boise, Idaho. Midsummer Scream July twenty eighth through thirtieth in Long Beach, California, Ghosts of Summer July twenty nine through thirtieth in Portland, Oregon, Creep at Real Ocxpo September sixteenth and seventeenth in Santa Ana, California, and the West Michigan. Halloween Expo September twenty third and twenty fourth in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Is your Haunt doing casting calls or editions coming up? Feel free to add your list to our casting call list by replying to your email newsletter or the links in their show notes and join this list of haunted attractions. Arks Mortis in Killin, Alabama, Blood Prison in Mansfield, Ohio. Crawford's School of Terror in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Creatures of the Night at Zoo Tampa, Tampa, Florida, Crooked Descent Perkimer, New York. Dark Knights at Hershey Park, Hershey, Pennsylvania, The Darkness Saint Louis, Missouri, Darkside, Haunted Estates, Middlesex,

8:56 North Carolina. A Dent Schoolhouse, Cincinnati, Ohio, Demon Acres in Hannibal, New York. Eloisa Asylum in Westland, Michigan, Arabis Haunted Attraction, Pontiac, Michigan. Extreme Fierce Scare Grounds, Kinston, North Carolina. Field of Screams Kentucky, Brandenburg, Kentucky. Fright Knights w V. Daniels, West Virginia, Interland Haunted Attraction in Ashley, Michigan, Nightmare Cleveland and Cleveland, Ohio, Scream Dreams in Thomasville, North Carolina, Scream Hollow in Smithville, Texas, Southern Screams in North Charleston, South Carolina, Terror Vault San Francisco, California, Undead in the Water Tampa, Florida, Woods of Terror in Greensboro, North Carolina. Feel free to visit some of these summer haunts, including the Ams Haunted Attractions in Maryville, Tennessee, Blood Prison in Mansfield, Ohio, Cinema of Horror's Haunted House in Kelsa, Washington, Ever Haunt in Anglo, New York, and Haunted Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. And that's all for the news that's week. Today's episode was produced by me Philip Hernandez with reporting by Daryl Plunky, post production by David Swolk.

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