Roundup: Theme Parks Nationwide Announce Halloween Events

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

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you need to prepare for Halloween. On

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Tuesdays, we bring you a roundup
of news from haunts worldwide. Read more

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I'm passing it off to Daryl.
Three terrifying new IP mazes will be coming

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to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando and Hollywood. The Exorcist Believer, inspired by the

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new Universal Pictures film from Blumhouse Morgan
Creek Entertainment, Chucky Ultimate Killcount based on

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the popular USA and sci fi series, And Universal Monsters Unmasked, inspired by

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Universal's legacy of cam cinematic monsters,
with an original score from Grimy Award winning

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musician Slash. At each event,
these mazes will join the Last of Us

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and Stranger Things four IP mazes.
Additionally, Halloween Hornites Orlando announced five all

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new original haunts. Doctor Oddfellow,
Twisted Origins, Dueling Dragons, Choose Thy

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Fate, Yeti Campground Kills, The
Darkest Deal, and Blood Moon Dark offerings.

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These original mazes will join five unnerving
scare zones, the new Nightmare Fuel,

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Revenge Dream Show, and all new
Tribute Store and specialty food and beverages.

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For those dying to experience this year's
killer food and beverages. Before the

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event opens, Taste of Terror will
offer guests an exclusive All You Care to

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Enjoy preview of select items that will
be featured at Halloween Horror Nights. The

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special preview event will run on select
nights from August tenth through twenty six at

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one hundred and fifty nine ninety nine
per person. Halloween Horror Nights Orlando runs

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forty eight select nights from September first
through November fourth. Tickets are on sale

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now starting at seventy nine ninety nine
for a single night general admission. Universal

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Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights Universal City, California announced an all new original maze

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for twenty twenty three, Monstruos The
Monsters of Latin America. While HHN Hollywood

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has explored original mazes based on Mexican
folklore with Laurona and El Kakui, this

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Haunt will feature three new creatures,
the La la Chusa, also known as

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the owl Witch from Mexican and Texan
folklore, Klawelpucci from the Clascala region of

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Mexico, and El Sibone from the
Los Lanos region of Colombia and Venezuela.

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The haunts cemetery of the Lost Facade
is inspired by graveyards from Guadalaja and Guana

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Wato. The Haunt will exit to
a new scare zone, Alta de las

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Mumias, which will be connected story
wise to the house. The scare zone

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will be inspired by nineteen fifty Mexican
horror films about Aztec mummies Amias as Tecis.

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Halloween Horror Knights takes place on select
nights from September seventh through October thirty.

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First tickets are on sale now,
starting at seventy four dollars for single

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night general admission. Two popular ips
will be coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain

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for the thirtieth anniversary of Freight Fest
in Valencia, California. The Conjuring and

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Saw X. In the Conjuring Maze
dare to enter the secluded farmhouse of the

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Perrone family, which has been terrorized
and plagued by sinister spirits. Then in

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saw X, experience the return of
Jigsaw as you attempt to survive as ingenious

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and terrifying traps in the untold story
of his most personal game yet. These

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mazes will join six returning favorites and
seven scare zones, entertainment, specialty,

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food, beverages, and more.
Tickets are on sale now with park admission

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and Haunted Attraction pass bundles starting at
eighty five dollars. Legoland, Florida in

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winter Haven, Florida announced a new
fire works show and Zombie pep Rally for

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Bricker Treat twenty twenty three. The
new fireworks spectacular is hosted by Lord Vampire,

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who cast a spell to make his
Monster's party last forever. With three

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d Lego brick bursting fireworks, music
and lights that will leave everyone's spellbound.

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Join Lego Zombie Cheerleader and here Crew
at the all new Zombie pepper Rally.

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Additionally, the event will feature many
returning favorite activities including the v Im Dance

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Party Jam and Jack's Signature Bricker Treating
through at the Park, character meet and

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greets, and more. Bricker Treat
runs select nights from September sixteenth through October

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twenty nine. Admission is included with
park tickets and select passes. Learn more

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on the park's official website or follow
the links at our show notes for everything

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you need to know. On August
twenty fourth, not Scary Farm will unearth

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the mysteries of this year's Haunts with
Scary Farm fifty Nightmares revealed During a panel

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at Midsummer Scream, the creative team
revealed concept art for the all new Legacy

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Haunts store and museum, featuring throwback
photo ops an exclusive Tith anniversary merchandise.

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They also announced several interactive elements would
be added this year, with specialty lanterns

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that can awaken the spirits in special
interaction points. Thirteenth Floor Entertainment announced details

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for their upcoming So Cal offerings at
their Midsummer Screen panel this weekend. The

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Los Angeles Haunted Hey Ride from Los
Angeles, California is adding a new maze,

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hell Billy Helloween, updated wagons with
hay bail or bench seating and axe

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throwing for this year's event. Delusion
will return to the Phillips Mansion in Pomona,

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California for their newest production Delusion,
Nocturns, and Nightmares. This year's

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experience will be an anthology of interactive
short stories based on previous show, tied

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together through an underlying narrative. You're
going to get a taste of all the

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delusions from the past in this show, said Delusion creator John Braver in the

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panel. Some of your favorite characters
are coming back some of your favorite storylines

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as well. Shaktoberfest in Long Beach, California will expand to the Queen Mary

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for twenty twenty three with a secret
VIP entrance and a new trial called The

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Gray Ghost. This year's event promises
to be darker with new scares and elements.

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Skeleton Sam from Lovecraft will host the
nightly block party again, and Shack

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himself will return to the event.
Finally, Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group announced Magic

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of the Jack o' Lanterns will premiere
at Whittier Narrows in Los Angeles, California.

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This scare free, family friendly event
features a glowing trail of thousands of

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magnificent hand carved pumpkins. The Winchester
Mystery House in San Jose, California presents

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a new terrifying chapter select night September
twenty second through October thirty feet Unhinged Housewarming.

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Miles and Flora Taylor, an esteemed
Hollywood couple, have taken residence in

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the infamous Winchester Mystery House and invited
you to the grandest housewarming event of the

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century. But beware. As the
night progresses, the mysterious air settles in,

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revealing that there is more to this
gathering than meets the eye. Will

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you dare to confrontwood lurks with the
halls of the home. In addition to

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the signature haunt within the mansion,
the event also features Beware the Mists,

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a new outdoor scares, a lavish
garden party with sideshow entertainment, interactive games,

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photo ops, pud and drinks,
and the all new Halloween Museum,

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where you can immerse yourself in an
immersing collection of vintage Halloween decor, artifacts

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and memorabilia. Tickets are on sale
now starting at sixty four ninety nine for

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general admission and eighty nine ninety nine
for rip tickets. Jfive Productions announced the

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return of their immersive theater production,
The Willows in Los Angeles, California.

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The Willows transport guests into the captivating
world of the Willows Family, offering an

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unparalleled immersive dinner theater experience that blurs
the lines between theater and reality. As

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active participants in the evening's events,
audience has become entwined in an unfolding narrative

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delving deep into the mysteries and dynamics
of the Willows Family. The show will

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run from September fifteenth through November nineteenth, with performances scheduled Thursdays through Sundays.

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Tickets start at two hundred dollars and
for twenty one plus only. Tickets will

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go on sale Tuesday, August fifteen. A new Haunt Experiences coming to Pomona,

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California this fall. Fear Plex presents
the Lights Out Step into three Mazes,

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Zombie Escape, Carnival of Evil,
and Toxic Terror Experience. The thrill

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of a lifetime at the Zombie Ball
Experience, where guests face off against the

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undead Army with lightweight jellyball markers.
Other highlights include photo ops, horror themed

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video games, esports, vendor Village, live entertainment, and creepy treats.

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Fear Plex Presents Lights Out will run
fourteen select nights October six through thirty first

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Tickets are on sale now, starting
at twenty seven to thirty three dollars per

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person. Spirit Halloween held the grand
opening for its flagship store in Egg Harbor

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Township in New Jersey on Saturday,
July twenty ninth. The event kicked off

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the retailer's fortieth Halloween with spooky style. Stores around the country will begin to

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open up in the coming days.
Check out Spirit Halloween's store locator. If

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the shop closest to you, mark
your calendars. The Spooky Swap Meet will

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return to the Heritage Square Museum in
Los Angeles, California, April twenty sixth

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through twenty eight of twenty twenty four. Haunt Kon in Orlando, Florida is

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accepting applications for Haunt Master Instructors for
their February ninth through eleventh, twenty twenty

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four event. Some upcoming events this
August through October include Creep at Real oce

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Expo in Santa Ana, California,
September sixteenth and seventeenth, The West Michigan

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Halloween Expo in Grand Rapids, Michigan, September twenty three and twenty fourth,

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and the Son of Monster Palooza in
Burbank, California, October thirteenth and fourteen.

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A few haunts are still doing additions
in casting calls, including arks Mortis

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in killin Alabama, Blood Prison in
Mansfield, Ohio, Creatures of the Night

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at Zoo Tampa, Tampa, Florida, Crooked Descent in Herkimer, New York,

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

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North Carolina, Deadmonton, Haunted House
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,

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Dent Schoolhouse in Cincinnati, Ohio,
Demon Acres in Hannibal, New York.

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Elouise Asylum in Westland, Michigan,
Arabis Haunted Attraction in Pontiac, Michigan.

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Extreme Fierce Scare Grounds in Kinston,
North Carolina. Field of Screams Kentucky in

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Brandenburg, Kentucky, frit Night's West
Virginia and Daniels, West Virginia. Haunted

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Hills, Farm Trail and Hayride in
Jasper, Georgia, Interlent Haunted Attraction,

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Ashley, Michigan, Nightmare Cleveland in
Cleveland, Ohio, Phobia, Haunted Trail

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in Caledonia, Ohio, Scream Hollow
and Smithville, Texas. Terror Vault in

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San Francisco, California, and the
Woods of Terror in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Just to note, the Haunted Attraction
Network team will be taking a brief

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spooky summer break these next two weeks. Will we prepare for this year's Halloween

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season and Haunt of thon. Our
weekly newsletters will resume Monday, August twenty

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one, and that's all for the
news this week. Today's episode was produced

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by me Philip Fernandez, with reporting
by Darryl Plunky, post production by David

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