Full Transcript for NEWS: Quality vs. Quantity: Universal and Six Flags Split Halloween

Villain 65 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:13.639 stars in the Christmas Gone Wrong overhaul of the attraction, 66 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:18.319 which takes guests onto the Universal Studios backlot and drops 67 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:21.839 them into a scare experience. When the demented Killer arrives 68 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:25.439 to the historic Universal backlot with his blood soak bag 69 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:29.000 of presents, he realizes it is too early for Christmas 70 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:33.199 and hijacks the tram for his own holiday celebration. Guests 71 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:37.680 will walk the backlot through seven zones Scary Art, Miss Arts, 72 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:42.720 Christmas Tree Farm, The Twelve Slayings of Christmas Arts, Christmas Cafe, 73 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.199 Hell for the Holidays, Santa Art is coming to Town 74 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:50.720 and Arts Workshop, each a classic Christmas image twisted into 75 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:54.240 arts world. The cast pull straight from the Terrifier films, 76 00:04:54.279 --> 00:04:57.199 with art joined by Vicky Hayes, The Little Pale Girl 77 00:04:57.560 --> 00:05:00.680 and Siena Shaw. Original music for the traction will be 78 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:04.160 written by Ice nine Kills, known for their horror movie 79 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:07.439 themed songs. The band will put their dark twist on 80 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:10.759 classic Christmas tunes. You can listen to a preview of 81 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:13.240 Joy to the World Reworked by following the links in 82 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:16.199 our show notes. For dates, tickets, and the full lineup, 83 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:20.279 see the Halloween Horror Knights Hollywood twenty twenty six guide. 84 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:25.319 Slash scored HJN Hollywood's kil Sineira House and its villain 85 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:30.279 sings an original song. At Universal's Midsummer Screen Panel, creative 86 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:34.959 director John Murdy revealed kil Sineira Music by Slash, an 87 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:39.000 original house that twists the traditional quincignia into a revenge 88 00:05:39.040 --> 00:05:42.360 horror story built around a character named Lola. Slash of 89 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:45.759 Guns n' Roses composed the score, which builds to an 90 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:50.519 original song called fifteen Candles that the house's villain, Lola performs. 91 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:53.800 Murdy framed the house around the song's message, This house 92 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:56.160 is for all the people who were ever bullied and 93 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:59.879 wanted to take revenge, she said. The Spanish lyrics, he said, 94 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:02.519 turn on the idea that the moment of suffering lasts 95 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:05.319 a lifetime. The house is going up in the Parisian 96 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:09.639 courtyard at Universal Studios Hollywood, rebuilt as the burned ruins 97 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:12.879 of Lola's home with a purpose built balcony where Lola 98 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:16.240 stands above guests as they walk underneath her to enter 99 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:22.040 HJN Hollywood adds Nicky from Curry Barker's Obsession. Halloween Horrorites 100 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:25.720 Hollywood in Universal City, California will hide a character somewhere 101 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:27.959 in the park this year, and finding her is part 102 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:32.439 of the point. At Universal's Halloween Horrorites panel at Midsummer's Cream, 103 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:37.319 creative director John Murdy teased a character encounter based on Obsession, 104 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:40.920 the horror film written and directed by Curry Barker. Its 105 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:43.800 villain Nicky, is loose in the event without a fixed 106 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:47.199 spot on the map. Murdy kept the specifics to himself. 107 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:49.920 I'm not going to give you all of the details today, 108 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:52.439 but what I can tell you is Nicky is out 109 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:56.279 there somewhere, he said, describing a where's Waldough type mentality 110 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:59.519 for guests trying to spot her across the park. He 111 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:02.720 added that she might be looking for her next obsession. 112 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:06.600 Amikuma is going chain wide this Halloween with a Vegas 113 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:10.399 stage show in new merch Amikuma, the gut Spilling Bear, 114 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.920 who started as a Universal Studios Japan scar Zone character 115 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:17.920 in twenty twenty one, will appear at every Universal Studios 116 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:21.680 theme park for Halloween Horror Nights this fall, plus Universal 117 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.920 Horror Unleashed in Las Vegas, Nevada. While most of the 118 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:28.680 appearances will be more meet and greet in nature, Universal 119 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:32.040 Horror Unleashed will utilize the character in an all new 120 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:36.639 live stage show running through September and October. Halloween Horror Nites. 121 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:40.439 Merchandise twenty twenty six. Every item price and store date 122 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:45.040 Universals Halloween Horrorites twenty twenty six Merchandise reaches stores over 123 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:47.639 three weeks this month, and most of it lands in 124 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:52.079 the park rather than online. Universal Studios Hollywood starts August thirteenth. 125 00:07:52.399 --> 00:07:56.759 Universal Orlandos Tribute Store opens August twenty sixth. Online stor 126 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:00.639 is running ahead of both. The partial assortment available now. 127 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.519 Six Flags plans one hundred and seven haunted houses for 128 00:08:03.680 -->

00:08:07.079 this year's Halloween. Six Flags told investors on Thursday that 129 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:09.600 it will run four hundred and forty eight Halloween themed 130 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:12.680 experiences in one hundred and seven haunted mazes across its 131 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:15.439 park this fall. Eleven of the mazes new for twenty 132 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:18.600 twenty six, with four new horror ips to be announced 133 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:22.199 in about two weeks. CEO John Riley called it America's 134 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:25.600 biggest Halloween party and said no one's doing anything in 135 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:28.680 this kind of scope, in this kind of geographic range, 136 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:32.440 with this many attractions. The count spans every Halloween brand 137 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:35.799 under the company's umbrella, including freight Fest at the Legacy 138 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:39.720 Six Flags Parks, Halloween Haunt at Dorney Park, King's Island, 139 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:44.320 King's Dominion and Canada's Wonderland, Not Scary Farm, Hollow Weekends 140 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:47.240 at Cedar Point, and Scare of Winds. Why does a 141 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:50.480 park chain Bettett's fall On Haunts. The park already runs 142 00:08:50.519 --> 00:08:53.320 all day rides, the staff, the food, the service, the land, 143 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:55.559 and the operating calendar are paid for, whether or not 144 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:58.519 October has mazes in it. Freight Fest and its sibling 145 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:02.039 events Layer Haunted Attraction Actions onto that running infrastructure at 146 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:05.480 Dusk sell the mazes through a separate Haunted Attractions pass 147 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:08.840 on top of admission passolders already hold, and Riley Total 148 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:12.120 analysts the commercial team is improving upon a Halloween event 149 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:15.960 upsell experience this year. Halloween is also the company's next 150 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:19.759 test of pulling passolders across parks. It has been sending 151 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:23.679 regional invitation to visit sister parks, and Riley said, we'll 152 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:26.519 do the same for Halloween. What it means for Independence 153 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:28.879 cuts two ways, and we are not sure which way 154 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.559 it nets out. The case for a squeeze a season 155 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.279 pass makes another Halloween night closer to free for the 156 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:36.840 family that holds one and one hundred and seven mazes 157 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:39.080 is a lot of capacity and a drive a lot 158 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:44.200 of markets aimed at the same October weekends every Haunt needs. Alternatively, 159 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:47.639 the case for a rising tide six flags will market 160 00:09:47.679 --> 00:09:51.559 Halloween

at a scale no collection of Independence can match demand. 161 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.879 Says data that the season is stretching and the appetite 162 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:57.879 is real, and cross park pass travel could put more 163 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:01.559 out of market visitors in Haunt regions before. Either way, 164 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.120 the working question for an independent does value a single 165 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:08.279 attraction at a single price point now competes with an event. 166 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:11.720 A passholder family has effectively already paid for, so the 167 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:14.960 season's work is building an experience worth the trip and 168 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:19.159 saying clearly what makes it worth it. Diablo Haunted Mazes 169 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:22.440 are coming to Cedar Point and King's Dominion. Six Flags 170 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:26.679 is bringing Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo to Cedar Point in Sandusky, 171 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:30.759 Ohio and King's Dominion in Doswell, Virginia this fall with 172 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:34.320 the maze Diablo for the Internal Path Hell. The weekends 173 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:37.480 at Cedar Point run September seventeenth through November first, on 174 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:41.720 select dates. King's Dominion has not published its Halloween Haunt dates. 175 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:45.320 Six Flags Magic Mountains twenty twenty six Flight Fast adds 176 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:49.200 Final Destination and a Werewolf Maze. Six Flags Magic Mountain 177 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:52.279 has revealed its full twenty twenty six Flight FST lineup, 178 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:56.440 led by two new Haunted mazes, a Final Destination maze 179 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.399 built around the film franchise, and Wolfe's Blood does by 180 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.720 a creator from not Scary Farm. This year's lineup includes 181 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:07.559 seven mazes, seven scare zones, and plenty of undead entertainment. 182 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:12.399 Final Destination Death's Playground drops guests into the film series, 183 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:16.320 where as the park puts it death itself is the antagonist. 184 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:18.840 Guests are chased by death through the maze, and six 185 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:22.320 Flags hinted at graphic effects wood shippers are just not 186 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:25.480 fun to look at. The maze extends the park's ongoing 187 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:29.240 partnership with Warner Brothers. Wolfe's Blood is original and comes 188 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:32.639 from not Scary Farm designer Gus Krueger acting as a 189 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:37.080 guest collaborator cross park pairing in the Southern California haunt scene. 190 00:11:37.240 --> 00:11:40.639 The story follows a remote town called daylight's En, secretly 191 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:44.399 home to werewolves and an underground werewolf rock band Wolf's 192 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:47.600 Blood playing its first show at the Grand Valdonian Theater. 193 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:50.759 Per the park, guests move from the town's bus stop 194 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:54.879 through ransacked stores and barrooms, and passed an abandoned cemetery 195 00:11:54.960 --> 00:11:57.799 to reach the concert. Krueger built in a record store 196 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:02.159 called Rainbow Records and brought back bar Red's Revenge from 197 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:04.879 an attraction that stood in a building before Truth or Dare, 198 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:08.360 along with the overhead jumper effect. Fans new from that 199 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:11.279 maze Q two theme park earnings and what they tell 200 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:14.639 us about the consumer. Disney six Flags in the United 201 00:12:14.679 --> 00:12:17.240 Parks dropped earnings this week, and the news is overall 202 00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:21.519 positive for our industry after the softness described by Universal Disney, 203 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:24.960 the record Disney's excellent Q three earnings gave hope to 204 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:29.000 an attraction industry struggling with a challenging macro environment. More 205 00:12:29.039 --> 00:12:32.120 guests came, they spent more in the experience of segments. 206 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:35.559 At fiscal third quarter records for both revenue and operating income, 207 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.799 Domestic attendance grew three percent per capita, spending grew four percent, 208 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:43.919 and CEO Josh Tomorrow said the parks are performing significantly 209 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:48.000 better than our competition. Asked about its domestic promotions, Tomorrow 210 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:51.759 described discounts designed to reach a specific guest and that 211 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:54.840 could be a valued customer. Maybe we're going after a 212 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.759 local resident, then pointing to four percent per cap growth 213 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:02.240 as proof the company is certainly not discounting our way 214 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:06.600 with volume growth reached down for volume, reach up for yield. 215 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:11.039 United Parks The Squeeze United Parks Q two shows fewer 216 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:15.080 guests coming but spending more, while costs rose faster than revenue, 217 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.799 so profit dropped much harder than revenue did. Attendance fell 218 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:21.960 two point nine percent to six point one million guests, 219 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:25.639 revenue fell one point four percent, and net income fell 220 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:29.200 twenty one percent. In park per capita spending rows five 221 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.919 point one to a record thirty nine dollars and fifty 222 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:35.720 one cents. Will Admission per capita fell one point eight

percent. 223 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:38.960 The guests who came traded up inside the gate, while 224 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:42.519 the gate itself got cheaper. The company kept buying backstock 225 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:45.279 twelve point one percent of its shares in six months, 226 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:48.519 and cash fell to nineteen million from ninety nine point 227 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:53.240 eight million on December thirty first six flags the strategy 228 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:57.039 and the balance sheet. Six flags new leadership is successfully 229 00:13:57.080 --> 00:14:01.559 re orienting the company towards repeated visiting. At this quarter, 230 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:04.960 its debt cost more than the parks earned. The strategy 231 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:07.639 of getting more pass holders to attend more often and 232 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:11.879 spend more, and thereby increasing lifetime spent is working. Revenue 233 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:15.519 and attendance were up adjusted for the divested parks, and 234 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:18.559 the upcoming Helloween season with four hundred and forty eight 235 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:23.200 themed experiences from coast to coast should supercharge that strategy. 236 00:14:23.720 --> 00:14:27.000 Yet while the parks made money, the company still posted 237 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:29.919 a loss due to its debt. Running the parks cost 238 00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:33.120 eighty eight point six million dollars of operating income, up 239 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:36.120 from seventy four point five million. A year ago. Interest 240 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:39.200 on the company's debt cost another one hundred and two million, 241 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:42.360 and the quarter landed at a twenty point one million 242 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:45.759 dollar loss before taxes. The two hundred and three million 243 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:49.840 headline losses mostly is mostly one hundred and fifty seven 244 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:53.360 point four million dollar tax change and accounting catchup tied 245 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:56.639 to the park sales not a bill. Six Flags paid 246 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:58.840 four and a half million in cash taxes in the 247 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:02.799 entire first half. Same park revenue, attendance and EBEDA all grew. 248 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:06.240 Pass sales are up seven percent and the stock foul 249 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:09.840 sixteen percent. Watch Philip and Scott discuss this on this 250 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:14.240 week's episode of Green Tagged Ultimately, Theme parks are betting 251 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:17.399 on Halloween. Earnings week showed how much of the industry's 252 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:21.080 year now rides on the season. Not Scary Farm announced 253 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:23.600 his retirement of two mazes in twenty twenty six and 254 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:27.399 Scared Zone overhaul. Not Scary Farm from Buena Park, California, 255 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:30.639 announced this past weekend at their Midsummer screen panel that 256 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:33.039 twenty twenty six will be the final year for two 257 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:37.799 popular mazes origins, Curs of Calico and The Chilling Chambers. 258 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:41.720 You Know the attraction News a real Fetti Fosbar's Pizza 259 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:45.720 is opening an American Dream in twenty twenty seven. Pardi 260 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:48.360 Fosbar's Pizza, the restaurant at the center of the Five 261 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:52.600 Nights at Freddy's Game, is being built for Real American 262 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:56.120 Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey, announced they will open 263 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:00.320 the location in twenty twenty seven. Developed in collaboration with 264 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:04.320 Scott Games, American Dream calls it the world's first permanent 265 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:08.919 Tomersa restaurants experience and describes it as a functional reimagining 266 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:12.399 of Freddy Fosbear's Pizza designed to immerse guests in the 267 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:16.360 world of the iconic franchise. For the announcement, guests will 268 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:20.240 be able to dine, play arcade games, experience animatronic stage 269 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:24.440 shows featuring Freddy and the Fosbear Band, visit Foxy's Pirate Cove, 270 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:29.200 and step behind the Curtain for immersive multiplayer survival horror experiences. 271 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:32.799 The American Dream says additional details, including the official opening 272 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:36.159 date and ticketing information, will be announced at a later date. 273 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:40.000 No month, no pricing, and no size has been given. 274 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:43.720 Queen Mary's Dark Harbor will murder one of its thirteen 275 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:47.480 icons live this year Queen Mary's Dark Harbor is entering 276 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:50.720 its thirteenth year with thirteen icons, and it plans to 277 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:53.639 murder one of them live in front of guests this season, 278 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:56.679 keeping the victim secret until you show up. The Long 279 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:59.519 Beach Haunt also revealed a new World War two May's 280 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:03.360 ship wreck built on the ship's real Gray Ghost Troop 281 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:07.240 Transport history, and a new icon called the Commander. Its 282 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:10.759 Feast maze is retiring, The Cannibal Chef gets locked up 283 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:14.160 in breakouts, cell Block thirteen, and the returning mazes all 284 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:17.880 get new chapters. Dark Harbor runs select nights September eighteenth 285 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:21.599 through November one. La Haunted hay Rides ads an eighties 286 00:17:21.720 -->

00:17:25.319 rock maze and brings back Alvira. The Los Angeles Haunted 287 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.680 hay Ride is adding a new maze that turned guests 288 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:31.599 into a doom nineteen eighties rock band, bringing back Calvira, 289 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.400 and serving alcohol in its haunted town of Midnight falls 290 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:38.279 for the first time. Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group detailed the 291 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:42.119 twenty twenty sixth season in its Midsummer screen panel, where producer 292 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:45.960 Melissa Carbone called this year's hey Ride trail its most 293 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:49.359 ambitious in years. The Los Angeles Haunted hay Ride runs 294 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:52.960 select knights of September eighth through November first at Griffith Park. 295 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:58.400 Festival Fright Nights at Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, 296 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:02.559 select nights September eighth, eighteen through November one. Festival Fright 297 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:05.680 Nights brings the entire estate to life through four immersive 298 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:10.559 zones featuring thirteen attractions and experiences, including haunted houses inside 299 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:14.880 the historic mansion, erie entertainment, photo ops, seasonal food and 300 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:18.680 drink offerings, and mysterious encounters hidden through the grounds. This 301 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:22.119 year's Festival Fright Nights at Winchester Mystery House will feature 302 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:26.000 a new open festival format, allowing guests to explore the 303 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:29.880 experience at their own pace and create a personal life journey. 304 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:33.559 Exciting new additions include the new attraction titled The House 305 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:36.640 of Spirits, a new add on attraction, Hide and Seek 306 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:40.240 the Lost Children, which takes guests into rarely seen areas 307 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:43.279 of the mansion, a new cider mill experience, and a 308 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:48.640 s'mores roasting station the Seance Society Speakeasy. A new cast 309 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:53.079 of characters will appear, including Sarah Winchester's Royal Butler, his 310 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:57.119 son Henry Harker, Nina Knightshade, who tends to the gardens 311 00:18:57.119 --> 00:19:01.160 and greenhouses, and the collector who put trolls the darkest 312 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:05.599 corners dragging a heavy bag of unknown contents. Magic of 313 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:10.200 the Jacko Lanterns at Palace Verdes Estates, California. Magic of 314 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:13.400 the Jacko Lanterns will return to the South Post Botanic 315 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:17.440 Gardens select nights September eighteenth through November one, New ver 316 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:20.559 twenty twenty six. Pillars of Magic will Greek guests as 317 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:22.799 they make their way to the signature path of the 318 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:28.839 illuminated carved pumpkins. Delusion Den of the Mosquito in Los Angeles, California, 319 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:32.200 returning to its original venue, the Beckett Mansion on select 320 00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:37.079 nights September seventeenth through November eighth. Delusion Den of Mosquito 321 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:41.000 takes guests to nineteen twenties New Orleans. Set in a brothel, 322 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:45.160 guest play agents of a secret organization on an impossible task, 323 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:49.559 become part of a sadistic and supernatural tale of horror, mystery, 324 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:54.160 monsters and monsters, and of course, vampire prostitutes. Build as 325 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:58.359 Delusion's longest and most interactive play to date. The event 326 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:00.799 will revert to its classic four m out of ten 327 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:05.599 guests every ten minutes, fostering deeper emotional connections with characters 328 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:10.160 and creating a more intimate experience. Nightmare Wharf now hiring 329 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:13.240 for the twenty twenty six season. The Buffalo and Erie 330 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:17.000 County Naval and Military Park and Nightmare Wharf, Buffalo, New 331 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:21.160 York are seeking energetic, dependable individuals to join the team 332 00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:26.480 behind Buffalo's premieer immersive Halloween event. Open seasonal positions include 333 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:31.000 scare actor, Q line performers, makeup artists, ticket takers, and 334 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:34.960 event ambassadors. Taking place at the Buffalo Naval Park this fall, 335 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:39.279 Nightmare Wharf will transform the historic waterfront campus into a 336 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:45.599 large scale Halloween experiences featuring haunted attractions, themed environments, live entertainment, 337 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:49.640 dramatic lighting, dense fog, and high impact scares. We are 338 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:52.440 looking for performers, artists, and event staff and want to 339 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:55.960 help us create an unforgettable experience from the ground up. 340 00:20:56.079 --> 00:21:00.519 Season Zortica, Director of Creative Event Operations and Reduction for 341 00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:03.839 Nightmare war Whether someone has years of performance experience or 342 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:06.359 is stepping into a world for the first time, we 343 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:09.200 want enthusiastic people who are ready to become part of 344 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:12.359 something entirely new for Buffalo. To learn more or apply, 345 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:17.640 visit the event's official website. The Halloween season is almost 346 00:21:17.759 -->

00:21:20.359 upon US, and haunts around the country are announcing their dates, 347 00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:23.400 new editions, social events, and more. To help you manage 348 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:27.319 the myriad of updates, a Haunted Attraction Network has compiled 349 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:30.680 comprehensive guides to the top hants in the US and 350 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:33.680 top theme park events around the world. Book Marks these 351 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:37.160 important pages for reference and check back often for updates 352 00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:40.960 for new as new information is released. New this week 353 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:45.359 Cedar Point Hollow Weekends twenty twenty six dates, tickets, and 354 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:49.920 what's been announced so far previously. Spirit Halloween Locations twenty 355 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:53.039 twenty six guide every store or state by state nether 356 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:56.359 World Haunted house dates, tickets, and what to know before 357 00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:59.640 you go. When do haunted houses open? In twenty twenty six. 358 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:02.759 The best and scariest haunted houses in America at the 359 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:07.319 Top Haunts List. Halloween Horrorites twenty twenty six, Dates, tickets 360 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:11.359 and lineups for every park, Disney Halloween twenty twenty six, 361 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:15.839 Every park worldwide. Fright Fest twenty twenty six, The Complete 362 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:19.440 guide to six Flags Halloween Event at Every Part Hallo 363 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:23.160 Scream twenty twenty six. The Complete guide to all five 364 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:28.440 United Parks locations Orlando Halloween Events, Every Park party in 365 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:32.559 Haunt Halloween Time at Disneyland twenty twenty six. The Complete Guide. 366 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:37.119 Haunted Houses in California twenty twenty six, Dates, tickets and 367 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:42.240 what's new Halloween Horrorites twenty twenty six, Ours, costume policy 368 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:46.240 and no before you Go. Haunted Houses in Texas, Dates, 369 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:50.359 tickets and what's new Halloween Horrorites Tickets twenty twenty six. 370 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:54.599 A complete guide to all Universal Parks. In retail news, 371 00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:58.799 Spirit Halloween's owner is buying Hot Topic, Box Lunch and 372 00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:03.119 Her Universe. Spencer Spirit Holdings, the company behind Spirit Helloween, 373 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:06.160 has signed a definitive agreement to buy Hot Topic Ink 374 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:10.480 and its three brands, Hot Topic, Box, Lunch and Her Universe. 375 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:13.599 The deal was announced August sixth, and would put six 376 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:16.680 retail brands in more than three thousand North America stores 377 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:21.359

under one owner. Spencer Spirit already owns Spirit Halloween, Spencer's 378 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:24.559 and Spirit Christmas. As per the announcement, the three Hot 379 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:28.279 Topic brands will continue to operate independently. From the Spencer 380 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:33.000 Spirit business and maintain their existing headquarters in California. Steve 381 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:35.839 Rain stays on and as CEO of Hot Topic, Inc. 382 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:39.200 A job he has held for over ten years, overseeing 383 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:43.200 the three brands day to day operations alongside his executive team. 384 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:47.640 He will report to Spencer Spirit CEO Steven Silverstein. How 385 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:51.319 much is the Freddie Fasbear Animatronic four hundred ninety nine 386 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:54.519 in stores up to thirty eight hundred dollars on eBay 387 00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:57.799 to Freddie fosber Aimatonic costs four ninety nine at Spirit 388 00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:01.079 Helloween and the Spirit Helloween is the only place to 389 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:05.160 buy one. Spirit Halloween's four forty nine ninety nine Alien 390 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:09.599 xenomarf Anamatronic is out of stock online. Spirit Halloween's six 391 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:13.119 foot eight Alien xenomor f Anomatronic costs four forty nine 392 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:16.480 and cannot be ordered from the website. Completed eBay sales 393 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:18.960 over the first week of August show it moving it 394 00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:22.720 roughly twice spirits or forty nine ninety nine tractor supplies. 395 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:27.680 Twenty twenty six Halloween Collection Ghost Cows, six foot skeleton roosters, 396 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:32.480 animated deviled eggs, and other farm inspired items. Headline Tractor 397 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:36.960 supplies twenty twenty six Halloween collection. This year's Halloween out 398 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:40.240 Here collection is the company's largest collection and is hitting 399 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:43.559 stores earlier than ever. The full Halloween catalog runs to 400 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:46.440 more than seven hundred items, and the farm theme holds 401 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:49.400 all the way down. Build the Bear twenty twenty six 402 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:52.920 is Halloween collection. Build the Bear's twenty twenty six Halloween 403 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:56.799 collection dubbed Spooky Stuff. Your Love Is Live and the 404 00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:01.079 Star is a jumping spider plush, a fuzzy brown spider 405 00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:04.440 with eight legs and four big black eyes. The plush 406 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:07.119 starts at thirty six dollars for forty four dollars to 407 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:10.279 the gift set with keep on Creeping On Spiderweb tea. 408 00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:14.799 The monster cereals are now blown glass

ornaments boxes and 409 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:18.400 all the monster cereals admitted to the Halloween Tree. Old 410 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:22.799 World Christmas. The Spokane, Washington ornament maker hand Blowing Glass 411 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:26.720 since nineteen seventy nine is selling Blueberry, count Chocula and 412 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:30.400 Frankenberry as glass ornaments at twenty seven ninety nine each 413 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:34.559 and each character comes two ways, a monster itself or 414 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:38.519 its cereal box that makes six serial ornaments in all 415 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:42.039 the character versions, Mascot mid Pose with the Cereal bowl 416 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:46.240 in hand hand painted and glittered and per Old World Christmas. 417 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:49.359 Each piece is hand blown into a hand carved mold 418 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:54.680 and hand painted using techniques from the eighteen hundreds, MNSSHP 419 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:58.400 twenty twenty six, all seventeen food items, and the party 420 00:25:58.440 --> 00:26:02.720 exclusive merch He's Not So Scary Halloween Party in Orlando, 421 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:06.400 Florida has opened on Friday, August seventh, with eight of 422 00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:10.079 its thirty eight dates already sold out. The Official Foody 423 00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:13.480 Guide named seventeen new food and drink items across eleven 424 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:17.799 Magic Kingdom locations, and the party exclusive merchandise line has 425 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:21.599 been revealed. From sweet treats like Headless Horseman treats, pumpkin 426 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:26.839 pie tarts topped with whipped cheesecake, spiced caramel, panacotta, candied pecans, 427 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:32.160 and the marshmallow buttercream flames, the savory eats including dune 428 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:36.440 Buggy dumplings, chicken dumplings with red mesa, gochu Jang sauce 429 00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:41.359 for acaki, and chili threads. This year's culinary options are 430 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:46.599 diverse and delectable. Disneyland's twenty twenty six Halloween Food First look. 431 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:49.759 Disney Parks has posted a first look video previewing the 432 00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:52.400 twenty twenty six Halloween food and drinks coming it to 433 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:56.480 Disneyland Resorts in Nanaheim, California, and it reveals five items 434 00:26:56.480 --> 00:27:01.079 across Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure. On the sweet side, 435 00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:04.440 guests can look forward to match a Mickey shaped Waffles, 436 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:08.799 Ube Cheesecake Turo and the brown butter Maple Cold Crew. 437 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:12.279 On the savory side, prepare for Villainous Wings with Gochu 438 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:15.279 Jang sauce and a drizzle of ghost pepper Ranch and 439 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:19.039 the Bougoogee beef toasted with corn cheese soup. Halloween Time 440 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:22.440 at Disney Resort runs August twenty first through October thirty 441 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:26.519 first of twenty twenty six, Jock Lindjey's Hangar Bar Halloween 442 00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:30.119 overlay returns to Disney Springs with a new menu. Jock 443 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:34.440 Lindsay's Hangar Bar, the Indiana Jones themed bar at Disney 444 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:38.680 Springs in Lake Buenavista, Florida, brings its Halloween overlay back 445 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:41.759 August eleventh through November ninth with a new food and 446 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:44.920 drink menu. In the same nineteen forties Kitch de cord 447 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:48.440 that dressed the bar. Last year, hat Box Ghost popcorn 448 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:51.400 buckets lands on both coasts with a headless horseman for 449 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:55.039 the party Haunted Mansions. Hatbox Ghost is becoming a popcorn 450 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:58.519 bucket on both coasts at Disneyland Resort. The launch date 451 00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:03.240 is August thirteenth, three day fan club celebration with limited 452 00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:06.839 run novelties across the resort. At Disney World, the bucket, 453 00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:10.000 along with a new headless horseman bucket, will be exclusive 454 00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:13.440 to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween parties starting August seventh. 455 00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:17.759 As reported by the w d W Nude, Universal Studio 456 00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:21.799 Japan's first resident evil popcorn bucket is a backworn liquor. 457 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:24.680 A popcorn bucket shaped as a liquor goes on sale 458 00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:28.599 at Universal Studios Japan in Wednesday, September ninth, and the 459 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:32.119 official product photo shows it mounted on two shoulder straps 460 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:35.880 and hanging down the wearer's back, brain exposed, and tongue 461 00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:39.799 trailing towards the floor. Starbucks brings back the Pumpkin Spice 462 00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:43.839 Latte August twenty fifth. Fall officially arrives at Starbucks around 463 00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:46.680 the country on Tuesday, August twenty fifth, with return of 464 00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:50.319 the Pumpkins Spice Latte. Alongside it come three new Pumpkin 465 00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:55.200 Spice beverages, returning Pekan drinks, two banana bread inspired lattes, 466 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:58.920 and an entirely new drink called the Chider, described by 467 00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:02.599 Starbucks as a cozy twist on chai. For fall, delivering 468 00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:07.559 cider inspired flavors including cinnamon and sweet spice. Krispy Kreme's 469 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:10.839 Fall twenty twenty six collection brings back Pumpkins Spice and 470 00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:15.599 adds three new

treats. Chrispy Kreme's autumnal seasonal collection returns 471 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:19.559 August eleventh. Pumpkins Spice return joined by three new flavors, 472 00:29:19.640 --> 00:29:23.519 a maple cheesecake donut, a Cafe Mocha donut, and an 473 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:27.279 Apple crisp latte. The bisk Off Cookie Butter donut and 474 00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:30.799 Pumpkin Spice Latte are back too. The collection is available 475 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:34.799 for a limited time at participating shops nationwide, in shop 476 00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:38.319 and for pickup and delivery through Krispy Kreme's app and website, 477 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:43.039 and individually and by the dozen while supplies last. Gideon's 478 00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:46.599 Bakehouse goes all in on peanut butter for its August menu. 479 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:50.279 Gideon's Bakehouse in Orlando, Florida, went all in on peanut 480 00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:53.359 butter for August. The new Peanut Butter Cold Brew Cookie 481 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:56.559 X dollersion fifty cents is nearly half a pound and 482 00:29:56.720 --> 00:30:01.759 packed with chopped Reese's Cupsreese's pieces, and locally roasted Decaf 483 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:05.039 espresso to cut the sweetness. There's a ninety eight dollars 484 00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:09.119 matching three layer cake, a returning Orange Moca cold Brew, 485 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:13.400 and a weekend only Oreo cookie too. New Appril Cider 486 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:17.400 donut holes lead Intimen's and Little Bytes Fall twenty twenty 487 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:20.759 six lineup. Entimens and Little Bytes brought back their Fall 488 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:23.599 and Halloween treats for twenty twenty six, and the lineup 489 00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:27.799 has one new item, Entimen's Apple Cider donut holes. The 490 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:30.920 apple Cider donut holes common a thirteen ounce bag for 491 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:34.480 a suggested retail of five sixty nine the pop Upple 492 00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:37.599 version of Benmen's Apple Cider donut. These are sized for 493 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:40.480 a bag you pass around rather than a single donut. 494 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:44.880 Enjoy these shareable treats and morning coffee during weekends, falloutings, 495 00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:47.640 or following a trip to the apple orchard. The donut 496 00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:51.200 holes are at most major grocery retailers nationwide from August 497 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:54.559 through November. Or your ghosts have been spotted and they 498 00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:57.400 are not cookies. Or your ghosts have started turning up 499 00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:59.640 in the Halloween aisles, and the thing worth knowing before 500 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:02.839 you go looking is that they are not ghost shaped oreos. 501 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:07.039 They are molded dark chocolate ghosts filled with Oreo cream 502 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:11.759 and cookie pieces sold in a bag of individually wrapped singles. 503 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:16.559 In Convention News, Midsummer Scream moves to Anaheim for twenty 504 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:20.319 twenty seven Midsommer Scream build as the world's largest halloween 505 00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:24.039 and horror convention is leaving its longtime Long Beach home. 506 00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:28.200 The event will move to the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, 507 00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:31.880 for next year's events, taking place in August sixth through eight, 508 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:35.359 twenty twenty seven. Organizers said the larger venue gives the 509 00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:39.960 event more room for its growing community of fans, haunters, vendors, artists, 510 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:43.400 and celebrities. The convention is called the Long Beach Convention 511 00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:47.000 Center Home since its twenty sixteen debut, when it drew 512 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:50.200 about eight thousand people in its first year. This past 513 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:53.960 weekend's event drew over fifty thousand attendees across the event, 514 00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:57.000 with more than three hundred and fifty vendors on the floor. 515 00:31:57.160 --> 00:32:01.519 The Hall of Shadows, the convention's main area, span nearly 516 00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:07.119 two indoor acres with attractions from Lionsgates Studio, Universal Studios, 517 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:12.680 Horror Unleashed, and Independent Creators. Season Screamings returns December fourth 518 00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:16.640 through fifth, twenty twenty seven, from the mines behind Midsummer's Scream. 519 00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:20.759 Season Screamings will return with Holiday Horror December fourth and fifth, 520 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:24.880 twenty twenty seven at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California. 521 00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:28.079 The revived show will feature the Hall of Yuletide Spirits, 522 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:32.039 spooky vendors, and other surprises. Unchers Against Hate The event 523 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:36.200 returns Toly thirty first through August first of twenty twenty seven. 524 00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:40.319 Save the dates. Unentras Against Hate The event returns to 525 00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:44.680 the Radisson Kalama Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan, July thirty first 526 00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:48.119 through August first of twenty twenty seven. Halloween and Party 527 00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:51.640 Expo twenty twenty seven opens registration. The events are Stirring 528 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:54.160 in the Big Easy. Registration is now open for the 529 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:57.599 Halloween in Party Expo twenty twenty seven, taking place January 530 00:32:57.599 --> 00:33:01.640 eleventh through thirteenth at the earnest Na Memorial Convention Center 531 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:05.519 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Helloween and Party Expo describes itself 532 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:09.079 as the retailer's one stop shopping destination for all things 533 00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:14.359 Halloween in party, with the floor covering costumes, accessories, makeup, novelties, 534 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:17.759 and party supplies. It is co organized by Clarion Events 535 00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:21.039 and the Halloween and Costume Association, a trade groove that 536 00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:24.160 also runs the Spooky Awards. The event has returned to 537 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:27.000 New Orleans after the twenty twenty sixth edition ran the 538 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:31.079 expo at World Market Center in Las Vegas. Hershey report 539 00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:35.119 Helloween now spans a thirty year and anticipation is the product. 540 00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:38.880 Hershey has released. Its unwrapping Helloween stated. The season report 541 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:42.680 built on a Morning consult survey of threeenty twenty six 542 00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:46.319 US adults fielded July eighth through tenth, and its central 543 00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:48.920 claim puts a number on what this season has looked 544 00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:51.920 like from every direction. Helloween has evolved into a season 545 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:54.480 spanning a third of the year rather than a single day. 546 00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:58.279 Reports of the consumer research in Herssey's own shipment data 547 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:02.119 tell the same story, become a season, not a single night. 548 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:04.720 Or she has a name for the economy we've been 549 00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:08.480 describing all year, treatonomics, a consumer trend in which people 550 00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:12.960 prioritize joyful, memorable experiences and generosity over simply chasing the 551 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:16.079 lowest price. Guests are still spending on Halloween, but they're 552 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:19.360 looking for memorable experiences to connect to, even if it 553 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:23.559 costs a little more. Value matters reports. Tradition section carries 554 00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:27.599 the header traditions not nostalgia, and puts the mechanism plainly. 555 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:30.480 The candy people grew up with is becoming the candy 556 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:33.960 they passed down. That mechanism is the nostalgia trend, and 557 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:38.039 it's the same generational memory engine behind Michael's building six 558 00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:41.440 nostalgia themed to car collections and the vintage to core 559 00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:44.400 wave we have covered all season. What her She's framing 560 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:48.000 usually separates is the behavior from the feeling. Nostalgia is 561 00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:50.599 the sentiment, and the tradition is what happens when that 562 00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:54.000 sentiment gets scheduled, repeated and handed to your kids for 563 00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:57.639 an attraction or a retailer. Traditions book themselves every year. 564 00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:01.320 Nostalgia has to be resold buying the past. They're buying 565 00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:03.800 the thing they do every year, and your haunt can 566 00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:07.199 be that thing. In memorial, the haunt industry warns the 567 00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:10.679 loss of Randy Bates. Randy Bates, longtime owner of the 568 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:14.239 Bates Motal and Haunted Hay Ride in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, 569 00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:17.000 has passed away at age sixty eight following a battle 570 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:20.119 with cancer. In an August eighth social media post, the 571 00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:24.800 Haunted Attraction Association detailed many of his additional contributions to 572 00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:27.840 the haunt industry. In nineteen ninety seven, he helped found 573 00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:32.480 the International Association of Haunted Attractions IAJA as a board member. 574 00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:35.960 In twenty twenty three, he helped found America Haunts, a 575 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:39.079 group of the largest haunted attractions around the country. In 576 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:43.159 two thousand and seven, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania began requiring 577 00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:45.960 haunted house owners to take a safety course pass an 578 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:48.519 inspector's test. He was asked to help write and put 579 00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:53.199 together seminars to specific haunted attractions. In twenty ten, Randy 580 00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:56.760 was a member of the Haunted House Association AHJA and 581 00:35:56.880 --> 00:36:00.360 helped form the merger of the IAAJ and AJA JAY 582 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:05.000 into what became the Haunted Attraction Association the HAA in 583 00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:08.320 twenty eleven. As an experienced hay ride operator, Randy and 584 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:12.199 other Pennsylvania operators developed the hay Ride Safety Standards, which 585 00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:15.440 went into effect in twenty twenty. His peers has described 586 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:18.079 as dedication and passion, as well as how quickly he 587 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:20.719 offered to help anyone that asked for advice. Randy is 588 00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:24.320 survived by his wife, his six children, more than twenty grandchildren. 589 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:27.679 We at the Haunted Attractions Network center condolences to his 590 00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:31.679 family and friends during this difficult time. Some upcoming events 591 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:35.480 in August through October of twenty twenty six, September eleventh 592 00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:40.960 through thirteen three Pio Real OCXPO in Santa Ana, California. 593 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:43.679 And that's all for the news this week. Today's episode 594 00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:47.400 was produced by me Philip Bernandez, with reporting by Darryl Plunky, 595 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:51.280 post production by David Swope. This hant News Update is 596 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:54.039 a production of the Haunted Attraction Network and you can 597 00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:56.960 sign up to our weekly newsletter at Hanta Attraction Network 598 00:36:57.000 --> 00:37:00.400 dot com. Support for this episode comes from Gheta Mighty 599 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:07.000 and controls. Until next time, Hunters Stay Scary. This is 600 00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:10.199 a Haunted Attraction network production,