Postmortem: The Garden of Spirits on Scaling & Contingency Planning
I had the delight of going on-site to interview Scott Swenson, the Creative Director for The Garden of Spirits at CW’s Gin Joint in Tampa, FL. Scott discusses the event and how critical both contingency planning and scaling are for events of all sizes. Listen Now Arriving at The Garden of Spirits “The Garden […]
Postmortem: A Petrified Forest on Online Sales
We stopped in at A Petrified Forest in Altamonte Springs, Florida to discuss takeaways from their 2020 season. Kaia Gondron said although 2020 was challenging, there are some takeaways that might bleed into 2021 including a focus on Online Ticket Sales. Listen Now Image Credit: A Petrified Forest Moving to Online Ticket Sales for […]
Halloween Never Dies: Halloween 2020 Special
Happy Halloween! Today’s Halloween Special “Halloween Never Dies” is presented in two acts, with an intermission.Act 1 is the audio version of Seasonal Entertainment Source Magazine’s Issue 28. Intermission includes music from Chris Thomas and Whispers of a Witch’s Halloween Special. Act 2 is a collection of short stories from haunters about why they love […]
INSIDE Brings Voyeuristic Horror to Downtown LA
When challenged with COVID restrictions, Just Fix It Productions figured out a way to color outside the lines to create a voyeuristic, inside-outside haunt experience This year, Justin Fix and his team at Just Fix It Productions, the creators of CREEP Los Angeles, have come up with a spatially distanced, bite-sized Halloween treat called “INSIDE.” […]
ZooTampa focuses on Creatures for family friendly Halloween
“Creatures of the Night” offers nine scare experiences, each of which is targeted at kids of a specific age—from toddlers to preteens—to deliver just the right creepy experience ZooTampa’s Creatures of the Night is a family friendly Halloween event taking place every Friday and Saturday night from 4 pm to 8 pm through October as […]
Mid-Season Marketing Checklist
Timothy Sedillo of Scary Good Marketing discusses what you should be doing now to prepare your haunt marketing for 2021 It’s almost Halloween and, guess what. You should be thinking about marketing next year’s haunt right now. There are a number of quick, simple things you can do to promote your event using the wonders […]
Fort Edmonton Park’s DARK 2020 Event Goes (Mostly) Virtual
For this year’s Halloween season, Fort Edmonton Park in Alberta offers four virtual events—ranging from quiz nights to a dance party—and an on-site, learn-as-you-go paranormal investigation. Fort Edmonton Park’s DARK Halloween event has made some changes this year to accommodate the guidelines around the pandemic and the limitations imposed by the park’s construction activities. As a result, much […]
Halloween Brief: Everything Ohio, Oprah’s Top Haunts, Candy Robots
Halloween News Brief for August 30th Up Today: Ohio ’s New Health Guidelines, Robotic Candy Delivery, The Haunted Drive-In Theatre, Oprah’s Top Haunt Pics, Trapped in Las Vegas, and Ireland’s Dilemma. Interview: Max from the Ohio Haunters Association drops in to give us an update on what’s happening in Ohio (see below). Listen Now: […]
Theme Park News in 30: Everything Happening in Halloween BONUS
On this Bonus Green Tagged: What 11 drive-in haunted attractions have in common, where they differ, and why it matters; a rundown of what every major US theme park is doing for Halloween; musings on The Haunted Toilet Experience; what hotels, a small town in Maine, and Mars Candy is doing to innovate this season. […]
Fear Factory Paves the Way for a Successful Haunt Reopening
Following its successful reopening, Fear Factory provides guidance for haunts reopening during COVID-19 On May 29th, Fear Factory’s annual Halfway to Halloween event became the first haunt to reopen since we entered the COVID-19 pandemic. To make this event happen, Fear Factory built and implemented a contingency plan, which it’s making available free to attractions. […]
