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Interview: Darryl swaps places today and discusses the pivot at Deadmonton Haunted House & Halloween Store in Canada. News: Immersive Haunt & Film Experience ‘Joe Bob’s Haunted Drive-In’ Coming to SoCal this October https://www.allhallowsgeek.com/immersive-haunt-film-experience-joe-bobs-haunted-drive-in-coming-to-socal-this-october/ Hulu Welcomes October With A Haunted Immersive Online Experience...

This week on Green Tagged: Florida governor lifts restrictions as Disney lays off workers; the CDC and White House disagree on “no-sail” guidelines; associations worldwide continue to plead for assistance; guests are on-edge and attractions must respond; and pandemic-resistant ideas. Show Notes: https://greentaggedshow.com/theme-park-industry-news-green-tagged-oct3/

The Witch takes over to whisper some spooky stories and haunted poems - get into the Halloween Spirit!

Interview: Spencer from Fear Factory Salt Lake City offers a mid-season check-in and some advice for haunts going into this weekend. News 10.2 Sesame Place Adds Drive-Thru Attraction For Halloween 2020: https://patch.com/pennsylvania/levittown/sesame-place-adds-drive-thru-attraction-halloween-2020 Castle Park will open Ghost Golf Halloween attraction Oct. 2 https://www.pe.com/2020/09/30/castle-par...

Interview: The Hauntline gives us a rundown of everything haunt happening in Southern California. Watch Reviews from The Hauntline on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheHauntline/ Listen to The Hauntline Podcast: hauntline.com The SoCal Haunt List is here: http://www.socalhauntlist.com/ Top Stories: Is Halloween 2020 Canceled? These Cities and States Have New Trick-or-Treating Regulations https...

Interview: Max from the Ohio Haunters Association drop in to give us an update on what’s happening in Ohio. News Stories: Ohio Department of Health recommends haunted houses & hayrides be canceled or avoided this Halloween season due to COVID-19: https://www.wkyc.com/article/life/holidays/halloween/ohio-haunted-houses-covid-19-guidance/95-da8422e5-9826-4da5-9fcd-e67f2497c2e8 10 of the Scariest Hau...

UK Haunters, directed by Dan Brownlie, is the first feature-length documentary to cover the Uk haunt and scare attraction scene. Find it now on iTunes and Amazon Prime. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10912414/ Unboxing from ScareTrack: https://youtu.be/OkrQ6q-1U30 News Stories: Florida Governor lifts restrictions: https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/florida-governor-lifts-restrictions-on-bars-resta...

This week on Haunt Weekly we are doing the news and wow do we have a doozy for you this week. COVID news, three shootings at haunts and we aren't even into October! This will clearly be a season like no other and the only episode likely to beat it will be the next news episode in four weeks. So, with that in mind, buckle up and get ready as this is one long and, at times, difficult episode to list...

Christian from Beware The Dark Realm in Santa Clarita California discusses how they’re pivoting for reopening this weekend! Info: http://bewarethedarkrealm.com/ News Stories: Sanderson Sisters Return: https://nyrpshop.org/products/in-search-of-the-sanderson-sisters-a-hocus-pocus-takeover-of-hulaween Downtown Disney Hits Capacity Within 5 Minutes of Opening Midsummer Email List: https://mailchi.mp/...

This week on Green Tagged: An update on policies at play in the attractions industry; the latest pandemic proof ideas including flights to nowhere and Driven: A Latinx Artist Celebration; expansions and openings; how attractions in the US and Japan are planning for a longer recovery. Full show notes: https://greentaggedshow.com/theme-park-industry-news-green-tagged-sept27/

Stories: Halloween Candy Sales Are Up Double Digits in 2020: https://cstoredecisions.com/2020/09/22/halloween-candy-sales-are-up-double-digits-in-2020/ HalloweenCostumes.com Release Results of Their 2020 'Halloween in America' Survey: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/halloweencostumescom-release-results-of-their-2020-halloween-in-america-survey-301137945.html Zoos: https://hauntedattractio...

Top Stories: The CDC released updated guidelines to address COVID-19 that are specifically geared to Halloween and other holiday events and gatherings. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html#halloween Florida's Universal Orlando expands dates for 2 haunted houses Universal Orlando Resort in Florida has added new dates for its two haunted houses -- "Revenge of the...

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. Read the show notes: https://greentaggedshow.com/theme-park-industry-news-green-tagge...

This week on Haunt Weekly we are expanding on a previous question of the week to look at things that haunters wish customers knew. Though the haunt industry has opened up a lot in recent decades, there's still a lot of things that we keep close to the vest. Unfortunately, keeping some of that from customers may actually be hurting us by making the experience worse for them and us. To that end, we'...

This week on Green Tagged: Theme Park in 30 - Halloween-themed drive-in movies debut at theme parks in the US and UK; Round One is slated to Replace a Sears store in Florida; while droves of escape rooms pivot virtual others reopen in-person; updates from the attractions industry in Singapore, Australia, Japan, and Hong Kong on working towards recovery plans. Read the Full Show Notes: https://gree...

This week on Green Tagged: ‘Schoolcation’ packages debut at Four Seasons Resort Orlando, Cancellations for Mickey’s Christmas Party and IAAPA Expo, live performances are coming back, and the theme park capital of the world battles public attitude. Read the Full Show Notes: https://greentaggedshow.com/theme-park-industry-news-green-tagged-sept13/

We divided this week’s news into three piles: the Florida and New York governors’ responses to how themed attractions can move forward during the pandemic, the evolution of IP experiences, and the trend to virtual. Full show notes here: https://greentaggedshow.com/theme-park-industry-news-green-tagged-sep6/

Right now, the haunt industry is being faced with something we’ve never done before—reopening our attractions in the midst of a pandemic. We’re all wondering when and how to make this happen. In this article, you’ll hear from the general manager of Fear Factory in Salt Lake City, Utah, Spencer Terry, about how his attraction did just that. Show notes: https://hauntedattractionnetwork.com/reopening...

Scott discusses the importance of unity within the industry during the 2020 Halloween Season.

2020 is giving haunters a wonderful opportunity to birth novel ways of telling our stories. In this podcast, presented by David Jones, we explore effective methods of scaring from a distance. Specifically, you’ll learn how to create a cohesive character that does three things: Evokes a specific fear. Creates rapport with guests. Stimulates unanswered questions in the minds of your guests. Key Take...

Learn from the mistakes and accomplishments of the Fear Factory in Salt Lake City, Utah, and how they opened their attraction in the middle of a health pandemic and successfully did it! Here's a link to their Contingency Plan to help you do it. http://fearfactoryslc.com/contingency-plan/ If you want to join us in our next Live session, join here: https://www.haunterstoolbox.com/main-pages/haunters...

This week on Haunt Weekly we're doing the news and, unfortunately, that means covering a lot of COVID-19 related things including limited haunt openings, closings and more things in between. But that's not all we have this week, we also have a spate of new drive-thru haunts, haunts that are taking a different approach and a lot of other news from the haunt industry. So buckle up as this is going t...

This podcast is a recording from a recent panel on personalizing your messaging to guests in preparation for opening your haunted attraction this season. The discussion is divided into three sections—recommendations about messaging for guests before you open, while guests are on-premises, and after it closes. Full article: https://hauntedattractionnetwork.com/haunted-attractions-messaging-marketin...

“Green Tagged” - The Top News in Theme Parks This Past Week An insider's take on the attraction industry's trending news. August 30th Edition - Welcome to the Green Tagged blog, based on our first podcast episode of Green Tagged, in which we (Philip Hernandez and Scott Swenson) covered the news stories and trends in the theme-park industry in 30 minutes. Top Stories Guggenheim approves plan to bec...

As bad as COVID-19 has been for haunts, it's been similarly bad for our sister industry: Escape rooms. However, many escape games have taken a different tact, launching virtual experiences that come in a wide variety of flavors. These include everything from simply playing existing escape rooms with a totem to new experiences that were built from the ground up to be virtual. So that's what we're l...