“The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride is celebrating sixteen years of fear, and we want to celebrate by bringing this event to the next level,” said Chris Stafford, CEO & Founding Partner of Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group. “With a new maze, new add-on experiences, and a few more surprises in store, this is sure to be the Hayride’s biggest season yet”

In addition to the Hayride and mazes, guests can immerse themselves in the cursed community of Midnight Falls, head to the general store for some wicked merch, enjoy a variety of Halloween-themed activities, attractions, concessions, grab-and-go drink stations, and a full-service concessionaire on-site

This year’s Los Angeles Haunted Hayride will feature the following 2024 add-ons:

• Mini Escape Games: New This Year! Fully interactive and unlike anything you have ever done before! Race the clock: Your group enters a room and has only 5 minutes to use clues and riddles hidden throughout the room that provide the tools necessary to meet the objective. $5 per game (onsite or online purchase)
  
• Madame Aurora’s Seance Show: New This Year! Drawn to the thin veil between the living and the dead, the world famous Madame Aurora brings her talents to Midnight Falls. Witness as she conjures up spirits before your very eyes, but stay alert, not all are benign.
  
• Scary-Go-Round: Revived for 2024! The iconic Scary-Go-Round has reawakened. Choose your skeleton steed and ride off into your nightmares; just be careful not to get stuck in the eternal loop of this haunting melody.
  
• The Monte Revolta Show: Get ready for the ultimate Theatrical Macabre Experience from beyond the grave. It’s Monte Revolta… the undead irreverent lounge singer who is bringing the dead back to Rock. Join Monte, Rotly & Ms. Muerte as they exhume an ultra shocking musical, comedy revue.
  
• Midnight Falls Axe Throwing: With the curse of the witch plaguing the city of Midnight Falls, learn to protect yourself from the less-than-friendly ghouls. The Axeperts at Midnight Falls will train you up and you can try your hand at hitting the bullseye 5 times.
  
• Zombie Splat - A GellyBall Experience: Keep the army of the undead at bay and protect Midnight Falls! Gellyball is completely safe, as it’s much smaller than a traditional paintball and uses a colored water balloon, allowing for a much lighter impact and no permanent mess. Guests will be required to wear protective eyewear, provided at no extra charge, and will be aiming at live actor zombies in a zombie apocalypse simulator. The experience will last approximately 5 minutes, where you will receive one hopper with 700 rounds of GellyBalls.
  

For more information, visit losangeleshauntedhayride.com and follow LA Haunted Hayride on Facebook and Instagram. The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride is located at Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90027. 

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Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group
Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group (“13FEG”) is the world’s largest producer and operator of theme park-quality live events, location-based entertainment, and immersive installations. 13FEG currently operates 32 attractions, including haunted houses, Halloween festivals, location-based entertainment venues, and an immersive art exhibit. 13FEG continues to set the bar for live themed entertainment, operating in 17 cities across the United States. Thirteenth Floor is headquartered in Denver, CO with offices in Austin, TX and Los Angeles CA. Learn more at Thirteenthfloor.com.

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2024 Add-Ons will include:

• 3-D Jack O’Lantern Glasses: Experience the enchantment of "Magic of the Jack O'Lanterns" like never before with our 3-D glasses! These holographic lenses effortlessly turn light into magical pumpkin images, giving you an optical experience like never before!
  
• S’mores Package:  New This Year! Indulge in the ultimate autumn experience with our exclusive S'mores Package at Magic of the Jack O'Lanterns! With this golden ticket in hand, you're granted the delightful opportunity to craft your own mouth-watering s'mores surrounded by a twinkling pumpkin-lit night.
  
• Preferred Parking: Sold online only. Located at Whittier Narrows Area D Parking Lot. Follow directions to Magic of the Jack O’ Lanterns, and our team will direct you to the correct lot. Be sure to have your parking ticket ready to be scanned as soon as you enter the park. Free parking is available nearby but will require a longer walk to the event.
  

For additional information, including event specifics, ticket pricing, and more, please visit www.magicofthejackolanterns.com or connect with us on Instagram.

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Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group
Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group (“13FEG”) is the world’s largest producer and operator of theme park-quality live events, location-based entertainment, and immersive installations. 13FEG currently operates 32 attractions, including haunted houses, Halloween festivals, location-based entertainment venues, and an immersive art exhibit. 13FEG continues to set the bar for live themed entertainment, operating in 17 cities across the United States. Thirteenth Floor is headquartered in Denver, CO with offices in Austin, TX and Los Angeles CA. Learn more at Thirteenthfloor.com.

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Note: For full transparency, our Survival Guide, as written, does require a bit of hustle at least at the beginning of the night. Unfortunately that's the nature of Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood. If you want to complete all of the houses on any given night without express, you're going to have to rush a bit. As always, we build in time for breaks. This is why one of our suggestions is to get a frequent fear pass. 

9/12/2024: There are some MAJOR updates to our early entry plan. Why? Because Universal Studios made some major updates to their early entry. 

In previous years all 4 lower lot houses would open for early entry and have various opening times from 5:30 to 6:30. This year that is not the case. There are 2 upper lot houses open at 5:30. In addition, the 4 lower lot houses all open before 7:00, but have various opening times. We'll outline it all below. 

For those who want to hustle: Start with the Curious George houses first for Early Entry and then quickly head to the lower lot. 

For those who want to take it more chill: Start with the Lower Lot houses and save the Curious George houses for later in the evening. 

Note: Entry for Early Entry for the Curious George houses is not through Hogsmeade but instead behind Waterworld.

​Express Tip: If you have Express and don't mind the walk back to Curious George later in the night, by all means go ahead and do Standby for both and come back later in the evening and do them again. However, if you don't want to make that walk twice, go ahead and use your express during early entry. ​

We don't really have a recommended order for these 4 houses during early entry. Just check the wait times during early entry and hit the ones with shorter lines. We have listed the times they've been opening opening instead of a preferred order. 

However, if you want to hustle our recommended order would be:

1. The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy
2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre
3. Universal Monsters: Eternal Bloodlines 
4. Dead Exposure: Death Valley

But if you don't want to hustle at the very least make sure you do The Weeknd, Texas Chainsaw and Universal Monsters prior to 7:00pm. 

Express Tip: If the line for the Terror Tram is relatively short, 30 minutes or less, you CAN go through the stand-by line and use your Front of the Line later. But remember, this experience generally takes 30-45 minutes from beginning to end and closes early, so you may not have time to do it twice.

​Plus, there's a LOT of walking on this one. =)

If you did the "not as much hustle" strategy and skipped Insidious and Ghostbusters during early entry, head over there after the terror tram and end your night on the upper lot with the two houses, scare zones and shows. ​​

It's now time for your last two houses of the night. Your waits will probably be rather long so make sure you grab a snack to enjoy in line. 

Every single year we see people entering the event after 9:00pm, unless you have Express or a Frequent Fear Pass, don't be this person. You're not going to see much. ​

As soon as you get into the park and everybody is heading to the lower lot, take a right turn through Hogsmeade and head straight for Indisious: The Further and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. You can typically get through these houses in short order if you head there first. 

After the Curious George houses, head to A Quiet Place and Monstrous. Resist the temptation to head down to the lower lot when you see the wait times. The lines will be there all night. Better to wait in some shorter lines and come back and wait for the Lower Lot Houses later in the evening. ​

If the Terror Tram is a priority, make sure you do this attraction before heading to the Lower Lot. You will be spending the majority of your evening down there. You won't make it back to the upper lot before the terror tram closes for the night. 

You're going to be spending most of your evening down here, and in line. We don't really have a recommended order at this point, just check the wait times and go from there.

​If Dead Exposure and TX Chainsaw are relatively short, knock them out first. The exit for Dead Exposure will lead directly into TX Chainsaw. 

Then finish up with Universal Monsters and The Weeknd. 

Here is a link to all of the fantastic food and merchandise offerings for Halloween Horror Nights 2024! There seems to be a lot more this year and we can't wait to try all of these out! 

​In addition, the standard Universal Studios Hollywood eateries will be open for HHN. 

Upper Lot: 

• Chucky's DiVe Bar (Near Waterworld)
• Día De Los Muertos (Universal Plaza)
• City Snacks featuring “A Quiet Place”
• Hollywood and Dine
• Minions Café
• Cocina Mexicana
• French Street Bistro
• Wizarding World of Harry Potter
  • ​Three Broomsticks
  • Hogs Head 
• Springfield
  • ​Bumblebee Man's Taco Truck
  • Cletus' Chicken Shack
  • Duff Brewery Beer Garden
  • Krusty Burger

​Lower Lot: 

• The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy Bar  (Near Jurassic World) 
• Leatherface’s BBQ (Near Panda Express)
• ​Monster Eats (Mummy Eats)
• Jurassic Café 
• Isla Nu-Bar
• SUPER NINTENDO WORLD Popcorn and Drink Cart
• Starbucks
• Studio Scoop

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There are also various food booths around the park.

The Purge: Dangerous Waters is back for 2024! This was a great show last year not only for the entertainment factor but also spreading out the crowds a bit. 

Late Night with Chucky is an all new show for 2024 and we are SO excited for this. This seems like it's going to be one of those super fun shows that we'll visit a lot throughout the season. 

We don't currently have times for the shows, but we will update once we do. 

There are 4 scare zones on the upper lot this year, which essentially just makes one large scare zone from the park entry to Springfield and of course at the exit of Monstrous. Lots of fun in this area and we do suggest hanging out and enjoying the Scare Zones throughout the night. 

If you are brave enough, not tired enough, or want to experience a true Horror Nights Hollywood original, stay until the very end of the night and experience Chainsaw Chaseout. This is absolutely one of our favorite things every year, and we always make at least one late night trip to HHN to experience it (the benefits of having Frequent Fear). 

​Even if you're not staying for Chainsaw Chaseout, make sure you do some shopping, grab a t-shirt and hang out in the scare zones before heading out. 

Drive home safely! ​

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Welcome to our Halloween Horror Nights Opening Night Update and review! This is now the 10th year we've covered opening/media night of HHN Hollywood and as always we are extremely honored to be included in the event every year.

It's never lost on us what a privilege it is to continue to bring you all coverage of these amazing events! 

Be warned, the videos and pictures included in this update do contain spoilers. 

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MABLETON, Georgia — September 10, 2024 — Six Flags Over Georgia —the Thrill Capital of the South — kicks off three fall events starting this weekend; including, Fright Fest® Presented by SNICKERS®, Kids Boo Fest, and Oktoberfest Food Festival. This year, the park is celebrating 30 Chilling Years of Fright Fest with a terrifying roster of 15 haunted attractions, including premium haunted mazes inspired by legendary horror brands such as Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures’ SAW and Netflix’s Stranger Things.
 
Details of the new haunted experiences coming to Six Flags Over Georgia Fright Fest this year include:

• The SAW Franchise – Celebrate the 20th anniversary of SAW with an all-new experience honoring the franchise’s legacy of terror by plunging guests into the depths of Jigsaw’s twisted mind. Guests will endure torturous trials and come face to face with some of John Kramer’s most diabolical contraptions before time runs out.
  
• Stranger Things – The students of Hawkins High decide to team up to create a little innocent Halloween fun for their community – but things quickly turn upside down and morph into something far darker.

Plus, September 21 and 22 only, prepare to be amazed as Six Flags Over Georgia brings the thrilling world of Beetlejuice to life in a must-see end-of-day celebration, powered by FANTA. This one-of-a-kind event transforms the sky with a spectacular 10-minute show, featuring 8 custom animations synced with the iconic Beetlejuice theme music. While inside the park, guests can also scan a QR code to play in the FANTA Fright Fest Arcade and compete to win exciting prizes. To learn more, visit sixflags.com/overgeorgia.

Kids Boo Fest at Six Flags Over Georgia offers family-friendly, day-time thrills for little monsters to enjoy. This year, the event is jam packed with festive fall fun like trick-or-treating, an inflatable corn maze, arts and crafts, dance parties, costume contests, and more. All Kids Boo Fest activities are included with park admission and will take place in the right half of the park from, Twisted Cyclone to Monster Mansion, separate from the scarier Fright Fest offerings.
 
Oktoberfest gives guests the chance to savor a unique menu of seasonal brews and German inspired cuisine while taking in unique live entertainment. Oktoberfest kicks off each festival day with a parade and keg tapping ceremony. Additional entertainment will include strolling Kobald tricksters who play practical jokes amongst the crowd, and the Alpine Horn Comedy Concert. Notable menu items offered during the festival include, a spicy chicken schnitzel sandwich and German pot roast pretzel sandwich, German chocolate funnel cake, German potato salad and more.
 
Fright Fest at Six Flags Over Georgia is open for an expanded 23 select nights starting September 14 through November 3. Kids Boo Fest and Oktoberfest will take place on Saturdays and Sundays, September 14 through November 3. For event details, visit sixflags.com/overgeorgia.

Chaperone Policy: In preparation of the busy Fright Fest season, Six Flags Over Georgia has implemented a chaperone policy. Under this policy, all guests ages 15 years old or younger must be accompanied by a chaperone who is at least 21 years old in order to be admitted to, or remain in, the park after designated hours. To view the chaperone policy in its entirety, visit sixflags.com/overgeorgia.

The Biggest Sale of the Year – Extended through September 15: Due to popular demand, Six Flags has extended their lowest prices of the year with deals of up to 70% off on 2025 season sasses, single day tickets, all season dining plans and more. Six Flags Over Georgia is also excited to announce the new All Park Passport, a 2025 season pass add-on that allows access to additional Six Flags parks. For more information, visit sixflags.com/overgeorgia.

ABOUT SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: FUN) is North America’s largest regional amusement-resort operator with 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks and nine resort properties across 17 states in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Focused on its purpose of making people happy, Six Flags provides fun, immersive and memorable experiences to millions of guests every year with world-class coasters, themed rides, thrilling water parks, resorts and a portfolio of beloved intellectual property such as Looney Tunes®, DC Comics® and PEANUTS®.
 
ABOUT SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA
Six Flags Over Georgia, the Thrill Capital of the South, is home to more than 40 rides and attractions including 12 world-class roller coasters and the seven-acre Hurricane Harbor water park. Six Flags White Water, the South’s Most Thrilling Water Park, boasts more than 24 state-of-the-art water slides, interactive children’s areas and wave pool. Six Flags Over Georgia and White Water are the premier destinations for thrilling, family fun.

Universal City, Calif. and Orlando, Fla. (Sept. 10, 2024) – This October, Universal Destinations & Experiences theme parks—Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort—invite guests to defy gravity with a variety of all-new immersive experiences and exclusive merchandise inspired by Wicked, Universal Pictures’ highly-anticipated film, in theaters November 22.

The engaging Wicked experiences will differ at each of the destinations but are both designed to capture the imagination and spirit of the breathtaking world of Wicked, allowing guests to express their fandom through fashion and accessories, while stepping into the story for the first time ever.

Starting in late October, Universal Orlando Resort will welcome guests to Wicked: The Experience – housed in the former location of the UNIVRS store and adjacent retail locations steps away from the front gate – where they will have the unique opportunity to step into the fantastical Land of Oz. This exclusive, one-of-a-kind experience will whisk guests along the yellow brick road and into a variety of iconic Wicked locations from Shiz University to the Emerald City. Fanciful costumes and props created by the designers from the film will also be on display as guests become immersed in spectacular scenic and theming that will recreate some of the most memorable moments of the film.

Also beginning in late October, Universal Studios Hollywood will transform its popular Feature Presentation store within the theme park, and UNIVRS store at Universal CityWalk Hollywood into memorable Wicked experiences. Feature Presentation will showcase props from the film, an exciting photo op will debut within the theme park and, later in tandem with the film opening, costumes will be displayed within the Universal Cinema, an AMC Theatre, at Universal CityWalk.

Fantabulous-themed dining will complement these exciting Wicked experiences at both theme park locations, as well as Voodoo Doughnuts and The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen at both Universal CityWalk locations will share the joy with the debut of a limited time treats inspired by the world of Wicked.

At the core of these experiences will be redefining new retail opportunities and exclusive products, inviting guests to rejoicify as they peek behind the Emerald City gates. An exciting variety of merchandise including elevated apparel, home goods, accessories, toys and more along with exclusive products will be available at Universal Orlando Resort, Universal Studios Hollywood and at both Universal Citywalk locations including:

The Shiz University collection is inspired by the iconic school where Glinda and Elphaba first cross paths featuring back-to-school must-haves featuring a Spirit Jersey, duffle bag, tumbler, hat, journal and more. 

The legendary Studio MinaLima developed exclusive, Wicked-inspired graphics and prints for a cross-category collection including an intricate all-over-print on apparel, accessories, home goods and confections, as well as stationery

The Wicked logo will don many items from hats and totes to notebooks and mugs, perfect for fans to show their Wicked pride as they dance through life. Those looking for even more products can find a variety of offerings, including beautiful fashion dolls from Mattel, Funko Pops! of fan-favorite characters, LEGO sets featuring the Land of Oz, Loungefly bags as well as cosplay and prop replicas from The Noble Collection.

Even more Wicked celebrations are coming to Universal Studios Singapore and Universal Studios Japan later this year and early next.

For more information about the Wicked experiences coming to Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood, stay tuned to Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood social channels. Follow #WickedMovie on social and get ready as Wicked flies into theaters on November 22.
 
About Wicked
The holidays are about to get Wicked. The record-shattering, Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon becomes a two-part, gravity-defying, generation-defining cinematic event. Wicked flies into theaters Nov. 22, 2024. Wicked Part Two lands Nov. 26, 2025.

Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a defiant social outcast who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande (Hairspray Live!, Don’t Look Up), as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.

As the two women forge an unlikely sisterhood, they will empower each other in ways that neither foresees. But as dark forces of prejudice and oppression loom on the horizon, the choices they make will separate them, and will set them on different destinies that will change them, and Oz, for good.

The film stars Oscar® winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Crazy Rich Asians) as Madame Morrible; Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton, Crashing) as Fiyero; Tony nominee Ethan Slater (Broadway’s Spongebob Squarepants, Fosse/Verdon) as Boq; Marissa Bode, in her feature film debut, as Nessarose; and Emmy nominee and pop culture icon Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic World franchise, The Grand Budapest Hotel) as The Wizard.  

The all-star cast includes Emmy nominee Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live) as Pfannee, Bronwyn James (Harlots) as ShenShen and Tony nominee Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman) as a new character created for the film, Miss Coddle.

Directed by electrifying filmmaker Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights), Wicked Part Two is the second chapter of a two-part immersive, cultural spectacular.

Wicked is produced by Marc Platt (La La Land, The Little Mermaid), and by Tony winner David Stone (Kimberly Akimbo), with whom Platt produced the blockbuster Wicked stage musical. The executive producers are David Nicksay, Stephen Schwartz and Jared LeBoff.

Based on the bestselling novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked is adapted for the screen by the stage production’s book writer Winnie Holzman and by legendary Academy Award® winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. he Broadway stage musical is produced by Universal Stage Productions, Marc Platt, the Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.

About Universal Destinations & Experiences (UDX)
Universal Destinations & Experiences, a unit of Comcast NBCUniversal, offers guests around the world the most innovative, immersive and popular entertainment experiences. Our portfolio is comprised of world-class theme parks featuring the industry’s most thrilling and technologically advanced attractions, exceptional hotels and resorts, unique merchandise, games, virtual and live entertainment experiences. We use our rich collection of stories and franchises – from Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation and more – to take people to places they couldn’t imagine while creating memorable and emotionally fulfilling moments for people of all ages. Learn more here.