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Los Angeles Haunted Hayride 2019

10/1/2019

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Last weekend we were invited out to the all new and improved Los Angeles Haunted Hayride. While we've always managed to have fun at this event, a few years it was kind of hit-and-miss. This year it's definitely all hit, well at least the event itself is. 

​Let's go have a roll in the hay!! 

Written by Gregg Condon
Welcome to the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride! 
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Before we head into the town of Midnight Falls, we do have to bring up the elephant in the zoo, err, room. And that's the logistics of actually getting into the event. Once you're in everything seems to be running spectacularly.

Unfortunately trying to park was the biggest nightmare of the night. It didn't seem like there was a lot of communication going on between the staff in the different parking sections, nobody knew who was supposed to park where, there was no alternative parking area's that we saw and we even saw one parking attendant who didn't know where handicapped parking was.

The line for security was also the longest we saw all night. Obviously security is something we have to deal with in this day and age, but it was really long.

Hopefully they'll work on those logistics with the companies that are doing the security and parking, because we aren't sure if that's a Haunted Hayride thing, or an outside company thing. Train your people the right way and this has less a chance of happening (says the guy who's been a corporate trainer for 15 years).

Alright, enough of the one negative, let's get to the good stuff!!

Welcome to Midnight Falls!!
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Cool arch heading into the event this year 
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Sign leading you every direction
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The Scary-Go-Round is back
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Some fun shows going on here all night
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The inhabitants of Midnight Falls were a lot of fun
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Let's head in and do the Hayride! 
This looks familiar (as seen at Midsummer Scream) 
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The waiting area is a container instead of the cages used in previous years 
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We're ready!! 
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Unlike previous years there are no stops on the Hayride, which we think actually works better than the show stops. It helps everything to flow much better. 
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The Hayride features some tried and true Hayride scares, and some new ones that were a lot of fun. 
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No fishing at night
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Itsy Bitsy spider 
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Who decided to make a Hayride near the Cemetery? 
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The Hayride also features a few mazes, which were a lot of fun. The first was Midnight Mortuary. 
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The talent in the mazes was spectacular. 
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Next up was Trick or Treat 
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The doorbells are back, but no candy this year. But the maze was super fun. 
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Friend!! 
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Cute baby!! 
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Cheers!! 
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1,000,000 internet points if you know what makes this so great!! 
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The merchandise was also pretty amazing this year. 
We still have our free tickets from Midsummer Scream so are planning on going back at least one night this season. 

We also decided to stop at one of our favorite eateries after, the Dog Haus. And you can see why. 
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Make sure you head out for this years Hayride. It's super good and we definitely recommend it this year. 

You can find out more information and get tickets for the Hayride at the link here. 

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Related Updates: 
  • ​LA Haunted Hayride 2016
  • LA Haunted Hayride 2015
  • Queen Mary's Dark Harbor 2019
  • Knott's Scary Farm Opening Weekend 2019
  • Howl-O-Scream 2019 at Busch Gardens Tampa​


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Halloween 2019 Event Reviews and Information

9/6/2019

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Looking for a review or information for a 2019 Halloween event? Well look no further. Below you will find reviews of Halloween events we have attended or are planning on attending and a list of all of the other events (scary and fun) that we've received information for. 

​We will be updating this as we receive information about additional events. 

Below are the dates you will find us at different Halloween Events!! As always, feel free to say hi!! Updates will be posted after these dates as quickly as we can get them done. 

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Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party: Magic Kingdom - September 6th 

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Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood - September 12th (and more) 

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Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest - September 14th 
​Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest - October 4th 

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Howl O Scream at Busch Gardens Tampa - September 20th 

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Knott's Scary Farm - September 19th (and more) 

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Queen Mary's Dark Harbor - September 26th 

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Los Angeles Haunted Hayride - September 28th

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Festival Del Terror at Six Flags Mexico - October 3, 2019

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Dark Horizon Orlando - October 10th

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Halloween Horror Nights Orlando 

More dates to find us at events coming soon!!

Event Information 

Click links to see event information
  • Busch Gardens Tampa - 20 years of Howl o Scream begins on September 20th 
  • Dark Horizon - All new Haunt coming to Orlando begins on October 10th 
  • Delusion - Alt Delete begins on September 14th (Tickets sell quick) 
  • Disneyland Resort - Celebrates HalloweenTime beginning September 6th
    • Disneyland Resort - Oogie Boogie Bash begins September 17th 
  • Dollywood - Harvest Festival and Great Pumpkin Luminights returns on September 27th
  • Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood: 
    • Universal Studios Hollywood - Halloween Horror Nights opens on September 13th 
    • Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood Fan Preview Night on September 12th
    • Creepshow, exclusive maze to Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 
    • Ghostbusters is coming to Halloween Horror Nights
    • House of 1000 Corpses is coming to Halloween Horror Nights
    • Stranger Things announced for Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood and Orlando
    • Us maze is coming to Halloween Horror Nights
    • Holidayz in Hell, all new maze, coming to Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood
    • All new original maze "Pandoras Box" coming to Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood
    • Throwback Thursdays Information
  • Halloween Horror Nights Orlando: 
    • ​Universal Orlando Resort - Halloween Horror Nights opens on September 6th 
    • Depths of Fear coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando 
    • Killer Klows from Outer Space is coming to Halloween Horror Nights
    • New Spooky Nighttime Lagoon Show coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando
    • Universal Orlando announces Scare Zones for Halloween Horror Nights
    • All new Universal Monster Maze coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando and Hollywood
    • New Original Maze, Graveyard Games, is coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando
    • Yeti: Terror of the Yukon coming to Halloween Horror Nights Orlando
  • Haunted Little Tokyo - Returns to Downtown Los Angeles on October 1st 
  • Knott's Scary Farm - The original returns on September 19th 
  • Knott's Spooky Farm - Family Friendly Event begins September 28th 
  • Legoland California - Brick or Treat Party Nights begin September 28th
  • Los Angeles Haunted Hayride - The revamped event begins September 28th 
  • Nostalgia Con - Retro Horror is coming to Nostalgia Con September 28th and 29th 
  • Queen Mary - An all new year of Dark Harbor begins September 26th 
    • Backstage look at Queen Mary's Dark Harbor information
  • Reign of Terror - 20th year of Reign of Terror begins September 28th
  • SeaWorld San Diego - Halloween Spooktacular begins September 21st 
  • Silver Dollar City - All New Pumpkin Lights Festival begins on September 25th
  • Sinister Pointe - New Haunt "MIST" begins October 4th 
  • Six Flags America - Fright Fest Returns on September 21st
  • Six Flags Great Adventure - Fright Fest Returns on Friday October 13th 
  • Six Flags Magic Mountain - Fright Fest Returns on September 14th 
  • Six Flags Over Georgia - Fright Fest Returns on September 21st 
  • Spooks and Spirits - Monster Movies for Music in San Diego on October 20th 
  • Universal Orlando Resort - Dark Arts Debuts at Universal Orlando on September 14th 
  • Walt Disney World - Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party details
  • Zombie Joe's - Urban Death Tour of Terror Returns October 4th

Related Videos:

Related Updates: 
  • Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Studios Hollywood 2018
  • ​Halloween Horror Nights - Universal Orlando Resort 2018
  • Knott's Scary Farm 2018
  • Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest 2018
  • Queen Mary's Dark Harbor 2018
  • Busch Gardens Tampa Howl-O-Scream 2018
  • Silverwood: Scarywood 2018


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Midsummer Scream 2019 - The Ultimate Halloween Warm-Up

8/7/2019

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Are you ready for Halloween yet? I mean, if we can have Christmas in July and all the Hallmark Holiday Movies that come with it, then why not Halloween as well!!

This past weekend was the unofficial kick-off (well, official for many of us) of the Halloween Season. And it came just when we needed it most!! We have SO much to get to from this years event, which was bigger and better than ever. So big in fact that there were about 10-15 things on our "must see" list that we totally didn't get to see. 

But as you can see below, what we did see was all kinds of amazing. Let's head into the fog!! 

Written by Gregg Condon
Welcome to Midsummer Scream
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Before we get too deep into the in's and out's of panels and more I want to share something I posted on our social media the other day. A few thoughts on the experience of the weekend.

More than amazing panels, or fog, or mazes or aisles upon aisles of amazing things to spend all your money on, what I take most out of this past weekend is love.

People who have never been to any Halloween event or MSS are missing out. Halloween brought all of these people together. Some were there to see Theme Park panels. Others to see YouTube stars or just to shop. But all were there because we love Halloween and all things that go bump in the night.

Not once the entire weekend did I see anybody acting out, everybody was polite, considerate and amazing. And it was CROWDED. We talked with people we know, and met so many new people just standing around waiting in line.

None of the actual horrors that exist out in the world made it's way into Midsummer Scream. I know it may sound hard to separate the two, but it's not. It's all about a shared love of horror and Halloween.
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And it comes down to the people in charge. They've helped to create a culture of love and acceptance that is at the core of the Haunt Community. And it's so amazing

​With that said, let's first head into the Hall of Shadows 
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The Tiki's have invaded Midsummer Scream, and were an amazing entry to the area. 
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Tiki Tiki Tiki!!! How about some video of the Hall of Shadows featuring some of our favorite maze walk-throughs that you all need to visit this Halloween season. 
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One of our absolute favorite Haunts
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We kind of split up our coverage this year, DSLR on Saturday and Hand-Held Gimble on Sunday. We wanted to make sure we captured all we could. 
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Some amazing displays were on, well, display. =) 
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Most of the Haunts were very short and gave a nice tease of what's to come. Some were longer and made you wonder how they got so much in a small space. 
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Our weekend consisted of a LOT of panels. I think two major ones on Saturday (and a Podcast) and three on Sunday. 

​Our panels started off with the AMAZING 50 years of The Haunted Mansion panel. And it was standing room only. 
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Our view for much of the weekend 
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The Midsummer Scream Dream Team 
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We were going to live-stream this but service was spotty at best. In hindsight I wish we would have recorded and edited everything together. Lesson learned. 

Here is the full panel in three parts. It's truly amazing to listen to his talented group of people talk about an attraction they love so much. 

Part One: Bob Gurr and Tony Baxter talk about their experiences with The Haunted Mansion and proof that the Hatbox Ghost was indeed there at the beginning. 
Part Two features Don Hahn talking a bit about the Haunted Mansion movie (I really would love to get more in-depth with this some day) and Tom Morris discussing some of the in's and out's of the attractions construction. 

Tom also had a panel on Sunday that went deeper into this that we sadly had to miss. 
The last segment features Tania Norris in her first live-panel anywhere talking about her experiences with The Haunted Mansion and Walt Disney. It was truly a treat. 
We could have listened to his panel for hours upon hours. And I know we weren't alone. 

Later that day we attended the Halloween Horror Nights Panel where they announced Creepshow. It was ana amazing panel that we were able to Live-Stream. 

Sadly the quality probably isn't up to our normal standards but here it is in it's entirety nonetheless. 
Slideshow of all of the images from the presentation including Creepshow, Holidayz in Hell and the Scare Zones. 

Bright and early Sunday it was time to spend more time in the Hall of Shadows prior to the Haunted Hayride panel. 

They had an awesome display at the entrance of the show floor. 
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During the panel they announced Midnight Falls. We are seriously excited for the event this year. 
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The full panel featuring all of the info on Midnight Falls, some chat about the history of the event and a great Q&A session. 

It sounds like they may have a few surprises in store for us that they didn't announce. 

Immediately after was the panel for Queen Mary's Dark Harbor. But first we had to run downstairs and get a picture with some old friends. 
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Last and absolutely not least was the last panel of the weekend for Knott's Scary Farm. 

The event that started it all did not disappoint and there are some treats in store for fans this year. 
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Dates for this years event, we'll see you there on opening and closing night for sure!! And a whole bunch in-between. Knott's Scary Farm passes FTW!! 
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Video of our live stream of the panel, this one seemed to turn out WAY better than the HHN panel. 
No new mazes announced at Midsummer Scream (they'll do that on August 29th, and we will of course be there) but they did announce some new surprises for returning mazes. 

One of our personal favorites, Dark Ride, will be getting two new rooms this year. 

​First up the Surveillance Room which is replacing the Air Duct Room in the maze. 
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And lastly, what's a Dark Ride that doesn't exit through the Gift Shop!?!?! 
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Two new characters are coming as well. 

Any chances of getting those Castle of Chaos shirts for sale? 
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One of the coolest announcements of the entire weekend, that I think may be getting overlooked ... 

Knott's will now be selling "graveyard pins" for retiring mazes. So at least one that will be available is for Infected, who's last year will be this year. 

They will also be selling a "graveyard" that you can put your pins on. 

REALLY hope they are going to release pins for some other retired mazes. What an awesome way to remember some of our favorites. 
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Just because Infected is going away doesn't mean it's not getting a couple of enhancements for 2019. 
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And that's a wrap!! 
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Never too early to start making plans for Midsummer Scream 2020. 

​We'll be there for sure!! 

Related Videos: 

Related Updates: 
  • Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party 2018 - Magic Kingdom
  • Winchester Mystery House Candlelight Tours 2018 
  • Six Flags Magic Mountain Fright Fest 2018
  • Halloween Horror Nights Universal Orlando 2018
  • Knott's Scary Farm 2018


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