NEWS: is your haunt capitalizing on Valentine's Day?

About this episode

This episode discusses how haunted attractions are adapting for Valentine's Day with new interactive experiences and highlights various events and strategies in the industry.

Over 100 haunts are opening for Valentine's weekend, and Dark Hour's new interactive mechanic shows how operators are evolving the off-season format. This week:- Dark Hour's Glow Stick Mechanic Turns Blackout Haunts Into a Game- Universal's Hotel Strategy Crosses $1B Quarterly EBITDA- Attractions Magazine's Epic Universe Guide Now Available Digitally- Ask the Haunter: Live Q&A with Philip Hernandez (Feb 10)- Efteling Partners with HHN's Nightmare Fuel Team for New Show- Horrorland Miami's "Love Kills" Valentine's Event- Creep It Real OC Announces 2026 Dates- HAA Proposes Bylaw Opening Board to Non-Owner/Operators- 100+ Valentine's and Friday the 13th Haunts Nationwide Read more: https://mailchi.mp/hauntedattractionnetwork.com/is-your-haunt-capitalizing-on-valentines-day

People in this episode

Guest: Philip Hernandez

Topics covered

• Valentine's Day
• haunted attractions
• interactive mechanics
• off-season events

Keywords

• Dark Hour
• Universal
• Efteling
• Horrorland Miami
• Creep It Real OC

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Dark Hour's Glow Stick Mechanic, Attractions Magazine's Epic Universe Guide

Books & works: Dark Hour's, Ask the Haunter, Creep It Real OC

Places: Miami

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