Haunted Attraction Idea

So as I said before I have the opportunity to do a haunted attraction this year. The ideas are beginning to pour in through my dreams as they so often do. Sometimes this is a good thing and sometimes this is a bad thing. It can be a good thing of course because I begin to manifest my characters and actors in costume. I see the attraction in motion. It can be a bad thing because often good dreams morph into nightmares and into some of my greatest fears which unfortunately I get the best ideas from. Either way, I'll keep you posted and I'll let you know how things are going. I'll try airing my information on blog talk radio as well, step by step. Currently, we're working on a proposal for the investors along with the theme and concept of the attraction itself......I've already found a location:)

Opportunity Knocks

I have been approached to do a Haunted Attraction in the Downtown Ft Lauderdale area next year. This could be the big one and I'm excited! I have investors and they're leaving it up to me to find the location, design the concept, and come up with the budget. It'll be hard, but it'll be worth it. My first step is to find the location, I'd love to have it at Huizenga Plaza right smack dab downtown. Especially since it's located at Riverwalk. Riverwalk happens to be the most haunted location in Fort Lauderdale. The Riverwalk Hotel which is in walking distance from Huizenga Plaza does nightly and daily Ghost Tours! Apparitions have been spotted in the Riverwalk area between the hours of 11pm - 3am. PERFECT! To be continued............

A reoccurring dream...

Since I can remember Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. As a kid growing up in Ohio ( in the 80s) we had the best-haunted houses before rules and regulations came into play. Now haunted attractions are considered "dark rides" and the city fire marshalls make you jump through hoops just to open one up to the public. As a kid, I'd have a reoccurring dream of my haunted attraction. Every time I dreamt about it I was in a new room discovering a secret passage, or falling through a trapped door. My haunted attraction was scary yet built like a funhouse at the same time. Almost like the movie "Goonies". Ironically enough, I met my ex-boyfriend Jon 7 years ago at a haunted attraction. He was in charge, the man behind the scenes. Jon had a true genuine gift, he was an extremely talented artist. We were together for 5 years and within those 5 years,  we built 4 haunted attractions, made face casts, created body molds for Busch Gardens Halloween Attraction, built props for Hershey's Amusement park, etc. Today I know more about the haunted attraction and Halloween industry than anyone I know. Unless they're already involved in the industry. I am a member of the IAAHA ( International Association of Haunted Attractions ). By working with the associated you get the best contacts & references. You speak to vendors who have been working with amusement parks across the world for years. Most of them of course are back at home by Halloween in time to run their own attractions. Now, I act as a consultant. I attend haunted tradeshows and conventions all over the country to keep up with the industry. Vendors always have new props, special fx, gags, animatronics, and new ideas to sell to the top dogs. They also create things for home haunters, people with lower budgets. I have yet to build my own haunted attraction. Yet, it has already been created in my mind, detail for detail. My reoccurring dream finally ended one night as I came out through a tunnel and down a slide, landing in a pile of hay. There were rides, food vendors, games, and walk-around actors entertaining the crowd. I was wearing warm clothes, I could smell hot cocoa, and I was hungry for a candy apple. My attraction will be built in a traditional state ( up north), where you can enjoy the true spirit of Halloween as the air becomes chilly in the autumn season surrounded by a plethora of leaf colors. People will wait in line and they will be served the traditional apple cider and hot cocoa as they did back in the day. While the anticipation of what lies behind "The Asylum" doors begins to build as they get closer and closer..........