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..........