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SeaWorld Orlando has released its entire lineup of haunted houses and scare zones of the upcoming Howl-O-Scream, its after-hours, extra-ticket Halloween scare fest.
The event, which starts Sept. 6, will feature five houses — four of them are new concepts — and seven zones alongside five themed bars.
The houses include:
• The Ultimate Gamble, which is set in a casino with ghostly patrons.
• Water’s Edge Wellness Center, in which a SeaWorld news release urges visitors of “Seek the remnants of promised serenity … within its haunted halls, where the living and dead collide.”
• Atlantis — Journey Below, set in an “eerie underwater kingdom.”
• Farm 51 with rustling cornfields and crash-landed extraterrestrials.
• D3LER1UM666 Laboratories, the lone returning house, which SeaWorld dubs a “fan favorite.”
New scare zones include Paradise Palms (roadside inn), Cannibal Harbor (cannibalistic mariners) and Seeds of the Coven (mystic forest). Returning zones are Blood Light District, Toxic Turmoil, Terrors of the Deep and Carnevil Pier.
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Disney: New ‘Cars’ rides will go on Tom Sawyer Island
The future “Cars” attractions at Magic Kingdom will be built on Tom Sawyer Island, and the planned villains land will be in the “beyond Big Thunder” area of the theme park, Walt Disney World announced Monday.
“To make way for this completely new frontier, the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island will be transformed into vast and rugged terrains for a rally race with some of the world’s most iconic racers,” a Disney news release read Monday in reference to the “Cars” area, which will be considered part of Frontierland.
Tom Sawyer Island has been operating at Walt Disney World since 1973, about two years after the opening of Magic Kingdom. It was inspired by Mark Twain’s characters and stories and is accessed by log rafts. It is surrounded by Rivers of America, home of the Liberty Belle riverboat attraction.
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“We are thrilled to create this original Cars adventure and put our guests in the driver’s seat as we—quite literally—explore a new frontier in Frontierland,” Michael Hundgen, Walt Disney World portfolio executive producer at Walt Disney Imagineering, said in the release.