Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tyra Banks Comes Face To Face with Halloween Horror Nights' Lady Luck at Universal Orlando Resort
Right before heading out on her five city "’MODELLAND’ Book Tour - A Fierce Experience!" Tyra Banks spent some down time at Universal Orlando Resort with her family over the Labor Day weekend. While there, Tyra came face-to-face with Lady Luck, the blood-thirsty seductress and force behind Halloween Horror Nights 21. Named “the country’s best Halloween event” for three years straight, Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights will bring to life guests’ most intense nightmares for 25 nights this fall, beginning September 23. Banks and her family were hosted to experience both Universal Orlando theme parks while in town for a business visit.
Children's Authors & Illustrators Announced for ScholarShare Children's Book Festival
September 24 & 25, 2011
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Featured Author: Olympic Champion, Kristi Yamaguchi
Another story is set to come alive at Fairytale Town during the 11th annual ScholarShare Children's Book Festival, a two day event on September 24 and 25.
In its 11th year, the ScholarShare Children's Book Festival features numerous activities including; dynamic presentations from children's authors and illustrators, story-telling performances, hands-on literacy activities, and information on literacy-based activities from various community organizations. Some of this year's featured children's book authors and illustrators at the event will include the following:
KRISTI YAMAGUCHI, an Olympic champion and philanthropist who has been an inspiration to millions of fans around the world for her athletic achievements and continually giving back to the community. www.kristiyamaguchi.com
Presenting: Dream Big, Little Pig Time:Saturday 3PM
ANN BOWLER has written many award winning children's books on multicultural and environmental themes. www.annmartinbowler.com
Presenting: All About Korea Time: Saturday 11:30AM
DIANNE DANZIG is an author, Registered Nurse, and educator for children welcoming baby brothers and sisters into their families to address the real questions, perceptions, and concerns of older siblings. www.BabiesDontEatPizza.com Presenting: Babies Don't Eat Pizza Time: Sunday 2PM
SUE FLIESS is a Sr. copywriter for eBay, a freelance writer, a marketing consultant and children's book author. Her articles have appeared in Writer's Digest, Education.com, Travelmuse.com and Bay Area Parent Magazine. www.suefliess.com
Presenting: Shoes for Me! Time: Saturday 1:30PM
JANIE HAVEMEYER writes narrative, nonfiction picture books for children, and is busy thinking about her next eccentric character whose story she wants to tell. www.goosebottombooks.com
Presenting: Catherine de' Medici "The Black Queen"
Time: Saturday 1PM & Sunday 11AM
GRETCHEN MAURER has been published in Highlights Magazine, "The Discovery of Poetry" and the anthology "A Cup of Comfort for Mothers To Be" in addition co-writing an award winning screenplay. www.goosebottombooks.com
Presenting: Mary Tudor, "Bloody Mary" Time: Saturday 10:30AM & Sunday 1PM
BETHANIE MURGUIA worked as an art director for Hearst Magazines in New York. These days she can be found in Sausalito, California where she lives with her family. Buglette the Messy Sleeper is her first book as an author and illustrator. www.aquapup.com
Presenting: Buglette the Messy Sleeper Time: Saturday 2PM
MIRA REISBERG is an award winning illustrator of six children's picture books and co-author of award winning anthologies, Just Like Me and Honoring our Ancestors. www.mirareisberg.com
Presenting: Baby Rattlesnake Time: Sunday 12PM
JEFF SAVAGE is among the nation's leading writers of positive role model biographies for children. He has an award winning list of more than 170 books in print. www.jeffsavage.com
Presenting: Several books from his collection.
Time: Saturday 12PM & Sunday 3PM
DASHKA SLATER is the author of children's picture books that have won widespread acclaim for their inventive language and vivid imagery. www.dashkaslater.com
Presenting: The Sea Serpent and Me Time: Sunday 2:30PM
NIKKI SMITH is a fourth grade teacher in Davis, California and with her love of reading has authored of her first children's book.www.nikkishannonsmith.com
Presenting: The Little Christmas Elf Time: Saturday 11AM
VOICE OF THE WOOD is an educational performance group using sound effects, dramatic narration and masked movement. www.voiceofthewood.com
Time: Saturday 12:30PM, 3:30PM & Sunday 12:30PM, 3:30PM
Thanks to the generous support of ScholarShare College Savings Plan the two day event is free to the public; making it possible to host the largest early childhood literacy event in the Sacramento region. In 2010 the event hosted an astounding 13,000 attendees. ScholarShare commemorates September as College Savings Month by helping families plan for their children's academic futures.
Special thanks to our event sponsors ScholarShare College Savings Plan, Wells Fargo, KVIE Channel 6, Mix96, The Sacramento Bee, Time Tested Books, IKEA, The River Cats Foundation, and Sierra Health Foundation. This event will be film and broadcast by Access Sacramento on Cable Channel 17.
Around Town
Take a trip around Fairytale Town and participate in literacy arts and crafts, explore the books at the book sale and fair. Visit with the community organizations listed below for hands-on literacy activities and more!
Participating Community Organizations: 916Ink, Arthur's Books, Crocker Art Museum, Discovery Museum Science & Space Center, KVIE Public Television, Friends of the Sacramento Public Library, MartixArts, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Zoo, The California Museum, and more.
Event Details
What: ScholarShare Children's Book Festival
When: Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, 10AM-4PM
Where: Fairytale Town, 3901 Land Park Drive Sacramento, CA 95822
Cost: Free Admission
Contact Phone: (916) 808-7462
Web: www.fairytaletown.org
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Featured Author: Olympic Champion, Kristi Yamaguchi
Another story is set to come alive at Fairytale Town during the 11th annual ScholarShare Children's Book Festival, a two day event on September 24 and 25.
In its 11th year, the ScholarShare Children's Book Festival features numerous activities including; dynamic presentations from children's authors and illustrators, story-telling performances, hands-on literacy activities, and information on literacy-based activities from various community organizations. Some of this year's featured children's book authors and illustrators at the event will include the following:
KRISTI YAMAGUCHI, an Olympic champion and philanthropist who has been an inspiration to millions of fans around the world for her athletic achievements and continually giving back to the community. www.kristiyamaguchi.com
Presenting: Dream Big, Little Pig Time:Saturday 3PM
ANN BOWLER has written many award winning children's books on multicultural and environmental themes. www.annmartinbowler.com
Presenting: All About Korea Time: Saturday 11:30AM
DIANNE DANZIG is an author, Registered Nurse, and educator for children welcoming baby brothers and sisters into their families to address the real questions, perceptions, and concerns of older siblings. www.BabiesDontEatPizza.com Presenting: Babies Don't Eat Pizza Time: Sunday 2PM
SUE FLIESS is a Sr. copywriter for eBay, a freelance writer, a marketing consultant and children's book author. Her articles have appeared in Writer's Digest, Education.com, Travelmuse.com and Bay Area Parent Magazine. www.suefliess.com
Presenting: Shoes for Me! Time: Saturday 1:30PM
JANIE HAVEMEYER writes narrative, nonfiction picture books for children, and is busy thinking about her next eccentric character whose story she wants to tell. www.goosebottombooks.com
Presenting: Catherine de' Medici "The Black Queen"
Time: Saturday 1PM & Sunday 11AM
GRETCHEN MAURER has been published in Highlights Magazine, "The Discovery of Poetry" and the anthology "A Cup of Comfort for Mothers To Be" in addition co-writing an award winning screenplay. www.goosebottombooks.com
Presenting: Mary Tudor, "Bloody Mary" Time: Saturday 10:30AM & Sunday 1PM
BETHANIE MURGUIA worked as an art director for Hearst Magazines in New York. These days she can be found in Sausalito, California where she lives with her family. Buglette the Messy Sleeper is her first book as an author and illustrator. www.aquapup.com
Presenting: Buglette the Messy Sleeper Time: Saturday 2PM
MIRA REISBERG is an award winning illustrator of six children's picture books and co-author of award winning anthologies, Just Like Me and Honoring our Ancestors. www.mirareisberg.com
Presenting: Baby Rattlesnake Time: Sunday 12PM
JEFF SAVAGE is among the nation's leading writers of positive role model biographies for children. He has an award winning list of more than 170 books in print. www.jeffsavage.com
Presenting: Several books from his collection.
Time: Saturday 12PM & Sunday 3PM
DASHKA SLATER is the author of children's picture books that have won widespread acclaim for their inventive language and vivid imagery. www.dashkaslater.com
Presenting: The Sea Serpent and Me Time: Sunday 2:30PM
NIKKI SMITH is a fourth grade teacher in Davis, California and with her love of reading has authored of her first children's book.www.nikkishannonsmith.com
Presenting: The Little Christmas Elf Time: Saturday 11AM
VOICE OF THE WOOD is an educational performance group using sound effects, dramatic narration and masked movement. www.voiceofthewood.com
Time: Saturday 12:30PM, 3:30PM & Sunday 12:30PM, 3:30PM
Thanks to the generous support of ScholarShare College Savings Plan the two day event is free to the public; making it possible to host the largest early childhood literacy event in the Sacramento region. In 2010 the event hosted an astounding 13,000 attendees. ScholarShare commemorates September as College Savings Month by helping families plan for their children's academic futures.
Special thanks to our event sponsors ScholarShare College Savings Plan, Wells Fargo, KVIE Channel 6, Mix96, The Sacramento Bee, Time Tested Books, IKEA, The River Cats Foundation, and Sierra Health Foundation. This event will be film and broadcast by Access Sacramento on Cable Channel 17.
Around Town
Take a trip around Fairytale Town and participate in literacy arts and crafts, explore the books at the book sale and fair. Visit with the community organizations listed below for hands-on literacy activities and more!
Participating Community Organizations: 916Ink, Arthur's Books, Crocker Art Museum, Discovery Museum Science & Space Center, KVIE Public Television, Friends of the Sacramento Public Library, MartixArts, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Zoo, The California Museum, and more.
Event Details
What: ScholarShare Children's Book Festival
When: Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, 10AM-4PM
Where: Fairytale Town, 3901 Land Park Drive Sacramento, CA 95822
Cost: Free Admission
Contact Phone: (916) 808-7462
Web: www.fairytaletown.org
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Monday, September 5, 2011
Universal Studios Hollywood Announces General Admission and Front of Line Tickets Now On Sale For Much-Anticipated “Halloween Horror Nights,” Taking Place Select Nights from September 23 to October 31
Universal City, California—Tickets are now on sale for “Halloween Horror Nights®,” taking place at Universal Studios HollywoodSM on select nights from September 23 through October 31.
Tickets to this year’s event are available for purchase at www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com/hhn, including a Front of Line ticket option that enables guests to enjoy priority entry at each maze and theme park attraction. Advance purchase is recommended as event nights will sell out.
John Murdy, Creative Director, “Halloween Horror Nights,” said: “We’re really excited about this year’s event. The caliber of filmmakers and artists working with us adds to the event’s authenticity. The limited amount of Front of Line tickets we make available to our guests is really a great opportunity, and we hope they take advantage of this exclusive benefit.”
This year’s terrifying event features a noteworthy six mazes bringing together unprecedented star power to create the definitive Hollywood horror “dream team” and craft the ultimate “live” Halloween nightmare. The team includes an encore performance by multi-platinum recording artist and filmmaker, Rob Zombie, whose nightmarish 3D world of carnage and chaos, “Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses: In 3D ZombieVision” returns due to popular demand. Legendary rocker Alice Cooper, who single-handedly masterminded the rock-horror genre, will spin a new collection of disturbing horror imagery in the outrageous new “Halloween Horror Nights” maze, “Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare.”
Director, writer, producer and actor Eli Roth will bring his twisted movie to life in the spine-chilling new maze, “Eli Roth’s Hostel: Hunting Season,” which will feature props cast from Eli Roth’s personal collection of original “Hostel” movie props. In the new maze, “La Llorona: Villa De Almas Perdidas” (“The Weeping Woman: Village of Lost Souls”), actor and director Diego Luna, will help re-imagine the fearful legend of melancholy and murder that he was told as a child and has terrified Mexicans and Latin American children for generations.
Working in collaboration with the filmmakers and featuring props cast from the original molds used in Universal Pictures’ upcoming thriller, “The Thing: Assimilation” maze will offer “Halloween Horror Nights” guests an unprecedented virtual three-dimensional sneak peek of the movie in advance of its release on October 14. “The Wolfman: The Curse of Talbot Hall,” inspired by the Academy Award®-winning Universal Pictures film, will round out the six new “Halloween Horror Nights” horror mazes.
A frightening new backlot experience, “Terror Tram: Scream 4 Your Life,” based on the latest installment of Wes Craven’s “Scream” film series, will unleash the iconic “Ghostface Killer” on Universal’s famed backlot, the heart of the world’s most famous horror moviemaking studio.
Terror- filled “Scare Zones” and the ever-popular “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure,” will add to the nightmare. The theme park’s favorite thrill-ride attractions will also remain open for “Halloween Horror Nights,” including “Jurassic Park® In the Dark,” “The Simpsons RideTM” and “Revenge of the MummySM – The Ride.”
Tickets to this year’s event are available for purchase at www.UniversalStudiosHollywood.com/hhn, including a Front of Line ticket option that enables guests to enjoy priority entry at each maze and theme park attraction. Advance purchase is recommended as event nights will sell out.
John Murdy, Creative Director, “Halloween Horror Nights,” said: “We’re really excited about this year’s event. The caliber of filmmakers and artists working with us adds to the event’s authenticity. The limited amount of Front of Line tickets we make available to our guests is really a great opportunity, and we hope they take advantage of this exclusive benefit.”
This year’s terrifying event features a noteworthy six mazes bringing together unprecedented star power to create the definitive Hollywood horror “dream team” and craft the ultimate “live” Halloween nightmare. The team includes an encore performance by multi-platinum recording artist and filmmaker, Rob Zombie, whose nightmarish 3D world of carnage and chaos, “Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses: In 3D ZombieVision” returns due to popular demand. Legendary rocker Alice Cooper, who single-handedly masterminded the rock-horror genre, will spin a new collection of disturbing horror imagery in the outrageous new “Halloween Horror Nights” maze, “Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare.”
Director, writer, producer and actor Eli Roth will bring his twisted movie to life in the spine-chilling new maze, “Eli Roth’s Hostel: Hunting Season,” which will feature props cast from Eli Roth’s personal collection of original “Hostel” movie props. In the new maze, “La Llorona: Villa De Almas Perdidas” (“The Weeping Woman: Village of Lost Souls”), actor and director Diego Luna, will help re-imagine the fearful legend of melancholy and murder that he was told as a child and has terrified Mexicans and Latin American children for generations.
Working in collaboration with the filmmakers and featuring props cast from the original molds used in Universal Pictures’ upcoming thriller, “The Thing: Assimilation” maze will offer “Halloween Horror Nights” guests an unprecedented virtual three-dimensional sneak peek of the movie in advance of its release on October 14. “The Wolfman: The Curse of Talbot Hall,” inspired by the Academy Award®-winning Universal Pictures film, will round out the six new “Halloween Horror Nights” horror mazes.
A frightening new backlot experience, “Terror Tram: Scream 4 Your Life,” based on the latest installment of Wes Craven’s “Scream” film series, will unleash the iconic “Ghostface Killer” on Universal’s famed backlot, the heart of the world’s most famous horror moviemaking studio.
Terror- filled “Scare Zones” and the ever-popular “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure,” will add to the nightmare. The theme park’s favorite thrill-ride attractions will also remain open for “Halloween Horror Nights,” including “Jurassic Park® In the Dark,” “The Simpsons RideTM” and “Revenge of the MummySM – The Ride.”
Universal Orlando Resort Reveals Highly-Anticipated Details About Halloween Horror Nights 21 - The Nation's Best Halloween Event
YOUR FATE IS IN HER HANDS
Lady Luck Reigns Over
Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 21
The Country’s Best Halloween Event Returns with More Nights, Plus
All-New Haunted Houses, Scarezones and Shows
ORLANDO, Fla. (August 31, 2011) – You seek her… hoping she’ll be on your side. She appears…an enchanting seductress…and you decide to take a chance.
But the more chances you take, the more she craves…you. Her eyes grow cold. Her face contorts into...something that is not human. Her charming laugh turns to rabid growl. Your luck has run out. You have made your last choice.
For 25 nights beginning September 23, Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights returns as the nation’s best and most intense Halloween event. Guests will confront extreme Halloween entertainment that cannot be experienced anywhere else. This year, they will scream as they become prey to fiendish creatures, panic as they come face-to-face with a horrifying “thing,” feel chills as they are haunted by deceased souls – and watch in paralyzing fear as Lady Luck transforms from a tempting seductress to a bloodthirsty beast.
Lady Luck is the force behind this year’s event, and she awaits those brave enough to challenge her and take a chance. Her main weapon is choice, and her desire is for you to make yours. But no matter what you decide, you can’t escape the terror she has in store at Halloween Horror Nights 21.
Click here to learn details about the event and to see the real face of Lady Luck.
For a detailed listing of each haunted house, scarezone and show featured at this year’s event, see below.
Halloween Horror Nights runs September 23-24, September 29-30, October 1-2, 6-9, 13-16, 19-23 and 26-31. Tickets and vacation packages are on sale now and can be purchased at www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando. Due to the event’s popularity, tickets for weekend nights are expected to sell out and should be purchased well in advance.
Guests can get updates and exclusive details on Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights on the event’s official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/halloweenhorrornightsorlando) and Twitter handle (@UORHHN).
AN OVERVIEW OF HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS 21
EIGHT HAUNTED HOUSES
Nevermore: The Madness of Poe
The madness of Edgar Allen Poe’s greatest works has come to life. Step into the mind of the iconic writer, where every turn of the page takes you closer to the brink of insanity.
The Forsaken
Four ships began Columbus’s fateful voyage, only three became legend. Condemned to a watery grave, the mutinous and cursed crew of that fourth ship has returned with a vengeance. For within the walls of a Spanish fort, a maelstrom has brought from the depths....death itself.
H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: Holidays of Horror
Join creature feature host, H.R. Bloodengutz, in his final televised broadcast as he presents a SCARE-athon of holiday-based horror that is guaranteed to cleave you screaming for more.
The Thing
Paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers in an isolated Antarctic outpost as they are infected, one by one, by a horrifying creature from another planet. In a place where there is nothing, they found something.
Saws N’ Steam: Into the Machine
Spinning blades and massive, crushing pistons await you around every corner as you are forced deeper into the bowels of a mechanical nightmare. Give yourself to “The Machine.”
The In-Between
An ominous portal reveals a 3rd dimension where all is not what it seems: a realm where our world and another collide. Surrounded by fiendish creatures, your eyes will deceive you with every step through this phantasm of terror.
Winter’s Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery
As snow falls on this normally serene gothic cemetery, the deceased souls that occupy its confines have their sights set upon you, insuring that the chill you feel up your spine is more than just the cold of night.
Nightingales: Blood Prey
Within every war, the Nightingales have appeared. Able to transform themselves to fit any setting, these savage banshees feed on the weak and the helpless. Patrolling WWI era trenches, you discover that you are more than just at war…you’re being hunted.
SIX SCAREZONES
Acid Assault
For decades now the city has been degrading from the effects of Acid Rain that still falls today, caused by factories which sprung up on the city’s edges during the 20th century. Those that have lived and survived the blistering decay are all alone in the city. Survivors have stripped the city of all life to sustain their own…dare to enter the ACID ASSAULT.
Canyon of Dark Souls
Upon entering into the Canyon of Dark Souls, you will feel like a small spec of humanity as the overwhelming sense of death surrounds you. Creatures that dwell within the Canyon are not welcoming so walk slowly as to not disturb them.
Grown Evil
Enter, if you dare, into our garden where Evil grows. Nature has taken this once well manicured sanctuary back from the humans who once kept it. Now the creatures that inhabit the garden are making any human that enters their prey.
NightMaze
Journey through the ever changing maze of darkness. This all black maze will morph and change as you walk through it. You will not be scared the same way twice.
7
As daylight shines upon our Temptresses, their appearance, though evil, allows you the spectacle of beauty. As night falls, these 7 temptresses will show their true colors and take on their true Fatal Evil forms. Beware of your own temptations.
Your Luck Has Run Out
Enter if you dare into the lair of the LUCKY! Your choices will determine if you make it out alive. Witness lucks deadly wrath, will she choose you to be her next victim?
TWO LIVE SHOWS
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure
Party on as those two most excellent dudes return to skewer the biggest names in entertainment and pop culture.
Death Drums
A seductive, hard-hitting and raw extreme drumming experience.
Lady Luck Reigns Over
Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 21
The Country’s Best Halloween Event Returns with More Nights, Plus
All-New Haunted Houses, Scarezones and Shows
ORLANDO, Fla. (August 31, 2011) – You seek her… hoping she’ll be on your side. She appears…an enchanting seductress…and you decide to take a chance.
But the more chances you take, the more she craves…you. Her eyes grow cold. Her face contorts into...something that is not human. Her charming laugh turns to rabid growl. Your luck has run out. You have made your last choice.
For 25 nights beginning September 23, Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights returns as the nation’s best and most intense Halloween event. Guests will confront extreme Halloween entertainment that cannot be experienced anywhere else. This year, they will scream as they become prey to fiendish creatures, panic as they come face-to-face with a horrifying “thing,” feel chills as they are haunted by deceased souls – and watch in paralyzing fear as Lady Luck transforms from a tempting seductress to a bloodthirsty beast.
Lady Luck is the force behind this year’s event, and she awaits those brave enough to challenge her and take a chance. Her main weapon is choice, and her desire is for you to make yours. But no matter what you decide, you can’t escape the terror she has in store at Halloween Horror Nights 21.
Click here to learn details about the event and to see the real face of Lady Luck.
For a detailed listing of each haunted house, scarezone and show featured at this year’s event, see below.
Halloween Horror Nights runs September 23-24, September 29-30, October 1-2, 6-9, 13-16, 19-23 and 26-31. Tickets and vacation packages are on sale now and can be purchased at www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando. Due to the event’s popularity, tickets for weekend nights are expected to sell out and should be purchased well in advance.
Guests can get updates and exclusive details on Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights on the event’s official Facebook page (www.facebook.com/halloweenhorrornightsorlando) and Twitter handle (@UORHHN).
AN OVERVIEW OF HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS 21
EIGHT HAUNTED HOUSES
Nevermore: The Madness of Poe
The madness of Edgar Allen Poe’s greatest works has come to life. Step into the mind of the iconic writer, where every turn of the page takes you closer to the brink of insanity.
The Forsaken
Four ships began Columbus’s fateful voyage, only three became legend. Condemned to a watery grave, the mutinous and cursed crew of that fourth ship has returned with a vengeance. For within the walls of a Spanish fort, a maelstrom has brought from the depths....death itself.
H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: Holidays of Horror
Join creature feature host, H.R. Bloodengutz, in his final televised broadcast as he presents a SCARE-athon of holiday-based horror that is guaranteed to cleave you screaming for more.
The Thing
Paranoia spreads like an epidemic among a group of researchers in an isolated Antarctic outpost as they are infected, one by one, by a horrifying creature from another planet. In a place where there is nothing, they found something.
Saws N’ Steam: Into the Machine
Spinning blades and massive, crushing pistons await you around every corner as you are forced deeper into the bowels of a mechanical nightmare. Give yourself to “The Machine.”
The In-Between
An ominous portal reveals a 3rd dimension where all is not what it seems: a realm where our world and another collide. Surrounded by fiendish creatures, your eyes will deceive you with every step through this phantasm of terror.
Winter’s Night: The Haunting of Hawthorn Cemetery
As snow falls on this normally serene gothic cemetery, the deceased souls that occupy its confines have their sights set upon you, insuring that the chill you feel up your spine is more than just the cold of night.
Nightingales: Blood Prey
Within every war, the Nightingales have appeared. Able to transform themselves to fit any setting, these savage banshees feed on the weak and the helpless. Patrolling WWI era trenches, you discover that you are more than just at war…you’re being hunted.
SIX SCAREZONES
Acid Assault
For decades now the city has been degrading from the effects of Acid Rain that still falls today, caused by factories which sprung up on the city’s edges during the 20th century. Those that have lived and survived the blistering decay are all alone in the city. Survivors have stripped the city of all life to sustain their own…dare to enter the ACID ASSAULT.
Canyon of Dark Souls
Upon entering into the Canyon of Dark Souls, you will feel like a small spec of humanity as the overwhelming sense of death surrounds you. Creatures that dwell within the Canyon are not welcoming so walk slowly as to not disturb them.
Grown Evil
Enter, if you dare, into our garden where Evil grows. Nature has taken this once well manicured sanctuary back from the humans who once kept it. Now the creatures that inhabit the garden are making any human that enters their prey.
NightMaze
Journey through the ever changing maze of darkness. This all black maze will morph and change as you walk through it. You will not be scared the same way twice.
7
As daylight shines upon our Temptresses, their appearance, though evil, allows you the spectacle of beauty. As night falls, these 7 temptresses will show their true colors and take on their true Fatal Evil forms. Beware of your own temptations.
Your Luck Has Run Out
Enter if you dare into the lair of the LUCKY! Your choices will determine if you make it out alive. Witness lucks deadly wrath, will she choose you to be her next victim?
TWO LIVE SHOWS
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure
Party on as those two most excellent dudes return to skewer the biggest names in entertainment and pop culture.
Death Drums
A seductive, hard-hitting and raw extreme drumming experience.
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Kids Take the 1st Ride (and Drive, and Flight) at LEGOLAND Florida
Rides at LEGOLAND® Florida Receive All A’s
WINTER HAVEN, FL - Even though students are just getting back to the classroom, Central Florida’s newest theme park LEGOLAND® Florida has gotten its marks by the toughest critics – Kids! Scheduled to open to the public on October 15, LEGOLAND has more than 50 rides, shows and attractions all geared toward families with children ages 2-12. This weekend, the still-under-construction park invited twenty- two children and parents to be the first to ride four of LEGOLAND Florida’s rides. They soared in flight, drove their own LEGO® cars, trekked an African safari and battled through an Egyptian treasure hunt.
Featured Rides Include:
· Flying School – a suspended steel coaster that lets kids experience the thrill of flight
· Driving School – a “real-life” driving experience for children ages 6 through 13, where kids receive their official LEGOLAND driver’s license
· Safari Trek – explores the wilds of Africa and features gorgeous, life-like LEGO animals
· Lost Kingdom Adventure – LEGOLAND Florida’s spectacular dark ride invites guests to fire laser blasters at targets and brave the rugged Egyptian landscape in all-terrain roadsters, while attempting to unearth the vast treasures of a forgotten empire
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GIANT PANDA BAI YUN TO RETURN TO PUBLIC EXHIBIT AT SAN DIEGO ZOO
Researchers, Keepers and Veterinarians Conclude Pregnancy Monitoring
Female giant panda Bai Yun will return to the north panda exhibit at the San Diego Zoo starting Wednesday, August 31, 2011. The 20-year-old panda has been off exhibit since breeding with panda male Gao Gao in April. For the last 19 weeks, animal care staff monitored Bai Yun's behavior and hormone levels, performed regular ultrasounds and gathered thermal images. After careful analysis of these data, researchers from the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research have determined that Bai Yun is not pregnant. They will continue to study all the data collected from this monitoring to find new insight into the processes of giant panda pregnancy.
While there are many elements of panda pregnancies that still are not understood, it is accepted that after breeding, a panda's fertilized egg remains suspended in her uterus until it is cued to implant. The precise nature of this implantation cue is still unknown to scientists. Giant pandas routinely delay the implantation of the embryo as much as two to three months. After implantation the fertilized egg begins to develop. Impending birth is predicted on the basis of ultrasound images, as well as behavioral, hormonal and anatomical changes documented by the panda team.
During this year's pregnancy monitoring, researchers saw increases in Bai Yun's progesterone levels that were typical of past pregnancies, and behavioral changes - activity levels and suppression of appetite - were seen at levels that were typical of prior gestation periods. Through thermal imaging, researchers were also able to see activity in both the left and right uterine horn. However, the ultrasound images never revealed a fetus and the reasons that this birthing season didn't yield a cub are yet unknown.
Bai Yun and Gao Gao's breeding introductions appeared normal in April, and Bai Yun's behavior and hormone levels have not initially indicated that age was a contributing factor to the results of this breeding season. Medical exams of Gao Gao also offer no obvious age-related issues that would prevent conception. Researchers also tracked the levels of Bai Yun's cortisol levels over the last four months. Elevated cortisol levels can sometimes indicate stress; however, there was no increase in Bai Yun's cortisol levels that would suggest she experienced undue stress. All of the test results show that Bai Yun is an aging, healthy panda potentially capable of breeding in the next few years.
Bai Yun was born at the China Center for Research and Conservation of the Giant Panda in the Wolong Nature Reserve on Sept. 7, 1991. She was the first panda to be born and survive at that breeding center. Bai Yun, who's name means "white cloud" in Chinese, arrived at the San Diego Zoo in September 1996 on a research loan. Over the years, she has produced five healthy cubs.
Female giant panda Bai Yun will return to the north panda exhibit at the San Diego Zoo starting Wednesday, August 31, 2011. The 20-year-old panda has been off exhibit since breeding with panda male Gao Gao in April. For the last 19 weeks, animal care staff monitored Bai Yun's behavior and hormone levels, performed regular ultrasounds and gathered thermal images. After careful analysis of these data, researchers from the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research have determined that Bai Yun is not pregnant. They will continue to study all the data collected from this monitoring to find new insight into the processes of giant panda pregnancy.
While there are many elements of panda pregnancies that still are not understood, it is accepted that after breeding, a panda's fertilized egg remains suspended in her uterus until it is cued to implant. The precise nature of this implantation cue is still unknown to scientists. Giant pandas routinely delay the implantation of the embryo as much as two to three months. After implantation the fertilized egg begins to develop. Impending birth is predicted on the basis of ultrasound images, as well as behavioral, hormonal and anatomical changes documented by the panda team.
During this year's pregnancy monitoring, researchers saw increases in Bai Yun's progesterone levels that were typical of past pregnancies, and behavioral changes - activity levels and suppression of appetite - were seen at levels that were typical of prior gestation periods. Through thermal imaging, researchers were also able to see activity in both the left and right uterine horn. However, the ultrasound images never revealed a fetus and the reasons that this birthing season didn't yield a cub are yet unknown.
Bai Yun and Gao Gao's breeding introductions appeared normal in April, and Bai Yun's behavior and hormone levels have not initially indicated that age was a contributing factor to the results of this breeding season. Medical exams of Gao Gao also offer no obvious age-related issues that would prevent conception. Researchers also tracked the levels of Bai Yun's cortisol levels over the last four months. Elevated cortisol levels can sometimes indicate stress; however, there was no increase in Bai Yun's cortisol levels that would suggest she experienced undue stress. All of the test results show that Bai Yun is an aging, healthy panda potentially capable of breeding in the next few years.
Bai Yun was born at the China Center for Research and Conservation of the Giant Panda in the Wolong Nature Reserve on Sept. 7, 1991. She was the first panda to be born and survive at that breeding center. Bai Yun, who's name means "white cloud" in Chinese, arrived at the San Diego Zoo in September 1996 on a research loan. Over the years, she has produced five healthy cubs.
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