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Haunted
Illinois Update - 09/21/09
Ghoulish
Greetings From HauntedIllinois.com !
With
only a few days left until October, we just wanted to let you know about
some of the great things that are going on in the upcoming Halloween
season!
HAUNTED
ATTRACTION DIRECTORY
Haunted
Illinois Haunted Attraction directory currently has about 200 events
listed and in the next couple of weeks, we expect the list to get much
larger!
The
directory’s useful sorting & searching features make finding
Halloween events a snap! You can sort the list of events by Event
Name, City or Last Updated date, and you can search by Region, Event
Type, Dates of Operation & Zip Code! If you are looking for
Halloween-related events, be sure to check out our directory:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php
Keep
in mind that Haunted Illinois lists more than just Haunted Houses.
Any Halloween-related event, as long as it is in Illinois, is welcome in
our directory. If you run a Haunted House, Hayride, Haunted Trail,
Home Haunt, Yard Display, Festival, Pumpkin Farm, Apple Orchard or other
Halloween-related event, it can be listed!
The
best part is that listing on HauntedIllinois.com is FREE!!! If you
are hosting a Halloween-related event and haven’t already sent us your
information this season, please submit your 2009 event info here:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/submitform2.php
(Please check
the directory before submitting your event, to make sure it isn’t
already listed. Duplicate event submissions will not be posted.)
DUNGEON
OF DOOM HAUNTED HOUSE – NEW LOCATION
The
Top-Rated Dungeon of Doom Haunted House has moved to a new location for
the 2009 season. Be sure to check them out in Zion, Illinois!
For more information, visit their website:
http://www.dungeonofdoom.com
HAUNTED
HOUSES OPEN SEPTEMBER 25 & 26!!!
The
Haunted House season starts in September this year! Be sure to
check out the following Illinois haunted houses that are open the last
weekend of September:
Dream
Reapers Haunted House (Melrose Park, Illinois)
Dungeon of Doom (Zion, Illinois)
X-treme Hauntings (Fox Lake, Illinois)
Evil Intentions (Elgin, Illinois)
Halls of Madness & Insanity Woods (Paris, Illinois)
Nightmare Alley (Kansas, Illinois)
Raven’s Grin (Mount Carroll, Illinois)
Rich’s Nightmare Haunted House (Oakdale, Illinois)
Sweet Dreams (Alsip, Illinois)
To
find out more about these attractions, including addresses, driving
directions, contact info and more, visit:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php
HAUNTED
ILLINOIS HAUNT DISCOUNTS!
Dream
Reapers Haunted House (Melrose Park, Illinois)
Opening
weekend discount! General admission is only $10 on September 25 &
26, 2009. For more information, visit: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2009dreamreapersdeal01.php
Eleventh
Hour Haunted House (Elk Grove Village, Illinois)
Special
2-for-1 deal when you buy RIP tickets! This is a limited time
offer! For more information, visit: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2009eleventhhourdeal01.php
Sweet
Dreams Haunted House (Alsip, Illinois)
Buy
2-for-1 VIP tickets! For more information, visit: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2009sweetdreamsdeal01.php
$2
off General Admission at 4 Chicagoland Attractions
Using
Haunted Illinois’ special coupon, you can get $2 off general admission
at each of the following attractions:
Dream
Reapers Haunted House (Melrose Park, Illinois)
Haunted Mansion/Asylum 13 (Bolingbrook, Illinois)
Realm of Terror (Round Lake Beach, Illinois)
X-treme Hauntings (Fox Lake, Illinois)
To
print out this coupon, visit: http://www.hauntedillinois.com/2009fourhauntdeal.php
(Note:
One coupon per person. Not valid with any other offer.)
ONLINE
TICKETING FOR ILLINOIS HAUNTED ATTRACTIONS!
Buy
tickets for some of your favorite Haunted Houses directly from
HauntedIllinois.com, from the comfort of your own home! Buy your
tickets online and bypass the line at the ticket window…
Purchasing tickets for Haunted Houses couldn’t be any more convenient!
Right now you can buy tickets online, through Haunted Illinois,
for the following popular haunted attractions:
Dream
Reapers Haunted House (Melrose Park, Illinois)
Eleventh Hour (Elk Grove Village, Illinois)
Fear Asylum (Belvidere, Illinois)
Haunted Mansion/Asylum 13 (Bolingbrook, Illinois)
Screamatorium (South Beloit, Illinois)
Sweet Dreams Haunted House (Alsip, Illinois)
Trail of Screams (Stillman Valley, Illinois)
Avoid
the long wait and annoying line at the ticket booth! Buy tickets
for these events now at the following link! Just look
for the ticket icons in our directory:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/eventlisting.php
VOTE
FOR YOUR FAVORITE HAUNTED HOUSE
Let
us know which Haunted House or Halloween Event is your favorite.
Starting October 1st, you will be able to cast a vote for the
event that you like best, at the following link:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/favoritehauntedhouse.php
SUBMIT
HAUNTED ATTRACTION REVIEWS
Make
your voice heard! With our visitor reviews, you will be able to
tell everyone all about the Illinois Haunted Attractions you visit this
season. Starting October 1st you will be able to submit
reviews, as well as read reviews written by others, at the following
link:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/hauntedhousereviews.php
(Note: Keep in mind that you may only write reviews for those
2009 attractions that have already opened for the season. As the season
progresses and more attractions open for business, they will
automatically be added to the list of events to review.)
TRICK-OR-TREATING
HOURS DATABASE - OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
With
more and more communities observing alternate days/hours for
Trick-or-Treating, keeping the information in our Trick-or-Treating
database up-to-date is more important than ever. Many communities
have already submitted their 2009 Trick-or-Treating hours to our
database! To submit your community’s Trick-or-Treating
information, visit the following link:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/trickortreatinghours.php
(Illinois cities only, please)
HALLOWEEN
INDUSTRY EVENT OVERVIEWS
Throughout
the past few years, the staff of HauntedIllinois.com has attended many
off-season events related to the Halloween and Haunted House Industries.
In 2009 alone, we have done write-ups of the following events:
-
Very Bloody Valentine (Chicago, Illinois)
- Fangoria Horror Convention (Chicago, Illinois)
- Transworld Haunt Show (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Chicago Zombie Pub Crawl (Chicago, Illinois)
- Zombie Army Prom (Chicago, Illinois)
- Terror on the Fox Tour (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
- Midwest Haunters Convention (Columbus, Ohio)
- Chicago Zombie March (Chicago, Illinois)
- East Coast Haunt Club (Nashua, New Hampshire)
- Donny Dirk's Zombie Den (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
To
read Haunted Illinois’ summaries of these events, along with others we
have attended in previous years, visit the following page:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/industryevents.php
Haunted
Illinois also took a trip and recently posted an overview of our
experience in Salem, Massachusetts, home of the infamous Witch Trials of
1692. To see the review, along with more than 200 pictures, visit:
http://www.hauntedillinois.com/salemwitchtrials.php
I
hope you have a great Halloween season!!!
Happy
Haunting,
Adam
Drendel
Webmaster of http://www.hauntedillinois.com
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