October 2006: Quicklinks

• Survey
• Attraction Update
• Travelin’ the Web
• Gadgets on the Go
• Top Genre Halloween Costumes
• The Coffin Lady Tells Her Tale
• Haunted Holidays
• To Be Captain Nemo
• Run Off and Join the Circus!
• Historic Moments and Observances with a Genre Twist
• Halloween Costumer Personality Quiz
• Haunted Theme Parks
• Annual Halloween Haunts
• Happenings and Conventions
• Happenings
• Conventions
• Event Review: RoboGames

Survey

To take the survey go here: The Genre Traveler Reader Survey

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Attraction Update

• Legoland, California: www.legoland.com
• Busch Gardens, Tampa: www.buschgardens.com/BGT/default.aspx
• Dollywood’s Mystery Mine: www.dollywood.com/mmine/default.htm

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Travelin’ the Web

• Starship Dimensions: www.merzo.net
• LoveMySeat: lovemyseat.com
• AllSafeTravels: www.allsafetravels.com

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Trip Tips

VirtualTourist: www.virtualtourist.com

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Gadgets on the Go

• iRobot: irobot.com
• Garmin International, Inc.: www.garmin.com
• Robosapien: robosapien.com
• Adidas: www.adidas.com/us/performance/home.asp
• Resources for Gadgets on the Go
  • Travel Gadgets: www.travelgadgets.org
  • Travel Gear Blog: www.travelgearblog.com
  • Travelizmo: travelizmo.com

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Top Genre Halloween Costumes

ExtremeHalloween: extremehalloween.com

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The Coffin Lady Tells Her Tale

Craft Coffins: 4halloweencoffins.com

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Haunted Holidays

• Brookdale Lodge: brookdalelodge.com
• Hotel Connor: connorhotel.com
• Copper Queen Hotel: www.copperqueen.com
• Ghost City Inn: www.ghostcityinn.com
• Groveland Hotel: www.groveland.com
• Lizzie Borden B&B: www.lizzie-borden.com
• The Plough Inn: www.ploughinn.info
• Queen Anne House: www.queenannehouse.net
• Red Garter B&B: www.redgarter.com
• The Santa Maria Inn: www.santamariainn.com
• Hotel Vendome: www.vendomehotel.com
• Zaballa House: www.zaballahouse.net

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To Be Captain Nemo

• Jule’s Undersea Lodge: www.jul.com
• Hydropolis: www.hydropolis.com
• Poseidon Undersea Resort: www.poseidonresorts.com

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Run Off and Join the Circus!

Circus Camps

• Circus Liberty Training Fantasy Camp: www.davidlichman.com/circusLiberty.html
• Coney Island Sideshow School: www.coneyisland.com/sideshow_school.shtml
• Circus Camp: www.circuscamp.org
• Circus Smirkus: www.circussmirkus.org/htm/camp/index.html
• Cirque du Jour’s “Extreme Interactive Hands on Circus Skills School”: cirquedujour.com/skills_school.htm
• Circus Camp at French Woods: www.frenchwoods.com/circus_camp.htm

Circus Jobs

• Cirque do Soleil: www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/jobs/onstage/splash.htm
• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: feldentertainment.com/careers.htm
• The Big Apple Circus: www.bigapplecircus.org/JoinUs/Employment

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Historic Moments and Observances with a Genre Twist

• International Starman Month: starmanet.com
• Teen Read Week: www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.htm
• Jenkinson’s Boardwalk: www.jenkinsons.com/specialevents.cfm
• International Aura Awareness Day: realityshifters.com/pages/auraday.html
• National Young Readers Day: www.bookitprogram.com/teachers/nyrd.asp
• Bermuda Triangle: bermuda-triangle.org
• Occultopedia: www.occultopedia.com
• 1984 Mac Commercial: www.uriahcarpenter.info/1984.html

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Halloween Costume Personality Quiz

You can take this quiz online at: www.funatiparty.com/halloween/costume_quiz.asp

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Haunted Theme Parks

• Frightmare 2006: frightmarehauntedhouse.com
• Knott’s Scary Farm: www.knotts.com/special_events/haunt/tickets.htm
• HallowWeekends:
  • Cedar Point: halloweekends.cedarpoint.com
  • Dorney Park: www.dorneypark.com/public/inside_park/halloweekends/index.cfm
• Hall-O-Scream:
  • Tampa, Fla.: www.howl-o-scream.com/tampa
  • Williamsburg, Va.: www.howl-o-scream.com/williamsburg/index2.html
• Scarowinds: www1.paramountparks.com/carowinds/#actions
• The Haunted Adventure: www.hauntedadventure.ca
• Halloween Horror Nights:
  • Orlando, Fla.: www.halloweenhorrornights.com/orlando
  • Hollywood, Calif.: www.halloweenhorrornights.com/hollywood
• Niles Haunted House Scream: www.haunted.org
• HalloWeekends, Worlds of Fun: www.worldsoffun.com
• Paramount’s FearFest:
  • Canada’s Wonderland: www3.paramountparks.com/canadaswonderland/fearfest
  • Paramount’s King’s Dominion: www2.paramountparks.com/kingsdominion/#actions
  • Paramount’s King’s Island: www2.paramountparks.com/kingsisland/#actions
• Six Flags FrightFest: www.sixflags.com
• TREE-ker-Treat!: www.bonfantegardens.com

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Annual Halloween Haunts

• FearFest: www.scarefest.com/fearfest
• The Darkness: www.scarefest.com/darkness_06
• Field of Screams: lancasterpa.com/attractions/field-of-screams
• Witch’s Woods: www.witchswoods.com
• Screams Halloween Theme Park: www.screamspark.com
• Spooky World: spookyworld.com
• "The Bloody Reign of the Mad Miner": www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/reed/main.htm
• Legend Weekend: www.sleepyhollowhalloween.org/halloween/legend.htm

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Happenings and Conventions

Happenings

October:

• Los Dias de los Muertos: www.wfu.edu/moa
• Holiday, Springs & Sprockets: www.stevegerberich.com or www.ncmls.org/index.asp
• Star Trek Auction: www.christies.com/special_sites/startrek/overview.asp
• Fall TarantulaFest and Barbecue: www.coepark.org/tfest.html
• Autumn at OZ Party: emeraldmtn.com/autumn.htm
• Screamfest L.A.: screamfestla.com
• X Prize Cup: www.xpcup.com/index.cfm
• The Phantom’s Feaste: www.kcrenfest.com/Phantom’s%20Feaste.htm
• Montreal’s Grand Masquerade: www.grandemascarade.com
• Murder Mystery Weekend at Aspen Lodge Ranch Resort: www.aspenlodge.net/murdermyst.htm
• Annual Halloween 100 Bike Ride: visit www.durhamhabitat.org/about_us/news.php?ID=31

December:

• Pirates, Pearls and Patriots of the South Cruise: www.americancruiselines.com

Conventions

October:

• Rock & Shock: www.rockandshock.com
• Screamfest: www.spookyempire.com

November:

• Florida Supercon: www.floridasupercon.com
• Worldwide D&D Game Day: www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20050726x
• Machinima Film Fest: festival.machinima.org
• GenCon So Cal: gencon.com
• Philcon 2006: philcon.org/2006
• Orycon 28: www.orycon.org/orycon28
• ChamBanaCon 36: www.chambanacon.org

January:

• DarkCon 2007: www.darkcon.org
• Fangoria’s Weekend of Horror: www.fangoria.com/special_events.php
• Arisia ’07: www.arisai.org
• Rustycon 24: www.rustycon.com
• COSine 2007: www.firstfridayfandom.org/cosine
• Animé Los Angeles 3: www.animelosangeles.org

February:

• Left Coast Crime 2007: www.leftcoastcrime2007.com
• Capricon XXVII: www.capricon.org
• Corflu Quire: www.corflu.org
• Boskone 44: www.nesfa.org/boskone
• ConDFW VI: www.condfw.org
• Fangoria’s Weekend of Horror: www.fangoria.com/special_events.php
• Concave 28: ccaveman@preferred.com

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Event Review: RoboGames

• RoboGames: www.robogames.net
• RoboNova-1: www.crustcrawler.com

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