October 2006: Quicklinks

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

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Trip Tips

VirtualTourist: www.virtualtourist.com

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Gadgets on the Go

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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

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To Be Captain Nemo

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Run Off and Join the Circus!

Circus Camps

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

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Annual Halloween Haunts

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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:

Conventions

October:

November:

January:

February:

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Event Review: RoboGames

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