News of HAuNTcon 2011 coming to Louisville, KY April 27-May 2 is spreading quickly and every day more of the local Haunted Attractions are showing interest in being included as spotlight tours during the event.

“There are so many fantastic Haunts to choose from in this market,” exclaimed HAuNTcon event coordinator Leonard Pickel, “that it is going to be difficult to choose which ones we tour this year!”

As the Louisville area haunts jockey for position, HAuNTcon asks YOU, our attendees, which haunts do YOU want to see on the 2011 HAuNTcon Haunted Attraction Tours?

Sign in and leave your suggestions in the comments area below and stay tuned as we decide which haunts to experience at HAuNTcon 2011!

For those who love Halloween, this time of year is dreadful. Sure while the rest of the world is enjoying the start of Baseball season, or bathing suit season or (for most) theme park season, the Halloween lovers are lamenting for the time when the air turns crisp, the pumpkins come out and the screams begin. They long for Haunt Season. Busch Gardens Tampa, home of the annual scream fest known as Howl O Scream gave a little taste this past weekend to those attending Haunt Con.

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ARRG and Abasst! Ye’ scurvey dogs missed the boat on the HAuNTcon discount Pirate Adventure! But ye scallywags can still get tickets for this exciting night of merry making through the Pirate Dinner Aventure web site!

Be ye’ there or be ye’ square!! Or my name aint Pickel Beard the Pirate!”

Haunters from across the US and as far away as Puerto Rico, Canada, London and Hong Kong filled the isles to capacity at the opening of the tradeshow portion of HAuNTcon 2010. “We were slammed right off the bat,” said Chris Markgraf of Froggy’s Fog,” and it is only Friday!”

With two more days of the tradeshow, education and haunt tours and massive costume ball, attendees and vendors alike are seeing signs of a fantastic 2010 Halloween Season.

Tickets are still available on line at www.hauntcon.com

The Thursday Night Universal Studios tour and The Friday Night Busch Gardens tour are sold out! There are no more tickets available.

Once again, Chad Savage of Sinister Visions has out done himself with the art for the HAuNTcon T-shirts. This is available first to the attendees, and only if we have any left will we sell them to non- attendees!

Pre-Show discount pricing ends TOMORROW! Save money and sign up now for the Universal (only 18 spots left!) and Busch Gardens tours, Registration and the Haunted Attraction Magazine Costume Ball! CLICK HERE for Ticketing

Join Brian & Nick Wolfe of Evil Twin FX for this full day hands on, make-n-take workshop. Cameras and notepads are a must as students will learn to make custom character masks from foam latex appliances. The class will choose a character, put the mask together and then paint and finish it. Hand painting, airbrushing and proper appliance application will all be covered in this six hour monster fest.

Creatures, zombies and demons oh my! The best part is taking your class project home with you. Plus, the skills you learn can be used to make all the sock masks you want when you get home. This workshop is suitable for all skill levels from beginner to advance. So come as you are and let your creativity and skills develop through the instruction from two of the finest special FX teachers in the industry.

Monday, May 3rd, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

The Seminar Sessions for HAuNTcon and the Schedule At A Glance schedule are now final. You can now set your intenrary for what topics each of your group will attend. DOn’t forget to schedule time for the tradshow floor between seminars!

We will see you next week in Orlando!