Hey all you Halloweenies! If you're as big of a fan of the Haunted Mansion as I am, you won't want to miss this! There is a home in Orange County, CA (Portola Hills) that puts together a walk-through haunted house based on the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland!

Check out their website for the details (including a night vision video from last year!). It looks SPOOKtacular and is open Friday, Oct. 30, Saturday, Oct. 31, and Sunday, Nov. 1 from 6-10pm.

I'm planning a trip for...

MiceChatters waited with anticipation throughout the week for the first signs of water in Paradise Bay after months of construction on the new World of Color show. After numerous delay rumors and filming of a promotional spot, water finally started refilling the Paradise Pier lagoon Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, crews continued to crawl over the World of Color platform making sure the equipment was ready for water, and construction continued on the new 9,000-guest Paradise Park viewing area....

Halloween is becoming big business for theme parks and we have photo reports from two such Halloween events this week. SummerInFL brings us photos from Howl O Scream at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Then we visit Universal Studios Hollywood with MiceChatter Coaster Matt and get a look at their Halloween Horror Nights event.

We continue our Beautiful Baltic adventure...

Hey, it is Friday, and I hope you have a MUCH better weekend than I will have (Bridezilla will be dragging me around town doing "wedding" planning). Let's get to the news, which is weird this week, and some great photos.

Knott's... I love you, but??????

This is tough to write about, I am getting married at Knott's on January 9th, but some of the recent decisions are just "strange".

Knott’s Berry Farm to add 1980s-era thrill ride in 2010 - Travel - LATimes.com

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Once in awhile, an album comes along from a band you never really heard of/cared for that friends just can't shut up about. Over the past few weeks I've had friends talking about how much fun they had at the BFS concert, how great their new album is ... but sadly, none of them have said to me "Gregg, you need to hear this album". Wonder why?

Do they think I wouldn't get it? Do they think it's not my cup of tea (or more appropriately ... beer)?

Because I got...