{"id":17645,"date":"2014-10-03T01:52:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T08:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=17645"},"modified":"2014-10-03T01:52:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T08:52:54","slug":"30-california-haunts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/30-california-haunts\/","title":{"rendered":"30 California Haunts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/pirahayr.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pirates of Emerson cast &amp; crew (left) and Haunted Hayride (right)<\/p>\n<p>A handful of Halloween haunts began last week\u00a0but the majority are putting on a show tonight and will continue to do so every weekend through Halloween. Excluding California&#8217;s theme park haunts, there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/halloween\/california-haunted-houses.html\">more than 30 haunted attractions<\/a> this year produced by average citizens. They\u00a0don costumes, apply makeup, take tickets, perfect lighting, staging, sound effects and help assure the success of events that the public clamors to attend.<\/p>\n<p>While theme parks spend a small fortune producing high-end scare experiences, these grassroots festivals are quite impressive in what they accomplish on shoestring budgets. In fact, the City of Los Angeles saw the success of\u00a0Griffith Park&#8217;s Haunted Hayride produced by a private group, and determined that having such an event provided economic benefit\u00a0and\u00a0entertainment value to the community. Officials recently expressed commitment to keeping a haunted attraction in the park annually. Among the things you should know before you go to one of these events:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Touching the actors or actors touching you is not usually permitted.<\/li>\n<li>Scares can be realistic and gory. Check the age recommendations and don&#8217;t take youngsters unless the haunted house specifies it is kid-friendly. Some host special &#8220;lights on&#8221; or &#8220;no scares&#8221; events for children.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Haunts are crowded and not the best test to see if you beat your claustrophobia.<\/li>\n<li>Pre-purchase may save you time so you don&#8217;t have to wait in line to buy a ticket.<\/li>\n<li>Check policies on clothing before you go. Some places encourage costumes, while others prohibit them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pirates of Emerson cast &amp; crew (left) and Haunted Hayride (right) A handful of Halloween haunts began last week\u00a0but the majority are putting on a show tonight and will continue to do so every weekend through Halloween. Excluding California&#8217;s theme park haunts, there are more than 30 haunted attractions this year produced by average citizens. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17645"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}