Jamie Biesiada, left, and Rebecca Tobin get into character for an episode on Halloween events at the major Orlando theme parks.
Because Halloween is right around a (scary, dark) corner we're shining a flashlight on a very unique, and very popular, time at Orlando parks: The spooky season.
Jamie Biesiada, Travel Weekly's editor for content innovation and retail, earlier this fall checked out Universal Orlando Resort's annual scare-filled Halloween Horror Nights. In this episode she and host Rebecca Tobin talk about that experience in detail, what Disney offers, the psychology of scares for fun and who travel advisors should target for a Halloween vacation.
This episode was recorded Oct. 9 and has been edited for length and clarity.
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