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.

Episode sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Oceania Cruises

Related links:

Dispatch, Orlando: A first time at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/A-first-time-at-Universal-Orlando-Halloween-Horror-Nights

Why do we love to be scared? The appeal of Halloween Horror Nights https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Appeal-of-Universal-Halloween-Horror-Nights

A celebration of 35 years of terror https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Halloween-Horror-Nights-returns-to-Universal-Orlando-Resort

A night at Disney's 'Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party' https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/A-night-at-Mickey-Halloween-Party

Author Coltan Scrivner's Morbid Curiosity test https://www.coltanscrivner.com/morbid-curiosity-test

 

Because Halloween is right around a (scary, dark) corner we&rsquo;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&rsquo;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.&nbsp;
This episode was recorded Oct. 9 and has been edited for length and clarity.
Episode sponsor:
This episode is sponsored by Oceania Cruises
Related links:
Dispatch, Orlando: A first time at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/A-first-time-at-Universal-Orlando-Halloween-Horror-Nights">https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/A-first-time-at-Universal-Orlando-Halloween-Horror-Nights</a>
Why do we love to be scared? The appeal of Halloween Horror Nights <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Appeal-of-Universal-Halloween-Horror-Nights">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Appeal-of-Universal-Halloween-Horror-Nights</a>
A celebration of 35 years of terror <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Halloween-Horror-Nights-returns-to-Universal-Orlando-Resort">https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Halloween-Horror-Nights-returns-to-Universal-Orlando-Resort</a>
A night at Disney's 'Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party' <a href="https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/A-night-at-Mickey-Halloween-Party">https://www.travelweekly.com/Blogs/Dispatch/A-night-at-Mickey-Halloween-Party</a>
Author Coltan Scrivner's Morbid Curiosity test&nbsp;<a href="https://www.coltanscrivner.com/morbid-curiosity-test">https://www.coltanscrivner.com/morbid-curiosity-test</a>
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Travel Weekly's team of reporters, editors and contributors take a deep dive into the biggest travel story of the week.&nbsp;
In each episode, we invite invite our team of journalists and their trusted sources to delve into major travel trends that industry insiders, or just travelers, want to know about. &nbsp;
You may be wondering: Why the Folo? Well, a folo -- f o l o -- is a journalism term, a kind of shorthand that basically means to follow a breaking news story with more in depth reporting and analysis. And at the Folo podcast, that's what we do.&nbsp;
Hosted by Travel Weekly managing editor Rebecca Tobin.