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Universal Studios Goes All Out For The Scare[]
Bill Dean The Ledger
In honor of Halloween Horror Nights' 13th year of scaring guests out of their wits, here are some frightfully large -- and small -- numbers showing what it takes to pull it off this year.
Starting at 7 p.m. today, Halloween Horror Nights continues Oct. 10-12, Oct. 15-19, Oct. 22-26 and Oct. 28-Nov. 1. $41.95 advance, $51.95 day of event for Florida residents. Tickets available at gate or through Ticketmaster and Spencer Gifts stores. Call 877-2FRIGHT.
45 -- Average minutes a scare-actor spends on costume makeup each night.
12 -- Giant scorpions and tarantulas that will crawl around a guest's head in InfeStation.
3 -- Months taken to construct the haunted mazes each year.
6,000 to 10,000 -- Guests haunted by scare actors nightly.
600 -- Fake body parts
9 -- "Scream Team" designers to collect and distress furniture and props year round.
13 -- The number hidden somewhere on each scare-actor's costume.
750 -- Gallons of fake blood.
24 -- Rats and cockroaches used in InfeStation in which a Plexiglas box is put around at "lucky" guest's head.
50 -- Fog machines that use 800 gallons of bubble juice each in Toon Lagoon.
1,100 -- Numbers of scare-actors who roam the park.
-- Bill Dean