Uma ucabanga ngezinto ezenzeka ebusuku ucabanga ngezipoki, imikhovu, kanye… Disney World? Kahle uPetey Mongelli yilokho kanye abekucabanga ngenkathi ehlanganisa umcimbi wakhe wakamuva wabalandeli abasabekayo. Ubaba we-Spooky Empire, ingqungquthela enkulukazi nembi kakhulu yase-Florida, usilethele i-Spooky Days in the Park; ngempelasonto ethusayo ngaphakathi kwamasango e-Walt Disney World.

Uma uke waya emhlanganweni we-Spooky Empire kunzima ukuthi ungaqapheli izinkumbi ze-Disney ezihamba phakathi kwama-zombies, ama-vampires, namanye ama-cosplayer aphefumulelwe ngokumnyama. Mhlawumbe kungenxa yendawo esikuyo ngamamayela ambalwa ukusuka “endaweni Ejabulisa Kakhulu emhlabeni” kodwa lo mhlangano othusayo uveza uhlangothi olubi lwabalandeli abaningi be-Disney!

Kubonakala sengathi uPetey waqaphela futhi, njengoba ememezele umcimbi wokuqala walo nyaka eWalt Disney World eFlorida; Izinsuku ze-Spooky Epaki. Umlandeli oqinile osabekayo uhlanganise lo mcimbi nezisebenzi zakhe ezinhle ngempela obekuyimpelasonto enomusa, futhi singathemba kuphela ukuthi uzobuya ngesizini ezayo yokuthakatha.

Umcimbi wezinsuku ezintathu, yize wawumncane ngesilinganiso sakhe kabili emihlanganweni yeSpooky, usagcwele isibhakela. Kusukela ngoLwesihlanu abathengisi bavule amatafula abo wezinto ezingajwayelekile, eziyinqaba, nezethusayo ezithengiswayo esikhungweni somhlangano esisezindaweni zokungcebeleka zaseCoronado Springs. Cishe abathengisi abangamashumi amathathu bebehambele, futhi abaningi babo bathuthukise ama-horror design abo okuqala ukuze bakhonze futhi bahloniphe impelasonto ekhethekile ebibanjelwe ekhaya leCinderella's Castle.

Abanye abathengisi babone lokhu njengethuba elihle lokukhombisa umsebenzi wabo wobuciko osevele uhlanganise i-Disney nobumnyama obungaphandle kwamasango epaki. I-Disney ibilokhu inobumnyama obuncane; Ngiqonde ukuthi woza, uke wangena Izwe Elincane? Kuyethusa!

Kuzo zonke izinto ezingathí sina, ezikhangayo ezifana ne- Kuhlonishwe Mansion futhi Umbhoshongo KaTwilight Zone Wobuphekula suka nakanjani kubalingiswa benhlanhla abadlala kuwo wonke uMbuso Womlingo, kanye nezindawo ezikhangayo ezinhle kodwa ezithambile ezikhanga izethameli ezincane.

Lokhu kusiletha emcimbini wangoLwesihlanu ebusuku; IGala. Njengoba siyizinsuku zokuqala ze-Spooky ePaki sibe nalokho kuphela incazelo yewebhusayithi yalo mcimbi esisilungiselela kusihlwa; ibha evulekile, ama-dessert anetimu ye-villain, ukufinyelela kwangasese nokungenamkhawulo ku- Umbhoshongo Wokwesaba, ama-ops wesithombe somlingisi we-Disney Villain, kanye no-DJ obukhoma. Hhayi kabi kakhulu, noma intengo yokungena ibithe ukukhuphuka… futhi cha, angiqondile umphefumulo wakho.

Ngemuva kokugcina igceke ngaphandle kwe Umbhoshongo Wokwesaba abaxhumanisi bomcimbi baguqule indawo yaba indawo ebukekayo ngezinketho zabo zokukhanyisa, imishini yenkungu, nomculo osabekayo. Impela bekuwuhlangothi olumnyama lwe-Disney World, engingakaze ngilubone ngaphambili oluhlanganisa ulwazi lwami kulo Iphathi Ka-Mickey Engethuki Kakhulu Ye-Halloween.  Ngekhodi yokugqoka ephakanyiswe ngokuqinile nobhalansi bobukhazikhazi kanye ne-spooky, impela bekungumkhosi wamehlo!

Ngenkathi lo mcimbi ungazange ubhekiswe kubo bonke abalandeli beSpooky Empire okungenzeka ukuthi babehambele izingqungquthela zikaPetey ezedlule, bekungukutshalwa kwemali okufanelekile kulabo abafuna abalingiswa abamnyama eMagical Kingdom. Kuyinto engavamile kakhulu ukuthola isikhathi sokubhekana nanoma yiziphi izikhohlakali ezazihambele iGala, futhi ngesixuku sabantu abangaba ngu-60 ngokuqinisekile ubunesikhathi esingaphezu kwesilinganiso sakho sokuthatha isithombe bese uhamba.

Abalingiswa ababenomusa ngokwanele ukusihawukela ngobukhona babo ububi bahlanganisa; UMaleficent, Indlovukazi Embi, Indlovukazi Yezinhliziyo, nokuvela okungajwayelekile kukaMnu. Oogie Boogie ngokwakhe! Kwanele ukusho ukuthi, nganginesikhathi sami esincane sokuphuma lapho umlingisi ngamunye ephuma, futhi abaxhasi abahambisana nami bonke babelane ngenjabulo efanayo.

Uma ukhethe ukungabambi iqhaza ku-Gala bekukhona amanye amaphaneli okwazi ukuwafinyelela anemali yokungena evamile ehlanganisa igumbi lomthengisi. Nakuba bezingekho izihambeli zosaziwayo ezisabisayo, amaphaneli ahambisana kakhulu nendikimba ethi Spooky Days in the Park agcwalise uhlelo; okuphawuleka kakhulu wukuhlolwa kwe Isiwula Abafayo: Idokhumentari ye-Haunted Mansion.

Le dokhumentari ebiqondiswe nguJames H. Carter II kanye nomdidiyeli omkhulu u-Ryan Grulich bebeqala ukukhonjiswa e-Orlando eSpooky Days ePaki ngoLwesihlanu ebusuku baphinda bayiphinda ngoMgqibelo ntambama. Ucezu lukhombisa ukwenziwa kokuhehwa kweHaunted Mansion kanye nesiko labalandeli elizungeze lokho kugibela. Bekuthinta inhliziyo ukubona ukuthi lokhu kugibela kusho ukuthini kwabanye abantu, noma ngabe kubanikeze ithuba lesibili lokuthola ubuntwana abaphuthelwa yibo, kwaba nomthelela emkhakheni wabo wobuciko, noma kwabanikeza nje uthando olusha abangalujabulela.

Eminye imicimbi ngempelasonto yonke yayihlanganisa; umbukiso wemfashini we-Disney Bounding, i-“Grim Twist” ku-Disney Princesses (okungeyona eyabantu ababuthaka,) kanye ne-podcast ebukhoma ekhuluma ngohlangothi lwe-creepier lwe-Disney.

Izinsuku ze-Spooky ePaki bekuwumcimbi omangalisayo enganeni yethu sonke okwathi ngandlela thize yagcina isendleleni emnyama yalokho esikuthakaselayo, okuhlanganisa nezigilamkhuba ze-Disney. Nakuba izinga lababekhona eliphansi, ikakhulukazi uma kuqhathaniswa nezingqungquthela ze-Spooky Empire, lingase liphazamise ukubuya kwayo ngonyaka ozayo, sizohlala sinezinkumbulo zomcimbi walo nyaka.

 

Qiniseka ukuthi uhlola umugqa we-Spooky Empire's October Convention ngalo Okthoba 27-29 e-Orland, eFlorida nge ngokuchofoza lapha!