08/29/2026
Last Spring we hosted an event at The Camp Store called Jurassic Beach… and it was a huge hit with kids and families… so much so that I took the dinosaurs I had and created another dinosaur event called Jurassic Fright and was fortunate enough to partner with two amazing operators at Hana Field in Costa Mesa and Carlsbad Strawberry Company in Carlsbad. The concept was simple, instead of the beach we combined the dinosaurs with Halloween and made something unique and different in the corn.
The main thing I learned from Jurassic Fright, besides the potential of an experience like that, was it appealed to mostly families with small children. So I thought about another idea that would appeal to everyone and came up with Fantasy Fright. I needed a hero and my son didn’t want to be called Sir Eyrton so I pivoted to my daughter and created a character and story centered around Lady Bryn.
While most Halloween experiences are based on scares, Fantasy Fright is based on the story of Lady Bryn and incorporates every major monster you see in this video. In this world Lady Bryn travels through many monsters, collecting relics to aid her journey, before setting up a final encounter with Dracula. In this world Dracula is also a Dragon and it has an ending zone that i think will blow people away.
Fantasy Fright has big sets, custom music, great animatronic monsters, and a daytime and nighttime version. The day version is directly based off the book Lady Bryn: The Path to Light - the nighttime version is more like playing a video game like Castlevania with live actors, theatrical lighting, and custom effects amongst the corn. There is nothing like this!
If you are in the Carlsbad area this October please check it out! I’d love to see some of our Camp store friends out there… and of course we will still be hosting our light show this October! The Fantasy Fright website is at fantasyfright.com - Thanks, Anthony
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