The Spirit Carnevil is an In-Store Experience created by Spirit Halloween for the 2024 Halloween season. It resembles a large carnival area with an archway, multiple booths, and a funhouse.
Animatronics
- Art the Clown
- Barnaby the Bear
- Bobby Strings
- Cotton Candy Dan
- Dark Princess
- Emily
- Ghostface (2024)
- Giant Death Ray
- Gray Jumping Spider [or other variants)
- Mack Straw
- Nibbles the Clown
- Ringmaster
- Scary Sitting Scarecrow (or Sitting Scarecrow)
- Towering Tallulah
- Victor
- Wanda Webworth
Light & Sound Props
Props
Lighting
Accessories
- Carnival Coin Machine Animatronic Activator
- Carnival Water Gun Animatronic Activator (x2)
- Power Sound Infrared Wall Speaker
- Scent Distribution Box
- Step Pad Animatronic Activator (x14)
ISE Pieces
Sections
Entrance
The Entrance features a large archway with the Carnevil logo and Jack the Reaper atop it. On either side are risers with Ringmaster and Ghostface (2024) on them. Smaller arches with travelling lights are behind each animatronic. Banners behind them show the full animatronic lineup on the reverse side.
Fortune Booth
The Fortune Booth features a large fortune booth which is accessible for photo opportunities. Beside the booth is a riser with Dark Princess and Towering Tallulah on it. Carnival flags create a parameter for the animatronics.
Game Tent/Wheel of Fate
The Game Tent features a large booth with Mack Straw inside it. On the side of the booth is the Wheel of Fate which is interactive via spinning by hand. A small riser is next to the booth with Giant Death Ray on it, again surrounded by carnival flags.
Smaller stores feature a larger riser with Art the Clown and Nibbles the Clown on either side of Dark Princess beside the booth.
Plushie Tent/Down the Duck
The Plushie Tent features a large booth with an animated duck shooting game inside. The Cremator and Art the Clown stand in front of the game and are activated via the shooter guns. Scary Sitting Scarecrow sits off to the side. Various horror plushes and the Zombie Seagull decorate the booth. Circus music can be heard playing.
Fun House of Terror
The Fun House of Terror is a large structure with a walk through in the middle. On one side is a ticket booth with Wanda Webworth inside it and Nibbles the Clown and Cotton Candy Dan on either side. On the opposite side is a stage featuring the “World Famous Sideshow” with Victor, Emily, Bobby Strings, Gray Jumping Spider, and Barnaby the Bear.
Inside the Funhouse is various illusion mirrors as well as a hologram fan featuring Jack the Reaper, Silent & Deadly, and Poor George. Two scent distribution boxes dispenses cotton candy and popcorn scents.
Trivia
- Spirit Carnevil is the first clown-centric ISE in eleven years and third overall, following 2013's Spirit Clown Train and 2010's Cirque Du Spirit.
- The ISE was first teased via a short Halfway to Halloween video posted to Spirit's various socials on April 29, 2024.
- Spirit Carnevil was officially announced on June 4, 2024 via a series of images posted across Spirit's socials, the Spirit Halloween website, and email blasts. The announcement also contained a list of names of the in-store animatronic releases.
- The email blast and Sneak Peek page version of the teaser contain a reference to Rosemary, along with one of the ISE's she was featured in, 2012's Terror Mill.
- The animation used for the hologram fan was created by Groove Jones[1].
- Various carnival posters showcasing past animatronics are scattered around the ISE. These include Silent & Deadly, Henry Hustle, Young Crouchy, and Monty.
- A box of purchasable posters is located near Giant Death Ray.
- Area 31 and the Carv-O-Matic from the Halloween Factory Assembly Line is referenced on a poster behind Wanda Webworth.
- On the small blue Admit One tickets, features a set of numbers of 103183. In reference to October 31st, and 1983, the year Spirit Halloween was founded.
Gallery
ISE
Flagship Grand Opening
Media
Pre-Production
Videos
In-Store Experience Page