The area’s newest Halloween celebration begins Friday, September 19, at EnterTRAINment Junction in West Chester. Featuring family fun during the day and “extreme fright at night,” it’s the new entertainment attraction’s first-ever Halloween celebration, It’s all part of the total family entertainment experience awaiting children, teens, parents and grandparents at EnterTRAINment Junction, the only train-themed family entertainment center on the planet. EnterTRAINment Junction’s beautiful 1930s-era Main Street area during the entire fall season will be decked out in autumn colors and decorated with scarecrows, hay bales and Halloween bunting. Jack-O-Lantern Junction Is Family Friendly  During the daytime, Jack-O-Lantern Junction is perfect for children, parents and grandparents. This creative walk-through experience presents the fun of Halloween in a kid-friendly, themed environment, where little ghouls and goblins can roam a well-lit maze through an old Victorian village, cobwebs and “haunted” rooms. Then they can walk through a mirror maze, clown room, a room with a chain-link maze and a wind tunnel, all in a low-scare environment. Halloween treats for the kids, too! Jack-o-Lantern Junction is open daily beginning September 19 through November 2. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. every day except Sunday, when hours are noon-5 p.m. Admission is $8.  Junction Nightmare Is Unleashed Terror When the sun goes down, the fear factor soars on the scream-o-meter! Junction Nightmare presents two different, extremely intense, walk-through mazes only the very brave dare to enter! Two mazes for one low price! More than 30 costumed monsters of every ilk have bedlam on their minds as they search for victims through a terrifying darkness filled with blinking lights, dense fog and creepy rooms with no escape. Junction Nightmare is NOT recommended for those under age 12 or for adults easily scared and just plain chicken!

The two Junction Nightmare haunted walk-through experiences include:

Ripper’s Revenge
He’s on the loose again...and this time he’s after you!
Your worst nightmare just came true as you are
transported into the seedy, foggy back alleyways of 1880s London, where unimaginable deeds are done and danger lurks in every shadow. The question is -- can you escape alive when pure evil is breathing down your neck every step of the way?

Fear Factory
The blood-curdling terror of mayhem-minded clowns awaits the very brave as they struggle to make their way through disorienting fog, crackling downed electrical wires and howling wind, along claustrophobic walls and chain link pathways leading to nowhere.

Junction Nightmare is open for weekend operations Friday and Saturday nights September 19-20 and September 26-27. For the entire month of October (through November 1), Junction Nighmare is open Thursday-Friday-Saturday-Sunday nights. Hours of operation begin at 7 p.m., with closing times varying depending on the day of the week. (See website www.entertrainmentjunction.com for details). Admission to Junction Nightmare is $15 with a special “Fast-Pass” available for $25. The Fast-Pass allows visitors immediate access to Junction Nightmare without waiting in queue lines. Located in suburban West Chester, EnterTRAINment Junction is the ONLY railroad-themed family entertainment center on the planet! The new, $10 million project features an incredible 80,000 square-feet of unmatched family fun, all under one roof.

There is something for everyone at EnterTRAINment Junction. Only at EnterTRAINment Junction’s EnterTRAINment Journey can visitors, among other things:
- Marvel at the world’s largest (25,000 sq. ft.) indoor, interactive train display with two miles of track
- Bounce, climb and crawl in a spectacular children’s play area
- Learn at an imaginative railroading museum
- Engineer a locomotive around a track in a hand-cranked railroad cars

EnterTRAINment Journey is open 7 days a week. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. everyday except Sunday, when hours are noon-6 p.m. Admission is $12.95 for adults, $11.50 for seniors and $9.95 for children. Kids under age 3, no charge. And, parking is always free at EnterTRAINment Junction.

For visitors wanting to enjoy both the world’s largest indoor train display and Jack-O-Lantern Junction, discounted combo tickets are available.

EnterTRAINment Junction is located at 7379 Squire Court, 12 minutes due west of Kings Island, off I-75, 30 minutes north of downtown Cincinnati and 25 minutes south of downtown Dayton, at the Tylersville Rd. exit (#22).

For more information, call (513) 898-8000, or (877) 898-4656, or visit www.entertrainmentjunction.com.