Florida Tonight: Halloween Fest, Jaws Replica, Bridgerton Tea Parties & Wicked Experiences

USF St. Pete Halloween Fest

• 🎃 USF St. Pete hosted its fourth annual Halloween Fest, drawing about 1500 attendees from the community, students, faculty, and staff.
• 🐶 The event featured a dog costume contest, a petting zoo, trunk-or-treat, and a not-so-scary haunted house.
• 🐿️ The campus mascot is the bull, but squirrels are also prevalent, with a dedicated Facebook page for "The Squirrels of USF St. Pete."

Halloween Displays and Jaws Replica

• 💀 Viewers shared impressive Halloween displays from Valrico and Largo, highlighting creative homeowners who went all out.
• 🏠 A particularly scary home display in Riverview, submitted by Katherine Swatager, was noted for its imaginative and creepy decorations.
• 🦈 A local Jaws super fan, Michael Sterling, debuted a replica of the Orca boat from the iconic 1975 film at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.
• 🛥️ The replica, a passion project with his son, is available for public viewing for free at Pier 66.

Bridgerton-Themed Tea Parties

• ☕ Joseph's Tea Room in Clearwater is hosting Bridgerton-themed tea parties on November 9th, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• 🎶 The event includes a deluxe afternoon tea experience with a violinist playing Bridgerton-inspired music and a Queen Charlotte impersonator leading dances.
• 🍓 The $85 per person ticket includes four courses: berry delight salad, tea sandwiches, scones with Devonshire cream, and petite desserts, along with champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries.
• 🫖 The tea room offers over 80 blends, with their bestseller being the chicken salad tea sandwich.

Universal Orlando's Wicked Experiences

• 💚 Universal Orlando has revamped its Wicked theme store for the upcoming movie "Wicked for Good."
• 🍹 New offerings include themed drinks like "Popular Potion" (dragon fruit and pink lemonade) and "Enchanting Elixir."
• 🍦 A dulce de leche milkshake inspired by the yellow brick road is also available, alongside a photo opportunity.
• 🎟️ Most of these experiences are located within Universal Studios Florida and require a theme park ticket.

Broadway's Water for Elephants and Creature Feature

• 🐘 Connor Sullivan, a star of the Broadway musical Water for Elephants, discussed playing the villainous August Blumenthal.
• 🎭 The show features actor puppeteers bringing the elephant character, Rosie, to life.
• 🎟️ The musical is showing at the Straz Center in Tampa (Oct 28-Nov 2) and the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando (Nov 4-9).
• 👻 Dr. Paul Bearer, from the former Creature Feature TV series, is back on the Nostalgia Network's "The Creature Feature" every Saturday at 9:00 PM, with family-friendly, rated G content.

Most Hated Candy Revealed

• 🍬 Viewers voted candy corn as the most hated Halloween candy in Florida.
• 🌽 Hosts Haley Hinds and Ally Corey expressed their love for candy corn, finding the viewer's dislike surprising.
• 🎃 They also mentioned that "Dots" were another candy viewers disliked, but Scott Smith enjoys them.