{"id":188830,"date":"2025-08-31T05:44:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T05:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/188830\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T05:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T05:44:09","slug":"13th-floor-jacksonville-up-for-usas-best-haunted-house-action-news-jax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/188830\/","title":{"rendered":"13th Floor Jacksonville up for USA\u2019s best haunted house \u2013 Action News Jax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 An annual Jacksonville attraction has been nominated as one of USA Today 10Best\u2019s top haunted houses ahead of the fall season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/13thfloorjacksonville.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/13thfloorjacksonville.com\/\">13th Floor Jacksonville<\/a> is one of 20 nominees in the category for USA Today\u2019s Readers\u2019 Choice Awards 2025 \u2014 meaning you have a say in which haunted house is the last survivor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">From USA Today:<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">\u201cDesigned to be intensely terrifying, 13th Floor Haunted House in Jacksonville, Florida, promises high-quality, immersive, and frightening experiences thanks to its professional-grade sets, props, special effects, and actors trained to create realistic scares. While the adrenaline might make you want to speed through each haunted house, you won\u2019t want to miss the fog, strobe lights, jump scares, and monstrous animatronics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">The haunted house, located on the Arlington Expressway, will be open on select nights from September 13 to November 8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">2025\u2019s attractions include an asylum thought to have been abandoned, a mutant-haunted high school, and the decks of a ghost ship, ruled by an ancient evil&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">13th Floor also has locations in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Phoenix and San Antonio, but Jacksonville is the only one to make the list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">If you want to tour around some of the other top picks before placing your vote, these locations in Florida and Georgia are also featured in the category:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Petrified Forest, Altamonte Springs, Florida<\/li>\n<li>Netherworld Haunted House, Stone Mountain, Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Sir Henry\u2019s Haunted Trail, Plant City, Florida<\/li>\n<li>Terror of Tallahassee, Tallahassee, Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">To see all nominees and cast your vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-haunted-house-attraction\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/10best.usatoday.com\/awards\/best-haunted-house-attraction\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jsuuLb body-paragraph\">Voting ends at 12 pm EST on Monday, September 22. 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