The over-the-top Halloween display looks like it sailed out of Pirates of the Caribbean. ... This year, they have raised the bar to new heights with a 40-foot-tall pirate ship in their front yard.

For example, one of the new exhibits, a pirate ship floating in the marina, was built by construction services employee Darrell McDowell. It’s one of the new displays for Halloween 2024.

Adorned with skull flags and equipped with fog-machine cannons, the ship measures an astounding 35 feet long, 8 feet high, and 12 feet wide and is topped by a 25-foot mast that weighs nearly 200 ...