Dark ride dismay...

Let's not forget about the just rebuilt monster mansion at six flags atlanta.

Mamoosh said:
We'll fight over Gonch in our upcoming car ride (assuming all works out...shhhhhh!)

OK...er, I mean, shhhhhh, ok.... Although, I doubt at this rate he'll be speaking to either one of us by then! :)

A gay man and a straight woman share a road trip to find the man of their dreams...little did they know they were looking for the same man.

(that's a freebie for any of you aspiring script writers out there ;) )

Anyone been on Jersey Junkyard at Morey's? That is a mix between disturbing, "I can't believe this is actually a ride", anti-climacticism, and just plain weird.

^LOL, I actually liked some of the quirkier ones at Morey's. JJ was the one with a live scare-actor, right?

Honestly, my standards aren't THAT high...so I find it surprising when a dark ride frustrates me like that. The one at Oaks (Lewis and Clark) was actually planned and built with a normal timeframe...albeit a really low budget I'm sure. It was also a "re-do", apparently.

From http://woccoaks.tripod.com/lewisandclark.htm - it claims the enhanced dark ride experience was a 100th anniversary gift that the park gave itself....shoulda saved the receipt! Hehe, Mark and Scott, two friends in the pic on the lower left, certainly seem mildly entertained. Luckily for Oaks, they have the best bumper cars west of Elysburg, so the park isn't exactly *relying* on the dark ride.

Just for LK - Mon-Stars of Rock is dismally disappointing, disastrously dismaying, and downright devastating. Signed, the illiterate alliterative alligator... ;)

Carrie M. said:

And that's right, Ken...just because no one has come along to pat your anniversary logo in a while doesn't mean you have to hate on everyone else! ;)

Well my logo does yearn for some attention.. may be onto something. :)

Lord Gonchar said:
A gay man and a straight woman share a road trip to find the man of their dreams...little did they know they were looking for the same man.

(that's a freebie for any of you aspiring script writers out there ;) )

And that same man (who incidentally wears a pimp hat) has the hots for a Qbot, which just complicates things further.

Not to mention that this object of everyone's desire, until recently, had a woman's leg draped over his shoulder....

The Dark Knight in Six Flags Great Adventure would be better if TOTALLY dark... I'm talking lights out. The props in there suck. Ya, I know off topic, sorta.

The DK is much more fun if you laugh like the Joker all through the ride. It made my daughter nuts.

Why so serious?

Vater said:
And that same man (who incidentally wears a pimp hat) has the hots for a Qbot, which just complicates things further.

Ensign Smith said:

Not to mention that this object of everyone's desire, until recently, had a woman's leg draped over his shoulder....

Man, I can't wait to hear how this story ends. I'm on the edge of my seat.

I'm pretty sure it ends with some canoodling.

Yeah...between Carrie and me! lol

jshorerzd said:
Morte' ... been to New Orleans?

Been through but never stayed. What is out there now?

Not to get off topic -- no one likes to talk of canoodling more than me -- but someone asked about Rye's Old Mill. It was refurbished in either 2000 or 2001, by Sally Corp I think. Whomever did it, it's really to-notch. Some fun scenes in which surprise water stunts are used and long dark sections with trippy music and voices.

For those who don't care about spoilers here is POV.

There's an Old Mill at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, but for the life of me I can't remember a damn thing about it. Probably too much canoodling.

Lord Gonchar said:
I'm pretty sure it ends with some canoodling.

Mamoosh said:
Yeah...between Carrie and me! lol

Looks like I'm getting canoodled either way. Cool. :)

kpjb said:
Probably too much canoodling.

See? kpjb gets it.

Morte' check this out if you're near there again, only prob is it's seasonal... http://www.houseofshock.com/

Well, I don't miss Dollywood's old mill attraction (though I'm happy to have it in my memory). The replacement was a much better investment over a revamp with Sally Corp. They have Blazing Fury to keep up the kitsch...

Oh boy, Blazing Fury...I ended up going on that three times in a row, eventually getting each of the two holdouts in our group of four to go on it (they didn't want to get wet). Each time I came off just as confused and wondering what the heck just happened, and so did all of my friends. I seriously don't know what I rode to this day, or what happened.