I have heard of House of Shock, founded by members of Pantera and probably the BEST show there is for a Haunted House. But it is not a year round attraction, and does not currently have a dark ride (though it did for 1 year: http://www.phantasmechanics.com/end.html (and for how he built it: http://www.phantasmechanics.com/darkride/index.html))
It is something that I really want to visit sometime, now I just have to have an excus..er..reason to go back to New Orleans!
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Carrie M. said:
Looks like I'm getting canoodled both ways. Cool. :)
(fixed that for you ;) )
I remember some years ago a park (who's name escapes me now) held a contest to name the new ride. One of the entries was from a little boy who wanted to call it the "Hold-Her-Closer Rollercoaster". He wound up with honorable mention, but I thought it was one of the best names ever. Kind of like Canoodler.
Well, Garfield's Nightmare is not that bad, and the Old Mill was not great..
But it was the thought of riding a classic that made it Awesome.
MonStars of rock is that bad, If not for the awful portable dark ride at funtown pier, it would be the worst.
Fortunately, workers at Freestyle did admit that it was rushed, and should be improved in the future...It couldn't get worse-LOL
One of the worst for me was the Castaway Kids at SF StL. It was the storyline of some obscure kid's show, and the ride was so bad. The kids looked like really old JC Penney mannequins with ill fitting wigs. Some of them were flat cut outs, too. Thank god the ride has been converted to the great Scooby Doo ride it is now.
Wow, an epiphany.
A new T.V. show coming this fall: "Pimp My Dark Ride". Contestants will be given 24 hours and $1,000 to turn your crummy, semi-decrepit haunted house on rails into a state of the art, shoot 'em up immersive experience.
I can already hear the tagline: "We're gonna need more cardboard..."
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