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You and me both. Only details I’m aware of are the addition of live actors. I believe there was some sort of situation where they added something to the back of the cars that allowed scareactors to hit the back of ‘em. Don’t quote me on that. I also think the portion of the ride with the floating white dress was permanently damaged with fake blood. I was like, 8 when this was a thing do this is all hearsay. Guess they’ll just have to revamp the haunt when PT returns next season. Right?

Maybe Museum of Horrors?

5. Wild Animal Safari 4. Vortex 3. Original Antique Cars 2. The Flying Eagles 1. Phantom Theater

Bummer. Hope they can get it together!

I feel like there’s always been a lot of “buzz” around the ride and bringing it back in some capacity, although your timeline for green lighting the project would make sense. If it were to return, it’d need to be a very smart revival of the original concept. I look at stuff like the Mystic Timbers shed and have faith that they’d have the ability to pull it off IF they wanted to go that route. The easy thing to do would be to do an easy retheme of Boo Blasters, add sone screen based effects, and make sure the guns work properly. That would be incredibly disappointing, and as you said…. Eh. No thanks. But a nice overhaul of the current ride setup with a combination of physical sets, basic animatronics, and screen based effects could make for great experience that would be welcome by fans of the original ride and newbies all the same. Plus, the park would never be in a situation where an IP refresh would be required a la Scooby Doo and the Haunted Castle since you’re working with original characters. And before it’s brought up, there are plenty of smaller parks that operate dark rides with basic animatronics and physical sets. So there’s no “it’s too expensive to operate” excuses applicable. It’s absolutely feasible if done correctly. That argument reminds me of the “Winterfest is never returning because of X” posts that circled around for years. Yet, it’s arguable that Winterfest has overtaken Halloween Haunt as the more popular event.

All right, I know. It’s Reddit. But… maybe if we’re talking about the ride returning enough it’ll come back.

Another swing and miss for Coney.

Probably for that green Intamin Giga YoungStud promised us a few years ago.

Great stuff! Thanks so much for sharing!

Excited to hear some first reactions!

Is this something I buy tickets for? Or just show up and pay at the park?

They’re great snapshots of history! Haven’t read them in a while.

This was probably 10+ years ago, but I remember reading a piece about the closure of the ride. There was a tour before it was removed and I think there was a “raffle” where a POV was given to one of the attendees. So maybe it’s the same video? Totally guessing. Edit: Found the article. http://www.dafe.org/articles/darkrides/phantomPharewell.html And here’s a bonus for anyone interested! https://www.dafe.org/articles/darkrides/phantomTheater.html

If there’s a time to bring this ride back, now is the time.

Instant buy. Sure is a lot of PT related stuff flying around as of late.

Appreciate all the hard work being put into the site. Loved checking out all the old audio!

Don’t tease me like that. Been thinking about this for a while now. Haha.

Update from tonight.

Oh, I don’t even think they would’ve touched it. It probably would’ve deteriorated to the point where they would’ve closed the ride without a replacement. One of the reasons I think Boo Blasters looks as “good” as it does, is because CF had an easily re-skinnable attraction in SDATHC. That was Cedar Fair then, though. Now, I truly believe that Cedar Fair (and general park management) is capable of maintaining an attraction of that caliber. Whether they would choose to do so is a different story. But recent additions show that they aren’t afraid of detail or theming. But I do fear something to the tune of what’s at Knott’s now with their rebooted Beary Tales attraction. There’s a place for screens in dark rides, but not to that extent.

Looks delicious. For some reason, I’m in love with the Dinosaurs Alive turkey wing bucket.

Well, I’ve been waiting for that POV since 2003. That took me back. Wow. Can’t help but marvel at how cool that ride was. It’s a shame it isn’t still around. Looking forward to the show and the continued use of PT in the park.

Hahaha. This is hilariously and perfectly absurd. I love it. Can’t wait to see it! That being said, the park is going to be disappointed when they learn they can’t fly their synchronized drones over the park because it’s against park rules.

I’m 100% ready to see Todd Rundgren at Kings Island.

This would be a fantastic location for a large Ferris Wheel with an incredible lighting package. Hell, the other side of AE could fit a new flat too. This could also be a great excuse to give Oktoberfest a much needed refresh.

Be a bummer if they were removed permanently. Maybe they’ll be used in the PT show this year.