Shaggy Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Fo those of you that loved Phantom Theatre... well, here's it's grandchild. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (an amazing historical park) has just opened their brand new "Haunted Castle." Here's a link to a pov of the ride. http://www.themepark...ic.php?p=903053 The ride is noteworthy to Phantom Theatre fans as the concept is extremely similar, and it actually uses the old Phantom Theatre Music. Sally designed the animation for this new attraction, but Phantom Theatre's animation was by AVG, Inc. The overall concept for PT was designed by R & R Animation. I actually love this sort of ride, and in typical Santa Cruz fashion, they did an amazing job with it! Shaggy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbfan Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Makes me wish that we still had PT still at KI. As for the ride, that was one of the best darkrides I have seen in awhile. The ground effect at 4:40 was kinda scary. The ending was probably the best ending of any darkride. Dbfan, who was very dissapointed with Boo Blasters in his first park visit last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 Makes me wish that we still had PT still at KI. As for the ride, that was one of the best darkrides I have seen in awhile. The ground effect at 4:40 was kinda scary. The ending was probably the best ending of any darkride. Dbfan, who was very dissapointed with Boo Blasters in his first park visit last week. It looks like it could easily rank as a favorite. My top 5 dark rides are as follows: 1. Spiderman 2. Tower Of Terror (WDW- Studios) 3. Haunted Mansion (Disney World) 4. Haunted Mansion (Disneyland) 5. Phantom Theatre Other notable favs include Knoebels, the old Enchanted Voyage, Pirates of The Carribean, Gobbler Getaway and the original Snow White's Scary Adventures. If you love great endings, Knoebels actually has the best I've ever seen. It's hysterical as a new rider, and as a spectator watching people as their cars exit. I'll not spoil the surprise ;-) (BTW, I don't scare easily at all... but Knoebels ranks as one of the very few that gave me a jolt... about half way through... HONK HONK. I nearly jumped out of the car and ran away!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 wow what a great looking dark ride... Shaggy my list is similar to yours except 1. Tower of terror (WDW) 2. Haunted Mansion (WDW) 3. Spiderman (Universal) 4. Phantom Theater 5. Pirates of the Carribean (WDW) Never been to Disney Land so I can not comment.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 wow what a great looking dark ride... Shaggy my list is similar to yours except 1. Tower of terror (WDW) 2. Haunted Mansion (WDW) 3. Spiderman (Universal) 4. Phantom Theater 5. Pirates of the Carribean (WDW) Never been to Disney Land so I can not comment.... Take WDW's Magic Kingdom... wash it in hot water, then tuble dry on high heat. When done, you'll find it's shrunk to about 1/2 the size. That's Disneyland ;-) Disneyland is surreal to me. So much smaller, yet much more charming and historical. You can walk to the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, and literally 20 feet away is Splash Mountain. BTW, another very special dark ride that holds a place in my heart is the now defunct "Snow White's Scary Adventures" at the Magic Kingdom. It was changed years ago after numerous complaints that it was simply too terrifying. Indeed the original was very, very scary! I recall my parents got the poo scared out of them when a surprise runaway mine-car came rolling at us. Both parents screamed, while I at the age of 10 just laughed hysterically. It was great! Here's the original: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveStroem Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Shaggy, do you consider Splash Mountain to be a dark ride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephatron Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 As a native to the Bay area, I have many memories of the hauted ride at Santa Cruz (actually, many memories about Santa Cruz in general!) I'm really excited to go down there this summer or fall and check it out! I'm also glad that they updated the ride, as it was greatly in need of one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 Shaggy, do you consider Splash Mountain to be a dark ride? I personally consider it to be primarily a flume & but also a dark ride combo. The same holds true of Dudley Do-Rite at Universal IOA and Jurassic Park the ride. Shaggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XGatorHead 8904 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 What a great looking ride! Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is one of my all-time favorite parks. I just completely love the atmosphere there. I'd love to get back there sometime, especially with the addition of this ride. When we went, we had only planned to stay about two hours but spent almost all day there (and then had to drive the curvy Pacific Coast Highway to San Simeon in the dark!) Thanks for posting the link, Shaggy! Now how many SCBB enthusiasts are on websites saying "ZOMG I hate the name Haunted Castle! It's so generic! How hard can it be to come up with something more creative?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Thank you, thank you, thank you! And yet another reason to go back and visit the Giant Dipper...not just a great coaster, but one of the very, very best.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephatron Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 ^^"Haunted Castle." Simple. Tells you what it is right off without any fancy gimmicks. Easy to remember. I like it! and Terpy, completly agree with you. The Giant Dipper was one of my, if not THE first, coasters that brought me joy. It's currently the background to my desktop on my laptop at home, and makes me smile everytime I open it up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingsislandfan1972 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I wish more amusement parks would get more rides like this, I did however enjoy Haunted Mansion at Disneyworld, but Phantom Theater will always be my favorite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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