Dark Ride Possibilities

A shooting type ride is great for families but I don't like the idea of a Peanuts theme. I have no idea what else it could be but I think a Peanuts theme would scare away some people that might think its too childish.

^ Good point. Pirates seem to have a broad enough range of appeal and thanks to the Disney films, they are all the rage right now. Plus the nod to the parks history would be favorable too.

MaverickLaunch said: I wonder if they could use the Good Times theater for a dark attraction?

And remove the Ice Skating show? No! I'm hoping that you mean the wasted pre-show seating space. I'd like to see that portion of the building removed so that guests don't have to walk through the ghost town of a former attraction. I'd suggest adding an actual pre-show, but there's no longer a stage.

Toy Story Mania is a great ride. i got lucky when i want to disney and got three rides in 20 min. the line all day is over an hour and fass pass is out with in the first few hours of the park being open

I would say something like spiderman would be great. I do like the boo Blaster ride at kings island silly but still and fun ride. must hit when the line is short

We did Gobbler Getaway at Holiday World a couple years ago, and it was a ton of fun!

My wife won't do coasters, as she is afraid of heights. So it was nice to be able to have a fun ride experience with her.

I will say that the line went pretty slowly, as there seemed to be some delay in getting people on and off the cars... other than that, it was a nice way to be air-conditioned on a 110 degree day!

With Garner Holt Productions (they regularly produce animatronics for the Disney parks) working on the Timber Mountain Log Ride at Knott's, I am optimistic that this might lead to the company doing other dark ride projects at other Cedar Fair parks.

I would like to see a new indoor coaster. Possibly in Mean Streak's infield, it would be like Flight of Fear at KI. CF can get either Intamin or Premeir Rides to design it as sort of a sequel to Disaster Transport. But with better themeing

That infield is now occupied by the building that houses Eden Musee. I doubt you'll see it used for anything else anytime soon.

For some reason, I just don't really enjoy the interactive dark rides. I know they're very popular when done correctly, but I would prefer a classic non-shooter ride.

Just for nostalgia's sake, I would love to see a Pirate Ride reboot...with real water.

Ralph Wiggum said:
That infield is now occupied by the building that houses Eden Musee. I doubt you'll see it used for anything else anytime soon.

I know. What I was saying was they should relocate Eden Musee or replace it with something like a haunted theater attraction in Good Time Theater. And then put in an indoor Premiere Rides launched coaster.

The building isn't that big.

^Isn't that why you build a new one?

Sounds kinda ridiculous when the one there now has only been up like 5 or 6 months. Besides they're using it for storage now that DT is gone.

Then expand it. Its a steel frame building not a mansion.

If you cleaned out all the arcade games from the old ballroom building lower level you would have a ready to use location for a dark ride that could include elements that might also go outside for brief periods (kind of like Disney's Tower of Terror). In fact, you could also reclaim areas like the Peanuts store (which was the old San Francisco Earthquake ride in itself at one time) and really have a massive track layout that could even include a permanent walkthru section as well.

Outside of days with inclimate weather, as it is, I really question why anyone would pay the price of admission to the park only to go into a building where they could pay even more to play these games which could easily be moved elsewhere if there was enough demand.

It would also be really interesting to see them use the ballroom itself once again in some sort of reincarnation. It has a huge footprint that most park visitors never have seen the inside of. Sure it needs updating to get it to todays building standards - but outside of historical merit, why is it so sacred when we constantly hear about landlock on the point? If it's being kept around as a tornado shelter, and a staging area for Halloweekends, I would look to what other parks do to meet that requirement as I really can't think of an equivalent facility elsewhere in similar parks.

SteveH said:
Outside of days with inclimate weather, as it is, I really question why anyone would pay the price of admission to the park only to go into a building where they could pay even more to play these games which could easily be moved elsewhere if there was enough demand.

You might question why. But, people are in there every day. Personally, as a pass holder, it's nice to have something else to do from time to time. I really like playing the pinball machines in the back.

Additionally, it's a nice place to cool down on those hot summer days. A dark ride could provide that cool down as well. But, I'd have to wait in line first. :-)

I am not familiar with the games available in both the Ballroom and Frontier Town arcade. Is there anything noteworthy in FT that's not in the ballroom. I almost never see anyone in the FT arcade.

"Pinball machines in the back"

One of the few places in the world where you can play an original "Fireball" machine. One of the finest electro-mechanical pinball machines ever made.

What about an Angry Birds theme for a shooting style dark ride?

That's a cool idea. I wonder what the licencing fees would be and how long that game will stay relevant. I stopped playing it after a while. Then they came out with Angry Birds Space & Star Wars. I got hooked for a while again. I once again got bored with it. I've beaten all of them fairly easily. They're not easy to master. But, other than Star Wars I wasn't incentivised enough to try and master each level. In Star Wars, mastering everything unlocked an extra world without having to pay for it.

Awesome idea, we really need a like button.

I took this video of the arcade flooding last summer. Since you mentioned the arcade I thought of it. If you were to build a dark ride you'd have to somehow fix this problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QJNr9h7E6g&feature=youtu.be