Top 9 Best Dark Rides In America Outside Of Disney & Universal
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
- Join The Legend as he ranks the 9 best dark rides that can be found in the United States outside of the Disney & Universal parks.
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Free ride with free chocolate?! And I'm just now finding out about this in the middle of a global pandemic?!
You don't watch Hershey's videos
I got to ride it a few months before the pandemic. The cows are scary
It’s nice to finally see Santa Cruz put on the map 💖
Happy to see Monster Mansion so high on this list. As a native Atlantan, that ride is an absolute classic and the refurb was done so lovingly. “Stay out of the marsh” has been common vocabulary for virtually every person I met growing up.
I live in ATL too, and I also am a big fan monster mansion
The precursor to Monster Mansion at Six Flags Over Georgia was a dark ride called Tales of the Okefenokee back in 1967. It lasted for 1 year, and was redesigned by Sid and Marty Kroft, before it closed in 1980. The storyline was based on the Uncle Remus books.
The first few seconds of Main Street in Adventureland (Altoona, IA) made me so happy! That’s my childhood theme park and I even worked there as a teen. I actually worked on Adventureland’s only dark ride, The Underground!
if you ask me, the original haunted castle ride was way better than the upgrade and way more creepier. I mean it had a crying mummy that you would pass by under flickering candles and a demonic chef cooking his face. a guy impaled by spikes falling towards you and even some grim reaper looking guy throwing coal into a furnace and the best part of that ride is that it had the overture from phantom of the opera playing inside the ride which was perfect for creepiness in it.
That's cool. I've only been on the updated version because I hadn't been to the boardwalk before it was changed.
@@kirkwahmmett1666 you can find videos of the original version on RUclips.
LOVE Knoebles and the haunted mansion there!
Added it too.
Hey! The reason Kaleidoscape has blasters for no reason is because it used to be a ride called Ghost Blasters.
I went to Playland Park at age 11 (On my birthday too) with my crappy deadbeat dad. He told me all about how he used to go there, and when I heard that a dark ride from that place was on there, it took me back a good few years. And here's the kicker here: I never went on it! I'm kicking myself now!
Mine of lost Souls, my home park of Canobie lake Park!
I’m so glad you put “Monster Plantation” on here!! The first time I rode it when I was a kid my dad told me there was a Gilla Monster in there that loved to pull little girls ponytails 😆 Naturally I started crying. Ah Dad’s and the heckling of their kids..
Rode Justice League at Six Flags Great Adventure and I was surprised at how great the ride ran. I also paid a ride op 15 bucks to skip the line... Thats six flags for ya. lol
Fernando Kirkman 35$ get you a basic flash pass
@@julienbrosseau I'm too fucked up in my knees for great adventure....I'd check this out. Haven't been to great adventure since 97. The year batman and robin chiller kept going out of service.
My 2 favorite non-Disney dark rides are Haunted Castle and Cave Train Adventure (both at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk). I also love Calico Mine Train at Knott’s Berry Farm.
Ghost hunt at lake Compounce is really fun
I agree. Out of that style ride by Sally, that is absolutely everywhere, the one at Lake Compounce is in really good shape again (as is the one in Niagara Falls)
There's another great non-Disney or Universal dark ride in the U.S. that wasn't on this list. You probably haven't been on it, so no problems here. This ride is another Haunted Mansion, and it's located at Funland in Rehobeth Beach, Delaware. It's a hidden gem, not many people know about it, but it has long lines there because it's very popular with the locals.
It is one I want to try, just have never got to that part of the country
The one at Magic Mountain is particularly special because it's literally the only ride in the park you can cool off on. Every other ride in the park, you bake in the sun, even the flume ride Jetstream is no relief since they cut down all the trees that used to provide shade on it.
Magic Mountain has always struggled with the idea that people sometimes want a little more out of a park then coasters. Don't get me wrong, those are certainly what I consider the best part, and if I didn't enjoy the park I wouldn't have been getting season passes for the last several years consecutively, but live entertainment, air-conditioned seated experiences, etc, are integral parts of a well rounded park too.
Am I the only one who LOVES madhouses? I really like the one at Great Adventure. My favorite non-Disney/Universal dark ride of all time though was Darkastle at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Like Spiderman but with a super original story. It's a shame they let that one go.
Madhouses are a good time, shame we don’t have more in the states. Agree on Darkcastle, was a great ride
I havent been on Kaleidoscape at Elitch Gardens, but I remember that attraction was previously a shooting ride with ghosts, and it totally did keep score
The Great Pistolero Roundup at Family Kingdom is hilarious
will be interesting to see the results when the Old Mill in Kennywood gets re themed no more Garfield's nightmare
I’ve only been on one in this list which is the Monster Mansion at SFoG. My favorites include the aforementioned Monster Mansion, the Terrorride and Dracula’s Castle at Lagoon, and Ghostwood Estate at Kennywood. I also like Noah’s Ark at Kennywood but that is a walkthrough.
I loved curse of darkastle at busch gardens williamsburg. Really sad that it's closed now.
Agree 100%
I liked it better than Spider-Man but I can’t say why cause it’s a spoiler
I miss that old Hershey song for sure but still a great ride
Rainforest River Adventure Ride in Houston is really good. A better made but less Tacky Jurassic Jungle ride
I love the Terror Ride at Lagoon theme park in Farmington, Utah. It had a recent remodel that brought it up to date and kept the old charm. Great remainder of the haunted house style rides that I love. They also have a dark ride called Dracula’s Castle that is pretty cool. Check them out!
I grew up going to Lagoon and riding the Terror Ride! As a teen I got to go through it in the late 60’s with the lights on that was very cool! I spent hours in The Fun House next door to The Terror Ride. I went back there a few years ago while visiting a friend and was so happy to see they kept it running!
They need to update Dracula’s Castle though. For instance, the spinning tunnel at the end hasn’t worked since the 1980s, and it doesn’t have much to do with Dracula anymore.
Totally agree, I love Terror Ride's refurbishment!
you should consider heading over to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri...they have a couple of dark rides...one is called Fire In The Hole which is an indoor roller coaster with animatronics akin to Pirates of the Caribbean (but with hillbillies) and the other is the Flooded Prison Mine which is a mining theme animatronics of prisoners in a flooded mine...cool part is it's also a shooting ride where the guns actually work as do the counters (which are on the guns themselves)
Bay native here and I'm saying Haunted Castle and Cave Train at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk are my absolute favorite rides while tripping on acid
As a kid one of my favorite dark rides was Ghost Blasters in Niagara Falls, it was absolutely wild. The animatronic host/greeter of the ride was my favorite
Hey Legend, I'm curious to where you'd put Curse of Darkastle had it still been operating.
Probably number 5 or 6, maybe higher
IKR?! Dang, that ride was freakin' awesome! Why did they have to tear it down?!
Canobie Lake with the mention !!!
Well deserved, that dark ride is fantastic
I would also put one more ride on this list: The Challenge of Mondor at Enchanted Forest.
It’s a trackless, interactive shooter that has no 3-D or screens. But instead these beautiful, Pirates of the Caribbean esque show scenes. It’s one of the most underrated dark rides out there!
I haven’t been out to that park yet, hoping to get there next year.
@@IntheLoopPodcast you should go when you can! Unfortunately, it’s typically closed from October thru April, but during the Spring/ Summer is a good time to make it out there.
Ayy they mentioned the Mill At play land! I’ve been there and ngl it’s creepy as fuck, but a fun ride!
I was on Hershey one when the cars went straight only I think back in 82 it was totally different since then.
Oh I like knoebels haunted mansion I've been going on it for years, yes the last part is weird but j remember it when that was not there but I cannot remember what was in its place.
It didn't have upside down room and that witch hallway
But they do try to change things around
I wish they would change the jungle to something else tho.
great video it was really entertaining
the dark ride i used to go on is at disney hollywood studios and it's called the great movie ride, it has movies but it was shut down because it has to make room for minnie and mickey's runaway railroad.
I’m not really enthused about any dark ride that is actually an advertisement, nor any dark ride that focuses on shooting screens. I’d say the Calico Mine Ride is probably my favorite, but I’ve long wanted to go on Monster Mansion.
Both are awesome and totally understand
In the Loop Oh, and I loved the old Knott’s Beary Tales!
That one was before my time, but I did go on (and thoroughly enjoy) Kingdom Of The Dinosaurs
Justice League: Battle for Metropolis at Six Flags Great America and Six Flags Over Texas are my favorites followed by Yosemite Sam's Gold River Adventure at Six Flags Over Texas, Ghost Blasters at Nickelodeon Universe, Boo Blasters at Boo Hill at Kings Dominion and Kings Island, Antartica: Empire of the Penguine at SeaWorld Orlando, Calico Mine Ride at Knott's Berry Farm, and Curse of the Dark Castle at Busch Gardens Williamsburg (R.I.P.).
Yosemite Sam probably would have made my list if it was still open
Did it close??? If so, what a shame!
Unfortunately it did. Flood damage did it in
In the Loop Well I guess I made the right decision to go to Dallas instead of San Francisco in 2016. The literal reason I chose that place was because I was worried that ride would soon close. And it did. Just not from anything I would've expected.
@@IntheLoopPodcast nooo!
Ghostwood Estate at Kennywood is super underrated, it has good theming and when working almost every target you hit makes something happen
I wish it didn't have those stupid blasters though. With how good the scenery on that ride is, those stupid "pew pew" guns ruin it in my opinion. Many dark rides are ruined by having blasters added for no reason.
No. 8 is a tourist trap and for $15 its more fun riding go-carts a few times or spending a hour in one of the many arcades in Pigeon Forge. Blazing Fury is a classic funny dark ride and Mystery Mine is a Coaster/dark ride hybrid worth your time. Both in Dollywood.
You’ve got to ride the pirates ride at six flags fiesta Texas. It’s really good. The queue is excellent as well. And then for an old school carnival dark ride, go to Wonderland in Amarillo, Texas and ride Fantastic Journey. One ride is included in the upgraded wristband. It’s pretty fantastic.
Unfortunately the pirate ride was closed on my visit to Fiesta Texas this summer. I absolutely want to try Fantastic Journey one day
@@IntheLoopPodcast AWWW! sorry the pirate ride was closed. it's worth the ride. watch some of the POV's on here. it has all original music, and a lot, if i remember right, was done in house.
Trimpers Haunted House in Ocean City is the best non Disney dark ride I’ve been on.
I haven’t done that one yet. Want to try it
Monster Mansion hell yeah!!!
That is a really good Dark Ride-I remember it first as as Monster Plantation that opened in 1981 , But do know before that it was a totally different Dark Ride-Tales of the Okefenokee -From the park's opening in 1967 until 1980
@@mikekaraoke Tony Baxter admits Okefenokee was a major inspiration when he designed Splash Mountain for Disney.
@@spaceactivistarchive4180 Yea I have heard that before, Where you from?
@@mikekaraoke Southern California.
@@spaceactivistarchive4180 I have been there before whereabouts?
When last went that way went to: Beverly Hills
I'm from UK in England-Kent, You been to the UK?
Imagine something exactly like the Kaleidoscope ride being built at an EDM festival like Ultra, EDC, Tomorrowland, etc? The people riding would trip out so hard lol
How does Pigeon Forge have more dinosaurs than Universal Studios?
Quailty over quantity!
Noooo I remember that song even 30 years later! The Hershey chocolate song. I sing it sometimes when I'm eating kisses. I'm such a fat kid
You have nowhere on this list the incredible Haunted Mansion at Rehobeth Beach Funlsnd, a Jim Melonic Materpiece that the park took Venture Cobra ride cars, and built a suspended track. Knobels borrowed heavily from this ride. After 150+ dark rides, it still is the best.
My favorite dark ride was at Euclid Beach Park in Cleveland, Ohio. It was " The Laugh in the Dark."
I have to add Gobblers Getaway at Holiday World is pretty awesome as well
I really like Ninjago, Flooded Mine, and Ghostwood Estate.
So sad I didn’t ride flooded mine at SDC
Ghostwood Estate never works properly
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Live near here. Some kid died in the boats track one year, got caught up in the gears under the boat because he jumped out after getting scared.
It used to be a much better ride, complete darkness at points where you couldn’t even tell if your eyes were open. Since then though, they’ve added LED dim lights to I guess keep a Kid from ever getting that scared again...
Gotta add Reese's Cup Fusion from Hershey Park on your updated list 😃
I just saw the Pigeon Forge Jurassic Park ride in a “Top 10 WORST dark rides” video
Well the best dark ride outside of Disney and Universal is Reesie’s cup fusion inside Hersheypark.
Valhala at Blackpool pleasure beach though it is a log ride its still one of the best things outside of Disney. Also theres the hunted house at alton towers with the guns i mean yea its a bit cheesy now but again one of my favourites outside of Florida . And theres one of the rides from lego land i cant realy remember what it was called or many of the details of what it involved cus it was years ago i went but it was another ride i did enjoy
I absolutely love Valhalla at Blackpool
I have to agree that the Hershey ride is great but it certainly isn't better than the haunted house at Knoebels amusement park
Haunted Mansion at Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk is a must ride. Uses suspended vehicles, talk about a unqiue ride system.
I have never been there, I’m aware of it and always wanted to go
Good list
If you are ever in Oregon check out the challenge of mondor dark ride in enchanted forest theme park in Turner, Oregon.
Hoping to get there next summer.
@@IntheLoopPodcast awesome 👏
I’m shocked Fire in the Hole from Silver Dollar City isn’t on this list.
That one is technically a roller coaster. Really enjoy that ride though
There are two that you didn't mention that are easy top picks for me, and they both happen to be located at Dollywood (well one is no longer there unfortunately but can still be seen at another park). Those two are Blazin' Fury, and Flooded Mine.
I do enjoy both of those rides
As someone else who grew up with the Hershey ride its current iteration is my least favorite. I think the best one was the previous one as it more encompassed all the candies under the company. Now it's just Hershey's Reese's' and Kisses. The music was also catchier with the Doo-wop throughout the ride but ending like you said with the classic song. Also great to see Knoebels make the list for its classic feel.
You need to check out the "Haunted house"on the boardwalk in Ocean City,Maryland. Even The Carpetbagger put it high up in his favorite dark rides.
I hadn’t ridden that one before I made this video, but I did ride it this July and I agree would have made the list.
Knoebels haunted mansion is best dark ride in the united states, old school awesome!
Cool ride
Monster mansion is my all time favorite ride, it is a top tier dark ride.
Wasn't #2 originally the Okefenokee Swamp ride before the Monster Mansions? An opening day attraction that we rode while we waited for WDW to open near us in Florida.
Yes
Great list. Too bad Knott's Beary Tales closed (75-86 ). Technically its coming back as an entirely different kind of dark ride but that original ride designed by former Imagineer Rolly Crump was amazing, and that song would be stuck in your head just as mush as it's a small world ever was.
Beary Tales was before my time, but I did enjoy Kingdom of the Dinosaurs
Knights in White Satin - The Trip would have definitely made this list if it was still open.
100% agree with that
Rainforest Cafe boat dark ride in Galveston, Texas is pretty good.
After filming this list, I have been on that one and I agree super fun dark ride.
The Netherlands have amazing dark rides.
I agree. Efteling is one of my favorite parks on the planet
The Colorado location isn't Six Flags anymore, it's Elitch Gardens!
You have to hit up lost island in Iowa The park itself is horrible but they have one dark ride that's amazing
I have been there. If I was making this list today, the Volkanu dark ride at Lost Island would definitely be on the list
Ha, love the mention for mine of lost souls at canobie lake. I remember when they built it I. The 80s
Love that weird weird ride
I know this is a US ride video but did I see boo blasters from Canada’s wonderland in the beginning?
Very close I believe it is the shooting dark ride in Niagara Falls
What do you think of the dark rides at LEGOLAND New York? They have a couple that look pretty interesting/cool. Planning to check it out later this summer with my son
The LEGO factory adventure ride is pretty neat.
My cousins used to call the hershey ride the "Annoying cow ride"
The Safari @ Riverview. It closed in 1967.
You should also include Portal 31
I haven’t heard of that one. What is it?
@@IntheLoopPodcast another mine ride but this is in Kentucky & embraces the state's mining history, has better animatronics than the ride featured here & has an ending you would wish could be videotaped
Gobbler Getaway at Holiday World should be on here
We hated the Hersheys ride.
Good list until you got to there. 🙂
What are you talking about, that rides fine
Try the ancient, but still remarkably amusing, Fire in the Hole at Branson's Silver Dollar City.
I have been on that one & quite enjoy it.
Haunted Mansion in Knoebel's, PA.
what about Hersheypark Cupfusion!? It's amazing and way better than six flags version of battle for metropolis!
Haven’t been on that one yet. Heard good things, hopefully will get on it later this year
Glad you liked Cupfusion! We think both of those are good ones! :)
should have put blazing fury on there
This is a great list, but I think Blazing Fury at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge should be included instead of the dinosaur ride.
Blazing Fury technically would count as a roller coaster, not a dark ride, but it is very close.
Ok. I consider it to be a dark ride, but I can understand the roller coaster classification.
717 Hershey since i was a young kid and now take my kids
Jurassic jungle boat ride is now $18 and only a 9 year old might find it worth the money
what about dark knight at six flags great adventure!? that’s a dark ride right?!
That would count as a roller coaster
Monster Mansion is not cute. Its terrifying😉
Only a top 9 Dark Rides outside of Disney + Universal, You should of done at least a top 40 of ones around the world-Even if you have not been on them
I know you said at the end you could of done ones in Europe + Japan, When could you do those
So many good/really good Dark Rides in Europe in Theme Parks + not in Theme Parks
How about Ghost Blasters?
I don’t mind those rides, but they rely heavily on a lot of 2D wood cutout type characters, so I’d put them behind the rides on this list.
You missed the dark rides on Marylands beach walk and Coney Island.
When I filmed this I haven’t been on the one in Ocean City Maryland yet, I have now and it’s excellent
I think the new dark ride at lost island and legoland ny factory can join the list
I rode both of those this summer and would agree
@@IntheLoopPodcast to me justice league might go off the list now they took the 3d away and the audio seams off.
any others I’m missing to add?
Love your list and content thanks for sharing!
Where's "Pirates if the Deep Sea" in Fiesta Texas?
Haven’t been on that one yet
is that new? I havent been to fiesta in years but they used to have that scooby ride.
Monster mash ion was a ride that was first ti beat Disneyland splash mountain
CURSE YOU BOO BLASTERS!
They updated the cows :(
Where Efteling
I love Efteling, but this countdown was “top 9 best dark in America outside of Disney and universal”
@@IntheLoopPodcast
Ah, I get it now. Thanks for replying.
I wish Justice League wasnt a goofy shoot em up.
Because Disney Dark Rides best any others.