Thread: Dark Rides from Utah.

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I know everyone here loves the Haunted Mansion...

For me, though, I never went through that in my formative years. No, for me here in Utah, there was Lagoon (local amusement park). BUT, Lagoon has 2 traditional Dark Rides of it's own!

Oh, I recall being absolutely terrified of the both of them.

Now, the card on the camera was nearly full, so we had to use a compressed video. I'll get some better stuff later, since we have season passes.

UNFORTUNATELY, I didn't manage to get video of the Terroride today. It's changed substantially since my last visit, so nothing was where I expected.

I DID, however, manage to get video of Dracula's Castle.

The Queu line has this darn owl making really crappy jokes...but also managing to freak out the wee ones.

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And, while the interior had changed some, it still was in the same places. Got most of the exhibits. And, as you'll hear me in the video, they still managed to scare Kyle, my 10 year old.

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For more, and some pics, you can see my blog (in my sig).

I love amusement parks and the dark rides! Those both look quite interesting...

Wow, that has changed alot! I grew up in Murray Utah. I went to Lagoon several times a year growing up. The Terror ride is my Favorite! Draculas Castle is second. Thank you for posting! I can remember the old funhouse, hall of mirrors, the old burlap silde. Man, so many good memories just hit me like a ton of bricks. Thank you for posting this. I am actually working on recreating the floating skeletons that you saw in the Terror Ride. The ones just to the left as you entered the ride. So creepy, like the mural, hahahahahaha.

Great post. I love dark rides. Please post more when you are able.

Those were fun videos. Your daughter seemed 'highly concerned.' Adorable.

My daughter was a ride operator at Lagoon a few years back...she worked Drac's Castle once in a while

Is Lagoon the name of the park? Too funny you just posted this. I was just logging in to make a post about my recent Disneyland trip and the Haunted Mansion.

Those rides look really fun - great video, thanks for sharing.

Looks like you had a good time. I wish there was something like that around here; the dark rides at nearby fairs just don't cut it (if they're even working)

Originally Posted by Halloween Princess

Is Lagoon the name of the park? Too funny you just posted this. I was just logging in to make a post about my recent Disneyland trip and the Haunted Mansion.

Yes, Lagoon is a local amusement park.

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It's not on par with any of the 'big name' parks. In recent years, though, they've added a number of smaller coasters that has it being quite the decent park. I'm actually impressed with the improvements in the last 6 years since I've been. I certainly wouldn't suggest it as a travel destination unless you have a real coaster fixation, there are some nostalgic one of a kinders there. Even then, I don't think it would be worth the day admission they charge. But, being only 15 min away, and fairly reasonable season pass rates (essentially 2 day passes) make it pretty affordable for us. Go spend a couple hours, leave come back another day.

Then, there's Frightmares (october halloween theme, + a couple haunted walkthroughs). Tickets are a tad cheaper (used to be half priced!) and it's typically less crowded. But, we'll get more on that when the time comes.