The Closed History Of The Goosebumps HorrorLand Fright Show | Expedition Hollywood Studios
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Join us again on Expedition Scream Park as we look at the history of the Goosebumps HorrorLand Fright Show and Fun house at Disney's MGM, now Hollywood Studios. This short lived show took the popularity of the second best selling book series and turned it into a 15 minute interactive show on the Streets Of America in the 90s.
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2:52 "Introduced a whole new generation of children to horror..."
"HELLO I'M MICHAEL EISNER"
Horrifying indeed
That's nothing. Three words are far scarier than that.
jacoblgames what are they
@@wolfie1179 Disney's Star Wars.
@@SirBlackReeds
*AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!*
@@SirBlackReeds You monster that is true horror jesus. What sort of maniac would say those terrible 3 words
I can't believe I've never heard of this. Not even a whisper. Expedition has finally done it.
I try, i try! :D
Definitely with you one this one, I never did either.
same
I actually saw this as a kid but forgot entirely until seeing it again in this video... crazy
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I was dumb forgot the account password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me!
This was a joy to watch. This was my show! That is to say, I played Amaz-O for the entire run of the show (that's me in the video). We struggled for a year to really make the show and funhouse work, but, in the end, as you noted, it closed a year early. I often refer to us as the black sheep/bastard child show at Disney. We've essentially been scrubbed from history. I don't know of a single piece of evidence on property that proves our show was ever there. Thanks so much for making this and sharing!
Ah that’s amazing! Thank you
A phenomenal performance and a phenomenal magician, well done sir! R.L. would be proud
i wish they still had the funhouse open, i would love to go to a real horrorland attraction
It looked like you and the kids were having fun.
I had never heard of this being a thing before, that looks very cool and un-Disney. I would love to see Goosebumps back, maybe as one of the scarezones in Halloween Horror Nights.
No one:
Expedition Theme Park: So there used to be a Goosebumps-themed show at Disney's Hollywood Studios back then...
Me: * gets out popcorn * I'm listening.
😂 same
lol
I feel like The Doug musical would've been far more scary
Dongé
Me too
Viewer beware, you're in for a SCARE!
Spooky
DUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUN
**PIANO INTENSIFIES**
Imagine a full-scale recreation of Horrorland... 🤩🤩🤩
We can only dream😔
How do you make a full-scale recreation of something that is constantly changing it's scale?
@@vegetafan9922 do your best
I want that coffin log flume ride.
Oh man, I hate I never got to see that. I loved and still love Goosebumps, even as an adult. I always found them pretty darned scary, plus unique in that not all had a happy ending. Kids books rarely do that. To this day I remember the show where the scarecrows were slowly making the people disappear. That one is still horrifying to me!
“WHO YOU CALLING DUMMY? DUMMY!”
*- Slappy The Dummy.*
Goosebumps at Hollywood studios?! Didn’t know that was a thing. Thx for the informative video!
Thanks for watching!
So weird to think of this at WDW, because it feels like a Universal show. The set reminds me so much of the HHN 17 opening scaremony, where they introduced Freddy, Leatherface, etc.
Love how your favorite book from the Goosebumps series was about a theme park... Foreshadowing ^_^
“teenage mutant hero turtles” im sorry *WHAT*
that is what it is :D
I’m in the uk I never knew it was hero?
The British had the word ninja censored for being too violent. I'm not even making that up.
I read it was due to some sort of controversy around 1990 surrounding ninjas. So Michelangelo's nunchaku was changed to a grappling hook, and any mention of ninja was removed. But they seemed to have kept both bladed weapons, because why not?
EDIT: Found somewhere else it might have been due to the invention of home video. Apparently theaters had normal age restrictions for the especially gory horror films of the 80s, but VHS tapes were brand spanking new and had no laws around them. It was legally allowing kids to buy the most bloody movies they couldn't see at a theater. And parents freaked out and began to demand new shows and movies be not just child friendly, but super censored. So the UK got TMHT.
Expedition Theme Park that is what it was changed to due to preposterous censorship in the UK, and it’s wrong everywhere else.
It IS ninja turtles. It originated in the U.S.
my brother was actually picked to be one of the kids on stage when we visited the park once
Pics or it didn't happen (well I could believe you but still)
@@JosephM Why would they lie about this.
Kayrobo 22 why would anybody lie about anything
I was actually in this show as one of the kids that got called up form the audience. We had just happened to get there early, and a cast member was wandering around with a clipboard and asked if I wanted to take part. I was about 10, and my parents had to sign this waiver saying that Disney was not responsible for any injury, loss of limb, or death from the show. My mum thought it was a joke at the time and signed it 'Mickey Mouse', before a cast member came back with a new form and told her she had to sign it for real or I couldn't do the show!
Trixicoriko, I wonder if I was your Amaz-O (I'm the one you see in the video above). I was the principal Amaz-O, but I had 2 days off per week when my subs would fill in. Glad you had fun! :)
I’d kill for a full horrorland park at universal or Disney. There’s so much untapped potential and different possibilities for a Goosebumps inspired land. It genuinely grinds my gears it hasn’t been made yet.
Omg when I was a kid horrorland was my FAVORITE. I'm still obsessed with stories/films/hauntings/shows etc. that take place in theme parks. My absolute favorite setting for horror. I can't believe I didn't know about this!!!
How I avoided ever knowing this existed even though I've been visiting WDW my whole life, I will never know!
We were Disney's best kept secret. :) And they've basically disowned us as a show since. Scrubbed from history.
whoa, the curly puppet is AMAZING, especially considering how old this show is! his movements are great!
I remember seeing this show when I was 5. I was scared because I actually believed the magician was turned into a hamster. That show freaked me out as a kid!
I still have vague memories of this attraction. Thanks for bringing back my nightmares!
Thank you!
@@ExpeditionThemePark No! Thank you.
I didn’t realize there was a Goosebumps Horrorland a while ago. I did remember the Goosebumps books and reading some of them when I was little.
The unfortunate thing about being born in the mid 90s is that I missed all the good stuff. By the time I was old enough for the books everything else was gone. I only watched Goosebumps on VHS but I was OBSESSED with the books
Wow I never knew Gossebumps was in the park!
It was a short time but it did happen!
I've never heard of this! And I love Goosebumps! I grew up reading all of the books and even watched the show
"Hero Turtles"?! I love the weird way things get randomly reworded in the UK from the original American releases.
Here in the UK the Ninja Gaiden NES games were renamed Shadow Warriors and Shadow of The Ninja was renamed Blue Shadow.
adultmoshifan87 thats so WEIRD???? are ninjas just not a popular concept there? or is it something particular?? im very curious about it
I grew up with it in the uk and never knew it was hero. I always said ninja so I’m also confused lol
cece. I think they thought Ninja was too violent. Even so, the Game Gear Ninja Gaiden game was still released in the UK as Ninja Gaiden and NES game Bad Dudes was released as Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja
@@adultmoshifan87 what did the UK have against ninjas?
I am an amateur Disney enthusiast and I also had most every Goosebump book. it is rare anymore I come across something from Disney I knew nothing about, but this, I’ve NEVER heard of AT ALL! Thank you so much for your work on this!
I love the Goosebumps series. I am 26 and still love them. I didn't even know about this show though. Might have been to Young to remember though.
I still watch goosebumps and the haunting hour around halloween...personally I think some of the stories are better than adult horror series because they cant rely on gore or adult themes to scare you, making them more creative nd chilling.
I still got all my original goosebumps now my daughter's learning to read and she's super excited for the series!
By the way big wrestling fan both wcw and tna both taped at theme parks I'd love to hear your input on this topic? Love the channel keep it up
2:56 It’s me, nice
My fav!
I had the pleasure of working for the Special Effects Lab that built all of the creatures for the TV Series in the 90's. I even had the chance to be an onscreen zombie in Welcome to Dead House. Many great memories of this show.
thats totally sick man! what was your favorite story you helped bring to life? i still scream bloody murder with the haunted mask specials both 1 and 2 on the tv...
Slappy: I’m gonna make the audience my slaves
Me: not me I’m black
BAHH 2
*O o f*
Big oof
Goosebumps was my childhood could not wait to get home from school to watch :-) #bringbackgoosebumps
The problem with Goosebumps as a theme park land or attraction is it skews very young. So it cant be too scary for young kids, but older kids would think its too cheezy. It works in book form because your imagination scales as you get older.
Oh wow I had no idea this was ever an attraction! I think we visited Disney too late when I was a kid if it only ran for a year. I would've loved it though, I collected every goosebumps book and still vividly remember them! Thanks for the great video dude!
I’ve lived in Orlando my entire life and have neeeeever heard of this.
I did get to meet RL Stine as a kid though at a local library so it might’ve been around this time
I visited WDW in 1997 during MK's year long 25th Anniversary. During my visit to MGM Studios, I happened to be wearing my "Welcome to Fever Swamp" Goosebumps shirt. That same day, RL Stine was at the park. This was a huge deal for me being a Goosebumps fan. My mom gave me money & I ran as fast as I could to the small bookstore in the park. I bought the Goosebumps book "Werewolf Skin". Not only did I get the book signed by RL Stine, I got a picture with him too. To make things even better, I was asked to be part of this Horrorland show. Sadly due to moving, the picture & book were lost 😭 But it was definitely one of my favorite memories!
Viewer Beware, You're in for a Scare!
Wow I remember the Doug musical. I remember being so confused that there was a Disney version and Nickelodeon version of Doug
The Horrorland book was my very favorite too. I wish I could've seen that! Soooo cool!
I once went to a book signing by R. L. Stine and was able to get a personal meet-and-greet with him. It. Was. Awesome.
Wow I didn't know Disney did that! That's really cool! Now if Universal could make a land based on the horrorland book that would be dope!
Hero turtles? That made me actually sick to my stomach to hear 😭
5:33
He's just having fun with that cape now
That's why he took the job
Cape twirling.
True lol.
I remember RL Stine writing for "Choose your own Adventure" books and 2 comedy books (" Blips" and "Dont Stand in the Soup" ) as"Jovial Bob" Stine .
Out of everyone I know my mom and dad got to see this show without their kids!!! lol I think they filmed it too because I remember watching a little bit with my sisters :) Wish they'd bring it back. They take away everything we love!
Wow! Interesting! I've never heard about the play and stuff! This is somewhat sad. Harry Potter and Goosebumps are very near and dear to my heart!
I watch goosebumps when I was a kid back then it was wonderful I wish I could see the goosebumps horror land Fright show again I really love to see it
By sheer happenstance, i was at Disney MGM the day this opened. I got a bunch of photos, but the special moment was when I was standing around for the opening ceremony, and spotted a gangly man in a black turtleneck (in hot Florida weather, no less), loitering discreetly next to the stage. I actually got to talk to RL Stine for a while before he was dragged off to open the fun house. Definitely the most memorable part of the trip.
Love how you used those Goosebumps: The Video Game tracks for this vid. Also fantastic vid too!
Thank you! I thought I recalled requesting this at some point; I could never find much info on this past the show and glad to learn a little more about the funhouse and overall story. Thanks again!
The 90’s were really just the best of times, and the worst of times... but definitely lean towards the best of times and this proves it. Always wanted to go to Disney World around those times and this would’ve been a real gem! Goosebumps at Disney World?!? Awesome!
Goosebumps is my favorite book series of all time. I have read almost all the books and my most favorite Goosebumps series is the Horrorland series. Since I was a big theme park fan, I of course loved the Horrorland series because each of the books mostly took place in a theme park filled with well,Horror. I read the Horrorland books as a kid and ever since then,I always dreamt of a real Horrorland in a real theme park. The idea sounded kinda crazy because Horrorland described in the books is sometimes too scary but I don't know,it just had so much potential. There were so many creative ideas for rides,food,shops, heck there was even a full on map of the theme park if you collected the first 12 books of the series. Anyways, Disney World has always been my favorite theme park destination. So one day,I thought it would be a cool idea to bring Goosebumps to a Disney park. Unfortunately,I remember that Goosebumps is not owned by Disney and Disney didn't had the rights to use Goosebumps (at least I thought so). Now, Expedition Theme Park released a new video and just by reading the title alone I was like....wait, Goosebumps was at Disney world? I couldn't believe my eyes so I watched the video and found out that it was indeed true. Even though it was only a show and it didn't last much,it was still "something" and better yet,it was in Disney! Even though I was never there to experience it in person,it feels like my dream already came true. Thank you Expedition Theme Park, this was definitely something unexpected. Who knows if Disney decides in the future to bring Goosebumps into the parks as either having their own land,ride,show (like before) or an idea that I had before; a ride overlay of Haunted Mansion or Tower of Terror with Slappy the Dummy the one controlling either building.
horrorland is one of my favorite goosebumps episode and i never even heard of this, great video! thank you :)
I remember obsessing over every single book. I think I stopped reading at..."Little Shop of Hamsters"? It's been a while. 😅
This would be so cool if it came back.
OMG! I saw this show! I have a picture under the bulldozer in the warehouse!!
Tbh I want a full horrorland theme park. It’d be way cool
Why the HECK did I not know this was a thing?! Thank you for enlightening me! ❤️
I'd love to see a new Goosebumps land somewhere. It has the potential to be quite interesting for sure.
Thank you for doing a video on this! I thought I was crazy I always had vivid memories of goosebumps at Disney world but I thought I made it up because I was a kid.
I first heard of these attractions from a Walt Disney World retrospective book I received as a kid in the late '90s. Still have it XD
this is a deeep dive thank u expedition theme park, very entertaining as always
I read the Goosebumps books growing up, never found them scary. I found them more like silly sci-fi and fantastical
omg i remember my sister got picked to participate in this. When they put her in the box and I heard the screaming, I thought it was real and she died!!! 😂😂 I specifically remember they gave her and the other kid a Haunted Mask to wear during the show too. Between this and Alien Encounters I got the living hell scared out of me at Disney!
Seeing Goosebumps back in a theme park would be lovely, but I doubt Disney will ever have that anymore which I thought because of the franchise was run by Fox and Disney owns Fox now but yet the movie was done by Sony so I don't know about that. I also thought that Garfield would be owned by Disney due to that franchise was run by Fox as well but yet the upcoming series "Garfield Originals" will be on Nickelodeon.
More awesome stuff I never knew about, told masterfully by a chap that really cares. Damn I love this channel!
This was such a great time. I remember seeing this show. Also read the books as a teen. All of this was normal back then. Remember, Pre-9/11... It WAS a different world... lol
Thanks for educating me on this one! I liked being surprised 😉
I would say that school libraries keep Goosebumps alive
God, I *NEVER* knew this existed!! I would've been *TERRIFIED* as a kid! I loved goosebumps to death!
I absolutely love goosebumps so this video was amazing
Yes I would love to see a goosebumps in Disney world that would be so much fun or mgm Park that would be so much fun 🎃👻🎃!
Wow, I've never heard of this! I actually met R. L. Stone when I was younger.
I didn't get into Goosebumps until I was out of college. Although, I remember seeing the original books (and a few from the "choose your own adventure" spinoff series) at my elementary school library and seeing reruns of the Canadian produced television show in (junior) high school. This was because Cartoon Network was airing another movie/series based on Stein's work, The Haunting Hour, at the time. I remember being totally surprised when searching "Top 10 Goosebumps Books/Episodes" countdown videos on UA-cam, and I came across a couple of rare videos of this show. Kid me would have been terrified of seeing fellow kids in danger, but current me appreciates the stagecraft and the role the young volunteers get to play in chasing off the iconic monsters.
P.S. The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight is my favorite of the classic Goosebumps books, but I admit being fond of the concept behind the camera in Say Cheese and Die as well. Any player of the Project Zero/Fatal Frame series knows that photographs carry pieces of people's souls, according to Japanese urban legend; how you play the games determines your character's ultimate fate, and the (living) souls close to her (It is always a young, impressionable, usually depressed and definitely defenseless woman with a dark secret in their past.) A camera that shows bad futures for whoever it takes a picture of? Sounds like Stein might have heard of this urban legend.
GIANT SLAPPY IS SCARY!
If they brought this back many a people would attend. Or at least I would !
That music! For a second, I thought I was 8 again, needing my Goosebumps fix.
Sometimes you can just tell that something was designed by a committee.
Also: why do I feel like I should be seeing Curly on stage holding a guitar and singing "Touch of Grey"? (lol)
Slappy is still one scary mother in those original goosbumps shows! I had to change the channel he scared me so much!
Been to Disney world at least 20 times and I’ve never heard a peep about this existing. Wow
They should remake this at a Disney park during Halloween
The show was actually kind of scary and the fun house was meh. The best part was the cement roller, thanks for including that clip.
OMG I honestly thought this was something my 4 year old brain made up!!! LOL confirmation it was real thank you!!!
Curly the skeleton looks awesome lol.
THIS WOULDA BEEN A DREAM COME TRUE FOR CHILD-ME!
My favorite was always "Say Cheese and Die" cause the title pissed my mom off lol
I loved that Horrorland video game. At the same time I hated it because it was just a bunch of mini games but I loved the layout of the themed worlds
BexTheBoo388 I had the mutant one, couldn’t figure out how to beat it.
I would love to see a return of Goosebumps in any of the theme parks, be it over at Hollywood Studios or as a haunted house/scare zone at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights.
I remember walking into a scare zone/jump zone next to this not knowing what a scare zone was.came as quite a shock!
I was sure this was at universal studios! I didn’t know it was at MGM!
I played Amazo the magician AND Ace Ventura in these two 1996 and 1998 shows!
As soon as Michael Eisner came on screen, I *KNEW* this was gonna be good.
horror themed tv shows like goosebumps and the twilight zone!
"The perfect way to attract teens is to show them kids about to be maimed." Yup accurate. Lol
I like this place
Me too
I love Goosebumps books and TV show
Cool 😎😎😎 I love ❤️goosebumps or anything scary
You should do videos on the backstory of rides.
Maybe!
6:46 I think you mean "Night of the Living Dummy"
I did :p
I had to think as the series is known under a translated name in my country. The live action series actually traumatized me with the episode of the living ventriloquist doll, I never dared to read the books because of that, even though I was very into vampires, werewolves and the like.