As it turns out, I pronounced "Terminus" horribly wrong. Apologies to Walking Dead fans. But let's just say I called it "Ter Minus" on purpose as a pun to emphasize its "F Minus" scenery lol. I also accidently used footage from the Hollywood version of Earthquake while referring to the Orlando one, mainly since I couldn't get usable footage of the Orlando one on short notice.
I have mixed feelings about terminus after just hearing about it in this video. it's clear to see what's going on as theres not really anything going on. I quite like the thought of no decorations and just being able to experience a ride for the bare structure of engineering that it is and to relax as theres nothing trying to scare you or flood your brain with images and scenes to make it seem "exciting", its just simple and plain. on the other hand I wonder about how it's designed and about the safety of it. in case its not clear I have only ridden a few "rollercoasters"/rides. most of which when I was younger, of which I can only remember a little bit of one at legoland, and some at Disney (the best being the avatar ones. which I checked before going on to find out that they didnt actually travel like a rollercoaster would.) to make it even clearer. rollercoasters scare me and I'm to afraid to even get on some of the kids ones incase something goes horribly wrong.
Terminus is SO FUNNY to me like,, they couldn’t even put forth the effort to draw on the walls or something. They literally just threw together a box and called it good.
Yeah I went on an identical ride at a fair in the UK a few years ago. I wanted to get my money back and warn anyone not to go on it. But I had a niece to look after. Well, Pikeys gonna pike.
Ooooooo, roasted. Also if it's brighter than your phone flashlight than it might be as bright as when you look up at the sun.... Oh god what were they thinking that could seriously blind someone so that ride should change that.
Honestly I knew Terminus was gonna be #1 before I watched this video. The only thing scary about that ride is how many people were lined up to go inside it. smh
Terminus is one of the most rides. the moment when a voice appeared and said "its termining time" and termined all the guests really touched me and was one of the most moments from there
My family recently went to Tennessee, and I passed by Earthquake. Remembering the ride solely from this video, I really wanted to ride it and had my heart set on it for the whole week. I ended up paying $24 for two children's admissions, but personally, I think it was worth it. Sure, the scenery is really random, but I think that it's charming in its own little way. It's oddly terrifying because everything is so dang loud, and while the chairs are creaking back and forth, literally everyone is screaming at the top of their lungs. All in all, it's a great ride, and I'd give it 4 stars. 👍
When I was a kid my parents took me on this ride when it was still brought up to expectations and it was better but still terrifying for the price it isn't worth it
Honestly I thought it was meant to house some kind of haunted house thing where you put in your own scenery and have people jump out....but nobody ever does that.
I've actually been on Terminus before. And for the question if its smooth or not... eh. Its like in the middle. There is no way its smooth, and its not too too rough. Its just meh
That particular dark ride is a pretty common staple in traveling carnivals... though themed differently. Some have more to see... others less... and only a choice few have NOTHING (as is this example). The Ada County Fair (Boise, ID) has actually had TWO of these "trailer rides" running at the same fair, each with it's own theme.
Man, my uncle worked on superstar limo when it was in development. He was an imagineer, said he ended up helping create set up some of the props too. He literally cringed talking about it and said it definitely wasnt his proudest moment. But in turn he was an architect at the park so thats really cool :))
I skipped through the video to see if Terminus was here because it showed up at my local fair, and I can assure you that it is the dumbest thing in the world. The outside looks so nice and like you're gonna get a nice, well themed traveling dark ride, and then I just find myself in a burning hot box. Literally, it had to be at least 120 degrees F in there
I'm lucky to live near a amusement park that keeps their dark ride animtronics in good shape, unlike my local state fair, which has props that look the terminator.
I was told that this ride was intended to be at night, so people would stand in the dark and reach out to you to scare you throughout. That was just the story I heard, anyways. Still a shitty ride. Lol
Pretty sure a buddy and me rode that Terminus thing at the fair when we were kids. During that S turn section our car derailed and started shorting out the tracks and arcing and spraying sparks out everywhere. It was pretty exciting until the showman came over and just had us walk out. Lol.
Being walked off Winnie the Pooh is DisneyWorld as a bit embarrassing too. Why? We literally stopped before the last door would open. This technically put us IN the ride. And since we had to be evacuated we got a free fastpass for likewise attractions. I had ridden the whole ride yet they still felt they had to compensate because I needed to walk 3 steps lmao. (Of course for people further back it would have made much more sense but us up front? That was just stupid. But I admit: I accepted it🤓
I went on it just yesterday, and it turns out it’s had a refurbishment. Most the broken dinosaurs have been repaired or replaced, and that one guy had his arm taped back on :D Bad thing is, Mr. Broken Jaw in the finale is missing, don’t know why. The rest of the ride was still terrifying though, just cause of the darkness and mechanical noise and uncanny animatronics. I’d gladly ride it again.
Terminus was originally supposed to have a large amount of zombie actors which fell through after actors weren't payed. It was supposed to be a permanent haunted hayride type of thing where park management would decorate. Instead of doing this they put people through the big metal box
Except people in RCT tend to add scenery. It's a dime-a-dozen port-a-pretzel, but run without scenery - or even the atmospheric lighting that led to such rides being called dark rides in the first place.
I love dark rides! Yes, the Old Mill was ruined when they did the Garfield overlay. I remember riding the Old Mill back in the 1980s when it was still a haunted dark ride. So glad to hear that Kennywood finally brought it back last year. Hard to believe it’s 120 years old.
I actually liked Garfield's Nightmare. I think it lasted so long because it was entertaining to kids, definitely is a fond memory for me. Seeing clips of it in this video felt like I was in the video even though he was talking about how bad it was. I've never seen or heard of Old Mill until today. I'm excited to see it!
Hi, random Kennywood visitor from the early 1970s. I remember riding the Old Mill as a child. I was terrified, and covered my eyes through the majority of the ride. But I remember seeing hearing Polynesian music and seeing Hula dancers at the end? Was I dreaming? Does anyone else from the period remember that? And never forget the Nighty Night closing song!
Just wanted to say thanks for including an epilepsy warning beforehand. My nephew has severe epilepsy, and one episode can set him back weeks, so we’re very appreciative of creators who are considerate of this. 👍🏻
And decided to run with the full maintenance lighting on instead of, you know, the minimal lighting that such rides are known for. There aren't even any walls (not even cheap cubicle walls with a hasty spraypaint job) to give it a maze feeling.
Please note: This list was based on a viewer poll. Some options like Monstars of Rock just missed the top ten, even though I'd personally put it in the top five. I'll see how I can discuss it in a future video.
Some of the Brer Rabbits animatronics are on the Bobsled. The Roald Dahl area never happened, and only one ride opened and then it was rethemed. I don't think anything is there now. Also it replaced the Nutty Jakes Mine Ride that opened the year after the park opened in 1988. The ride also had a one off Halloween over haul, which was probably terrifying!.
Terminus is incredibly nostalgic for me. It was one of my first (technical) dark rides, and, even though it wasn't very good, it did somehow spark my love for them.
I personally LOVE Figment as he is now. I see the childlike mischief in him as he gets into everything and is constantly told no but continues to do what he wants, when he wants to and doesn't listen because he's having too much fun. That's exactly how a child behaves.
Garfield's Nightmare was a truly weird ride. Around the time it opened, Garfield became a temporary "mascot" for Kennywood alongside Kenny the Kangaroo. Garfield characters were depicted on park merchandise, Garfield-themed murals appeared in the park, and if I remember correctly, the park even had an actor walking around in a Garfield costume. All of that stuff fell by the wayside within a couple of years, but the Garfield ride remained, completely incongruent with everything else in the park.
Those were dark years at Kennywood. Half-thought-out attempts to “modernize” the park without a good strategy or commitment. Garfield’s Nightmare was emblematic of the problems. The new version is a lot more fun, a goofier take on the mid-90s version of the ride with a bit more story.
i actually quite enjoy that ride, so knowing that one of the worst rides in history is under some of my beloved Monsters Inc characters tickles me a bit
Going on Monsters Inc, there's a lot of cognitive dissonance ("why is that character posing like that??") That makes horrifying sense once you realize Superstar Limo is under there.. unfortunately.
I went on terminus with one of my friends and we had so much fun on it because it was just us turning around the corners really fast and my friend almost fell off at one time LMAO
I remember being SO excited as a kid to go on the Luxor boat ride and then so disappointed after I asked my parents when it was over in like disbelief “that really it???”
“What happens if you take (insert big name attraction) and make it with 10% of the budget?” Is how to describe most of Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge (which is why I love those places)
I wasn’t expecting him to say something to the affect of “if there’s something missing from Disney, it’s a rabbit getting sh*t-faced and taking a dump”.. I literally laughed out loud at that one 😂🤣😂
Dark rides used to terrify me as a kid, and they still do as an adult. I remember this one that was in a stripmall parkinglot fair when i was really young. It was ocean themed. I dont like things that lurk under water. Things with tentacles creep me out… My brother dragged me onto the ride, And oh lord. The rest is a blur of me peeping through my fingers while squinting. I just remember being very uncomfortable seeing what i did manage to get a glimpse of, and dim green lights
I’m glad I actually found someone who knows what that fair ride was and that it’s awful. Like 5-4 years ago, me and my family went to a fair and found that same ride, but it was completely rebranded to The Waking Dead. So me and my dad got on it, him being a big Walking Dead fan, and needless to say he was disappointed.
I remember being a kid at the fair riding a dark ride with the same layout as Terminus, but it was full of effects and terrifying. At each turn there was a jump scare or effect.
I think it's a generic make-your-own-dark-ride set up that each operation can customize for their needs, but whoever owns Terminus never bothered to put anything in theirs.
That part about the worst dark rides having their fans struck home with me after you put Garfield's Nightmare on there. Having grown up in PA in the 90s, I loved the Old Mill. It was definitely the superior ride, without a doubt, and was historical just like the ride it sat next to near the entry way. However, I couldn't control them removing it for Garfield's Nightmare so I just enjoyed that for what it was. It always helped that I watched the cartoon a lot growing up and really love the character and cats, but I never felt it was totally awful. So to see it make it in the top 10 kind of opened my eyes to how much else is wrong with it. Some of which isn't the ride's fault but the ride that it replaced and the history that was destroyed for a generic mascot dark ride. For all the dark rides, Garfield's Nightmare made it on your worst list and I totally understand that sentiment while also always saying that I enjoyed and liked Garfield's Nightmare. In many ways, I'm sad it's gone and that the Old Mill returned. I haven't been back to Kennywood since they replaced Garfield but I expect to love the new Old Mill even if I'm sad Garfield is gone. I will always have love for Garfield's Nightmare, in spite of me now seeing more clearly why it was so hated.
Years ago, I went on a dark ride at Captain Spaulding’s Horror Museum, Gas Station, and Fried Chicken. The fried chicken was great, gas was reasonably priced, but the dark ride he had was pretty mediocre. Just a silly tourist trap, but I admire the little guy, Ravelli, for having the strength to push the cart through the whole dark ride even with all of the passengers in it.
Man, a lot of kids go missing in that area for some reason. Old Spaulding likes to tell weird stories about some Crazy Doctor and hanging trees. I bet those dumb kids went and got themselves lost trying to find some truth behind the legend! 😂
That’s the one from the tram ride in Universal right? Man I feel so disappointed with that one. Skull Island one is at least entertaining but that one doesn’t feel as active as Kong’s and it’s just meh.
@@chrisp6710 The skull Island portion of the tour is really only acceptable if you didn't get to experience the previous version with the massive animatronic Kong. The fast and the furious portion was a lot more fun, probably in part because the things that it replaced weren't that interesting. The collapsing bridge and the parting sea effects weren't that impressive by the time I saw them 30 years ago and probably were pretty cringe by the time they were removed from the tour.. I do think that as a stand alone attraction, that the Fast and the Furious ride wouldn't really be good enough as is without significant changes.
Oddly enough, I have chronic nightmares about being a little kid and being forced to go on a really junky looking dark ride, and I'm always terrified because I know the creepy animatronics are real somehow. I remember looking into the black, soulless eyes of a purple dinosaur and screaming YOU CAN'T BE REAL!!!! Fun stuff.😳
You brought back a ton of memories mentioning the fast & furious ride lmao. When I rode that abomination I don't remember seeing a single person who I rode with that looked like they enjoyed the ride even a little bit.
That F&F part of the Tram ride in Universal Hollywood was terrible, even though the rest of the tour was better (though the King Kong part of the ride will _never_ replace the animatronic for me). I can't imagine that being the ENTIRE ride.
Fast and Furious is actually my least favorite ride anywhere. It is inappropriate, beyond boring, and simply impossible to enjoy. At least the King Kong ride has cool theming. Universal is my home park and I really hate this ride.
If i creathed fast and furious i would do something like the amazing adventures of spiderman mixed with the original idea of superstar limowith motion based vehicles designed to look like the cars from the movies and also using physical sets mixed with screens and if you asked me i would fix the queue putting interactive experiences like driving the cars with a screen in front just like the racing arcade games
I know it’s been... like 30+ years, but I remember my 1st grade class going to Universal as a.... field trip? And that was the first year for Earthquake the ride. Now, I know memories from childhood are usually bigger than reality, but I remember Earthquake being REALLY impressive. Sad they replaced it with gross, CG trash. Although, if Universal is supposed to represent Hollywood, mission accomplished.
It's amazing how Kong and F&F use the exact same technology, yet Kong does everything 1,000 times better. Better theming, better effects, the animatronic drivers have personalities...how did they downgrade things this badly? Definitely the worst Universal has ever offered.
Well once they get inside you've already got their money and once you get through everyone locally, you move on to the next town to rip off even more people.
As a lifelong Pittsburgh area resident who grew up going to Kennywood every summer, I’m glad I got many years experiencing classics like the Old Mill and Noah’s Ark, before major changes happened. I was so happy they brought back Old Mill. Now if only they also reconstruct the Turnpike ride I loved as a kid, always was my first one every time…and would be cool if they restored the Kennywood train ride to its former state but that’s just my feelings. Hoping they never change the Merry Go Round. I know they have to add and subtract some things to stay relevant but so much of what makes Kennywood so special is it’s traditions and the classic hometown amusement park feeling.
They ruined the fun train ride! it was one of my favorite rides with the storybook characters and Pittsburgh charm. Now its just a traveling timeline of Kennywood. The renovated Noah's Ark is a nice touch, but I'll always miss the "mines beneath the ark" since they terrified me as a kid. And the collapsing walls at the end of the ride!
I made my friends wait an hour in 90 degree weather to ride it, and I am so glad we did, even though I have been on it countless times. Nice to ride it in its final season I suppose.
Same!! Happened to me when I went back to Disney w/ my mother, who'd never been there. I had a been a few times in the 80s when everything was "magical" and I was so excited to show her all the cool rides. Well...I hadn't heard about the park's overhaul ("updating"). Omg what a disaster. So many rides utterly ruined. SAD!!!
I think my favorite bad thing about Fast & Furious supercharged is that they couldn’t get the whole cast into the studio at once, so the cast was filmed individually and then digitally added to the scenes. 🙃
I've been to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge about a dozen times and I can thankfully say I never rode Earthquake or that Jungle/Dinosaur ride. They are blatant tourist traps and are super expensive too! It's pretty easy to point out the lame rip-offs from the really fun stuff to do there. It's a great vacation destination. Dollywood is awesome!
Sad to see it go. It wasn't a good ride by any traditional standard. It's appeal was in it's weirdness. It was always a can't miss anytime we went to Kennywood.
As someone who has grown up and still living here in East Tennessee, there’s a helluva lot more fun things to do here besides the Earthquake ride and the Jurassic Jungle ride, like watching grass grow.
There used to be a ghost train in Southport, UK, which was basically just a shed with lights which came on as the car came past a skeleton or a witch. But this meant that you could see the other cars lighting up ahead of you, so any jump factor was completely cancelled out. It was so bad it was good, much like the one you showed from south Shields. It was about forty years ago, so I hope it’s been taken down now!
I was like "they probably won't mention my local amusement park, garfield's nightmare" LMAO I have been on it many times not by choice it is so so very bad-
One of the ride operators made a fat joke at my mom getting on that ride last time I was there. I think the human figures in the Ark walkthrough are cursed as hell, their faces are like chipping and shit (at least last time I was there). The whole walkthrough is a trip lol
I was a tour guide on the Nile River tour many many years ago. You actually have it backwards. The intent was originally just to move people around the hotel and so there were loading docks built but never used in each of the ride sections. Then when the hotel opened they thought "why not turn it into another attraction and they added the tour guides and charged per person for a complete tour of the outskirts of the hotel. So all of the decorative stuff that really was never intended to be more than decorations not became stuff that the tour guide was to go on about, as well as discuss the Legends in Concert show that you go by and the coffee shop (which you see in the footage). The last section of the ride was the most exciting and also confusing if you went with the official script (I was the only one who stayed with that part that I know of). In the original version of the hotel there was a big obelisk that shot up through the center of the hotel which was seen on the attractions (ride) level that was like their midway and family friendly area. They tried to be like Disney and have a story behind the hotel that story is that there was supposedly an archeological dig on the land where the hotel sits and they uncovered that giant obelisk. On the obelisk were the instructions telling them to build the Luxor hotel. So they built the hotel around that giant obelisk that somehow managed to be buried beneath the dirt yet reached about the 5th story in the hotel. The full story would only be kinda figured out if you went on all three of the upstairs attractions (i only did two because on training day one was broken, which was quite often). I would tell the final portion of the spiel with complete seriousness and get enjoyment when a few people actually showed looks of confusion and like i lost my mind. Normally by that point most people tuned the boring spiel out. And jokes of "its all fun and games until Horus loses an eye" having the boat yell "throw me a steak" to the restaurant, had was not working through that section since there really was not much else until the waterfall. Which that was the big climax was that the boat headed straight to a waterfall which "magically" turned off as the boat is just about to get wet. (god that ride was bad) Another of the attractions had live actors originally, but they had already been removed by the time I worked there in 95. I a month before working there They had made plans to shut it down and turn it into a real dark ride, although that never happened and the hotels realized that wierd trend of early 90s Vegas where everything was a theme park came to an end by the late 90s. I actually only lasted working there about two months. I was performing in the parades at Disneyland and I then moved to Vegas for a gig that ended up falling apart. So I took that position and it was boring as hell. I started in July - Sept. I left when the school year started and my nasty boss scheduled me to work despite the schedule change I submitted. So I quit. Although I did make a friend who I still am close with, so it wasn't all bad. Its amazing to see that footage though.
Thanks for the insight! It's interesting how obscure the ride's history is. I always love hearing from people who experienced theme park history firsthand.
I remember going to Vegas shortly after it opened to see all the new “incredibly advanced technology” that was put into their various attractions. I enjoyed myself. But was also confused as to what the overall story was of the 3 rides and/or shows were. The one show where they used pepper’s ghost technology to make it appear as if the guests were really in the room was technically interesting from a production point of view. But it was as about as exciting as sitting through a boring lecture. The log ride (or whatever) was mildly entertaining. The fake King Tut’s tomb exhibit was the best.
3:52 hahahahahahah, yeah I’m an adult and that ride was terrifying the lights were all off when we road it and the boat got stuck in the middle of the right in the pitch black.
I've been going to Kennywood for at least 35 years, I'd seen quite a few variations of the old mill by the 90's, but they were all pretty good, humorous, fun experiences. It was a pretty unique ride to be on a free flowing boat and I really liked the mill. Then it happened the great Kennywood invasion by Garfield starting in 2000. At first it seemed pretty harmless, after all Garfield was only in kiddieland. I have never been more pissed off about anything amusement park related than what they announced that Garfield was going to take over the old mill. Even though they've changed it back I'll never forgive them for that.
@@ThemeParkCrazy yes, that’s my favorite part. I love penguins. I appreciate you not including it, even if it was the poll results. Fast and Furious, on the other hand, earned its spot.
@@ThemeParkCrazy also thanks again for using my footage in your tallest coaster evolution video. I am honored that I had video work featured in on of my favorite UA-camr’s videos.
I use to love the Imagination ride at Epcot, but then when it changed I remember crying and being afraid of the dark tunnel train part. Great job Disney, you made a child go from loving a ride to terrified of a ride and crying.
I still remember going on something similar to Terminus and it literally had a witch "jumpscare" and a Halloween decoration of a Ghost with a Boo under it 🤣
Yeah I went on it in 2019 with a friend and there was literally no line. Uh it was just a awful. My Friend oddly loved it, but then again he’s that 1/8 of a percent that finds Amy Schumer funny
Christ, I'm grateful to know The Old Mill was returned to what it was. What's a shame is that they did the same to Noah's Ark too in that park. As for Journey into Imagination- I remember both versions.. and man, I couldn't agree more. I was so pissed off at the lackluster attempt at a revamp.
I went to the Jurassic Park boat ride in pigeon forge when the ride worked absolutely phenomenally. My little brother actually had nightmares from the creepy animatronics that I actually loved and laughed at. It’s disappointing and sad to me to know how bad of shape it’s in now.
I just like how you pronounced the last one as "Ter-minus" rather than "Ter-minnis" like I expected. It goes so well with your description of what a crappy ride it is.
The haunted castle ghost hunt reminds me of that one episode of The Simpsons where they go to a carnival haunted house and it just underwhelms in so many ways.
Having visited the South Shields ghost train only a week ago - I can confirm that it has since had a design overhaul (on the outside). It now looks quite scary on the outside, with the carts having been changed to matte finished Jeeps without guns. It's still terrible!
The Terminus ride looks really similar to a dark ride at a local-ish park my family used to go to at the end of every summer! this one was decorated, however, and somehow the carts were big enough to cram two 17yos in together for us to ride at the same time. pretty impressive, now that I think about it. I don't want to state too many details about the park itself but there was a long stretch of track where people would put their chewed gum, and it actually became a selling point for the ride...
My family did the earthquake ride at Wonderworks in Pigeon Forge and both times I had an excuse to not get on. My first time I went in the buildings effects (visual and audio) gave me a severe anxiety attack. When I went through the inversion tunnel, the floor went sideways and I began to panic thinking it was real. The second time I had to use handicapped entrances because my leg was broken
I'm happy you called Earthquake a "So bad, its good" ride. It was my first ever dark ride and as a kid I was TERRIFIED of most of the stuff going on there.
The last ("Terminus") was bought in IKEA! They spent the better part of eternity trying to assemble the bloody thing according to the instructions, only to finally find out that half of the parts mentioned in the instructions were nowhere to be found in the box. Instead of a fit of rage where they threw the damned thing out the window (like I do when this happens to me), they came up with the much more sinister idea of letting all park guests endure an empty ride in a shipping container. Next time I assemble a coffee table from IKEA, I will invite five friends for coffee, but only lay the table for four of my friends and instead tell the fifth friend that the only reason he was invited was to sit underneath the one corner of the table missing a leg, holding up the table throughout the entire gathering. That would probably give my fifth guest on the floor under the table the same feeling as the riders in "Terminus" (which is similar to the feeling of someone pissing in your mouth while telling you it's Champagne ...)
My dad looked heartbroken after riding journey into your imagination for the first time. I remember he came off walked up to the first cast member he saw and said "it is a sin what you guys did to that ride, it use to be a work of art and you replaced it with a toilet on the celing"
As it turns out, I pronounced "Terminus" horribly wrong. Apologies to Walking Dead fans. But let's just say I called it "Ter Minus" on purpose as a pun to emphasize its "F Minus" scenery lol.
I also accidently used footage from the Hollywood version of Earthquake while referring to the Orlando one, mainly since I couldn't get usable footage of the Orlando one on short notice.
Came right to comments as soon as you said it
TPC my sister and I agree on what you mean about the terminus ride being miss leading, but I'm not really into zombies to be honest!
I have mixed feelings about terminus after just hearing about it in this video. it's clear to see what's going on as theres not really anything going on.
I quite like the thought of no decorations and just being able to experience a ride for the bare structure of engineering that it is and to relax as theres nothing trying to scare you or flood your brain with images and scenes to make it seem "exciting", its just simple and plain.
on the other hand I wonder about how it's designed and about the safety of it.
in case its not clear I have only ridden a few "rollercoasters"/rides. most of which when I was younger, of which I can only remember a little bit of one at legoland, and some at Disney (the best being the avatar ones. which I checked before going on to find out that they didnt actually travel like a rollercoaster would.)
to make it even clearer. rollercoasters scare me and I'm to afraid to even get on some of the kids ones incase something goes horribly wrong.
Are you sure Terminous was finished being built? It looks like it's still under destruction, Construction sorry.
@@SlipperySoap nope, me either. It's too overdone.
Terminus is SO FUNNY to me like,, they couldn’t even put forth the effort to draw on the walls or something. They literally just threw together a box and called it good.
Yeah I went on an identical ride at a fair in the UK a few years ago. I wanted to get my money back and warn anyone not to go on it. But I had a niece to look after. Well, Pikeys gonna pike.
Maybe they thought it would be too dark to see in there
I'm suprised there was any ride in there
Legit tho- like what was the point of even building the ride in the first place
@@EM-wo6wf To trick people out of money. Then do it again next week.
Terminus cant even be classified as a dark ride. That’s brighter than my phone’s flashlight!
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Lol and thats why its on this list. Neat eh?
Lol
Nah man is brighter than my dads work floodlights on full blast
Ooooooo, roasted. Also if it's brighter than your phone flashlight than it might be as bright as when you look up at the sun.... Oh god what were they thinking that could seriously blind someone so that ride should change that.
Honestly I knew Terminus was gonna be #1 before I watched this video. The only thing scary about that ride is how many people were lined up to go inside it. smh
The ride is definitely forcing us to use our own imagination
...HOW could a ride like that exist???!?
I just want to go on it, I gotta see it to believe it. I think I would be the only person going out of there with a big smile on my face.
Terminus is one of the most rides. the moment when a voice appeared and said "its termining time" and termined all the guests really touched me and was one of the most moments from there
Omg Tommy!!!!
"The skeletons are back, and Garfield is nowhere to be seen..." is simultaneously hilarious and ominous out of context.
Good work.
True
My family recently went to Tennessee, and I passed by Earthquake. Remembering the ride solely from this video, I really wanted to ride it and had my heart set on it for the whole week. I ended up paying $24 for two children's admissions, but personally, I think it was worth it. Sure, the scenery is really random, but I think that it's charming in its own little way. It's oddly terrifying because everything is so dang loud, and while the chairs are creaking back and forth, literally everyone is screaming at the top of their lungs. All in all, it's a great ride, and I'd give it 4 stars. 👍
The real horror in Terminus is the prospect of being microwaved by the Venus-like heat radiating from its featureless aluminum walls
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Im melting, I'm melting! Oh what a world, what a world!
That T-Rex with the unhinged jaw is equal parts rad and terrifying.
and other one with the endoskeleton exposed😖 terrifying
That thing is so damn creepy in person.
What about the giant pterodactyl
When I was a kid my parents took me on this ride when it was still brought up to expectations and it was better but still terrifying for the price it isn't worth it
That animatronic looks like someone went on Universal’s JP ride and tried to copy the T-Rex animatronic at the end.
That Terminus ride made me actually laugh out loud. What the hell
It should be called D Minus.
It looks like they were working on it but then just gave up midway
Honestly I thought it was meant to house some kind of haunted house thing where you put in your own scenery and have people jump out....but nobody ever does that.
I've actually been on Terminus before. And for the question if its smooth or not... eh. Its like in the middle. There is no way its smooth, and its not too too rough. Its just meh
That particular dark ride is a pretty common staple in traveling carnivals... though themed differently. Some have more to see... others less... and only a choice few have NOTHING (as is this example). The Ada County Fair (Boise, ID) has actually had TWO of these "trailer rides" running at the same fair, each with it's own theme.
That gorilla jumpscare would scare the living sht out of me 😭😂
Yea trust me I didn’t know it would come out when I went on it and I screamed
It wasn't that bad
Man, my uncle worked on superstar limo when it was in development. He was an imagineer, said he ended up helping create set up some of the props too. He literally cringed talking about it and said it definitely wasnt his proudest moment. But in turn he was an architect at the park so thats really cool :))
I skipped through the video to see if Terminus was here because it showed up at my local fair, and I can assure you that it is the dumbest thing in the world. The outside looks so nice and like you're gonna get a nice, well themed traveling dark ride, and then I just find myself in a burning hot box. Literally, it had to be at least 120 degrees F in there
this ride has to be made as a joke right? Imean whyyy
didn't they change it to some looney tunes ride but it's still the same?
I feel bad for you :(
🤣🤣🤣
Its called terminus for a reason. It stays true to the definition.
I love falling apart animatronics, they're just fascinating to me.
Same, some old Janky robot that hasn’t been touched since the early 90’s, just sat in the corner of a dark ride
Same here
I'm lucky to live near a amusement park that keeps their dark ride animtronics in good shape, unlike my local state fair, which has props that look the terminator.
Same
@Ted Rocka Why do they even bother paying for expensive animatronics that they won't or can't maintain?
well i guess number 1 is literally just a dark ride
You can see in the footage that's used it's not even "dark" lol. There's light shining thru
A big metal box of disappointment .
They should've called it 'metal box the ride'
That had to have been some kinda money laundering scheme!
I was told that this ride was intended to be at night, so people would stand in the dark and reach out to you to scare you throughout. That was just the story I heard, anyways. Still a shitty ride. Lol
"Earthquake The Ride" scared me so much I had my eyes closed through most of the ride. My mom had to tell me what happened after we got off.
"Earthquake?" Don't Be Silly. It Called "CHAOS! THE RIDE!".
Tbh it actually looks pretty good. It’s creepy, unique, definitely unpredictable, the only issue is the name not fitting the ride.
The way terminus just said
"How much effort do you wanna put into this ride?"
"no❤"
underrated comment
Even just running the stupid thing with most of the lights off would improve it.
Pretty sure a buddy and me rode that Terminus thing at the fair when we were kids. During that S turn section our car derailed and started shorting out the tracks and arcing and spraying sparks out everywhere. It was pretty exciting until the showman came over and just had us walk out. Lol.
Would it be weird to say that you were one of the lucky ones to get any thrill in that ride?
Nope, this one is all gravity after the chain lift...
Being walked off Winnie the Pooh is DisneyWorld as a bit embarrassing too. Why? We literally stopped before the last door would open. This technically put us IN the ride. And since we had to be evacuated we got a free fastpass for likewise attractions. I had ridden the whole ride yet they still felt they had to compensate because I needed to walk 3 steps lmao.
(Of course for people further back it would have made much more sense but us up front? That was just stupid. But I admit: I accepted it🤓
"They could have just called this ride 'boo, haunted earthquake'"
I see that Angry Videogame Nerd inspiration
I thought the same thing 😆
Exactly what I was thinking
This guy knows his yt content
@@Karsow2054 i have been on this website for way too many years at this point
I feel like I know which episode thats from but I can’t really put my finger on it
#8 looks very much improved by the fact that the dinosaurs are falling apart tbh, actually makes them scarier
For real. I also saw that one on a video about best dark rides that aren't at Disney Parks. UA-cam be misleading me
I got chills just watching video footage, it must be absolutely terrifying in person.
Imagine getting stuck on the ride
I would be completely traumatized if I rode this ride as a little kid, so at least I'd remember it!
I went on it just yesterday, and it turns out it’s had a refurbishment. Most the broken dinosaurs have been repaired or replaced, and that one guy had his arm taped back on :D Bad thing is, Mr. Broken Jaw in the finale is missing, don’t know why. The rest of the ride was still terrifying though, just cause of the darkness and mechanical noise and uncanny animatronics. I’d gladly ride it again.
Terminus was originally supposed to have a large amount of zombie actors which fell through after actors weren't payed. It was supposed to be a permanent haunted hayride type of thing where park management would decorate. Instead of doing this they put people through the big metal box
They could still at the least put some props in there...
Yeah, it was amazing when it had actors
Terminus is like one of those dark rides you'd make in roller coaster tycoon 2
Terminus looks like something a Theme Park Tycoon 2 noob would make in like 20 minutes
Except people in RCT tend to add scenery.
It's a dime-a-dozen port-a-pretzel, but run without scenery - or even the atmospheric lighting that led to such rides being called dark rides in the first place.
@@PlushyAnimations probably me first time playing rct2 on how to build a dark ride
I love dark rides! Yes, the Old Mill was ruined when they did the Garfield overlay. I remember riding the Old Mill back in the 1980s when it was still a haunted dark ride. So glad to hear that Kennywood finally brought it back last year. Hard to believe it’s 120 years old.
I actually liked Garfield's Nightmare. I think it lasted so long because it was entertaining to kids, definitely is a fond memory for me. Seeing clips of it in this video felt like I was in the video even though he was talking about how bad it was. I've never seen or heard of Old Mill until today. I'm excited to see it!
You thinking that the whispers were birds makes me laugh so much.
@@stanbai5263 same i grew up with it going there with my Dad but I'm excited to go back and see whats changed nonetheless
Hi, random Kennywood visitor from the early 1970s. I remember riding the Old Mill as a child. I was terrified, and covered my eyes through the majority of the ride. But I remember seeing hearing Polynesian music and seeing Hula dancers at the end? Was I dreaming? Does anyone else from the period remember that? And never forget the Nighty Night closing song!
The new old mill is still nothing compared to what it was before they ruined it with Garfield. So sad. Glad to see garfield on this list lol
Just wanted to say thanks for including an epilepsy warning beforehand.
My nephew has severe epilepsy, and one episode can set him back weeks, so we’re very appreciative of creators who are considerate of this. 👍🏻
I have Epilepsy but I've haven't a seizure watching these videos. Think it depends on type of Epilepsy.
And it was well done too. So many are just tiny words or words against a terrible background that people can’t read
@@grumpy_mouse nobody asked for yours, either...
@@grumpy_mouse i do
@@dashiajames1882 it's epilepsy triggered by flashing lights
Vin Diesel being the same height as a helicopter always cracks me up
Yes.
Yeah, like, what is going on with the proportion here? 😂
14:42 The way he said “There is no f**king scenery” cracked me up!😂
From what I’ve heard about Terminus, it’s basically, just an old mousetrap/pretzel style funhouse ride that someone stripped, and painted black.
And decided to run with the full maintenance lighting on instead of, you know, the minimal lighting that such rides are known for. There aren't even any walls (not even cheap cubicle walls with a hasty spraypaint job) to give it a maze feeling.
Please note: This list was based on a viewer poll. Some options like Monstars of Rock just missed the top ten, even though I'd personally put it in the top five. I'll see how I can discuss it in a future video.
Sad that not many people voted for Ellen. I voted for it because of the recent loss of one of the people who appeared in it, Alex Trebek.
Some of the Brer Rabbits animatronics are on the Bobsled. The Roald Dahl area never happened, and only one ride opened and then it was rethemed. I don't think anything is there now. Also it replaced the Nutty Jakes Mine Ride that opened the year after the park opened in 1988. The ride also had a one off Halloween over haul, which was probably terrifying!.
will do a top 10 "BEST" dark rides video?
plz do a top 10 best dark rides video!! :)
Maybe make a part 2 in the future since there seems to be a lot of bad dark rides.
"On the left we have some random guy laying on a bench" I mean, sounds like the LA metro to me.
To be fair, Terminus still features more scenery than most Ghost Trains people make in Rollercoaster Tycoon.
Yes.
What are you talking about? They pass lots of trees and flowers right before they exploded after leaving the the tracks.
I don't think you've explored the creativity of the RCT fandom....
I disagree
Sad ... but true.
(I rank myself as one of the exceptions...)
Terminus is incredibly nostalgic for me. It was one of my first (technical) dark rides, and, even though it wasn't very good, it did somehow spark my love for them.
I personally LOVE Figment as he is now. I see the childlike mischief in him as he gets into everything and is constantly told no but continues to do what he wants, when he wants to and doesn't listen because he's having too much fun. That's exactly how a child behaves.
“brer rabbit’s (audible sigh) HAPPENIN PLACE” is possibly the funniest thing i’ve ever heard
Garfield's Nightmare was a truly weird ride. Around the time it opened, Garfield became a temporary "mascot" for Kennywood alongside Kenny the Kangaroo. Garfield characters were depicted on park merchandise, Garfield-themed murals appeared in the park, and if I remember correctly, the park even had an actor walking around in a Garfield costume. All of that stuff fell by the wayside within a couple of years, but the Garfield ride remained, completely incongruent with everything else in the park.
Now that's apparently in Silverwood now.
I liked the ride but I am excited to try the new one too
Good riddance
Those were dark years at Kennywood. Half-thought-out attempts to “modernize” the park without a good strategy or commitment. Garfield’s Nightmare was emblematic of the problems. The new version is a lot more fun, a goofier take on the mid-90s version of the ride with a bit more story.
The only interesting thing about “Superstar Limo” is some of the animatronics were covered and used for the Monster’s Inc. ride 😊
it feels like forbidden knowledge lol. that blew my mind when i heard it
i’m glad to hear this is on the list lmao
i actually quite enjoy that ride, so knowing that one of the worst rides in history is under some of my beloved Monsters Inc characters tickles me a bit
Going on Monsters Inc, there's a lot of cognitive dissonance ("why is that character posing like that??") That makes horrifying sense once you realize Superstar Limo is under there.. unfortunately.
Disney reskins or reuses animatronics all the time- they are expensive!
I went on terminus with one of my friends and we had so much fun on it because it was just us turning around the corners really fast and my friend almost fell off at one time LMAO
I remember being SO excited as a kid to go on the Luxor boat ride and then so disappointed after I asked my parents when it was over in like disbelief “that really it???”
"THERE IS NO **HONKINK** SCENERY!" lmao im dead
There is no scenery in Ba Sing Se.
When I heard line, I also died.
@@DoswarePictures The Theme Park King has invited you to Lake Laogai: The Ride
14:43 in case you wanna play it on repeat
you mean black metal walls are no scenery?
Counts in Planet Coaster
“What happens if you take (insert big name attraction) and make it with 10% of the budget?” Is how to describe most of Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge (which is why I love those places)
I wasn’t expecting him to say something to the affect of “if there’s something missing from Disney, it’s a rabbit getting sh*t-faced and taking a dump”.. I literally laughed out loud at that one 😂🤣😂
Same here lmao
Dark rides used to terrify me as a kid, and they still do as an adult.
I remember this one that was in a stripmall parkinglot fair when i was really young.
It was ocean themed.
I dont like things that lurk under water. Things with tentacles creep me out…
My brother dragged me onto the ride,
And oh lord.
The rest is a blur of me peeping through my fingers while squinting.
I just remember being very uncomfortable seeing what i did manage to get a glimpse of, and dim green lights
I’m glad I actually found someone who knows what that fair ride was and that it’s awful. Like 5-4 years ago, me and my family went to a fair and found that same ride, but it was completely rebranded to The Waking Dead. So me and my dad got on it, him being a big Walking Dead fan, and needless to say he was disappointed.
I’ve seen some strange stuff on the NYC subway, but a passenger slapping, jump scaring gorilla is a first for me.
I remember being a kid at the fair riding a dark ride with the same layout as Terminus, but it was full of effects and terrifying. At each turn there was a jump scare or effect.
I miss those horrible state fair rides. Really bad, but have a charm to it.
I think it's a generic make-your-own-dark-ride set up that each operation can customize for their needs, but whoever owns Terminus never bothered to put anything in theirs.
I suddenly realize how lucky I am to grow up within short driving distance of Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Knotts, Legoland, and even Seaworld.
Same. So-cal and Orlando are perhaps the only places in the world with as many amusement parks in such close proximity
That part about the worst dark rides having their fans struck home with me after you put Garfield's Nightmare on there. Having grown up in PA in the 90s, I loved the Old Mill. It was definitely the superior ride, without a doubt, and was historical just like the ride it sat next to near the entry way. However, I couldn't control them removing it for Garfield's Nightmare so I just enjoyed that for what it was. It always helped that I watched the cartoon a lot growing up and really love the character and cats, but I never felt it was totally awful.
So to see it make it in the top 10 kind of opened my eyes to how much else is wrong with it. Some of which isn't the ride's fault but the ride that it replaced and the history that was destroyed for a generic mascot dark ride. For all the dark rides, Garfield's Nightmare made it on your worst list and I totally understand that sentiment while also always saying that I enjoyed and liked Garfield's Nightmare. In many ways, I'm sad it's gone and that the Old Mill returned. I haven't been back to Kennywood since they replaced Garfield but I expect to love the new Old Mill even if I'm sad Garfield is gone. I will always have love for Garfield's Nightmare, in spite of me now seeing more clearly why it was so hated.
RIP The Turnpike 😔
I think people hated it because with all the bright colors it was somewhat harder for them to be freaky down in the old mill
The vest part about the “metal box” dark ride is when they decide to add random loud sounds...
Years ago, I went on a dark ride at Captain Spaulding’s Horror Museum, Gas Station, and Fried Chicken. The fried chicken was great, gas was reasonably priced, but the dark ride he had was pretty mediocre. Just a silly tourist trap, but I admire the little guy, Ravelli, for having the strength to push the cart through the whole dark ride even with all of the passengers in it.
???? A guy pushed a cart full of people through a dark ride? What did he just turn off the electric in favor of slave labor?
@@christophermichael.w.7577 he paid the guy, that’s where part of the ticket costs go 😉
@@christophermichael.w.7577 lmaoooooooooo
Tutti fuckin' frutti.
Man, a lot of kids go missing in that area for some reason. Old Spaulding likes to tell weird stories about some Crazy Doctor and hanging trees. I bet those dumb kids went and got themselves lost trying to find some truth behind the legend! 😂
Fast and Furious: Supercharged should be renamed Projection Screen: The Ride.
That’s the one from the tram ride in Universal right? Man I feel so disappointed with that one. Skull Island one is at least entertaining but that one doesn’t feel as active as Kong’s and it’s just meh.
@@chrisp6710 The skull Island portion of the tour is really only acceptable if you didn't get to experience the previous version with the massive animatronic Kong. The fast and the furious portion was a lot more fun, probably in part because the things that it replaced weren't that interesting. The collapsing bridge and the parting sea effects weren't that impressive by the time I saw them 30 years ago and probably were pretty cringe by the time they were removed from the tour..
I do think that as a stand alone attraction, that the Fast and the Furious ride wouldn't really be good enough as is without significant changes.
It should be renamed to "New Attraction Coming Soon"
Oddly enough, I have chronic nightmares about being a little kid and being forced to go on a really junky looking dark ride, and I'm always terrified because I know the creepy animatronics are real somehow. I remember looking into the black, soulless eyes of a purple dinosaur and screaming YOU CAN'T BE REAL!!!! Fun stuff.😳
You brought back a ton of memories mentioning the fast & furious ride lmao. When I rode that abomination I don't remember seeing a single person who I rode with that looked like they enjoyed the ride even a little bit.
we have a tradition that we can't get on it without a cocktail from the Alcatraz bar across the way first. Only way to make it bearable.
That F&F part of the Tram ride in Universal Hollywood was terrible, even though the rest of the tour was better (though the King Kong part of the ride will _never_ replace the animatronic for me). I can't imagine that being the ENTIRE ride.
Fast and Furious is actually my least favorite ride anywhere. It is inappropriate, beyond boring, and simply impossible to enjoy. At least the King Kong ride has cool theming. Universal is my home park and I really hate this ride.
If i creathed fast and furious i would do something like the amazing adventures of spiderman mixed with the original idea of superstar limowith motion based vehicles designed to look like the cars from the movies and also using physical sets mixed with screens and if you asked me i would fix the queue putting interactive experiences like driving the cars with a screen in front just like the racing arcade games
Universal Orlando had a huge missed opportunity to make fast and furious like Radiator Springs racers
I know it’s been... like 30+ years, but I remember my 1st grade class going to Universal as a.... field trip? And that was the first year for Earthquake the ride.
Now, I know memories from childhood are usually bigger than reality, but I remember Earthquake being REALLY impressive.
Sad they replaced it with gross, CG trash. Although, if Universal is supposed to represent Hollywood, mission accomplished.
It's amazing how Kong and F&F use the exact same technology, yet Kong does everything 1,000 times better. Better theming, better effects, the animatronic drivers have personalities...how did they downgrade things this badly? Definitely the worst Universal has ever offered.
I am amazed that Race through NY was not on the list. The que in the ride is the best part of the ride.
Looks like Terminus owners spent the entire budget on the façade.
Well once they get inside you've already got their money and once you get through everyone locally, you move on to the next town to rip off even more people.
9:29 Fish sticks? Not in the UK, they're called Fish Fingers here!
Also those looke like Virtua Cop guns!
The Bundy himself has graced this video! Give it ALL the likes!
Do you happen to call chicken fingers chicken sticks across the pond?
Uh oh a British “person”
@@Mr.Wendigo1234 oh so we are not people?
Hello you
As a lifelong Pittsburgh area resident who grew up going to Kennywood every summer, I’m glad I got many years experiencing classics like the Old Mill and Noah’s Ark, before major changes happened. I was so happy they brought back Old Mill. Now if only they also reconstruct the Turnpike ride I loved as a kid, always was my first one every time…and would be cool if they restored the Kennywood train ride to its former state but that’s just my feelings. Hoping they never change the Merry Go Round. I know they have to add and subtract some things to stay relevant but so much of what makes Kennywood so special is it’s traditions and the classic hometown amusement park feeling.
They ruined the fun train ride! it was one of my favorite rides with the storybook characters and Pittsburgh charm. Now its just a traveling timeline of Kennywood. The renovated Noah's Ark is a nice touch, but I'll always miss the "mines beneath the ark" since they terrified me as a kid. And the collapsing walls at the end of the ride!
14:37 I don't know why, but the set up and the delivery of those two lines made me laugh SO much harder than it should of.
I waited an hour to ride Garfield's Nightmare for the memes and I don't regret a second of it.
Good for u dude :)
Growing up in that area, I have always loved Garfield's Nightmare! "I never met an ice cream cone I didn't like....or lick."
I made my friends wait an hour in 90 degree weather to ride it, and I am so glad we did, even though I have been on it countless times. Nice to ride it in its final season I suppose.
the last one was me building stuff in rct3 as a kid, sorry guys
Your punishment is to ride that thing 1000 times to think about what you did wrong.
I felt the "PISSED. OFF!" in my SOUL when talking about Figment and the Journey into Imagination ride
Same!! Happened to me when I went back to Disney w/ my mother, who'd never been there. I had a been a few times in the 80s when everything was "magical" and I was so excited to show her all the cool rides. Well...I hadn't heard about the park's overhaul ("updating"). Omg what a disaster. So many rides utterly ruined. SAD!!!
I think my favorite bad thing about Fast & Furious supercharged is that they couldn’t get the whole cast into the studio at once, so the cast was filmed individually and then digitally added to the scenes. 🙃
I've been to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge about a dozen times and I can thankfully say I never rode Earthquake or that Jungle/Dinosaur ride. They are blatant tourist traps and are super expensive too! It's pretty easy to point out the lame rip-offs from the really fun stuff to do there. It's a great vacation destination. Dollywood is awesome!
I'd love to ride Terminus just for the experience of being boiled alive in an aluminum box
Watching this while drinking tea. Gotta love Garfield’s Nightmare on a kitsch level though.
Same but its 1 am now lol.
Where's my lasagna, Jon?
@@stevenstice6683 jOn!?
No way, I’m doing the same
Sad to see it go. It wasn't a good ride by any traditional standard. It's appeal was in it's weirdness. It was always a can't miss anytime we went to Kennywood.
As someone who has grown up and still living here in East Tennessee, there’s a helluva lot more fun things to do here besides the Earthquake ride and the Jurassic Jungle ride, like watching grass grow.
The Gatlinburg/Sevierville/Pigeon Forge area has so many 'attractions'. I do have fun every time we go, so I can't bash it too hard, honestly.
I was fortunate as a grade schooler to take a field trip to Epcot in 1983. I recall the Journey into Imagination ride vividly, and it was amazing.
There used to be a ghost train in Southport, UK, which was basically just a shed with lights which came on as the car came past a skeleton or a witch. But this meant that you could see the other cars lighting up ahead of you, so any jump factor was completely cancelled out. It was so bad it was good, much like the one you showed from south Shields. It was about forty years ago, so I hope it’s been taken down now!
I was like "they probably won't mention my local amusement park, garfield's nightmare" LMAO I have been on it many times not by choice it is so so very bad-
Dang right!! Hate that thing, glad its gone!
One of the ride operators made a fat joke at my mom getting on that ride last time I was there.
I think the human figures in the Ark walkthrough are cursed as hell, their faces are like chipping and shit (at least last time I was there). The whole walkthrough is a trip lol
"There is no fucking scenery!" 🤣🤣🤣
I was a tour guide on the Nile River tour many many years ago. You actually have it backwards. The intent was originally just to move people around the hotel and so there were loading docks built but never used in each of the ride sections. Then when the hotel opened they thought "why not turn it into another attraction and they added the tour guides and charged per person for a complete tour of the outskirts of the hotel. So all of the decorative stuff that really was never intended to be more than decorations not became stuff that the tour guide was to go on about, as well as discuss the Legends in Concert show that you go by and the coffee shop (which you see in the footage). The last section of the ride was the most exciting and also confusing if you went with the official script (I was the only one who stayed with that part that I know of).
In the original version of the hotel there was a big obelisk that shot up through the center of the hotel which was seen on the attractions (ride) level that was like their midway and family friendly area. They tried to be like Disney and have a story behind the hotel that story is that there was supposedly an archeological dig on the land where the hotel sits and they uncovered that giant obelisk. On the obelisk were the instructions telling them to build the Luxor hotel. So they built the hotel around that giant obelisk that somehow managed to be buried beneath the dirt yet reached about the 5th story in the hotel. The full story would only be kinda figured out if you went on all three of the upstairs attractions (i only did two because on training day one was broken, which was quite often). I would tell the final portion of the spiel with complete seriousness and get enjoyment when a few people actually showed looks of confusion and like i lost my mind. Normally by that point most people tuned the boring spiel out. And jokes of "its all fun and games until Horus loses an eye" having the boat yell "throw me a steak" to the restaurant, had was not working through that section since there really was not much else until the waterfall. Which that was the big climax was that the boat headed straight to a waterfall which "magically" turned off as the boat is just about to get wet. (god that ride was bad) Another of the attractions had live actors originally, but they had already been removed by the time I worked there in 95. I a month before working there
They had made plans to shut it down and turn it into a real dark ride, although that never happened and the hotels realized that wierd trend of early 90s Vegas where everything was a theme park came to an end by the late 90s. I actually only lasted working there about two months. I was performing in the parades at Disneyland and I then moved to Vegas for a gig that ended up falling apart. So I took that position and it was boring as hell. I started in July - Sept. I left when the school year started and my nasty boss scheduled me to work despite the schedule change I submitted. So I quit. Although I did make a friend who I still am close with, so it wasn't all bad. Its amazing to see that footage though.
Thanks for the insight! It's interesting how obscure the ride's history is. I always love hearing from people who experienced theme park history firsthand.
I remember going to Vegas shortly after it opened to see all the new “incredibly advanced technology” that was put into their various attractions. I enjoyed myself. But was also confused as to what the overall story was of the 3 rides and/or shows were. The one show where they used pepper’s ghost technology to make it appear as if the guests were really in the room was technically interesting from a production point of view. But it was as about as exciting as sitting through a boring lecture. The log ride (or whatever) was mildly entertaining. The fake King Tut’s tomb exhibit was the best.
"... and this... thing." Perfect description. xD
3:52 hahahahahahah, yeah I’m an adult and that ride was terrifying the lights were all off when we road it and the boat got stuck in the middle of the right in the pitch black.
I just want to thank you for the epilepsy warning, it means a lot. I wish more channels would do that
I've been going to Kennywood for at least 35 years, I'd seen quite a few variations of the old mill by the 90's, but they were all pretty good, humorous, fun experiences. It was a pretty unique ride to be on a free flowing boat and I really liked the mill. Then it happened the great Kennywood invasion by Garfield starting in 2000. At first it seemed pretty harmless, after all Garfield was only in kiddieland. I have never been more pissed off about anything amusement park related than what they announced that Garfield was going to take over the old mill. Even though they've changed it back I'll never forgive them for that.
Amen!!
I’m glad Empire of the Penguin isn’t on the list. I actually kind of like it. Riding in one of those automatic vacuum cleaners is somewhat fun.
Plus, at least you get to see a neat real penguin exhibit at the end.
@@ThemeParkCrazy yes, that’s my favorite part. I love penguins. I appreciate you not including it, even if it was the poll results. Fast and Furious, on the other hand, earned its spot.
@@ThemeParkCrazy also thanks again for using my footage in your tallest coaster evolution video. I am honored that I had video work featured in on of my favorite UA-camr’s videos.
I use to love the Imagination ride at Epcot, but then when it changed I remember crying and being afraid of the dark tunnel train part. Great job Disney, you made a child go from loving a ride to terrified of a ride and crying.
Hey, they do that a lot.
I still remember going on something similar to Terminus and it literally had a witch "jumpscare" and a Halloween decoration of a Ghost with a Boo under it 🤣
I went on F&F supercharged. It is so bad it's hilarious. One thing to note: it was the only "ride" in the park that had no line. That says something.
Yeah I went on it in 2019 with a friend and there was literally no line. Uh it was just a awful. My Friend oddly loved it, but then again he’s that 1/8 of a percent that finds Amy Schumer funny
@@Lawrence_Talbot i would literally be sleeping in the ride while griding lateral gs lmao and say "why do i exist"
“Inspiration falls, more like inspiration walls” - Theme Park Crazy
Can you do the top ten worst flat rides?
would that be basically every kid ride that goes in an oval in a cliche vehicle type car?
Christ, I'm grateful to know The Old Mill was returned to what it was. What's a shame is that they did the same to Noah's Ark too in that park. As for Journey into Imagination- I remember both versions.. and man, I couldn't agree more. I was so pissed off at the lackluster attempt at a revamp.
I went to the Jurassic Park boat ride in pigeon forge when the ride worked absolutely phenomenally. My little brother actually had nightmares from the creepy animatronics that I actually loved and laughed at. It’s disappointing and sad to me to know how bad of shape it’s in now.
With the last ride. It almost looks like you are suposed to wear VR glasses on the ride.
I just like how you pronounced the last one as "Ter-minus" rather than "Ter-minnis" like I expected. It goes so well with your description of what a crappy ride it is.
"Its called ter-minus, but theres nothing to take away from it."
4:25 “Hard to not make a bite of 87 joke”
All the fnaf fans: *Likes*
Actually the bite of 83
@@purrgatory8022 Basically any bite from the franchise.
@@purrgatory8022 It could be the bite of 87 as well, they were separate events.
The bite of 87 happened in fnaf two
@@purrgatory8022 bite of 83 was the crying child,Evan afton,bite of 87 was a random security guard
The haunted castle ghost hunt reminds me of that one episode of The Simpsons where they go to a carnival haunted house and it just underwhelms in so many ways.
Having visited the South Shields ghost train only a week ago - I can confirm that it has since had a design overhaul (on the outside). It now looks quite scary on the outside, with the carts having been changed to matte finished Jeeps without guns. It's still terrible!
I like near the park and they have fully refurbished the ride
As someone from Atlanta, calling it TER-MINE-US is physically painful to me.
Yeah, what was that? The word is Terminus? TER-MIN-US!! Not that hard to say.
Even if you AREN'T a Walking Dead fan
The Terminus are basically just my attempt at making a dark rides in rollercoaster tycoon
_You can’t go wrong with a new Theme Park Crazy video_
Like having chilli cheese fries.
Yeah, I could have gone with a better food reference.
@@stevenstice6683 you can NEVER go wrong with chili cheese fries
The Terminus ride looks really similar to a dark ride at a local-ish park my family used to go to at the end of every summer! this one was decorated, however, and somehow the carts were big enough to cram two 17yos in together for us to ride at the same time. pretty impressive, now that I think about it. I don't want to state too many details about the park itself but there was a long stretch of track where people would put their chewed gum, and it actually became a selling point for the ride...
My family did the earthquake ride at Wonderworks in Pigeon Forge and both times I had an excuse to not get on. My first time I went in the buildings effects (visual and audio) gave me a severe anxiety attack. When I went through the inversion tunnel, the floor went sideways and I began to panic thinking it was real. The second time I had to use handicapped entrances because my leg was broken
Basically the dark rides I made in rct3
I'm happy you called Earthquake a "So bad, its good" ride.
It was my first ever dark ride and as a kid I was TERRIFIED of most of the stuff going on there.
Finally my local park, Ocean Beach, in a theme park crazy video, even if it is in there for the shitty ghost ride
@@marnie5 same
Yeah
I have to say, Jurassic Jungle Boat Ride has been one of my favorites for years.
Long ago, there was a beloved dark ride called the ‘Old Mill’, then everything changed when Garfield attacked.
Terminus is the real life version of south park chamber of farts
With a dash of The Line Ride: A Real Life Simulator of a Long Line thrown in for good measure.
Those Garfield and Brer Rabbit rides rank pretty high on the "What the Hell were they Thinking?" scale.
Could have included nearly every transportable ghost train on European funfairs
The last ("Terminus") was bought in IKEA! They spent the better part of eternity trying to assemble the bloody thing according to the instructions, only to finally find out that half of the parts mentioned in the instructions were nowhere to be found in the box. Instead of a fit of rage where they threw the damned thing out the window (like I do when this happens to me), they came up with the much more sinister idea of letting all park guests endure an empty ride in a shipping container.
Next time I assemble a coffee table from IKEA, I will invite five friends for coffee, but only lay the table for four of my friends and instead tell the fifth friend that the only reason he was invited was to sit underneath the one corner of the table missing a leg, holding up the table throughout the entire gathering. That would probably give my fifth guest on the floor under the table the same feeling as the riders in "Terminus" (which is similar to the feeling of someone pissing in your mouth while telling you it's Champagne ...)
My dad looked heartbroken after riding journey into your imagination for the first time. I remember he came off walked up to the first cast member he saw and said "it is a sin what you guys did to that ride, it use to be a work of art and you replaced it with a toilet on the celing"