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Locations:
Paramount Canada's
Wonderland - Toronto
Paramount's Carowinds - Charlotte, North
Carolina
Paramount's Kings Island - Cincinnati, Ohio
Paramount's King's Dominion - Richmond, Virginia
Six Flags Fiesta Texas -
Six Flags St. Louis
Warner Bros. Park - Madrid, Spain
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The ever-popular Hanna-Barbera
cartoon characters Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, together with their Mystery,
Inc. pals, lead visitors on a spooky paranormal caper through the
seriously haunted Ghastly Manor in this seventeen-scene interactive ride.
Traveling in their own Mystery Machine, visitors play detective while
braving ghoulish tricks, scaring away ghosts with special “fright lights”
and competing for the highest score. |
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RIDE SPECIFICATIONS
Facility size: 6,000 sq. ft.,
557 sq. m.
Scenes: 17
Animated props/characters: 80
Track length: 377 ft., 115 m.
Capacity: 2 passenger/400 pph
4 passenger/800 pph
Note: All Sally dark rides are flexible in size and configuration |
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Winning Combination: In
November 2000, the Sally + Paramount team received IAAPA’s
prestigious first place award for the Best New Children’s Ride for Scooby-Doo’s Haunted Mansion.
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 “The ride’s success at Paramount Canada’s Wonderland led to a quick decision to bring the same ride to Carowinds,” says
Para-mount Design Director George Sells. In
fact, in order to better meet consumer demand, Paramount’s Carowinds
elected to move from a two to four-passenger ride system.
 The
scenes and
track layout
were reconfigured to fit the parameters of an existing
building at the Charlotte park and the exterior was completely
redesigned to become, unmistakably, Scooby-Doo’s Haunted Mansion–the
place where entire families set out to chase the ghosts away, follow the
clues to discover where Scooby and Shaggy are hiding, and unravel the
mystery of Ghastly Manor.
“Scooby-Doo’s Haunted Mansion
is a wonderful success!”
— George Sells and Jayne McGuire
Paramount Parks’ Design + Entertainment
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Paramount Parks + Sally:
Custom designed in
cooperation with Paramount Parks’ Design + Entertainment, this ride was
the first of its kind in any of the Paramount parks. “We had been
wanting to do a haunted house or dark ride for younger children,” says
Paramount's George Sells, “But the narrow
demographic of children’s rides doesn’t lend itself to large budgets. Then we read about Sally’s Ghost Hunt at Lake Compounce: The
concept was what we were looking for.”
The
Paramount team traveled to Lake Compounce to experience Ghost Hunt
first-hand and the decision to work with Sally on an interactive Scooby-Doo
ride was made. The prototype ride opened at Paramount Canada’s
Wonderland in 2000–housed in an eerie, custom designed 6,000 square foot
manor house.
“It’s the last
ride we’re able to close each night.
We
have extraordinarily long lines throughout the season.”
— Russell Flatt
vice president
Paramount Canada's Wonderland
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