Ghost Blasters

Ghost Blasters
Ghost Blasters
Castle Park
Status	Operating
Opening date	2001
Elitch Gardens
Status	Removed
Opening date	2008
Closing date	2018
Replaced by	Meow Wolf's Kaleidoscape
Lake Compounce
Status	Operating
Opening date	1999
The Great Canadian Midway
Status	Operating
Opening date	2002
Nickelodeon Universe
Status	Operating
Opening date	1999
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Status	Operating
Opening date	2001
Ride statistics
Attraction type	Dark ride
Manufacturer	Sally Corporation
Designer	Rich Hill, Senior Designer for Sally Corporation
Theme	Haunted attraction

Ghost Blasters is an interactive dark ride franchise, designed and created by Sally Corporation. The franchise includes many locations at various amusement parks throughout the United States and Canada. Riders on "Ghost Blasters" are equipped with laser guns, as the attraction travels through a themed "haunted manor". The goal of the attraction is to accumulate a high score by aiming and firing at lit targets.

Years after Cedar Fair acquired Paramount Parks, the Scooby-Doo themed dark rides from Kings Island, Carowinds, Kings Dominion and Canada's Wonderland were modified and renamed Boo Blasters on Boo Hill, as this ride is made by the same company and is nearly identical to the original Ghost Blasters. The experience for these rides are based on the refurbished Ghost Blasters II at Elitch Gardens with the gunfire sound effect being borrowed from the original Ghost Blasters.

Ride premise

"Bleakstone Manor, is overrun with ghosts led by one named Boocifer (a portmanteau of "boo" and "Lucifer"), and this seems to be bringing property values down in the area. The area residents have hired Professor Phearstruck, who has invented a boo-blaster, which sends ghosts out of the house when they are shot with it. Guests are to do their best at eliminating Boocifer's ghosts as they travel through the mansion in the boo-blaster vehicles."^[1]

Locations

Ghost Blasters

Castle Park in Riverside, California (2001)
Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado (2008):

The attraction at Elitch Gardens in Denver Colorado, received a major refurbishment and renovation in 2008, and was renamed Ghost Blasters II. It closed in 2018 and was re-themed by Meow Wolf into an attraction named Kaleidoscape for the 2019 season.

Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut (1999):

At Lake Compounce amusement park in Connecticut, the attraction is named Ghost Hunt,^[2] and received a major refurbishment in 2008, which incorporated a new trackless ride system. This is the first and only version of this attraction to utilize a trackless system.

The Great Canadian Midway, at Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (2002):

Ghost Blasters at the Great Canadian Midway was later renamed Ghost Blasters 3D after utilizing 3D glasses on the attraction.

Nickelodeon Universe at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota^[2] (1999)
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California (2001)

Boo Blasters on Boo Hill

Canada's Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada (2009)
Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina (2009)
Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia (2009)
Kings Island in Mason, Ohio (2009)

Mystic Mansion

The Park at OWA in Foley, Alabama (2019)

Spökjakten

Furuviksparken in Furuvik, Sweden (2018)

References

^ "Ghost Hunt at Lake Compounce". Laff In The Dark. The Prince of Darkrides; Joel Styer. 1999. Retrieved 2019-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ ^a ^b O'Brien, Tim (May 17, 1999). "New Family Rides Add Plenty Of Capacity". Amusement Business. 111 (20): 20.

External links

[1] "Ghost Hunt at Lake Compounce". Laff In The Dark. The Prince of Darkrides; Joel Styer. 1999. Retrieved 2019-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[New_Family_Rides_Add_Plenty_Of_Capacity-2] O'Brien, Tim (May 17, 1999). "New Family Rides Add Plenty Of Capacity". Amusement Business. 111 (20): 20.

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