This video, for example, was taken from the former pre-show room:Īnd as for the experience once on board? More THRILLSĪnother unusual change made known in the former pre-show room is that rather than being sorted into three rows, now guests were sorted into only two. So much for the mystery and the thrill of the unknown. As you stand before the bat-demon, take a look to your left. The rising wall that once hid the ride from guests is gone, which means you can see directly into the ride chamber to listen and watch as the ride runs with the group before you on board. Okay, so if's not obvious enough yet, Cedar Fair doesn't really 'do' dark rides (in part thanks to the failure of the Declassified Disaster: Disaster Transport at Cedar Point just up the road). Positioning mannequins, Halloween props, and camouflage netting throughout the Crypt and abandoning any semblance of story, pre-show, show lighting, or style is indeed a signal of what's to come.īut before we can board, another bad omen awaits.
a hokey animatronic bat-demo which slowly, laboriously, mechanically opens and closes its wings, emitting a high-pitched, raspy snarl. And at least the new owners made a sincere attempt at replacing it by way of. Again, it's not Cedar Fair's fault that the impressive Brahma that once reigned over the pre-show room is gone.
