Zombie Castle On-Ride POV - Rye Playland

The Zombie Castle Story (from www.laffinthedark.com):
From all accounts, Ralph E. Chambers built this ride at Playland in the mid to late 1930s. The building, once home to another attraction, was extended to accommodate the Laff in the Dark track and stunts. While Chambers was the person responsible for the mechanical components, cars and controls for the Laff In The Dark series, the legendary Harry Traver marketed them as part of his ride offerings out of his Beaver Falls, PA. manufacturing facility. Of course, Traver is best known for his trio of fiendish roller coasters constructed of steel and wood that he launched in 1927. It was those and other coasters that bought him much fame and fortune. Like his Laff series, Traver installed his Trick Track in many of his coasters. However, by 1932, Traver was broke and his chief engineer Ralph Chambers purchased the Beaver Falls firm. While a few Laff In The Dark rides were in fact built, a potential lawsuit by the Pretzel Ride Company over copyright infringements possibly ended further production. The most famous of the revered named rides was one formerly located at Crystal Beach Amusement Park, just over the bridge in Canada and across the lake from Buffalo, NY. The Trahanas family purchased the ride in 1963. The Trahanas family maintained Laff in the Dark into the 1990s, a time when classic dark rides were vanishing at many nearby parks. They knew the public would be demanding more given the increasing technological advances in attractions, especially in theme parks. They wanted their ride to stay competitive but they didnt want to compromise on tradition. They supported the new stunts with state-of-the art sound and animated them with custom-made air cylinders and other devices, thus taking the classic dark ride experience to the next level.

Outside, the Trahanas family designed a new façade with materials provided by Wisdom. (So successful was this fiberglass front that Wisdom would go on to incorporate it into all their kiddy portable roller coasters.) They named their new creation Zombie Castle. The rest is history - still in the making.

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Entertainment

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• Zombie
• Castle
• On-Ride
• POV
• Rye
• Playland
• New
• York
• Flying
• Witch
• Ye
• Old
• Mill
• Laff
• In
• The
• Dark

[jagimonster]

And scary so scary

[jagimonster]

Wow ow

[igotmoreswager]

me and my cuzin whn in there i was saw not look na dme and her was scared that was when i was 9 and that when she was 13 now im 10 and she still 13 we had mad fun

[MELISSA123212]

I went there with my cousin shes 9 and she was like f u monsters f u and fu you go to hell.

[respectpizza]

IT LOOKS KINDA SCARY

[FirelordAzula100]

Its scarier being there!!!

[popcornscience3]

i like the other one better...it has a gift shop :) this one is hurting my head.... the other one I shouted prostitute and there were little kids at the exit...i think they heard me...

[superstarr135]

It FEELS LIKE THAT RIDE NEVER ENDS I WENT ON IT WHEN I WAS 7 BIG MISTAKE

[TheTurkaderr]

I dont like how they have everything in cages, it's distracting.

[djvitomusic]

0:33 xD Tick Tack Tick Tack