News Project 2026: Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare (Sally Dark Ride)

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Hey friends!

I just spent the last week at IAAPA and was able to check out the Sally booth. If you are interested, here is the full demo of all three modes for the animatronics for Phantom Theater. If you listen closely, you can hear the ghosts talk about the story line of the ride!

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Kingdakev said:
Hey friends!

I just spent the last week at IAAPA and was able to check out the Sally booth. If you are interested, here is the full demo of all three modes for the animatronics for Phantom Theater. If you listen closely, you can hear the ghosts talk about the story line of the ride!

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Jealous that you got to go to IAAPA. I always wanted to go. Nice footage.
 
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Here is the video that was playing on the side of the display at IAAPA. It's neat that it shows a lot of the work going into the ride making the animatronics, etc. It is truly a miracle that this ride is happening given the state of Six Flags!

Edit: It doesn't seem to want to attach here. I was able to successfully post it on KI Central though, for anyone that wants to check it out. Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare Construction Progress
 
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Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare is a very welcome upgrade from Boo Blasters on Boo Hill. While it doesn't have the same eerie-spooky atmosphere of the original, the new attraction is full of detail, color, and movement with a high re-rideability factor.

Opening day of Opening Nightmare seemed to go fairly well. We waited a little over 1.5 hours at the end of the night. Earlier in the day it seemed the number of FastLane riders was really making the stand-by line crawl.
 
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THIS is an absolute high quality attraction. I am in disbelief that Six Flags/Cedar Fair installed something of this level in this day and age of the way they do things.

The entire ride is physical sets and animatronics. Screens are only used as enhancement and background. For example, thunderstorms through windows, cracking glass, blazing furnace.

Screens are not used for the interactive element. The musical notes are projected on the physical sets. So they actually enhance the theme even if one chooses not to use the interactive element. It’s completely optional to use it or not and it’s a great experience either way.

This is the exact kind of attraction all these parks need. Indoor, something everyone can do, and a high-quality experience.

It’s nice to see an absolute piece of garbage replaced by something like this. Hopefully they take care of it.
 
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