| Into the metal queue line with a few tickets in hand and with a wave, the ride's attendant directs you into the new and comfortable cars. Your anticipation builds as you see the first set of crash doors and hear lots of different speech calls and intense sounds coming from inside the sinister building. A turn to the right leads you into the first of three sets of crash doors, all with circular cutouts highlighted in day-glow paint. Originally these were classic Tracy squares, changed out by the park. |
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| Next up is a “Professional Trained Guard Dogs, Do Not Attempt To Fight Back” sign warning patrons, complete with an audio track of a barking dog. A spinning disc is at the end of this straight corridor that you head towards before turning again to the right. The Bells solved the issue of the crash doors not resetting by hanging them on such an angle that gravity would close them flush. Next up is a dip as the track turned 180° again to the right, thru another set of crash doors. The Grim Reaper originally hung here above. |
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The cars cross a small wooden bridge, with a small picket fence on the left, and below this is a scene with a small pond and classic Tracy Skull.
Next is another classic scene: a graveyard complete with funny sayings on the tombstones. A fast 90° turn to the left and through another set of bang doors is a Flying Ghost and the classic Tracy Vulture.
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A 90° turn to the left then a 180° turn to the right leads to another wonderful Tracy stunt that the Bell family witnessed on the East Coast trip: a red and green striped and painted Tilt-Room, complete with a spinning disc at the end. This was dark ride science at its best in the 1970’s, mocking the psychedelic 1960’s, leaving riders to sense that their car was starting to tip over.
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