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Leaving
the femme fatale, you approach another one of Tracy’s greatest
hits, Knit Wit. A harmless old lady in a rocking chair, spins
around, revealing a corpse knitting a spider web.
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As
you bear to the right, you meet two more oldsters: An elderly
vampire and a witch that lunges forward. While neither was designed
by Tracy, they’re clever stunts none the less. stunt).
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Next
up, literally, is Tracy’s famous Swamp Ghost, which floats overhead.
Below are plywood cutout gravestones on hinges, strategically
placed in the path of your car so you knock them to the side.
This trick also was used by Tracy in his Kooky Kastle dark ride
in the Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts’ now-defunct Paragon Park.
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The
Haunted House graveyard also contains some stationary graves;
one citing that the deceased was “Accursed and staked” and another,
with a skull resting at the bottom, depicting a birth date of
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Following
the Swamp Ghost’s lead, the Giant Bat, a staple in all Tracy’s
dark rides, threatens you from above. This stunt is mounted
on a garage door opener, animated by an air compressor.
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After
paying respects to a corpse in a coffin, you’re headed up another
crooked chamber; this one ending with a beam that cracks overhead.
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A
plunge through double doors brings you into a room of neatly
stacked barrels. Or are they? Just before you exit the room,
a stack collapses, barely missing you as you escape into Tracy’s
Wave Room: A ride over extended bump ramps with day-glo painted
“waves” on either side. Those afflicted by seasickness best
close their eyes here.
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Leaving
the high seas, you’re confronted by a vampire woman as well
as the apparent owner of the house, Frankenstein’s Monster.
He rises from his chair, warning you to “Get out of my house!”
Neither are Tracy stunts but both provide an excellent transition.
You take the monster’s advice as your car exits to the daylight
of the second-story balcony.
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