TERRORIDE (4K Extreme Low-Light) POV - Lagoon Amusement Park

Terroride (also known as Terroride: A Classic Reimagined as of 2017) is Lagoon’s oldest haunted attraction. This classic haunted house dark ride travels through darkened hallways with nightmarish scenes. This ride has remained largely unchanged, frightening newcomers and allowing repeat visitors to relive memories and brace for that one last surprise before the end of the ride.

Ride Details-
Riders sit in small vehicles and travel around a track viewing different frightening and interesting scenes with a few surprises that may startle some riders. The ride was originally designed and built by legendary dark ride creator Bill Tracy. It is one of only seven known Bill Tracy dark rides still in operation (Dracula's Castle is also one of the seven). The ride was heavily remodeled for the 2017 season and the ride was given the additional title Terroride: A classic reimagined. (Designed By: Joseph Wartnerchaney)

Vehicles-
The ride's single-row vehicles are a customized version of Tracy's hushpuppy vehicles. They have rounded noses and concave backs that allow them to fit together tightly, creating more room in the station. They feature on-board speakers that originally played a scary soundtrack for the ride but no longer do. The cars are painted different colors, but the colors are very dark and mostly appear black. A white skull is painted on the side of each car, next to the car's number in blue.

Facade-
The ride has a castle-like facade with a large skeleton and a witch that pop out from shutters in the castle's two turrets. There are colorful, blood spattered letters spelling out "Terroride" on the front of the ride with the letter O represented by a stylized skull with red, light-up eyes. The other letters rock back and forth and are lit from inside at night. A signature Bill Tracy vulture prop is perched in a nest atop the southern turret. The vulture's head moves up and down in sync with the facade's other animations. Large open archways in the castle facade allow the station and its mural to be seen from outside the ride. A prop dead tree sits on the ride's roof.

Layout-
In addition to taking up the space in the building behind the ride's facade, the track also travels into the space behind the midway game to the south. The layout of the ride was not changed during the ride's 2017 re-imagining.

The full ride is around 1 minute and 16 seconds long.

Terroride: A Classic Reimagined-
In 2017 Lagoon completed the biggest overhaul of Terroride in the ride's history. The project has been called Terroride: A Classic Reimagined by the park. The ride quietly opened for riders in an incomplete state on June 9th 2007. The ride's official grand opening celebration was held on July 14th, 2017 at noon.

Ride Changes-
The ride's interior was completely rebuilt. Many of the ride's black walls were replaced with more detailed, realistic scenery. Several new scenes and gags were created and many of the original props and gags were also kept, repaired and/or upgraded. The plexiglass and chicken wire that previously separated riders from the props was removed giving a more direct view of the scenery.

A number of doorways were added to the ride clearly dividing it into separate scenes. The ride is intended to be slightly more story oriented than before and features a recurring character who has been referred to by the names Louis Von Black, Mr. Terror and Mr. Torture. A single figure of this character has always been in the ride but he has been duplicated and given more attention as part of the re-imagining.

2017 mural-
A copy of the ride's original mural was returned to the station with small changes made to it. The faces of the various monsters on the mural have been highlighted with theatrical lighting. The ride's exit and entrance doors have been decorated with three-dimensional skulls and crossbones protruding from each door. The skulls on the doors are also highlighted with theatrical lighting. The doors appear to have automatic opener/closers added to them and no longer rely on the vehicle hitting them to open. Lanterns have been added above the ride's queue line. The animatronic vulture has been moved to the wall next to the ride operator.

Creative Talent
Artists and organizations involved in the ride's re-imagining include:

Film director Joseph Wartnerchaney - Creative direction
Utah Opera Production Studio - Sets and scenery
Special effects artist Todd Debreceni - Restoration of original figures and duplication of Mr Terror.
Sound designer Michael McDonough, Sound design
Composer Chance Thomas - Pipe organ score
Rockscapes Utah - Water feature

Once the construction was completed, Lagoon's electrical department rebuilt the ride's safety and control system. This brought the ride into compliance with the most recent fire safety standards.