Seeing this breaks my heart. I wish I could experience this in person as a full-grown adult now. I super vaguely remember the show and being scared of the dragon. As I grew up, I was happy that Merlin's house stayed. I returned to Vegas years later only to find that the moat is completely gone. Vegas is a shell of its former self, but unfortunately, this will never come back because people like the way it is now for some reason.

Is bro vapin

This is really cool I wish could have gone to this I love Merlin.

I went to Vegas 25+ times from the late 90s to 2010 and not once was this show working 😭

I wasn't born in this time. But I wonder if life was better. The commentary was adorable, honestly I feel as if humanity just isn't as amazing as it was before :(

The only thing that's going to be left is the fountains at bellagio. I loved seeing this as a kid.

I love Vegas, wish I got to experience this attraction but it closed before I was even born... 😑

Now both Murphy and Merlin are sealed away left to rot in Vegas. The Excalibur is wack if they think this show wasn’t worth doing

This show was so good, it's a shame that nowadays the dragon and Merlin are rotting nowadays, the dragon under the bridge and Merlin in that house

It is a rather lackluster "battle", but I'm sure the kids loved this. Place me in the column of people who wish that Vegas had not de-themed. The resorts were more interesting when we had dragons, the Wizard of Oz, and Pirate battles.

Epic. Why can't we have cool things anymore. Like water.

I dont remember this one. I remember treasure island and Caesars they should still do this

The youtube channel named Freddy Trap posted a video of how the dragon looks like right now behind the walls, pretty awesome! He also shows a part where you can see a little bit of Merlin. Thanks for this video! It’s really amazing to see it🤩

I would have loved to have seen this show live as a kid.

The little boy is the best lmao so cute

I can’t believe this was voted the worst attraction in Vegas when it was around. It’s honestly super impressive even for the technology at the time.

I wish they wouldn't have taken Merlin and the dragon out..staying here doesn't seem the same....they should put it back!!

Here is a video of the dragon recorded in 2022: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g52Yg4ePbaxoo7c

nah cause I know I ain’t the only one thinking about how scary it would be to fall in there 💀

Greetings! May I use this footage in a video I'm making about underwater animatronics? I will give your channel full credit.

100% need this back with a update since the volcano is leaving

I stayed at Excalibur last week. The moat is currently drained because of the drought, and I saw the track the dragon ran on.

People always told me, but i wouldn't believe it until this.

the kid comment make this video 10 times better XD

2:03 “Dracarys.”

It's coming at us at a frightening pace.

The dragons still there rotting sadly, hope a collector buys and referbishes both merlin and the dragon. I highly doubt the show will ever come back

This looks like found footage of the Spinosaurus breaking out of its enclosure

Yo this is like a clip of on of the dinosaurs at Jurassic park trying to escape and attack the guests

"He looks like a turtle! WOAAAAAH!"

This scared the PISS out of me when I was kid

I love the little kid’s comments in the background 💀💀 I was probably the same age when this was filmed

Thank you so much for posting this, this show is so cool, its so sad that these two hae been left to rot

(3:41) "Get him out of here! Go back you silly (pooper?) head! Ha ha ha!" 🤣 Gotta love kids, man. I wonder where they are now. They need to see this. 😉

I miss the treasure island show too :((

Just watched the video of the dragon’s current state. Love that videos exist of the show when it was running full swing!!

Being born in Las Vegas in 97 and a young child in the 00's I never got to experience this until now! Thanks for sharing.

This is so awesome!!

That thing is mechanically and visually one of the coolest fucking things i have ever seen, also it is scary that its just left rotting in the castle walls.

Thank you for posting this! There's so many old vegas attractions from the 90s that I wish I could see videos of

Wow I never knew this was a thing in Vegas. Born and raised here 😅

My dad, my grandfather and my two uncles worked on this show, I remember helping my dad setting things up and I watched him do

The kid’s commentary is so cute.

Ah... even though my dad took me around the strip on his days off back as a kid (he was a taxi driver here), this was one attraction I never got to see. I only remember Merlin coming out of the top of the tower to say things that were muffled by blaring music. I DO remember my dad saying that there was a dragon beneath the castle and I never believed him because I didnt get to see it lol this is proof it did! Also if anyone remembers (or it was a crazy dream) but wasn't the Caesar's Palace current Atlantis show something else before? I could have sworn it was a little mermaid themed show. I remember the decorative statues there having signs on them for people not to sit on because things would come out of them. Cant ask my dad anymore because unfortunately he passed, and mom doesn't seem to remember either. But walking on the strip with dad as a kid are some of my favorite memories and I still wish Vegas was as family friendly and thematic as it was back then :) I'm sure I would have appreciated living here more if it still had heart, even in the free attractions. Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of history!

I’ve been looking for this for many years. Thank you for bringing back a core memory

looks fake, lol I loved watching this with my kid. I also have some recordings of it as well.

I had so much fun working on this dragon in Valencia. I put a lot of them scales on his back.

They should bring this back with modern animatronics

How dare they vote this Vegas's worst attraction. I wish I had seen it I work at Excalibur now and saw Merlin's door open today!

It's such a shame. My host told me both animatronics were sold off years ago :-(