Ghost Castle Dark Ride | Europa Theme Park 2021 | Omnimover Haunted Ride

[@smb879]

Looks like a fever dream mash up of the haunted mansion, pirates of the Caribbean, with some gore thrown in.

[@Eric_Seay]

This ride has a little bit of everything: Disney style knockoff scenes, random cheap jump scares, a guy In an electric chair, and a buggy that could REALLY use some wheel grease.

[@jaggerguth4391]

and the Fact That There So Many Things Happening At Once It Distracting.

[@christophermichael.w.7577]

They even have the singing head busts.

[@Taijifufu]

Somebody oil those gears! Haunted Mansion's track sounds like a sort of hiss, whereas this sounds like torturing pterodactyl hatchlings.

[@aceorb1996]

"Mom, I wanna go on The Haunted Mansion!" "We have The Haunted Mansion at home." The Haunted Mansion at home:

[@田中康裕-w9q]

日本人ですディズニーランドまで歩いて15分です

[@Externica]

At leats it's not Phantasialand's Geisterrikscha. :> (Though that one only has the same ride system.) I was in Europapark three years ago around christmas. Geisterschloss is a nice ride, but a lot of scenes are overcrowded with props. According to some long term visitors, the ride was also softened up a lot and the addition of the cast from Happy Family is clashing with the overall theming, too.

[@manomym5150]

Judging from what I've seen on youtube so far, this is still the best ghost train ride outside of a Disney park. It looked much better in the late 80s when I last rode it, they have added too much cheap stuff (jump scares) in the meantime. It's great to hear that the ballroom piano melody is still there. I must have rode that ride a dozen times just to memorize that melody (I even wrote a letter to Europa Park asking about sheet music for that piece, but back then they couldn't provide any). And the actual lighting isn't as bright as it appears in this video, so the atmosphere is actually slightly more haunting when you ride Geisterschloss.

[@louabi7581]

Efteling's spookslot looks better but it's not really a ghost train ride. Also see Transdemonium, it was ghost train ride in Parc Astérix. It was goot but not as famous as it should have be. (the storyline is about Jehan de Ténèbres, with his puppet sidekick Mario, who is tasked with imprisoning spirits and ghosts and entertain them by bringing humans into a castle to prevent the Apocalypse of the Year 1000)

[@stokerbramwell]

Every ghost house dark ride lives in the shadow of the Haunted Mansion, doesn't it?

[@johndean4727]

yes.

[@kellyhenderson9972]

Pretty much.

[@kellyhenderson9972]

@Jimmy Starbeck phantom manor translates to ghost mansion in English. It’s just the France version

[@kellyhenderson9972]

@Jimmy Starbeck I’ve always wanted to go to the other Disney parks in the world. I’ve been to Anaheim and Orlando a few times. I still love the original park the most.

[@Danielle-tn1qi]

Yes, nothing is ever going to top the ghost ballroom dance

[@kenreilly5308]

I rode this in Dec. 2022, it is a very bizzar and entertaining dark ride with just about anything you can imagine.

[@opinian1068]

Holy crap what a wonderfully weird ride! I love the less than subtle nod to the Phantom Manor western "hell" town and singing busts.

[@carterdunlap9957]

They cut out the stretching room, complete with hanging guy.

[@mj-rg9kp]

The original Disney ride is more themed and well thought out imo. This was like cramming all the scarey things you can possibly think of and throwing it in. The monsters and ghosts were too overcrowded it didn’t even give you a chance to get spooked out.

[@katielee7897]

Yeah, this felt like a really feverish dream about the haunted mansion.

[@user-ym55431]

狭い空間に幽霊めちゃんこいて草

[@RidesXL]

One of my favourite ones when i visit Europa Park

[@thecunninlynguist]

Cool...definitely does look like the haunted mansion

[@toadster464]

But.. but.. it's ghost castle, totally different and not trying to make money off of it...

[@QDude24]

@@toadster464 Because every haunted ride is a knock off of the haunted mansion? This looks completly different. Yes there are some stolen elements, but the overall ride is not comparable in the slightest. Disney fans always try to label everything as 'stolen from disney'

[@gissneric]

@@QDude24 Calm down. Nobody is implying that it literally copied the Haunted Mansion. Its an omnimover ride and the cars are similar so people will compare. Maybe this ride got inspired by the Mansion ride.

[@QDude24]

@@gissneric Toadster is definitely implying that its a copy with the sentence "totally different and not trying to make money off of it..."

[@-Tekuo-]

It's inspired by Haunted Mansion but its not a rip off just because it shares similarities

[@Silverwind3D]

Neat. Track and buggies seriously need oiled though. I'm sure without the squeaking the atmosphere is even more wonderful.

[@kalipassion04]

I love this so much. I even like that the buggies creak. How fun.

[@EnchantedBlueDragon]

I loved it when I was a kid and even now but I do think it really hasn't aged well of today technology of dark ride. The animatronics need upgrading not the theme or setting of the ride just make it a bit scarier than it is now.

[@Noctew]

Unfortunately great Animatronics are hugely expensive, so Europa Park had to use a mix of good and average animatronics even on their flagship dark ride „Pirates in Batavia“ . That is, unfortunately, the difference between a park with 6 Mio/year visitors and $60 tickets and one with more than 20 million visitors and $110 tickets.

[@lauriehoule9889]

Soooo much to look at!!! I’d have to ride it a million times to see everything!!! Amazing detail, oh I’d love to go through this ride!!!!

[@UnkleHeavy]

Pretty amazing dark ride. Reminds me very much of WDW Haunted Mansion. Very cool!

[@Mille__Kat]

It’s like combining the Haunted Mansion and The Pirates of the Caribbean together minus seeing some of the Splash Mountain ride

[@RealityCheckNews]

It's pretty clear where they got the inspiration from :) , and its a pretty good job, but they could've put the song-and-dance number further towards the end.

[@deshawnedwards6412]

You're definitely a fan of hunted/scary attractions.

[@Bwman38]

I absolutely love this. It’s like when people try to recreate the haunted mansion on roller coaster tycoon, but only use a couple mods that actually match the ride. Im promising myself that I will go out of my to ride it if I ever find myself in Germany.

[@TheDivineParody]

The track and carriages of this ride look almost exactly the same as those of Phantom Phantasia, a dark ride that was at Thorpe Park in the UK in the 80s to 90s (ish). The track is running in the opposite direction here, but I'm pretty sure it's the same layout.

[@matthewkirby6080]

The ride system also reminds me of the now recently defunct “Wheels” red pod dark ride about motor car history within the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu, Hampshire in Southern England.

[@Azumadofu]

To me, this also feel like Phantom Fantasia from Thorpe Park.

[@jamiebancroft706]

Love it! Just enough gore to satisfy. :)

[@stijnVDA1994]

Love the jerking upon rotation of the ride vehicle, reminds me of the dutch carnaval festival at the efteling

[@kryptism]

This reminds me of a Haunted Mansion spoof!

[@kellyhenderson9972]

Germans know how to do camp well And you can tell they ripped Disney off a bit lol. The singing busts. But if you’re going to steal. Steal from the best.

[@Vendettalecce]

0:52 "A skeleton goes to the doctor, then the doc says: You came too late" lmao

[@Sn0wc4t]

1 part Disney, 1 part Blackpool Pleasure Beach, 1 part Carnival Ghost Train. Blend it all together and this is what you get... XD

[@elizabethrichard6176]

Hello thanks for sharing. Where is this located?

[@daniellafferety4025]

Looks like a interesting place to work.

[@manut4470]

Love watching you guys! Have you folks done that London dark ride? History of London? If so, please upload!

[@looneysamo]

This is the Great Value version of the Haunted Mansion. (I'd still get a kick out of riding it, though.)

[@kellyhenderson9972]

I loled at this

[@hauntsandamusements]

Are they operating the stretching room?

[@Ibuddy66]

Honestly this intrigued me more than haunted mansion does because it's more Gorey and such. Some more updated effects and quicker paced animatronics and they'll be amazing for sure! Some of the animatronics could certainly use updates but for the most part not bad at all!

[@seanmobley2610]

I think it takes more than quick animatronics, though. The brilliance of Disney's Haunted Mansion is its simplicity. The dancing ghosts in the haunted ballroom there are ancient, and don't even move themselves - they are just unmoving mannequins on a turntable, but the use of Pepper's Ghost and other basic stage magic tricks make them feel 'alive.' Watching this ridethrough I was struck by how overwhelming it was. Horror is in many ways what you don't see, not what you do see. This attraction left nothing to the imagination. The Haunted Mansion has a hall of doorways with cries and screams coming from the other side of them. What's behind them? You have to imagine. Here, they showed what's on the other side of them - and then some! There was no downtime, no moment of darkness where something could go 'bump.' Haunted Mansion also excels at building towards the climax. Here you start and are immediately faced with, like, skeletons. Disney's pace is slower. You get hints of something evil lurking in the house, but it's either invisible or hinted at with shadows, footsteps, and portraits that change when thunder strikes. The first 'ghost' only shows up about halfway through the ride, leading to the climax of the graveyard scene. This ride was like the graveyard scene all the way through, there was no build, no anticipation. I agree that this was gorier, and I think having a gorier haunted mansion-style attraction could be interesting for people who like that sort of thing. But at least in my opinion, for something like this to do that it needs a complete redo.

[@christopherpotter6650]

Well Ghost Castle has a few details that are a bit similar to the Haunted Mansion’s scenes like the stretching room, the doombuggies, the three ghostly mirrors, the ballroom, and the singing busts in the graveyard. It’s quite amazing. 🏰👻

[@justimagine2403]

Haunted houses are fun. Why don't they have an intern with a giant can of WD40 zap all the wheels and mechanisms? It would be simple and FIXED. Haunted ghouls with no humor is just dreary. Marc Davis was right with Disney's Haunted Mansion. I want to see ghosts having fun and socializing in the afterlife. Electrocutions and ghastly torture chambers are not my idea of a family friendly ride that is cool and neat to ride. It is just depressing. Their doom buggies were far more elaborate and interesting. I think Efteling has some contenters for great dark rides though.

[@chantiger5328]

If I’m in this kind of game,I’m going to cry

[@andreasbobzin2687]

Awesome !

[@yorukkizigeziyor]

Very nice video 👍👍

[@tomciura8360]

Boy this 👻ride is really scary for Halloween 🎃!

[@MegaHorrordoll]

Yeah, this is my Home Park, I love this.......thank You for showing this 💖🖤🧟‍♂️👻💀

[@pizzapuntthomas]

Europapark is epic

[@masterknife8423]

I'm surprised Disney hasn't sued Europa Park over this ride since it's basically the Haunted Mansion in German

[@nedbradley-n3z]

I wish this ride had more of a storyline like the haunted mansion or phantom manor, because as of right now it looks like one of those cheap amusement park ghost trains, they had the money but they didn't spend it correctly

[@attractionshubno1]

Great video, I’m now up to date with ur videos

[@staceyallen3139]

I love it!

[@jameswest8280]

Love the music.

[@Lucozade3012]

The songe ? I love it

[@Bobsheaux]

Some ghosts don't know that they're dead... I think most of THESE people just forgot to die. lol

[@Soka.SokaBR]

nicee 😂😂

[@MedEvil1c]

thank you. I genuinely needed a video to bring my smile to my face this morning. 🙃 ty (in contrast to reading news)

[@AfrodityJones]

This is one beautiful ride.

[@kasihanggarachannel9493]

Wow so cool 👍

[@MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

A people in the comments need to go to specsavers, other than the singing busts this is NOTHING like the haunted mansion.

[@BB-wc9jx]

Love this 🤟💀❤

[@anthonyvo1963]

I love this place

[@AuthorCertifiedGoof]

Wow, they weren't shy about copying Disney's haunted mansion, right down to the singing busts. This attraction has something Disney's haunted Mansion doesn't.... insanely squeaky gears...yikes!!

[@mario64remix]

Aside from the singing busts, which ironically weren't added until many years after opening, they didn't copy much at all.

[@AuthorCertifiedGoof]

@@mario64remix the whole ride system is a copy

[@mario64remix]

@@AuthorCertifiedGoof That's true, although you could argue that Haunted Mansion's is in turn copied from Adventure Thru Inner Space. There's only so many ways to design a dark ride transportation system.

[@TargetSniper365]

@@mario64remix Disney at least was the creator of adventure through inner space. It’s not really “copying” when you already own it lmao.

[@mario64remix]

@@TargetSniper365 Right, I guess the term self-plagiarism would be more fitting. :P Btw I'm not knocking Disney or anyone else for (re)using the Omnimover style system, it is probably the best designed dark ride transportation system after all (or at least by far my favorite)

[@p.terodactyl6848]

3:16 This ride is a hefty lawsuit waiting to happen

[@njdotson]

A lot of haunted attractions have that effect now. I don't think it's something that is copyrightable

[@Noctew]

Given that this ride opened 40 years ago and that the CEO of Disney. visited the park in the late 1980s to do researxh on what was popular in Europe in preparation of Disneyland Paris…no.

[@mario64remix]

@@NoctewThat scene wasn't there yet in the 80s. :P

[@unrellated]

3:14 Hmmm... now this looks familiar.

[@leons_magicaltrips]

i say in German Rumpelkammer to this ride. why you see it self :D

[@themeparkcheetah]

The Omnimover is patented by Disney how did this place use it

[@-Tekuo-]

Is it actually patented because parks all over the world use it

[@themeparkcheetah]

I believe so unless it expired

[@mario64remix]

Technically it's not an Omnimover as it works differently. The technology can be patented, but the general idea can not.

[@turyjordan3827]

So much better than anything made in the USA

[@unrellated]

If you mean to complain about American companies not putting soul into their creations, you should be praising something other than a blatant rip off of a famous ride. If you mean to complain about American companies cutting corners with budget, you should be praising something with more advanced effects than the average county fair funhouse.

[@claytonl5820]

lol that was good.

[@nafxnasty7228]

Haunted "Trailer Park Trailer"

[@cornjobb]

the floppy bats on this ride may be where covid started.

[@matteomongiano6800]

But... The park name is Europa Park, not europa theme park, and the ride name is Geisterchloss

[@Shibuyagave]

How scary! There are interesting attractions in the world! I would like to introduce some Japanese ones someday!

[@Jojolive-bl7rx]

Like various attractions at Europapark this one is just a cheap copy of a Disney ride. I really like the variety of coasters they have, but let's be honest: EP sucks at imagineering

[@brianumphreyville2204]

Honestly this is way better than the haunted mansion in Florida.

[@chrischris4028]

Im EPark ist so vieles abgekupfert. Null Originalität!

[@otrocanalbyjacobo1851]

OMG. what would' will the imagineers think about this!! let's be honest, its a cheap copy, or not exactly cheap, but its a copy

[@家トライ]

ホーンテッドマンションのパクり？

[@fpherebridetokyo5861]

Haunted mansion Disney yes wow l what ?

[@花子くん-i2d]

ホーンテッドマンションのちゃちい版だな

[@519278ss]

完全にディズニーのホーンテッドマンションのパクリやなあ

[@dol9404]

thanks

[@山本浩二-w6f]

いきたいですよね

[@heru-deshet359]

I likey.

[@mattisampson8096]

Mai,

[@hishastat]

😁😄😃

[@Der_Cptn]

Worst Haunted Mansion knockoff i've seen...

[@ナナシの花子くん]

ホーンテッドマンションのちゃちい版だw

[@TV-we4lx]

もろホーンテッドマンション笑

[@cheryllocke-mz3se]

They copied Disney Worlds haunted attraction!!!

[@하윤-i1g]

これホーンテッドマンションのぱくりでしょ

[@wb9437]

3:25この白い奴らとかモロ

[@MultiBrilliant1]

It just looks tacky and cheap, like a rip-off of Disney ...

[@-Tekuo-]

It actually took a lot of Inspiration from Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, it has the elevator / stretching room concept, a ballroom, singing busts. So it is indirectly copying it and while it's definitely not on par with other attractions i still like it for the nostalgia.

[@MultiBrilliant1]

@@-Tekuo- "Inspiration" would be to take something existing, and make it even better. This doesn't do that at all. For me, 'nostalgia' might become nausea ...

[@Breydar82]

Worst ride ever. And proof that yes, you can steal ideas (from Disney) and still be so far away from their storytelling and quality.

[@apfelbasket]

A very squeaky Disney ripoff!

[@paulwynne2010]

O9,,

[@shezanjimenez]

Is it just me or is there a chick moaning throughout the beginning of the video?

[@kimhisham6033]

wth

[@松村太志-r6c]

日本の歩くお化け屋敷の方が面白い！

[@meridian1316]

looks very boringly ..