[4K] Hotel Transylvania Ride - Trackless Dark Ride - MotionGate Theme Park

[@Attractions360]

NOTE: This ride is actually pretty dark. Our channel specializes in low light videos. Our camera can see more in the dark than what the eyes can see. If we were to film with our smartphone or regular camera, the video will come out dark and unwatchable. Thanks for watching

[@omcgh]

Thank you for clarifying! I was about to say "Boy this is the opposite of a dark ride" but I guess it makes more sense in the dark. Still, so much empty space! They really need to work on that, a lot of the scenes feel empty and the ride feels slow not because of speed but because of the emptiness of the space! They have great franchises but they're not using them well.

[@bella_iris]

The colors came out beautifully! I have been looking for a night time camera for vacations. What camera do you use in this video?

[@alyssa11111]

Omg this ride is so cool

[@lazilybusy]

I was going to ask why in the world would they have all of the lights on

[@tonysilver2253]

Anyway, i've seen a lot of your videos in Disneyland and the dark rides are absoluty inmersive, even with the great quality in dark light.

[@dlcdlc100]

Maybe it's different in person but I feel like there's a lot of unused space on this ride. And are those supposed to be animatronics or just statue characters?

[@pobstrel]

Just static models. Agree about the use of space.

[@Disneylover25.]

Dan D it's not different except for it being darker. There's a lot more they could've done

[@dangough]

It’s not different, it’s such a huge letdown

[@jimcampbell]

I get that feeling of a lot of these overseas dark rides. Like the static figures wouldn’t even be that bad if it was just more compact and if the vehicle moved a little faster. The empty space makes it feel kinda boring and empty.

[@i_love_bts775]

Dan D exactly

[@andrewh4855]

The potential was there, just poorly executed.

[@gazzy_burns]

Trackless tech but not immersive!

[@ekneifel]

Hardly any animatronics! Just a trackless ride through a building w/ statues & audio effects!

[@simonthedemonprince7026]

Eric Kneifel oh you mean universal

[@brandonwells1758]

Sony in a nutshell

[@aubreydodds5363]

it just seems like they were on a budget and didn't have enough money to do high tech lmao....a waste

[@michaelmascolo3161]

Home depot at night the ride

[@Thoralmir]

It's actually quite dark, which is a trick of older dark rides to give the illusion of walls in pitch darkness. I saw another ride that worked on the same principle on a Discovery Channel documentary about 20 years ago.

[@HawkinaBox]

lmao

[@xbox360guy19]

Night at the Home Depot

[@lyndabarnes644]

It’s a horrible ride.

[@tylerdevine84]

Michael Mascolo AHAHSI

[@Phaota]

A big noisy warehouse with statues in set pieces. They could have used the money more wisely and definitely invested in some superior animatronic characters.

[@Jason-Clark235]

I totally agree 100% and it also looks like half the animatronics that should have moved just wasn’t moving

[@nobodynope9542]

0% animatronics..... Or budget is low... Or... Is not disney brand

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

@@nobodynope9542 actually 5% animatronics because there was SMALL MOVEMENTS in some scenes

[@BenneLuke]

Warehouse: The Ride

[@HugoMakesMusic]

Such truth.

[@kianarobertson01]

🤣🤣

[@birdieaddictedtodumplings]

I SCREAMED

[@SalocinDotTEN]

Lol

[@wassha09]

Exactly.

[@tigertail777]

One thing would have greatly improved this ride... if the pace of the vehicles would have matched how frantic the music is the poor sets etc would not have mattered as much, and it would have added a bit of thrill zooming in and around other ride vehicles.

[@Gee-xb7rt]

yup would be better if it were on a track and moved faster, more frantic, like Mr Toad or Cat in the Hat.

[@Elizabethli23443]

i was thinking the same i'ts so annonyng you can heard every sound again in the whole ride

[@joshbarber9557]

Stfu you got no right to say any of that shit it ain't the most perfect ride ever but it still looks fun you people need to learn to be more positive

[@twisted_jinx1603]

@@joshbarber9557 Hey it's true. There's so much unused potential that got executed poorly.

[@katiedoodles]

I was just thinking that, the pace doesn’t match the music at all! That and itd be nice if the figures had SOME movement to them

[@hollybabyyy]

it’s so empty

[@kamo-chan4916]

babyhols666 whoo i made it 1k!

[@Chrisheb_2008]

Like me!

[@Jason-Clark235]

Yeah if they wisely used the space this could have been magical

[@tonysilver2253]

Seems a good ride but... no. They need a serious lesson about how to fill scennes, where to put animatronics, and of course working animatronics, it seems statics.

[@JoseLHernandezJ]

Animatronics? Those were stationed figures.

[@robotparadise]

The ride was built by an accountant.

[@ahuehuete4703]

Just as dull as the Shrek ride.

[@schwarzerregen9338]

looking at some of the ride scenes it seems some are meant to move but aren't for some reason

[@AngelsFanTad]

This is known as amateur hour in the theme ride making business. Lets this be a lesson, in what NOT TO DO, to all you amateurs out there wanting to make your own dark ride.

[@coastermeister]

For a theme park named MotionGate, there sure is a lack of MOTION.

[@peridot8314]

Ikr

[@abreeze579]

peridot *ikr not inr

[@peridot8314]

*thanks

[@abreeze579]

peridot ur welc...wait, ur not being sarcastic r u?? Im sorry i didnt mean my comment to sound rude i was just saying, and im not mad that u said thanks even if its sarcastic omg im so srry for idk whatever i did and thought i did that u thought i did that u thought i thought i did, wait im so srry i tend to over analyze things pretty often,.. nvm bye! Sorry for- i wont even, im just sorry.

[@hudaghani8379]

oh then go to the Madagascar ride

[@CosplayCore]

Hotel Transylvania deserves MUCH better... It is my favorite non-Disney franchise and seeing a ride of it getting so little treatment is depressing...

[@madcat1612]

CosplayCore then why is there a show about hotel Transylvania on Disney channel.

[@idrk1822]

Llama Wow: i mean so is Shrek sometimes. and that’s not a disney movie

[@evannovotny]

@@madcat1612 they own tv rights while Sony owns movie rights

[@sailormoondisneygirl6269]

Universal would do a better job.

[@ChrisOnStage2]

OMG!! What a monstrously BORING ride!! No wonder no one was riding it! No animatronics, no action, just cheap statues that move in circles....or not at all!

[@pault5557]

Charles Francis YES! And it appeared most of the statues that were supposed to move in a circle were broken! Sad state of poor maintenance.

[@MD-cv1zo]

Now hold on right there!!! It's this or galaxy's edge..transalvania it is damnit...

[@jeremiahpatterson6486]

J

[@nancymejia291]

It is a track ride with A LOT of space plus statues -.- the people that made this ride could do BETTER than that! Like what the heck waisting so much space!

[@cabotajelafranzd.5470]

shrek's ride is better than this

[@ari-dynamicarchive]

"Mom and Dad, you remembered!" "Mom and Dad, you remembered!" "mom and dad you remembered..." "mom and dad you remember..." XD ...gotta love how the audio just replays the farther you get.

[@eb2k445]

A person who has never seen a single theme park in his life probably designed this.

[@detestsleep]

Lots of noise... You can hear every other scene before you get to it. Lots of noise outside too.

[@iSeeStars153]

I feel it’s so awkward to have all the other cars just riding by eachother in a giant warehouse space no less 😂

[@gissneric]

Dark rides from Disney that was made decades back that's not even trackless has better storylines and set design than this new ride.

[@x-fun3149]

The *Classic Fantasyland Dark Rides* originall barely had stories, but they made really good use of space and were innovative for their time

[@zekeholloway4413]

Yes, the haunted mansion is an amazing example, and there are like 3 of them!

[@AnthonySherritt]

But it's TRACKLESS!

[@HuevosDuross]

@@AnthonySherritt and they used it poorly

[@DeletedDevilDeletedAngel]

@@AnthonySherritt trackless and boring

[@jenniferrollin5777]

....this ride is really boring...

[@sauyinho2966]

升職機會

[@cbennett7480]

It seems like there’s something there, but everything is SOOOO spread out it massively detracts from the ride... it’s sad cause if everything was condensed into a smaller space it could be good!

[@Jason-Clark235]

I could fall asleep to this

[@SlyCooper1920]

I rather watch Carmelita break dance to famous hits of the 80s instead of this

[@wolfielps4411]

I think the ride was broken as it looked like the monster pushing the trolley with the pups on should have been moving as it was on a track, you can see in the background

[@ThoosieJP]

yes

[@breezza_time]

yeah thats what i thought too

[@ninedragons1]

It was. They turned it off. They are not allowed to use animatronics cause that's considered playing God in that part of the world. I guess having statues spinning on a turn table was too much for them.

[@mienaallan6731]

@@ninedragons1 that seems wrong. Cause literally theme parks a few miles away from Motiongate have full on dinosaur animatronics. There isn't an excuse for Motiongate.

[@thebluestred]

@ninedragons1 the shrek ride in this park had animatronics tho

[@TheClarkChannel]

In it's defense, they did a fantastic job with the molding of the characters and detail in set pieces. The orchestrations are also pretty fantastic.

[@cutewhiskers5339]

Why is it so.........slow? You look like you're crawling. and why is it so empty? What is it with all these trackless popular movie rides and being completly empty? I don't understand it.

[@faithbrown6618]

Cutewhiskers53 i feel like the trackless systen need a LOT of space and thats why it feels so empty, but i agree with you it looks like its super slow and only has 2 animatronics?? no.

[@Coffeekitty7]

“Mom can we go ride haunted mansion?” “No we have haunted mansion at home” Haunted mansion at home:

[@ang8574]

🤣🤣🤣

[@justplainbill100]

Looks amazing, the trackless cars are great, and the artistry is great. But the ride itself looks soooo boring. Lots of unused space, no storyline, scenes that are static and lifeless, and those flat projection screens that take all the energy out of the animation. They could take some SERIOUS lessons from Disney and Universal when it comes to theme park rides. Hell, even the folks at Knott's Berry Farm could improve this waste of money and space.

[@SpoonfulForYou]

The only decent part about this ride is the music and maybe some of the sets are nice to look at. But the rest is a bad haunted mansion knock off. What I really hate is how slow the vehicles move. Even the Disney dark rides don’t move that slow. I also dislike how everything is in our view so nothing is special when we arrive at the scene. The animatronics are static and poorly done and the ride feels empty. You can tell that they went for a haunted mansion vibe. To introduce us to a haunted hotel where not everything is as it seems. But it is poorly executed

[@kennedy9607]

Animatronics who? These are statues that either don’t move at all, or do a small little motion lol.

[@SpoonfulForYou]

KennedyLuvsCupcakes That’s what I meant lol

[@kennedy9607]

Spoonful for You I know I was agreeing, but worded it badly sorry lol

[@zekeholloway4413]

Haunted Mansion is a million times better!

[@flipian86]

There is so much potential in this ride, but it failed. They should’ve invested more money in animatronics. It lacks a storyline (unless you watched the actual movie) to understand who these characters are and what it’s all about. They should’ve seen Tokyo’s Winnie the Pooh ride to get inspiration or Mystic Manor in Hong Kong for inspiration.

[@staceygrant529]

134o😂🐕🐹🏠! just

[@timetraveler9272]

yeah

[@freemanwithoutthephd639]

I don't understand how this place stays in business

[@hausofremix5529]

This ride is terrible I’ve been on it the whole park needs some Disney

[@Wig4]

Or it needs a lot of Efteling :-) ... what they took from Disney, is the useless and annoying frenetic screaming in several scenes... (The Mickey-scream-disease ...the only negative from Disney you could take... )

[@BillyReichard]

@Brody Hall No, but they are right. All this is are flashing lights on sculptures and screens. No audio-animatronics and the emptiness of the ride basically puts this well under most theme park standards. It's boring and the quality is sub-par.

[@reagan403]

Brody Hall they can make a ride that’s actually enjoyable

[@kennedy9607]

That’s what I was thinking the whole video!

[@despacito1856]

Mettaton this is true the “animatronics” dont move boring slow ride Could have been better too

[@TonyFilms335]

There needs to be animatronics not motionless figures

[@aaronmerkel5216]

Tony Films335 this whole trackless stuff looks so dumb. Its like you are ballroom dancing with everyone. Last thing i want is to have to look at other people while on a ride

[@borgvanglive9607]

I love the fact that almost nobody actually reads the description about the camera they use to show more of this ride. If you google the ride on youtube you will se how it looks with a normal camera or eye. Great work showing us the details in the ride in this video guys:)

[@JoseLHernandezJ]

No wonder has a 5 minute wait time.

[@faflamingo2193]

5 minutes? No one is even there!

[@toasterofbread3800]

For a theme park called MOTIONgate there was not a lot of motion

[@QUEENOBSCURE]

I love all of this, but the static models. I love how you can get up and close personal with the models. This could have been 5 STAR RIDE IF THEY MOVED. Even Disney doesn't take us this close, I love how you drive into the actual set, then drive pass it.

[@vrono123x]

nothing more than a museum ride through. they need animatronics

[@emmasworld4988]

This literally is deja vu to a dream I had once. I’m shook.

[@starbucktargaryen473]

I have to know more!!

[@avibreak2701]

How so?!?

[@Nyleao4Reel]

Some great potential but it looks like a stroller ride down a spirit Halloween on November 1st. Lighting needs to be way better if it’s this empty. Could’ve been way worse but could’ve been way better.

[@chuckoneill2023]

I think it looks less empty to the human eye, this is a special ow light camera.

[@cagunder]

The whole setup is just bad. Like why are we seeing the same sets over and over and over again? It ruins the illusion and story

[@mortuary_corpse]

Only Disney can make these type of attractions work.

[@SashaMasonVR]

Even non disney parks have rides full of non disney animatronics. They might not be as good as disneys but they're still a lot better than static characters. It works fine in other parks

[@MD-cv1zo]

Galaxy's edge..did it work?... but the people fighting in time town drew a crowd for entertainment

[@kiaradecaluwe5459]

I beg to differ, look up Symbolica in the Efteling please

[@jannemeermin6410]

Ahem! Google Efteling ( the Netherlands)

[@jardex2275]

There's a lot of potential, but not enough movement. First, by weaving everyone through the same center isle, you hear the same audio multiple times. Some dividers probably would have helped. Second, it felt like a tour through a wax museum. Some special effects and animatronics would have helped. It looks like some things, like the bellhop in the isle, were supposed to rotate. The one good effect was the elevator near the end. Third, the story doesn't really make sense. It seems like they tried to cram scenes from the first two movies into a single track ride. Instead, they should have made a plot original to the attraction. A simple example would be that the riders are guests checking in to the hotel, and the carts come across some chaos while being led to your room.

[@Lalaloopsies_United]

Of course there’s a ride of that Movie

[@hollowmm6044]

So basically, a wax museum on wheels.

[@BrotatoChip]

It's like they have never seen a dark ride before.

[@imadubsfan1]

Good job SoCal, but man the ride is so empty and seeing all the trackless vehicles in the same room looks ridiculous and immersion breaking as well.

[@Jennifer-qv6oo]

This is beautiful it looks like a castle that you can walk around in

[@1TSS0FLVFFY]

thank u for posting these videos ik now not to waste my money here lol

[@yukancarpenter9995]

モンスターホテルの乗り物があるなんて知らなかった！最強😍🔥

[@hootowl2112]

That was...terrible. I've seen carnival rides with better moving figures. They spend two million on that and it sucks bad. Wow.

[@lazilybusy]

Wait they spent 2 million on this????

[@XTeenPony]

they probably spent all the money on the trackless part lmao

[@RabbitsInBlack]

2mill in the pocket. One Dollar on the ride.

[@LouisSand]

2m lmao tf

[@maribethlockwood]

BORING

[@paul28177]

there's no one there...how can they afford to keep the park open? It's not very trackless when you can see the track... also, many of the figures don't move and the holograms are not very good... it's a shame because this had so much potential of being a good ride. It's mostly projected screens and the ceiling isn't even complete - it distracts you and reminds you that this is a ride and not a 'real' castle...more or less this is an incomplete ride.

[@ryanmish4961]

Paul D it’s not a track! I just realized that it’s just the tires of the ride vehicles wearing into the concrete floors

[@TheBaldr]

@@ryanmish4961 Hidden or not, all the vehicles follow the same track to make that impression. A trackless ride is where cars can move in sorta the same path, however will be program with some variance of independence so a rider can get a potential different perspective each time they ride and the potential to fill an area with more ride vehicles than on a single track line. This is a single track ride.

[@spacedreams4636]

nothing about this is really

[@cassidystarchild7907]

😄I would be fighting the urge to get out and walk the whole time.

[@dis_Shiba_tho-]

Literally same it wouldn’t even be that hard either

[@williamc5201]

Lol

[@でれ-o6x]

空間を広々とつかっててすごい！

[@danniemayladisla5099]

Sllepflw😨😨😨😨😲😲😲😲😖😖😖👺👹👿👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻

[@FlamingoKicker]

maybe it is more engaging if you have seen the movie?

[@shilohan]

This poor ride. To much is going on and it’s chaotic.

[@noemi_1318]

Look symbolica in the efteling theme park much better

[@unko_unkok]

このクオリティで待ち時間5分は羨ましい…

[@androidisandroid3909]

乗り物多いからやない？

[@StarBellySneetch]

There are outlet malls in Texas just as boring

[@Willsohandsome211]

Once you've had Disney and Universal nothing else compares. Especially not this animatronics would have been moving by now.

[@HelloKittyRiceCooker]

It needs an upgrade

[@ゆうか-w8z]

このアトラクション、日本にも欲しい〜モンスターホテルめちゃくちゃ好き

[@Abby_The_Muppet]

ああ、私の神は同じです、私もそこに欲しいです

[@alexaduran2167]

Theres WAY too much going on at once and you can hear audio from other rooms and it looks so SLOW like it could’ve been so much more but it honestly was disappointing

[@GamingClips-Xbox]

I would like to see universal retake this ride on and see how much they could improve it

[@xyriusd832]

This made me laugh. They can do movies but def. Not rides....

[@annaszymendera6147]

OMG! I need to go there! My dream come true!😂

[@MrCrazy550]

Every single fucking comment on any ride that isn't from disney: "It's empty!"

[@demyx90axel]

I feel like it could have been better. Add some animatronics to the ride id probably enjoy it. But still its looks cool

[@fanofmoststuff1585]

Where is this??!?!!??!?

[@marceladelpino6401]

I love how crazy this ride is 😂😂it’s so messy and I bet it’s darker 😂😂I love this

[@geraldplatzner4014]

Boaring

[@bryonyamada2620]

I see why there are is no lines for this ride.

[@brookecollins8685]

They didn’t even get Selena to voice mavis on this ride but they got all the other actors to do it

[@78Rakkasei]

日本語分かる人いらっしゃいますか？ここはどこのテーマパークでしょうか？モンスターホテル（日本ではそういうタイトルです）好きなんで面白そうです

[@-redglasses-8442]

ドバイにあるモーションゲートという遊園地にあるそうですよ

[@78Rakkasei]

@@-redglasses-8442 お返事遅くなってすみません💦教えて下さってありがとうございます

[@ninedragons6400]

Muslim countries have laws against playing God or mimicking God. That is why all their rides have no animatronics.

[@arachnohumanoidpolymultiverse]

Such a waste of space The background music and everything talking was so loud and all over! Although it was a good attempt. I could see what they were going for.

[@angelchica1492]

This looks stupid

[@mackenziewest2200]

I come back to this video every so often to remind myself that this wasn’t a fever dream I had

[@kdgamerz1841]

Omg why so empty?

[@uribheidi]

This ride has “Saturday afternoon at Costco” vibes

[@BegoneJonah]

What a boring ride!

[@oliviarandyll4199]

Could walk through it quicker

[@erixuouji2733]

Boring.

[@slinkman8253]

At least its not another rail shooter

[@jbragg35]

I agree slink man

[@eviebuggs886]

This rice had nothing visually or audibly interesting. I'm very disappointed. Not your fault though.

[@werebison]

Great video. Thanks for the solid camera work. As for the ride. It looks like pretty solid use of the trackless tech, and the sets and backdrops look great. Its just that every place there should or could have been an animatronic of some degree, was just a statue. And while I liked the mirror trick to make the grand hallway look truly grand, it actually just made it clear how big and empty it was. Better blocking might have given us less time to look at the statues. And maybe its just me, but its a big pet peeve when I can clearly hear the audio of a scene play for the next car back. That might just be you guys using a good mic, but I've been on rides where I hear it, and it gets annoying.

[@CaptainViral84]

Knowing that I am a noobie in the entertainment industry and going to work my self up to owning my own animation studio and may be expand in to theme parks and hotels but for right now I few this ride is so god dam awful I cant even imagine what the board members where thinking when the boss signed the fine print for the contract from Adam Sandler must to felt like

[@TMRproductionstudios]

A swing and a miss. Clearly they had the budget, but didn't execute properly. Underutilized space, lacking animation /animatronics, music doesn't compliment the ride properly.... a lot of budget mis-used.

[@TheVernStar]

Holy shit this was boring to watch, I can’t imagine waiting in line and having to actually sit through it lol

[@MrClobbertime]

If I'm ever in Dubai and suffering from insomnia I'll be sure to take this cure, I mean, ride.

[@luchiiconstanza9051]

It’s a mess :/

[@tannersebastian3675]

if it had figures moving across the empty chaos area that your cart stops for or narrowly avoids, it could make that cluster of a first section more interesting and feel like a real chaotic hotel lobbey. Otherwise, why are you seeing the carts so much?

[@TheRoyalpython1978]

Was boarded within the first 5 second of that ride starting cheers now I know to avoid this ride

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

This is absolutely fabulous! 😍😍

[@broformers6433]

This ride has nothing that we actually want in it, it's so lame and empty.

[@APPictures9]

Just make a 4D film ride based on Hotel Transylvania.

[@Chajwoo]

Thanks but int that illegal?

[@juNiorbeaTs0]

Why is it so light in there should be darker so you’ll u can’t see the other carts

[@wandererwerewolf477]

Well, this is taped with a low-light camera. You're basically seeing the place with the brightness turned WAY up. The cameraman couldn't see half as much as the camera.

[@elliecat6006]

Lamest ride ever. Almost fell asleep watching this. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@maddpirate7558]

Tht ride look super lame to me

[@corwinbee4057]

Love your profile pic btw my dude

[@maddpirate7558]

Thx

[@margaridarealinho5740]

Não está em 360°

[@Coaster-Toaster]

The same like Ghostbusters: Nice Que, good theme, but a really empty "showroom"...meeeh. This ride with real animatronics would be great!

[@kimattacks]

Not a big fan of that messy corridor with lots of cars.