why they take it down ?

@@lanastoleyosubs "...due to high maintenance and operating costs, low ridership, and ongoing budget cuts... the ride was officially announced as closed on January 23, 2018"

Great dark ride, and was pretty intense

@@opertinicyseaworld parks has never and will never be able to maintain an indoor dark ride without it’s eventual closure. Their philosophy is “put a roller coaster in it”

Can’t believe it’s already been 3 years

Wow I had no idea it closed! This ride was FANTASTIC!! I was so disoriented when I rode it haha. Wow...really a shame. Prob the best dark ride around!

why the close it

Really they closed it why?

@@tennojiberri thank you

Nooo, they closed it? 😭 I rode it back in 2006. I was so excited waiting in line for it.

I liked the big bad wolf

Noooo 🙁

THEY CLOSED IT????

@@sonomabeast Yeah sadly... last time I went there the space was being using for a Hall O Scream attraction so I think it's gonna be for events now unless they put a new ride in who knows.

Avery Heaney TV beat me to it lol

Avery Heaney TV my favorite ride closed!!! I rode it 20 tim3s last year

thar was favorite ride

2017*.....I visited the park last year and had no idea they closed it.

My favorite line was the mothers' "You were never sane to begin with!"^^

Sivanah Barbee I wish that it was still there tbh

My favorite line is at the end of the ride Ludwig said You will never escape!!!

Ong I say it every once in a while/ Rip

This!!!! My sister and I rode it and we were both so genuinely upset with the new one. I feel like they could have done so much more to preserve the heart of the original. At least most of the line is the same

My dad designed the original Vehicle for the old ride in the early 2000s. It was so fun riding it and hearing from him how they built it

yeah i use to be scared shitlis while riding cause i was like 7 while riding

Well good news for you: he eats you in the new one too

@@jasonfitts6651 💀 i forgot i commented this

Mathias Budget cuts, I'm afraid.

It's simply not a ride you would ride over and over again, so eventually the number of people riding it decreases and doesn't equal the effort it takes to maintain it or the money it takes to operate it. It slowly becomes a waste of land resources.

@@MotoAtheist Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man would like to have a word with you. Same ride system, older than DarKastle by 6 years and still standing to this day.

MotoAtheist it’s because the ride’s mechanics were getting out of date, the screens needed SERIOUS upgrading, the ridership wasn’t that high at all, and was becoming a maintenance nightmare for the park. The reason Universal has kept Spider-Man has run for so much longer is because Universal has much more money, more attendance, and most importantly, a more modern ride system. Yes, it still has the same ride system as DarKastle, but it has a slightly different design, and has undergone renovations. If I have heard right, the ride vehicles are still in the building for DarKastle. And a lot of the sets are still up. Even the lines that the ride vehicles ran along(there was a rail that ran along it(and in some spots I think there still is)and the painted line it ran along)is still there. My guess is that they may be planning a modern version of the ride, updated ride systems, new screens, etc.

@@gregorygolub3315 Hey! Really late to this response, but I wanted to than you for the points you presented. Honestly, considering the cost of a ride like DarkKastle to maintain... it makes you wonder why Busch gave the greenlight to its installation to begin with. Sure, it was 2005, Busch/SeaWorld were still a subsidiary of Annheuser, there would've been a biiiit more money to work with... not by much, though.

One time I went through it with no sound. That was fun. haha

That happened to me 3 times in a day!

tgirard1995 omg must of been funny

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME!!!

i’ve rode this like 10 times in my life but j was so young it just slipped my memory

The SeaWorld parks (including Busch Gardens) are now literally Six Flags parks but with good theming and animals. I really hope that they're doing a major overhaul with this ride, but it's not looking like it. They care more about spoiling coaster enthusiasts more than anything at this point.

@@NocturneFexy i agree

@@NocturneFexy plus the need to spoil some more dark ride enthusiasts and battle for eire is still closed because of a howl-o-scream maze and I really hope that attraction doesn’t shut down entirely, if they do shut it down there will be clearly no dark ride at any Busch gardens parks

@@dragonblood4005 It seems that all they care about is making gimmicky rides nowadays. Battle for Eire and the Antarctica ride (yes SeaWorld and Busch are owned by the same company) are perfect examples. I truly think Busch can build an immersive experience that's on a similar level to Disney/Universal but it seems that's not happening any time soon. I think the park is slowly turning into another Six Flags park.

@@NocturneFexy I agree with u on that

AJ17 Agreed. They could repurpose the 4D theater near Pantopia.

AJ17 I totally agree. Even though Cobra's Curse is awesome.

Maybe mummy themed

AJ17 yeah maybe it will be egyptian themed maybe tie into cobra's curse and also a shooting ride

I know! There's really no good reason why they don't have anything like this. They're open year-round with way more visitors and whenever it rains (which is often) basically the whole park just shuts down because there's nothing to do inside anymore except literally 2 1/2 shows (depending on if you count the ones they do at the Dragonfire Grill). SeaWorld Orlando has something kind of similar to this ride with Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, plus a simulator, but Busch Gardens Tampa closed their only indoor ride in 2003 (Akbar's Adventure Tours).

It would break down sooo often and it was getting too expensive to keep repairing it. Rip darkcastle

@@jackshadowbrowse yeah, I understand that, it's just sad to see it go

It’s terrible

PowerGlove79 I wish I could find and audio only soundtrack of this.

Audio and music.

Caleb Landes what happened?

Broken Hearted they closed it!

this aged like milk

@@lovetoreadbooks6100 Do tell.

@@teejaynumber13 DarKoaster was a letdown for me. The track itself was great, and perfect for its label as a family coaster. What irked me was the lack of theming effort. The idea of powering through the forces of a snowstorm while avoiding an evil ghost king in the process sounds absolutely epic, but seeing that conveyed through a few thunder strikes and some Party City skeletons is a bit disappointing, ya know? Especially after all the hype it was receiving. I understand that it’s not supposed to be the most intense of rides, even through its storytelling, but I feel that its immersion potential was missed and it could’ve been a much more memorable experience if a little more time, planning, and money was put into it. I always thought it would be a lot better as a VR ride.

@lovetoreadbooks6100 So DarKoaster is open now? I need to get back to Busch Gardens to try it. I still haven't gotten the chance to ride Pantheon either.

@@teejaynumber13 Tell me about it once you ride it.

new ride coming soon

2017*

yes and they made the ride in an event room. :(

I hope so! Busch Gardens needs a dark ride and I think bringing this back with new stuff would fit that bill!

this aged like milk lol

The spirit of Big Bad Wolf would like to talk to you :)

tgirard1995 oh my gosh, I knew it used to spin. Everyone told me I was crazy. I always remembered it spun in the oven "like a microwave" lol

yeah, I have been going to Busch Gardens since before Dark Castle was even built and a Wild Mouse was in its place. The spinning part was my favorite part of the ride and now the ride is boring, for me anyway.

I believe its the same ride system. They were both created by the same company. Ive ridden both and they are very similar in feel, except for the story of course.

Both vehicle are from Oceaneering indeed, but they use a different technology: Spiderman uses hydraulic pistons and has 6 degrees of freedom, while DarKastle uses pneumatic air bags allowing 4 DOF only. Also Spiderman's SCOOPs hold 12 persons while DarKastle's Sleighs can only take up to 8 people.

KingRCT3 interesting! Didn't realize all that but it makes sense now that I think about my past rides on them. Spider-Man definitely feels "smoother"

I just read a great article on DarKastle, in where I took this information: www.themeparktourist.com/features/20170826/33120/modern-marvels-curse-darkastle ;)

This was actually made before Spider-Man.

Dana Gorham How much is actual motion vs how much is visual effects?

Brian Battles About 47% was motion.

palmbeachman22 universal: transformers or Spider-Man. Disney: Ratatouille

palmbeachman22 Universal: Harry Potter And The Forbidden Journey Disney: Haunted House

Wouldn't this ride compare to almost all the rides in Universal except for the one coaster?