At this rate I’m going to be more impressed at a dark ride that actually doesn’t involve shooting at targets for once. The elevator pre-show was really cool though.

When the preshow is better than the actual ride.

I really hope that theme parks start figuring out that most people who visit aren't looking to play videos games. A little bit of interactivity is fine, but 5 minutes of shooting at screen after screen while a slow-moving car scoots forward 50 feet isn't my idea of immersive adventurous fun.

Preshow was cool, ride was alright, but a shoutout to that ghostly effect of the mist going from one room to another, that's probably one of the best effects Ive seen in a darkride-probably laser projection well done!

That dance at the end was one of the wonkiest things I've seen. I love it.

I thought it was fun. Was there this past Saturday! The aquarium and everything made the trip a blast. My nephews had fun

The elevator pre show reminds me of Escape from Gringott’s at Universal Orlando

This was much more elaborate than I was expecting

This does look pretty cool.

I love the donkey, he’s so cute 🙏🏾❤!!

good fun!

This is a great ride that offers roughly a 20 minute adventure based on real, local pirate history. The queue line theming, backstory video, elevator pre-show, ride, and final bonus scene in the exit stairs tell a very fun story. Those complaining about a shooting game, just put down the blaster and enjoy the set. BTW… it’s the only California ride north of Los Angeles that has a preshow! And prices start at $17.99 for rides, and $12 rerides. The powerup token is a fun $5 upgrade for the competitive type!

I liked the animatronic donkey.

This ride looks fun

I love that our Belgium Manneken Pis is included in this attraction. 😂🇧🇪

I love the solid theming throughout. The ride actually looks like a lot fun to me too. It reminds of the Men in Black ride at Universal.

Insane that such a well themed attraction is just chilling on Cannery Row and not inside of a theme park. Incredibly well executed.

That ride is very confused. Is it a lost mine or buried treasure? Yes!

I love this! 😊

Whoa those are some good animatronics!

I’m not generally a fan of shooter attractions, but this one is pretty solid!!

Thanks for showing the pre-show! I've been hearing about it being $25 a ride (apparently only at certain times) & after seeing 1 ride-through, I thought it was a rip-off. It's a good ride, but very few dark rides are worth that much. But after seeing this pre-show, it's somewhat more reasonable. Besides the price though, this is an awesome experience.

Exciting! Can't wait to go check it out!

a lot more theming than a lot of universal rides of late.

Actually looks pretty good and fun. Love the elevator effect. Could have done with less screens for shooting.

They replaced the wax museum for this? At least the wax museum was scary.

Many people say they do not like this ride however I actually think it is better than many dark rides I have been on. The pre show is a little long and as mentioned you either like or dislike the shooting feature. The thing I liked most was unlike most dark rides there was enough light from the screens that you could actually see and enjoy some of the other features. On most dark rides you are in total darkness and only see the scenes presented for a short time. Again you do loose the surprise factor you get on some other true dark rides but I feel with this format you do not miss any of the many features presented during the ride. One last comment, if they are trying to get $25.00 for this ride that is way too much. Most people would not pay that price even for a major thrilling roller coaster. Most likely it would do best at a $5.00 to $10.00 per ride.

That pirate at the beginning look like my beloved Barbossa

The reason why Toy Story Midway Mania is such a good attraction is that it is literally themed as a series of carnival midway games, which involve shooting or catapulting or throwing or spraying or tossing something ot a target. Every other screen-based shooting dark ride fails because the game mechanics don't properly match the theme, and quickly get repetitive.

I Love The Ride is so Cool

Isn’t a dark ride supposed to be dark?

3 things, 1-sally still havnt figured out realistic moving animatronics 2- this should be 3d 3- they really need to fix that blindingly obvious stitch on the first tenticle fight screen

i want that pre show for something at knotts berry farm. its perfect.

Ya gotta admit, though, that some of these “boardwalk” attractions at these seaside amusement parks ARE pretty cool 😎 💚💛💙.

Nice very good

That was pretty awesome! I really liked it.

I’ll be up in Santa Barbara on Saturday but I may need to go now to this place! I’ve only been to Cannery Row once. John Steinbeck would be proud

Those projections are really sloppy. Either 3D align them, or back project them!

It looks like a great ride, It seems pretty pricey, and that is usually unwise for most show operators. This ride, otherwise, seems pretty interesting. I liked how the ride had really detailed theming, even on the ride vehicles. And I especially liked how they did not limit the show to the screens, but had really terrific set pieces and anamatronics throughout the show ride. I did not like the "shooting" part of it, and I thought there were too many screens for the sake of shooting. . Not everyone who comes to a park want to play shooting video games. That's for little kids. And the shooting only takes your attention from the show and set pieces. The set pieces and animatronics looked really good, and were very entertaining. I love the pirate, wrecked ship and treasure theme, and they did a good job with the set pieces. I applaud them for making such an elaborate ride, and while there are too many screens, I loved the set pieces and theming. I thought it was just as good as any Disney ride. But if they are actually charging $25 per ride, (is that per group or per person?) that seems foolish. You want a lot of people going on your ride, to bring back others, and to go more than once. The crowd is where the real money is. But at $25 per ride, you are going to put a lot of people off. I realize they need to recoup their outlay for the new ride, but they need to be smart about it and keep the prices under control. At $5 or even $10 you would bring people in, but $25 is just expensive enough to turn people away.

The person heading the pre show & heading the ride had to be two different people 😂

that preshow is too good

I believe that this replaced a very bad wax museum!

Compare this to Disney California Adventure's Webslingers. This pre show is better. This actually has physical sets. The physical set pieces move, and were possibly interactive (I couldn't tell). This has animatronics. Its just a better ride overall, even though the budget was surely a fraction. And yes, Disney's screen quality is probably better, and these animatronics were lacking a bit of movement...but it still beats Disney+Spider-Man...

the animatronics are great

ok but why was the guy on the elevator vid caked up tho

wow

Okay, I've been to the building this ride is in... WHERE is it? does the elevator actually go up or down? Bravo for fitting it all in there.

A ride around a bunch of TV screens......how dull!

You can tell a lot of money was put into this. It's a big production value, but you have no clear ideas where to be shooting and too many things going on at the same time to be meaningful. The acting is not good and connecting to the characters is near impossible. All I'm saying is you could ride this once, but once is enough. There was a touch of cheesiness that I enjoyed, but I still have no idea what the point really was. Is it a shooter ride, an effects ride? Are you going for the gold or shooting the animatronics, or on screen threats? Thanks for taking the hit for us. Great video

Sally dark rides also made it they told me.

I really like what Sally Rides is doing. I've ridden their Volkanu Quest for the Golden Idol at Lost Islands theme park and it was really good.

Better than anything Disney is doing right now

Jim Cummins voice the prospector?!

Nice

Disneyland totally ripped them off! I hope they sue them!

I wish to go someday

All I could think at the bottem of the pre show is that should be Whittles and Brutus

That music at the start sounded familiar... 😂

One of the best rides i've ever seen, pirates Shanghai eat your heart out

Will we ever know WHAT camera he uses?! 😮😮😮

Does anyone know what those glowing machines were before boarding the ride? looks like they accepted quarters

The physical effects were nice - the screens took away from it - at least make them 3D - random shooting at stuff - needed to be darker and more submersive - I couldn't understand anything they were saying. Do all rides like this require video screens? they should be replaced with more animatronics.

I rode it. The video doesn't do it justice. My only complaint is the ride needs more time inside. Other than that, it was fun.

I wouldn't recommend the elevator for weak hearts.

As good as any Disney ride, with no long waits.

Yeah this looks fun. If you’re 5.

Now the ride doesn't look half bad, but I'm tired of this modern trend of most dark rides using video game elements as a substitution for actual engaging scenes and theming 🙄

😮

That "elevator" would be totally different, and nothing, if you had your eyes closed.

I can walk there in half an hour.

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I’m confused. How did it go from a mine to a donkey cave and then a skeleton pirate ship and back to the donkey? Did I miss something?

The skeleton organ in the thumbnail looks like its from Goonies.

Where is this? At the Monterey Bay Aquarium?

Overall kind of impressive. I didn't think I'd be onboard for this once I saw/heard how much it was trying to emulate music and visuals *similar to* a certain Disney ride. The more I watched, the more interesting it got. The pre-show speech was a little long and in today's SJW society how long until protestors complain about some racist stereotype and ruin it for everyone? I'd better go soon before that happens. Well done for an indoor, rails shooter.

Looks like fun, but the question I have is, is it worth getting the unlimited ride option? It doesn't seem to cost much more, but I don't want to be bored shitless after a few ride-throughs.

🤔What theme park is this new dark ride at and what company made this new dark ride?

This replaced the Spirit of Monterey Wax Museum? Another ride that’s just a bunch of screens? Sad. I know the musty old museum was janky and ridiculous - that was part of its charm.

These dark rides with shooting features are overrated. It takes away from being able to view what ride itself.

💜💜💜💥🐐🌺🌺🌺💐

Why are you alone? That's weird. The pirate song is a total rip of Disney

The pre show better than the ride is crazy 🤣😂😂😂 this should of been a dark ride not a arcade shooter

I bet Disney Lawyers smell blood in the water. There's some reeeeaaaaaly close IP copyright infringement going on here.

Whats with the fake pirates of the carrib song?

**Willem Dafoe looking up gif**

Screens. I HATE screens

Meh. I'd still rather ride this than Webslingers...

Im so sick of screen rides

Omg the actual ride is awful. Comically.

Totally unimpressed. That session with the donkey was way too long., and the story was noisy and confusing.

Pin?

Pre show was good when I went on it but the actual ride and shooting mechanics suck

That looked pretty uneventful.

Lame. The original attraction was much cooler- one of those classic kitsch things you did when you went to Cannery Row. Now it's just a pay toilet. Smh.

WOW this is lame

Looks terrible

Man, the game in the ride is lame. 😒

total failure.