Happy to see Monster Mansion so high on this list. As a native Atlantan, that ride is an absolute classic and the refurb was done so lovingly. “Stay out of the marsh” has been common vocabulary for virtually every person I met growing up.

Free ride with free chocolate?! And I'm just now finding out about this in the middle of a global pandemic?!

It’s nice to finally see Santa Cruz put on the map 💖

The first few seconds of Main Street in Adventureland (Altoona, IA) made me so happy! That’s my childhood theme park and I even worked there as a teen. I actually worked on Adventureland’s only dark ride, The Underground!

The precursor to Monster Mansion at Six Flags Over Georgia was a dark ride called Tales of the Okefenokee back in 1967. It lasted for 1 year, and was redesigned by Sid and Marty Kroft, before it closed in 1980. The storyline was based on the Uncle Remus books.

I went to Playland Park at age 11 (On my birthday too) with my crappy deadbeat dad. He told me all about how he used to go there, and when I heard that a dark ride from that place was on there, it took me back a good few years. And here's the kicker here: I never went on it! I'm kicking myself now!

I’m so glad you put “Monster Plantation” on here!! The first time I rode it when I was a kid my dad told me there was a Gilla Monster in there that loved to pull little girls ponytails 😆 Naturally I started crying. Ah Dad’s and the heckling of their kids..

Mine of lost Souls, my home park of Canobie lake Park!

Hey! The reason Kaleidoscape has blasters for no reason is because it used to be a ride called Ghost Blasters.

if you ask me, the original haunted castle ride was way better than the upgrade and way more creepier. I mean it had a crying mummy that you would pass by under flickering candles and a demonic chef cooking his face. a guy impaled by spikes falling towards you and even some grim reaper looking guy throwing coal into a furnace and the best part of that ride is that it had the overture from phantom of the opera playing inside the ride which was perfect for creepiness in it.

Rode Justice League at Six Flags Great Adventure and I was surprised at how great the ride ran. I also paid a ride op 15 bucks to skip the line... Thats six flags for ya. lol

LOVE Knoebles and the haunted mansion there!

My 2 favorite non-Disney dark rides are Haunted Castle and Cave Train Adventure (both at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk). I also love Calico Mine Train at Knott’s Berry Farm.

Ghost hunt at lake Compounce is really fun

The Great Pistolero Roundup at Family Kingdom is hilarious

Am I the only one who LOVES madhouses? I really like the one at Great Adventure. My favorite non-Disney/Universal dark ride of all time though was Darkastle at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Like Spiderman but with a super original story. It's a shame they let that one go.

There's another great non-Disney or Universal dark ride in the U.S. that wasn't on this list. You probably haven't been on it, so no problems here. This ride is another Haunted Mansion, and it's located at Funland in Rehobeth Beach, Delaware. It's a hidden gem, not many people know about it, but it has long lines there because it's very popular with the locals.

Canobie Lake with the mention !!!

The one at Magic Mountain is particularly special because it's literally the only ride in the park you can cool off on. Every other ride in the park, you bake in the sun, even the flume ride Jetstream is no relief since they cut down all the trees that used to provide shade on it. Magic Mountain has always struggled with the idea that people sometimes want a little more out of a park then coasters. Don't get me wrong, those are certainly what I consider the best part, and if I didn't enjoy the park I wouldn't have been getting season passes for the last several years consecutively, but live entertainment, air-conditioned seated experiences, etc, are integral parts of a well rounded park too.

I havent been on Kaleidoscape at Elitch Gardens, but I remember that attraction was previously a shooting ride with ghosts, and it totally did keep score

I miss that old Hershey song for sure but still a great ride

will be interesting to see the results when the Old Mill in Kennywood gets re themed no more Garfield's nightmare

I loved curse of darkastle at busch gardens williamsburg. Really sad that it's closed now.

Ayy they mentioned the Mill At play land! I’ve been there and ngl it’s creepy as fuck, but a fun ride!

I love the Terror Ride at Lagoon theme park in Farmington, Utah. It had a recent remodel that brought it up to date and kept the old charm. Great remainder of the haunted house style rides that I love. They also have a dark ride called Dracula’s Castle that is pretty cool. Check them out!

you should consider heading over to Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri...they have a couple of dark rides...one is called Fire In The Hole which is an indoor roller coaster with animatronics akin to Pirates of the Caribbean (but with hillbillies) and the other is the Flooded Prison Mine which is a mining theme animatronics of prisoners in a flooded mine...cool part is it's also a shooting ride where the guns actually work as do the counters (which are on the guns themselves)

Rainforest River Adventure Ride in Houston is really good. A better made but less Tacky Jurassic Jungle ride

Bay native here and I'm saying Haunted Castle and Cave Train at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk are my absolute favorite rides while tripping on acid

Hey Legend, I'm curious to where you'd put Curse of Darkastle had it still been operating.

No. 8 is a tourist trap and for $15 its more fun riding go-carts a few times or spending a hour in one of the many arcades in Pigeon Forge. Blazing Fury is a classic funny dark ride and Mystery Mine is a Coaster/dark ride hybrid worth your time. Both in Dollywood.

I would also put one more ride on this list: The Challenge of Mondor at Enchanted Forest. It’s a trackless, interactive shooter that has no 3-D or screens. But instead these beautiful, Pirates of the Caribbean esque show scenes. It’s one of the most underrated dark rides out there!

Trimpers Haunted House in Ocean City is the best non Disney dark ride I’ve been on.

I’m not really enthused about any dark ride that is actually an advertisement, nor any dark ride that focuses on shooting screens. I’d say the Calico Mine Ride is probably my favorite, but I’ve long wanted to go on Monster Mansion.

Monster Mansion hell yeah!!!

I’ve only been on one in this list which is the Monster Mansion at SFoG. My favorites include the aforementioned Monster Mansion, the Terrorride and Dracula’s Castle at Lagoon, and Ghostwood Estate at Kennywood. I also like Noah’s Ark at Kennywood but that is a walkthrough.

How does Pigeon Forge have more dinosaurs than Universal Studios?

As a kid one of my favorite dark rides was Ghost Blasters in Niagara Falls, it was absolutely wild. The animatronic host/greeter of the ride was my favorite

I was on Hershey one when the cars went straight only I think back in 82 it was totally different since then. Oh I like knoebels haunted mansion I've been going on it for years, yes the last part is weird but j remember it when that was not there but I cannot remember what was in its place. It didn't have upside down room and that witch hallway But they do try to change things around I wish they would change the jungle to something else tho.

You’ve got to ride the pirates ride at six flags fiesta Texas. It’s really good. The queue is excellent as well. And then for an old school carnival dark ride, go to Wonderland in Amarillo, Texas and ride Fantastic Journey. One ride is included in the upgraded wristband. It’s pretty fantastic.

Imagine something exactly like the Kaleidoscope ride being built at an EDM festival like Ultra, EDC, Tomorrowland, etc? The people riding would trip out so hard lol

Justice League: Battle for Metropolis at Six Flags Great America and Six Flags Over Texas are my favorites followed by Yosemite Sam's Gold River Adventure at Six Flags Over Texas, Ghost Blasters at Nickelodeon Universe, Boo Blasters at Boo Hill at Kings Dominion and Kings Island, Antartica: Empire of the Penguine at SeaWorld Orlando, Calico Mine Ride at Knott's Berry Farm, and Curse of the Dark Castle at Busch Gardens Williamsburg (R.I.P.).

I really like Ninjago, Flooded Mine, and Ghostwood Estate.

You have nowhere on this list the incredible Haunted Mansion at Rehobeth Beach Funlsnd, a Jim Melonic Materpiece that the park took Venture Cobra ride cars, and built a suspended track. Knobels borrowed heavily from this ride. After 150+ dark rides, it still is the best.

If you are ever in Oregon check out the challenge of mondor dark ride in enchanted forest theme park in Turner, Oregon.

the dark ride i used to go on is at disney hollywood studios and it's called the great movie ride, it has movies but it was shut down because it has to make room for minnie and mickey's runaway railroad.

Ghostwood Estate at Kennywood is super underrated, it has good theming and when working almost every target you hit makes something happen

I’m shocked Fire in the Hole from Silver Dollar City isn’t on this list.

Gotta add Reese's Cup Fusion from Hershey Park on your updated list 😃

Valhala at Blackpool pleasure beach though it is a log ride its still one of the best things outside of Disney. Also theres the hunted house at alton towers with the guns i mean yea its a bit cheesy now but again one of my favourites outside of Florida . And theres one of the rides from lego land i cant realy remember what it was called or many of the details of what it involved cus it was years ago i went but it was another ride i did enjoy

Noooo I remember that song even 30 years later! The Hershey chocolate song. I sing it sometimes when I'm eating kisses. I'm such a fat kid

As someone else who grew up with the Hershey ride its current iteration is my least favorite. I think the best one was the previous one as it more encompassed all the candies under the company. Now it's just Hershey's Reese's' and Kisses. The music was also catchier with the Doo-wop throughout the ride but ending like you said with the classic song. Also great to see Knoebels make the list for its classic feel.

I have to agree that the Hershey ride is great but it certainly isn't better than the haunted house at Knoebels amusement park

Knoebels haunted mansion is best dark ride in the united states, old school awesome!

You need to check out the "Haunted house"on the boardwalk in Ocean City,Maryland. Even The Carpetbagger put it high up in his favorite dark rides.

My favorite dark ride was at Euclid Beach Park in Cleveland, Ohio. It was " The Laugh in the Dark."

Haunted Mansion at Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk is a must ride. Uses suspended vehicles, talk about a unqiue ride system.

I just saw the Pigeon Forge Jurassic Park ride in a “Top 10 WORST dark rides” video

Well the best dark ride outside of Disney and Universal is Reesie’s cup fusion inside Hersheypark.

The Netherlands have amazing dark rides.

Rainforest Cafe boat dark ride in Galveston, Texas is pretty good.

You have to hit up lost island in Iowa The park itself is horrible but they have one dark ride that's amazing

Wasn't #2 originally the Okefenokee Swamp ride before the Monster Mansions? An opening day attraction that we rode while we waited for WDW to open near us in Florida.

great video it was really entertaining

1:40 Live near here. Some kid died in the boats track one year, got caught up in the gears under the boat because he jumped out after getting scared. It used to be a much better ride, complete darkness at points where you couldn’t even tell if your eyes were open. Since then though, they’ve added LED dim lights to I guess keep a Kid from ever getting that scared again...

Monster mansion is my all time favorite ride, it is a top tier dark ride.

There are two that you didn't mention that are easy top picks for me, and they both happen to be located at Dollywood (well one is no longer there unfortunately but can still be seen at another park). Those two are Blazin' Fury, and Flooded Mine.

You should also include Portal 31

The Colorado location isn't Six Flags anymore, it's Elitch Gardens!

I know this is a US ride video but did I see boo blasters from Canada’s wonderland in the beginning?

I have to add Gobblers Getaway at Holiday World is pretty awesome as well

Knights in White Satin - The Trip would have definitely made this list if it was still open.

Cool ride

My cousins used to call the hershey ride the "Annoying cow ride"

Good list

Try the ancient, but still remarkably amusing, Fire in the Hole at Branson's Silver Dollar City.

Ha, love the mention for mine of lost souls at canobie lake. I remember when they built it I. The 80s

Great list. Too bad Knott's Beary Tales closed (75-86 ). Technically its coming back as an entirely different kind of dark ride but that original ride designed by former Imagineer Rolly Crump was amazing, and that song would be stuck in your head just as mush as it's a small world ever was.

What do you think of the dark rides at LEGOLAND New York? They have a couple that look pretty interesting/cool. Planning to check it out later this summer with my son

should have put blazing fury on there

This is a great list, but I think Blazing Fury at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge should be included instead of the dinosaur ride.

Gobbler Getaway at Holiday World should be on here

what about dark knight at six flags great adventure!? that’s a dark ride right?!

The Safari @ Riverview. It closed in 1967.

We hated the Hersheys ride. Good list until you got to there. 🙂

Haunted Mansion in Knoebel's, PA.

Jurassic jungle boat ride is now $18 and only a 9 year old might find it worth the money

Monster Mansion is not cute. Its terrifying😉

717 Hershey since i was a young kid and now take my kids

How about Ghost Blasters?

Only a top 9 Dark Rides outside of Disney + Universal, You should of done at least a top 40 of ones around the world-Even if you have not been on them I know you said at the end you could of done ones in Europe + Japan, When could you do those So many good/really good Dark Rides in Europe in Theme Parks + not in Theme Parks

You missed the dark rides on Marylands beach walk and Coney Island.

I think the new dark ride at lost island and legoland ny factory can join the list

what about Hersheypark Cupfusion!? It's amazing and way better than six flags version of battle for metropolis!

I saw the boat ride but i did not ride it I went to pigeon forge last year during July I am a kid with anxiety and I cry after I leave any vacation

Where Efteling

CURSE YOU BOO BLASTERS!

Monster mash ion was a ride that was first ti beat Disneyland splash mountain

They updated the cows :(

Where's "Pirates if the Deep Sea" in Fiesta Texas?

Because Disney Dark Rides best any others.