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[The Ghastly Green Ghost]

I saw this article and I just had to share. It's an interesting read. I've heard stories about attractions that are literally haunted before, but this is something else.

Check the article HERE.

People always talk about how WDW's Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion actually have their own spectral visitors. There are also strange things afoot in one of the drop towers at the Tower of Terror. Heck, I even heard a story once about a decades-old plane crash (prior to the construction of the park) resulting in ghosts at Animal Kingdom's safari ride.

On this topic, what stories do you have about haunted attractions/theme park locales?

[AaronPaHHNFan]

It's not really a haunted ride but is a haunted part of an amusement park near me. Here is a small write up of it from weirdworm.com
Dorney Park is located in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, which is right outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania. This park dates back to 1860, when Solomon Dorney bought a large piece of land and built a trout hatchery and summer resort on it. In 1870, he decided that it should be opened to the public and added some attractions for the people to see. By 1880, there were rides and a petting zoo. Throughout the years, the various owners of park have updated the rides and kept the park going. It is said that there is a ghost the haunts a part of the park. Near, what is called the Dominator is an old building that houses an arcade, a few small shops and eateries. Connecting two of the eateries is a corridor that leads to an old mine shaft. There have been reports of a man seen by the door that appears and disappears just as quickly. There have also been reports of strange noises and occurrences throughout the building.

[HHNiP]

Haunted ride, amusement park, theme park . . . They're all good! Thanks for the story!

I've also heard the stories about Pirates of the Caribbean. I used to have a manager who worked there and he mentioned that the opening Cast Member always had to say good morning to "George," the spirit of a worker who was killed during the ride's construction. Supposedly, if you didn't say good morning and good night to George, the ride would suffer inexplicable breakdowns during the day. I've been behind the scenes at Pirates, and it's a creepy place. Then again, it's meant to be dark and damp, so it could always be peoples' minds playing tricks on them.

Edited by BigChippah, 08 February 2011 - 10:27 PM.

[AaronPaHHNFan]

I have a few more for you guys since you liked the Dorney Park one and these are about Hershey Park which is the biggest park in eastern Pa and is right next to the Hershey Chocolate factory.

The carousel is known to turn on by itself at night. What I've heard about the carousel is one of the maintenance guys while he was working late in the circle area near the carousel, he noticed that the lights were on. He went over and shut them off and turned to walk away. When he left the area and came back, he found the lights on again and thought he saw someone sitting at the controls. As he got closer what ever was at the controls disappeared. (This one I do believe since I have seen some weird stuff near this ride and have several friends who have too)

The sooper Dooper Looper is another ride there with a ghost story behind it. In the early 1980’s the coaster was new but like all machines, would need regular maintenance. Maintenance workers start work at dawn and are usually gone before the guests arrive at ten in the morning. It was during these early morning hours that a mechanic was working near the bottom of the loop. As he was working, he mistakenly crossed some wires and ‘called’ the train out of the station. One version states he was too engrossed in his work to hear the train going up the lift, then down the hill and only realized the train was coming when it was too late. The other says he heard it coming but his clothing got stuck on the structure. He was killed (however, one version has him decapitated). People who worked this ride would claim that some mornings when doing their normal run through that they would release the first train only to see someone trying to jump from the track only to disappear when the train passes.

Another place to see a mysterious mechanic is "walking the track" of the Comet. Every day, mechanics walk sections of the wooden coasters on narrow catwalks. They check for loose track, loose boards, loose nails, basically anything that could cause the ride to become unsafe. One man fell from the large hill because the walkway was slick with dew. He tumbled through the structure to his doom.

Another legend deals with the building formerly known as the "Fest Haus". It is located across from the Minetown Arcade. Many people do not know that there is a warehouse underneath this building. I know some of the stock people and they would be there finishing stocking the warehouse at 2 or 3 in the morning and would hear footsteps up above in the restaurant…they’d run up to see if there were Food Service employees cleaning, yet the building would be dark. They also claimed that they would stack merchandise, go back to the entrance to pick up more and when they returned things would be rearranged.

Some people also swear they have seen Milton S Hershey himself walking the park checking up on things late at night. I copied and pasted a few of those stories from other sites but they are all known "ghost stories" in this area.

[The Ghastly Green Ghost]

I found an article about this today. It's from 2006, and I've edited out the non-theme park content, but the original can be found HERE.

In Orlando, Florida, there are plenty of attractions to keep you busy when you have planned a trip to Walt Disney World. You probably have focused on the exciting and fun time you will have at SeaWorld and other Disney entertainment outlets, but there are lesser-known tales surrounding sites, such as EPCOT Center and the Pirates of Caribbean.

Several ghosts can be found at Walt Disney World. At the Spaceship Earth, located at EPCOT Center, you may encounter a small girl with long flowing hair of blonde. She has been spotted riding in a car. Another ghost on the premises is of a young boy, who can be found lingering about the girl. At the Tower of Terror, employees murmur about a ghost that is said to walk about the premises when visitors are not present. When he is spotted, he is usually walking in the wrong direction and does not respond when his name is called. Soon after, he disappears.

Disney�s World is also home to the Pirates of the Caribbean, where the ghost of a worker named George can be encountered. He lost his life when a beam fell on top of him during construction of the area. He has been known to haunt the area. The ghost�s presence has been acknowledged so well that the employees say good morning to him at the start of the day, as well as say good night to him at the end of the workday. If he is not respected, the attraction has been known to shut off on its own. Conflicting stories state that a beam never fell on him, but instead, he lost his balance while working on a part of the attraction and lost his balance. He died as a result of the fall.

Edited by The Ghastly Green Ghost, 09 February 2011 - 02:30 PM.

[AaronPaHHNFan]

I heard about the mummy smelling like bananas in one area. It has something to do with someone dying when Kong was there. Also I read somewhere that BTTF/Simpsons is haunted by a person in a lab coat. I don't have any background on either. Hopefully someone else can elaborate.

[AaronPaHHNFan]

http://www.horrornightnightmares.com/for...

Umm great elaboration. You could have said I heard this too or you have fallen for the oldest rumor in the book and your an idiot. Anything is better than just an emoticon. I don't know if your making fun of me or being happy since you asked for a universal haunting.

Edited by AaronPaHHNFan, 18 February 2011 - 02:06 PM.

[LV-426]

Umm great elaboration. You could have said I heard this too or you have fallen for the oldest rumor in the book and your an idiot. Anything is better than just an emoticon. I don't know if your making fun of me or being happy since you asked for a universal haunting.

yeah I did ask... and now i regret it...Why the hostility... relax and take a deep breath, we're all cool here, no need to start something out of nothing. I don't know if you were having a bad day or what, but, sorry, I really have No idea why you got so angry and got offended over something so small
I was never laughing at you or making fun of you, don't know why you took it that way,

thank you for the advice though, I will never answer anything else with an emoticon, you are right about that.

like I said, I am sorry you felt attacked,
peace

Edited by black7mask, 21 February 2011 - 09:12 PM.

[AaronPaHHNFan]

yeah I did ask... and now i regret it...Why the hostility... relax and take a deep breath, we're all cool here, no need to start something out of nothing. I don't know if you were having a bad day or what, but, sorry, I really have No idea why you got so angry and got offended over something so small
I was never laughing at you or making fun of you, don't know why you took it that way,

thank you for the advice though, I will never answer anything else with an emoticon, you are right about that.

like I said, I am sorry you felt attacked,
peace http://www.horrornightnightmares.com/for...

Dude I didn't mean anything mean by it. We're cool We have no reason not to be. Sorry that you took it that way, I didn't think you would take it the way you did. No hostility was meant in anything I said. I guess I should have used one of those emoticons. It is just hard to figure out what someone is saying when all they put is an emoticon. I wasn't sure what you were trying to say. That's why I asked you to elaborate and if you thought it was dumb just to say it. I'm sorry that I offended you I didn't mean to. I kinda figured you were making fun of what I said, which I believe isn't the case now so I feel like a dick. At least you won't answer anything with emoticons only anymore though.

[LV-426]

oh, it just sounded like you were mad, so i was making sure you knew i wasn't making fun

[Taskmaster]

I've done a lot of research on haunts at and around WDW and not just the major ones like the Haunted Mansion and PotC, but others like those on Test Track and some of the ferries on the Seven Seas Lagoon, picked up a lot of need stories during the time I worked at WDW, i'll have to dig up some of my notes and post some of the stuff on here sometime, but for now I wanted to post this video for you guys:

Tower of Terror Ghost

I think it's ToT in Cali, but it's a really impressive video, a little too impressive to be real if you know what I mean.