May Ramble: Dark Rides

i have been working my way through the patreon video masterpost and came here to say this exact thing (though i am about 6 years late). I have a strange fascination with Luna Park to the point that I have the entrance face as a tattoo, and it's so bizarre that it even is still open because throughout history there have been countless times where it absolutely should have shut down. it barely makes any money and most sydney residents view it as really cheesy and lame, there's another Luna Park in Melbourne that is generally viewed as its more successful counterpart though it has basically scrapped the vintage aesthetic in favour of more conventional flatrides that you might see at a travelling fair. the thing i love about Sydney Luna Park is that it's mostly maintained it's main area at the front with old artwork and rides so it really has that old-fashioned feel. They do have some flat rides and newer rollercoasters but they've kinda pushed them all to this back area or at least have them hidden behind some of the original facades, but I love the commitment to keeping the original spirit alive in the park. anyway, no more ghost trains at the park obviously, i don't think they have any intention of building any dark rides since their emphasis is more of thrill rides that will attract larger crowds which i will give them a pass for as they have been going out of business for the past 40 years or so. bit of a ramble but i have such a love for this park and can't believe that it was even vaguely mentioned in a jenny video!! also one of my favourite artists Peter Kingston made a replica model of the ghost train that even has little moving carts so definitely check that out if the concept interests you :)

camilla o_o

Loved that Knotts berry farm dino ride. Cemented a love for dinos ever since.

Robert Romero Jr

Monster mansion is actually the only dark ride I’ve ever been on lol. I think you’d be horrified and disturbed by the amount of wet monster fur

Sam

The Knotts berry farm dinosaur ride was an amazing dark ride. 🦕 Also "Shark Hamilton " 🦈

Christopher Arendt

In 2019 I was at Disneyland and it started pouring rain. It was the only time I could literally walk onto almost every ride in Fantasyland. Peter Pan was still 20 minutes.

Shawn (AKA ShabeRaven)

I'm like three years late but Tokyo DisneySea has 20,000 leagues under the sea ride which is really cool. It's completely dry but it feels like you're actually deep underwater. Lots of cool animatronics too.

Leo Mitchell

i've been going through your backlog the past few days to feel a bit better and felt compelled to say i knew who you were talking about at the knotts beary tales auction as soon as you brought it up- we're friends on facebook :3 i don't actually use facebook so i've never talked to him but i see his update posts about it occasionally when i check on the app. he seems nice. also, while i don't necessarily disagree about the submarines being a bad ride, i can't help but want to defend them!! they're one of my favorite rides in the park, but that's boosted quite a bit by my having worked on the attraction and loving it. i desperately wish i could have experienced the original, however!! it seems so incredibly interesting

Nadine Tyler

Monster plantation was my favorite ride! I had to ride it no less than 3 times in one day at six flags over georgia. The line was unreasonably long for what it was, and it smelled like hot chlorine and an old musty house, but it was great. In the gift shop adjoining, there were little figures of the animatronics behind glass. I also thought it was funny that at the end of the ride there was a poster of the lyrics the monsters were singing about a monster picnic, right before you get screamed at by a big mean monster and the song is effectively over.

Ashton Cate

I found a youtube video of the tokyo winnie the pooh ride and it sent me on a rabbit hole of tokyo disney ride pov youtube videos

Libby

I went to tokyo disney when I was 15, went with all my familly (11 y/o brother, mom, dad and grandma) to the snow white ride and everyone agreed it was very scary. I dont know if its true and the tokyo disney snow white ride is diferent from the ride in other countries but it really felt like it. Everyone was shocked getting out of it and we still mention it to this day

Raphael Caetano

New patron so getting through the Jenny backlog while I'm on plague lockdown (hope you're feeling well, haven't checked out your most recent video...) Did you love the NY world's fair site? I haven't been there in a long time but I know there's a lot of stuff still there. I hope you went inside the NY Hall of Science to be able to see a structure that's still in use!

JoAnna Black

I know this video is really old but I’m just now seeing it because I’m a new patron, but anyways i got SOO excited when you brought up monster mansion. I live in Atlanta, so before I ever went to Disney i grew up going to Six Flags Over Georgia. There are no other dark rides there so monster mansion just fascinated me as a kid(some might say the Sally corp Justice League one is a dark ride but idk it’s mostly screens) I’m so glad six flags decided to update this ride in i think it was 2009 instead of remove it because it’s pretty much the only good thing there. It’s just so weird, but I love it. I even have a plush Buzby, which is one of the animatronics in the ride.

Emmie Desrosiers

I’m a new patron and I realise that this post is over a year old now but I couldn’t see anyone else name Luna Park that was the Theme Park in Sydney where the ghost town fire happened in 1979 that was allegedly mob arson. It’s also kind of a cursed theme park name because there’s like three other international Luna Parks that all failed horribly, one was in Egypt in like the 1920s too. Still I think grandiose failed theme parks are better than half-hearted functional theme parks like the only one we have here in New Zealand which is kind of sad and lacks any dark rides. I’m very glad that I became a patron because I especially love the theme park content!!

Jen Proctor

Fascinating stuff, and I’m glad that you’ve managed to see inside “Club 33” since this video was recorded (even if the bird cruelly blanked you). Your comments about old-timey theme-park history always remind me of an amusement park here in the UK that we used to go to as children called “Blackgang Chine” (on the Isle of Wight). It was built on a very crumbly (possibly cursed, according to local legend!) cliff-edge, so they have to keep moving and rebuilding it… and thankfully a lot of the attractions seem to be the same, but the place/layout that I remember so fondly has been lost to the sea. Even in its glory-days, it was nothing compared to the likes of Disneyland, of course, but it still seemed pretty magical to us... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackgang_Chine

Dee Crosier

If you want a great new one, Elitch Gardens in Colorado just opened a really trippy one called "Kaleidescape."

Kaz Henderson

Ok, I don't usually comment on old posts, but it is a weird coincidence that I heard of the dead body found in a Laff in The Dark ride just yesterday in a murder podcast...

Talic-os

a ride that i would really recommend from disneyland paris is buzz lightyear laser blast! it's a shoot 'em up style dark ride with basic animatronics and lots of bright and fun colours. i was there when i was like 11 and, after being traumatised by the armageddon ride, we went on this ride at the end of the day and had a blast! really great for young nerdy kids who've already been on star tours like a billion times

Ellen Kersys

Really enjoyed hearing you talk about the NYWF! I remember my first trip Flushing Meadows to see what remained of the Fair, and I can't wait to hear you talk about doing the same! Will there be a video?

Andrew James Looney

Hear, hear!

Steve Ray

I honestly would love all of the videos mentioned!! I also love longer ramble videos and I love listening to you talk about Star Wars Jenny! Honestly, just do what seems more fun to you :)

wispy

incidentally that's not a bad way to describe my highschool experience. maybe they're onto something after all

Ellena

A suburban Grand Guignol.

Steve Ray

Yeeeees I really want a 13 Reasons Why video, I remember reading your 'Jacket Kid' tweet and being convinced they couldn't have possibly played that straight, but they did and it was glorious. I know they're probably trying to do something meaningful with this show, but this season is just putting on layers and layers of horrible things happening to the characters without any real, helpful commentary and it just starts feeling grotesque

Ellena

I love the longer ramble videos!! Please keep doing them! Also, I would adore a story video about the people exploring Horizons if you get permission for it! This isn’t so much a underwater ride, but at the local theme park near me (Kennywood in Pittsburgh, PA) there’s this dark ride/walk through of Noah’s Arc and it used to have a scene where the arc was sinking and the room would fill up with water. It’s a super cheesy fun ride if you watch a walk through of it

Montana

I would love to hear you talk about 13 reasons. It’s handling of all that stuff is so...urgh

Missy Curtis

I prefer the Paris one over the LA one. Then again, they changed the Space Mountain there which was among the most distinctive parts of that one. Parc Asterix, which is also a French park, is the most awesome theme park I've been to so far. The rides are a lot more intense than Disney's which is a plus for an adult, but it's not a good park for kids as most rides aren't suitable for them.

selo

I paused the video for like HOURS but I just finished it. The credits thing is no problem at all, I actually didn't want to be in the credits but forgot to notify you before you put my name in so I just rolled with it since my name was already in there. I'm not interested in a Porg video at all, as cute as they are. I'm not opposed to Star Wars in general, though. Your "everyone's accidentally racist" SW story idea was hilarious, for instance. The other topics you mentioned sound great to me and I'm always down to listen to a long video. I usually put your channel on as a "podcast" as I play video games or paint.

selo

Kim Jong-Un used to love going to Disneyland Paris -- fun fact!

Steve Ray

Mag-nificent video! Thank you.

Bill Holt

Mag-nificent video! Thank you.

Bill Holt

The best idea for a dark ride would be a "Trapped in a Island with Josh Hutcherson" ride. Josh Hutcherson would be animatronic (on occasion the Real JH would turn up to surprise the fans) & all the dialogue would be spoken "as written" from the book. Example: "There make be snakes!"

Mitchell Bowker

Ocean dark ride sounds DOPE. I'm a scuba diver so maybe I'm a little too enthusiastic about watery things but imagine the cool lighting effects they can do...

selo

I’d love another vlog style video as well!

Mathieu Le Francois

Sixers Unite!

Steve Ray

This video was sooooooo good! One of my favorites tbh. Ive only ever been to Disney World and this makes me hella wanna make a trip to California.

Nico Boggs

Jenny I could listen to you talk about anything for hours, so far I have seen 2 movies in theaters (Ready Player Six and San Holo) soley for the purpose of giving your videos context.

Lila Stewart

This honestly might be the happiest we’ve ever seen you Jenny. (Well except for the retrieval of the giant porg)

Miguel Sandoval

I did not hit her. it's not true. it's bullshit. i did not hit her. i did not. Oh hi Shark.

Marissa Wilk

Shark-Paul Gosselaar?

Shark Hamill?

Alive_in_tucson

I honestly love it when you talk about theme parks. I know so little about them!

R.G. Nairam

This was great! The first dark ride I remember going on was Prof. Burp's Bubble Works at Chessington in the UK. I think the concept was cemented by someone saying 'Willy Wonka but even more overtly unsettling and don't even talk to me about chocolate'. It was an aggressively odd boat ride through the eponymous Professor Burp's factory where he made fizzy drinks. It's a bold choice because, unlike making sweets, putting drinks in bottles is a strikingly non-visual process, so most of the scenes were dominated by mad extra things that he built into the factory like the Cola Coaster. Cola. Coaster. Genius. The ending was pretty iconic. Triumphant music blasts as you go under a tunnel of fountains into a room that's like the Laughing Place if it were designed by someone who accidentally ordered 100x too many water features and had almost no plan about where they should go. Anyway, it was eventually rebranded to remove the drinks and instead be all about the classically entertaining concept of soap thanks to Imperial Leather sponsoring it. And then it closed for good. Here's a PoV if anyone's interested. It looks quite disjointed, but that's just the ride: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIoyp9BjiDA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIoyp9BjiDA</a> P.S. Please make a video about animatronics. I did the Behind the Magic tour at WDW a couple of weeks ago, and being 10 feet from the audio animatronics workshop and meeting a Tiki bird was <3 <3 <3

Isaac

I have gone down the YouTube rabbit hole of dark rides several times, and my favorite WTH ride is “Sesame Street Spaghetti Space Chase” in Universal Studios Singapore. It’s like they spent a lot of money on licensing, voice work, music, and really lavish sets and figures, and then at the very last minute someone said, “Hey, do you think we should try to animate some of these characters, like at least the bare minimum?” Also, there is a really long hallway with nothing but star effects, that also looks like a place they ran out of money/time. BUT is also has the most mind-blowing thing I’ve ever seen on a dark ride, right at the beginning after Grover says, “Off to other things!” A super-simple perspective trick, but so effective! <a href="https://youtu.be/aKZyc1225jw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/aKZyc1225jw</a>

Rick Clark

Apparently yes! I love their models (from the photos I've seen). Like illustrations from a fairy tale made three-dimensional.

Stuart Payne

I'm late to the party but to answer your question: yes, Disneyland Paris does have Peter Pan. It also has the most ridiculous lines.

TalysAlankil

Always love hearing someone go on about something they're clearly passionate about, even if it's not necessarily something I'm interested in from the start. this was really cool, and I'm glad it won the ramble video poll.

Marissa Wilk

(excerpt from "When Jeff Met Hannah: A Murder/Suicide Romance") [...] She always looked healthier than her boyfriend, but never more so than when they touched. His bone-white knuckles made a striking contrast with the natural California suntan that still colored her graceful fingers, and it still puzzled her that the boy who showed her how to solve her problems at Liberty High felt cold to her touch, even though her body temperature tended to be room temperature. The paradox made her smile...how could she be warmer than he was, when *she* was the one who was dead? And more intriguingly, how could this pale boy (who concealed his lack of eyelids by burying himself in his white hoodie) make her feel so *alive*? Jeff and Hannah were holding hands, and in love. [...]

Steve Ray

I KNOW RIGHT the bad fanfic readings are my favorite

Marissa Wilk

I'm sure sharks have heroic internal narratives that justify their actions, so yeah, maybe Mississippi Gulf Coast sharks bite humans for not being grey-with-white-tummies... SHERIFF ROSCOE D. FINN: "What are you doing swimming round here, human? You think these humans got family nearby, Deputy Gillford? Or do they look out of place?" DEPUTY GILLFORD: (moving through the swimmers, bumping one with his nose) "No, Sheriff, I do *not* think they have family here, I don't think anyone would claim them, not even if we checked every reef across the Confederate Shelf." (Two notes are repeatedly plucked on a distant-yet-approaching banjo, eventually cohering into a jug-band arrangement of the Theme From Jaws...)

Steve Ray

Doubles as a Shania Twain shark as well as a Mark Twain shark.....🤔🤔🤔 An acceptable alternative

The Doom Merchant

How about "Shark Twain," to show his newfound commitment to emancipation, thus undoing the sins of the past?

Steve Ray

This is the second time animatronics have come up today. The Daily Zeitgeist posdcast was talking about Aaron Fechter who created Whack A Mole and the Chuck E Cheese characters.

David Gallagher

I've been excited for the Jeff the Killer sequel since its existence was revealed to me 45 days ago at the end of the original video.

Shaun Cheah

I totally agree that animatronics trump screens every time. Nothing at a theme park will ever match my terror the first time I rode the Jurassic Park ride in Island’s of Adventure in Orlando. That T-Rex gets me!

Erica Comitalo

i'm so excited for the jeff the killer sequel

Marissa Wilk

I read the 13 reasons why book in high school and I liked the show as I was watching it, but i did have nightmares afterwards so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I'd be interested in a video on that but I also do want the jeff the killer sequel

Sabrina Gaul

I never really thought about dark rides and their history, but it was so interesting to learn about and hear your thoughts on. Great ramble!

I'd loooove to go to Efteling. Dreamflight is a famously good ride with a really cool concept, and it's not even their only dark ride unlike a lot of non-franchise parks. I think they even have a bizarro knockoff of It's A Small World?

Jenny Nicholson

Sadly I've heard that's a problem with all of Disneyland Paris; it's infamous for being the dirtiest and least maintained of all the disney parks, at least as of a few years ago.

Jenny Nicholson

Stuart Payne

Re the Peter Pan ride: EXACTLY the same waiting time issue at Disneyland Paris. I was at the park from literally 9am to 1am one New Year and the waiting time was 55 minutes the WHOLE ENTIRE DAY.

Chris Pearce

We do have Peter Pan in DisneyLand Paris! I try to ride it whenever I visit, even though sadly they probably do very little maintenance on it...The puppets looked really run down last time I went :')

Island Lauren

Ooh, thank you.

Stuart Payne

No he and you still go to hell

Jenny Nicholson

They do make liberal use of screens/simulations but I feel like it's hard to gauge how well it's integrated without seeing it in person. The animatronics they do have are absolutely amazing - the transforming jack sparrow!

Jenny Nicholson

What do you think of the Shanghai version of Pirates? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vIchXwRw7U" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vIchXwRw7U</a>

Buddy Crotty

Started reading about Monster Plantation and OF COURSE Gary Goddard (the creator) is a perverted creep. =____=

Maxfield Stanton

Also remembered that my cousin stood up in the boat and touched the monster tooth in exit and I was soooo panicky that we were going to get thrown out.

Maxfield Stanton

Just tweeted this at you, but realized it'd probably be better to post here. This was my first dark ride experience, Monster Plantation at Six Flags Over Georgia. We went in probably 1999 or 2000 and this was what we saw: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hsde6y3rPs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hsde6y3rPs</a> It was Homeschool Day and the park was dead, but this was instantly my favorite and we rode it like six times. It's since been renamed to Monster Mansion (less, uh, problematic) and redone a bit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX_mKUg0Y9g" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX_mKUg0Y9g</a> Always takes me back! I should try to go back this summer.

Maxfield Stanton

Thanks for this, very informative! Over the last month or so getting all into theme parks I never actually bothered to look up the proper definition of a dark ride and just assumed it meant...any indoor ride. But this has made me extra excited to return to my favourite childhood theme park soon and go on their haunted house dark ride. I think I only went on it once as a kid. Anyway, porg video!!! That sounds amazing! And the Jeff the Killer sequel will be worth the wait whenever you do it.

Julia Collins

I don't mind fewer Star War videos for now. At least until the hype to Episode IX starts next year. Then again, doesn't the new Resistance cartoon start in the fall?

Blue Corn

Funny you should mention Jenny and podcasts: <a href="http://podbay.fm/show/1296636702/e/1523602847?autostart=1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://podbay.fm/show/1296636702/e/1523602847?autostart=1</a>

Shaun Cheah

I think Kylo Ren has a question. ;) Love the long rambles, and it's great to watch and listen to you talk about something you care about and are so interested in, even though before this I had probably never had a single thought about this topic. Turns out it's very interesting! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion.

Brandon Beasley

A 13rw video sounds amazing! Haven't watched the show but several of my friends have ranted at me about the finale, so it's gotta be good.

leo

also, I've not been on Mr Toads wild ride since the mid 90s; dose he still go to Hell or has this been retconned?

F W Pancakes

there used to be an ancient Laff in the Dark ride at the PIke in Long Beach that had a 100% authentic 70 year old mummified corpse hidden in amongst it's props! <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdy</a>

F W Pancakes

Shark is having a hard time there next to port

Damien beatty

I think sharks are probably violent racists in their youth.

Joe Bloe

Glad I joined your Patreon at this time! I found your channel because of Marvel, stayed for Star Wars and then found out that you love theme parks which is awesome! :D Great video! If you would ever be interested in recommending books about theme/amusement parks (non-fiction or fiction) I'd love that! I wrote one recently (unpublished, so I don't try to advertise) and couldn't find much when I tried to research parks in general. Also 12 years ago when I last went to Disneyland Paris there was no Peter Pan ride. But Pinocchio was there, and it really is cool!

Tino

I love a good long ramble video, I watch most of your videos podcast style while doing other things and the length just means I'm entertained for longer! I'm tier one and not fussed at all about a credits mention, the ramble videos are what I signed up for. I've never taken the time to watch star wars, so that content specifically isn't something that I get excited for, but I learnt a while back that I found the combination of your cadance, deadpan humor, wit, and timing to be funny enough that I'll watch whatever you put out regardless of how familiar I am with the subject matter. My favourite videos though are the ones where you are passionate about the subject and get really into it, the applejack problem is my favourite of your videos, though I've never watched my little pony

Hannah Jayne

I've always wanted to go back in time to 80's Epcot and see all of the defunct attractions, especially Horizons and World of Motion. There's a YouTube channel that does super in depth videos about a lot of Disney world attractions and most of the closed attractions at Epcot. This one is about Horizons, the first part is the history and making of the ride and the second part is a full ride through! <a href="https://youtu.be/f2AOIQAGaIU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/f2AOIQAGaIU</a> A lot of Patrons don't offer any sort of incentive for the $1 tier, I'm happy with the extra videos! And a Thirteen Reasons Why video sounds awesome!

I for one am fine with the Star Wars movies, I actually found you through the Millennial Falcon so Star Wars is what brought me here. Long videos are fine too, for some of them you may want to look into releasing them as podcasts too if that's not too much more work. Stuff like this where you're not doing as much on screen I tend to treat more like a podcast. As always, great work and looking forward to the next video!

David Snyder

What I remember about Flushing Meadows Park: 1) You can climb inside the globe. 2) There's a gang of stray cats that lives near the globe. 3) Vendors there sell the most delicious sliced mango. Also: That part of Queens is great if you're looking for ethnic food. It's a real live World Showcase.

Chris Dearing

The bit about Peter Pan in Disneyland Paris made me laugh, omg. My family went to DLP around five years ago, and we rode Peter Pan as one of the first rides we went on cause I love the American versions for very sentimental childhood reasons. For whatever reason, maybe it was just that day, the Paris one just was like full speed through the whole thing, it was like someone hit the gas. It was very jerky and weirdly fast and we made jokes for the entire rest of the trip about Peter Pan being the best thrill ride in the park. I know the American ride totally isn't worth the wait but I still try to go when the line isn't absurdly long. The Paris one made me appreciate it even more honestly.

Sky Sydney

I'll throw my vote in for Porgs (because it's shorter and already done and can be ready before the flight), then Welcome to the Mansion, then maaaybe 13 Reasons Why Season 2 Feature if nothing more video-worthy emerges in the meanwhile. Of all the stuff out there, I'm least enthusiastic about 13 Reasons Why because I haven't seen it (and from what I've heard and seen of it, I wouldn't want to watch it), but then there is the argument that a decent takedown of the series would allow me to understand the story without ever having to see it, which would be neat for catching up on pop culture while also knowing that I won't need to burn my time on that. Like how I felt at the end of the videos on Escape from Tomorrow and The Greatest Showman. Also count me in with the group that super enjoys longer videos, and the group that does care about names in credits, and the group that doesn't really care about Star Wars but still doesn't mind a video every now and then and will definitely make exceptions for Porgs because they are fantastic.

Shaun Cheah

In the ELA Teacher's world 13 Reasons Why is such a huge topic right now. No one can agree if it's good or bad or harmful or a good conversation starter or any other things.

Abbygale Mertes

If I am pledging $7 does that mean my name gets removed from the credits and replaced with "Randy Moore"?

Abbygale Mertes

Thanks for the long ramble! Can't wait for the Porg video!

Malyssa Hinds

Also, if you decide to rename Shark Wahlberg [whether someone thinks Wahlberg's apologies for abhorrent things he did in his past are genuine is none of my business], I think Ruffalo would be a really cute name for a shark.

The Doom Merchant

Watching someone just enthuse about a topic, particularly a niche one, that they really love is super endearing; this is just an hour of pure /that/. It was great! I have a passing interest in the "guts" of rides and behind-the-scenes kind of stuff, so your at-hand knowledge of so much of this is very cool. Like a lot of the others, I didn't know what a "dark ride" was; I assumed the video was going to be about, you know--*tonally* dark rides, like the Tower of Terror and stuff. Which would've been interesting, but I learned a lot more in this video than I would've in a video about what I /thought/ the video was going to be about. I've never really liked visiting theme parks in person, but at the same time the behind-the-scenes aspects of them have always been fascinating to me.

The Doom Merchant

please do a 13 reasons why video!

honeysucklery

"1979 Sydney Ghost Train Fire" perhaps, Jenny? I decided to order a copy of that book too. Can't wait to check that out later this week.

There is a really good documentary about the NY World's Fair pavilion and what remains of it today: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3759900/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3759900/</a>

drij

oh jenny lmao i can’t wait to watch this now

Chelsea

Thanks Jenny. This was everything I hoped it would be. You are the best.

Eric MacMillan

I'm one of your viewers who is not a Star Wars fan, but your videos on Star Wars are still fun to watch because yr so passionate about it. Im ​down for all the vid ideas you mentioned!

madi

I believe she said that all $1 Patrons before May 26th, or a date in May I have already forgotten, would still have their name in the credits for videos in the month of June. But for videos after July 1st, only patrons who donate $5 and above will stay.

Bill Lehecka

Want to watch now, but strategically waiting for tomorrow morning. The only media I can listen to at 4 AM while struggling through a gallon of Folgers is Jenny, or NPR.

Yay for a full hour! And I am a huge theme park history buff. Would love to see you do more theme park focused videos either on your regular channel or a separate one. :) that Pacific ocean park book looks amazing for real and I think I might actually buy it. I went on horizons as a really little kid but can't remember it :(

Jane McIntyre

I went on Horizons once as a child (summer of 1994 I think)... I remember really loving. Years later, when I returned to Epcot, I thought the scenes from Horizons were what was in Spaceship Earth, and was sorely disappointed. RIP Horizons :(

AndyofCT

AFAIK, there are only a couple of things left in Corona Park, where the NY Worlds Fair took place. First is the globe, as you mentioned, but they also have the pavilion, made famous in Men in Black (Where there were flying saucers). I want to say that Tony Stark used that area in Iron Man 2 for his year long Stark Expo, but it looks nothing like that. They might have a couple of markers left too. Shea Stadium was torn down (Replaced by Citi Field). It's just a park where the USTA and the Mets are located nearby.

Bill Lehecka

My local theme park (Kennywood in Pittsburgh) features a really cool "dark ride" indoor roller coaster (The Exterminator). It's almost always the longest line in the park, but the line features cool sets related to the theme of the ride, and it's air conditioned so I never mind. Kennywood also features some other cool stuff like a walk-through funhouse "dark ride" (Noah's Ark), and a couple vintage wood roller coasters (the Jackrabbit and the Racer). If you're ever in Pittsburgh (lol why) you should check it out.

Callie Reiter

Not quite sure if it counts as a dark ride, because it's got animatronics and screens, but I loved Ellen's Energy Adventure because it was so strange. When I describe it to people they think I'm making it up, and I don't blame them. "Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Nye take us through history, from dinosaurs to modern day, on this ride that takes like a half a hour full of bad puns, but it was before Ellen came out so there's, like, mildly flirty banter between them? And then at the end, Ellen wins a game of Jeopardy. It's amazing." PS- I'm a $1 patron and I don't mind the change at all! I just like seeing your ramble videos :)

Haley Hastings

Ahh! I know I tweeted at you re: 13RW season 2, but I don't think I gave any spoilers. Sorry if I did! I personally would be very very interested in a video on this show. I enjoyed the 1st season, but the second season is all over the place. I would love to get your comments on all of it.

I'm confused about what's happening to the credits. Are all $1 patrons going to be removed from them or just the ones who pledged after you changed the tiers?

LeapLemmings (Josh Jones)

I love long rambles - please keep it up! Also, am I the only one who really wants another vlog-style Jenny vid? The porgventure made me so happy! In the unlikely event Jenny sees this (or some high-rolling patron with pull) and cares what I think, a short video with a personal feel like the porgventure would be brilliant.

Des O'Keeffe

Before the Monster Plantation was The Tales of the Okefenokee <a href="http://www.dafe.org/articles/darkrides/okefenokee.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.dafe.org/articles/darkrides/okefenokee.html</a>

Mister CPU

Yes, Monster Mansion is at Six Flags over Georgia. It is a boat ride. If you are ever in Atlanta, I can set you up with a deal on tickets. <a href="http://themeparkuniversity.com/theme-parks-101/behind-the-scenes-at-the-opening-of-monster-mansion-at-six-flags-over-georgia/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://themeparkuniversity.com/theme-parks-101/behind-the-scenes-at-the-opening-of-monster-mansion-at-six-flags-over-georgia/</a>

Mister CPU

Good work Jenny. Not gonna lie, I voted for Star Wars, but I enjoyed this. Think you made the right choice re the Patreon credits too.

Jonathan Baldie

The ride operator yells "fire in the hole" and there are two different drops.

Kristian

The best dark ride hands down is Blazin' Fury at Dollywood. It's like 40 years old and so cheesy but it's amazing. The story is that there's a fire in town and the riders are firefighters. You have to save this town that literally literally set itself on fire like five different ways. The story ends with like 16 people in the town dying. My friends and I ride it like 5+ times when we go.

Kristian

I, unfortunately, have only been to Disneyland 3 times in my life (5yo, 8yo &amp; 14yo). I have forgotten a lot of it, but I still have vivid memories of the Peter Pan ride. I thought it was the coolest ride ever...aside from Star Tours. I went to that when it was brand new and it was worth it just for the line alone. I don't even really remember the ride itself that much, but seeing all the droids and activity in line was the greatest.

how dare you slander winnie the poohs drug trip ride! j/k Thanks for answering my question about peter pan :)

Johnny G

Jenny, you are the perfect woman!

Mister CPU

OMG ITS AN HOUR

Michael Puckett

I’m wishing upon every damn star that you make a second channel all about theme park stuff. I’m trapped so deep in the world of Disneyland YouTube these days and I don’t wanna come back

Spalfos