I hate to just mirror what everyone else has said but its hard not to when this IS the best darkride Ive ever been on. The first time I was on it I was extremely terrified on what was going on in that first large room the pretzel cars take you through. There was loud bass heavy Bach-ish organ music playing from some phantom of the opra-esk figure in the center of the room. As you made you way around the room youd be suprised by tricks grabbing at you which worked very well as your attention would be focused on the organ playing prop. The room of skulls was also very excellent however in recent years the park ruined this stunt by playing the "Monster Mash" in this room which wrecks the vibe completely. The goal of such rides is to project total fear and when you lighten the mood with the "Monster Mash" you might as well turn the ride into an "Its the Small World" clone.... I mean really.. Its LAME! I hope since my last visit they got rid of the "Monster Mash" soundtrack.... If I wanted some Mash Id watch M.A.S.H. or perhaps Id put on a jungle record with MASH(ed) up amen beats. The rest of the ride was a class act. To sum it up Id say the ride (minus the MASH) is like a collage of every thing that WAS cool about the darkrides in WildWood, NJ and now THAT is a good compliment  I sincerly wish that parks and piers would try to build new darkrides that are as classy and good as this one... Just _dont_ hire the Sally Corp. to build it.... because they would be totaly down with the Monster Mash as comedy is their specialty  Slightly off topic, I really wish Sports Land Pier in Wildwood, nj would fix up and operate their "Horror House" geisterbahn. It sports classic Bill Tracy stunts and if ever fixed up it could actually rival the Haunted House of Kenobels.
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