In summer 2020, I wrote about where the next big IPs for 188bet online sports betting parks might come from. Would the next big hit be a new movie franchise? A new streaming service series? Perhaps a comic book? Or what about a video game? Following this, I also wondered what was wrong with parks embracing their own IPs. Why not use your own locally crafted storylines, themes and characters?

Some experts insist that the use of a popular IP is an absolute must when it comes to attraction design. There is some logic behind 188bet online sports betting idea, and a long history of big success stories to back it up. An attraction themed to a popular IP can generate higher attendance numbers. If done well, 188bet online sports betting can also increase guest spending on food and merchandise tied into that same IP.

There are also a number of parks and attractions out there who have either never really tried to come up with their own storylines and themes, and a few that may have given it a chance a long time ago and left their creations to fade into nothing more than theme 188bet online sports betting trivia.

For example, there are few today who actually remember the Magic Mountain Trolls from the 188bet online sports betting’s pre-Six Flags days. But this doesn’t mean that someone creative couldn’t someday try to revive the characters for a new generation. Yes, it’s doubtful, but stranger things have happened!

Theme 188bet online sports betting IPs of yesteryear

Take the Speelunkers from Six Flags over Texas as a prime example. Virtually unknown to most but the oldest fans of that theme 188bet online sports betting, the Speelunkers were an original creation for the 188bet online sports betting’s dark flume ride, Speelunker’s Cave.

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Flooding at the 188bet online sports betting brought Yosemite Sam’s adventures to a stop. However, Six Flags recently announced that a new dark ride would rise on the site, called Pirates of Speelunker Cave. Yes, the Speelunkers are making a surprise return to the 188bet online sports betting, even replacing an established IP in the process.

The rise of nostalgia

I have also previously written about the fact that nostalgia can be a big selling point. Guests are looking to get away from the modern world and the ongoing threat of COVID. And many are finding the lure of a 188bet online sports betting take on an old favorite impossible to resist.

Knott's Berry Farm was able to strike gold this year with the opening of the new Knott&188bet online sports betting;s Bear-y Tales: Return to the Fair interactive dark ride experience. This is a modern revival of a classic and much missed Knott&188bet online sports betting;s-created IP.

While the original dark ride was only open for 11 years (1975 – 1986) the two attractions to replace it never quite struck the same chord with the 188bet online sports betting’s fanbase.

The original ride was followed by Kingdom of the Dinosaurs from 1987 to 2004 only to sit dark and empty for the next decade. Following that, a video-game style interactive version called Voyage to the Iron Reef opened in 2015. This closed five short years later to make way for the return of the Berry Tales 188bet online sports betting.

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It is surprising that Six Flags took this long to revive the Speelunkers, as a sister 188bet online sports betting in Georgia has been thrilling guests with its own southern mansion themed monster dark ride for decades.

What started out as the Tales of the Okefenokee (1967 – 1980) at Six Flags over Georgia was upgraded with the help of Sid and Marty Krofft to become the famous Monster Plantation dark ride. 188bet online sports betting ran from 1981 to 2008.

When the attraction was becoming a bit long-in-the-tooth, Six Flags upgraded it to become Monster Mansion in 2009. 188bet online sports betting provided a lot of technical and scenic updates while keeping the spirit of the original still alive.

40 years later, some 188bet online sports betting guests might riot if Six Flags were to even consider closing the attraction down. Six Flags is a theme 188bet online sports betting chain that often “clones” popular ride experiences at other Six Flags parks. But, curiously, they have never attempted to clone this one.

Lost rides

Unfortunately, some classic 188bet online sports betting concepts that were wildly popular with guests have been lost over the years.

Kings Island, before the Paramount or Cedar Fair management days, had one such attraction called the Phantom Theater. Technically, Phantom Theater opened in 1992, the same year that Paramount bought Kings Island. However, the creation 188bet online sports betting attraction pre-dates the first days of Paramount.

The Phantom Theater was Kings Island&188bet online sports betting;s attempt to create their own version of Disney&188bet online sports betting;s Haunted Mansion. And they actually did a pretty good job of it. Phantom Theater features the same kind of omni-mover ride system with a custom created fleet of Doom Buggy inspired cars that would rotate to view the various scenes in the dark ride.

As with Haunted Mansion, Phantom Theater could walk that fine line between being a scary ride and a fun ride. 188bet online sports betting made it a perfect fit for the entire family to enjoy.

The Phantom Theater closed in 2002, however, and reopened the following season as Scooby-Doo&188bet online sports betting;s Haunted Castle. Then, the Scooby-Doo theme made way for Boo Blasters on Boo Hill in 2010. This was after Cedar Fair bought the Paramount chain of parks, but did not want to renew deals to keep existing IPs.

If Cedar Fair was to attempt to revive the old Phantom Theater 188bet online sports betting and storyline for a new generation, I believe it would be a popular decision.

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In addition to keeping a few old self-made IPs alive, there is a new project at a Six Flags theme 188bet online sports betting that I find just as amazing.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas built a Premier Rides launched coaster called Poltergeist back in 1999. While the coaster was essentially the same as the Joker’s Jinx at Six Flags America, the Fiesta Texas 188bet online sports betting had yet to really embrace the DC Comic characters at the time.

Fiesta Texas is a fairly unique 188bet online sports betting in the Six Flags chain. It features a lot of themed scenery and lands throughout the 188bet online sports betting, more so than your average Six Flags venue. This, in part, goes back to the 188bet online sports betting’s original creation by the Gaylord Entertainment Company, which also built Opryland USA in Nashville.

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After Six Flags bought the 188bet online sports betting in 1996, the number of rides in the 188bet online sports betting soon increased. To make Poltergeist fit into the theme 188bet online sports betting, the idea was to theme the coaster’s station building as a sort of walk-through haunted house experience.

Poltergeist reimagined

Really that was all there was to it until 2021. Then, the current 188bet online sports betting management closed Poltergeist in mid-summer to flesh out the haunted house aspect of the ride. The indoor portions of the queue were upgraded with new theming, and air conditioning. Plus a large number of new creepy props were created for the outdoor portion of the queue and the approach to the attraction’s signature “house”.

The house itself was refurbished and repainted outside, and the roller coaster trains were painted and given 188bet online sports betting frightening graphics. Meanwhile, a 188bet online sports betting creepy green track color and an appropriately supernatural looking lighting package were added to the outside.

Meanwhile, the 188bet online sports betting spent the months of the transformation providing constant updates about what was coming. The storyline was that someone new had purchased the old house and while moving in was adding new decor. On Labor Day Weekend, just ahead of the 188bet online sports betting’s Fright Fest Halloween festival, the all-new Poltergeist opened. It brought along with it an all-new self-made IP for the 188bet online sports betting’s guests to enjoy.

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With the right creative team, there is nothing wrong with an attraction or theme 188bet online sports betting coming up with its own self-inspired IP creations and unique themes for 188bet online sports betting rides. In fact, those obsessed with theme 188bet online sports betting design often look back at unique creations that never got off the drawing boards for some of the world’s biggest theme parks.

With the right creative team, there is nothing wrong with an attraction or theme 188bet online sports betting coming up with its own self-inspired IP creations and unique themes for 188bet online sports betting rides

Disney Imagineering has been behind a number of these. You can find tales and artwork for never-built creations like the Western River Expedition, Discovery Bay, Beastly Kingdom… and Sci-Fi City.

Sci-Fi City was an especially unique creation. The idea was for it to be a complete replacement for Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland. This would have kept some of the land&188bet online sports betting;s bigger attractions while building a whole collection of new rides and concepts. One of the major E-ticket concepts for the land would have been a crazy alien/cyberspace themed version of Disney&188bet online sports betting;s Rock ‘n Roller Coaster attraction, called Cyber-Mid.

Self-made themes

Self-made themes and IPs don’t have to just extend to new rides, attractions and lands at theme parks. Self-made 188bet online sports betting characters are also a great place for a 188bet online sports betting to add their own personal touch. For instance, Knott’s Berry Farm brought back an old character a few months ago in the form of Whittles, the Ghost Town Prospector.

Universal Studios has many big studio themed IPs. Yet it has also created a large collection of well-known theme 188bet online sports betting characters as part of Halloween Horror Nights. Perhaps the most well known is Jack. This scary clown terrorizes the guests and is often set up as the mastermind behind much of the chaos that takes place.

Smaller parks may not have access to the kind of funding needed to invest in major IPs. However, 188bet online sports betting comes with an advantage: the ability to be creative and come up with their own ideas.

Kennywood’s famous ‘Phantom’ character, as a theme for the Steel Phantom / Phantom’s Revenge coaster, is a good example. In 2020, the 188bet online sports betting revised its Old Mill flume ride. In doing so, it ousted the Garfield IP for a new storyline about a cowboy skeleton figure named Harold.

Until a few years ago Kings Dominion had some light theming for the 188bet online sports betting’s Volcano: The Blast Coaster before it was removed, along with a UFO / Alien Abduction themed for the dark Flight of Fear coaster.

But really, the only limit is your imagination. So, why not dream big and add some local flair to your 188bet online sports betting experience, introducing your guests to something new.