{"id":6147,"date":"2020-04-14T12:39:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T12:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=6147"},"modified":"2025-06-12T20:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:05:00","slug":"our-least-favourite-dark-rides-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=6147","title":{"rendered":"Our Least Favourite Dark Rides & Why?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are huge fans of dark rides but of course from time to time there\u2019s a handful which we don\u2019t necessarily enjoy. There\u2019s so many reasons as to why we don\u2019t like them but here\u2019s 5 of the rides we aren\u2019t a fan of. By all means these are just our opinions and there is no order to this blog post. We\u2019d love to know your opinions on this topic too.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Alice – Blackpool Pleasure Beach<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s actually quite hard to pop this ride into this list in all honesty. It\u2019s such a classic. But in reality it\u2019s one of our least favourites strictly down to how outdated it feels. It could well be updated and made into one of the best. But at its current state it\u2019s unfortunately one of our least favourites.\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Laser Raiders – Legoland Windsor: <\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

I find this ride really underwhelming but I did experience Ninajo before my first ever ride on here. I can\u2019t deny the set pieces do look good. But the ride just feels as if it\u2019s lacking so much especially\u00a0 <\/span>with such a modern dark ride next door.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

SeaAqarium – Fantasy Island : <\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n

I once treasured this dark ride as a child but during our last visit in 2016 it felt so dated. Barely anything had changed from when I was really young. There\u2019s so much room for improvement & potential that it\u2019s hard to not feel disappointed by it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo From Fantasy Island Website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Room on the Broom – Chessington:<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s hard to not believe we have actually just fallen quite unlucky with this attraction. As a lot of people do say how fab it is. Theming wise and the more modern aspect is absolutely gorgeous. But it just doesn\u2019t work from our experiences. We do really appreciate how interactive they\u2019ve tried to make it but whenever we\u2019ve done it. We have either missed those interactions due to the batching of the groups or stood around feeling quite meh by it. Of course it\u2019s aimed for children that\u2019s no doubt why we do feel this way. But our last run through even the children had no idea what was happening. It has potential to work and hopefully now it\u2019s had a full season it will be better.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo of Chessington Website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Derren Browns Ghost Train- Thorpe:<\/u><\/span><\/h3>\n

Okay, we once were huge fans of this ride. But has since become stale and that\u2019s with the constant changes. It just isn\u2019t enjoyable at all. The VR is unreliable and an element which we feel doesn\u2019t work that greatly. Our favourite year for this ride was 2017 with the introduction of the fab finale but now it\u2019s become almost as if they\u2019ve tried to hard on making this a \u201cterrifying\u201d attraction. We always say how we would of loved it to be more Phantom Manor style or a trackless Ghost train instead.\"\" <\/span><\/p>\n

What are you least favourite dark rides & why?<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are huge fans of dark rides but of course from time to time there\u2019s a handful which we don\u2019t necessarily enjoy. There\u2019s so many reasons as to why we don\u2019t like them but here\u2019s 5 of the rides we aren\u2019t a fan of. By all means these are just our opinions and there is no order to this blog post. We\u2019d love to know your opinions on this topic too. Alice – Blackpool Pleasure Beach It\u2019s actually quite hard to pop this ride into this list in all honesty. It\u2019s such a classic. But in reality it\u2019s one of our least favourites strictly down to how outdated it feels. It could well be updated and made into one of the best. But at its current state it\u2019s unfortunately one of our least favourites. Laser Raiders – Legoland Windsor: I find this ride really underwhelming but I did experience Ninajo before my first ever ride on here. I can\u2019t deny the set pieces do look good. But the ride just feels as if it\u2019s lacking so much especially\u00a0 with such a modern dark ride next door. SeaAqarium – Fantasy Island : I once treasured this dark ride as a child but during our last visit in 2016 it felt so dated. Barely anything had changed from when I was really young. There\u2019s so much room for improvement & potential that it\u2019s hard to not feel disappointed by it. Room on the Broom – Chessington: It\u2019s hard to not believe we have actually just fallen quite unlucky with this attraction. As a lot of people do say how fab it is. Theming wise and the more modern aspect is absolutely gorgeous. But it just doesn\u2019t work from our experiences. We do really appreciate how interactive they\u2019ve tried to make it but whenever we\u2019ve done it. We have either missed those interactions due to the batching of the groups or stood around feeling quite meh by it. Of course it\u2019s aimed for children that\u2019s no doubt why we do feel this way. But our last run through even the children had no idea what was happening. It has potential to work and hopefully now it\u2019s had a full season it will be better. Derren Browns Ghost Train- Thorpe: Okay, we once were huge fans of this ride. But has since become stale and that\u2019s with the constant changes. It just isn\u2019t enjoyable at all. The VR is unreliable and an element which we feel doesn\u2019t work that greatly. Our favourite year for this ride was 2017 with the introduction of the fab finale but now it\u2019s become almost as if they\u2019ve tried to hard on making this a \u201cterrifying\u201d attraction. We always say how we would of loved it to be more Phantom Manor style or a trackless Ghost train instead. 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