Dracula's Castle (4K Extreme Low-Light) POV - Lagoon Amusement Park

Dracula's Castle is a classic dark ride with a slow moving vehicle, creepy music, and gags that pop out at you in certain areas. The ride takes visitors through the many areas of Dracula's home. Watch out for some of the inhabitants, they like to scare people who are exploring the hallways.

The ride was built in 1974 by legendary dark ride designer Bill Tracy. It is one of the final rides that he build before his death. It is one of only eight remaining Bill Tracy attractions (Terroride is also one of the eight).

The ride travels through the following rooms (listed in order):

Main Hallway (Picture Hallway)
Whale Bones
Dr. Frankenstein's Lab
Headless Horseman
Dungeon Room
Mine Shaft
Cavern
Skull Pond
Mausoleum
Tunnel
Grass Shaft (Grumpy Gargoyle)

Dracula & Morgana
The Dracula figurine standing in the East tower outside of the ride is the actual Dracula animatronic that used to be located in the Dungeon Room. Dracula used to be the focus of the ride (hence the name). When a car entered his room, he would call to Morgana. Morgana's head would appear inside of the crystal ball sitting next to him, and they would have an exchange about the people in the car. The dialog went like this:

Dracula: "Ah, ah, vistors. Morgana, come!"
Morgana: "Drop dead."
Dracula: "Fresh blood. I want them."
Morgana: "They shall not escape!"
The Morgana part of the gag was a recorded video that played in the crystal ball. When she would exclaim that the riders would not escape, she would look right at the riders adding to the effect.

Owl
An owl with a bad sense of humor stands at the entrance watching people waiting in line. As you wait he tells you a bit about the ride and then offers bad jokes to keep guests entertained.

Sparky
The name of the guy in the electric chair is Sparky. He has a full audio track featuring many different phrases, including "Hey baby, wanna sit on my lap?"

Gargoyle
One of the gargoyles at the end of the ride used to be a part of a Frightmares haunted house known as the Labyrinth.

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[BootsWms]

Wow! I'm having major flashbacks! I LOVED this ride back in the day. We used to live in Logan, UT in the summers and made an annual outing to Lagoon. It's a joy to see these vintage rides again. I recall the glow in the dark tunnels rotated at one point - one one way and the other the opposite way so as to cause the riders to feel as though they were tipping over a bit. SO MUCH FUN! And you posted this on my birthday. I was born Oct. 6th, 1965. Thanks! Great job!

[sakhalnakhash]

I miss Dracula's conversation with the head in the crystal ball. And I used to know "Sparkey's" speech by heart.

[randomexploring]

I remember growing up and I couldn’t wait until I was old enough to ride this ride, since I got tired of the terror ride. My daughter won’t go to Lagoon cause of the real scary things that happened there!

[getoffamylan]

Just went on this last weekend; it is BADLY in need of maintenance. 😢

[C-aFilms]

I definitely liked and subbed thanks for suporting lagoon so more people keep in in buisness and yes Ive been on every ride exept cliffhanger double thunder racing and sky ride sorry for bad grammar

[davethompson]

I wish you could all see a Bill Tracy dark ride close to when they were 1st created. Most of the “black boxes” with spooks that Tracy made have been replaced, destroyed by ignorant patron or repainted/ rethemed. You still get the crooked beam and the barrel room but you miss out on the waterfall, flying bat and ghost, lady getting sawed in half, guy flushed down toilet ect ect. They were something to see.

[jackluver]

Looks like the ride is still pretty much the same except they took the dragon out after the Headless Horsemen and replaced it with something else and also the guy that was hanging with the spikes rolling under him has been changed as well. Last time I was at Lagoon was in 2012. Glad it still looks pretty much the same. Terroride changed though since 2012, rooms have been changed and the vulture that was in the front is now moved off to the side near the ride op booth.

[MintyDragonVidz]

1:01 Lol I knew her irl for a while. I don’t think she came back for the 2021 season tho

[regulator]

9th graders day at lagoon, I used this ride to make-out with my crush haha I don’t think I was the only one doing that, that day.

[kofelee]

I remember this to never road it.it was alot newer then for sure .wow the memory's ski ball fun

[clown.luvr.]

i once made my friend go on this ride with me like 3 times because i thought the guy working there was cute and he helped me in and out of the cart every time we went on it😭i don’t even like haunted house rides, i had my eyes closed the whole way every time😂

[Rubenk_kai]

I can see how this scared me as a little kid lol

[randomagee]

Just a little update from a recent rider, Frankenstein's pants have fallen down, exposing his metal hip, and the siren no longer works

[grudgesgalore]

how come the rolling tunnels or trummels WHATEVER THEY CALL EM don't turn anymore ? that is cool part of the ride!! Lgoon NEEDS TO GET THAT PART OF THE RIDE OPERATIONAL AGAIN them not spinning, takes away a big part of the coolness and spookiness of the ride!! just my opinion ! when i 1 rode this ride as a child, that was the best part of the ride WHAT A SHAME LAGOON WON'T TAKE THE TIME AND MONEY TO FIX THE BEST PART OF DRACULAS CASTLE!!!

[wyntonharrell]

Hey, what camera are you using for your videos Bro?

[theshowersinger]

That’s the 3rd haunted house the King Kong look alike has been in, the Haunted Shack, Terrorride and now Dracula’s Castle, along with a bunch of Frightmares scare zones and houses on the way there!

[faeriepowder_]

Me and my friend got banned from riding this because we went 9 times

[robbiewalker]

I can see why that guy wanted to put Castlevania music into this ride. It feels boring without it.

[jamestropicals]

Really kind of a boring ride in my opinion