Haunted Mansion

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Haunted Mansion — In-house dark ride using salvaged Pretzel cars and track, Knoebels Amusement Resort
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Haunted Mansion
Knoebels Amusement Resort · US · In-house dark ride using salvaged Pretzel cars and track, 1973
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Height 26 ft
Speed 2 mph
Inversions 0
Throughput 400est. rph
Vintage 1973
UNCOMMON
№ 8/25

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Haunted Mansion

Knoebels Amusement Resort · US · Knoebels Amusement Resort (in-house) In-house dark ride using salvaged Pretzel cars and track

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Fast facts

  • Haunted Mansion opened in 1973 and remains an operating dark ride. web.archive.org
  • Its two-storey building stands an estimated eight metres high. knoebels.com
  • The cars roll along at about four kilometres per hour, a brisk walking pace. knoebels.com
  • There are no inversions on this journey through the darkness. knoebels.com
  • With two-seat cars sent off about every eighteen seconds, it carries an estimated four hundred riders an hour. knoebels.com
  • Most of the sets and stunts were built in-house, using salvaged Pretzel cars and track. puderluder.com

The story of Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion followed the great flood of 1972, which damaged nearly every ride at Knoebels. A new building raised during the park’s recovery became the dark ride, opened in 1973 as a sign that the resort was moving forward again. salvatorereunion.com· web.archive.org

Knoebels supplied the ingenuity. Nearly all of the sets and tricks were made by park workers, while the ride drew upon salvaged Pretzel parts and other second-hand machinery rather than arriving as a complete factory attraction. berkshistory.dreamhosters.com· puderluder.com

The ride opened with fifteen cars from the Pretzel Company. Historical records note that some had already served at Devil’s Den at Rolling Green Park, giving this Pennsylvania attraction a working inheritance from an earlier age of amusement parks. web.archive.org

Visitors have continued to find the Mansion among Knoebels’ most memorable old-fashioned diversions. The park still describes it as a traditional haunted ride, while travel reporting has noted its dented metal cars and its place in the resort’s living history. knoebels.com· washingtonpost.com

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