# Movies, theme park rides - come up with your worst ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152 "2011-11-16T18:39:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/1 "2011-11-16T18:39:27Z")
So at dinner last night, it occurred to us that there are any number of theme park rides that been turned - somehow - into movies (e.g. Pirates of the Caribbean, Country Bears, Haunted Mansion)… and movies that have been turned into theme park rides like assorted Indiana Jones-themed rides, Harry Potter-themed rides, etc… but that there are LOTS more possibilities out there. Name the worst port from ride-to-movie (or movie-to-ride) you can think of. Include other sources (e.g. plays, books) if you like :). Personally I wouldn’t have high expectations of a movie based on the spinning teacup ride. An Imax version of a chair-swing or roller-coaster ride might be fun but a bit light on plot. Movies (or books) to rides: Waiting for Godot (OK, that’s a play vs. a movie) might be a pretty horrifying “ride”… you wait in line for an hour and a half, and the reward is - ANOTHER HOUR WAIT :D. Twilight (any of the movies / books): You galumph along in a bouncy tram-like thing, getting rained on, and animatronic things pop out at you and either whine or sparkle. War Of The Worlds (ditto): Laser-tag-like thing like a dozen others, with a twist: You come out of it at the end having been exposed to 20 different new-to-you pathogens. Moby Dick: A new log-flume ride, ending in the whale’s stomach. OK, that one might be fun if the entrails aren’t too realistic. The English Patient: A fun-filled airplane ride through pyramids and tomb-shaped tunnels, ending in an explosion of fiery special effects. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/2 "2011-11-16T19:04:48Z")
My Dinner with Andre ride – Boring, but at least the food is good. And tiny. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/3 "2011-11-16T19:25:35Z")
Can I suggest a TV-show-to-ride? Gilligan’s Island. Board the Minnow. Never return. Ride to movie - that pirate ship thing that swings and eventually goes over the top. Might work as a short subject in 3-D Puke-a-Rama… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/4 "2011-11-16T19:26:40Z")
**John Waters’ Pink Flamingos World!** ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/5 "2011-11-16T19:27:42Z")
The Blazing Saddles ride. Complete with campfire scene and odors. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/6 "2011-11-16T19:33:29Z")
Another TV based ride. **Rowe, Rowe, Rowe Your Boat** -The _Dirty Jobs_ ride. Computer controlled to select a random different job on each ride. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/7 "2011-11-16T19:38:13Z")
The Ice Road Truckers ride might be pretty thrilling. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/8 "2011-11-16T19:49:42Z")
I suspect a horrifying experience could be created from the comic linked in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=631262). From the viewpoint of any of the characters, really. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/9 "2011-11-16T20:39:07Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > The Blazing Saddles ride. Complete with campfire scene and odors. And in the live-performances theater a short walk away: The French Mistake! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/10 "2011-11-16T20:42:04Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Waiting for Godot (OK, that’s a play vs. a movie) might be a pretty horrifying “ride”… you wait in line for an hour and a half, and the reward is - ANOTHER HOUR WAIT :D. I have ridden this one at Disney World. There are a lot of rides at Disney World that are like this. _Exorcist_ themed spinning teacups, with pictures of the pea-soup scene around the ride. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/11 "2011-11-16T21:07:09Z")
Ralph Bakshi’s _Lord Of The Rings_ Ride-halfway through, the ride stops and you get off. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/12 "2011-11-16T21:10:35Z")
And everyone’s in rotoscope. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/13 "2011-11-16T21:13:34Z")
You said we could use other sources, so I propose the _Angry Birds_ ride- they put you in a giant sling shot and shoot you at a large sturdy structure sheltering some innocent-looking pigs. Actually, that might be a lot of fun (with sufficient padding). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/14 "2011-11-16T21:15:24Z")
Do pigs really need _more_ padding? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/15 "2011-11-16T21:29:15Z")
That Lame Little Horse Outside of the Supermarket That You Put a Quarter in and it Vibrates for Three Seconds: The Motion Picture ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/16 "2011-11-16T21:47:50Z")
Showgirls, the boardwalk game! Step right up, stick your fingers in and see if you win a prize! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/17 "2011-11-16T22:03:09Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > That Lame Little Horse Outside of the Supermarket That You Put a Quarter in and it Vibrates for Three Seconds: The Motion Picture As the parent of a toddler I regret to inform you that those are a dollar now. _Andy Warhol’s **Empire** - The Experience_. The car faces a wall, its wheels are square, and the lap bars have an eight-hour time lock. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/18 "2011-11-16T22:04:41Z")
Book-to-movie: _Flatland_ In 3-D! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/19 "2011-11-16T22:13:32Z")
Lars von Trier’s **Dogville - The Ride**! There’s no real ride. You shuffle along in line behind other people along a winding path drawn on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152/20 "2011-11-16T22:55:23Z")
Gravitron : The Movie Fair goers board a ride for some fun only to find it’s an actual flying saucer in which they are abducted by aliens. (Oh crap, [it’s already been done](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0667823/plotsummary)) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-theme-park-rides-come-up-with-your-worst-ideas/603152.md?page=2)