I had the opportunity to tour Sally Corporation last week. They are a local business that has been manufacturing dark rides for several decades. I did not know what a dark ride was. It is a ride on which passengers travel in some sort of conveyance through specially lit indoor scenes that typically contain animatronics, sound, music, and special effects that can be triggered by interaction with the passengers.
If you hit the lit circles with a laser it activated light, sound and movement
Poster for a dark ride in Hershey
At Sally they make all of the parts for the rides except the cars that take you through and some of the highly technological interactions. They create the story, design and make all the characters and sets and coordinate interactions with the riders and time movements with the sound and lights. They have installed these types of rides all over the world.
