Recently I took my daughter to Centre Island and we rode on the Haunted Barrel Works, a ride I loved as a kid. She thought it was more silly than scary but I loved it, my interest in it had not faded over the years.

This site has more information on it.

And I was more than pleased to see that our friend the pirate had made BoingBoing.

I was interested to hear that the ride had been inspired by the work of Bill Tracy.

wanna make your own scary ride? here's a place to buy your own props. they were a little too steep for my budget so I think I will just keep visiting Centre Island.

Or find a scary ride near you!

the image was found on flickr