We know Tracy’s Scary House at Chapultepec Park in Mexico City opened in 1964 and supposedly closed in 1994. It was a two-story package dark ride and Allan Herschell Company Inc. supplied the ride system which contained 10 ride cars. The uphill section of track used a chain and drive assembly that assisted the cars to the second floor, and the downhill section of track also used a similar chain and drive assembly that assisted the cars back down to the first floor. In the Allan Herschell service bulletin and packing list below, they referred to the ride as “TRACY DARK RIDE #3 – MEXICO.” It’s clear that the ride cars are the same units used at West View Park’s Haunted House and Whacky Shack at Hunt’s Pier. Check out the original Allan Herschell Company documents below, both sets of which were critical pieces in the installation of one of Tracy’s earlier dark rides.

Service Bulletin

Packing List

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Published by Brandon Seidl

Brandon is a longtime enthusiast, chronicler, and author of Ocean City, Maryland's amusement and boardwalk history and is the creator & author of Trimper's Haunted House Online (ochh.net), co-author of "Images of America: Trimper's Rides," co-author of "History Press: Ocean City Oddities," and co-creator & author of The Bill Tracy Project.

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