Sally Corporation

Sally Corporation
Company type	Private
Industry	Amusement ride manufacturing
Founded	1977
Founder	John Fox, John Rob Holland
Headquarters	Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Wood (Chairman and President), Rolf Paegert (CEO)
Products	Dark ride attractions, animatronic figures, design and construction services for amusement parks, entertainment venues, museums, retail sectors

Sally Corporation—also referred to as Sally Dark Rides—is a manufacturer specializing in dark ride attractions and animatronic figures, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Its clientele spans amusement parks, entertainment venues, museums, and retail sectors globally. The company offers comprehensive design and construction solutions encompassing every stage from initial concept development to final installation. Their services include scripting, sound and music creation, prop and set fabrication, lighting and special effects design, electronics integration, and overall project oversight.

History

Established in 1977 by high school classmates John Fox and John Rob Holland, Sally Corporation began by producing animatronics for commercial purposes. One notable early project was an animated likeness of President Lyndon Baines Johnson commissioned by Neiman Marcus and later gifted to the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas. After approximately six to nine months, John Wood joined the team; the first employee hired was office manager Nancy Hafner. Fox departed the company in 1983, followed by Holland in 1988. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Sally Corporation broadened its focus to include interactive dark ride experiences. John Wood continues to serve as Chairman and President, while Rolf Paegert assumed the role of CEO after a corporate restructuring in January 2023.

Dark Rides

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Name	Park	Location	Type	Opened	Status	Notes	Template:Reference column heading
Around the World in 80 Days	Alton Towers	Template:Country data England Template:Namespace detect showall Alton, Staffordshire, England	Redeveloped Dark Ride	1986	Defunct	Underwent refurbishment	^[1]
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill	Canada's Wonderland Carowinds Kings Dominion Kings Island	Canada Vaughan, Ontario, Canada United States Charlotte, North Carolina, United States United States Doswell, Virginia, United States United States Mason, Ohio, United States	Interactive Dark Ride	2010	Operating	Cedar Fair's retheme of Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion; based on Ghost Blasters II model.	^[2]
Challenge of Tutankhamon	Walibi Belgium	Belgium Wavre, Walloon Brabant, Belgium	Interactive Dark Ride		Operating		^[3]^[4]
Den of Lost Thieves	Indiana Beach Seoul Land	United States Indiana, United States South Korea South Korea	Interactive Dark Ride		Operating		^[5]
E.T. Adventure	Universal Studios Florida Universal Studios Hollywood	United States Orlando, Florida, United States United States Universal City, California, United States	Conventional Dark Ride	1990 (Orlando) 1991 (Hollywood)	Currently operating at Orlando; closed at Hollywood location Features animatronic characters and plants only.	^[6]
El Ultimo Minuto	Dinopolis	Spain Teruel, Spain	Conventional Dark Ride		Operating
Ghost Blasters (also known as Ghost Hunt)	Castle Park Great Canadian Midway Lake Compounce Nickelodeon Universe Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk	United States Riverside, California Canada Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, Ontario United States Bristol, Connecticut United States Minneapolis, Minnesota United States Santa Cruz, California	Interactive Dark Ride	2001 (Castle Park & Santa Cruz) 2002 (Great Canadian Midway) 1999 (Lake Compounce & Nickelodeon Universe)	Currently operating	^[4]
Ghost Blasters II	Elitch Gardens Theme Park	United States Denver, Colorado	Interactive Dark Ride	2008	Defunct	Rebranded as Kaleidoscape by Meow Wolf in 2019.	^[7]
Gobbler Getaway	Holiday World & Splashin' Safari	United States Santa Claus, Indiana	Interactive Dark Ride	2006	Operating	^[4]
The Great Humbug Adventure	Santa's Village	United States Jefferson, New Hampshire	Interactive Redeveloped Dark Ride	Original: 2000 Refurbished: 2020	Currently operating Redesigned by Sally for the season of 2020.
Family Kingdom Amusement Park Frontier City Korean Folk Village	United States Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Oklahoma City, Oklahoma South Korea South Korea	Interactive Dark Ride	Family Kingdom: 1995 Frontier City: 2007	Currently operating
Haunted Castle	Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Galaxyland	United States Santa Cruz, California Canada Edmonton, Alberta	Custom Dark Ride		Operating
Haunted Hotel	Myrtle Beach Pavilion	United States Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	Redeveloped Dark Ride		Defunct
Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness	Six Flags New Orleans	United States New Orleans, Louisiana	Interactive Dark Ride		Defunct	Lost due to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D	Warner Bros. Movie World	Template:Country data AUS Template:Namespace detect showall Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	Interactive Dark Ride		Operating
Justice League: Battle for Metropolis	Six Flags parks including Over Texas, St. Louis, Great America, Mexico, Magic Mountain, Great Adventure, Over Georgia	Locations across USA & Mexico	Interactive Dark Ride	Opened in 2015	Operating
La Aventura de Scooby-Doo	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	Interactive Dark Ride	2005	Operating	Spanish adaptation of Scooby-Doo’s Haunted Mansion.
Labyrinth of the Minotaur	Terra Mítica	Benidorm, Alicante province, Spain	Interactive Dark Ride		Operating
Laser Raiders	Legoland Windsor	Windsor, Berkshire, England	Interactive Dark Ride	Currently operating
Lost Kingdom Adventure	Legoland California Legoland Florida Legoland Malaysia	California & Florida in USA; Johor in Malaysia	Interactive Dark Ride	Currently operating
Mine of Lost Souls	Canobie Lake Park	Salem, New Hampshire, USA	Redeveloped Dark Ride	Operating currently
Mystic Mansion / Spökjakten	Park at OWA / Furuviksparken	Foley, Alabama / Furuvik, Sweden	Interactive Dark Ride	OWA: 2019 Furuvik: 2018	Operating currently Variant based on Ghost Blasters II design.
Nights in White Satin: The Trip	Freestyle Music Park	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA	Conventional Dark Ride	Opened in 2008; now defunct
North Pole Adventure	Happy Valley Chengdu Happy Valley Shenzhen Happy Valley Shanghai	Locations across Chengdu, Shenzhen & Shanghai in China	Interactive Dark Ride	Initial opening: 1997 Updated: 2007	Operating currently
Reese's Cupfusion	Hersheypark	Derry Township, Pennsylvania, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	Launched in 2019; currently operating
Reese's Xtreme Cup Challenge	Hersheypark	Derry Township, Pennsylvania, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	Opened in 2006; now defunct
Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion	Canada's Wonderland Carowinds Kings Dominion Kings Island	Ontario (Canada); North Carolina & Virginia & Ohio (USA)	Interactive Dark Ride	Introduced between 2000-2004 across various parks	No longer operating
Scream In The Dark!	Ripley’s Entertainment Zone	Pattaya, Thailand	Interactive Dark Ride	Currently operational
Sesame Street: Street Mission	PortAventura Park	Catalonia region of Spain	Interactive Dark Ride	Opened in 2019; operational
SpongeBob's Crazy Carnival Ride	Circus Circus Las Vegas	Winchester, Nevada, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	Opened in 2023; operating currently
The Temple	Legoland Billund	Billund city in Denmark	Interactive Dark Ride	Currently operational
Treasure Hunt: The Ride	Cannery Row	Monterey, California, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	Opened in 2023; operating currently
Volkanu: Quest for the Golden Idol	Lost Island Theme Park	Waterloo, Iowa, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	Introduced in 2022; currently operating
Vi På Saltkråkan	Astrid Lindgren's World	Vimmerby city in Sweden	Conventional Dark Ride	Since 2007; operating
*Ye Old Mill	Playland (New York)	Rye city in New York State USA&& Redeveloped Dark Ride && Since 2001&& Currently operating && Refurbished recently
Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure!	Six Flags Over Texas && Arlington city Texas USA && Redeveloped Dark Ride && Opened in 1992&& No longer operating &&

Animatronic Shows

Title	Debut Year	Genre	Notable Locations	Present Sites	Operational Status	Characters	Remarks
Daniel and the Dixie Diggers	1982	Dixieland Jazz	Adventureland (Iowa) Aqualandia Celebration Station Choo Choo Charlie's Ontario Dixie Dog Showtime Phenix City Fairplay Family Fun Center Wabash Family Kingdom Funtime, USA Garden City Hersheypark (as Dogpatch Dawgs) Huckleberry Junction Genesee Kidz Zone Greenville Squirty Worm Lima Mark Twain's Riverboat Playhouse (Kendall & Fort Lauderdale) Paddlewheel Hotel & Casino Paddlewheel Pizza Parlor Groton Pinocchio's Pizza Bountiful Pizza Pizzazz Whitehall Roller Kingdom Reno Roll On America Lancaster Rusutsu Resort Skateland Salisbury Station Alpha Pikeville	Celebration Station (Clearwater and Mesquite branches only; units remain but are non-operational) Huckleberry Junction Genesee Roller Kingdom Reno (Units present but inactive) Rusutsu Resort	Currently Active	Betty B. Birthday Clem Col. Beauregard Daniel T. Bones Huck L. Berry Jethro P. Hogg Mark Twain Scratchmo Sir Percival Wally Wish	Available in configurations including Quintet, Trio, and the "Mark Twain's Showboat" edition.
Hank & Beau	1982	Country, Bluegrass, Dixieland Jazz	Bryant's Supermarket Greenville Funhouse Pizza Salem Formosa Wonderland Gregerson's Supermarket Gadsden Pip's Ice Cream Parlor Sam's Joint Caledonia Stew Leonard's (Norwalk & Danbury) Sunny Hill Resort Greenville	Stew Leonard's (Norwalk & Yonkers) Sunny Hill Resort Greenville	In Operation	Col. Beauregard Hank Winter	Designed to be separated for individual performances.
Sally at the Piano	1983	Piano Lounge	Holiday Inn Dallas Rusutsu Resort Wax World of the Stars Wisconsin Dells Westgate New York Grand Central	Rusutsu Resort	Active	Sally Papa Bear (exclusive to Rusutsu)	'Namesake of the company.
Gwen and the Magical Music Makers	1983	Medieval, Musical	Enchanted Castle (Calgary & Lombard) Round Table Pizza	Not Available	Discontinued	King Arthur Godfrey Guinevere Lance Merlin Oscar Owl Prince Rodney Toby	'Partially converted into Mark Twain's Showboat.
John Phillip Tuba	1983	Marching Band	John Phillip Tuba's Ice Cream in the Park	Not Available \|Privately Held \| John Philip Tuba, Pablo Pistachio \|	- Berenstain Bears	Unknown \|International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions \|Not Available \|Discontinued \|Brother Bear, Papa Bear \|Papa Bear figure reused for Rusutsu's Sally at the Piano. \| - Magic Lantern Theater	Steampunk, Vaudeville \|Pratt Street Power Plant#Six Flags Power Plant \|Not Available \|Discontinued \|Mr. Electro, Proto \|Produced in collaboration with Landmark Entertainment Group. \| - The WizBangs	Magic, Fantasy \|Mystery Fun House \|Not Available \|Discontinued \|Craven, Morgana, Prince, Wizard, Wizzy \|Retrofit from Chuck E. Cheese Cyberamics; includes equipment and programming only. \| - Ratón Chito y Sus Amigos	Unknown \|ShowBiz Pizza Fiesta, Boomis Pizza Fiesta \|Not Available \|Discontinued \|Comecome, Elote, Ratón Chito, Tete, Venancio \|Chuck E. Cheese Cyberamics Retrofit; controllers only. \| - Bubba and the Badland Band	Country, Bluegrass (English), Folk (Korean) \|Dutch Wonderland, Everland/Yongin Farmland, Fun Mountain Gatlinburg, Rusutsu Resort \| Rusutsu Resort \| Active \| Bubba Bear, Bucky Barnum, Chief Fullabull, Miss Foxy, Homer Honeydew, Mark Twain, Skeeter \| Offered with or without Mark Twain character.	- Billy Jo and the Bluegrass Boys	'87-89 (Prototype), '94-95 (Redesign) \|Country, Bluegrass \| Frontier City, ShowBiz Pizza Kuwait \| Not Available \|Discontinued \| Billy Jo, Bubba Bear, Homer Honeydew \| Redesigned during 1995.	- Care Bears: Care-A-Lot Castle	Care Bears, Fantasy \|Dunia Fantasi, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom \| Not Available \|Discontinued \| Beastly, Bedtime Bear, Cheer Bear, Friend Bear, Funshine Bear, Grumpy Bear, No-Heart, Tenderheart Bear \|	- Jethro P. Hogg	Country, Bluegrass \| Aldor Acres Langley BC, Casino Pier, Celebration Station, Cross Eyed Critters Nashville, Farmland Foods (as Jasper P. Swineherd), Funtime USA Garden City NY, Huckleberry Junction Genesee County MI, MoonDoggie Beach Club (as Moonhoggie), Porky's BBQ Lafayette IN, Ruggieri's Market Cranston RI, Santa's Workshop CO (as Elmer Elf) \| Aldor Acres Langley BC, Cross Eyed Critters Nashville, Huckleberry Junction Genesee County MI, Porky's BBQ Lafayette IN, Santa's Workshop CO (as Elmer Elf) \| Operating \| Jethro P. Hogg \| Compatible for use alongside Daniel and the Dixie Diggers Trio.	- Ursula and the Oom-Pah-Pahs	Alpenländische Volksmusik \| Rusutsu Resort \| Rusutsu Resort \| In Operation \| Berthold of Baden, Ludwig Von Bearhoven, Sigmund St. Gotthard, Ursula, Wilhem von Wickenstat \| Exclusive to Rusutsu Resort.	- Banda Chic Chic	Unknown \|Chico Cheese's Rio de Janeiro \|Not Available \|Discontinued \|Bucky Barnum, Col. Beauregard, Miss Foxy \| Limited to Chico Cheese's location.	- Chu-Lin and the Zoo Notes	Zoo Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aquarium de Madrid Aqua... Madrid Zoo Aquarium \| Not Available \|Discontinued \| Chu-Lin Panda, Gigi Giraffe, Hector Hippo, Mombo Monkey, Tumbo Elephant \| Exclusive to the Madrid Zoo Aquarium.	- The Rockin' Rascals	Rock and Roll \| Celebration Station Knoxville TN \| Not Available \|Discontinued \| Calvin Cat, Hurricane Hound, Major Moose, Purrscilla Purr \| Retrofitted from Daniel and the Dixie Diggers Trio.	- The Jammin' Jesters	Medieval, Rock and Roll, Broadway Theatre \| Enchanted Castle Lombard IL \| Enchanted Castle Lombard IL \| Currently Under Renovation \| Cute, Godfrey, Guinevere, Rodney (Unnamed), Toby, Wally Wizard \| Reworked version of Gwen and the Magical Music Makers.	- YeYe and the Little Airplane Band	Chinese folklore \| Splendid China Florida \| Not Available \|Discontinued \| The Monkey King, Pun Pun Hippo, Show Gow Giraffe, Shou Shou Panda, Ting-Ting Panda, YeYe Panda \| Exclusive to Splendid China Florida; Monkey King figure privately owned.	- Rocky and the Railroad Ramblers (The Man & Dog)	Country, Bluegrass \| Gillian's Wonderland Pier Promenade Food Court \| Promenade Food Court \| Active \| Antonio "Tony" Vermicelli, Bubba Bonga, Henrietta Hatpin, Henry "Hank" Howls, Rocky Panda \| Chuck E. Cheese Cyberamics Retrofit; includes equipment and soundtrack only.	- The Flintstones Bedrock Trio	Bedrock City South Dakota \| Not Available \| Discontinued \| Dino, Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone \| Demolished following Bedrock City's shutdown.	- Rocky and the Ramblin' Rascals	Enchanted Forest Water Safari \| Enchanted Forest Water Safari \| Active \| Antonio "Tony" Vermicelli, Bad Bonga, Henrietta Hatpin, Jumpin' Jacko, Rocky Rabbit \| Chuck E. Cheese Cyberamics Retrofit; equipment and soundtrack only.	- Okefenokee Bear Revue	Okefenokee Swamp Park \| Not Available \| Privately Owned \| Billy Bob Brockali, Clem (Looney Bird), Peaches (Mitzi Mozzarella), Whitmer (Fatz Geronimo) \| Retrofit from Rock-afire Explosion; equipment and programming only.	- Cross Eyed Critters	Graduate Nashville Hotels \| Graduate Nashville Hotels \| Currently Operating \| Miss Bessie, Ernie Bear, Jethro P. Hogg \| Utilizes Miss Foxy and Bubba Bear retrofits from Bubba and The Badland Band. Voice for Ernie performed by Cooper Manning.

External links

Official website of Sally Corporation

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