random ride/show things that scared you as a kid

[TwilightZone]

since it's almost halloween, I think it would be fun if we all shared moments in disney rides or shows that scared us as kids. Here's a few of mine:

• In Honey I shrunk the audience, I was scared of dr. szalinski's flying machine. Since I thought everything at disney was real for a bit of time as a kid, I thought he was going to chop our heads off!
• In soarin' over california, like with honey I shrunk the kids, I thought everything was real, so I was afraid that if we were to fall out we would be stuck on wherever we fell to forever! I still get some loose my shoe forever anxiety when going on it, even though now I know better.
• In mulholland madness, there was a piece of decoration that looked like this:

as a kid I didn't understand the gag and I actually thought some unlucky car actually crashed through that decoration. The height and swift turns of the ride didn't help disconfirm my suspicions. (I know this is a wdw thread and not disneyland, but it still scared me)

 

[belledream]

The scene in Honey I Shrunk the Audience where the mice were set loose and brushed (aka assaulted) your legs. Hated it.

And...I always thought the hippos/crocs on the Jungle Cruise surfacing right by your boat was terrifying even though they're fake. They're so close!

 

[KBLovedDisney]

I've always had a huge fear of being called/picked from the audience to participate in the shows (sever stage fright). Unfortunately, my mother thought it would be hilarious if I participated and roped me into being a part of the pre-show of the Back Lot Tour. I don't regret it now, but that scared the dickens out of me.

I was the person in the box set answering the phone and getting hit with a gargantuan amount of water.

 

[Nick Pappagiorgio]

Pirates of the Caribbean. When I was 3-4 I got freaked out by the cannons and the cannonballs "hitting" the water. I refused to ride it again until I was 13 despite numerous opportunities to do so.

 

[Jamie77]

On my very first Pirates of the Caribbean ride in 2002, I felt a tap on my right shoulder just before you get to the scene with the skeleton at the wheel. Freaked me out. I rode it many times after to see if it would happen again but it never did. To this day, I don't know if it was the person in the row behind me or....

 

[Raineman]

On my very first Pirates of the Caribbean ride in 2002, I felt a tap on my right shoulder just before you get to the scene with the skeleton at the wheel. Freaked me out. I rode it many times after to see if it would happen again but it never did. To this day, I don't know if it was the person in the row behind me or....

That was definitely George, the resident ghost at POTC.

 

[Victaman]

As a child, the first time I went through the caves on Tom Sawyer's Island, I thought the one "hole" that you look down in as you cross a bridge went down forever. I recall being frightened that I might fall in.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Mr Toad's Wild Ride.....ALL OF IT....At 6 years old it was terrifying...

 

[Texas84]

I hated the screaming pop-up ghosts in the Haunted Mansion graveyard when I was a kid. I don't hear them scream any more.

 

[discomouse131]

Mr Toad's Wild Ride.....ALL OF IT....At 6 years old it was terrifying...

ahh... the only attraction i can think of that takes you from the happiest place on earth to most unhappy place not of this earth

 

[EOD K9]

Magic Kingdom's SWSA when the Queen turns in front of the mirror into an old hag.

 

[NelleBelle]

Magic Kingdom's SWSA when the Queen turns in front of the mirror into an old hag.

Not sure why they ever had this ride promoted for little kids--never saw so many kids come off a ride crying as I did as this one

 

[NelleBelle]

I personally am still creeped out by Its Tough To Be a Bug! I keep my feet off the floor and my back off the backrest of the seat the entire show. I don't know why we go see this show--it's cute but don't like creepy bigs crawling on me

 

[jimbo mack]

Magic Kingdom's SWSA when the Queen turns in front of the mirror into an old hag.

Totally agree with this one - this frightened the living daylights out of me when I was in that 5-10 years old age bracket. Weirdly I loved the ride at the same time and it never stopped me going back on it!

Another one for me were those trolls and the boat moving backwards on Maelstrom - I was always afraid the boat would tip out of the cave and we’d all end up on the ground

 

[Johnny Three-hats]

The speed tunnel (I think that's what it's called) on Buzz Lightyear. I have no idea why, but most of what I remember from the one childhood trip I had was being freaked out at that thing. Thought we were getting sucked into a black hole or something.

I also think I may have repressed most of the memories I have of ITTBAB. I don't remember experiencing any of the more intense parts of the show, but I do remember thinking that the Hopper animatronic was the coolest thing ever.

 

[mouse_luv]

Snow White's Scary Adventures. No thank you. I actually cheered when I heard it was going away for good haha!

The drop on Pirates. I'm ok with that now.

 

[Sundown]

Yep, the witch at the end of Snow White's Scary Adventures frightened me. Still liked the ride, but the Witch was scary.

 

[Dunston]

When I was a little kid, Body Wars and Cranium Command both really creeped me out. I guess the theme of being inside someone's body grossed me out and scared me.

 

[mf1972]

Magic Kingdom's SWSA when the Queen turns in front of the mirror into an old hag.

as an adult, that always freaks my wife out. oddly she misses the ride.

 

[DisneyPrincess5]

The Great Movie Ride aliens. Ick.