You know, we've joked around on this forum about the idea of a Yogi Bear ride. Well, I've got an idea for such a thing. Specifically, an old-school dark ride based around Yogi.
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Hijinx
(Dark ride)
Welcome to Jellystone Park, where a massive party and fun-time tour are being held to celebrate the park’s anniversary. Of course, all that food just means a big meal for Yogi Bear, whose antics are sure to drive Ranger Smith up the wall…or send our jalopy through one!
Guests enter the queue into Jellystone Lodge, a large wooden building with signs advertising the wonders of nature. Inside the main lobby, there are banners and flyers advertising the Jellystone Park Anniversary Celebration. The signs list a variety of activities, among them being a driving tour of Jellystone Park. There is also a table with a check-in list for festivities, with plenty of familiar Hanna-Barbera names listed such as Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, and Quick Draw McGraw (a clue as to some of the cameos of other Hanna-Barbera characters that guests will see during the ride). There is also one sign that is given particular emphasis: a sign which reads DO NOT FEED THE BEARS, with pictures of Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo so they know who to avoid. Further in, guests pass through the office of Ranger Smith. The office is in disarray, as seen by the scattering of papers and maps that track out the patterns of Yogi Bear. The mess spills over into the "Confiscated Goods" room, which is filled with an assortment of goofy gadgets that Yogi has used in stealing picnic baskets. Eventually, they leave the lodge and enter the loading area, which looks like the edges of a forest. Waiting for them is a cartoonish jalopy, straight out of a Hanna-Barbera show. Climbing in, guests take a turn into the woods.
Standing by a Jellystone Park sign, Ranger Smith welcomes us onto the tour. It starts off pleasant enough...but soon we hit a fork in the road, and Yogi has turned the sign. We are sent off-course, driving through a picnic area as Yogi tries to scoop up some picnic baskets. We even get sent driving through Jellystone Lake (a perspective trick paired up with crash doors), though it's not long before we emerge from the water. Unfortunately, we are sent barreling straight into the Jellystone Community Center. Crashing through a wall, we speed through the dining hall where Ranger Smith chases after Yogi. We continue into the main hall, where we crash onto the stage and go driving through backstage. Unfortunately, we also head straight into a storage shed with a stockpile of fireworks! Sending us into an explosive finale (complete with BOOM and BANG onomatopoeia all around, explosive sounds, and minor strobe lights), we emerge back into the forest, where we find Yogi and Boo-Boo triumphant with their new horde of food. Passing by an angry Ranger Smith hanging upside-down in a tree, we reach the unloading area and disembark from our jalopy.
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Hijinx
(Dark ride)
Welcome to Jellystone Park, where a massive party and fun-time tour are being held to celebrate the park’s anniversary. Of course, all that food just means a big meal for Yogi Bear, whose antics are sure to drive Ranger Smith up the wall…or send our jalopy through one!
Guests enter the queue into Jellystone Lodge, a large wooden building with signs advertising the wonders of nature. Inside the main lobby, there are banners and flyers advertising the Jellystone Park Anniversary Celebration. The signs list a variety of activities, among them being a driving tour of Jellystone Park. There is also a table with a check-in list for festivities, with plenty of familiar Hanna-Barbera names listed such as Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, and Quick Draw McGraw (a clue as to some of the cameos of other Hanna-Barbera characters that guests will see during the ride). There is also one sign that is given particular emphasis: a sign which reads DO NOT FEED THE BEARS, with pictures of Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo so they know who to avoid. Further in, guests pass through the office of Ranger Smith. The office is in disarray, as seen by the scattering of papers and maps that track out the patterns of Yogi Bear. The mess spills over into the "Confiscated Goods" room, which is filled with an assortment of goofy gadgets that Yogi has used in stealing picnic baskets. Eventually, they leave the lodge and enter the loading area, which looks like the edges of a forest. Waiting for them is a cartoonish jalopy, straight out of a Hanna-Barbera show. Climbing in, guests take a turn into the woods.
Standing by a Jellystone Park sign, Ranger Smith welcomes us onto the tour. It starts off pleasant enough...but soon we hit a fork in the road, and Yogi has turned the sign. We are sent off-course, driving through a picnic area as Yogi tries to scoop up some picnic baskets. We even get sent driving through Jellystone Lake (a perspective trick paired up with crash doors), though it's not long before we emerge from the water. Unfortunately, we are sent barreling straight into the Jellystone Community Center. Crashing through a wall, we speed through the dining hall where Ranger Smith chases after Yogi. We continue into the main hall, where we crash onto the stage and go driving through backstage. Unfortunately, we also head straight into a storage shed with a stockpile of fireworks! Sending us into an explosive finale (complete with BOOM and BANG onomatopoeia all around, explosive sounds, and minor strobe lights), we emerge back into the forest, where we find Yogi and Boo-Boo triumphant with their new horde of food. Passing by an angry Ranger Smith hanging upside-down in a tree, we reach the unloading area and disembark from our jalopy.
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