Christie 1DLP laser projectors are powering Ghostly Manor, a new £3.5 million dark ride at Paultons Park in Hampshire, UK.
The attraction, designed and installed by Lagotronics Projects, combines projection mapping, interactive gameplay and physical sets. Six Christie DWU1100-GS and two DWU1400-GS projectors deliver high-brightness visuals that anchor the haunted theme across eight unique scenes.
Ghostly Manor debuts Gameplay Theater, a ride format developed by Mack Rides and Lagotronics Projects. Continuously rotating vehicles seat eight passengers back-to-back, revealing different environments with each turn. Guests use “Phantom Phasers,” interactive blasters that allow them to capture ghosts throughout the ride. The experience ends with a scoreboard that displays individual performance and ride photos.
Because vehicles move close to projection surfaces, projectors were installed from a high angle to prevent player shadows. Christie provided technical support and supplied 0.37-0.4:1 ultra short throw lenses, projecting onto screens roughly 10 meters wide by 3.5 meters high. The attraction was completed on schedule within 12 months on the site of a former 4D theater.
“The audience reactions to the ride were great,” says Jacco Groen in ‘t Wout, CTO, Lagotronics Projects BV. “Everybody was very enthusiastic about the experience as a whole. Although our work is in the main ride only, everything around the ride, from the exterior to the queue line, made the experience as it is. Paultons and their team did a marvelous job on this as well. It was a great team effort, and we are happy to have been a part of it.”
Christie GS Series laser projectors are compact, quiet models designed for reliability, delivering 20,000 hours of virtually maintenance-free operation.
