Insektors: The Dark Ride

Insektors: The Dark Ride is a dark ride based on the Insektors TV series. It was located at Movie Park Germany in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The attraction opened with the park in 1996 and closed permanently on September 30, 2018 to make way for a new attraction called "Ghostbusters 5D".

Queue and Pre-show:
The queue is located in the middle of a forest. Guests enter through an old wooden door, which leads to a small room with two doors on either side. A video screen shows clips from the Insektors TV series while guests wait for their turn to ride. When it's time, one of the doors opens and guests are led into another room where they watch another short clip before boarding their vehicles (which resemble giant mushrooms).

The Ride:
After boarding, the vehicles move into a dark room where guests see an Insektor (a character from the TV series) on a video screen. The Insektors are peaceful creatures who live in Flower City and protect it from their evil cousins, the Yuks. Suddenly, one of them appears to be captured by some Yuks! Guests then enter another room with more screens showing clips of other characters being captured as well.

The ride continues through several rooms filled with animatronic Yuks and Insektors. The vehicles pass through a room with a large video screen showing the Yuks' leader, Queen Bakrakra (Queen Katheter), who is planning to destroy Flower City. Guests then enter another dark room where they see an animatronic of one of the main characters from the TV series, Fulgor (Flynn). He tells guests that he needs their help to save his friends and defeat Queen Bakrakra!

The ride continues into another dark room where guests see a video screen showing the Yuks' castle. Suddenly, Queen Bakrakra appears and tells them that they will never defeat her! The vehicles then enter another dark room with more animatronic Yuks and Insektors. Guests pass through one last dark room before exiting back into the forest outside of Flower City.