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Yea, for sure! I remember wanting to always do things like this when I was little so now that I had the space, the tools (and a credit card ...) I wanted to do it so my kids and I could enjoy it together. They're 11 & 13 - growing out of trick or treating but still young enough to enjoy something fun on the holiday.

Awesome! Thanks! I'm an idiot so I'm glad it came across as genius!

I want ten too! I actually had project withdrawal after this. Back to painting rooms and building shelves in my house. boo.

Thanks! A lot of older kids loved it. Didn't think that would happen. It wasn't scary or startling or anything, I just made it for little ones because there were a lot of the "hide behind a sheet and jump out at you" haunted houses in our neighborhood (which I also like) but nothing for all the little Iron Men and Elsa's walking around.

Totally. We bought a house with a tiny yard but had this HUGE garage. The guy put a heater in it and everything Ironically, I can only afford my one little car so you gotta use the space for something, right? I made "Central Shops" in the back and started making a small ride system.

Trust me! Plenty of adults went on it too. If you have any pics of your Mystic Motel, I'd love to see. I love the "homemade" rides, backyard coasters, dark rides ... totally fun to make. Gotta have a Home Depot nearby and a patient spouse. That's the key.

Thanks! I really only have video of us tearing down the ride and then one of us making the pop up tombstone guy. Operated by a shop vac. (below) Didn't quite have the Disney budget on this one! Halloween night was insane. I literally hung up the last lights then seconds later kids started lining up. Never took good video. I was going to recycle it but my wife wants one more year so I'll add a little next year and be sure to get a good video. I have such a newfound respect for the "eering" part of "imagineering". A bit tricky to get the speed right on that thing.

We created a not too scary haunted mansion for Halloween in our garage! I created a 50ft long track that I elevated so the cart would wind slowly down through the "graveyard". I expected to send about 20 kids through but ended up having a steady stream of trick-or-treaters for about four hours. I was exhausted the next day from pushing the cart back up the track. We had a total blast making this thing. One trick-or-treater cried because he wanted to stay but "had" to go trick-or-treating instead.