As Dracula prepares a return to the big theme park stage at Universal’s soon-to-open Epic Universe, we take a look back at the weird and wonderful attraction history of the bloodsucking Count.
In part one of our exploration of the Transylvanian tyrant turned tourist trap, we break down some of Dracula’s origins. Don’t worry, this is not going to be that same old “Dracula is based on Vlad the Impaler” lecture that you’ve already heard. It’s much stranger than that. And much more wonderful.
Then we start to place the good Count into some of his earliest theme park appearances.
Part 2 should be up next week!
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Kelly McCubbin is a columnist for Boardwalk Times
