Sally Corporation

Sally Corporation

Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1977
Founder	John Wood John Fox John Rob Holland
Headquarters	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John Wood (Chairman, CEO)[1]
Products	Dark rides, animatronics
Number of employees	33[2]
Website	www.sallycorp.com

Sally Corporation is a dark ride and animatronic manufacturing company based in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. The company serves amusement parks, attractions, museums and retail clients worldwide. It offers complete design/build services from concept to installation, including scripting, audio and music production, props and sets, lighting and special effects, electronics, and project management.

History

Sally Corporation was founded in 1977 by John Wood, John Fox and John Rob Holland.^[3] The company began by manufacturing animatronics,^[3]including an animated figure of President Lyndon Baines Johnson, which was created for Neiman Marcus and later donated to the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas.^[4] John Fox left the company in 1983.^[3] Holland stayed with the company until 1988.^[3] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Sally Corporation went on to develop interactive dark rides. John Wood remains in the company to this day as the Chairman and CEO.^[1]

Dark rides

Name	Park	Location	Type
Around the World in 80 Days	Alton Towers	Alton, Staffordshire, England	Redeveloped Dark Ride	[5]
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill	Canada's Wonderland Carowinds Kings Dominion Kings Island	Vaughan, Ontario, Canada Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Doswell, Virginia, USA Mason, Ohio, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	[6]
Challenge of Tutankhamen	Walibi Belgium	Wavre, Walloon Brabant, Belgium	Interactive Dark Ride	[7][8]
Den of Lost Thieves	Indiana Beach Seoul Land	Indiana, USA South Korea	Interactive Dark Ride	[3]
E.T. Adventure	Universal Studios Florida Universal Studios Hollywood	Orlando, Florida, USA Universal City, California, USA	Conventional Dark Ride	[9]
El Ultimo Minuto	Dinopolis	Teruel, Spain	Conventional Dark Ride	[10]
Ghost Blasters	Castle Park Great Canadian Midway Nickelodeon Universe Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk	Riverside, California, USA Clifton Hill, Ontario, Canada Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Santa Cruz, California, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	[8]
Ghost Blasters II	Elitch Gardens Theme Park	Denver, Colorado, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	[11]
Ghost Hunt	Lake Compounce	Bristol, Connecticut, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	[8]
The Great Pistolero Roundup	Family Kingdom Frontier City	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	[5][12]
Gobbler Getaway	Holiday World & Splashin' Safari	Santa Claus, Indiana, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	[8]
Haunted Castle	Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Galaxyland	Santa Cruz, California, USA Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Custom Dark Ride	[5]
Haunted Hotel	Myrtle Beach Pavilion	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA	Redeveloped Dark Ride	[5]
Jocco's Mardi Gras Madness	Six Flags New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	[note 1][8]
Justice League: Alien Invasion 3D	Warner Bros. Movie World	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	Interactive Dark Ride	[13]
Justice League: Battle For Metropolis	Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags St. Louis	Arlington, Texas Eureka, Missouri	Interactive Dark Ride
Labyrinth of the Minotaur	Terra Mítica	Benidorm, Alicante province, Spain	Interactive Dark Ride	[10]
Laser Raiders	Legoland Windsor	Windsor, Berkshire, England	Interactive Dark Ride	[14]
Lost Kingdom Adventure	Legoland California Legoland Florida Legoland Malaysia	Carlsbad, California, USA Winter Haven, Florida, USA Nusajaya, Johor, Malaysia	Interactive Dark Ride	[14]
Mine of Lost Souls	Canobie Lake Park	Salem, New Hampshire, USA	Redeveloped Dark Ride	[5]
Nights in White Satin: The Trip	Freestyle Music Park	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA	Conventional Dark Ride	[15]
North Pole Adventure	Happy Valley Happy Valley Happy Valley	Chengdu, China Shenzhen, China Shanghai, China	Interactive Dark Ride	[7]
Reese's Xtreme Cup Challenge	Hersheypark	Derry Township, Pennsylvania, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	[16]
Scooby-Doo's Haunted Mansion	Canada's Wonderland Carowinds Kings Dominion Kings Island	Vaughan, Ontario, Canada Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Doswell, Virginia, USA Mason, Ohio, USA	Interactive Dark Ride	[17]
Scooby-Doo Adventure	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	Interactive Dark Ride	[10]
Scream In The Dark!	Ripley’s Entertainment Zone	Pattaya, Thailand	Interactive Dark Ride	[5]
Vi På Saltkråkan	Astrid Lindgren's World	Vimmerby, Sweden		[18][19]
Ye Old Mill	Playland	Rye, New York, USA	Redeveloped Dark Ride	[20]
Yosemite Sam and the Gold River Adventure	Six Flags Over Texas	Arlington, Texas, USA	Redeveloped Dark Ride	[21]
Zombie Paradise	Tokyo Dome	Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan	Conventional Dark Ride	[22]

Notes

1. Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

References

1. "Management". Sally Corporation. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
2. "Our Staff". Sally Corporation. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
3. Pipkin, Wanda R. (20 July 1998). "Sally Industries exhibits technology's lighter side". Jacksonville Business Journal. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
4. "Exhibits at the Library". LBJ Presidential Library. 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
5. Sally Corporation. "Basic Info". Facebook. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
6. "Scooby Who? Cedar Fair Rethemes Dark Rides". Park World Magazine (Datateam Publishing LTD): 12. May 2010. ISSN 1462-4796. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
7. Szakonyi, Mark (29 October 2007). "Sally Corp. scares up profits on dark rides". Jacksonville Business Journal. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
8. "Sally Corp. promotes two". Daily Record. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
9. Fuller, Laurie (3 July 2005). "The factory factor". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
10. Joossens, Patrick (26 February 2007). "Sally Corporation: l'intervista". Parks Mania (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2012.
11. "Ghost Blasters II". Sally Corporation. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
12. "Frontier City shoots 'em up". Park World Online. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
13. "Building thrills comes at a huge cost". Gold Coast Bulletin. 5 June 2012.
14. Canovi, Roberto (29 April 2010). "Le novità 2010 in Italia e in Europa". Parks Mania (in Italian). Retrieved 12 February 2012.
15. "Nights in White Satin". Park World Online. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
16. "Sally Corp. working on ride for Hersheypark". Jacksonville Business Journal. 7 December 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
17. "Life Without Scooby". Sally Corporation. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
18. "New projects from ETF Systems". Park World Magazine. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
19. "Unusual dark ride for Swedish park". Park World Magazine. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
20. "The Old Mill". Sally Corporation. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
21. Sally Corporation. "Dark Ride Brochure" (PDF). ERMES Technologies. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
22. Marbut, Max (29 March 2012). "Workspace: Sally Corp.". Jacksonville Daily Record. Retrieved 14 September 2012.

External links

• Sally Corporation's Official Website
• Sally Corporation's Official Facebook
• Sally Corporation's Official Twitter
• Sally Corporation's Official Instagram