Editing Dark ride (section)

===Interactive dark ride===
{{anchor|Shooting dark ride}}
''Interactive'' dark rides feature a component that allows riders to be involved in the attraction's story. The first interactive dark ride ever built is El Paso at the Belgium theme park [[Bobbejaanland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nl.letsgodigital.org/pretparken-attractieparken/bobbejaanland-pretpark-attractie/|title=Bobbejaanland - El Paso|date=27 March 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parkplanet.nl/parkprofielen-belgithermenu-19/2281-niet-te-missen-in-bobbejaanland|title=Parkplanet|date=13 January 2021 }}</ref>

The vast majority of interactive dark rides are shooting dark rides,<ref name="PW Etnaland - School" /> which require riders to aim and shoot at targets throughout the ride using handheld or vehicle-mounted [[light gun]]s. Successfully shooting a target usually triggers special animation, such as flashing lights or moving the target. The more targets riders hit, the higher their scores at the end of the ride. The use of light guns varies between rides, from killing aliens on [[Men in Black: Alien Attack]] at [[Universal Studios Florida]] to calling turkeys on [[Gobbler Getaway]] at [[Holiday World & Splashin' Safari]].<ref name="Alien Invasion on the Gold Coast">{{cite journal|title=Alien Invasion on the Gold Coast|journal=Park World Magazine|date=October 2012|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gobbler Getaway|url=http://sallycorp.com/dark-rides/interactive/gobbler-getaway/|publisher=Sally Corporation|access-date=13 October 2013}}</ref> The ride systems of conventional dark rides can be easily converted into shooting dark rides. Such conversions include [[Duel (ride)|Duel: The Haunted House Strikes Back!]] at [[Alton Towers]] (until 2023 when the ride was altered) and [[Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin]] at Disney's [[Magic Kingdom]]. The latter uses facilities that previously housed [[If You Had Wings]], [[Delta Dreamflight]], and Take Flight. A recent dark ride, [[Wonder Mountain's Guardian]] at [[Canada's Wonderland]], has the world's longest interactive screen at over {{convert|500|ft|m}}.

Among non-shooting interactive dark rides, Etnaland's<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etnaland.eu/en/|title=Etnaland|website=www.etnaland.eu}}</ref> award-winning<ref name=GosettoHauntedSchool>{{cite web|title=European Star Award 2013|url=http://www.gosetto.com/news_articolo.php?id=11|publisher=Gosetto|access-date=12 October 2013|date=20 September 2013}}</ref> Haunted School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etnaland.eu/en/Themepark/AD/Exploring/40/The-School.html|title=The School - Etnaland Themepark|website=www.etnaland.eu}}</ref> is described by ''Park World'' magazine as "one of the most idiosyncratic dark rides". It is themed to a school exam, with riders individually answering multiple-choice questions throughout it. Riders are graded on their responses, and each receives a school report at the end of the ride.<ref name="PW Etnaland - School">{{cite journal|title=The School|journal=Park World Magazine|date=August 2013|page=38}}</ref> While technically a coaster, the Gekion Live coaster at Joypolis had elements of a dark ride. It used to have a shooting element, only for it to be refurbished with a dance element (tapping buttons on the restraints) later.