About This Attraction
The Cheapest Ride on Clifton Hill, and One of the Few That Is Genuinely Indoors
Ghost Blasters, written on some signage as Ghostblasters, is the interactive dark ride tucked inside the Great Canadian Midway near the bottom of Clifton Hill. You sit two to a car, you are handed a laser pistol, and you are pulled slowly through the rooms of a haunted house called Bleakstone Manor while animatronic ghosts, skeletons, ghouls and goblins lunge at you out of the black light. Every target you hit adds to a score on the dashboard in front of you, and the whole thing is over in about four minutes.
It is not frightening and it does not pretend to be. The lighting is ultraviolet, the props are painted in colours that glow, and the soundtrack is more fairground than horror film. What it is, is busy: there are far more targets than you can hit, they are scattered high and low and behind you, and the reason people come off it laughing is that they spent four minutes swivelling in their seat trying to out-shoot the person next to them.
The practical case for it is simpler than the entertainment one. At $5.99 CAD plus HST it is the least expensive ticketed thing on the street. It is entirely indoors, which on a Niagara afternoon of horizontal rain or February wind is worth a great deal more than the ride itself. It runs late, the Midway around it typically stays open until two in the morning, and it takes under fifteen minutes of your day even at the height of summer. If you have children with an hour to burn and a street full of $30 attractions, this is the one that costs less than a coffee.
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Type
Interactive
Shooting dark ride
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Ride Time
~4 min
10–15 min with queue
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Side
Canada 🇨🇦
Niagara Falls, ON
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Inside
The Midway
4848 Clifton Hill
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Height Rule
42 in / 107 cm
To ride unaccompanied
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Single Ride
$5.99 CAD
Before 13% HST
✨ Why People Keep Getting Back On It
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You are playing, not watching. That is the difference between this and a walk-through haunted house. A dark ride you sit through is over the moment the scares stop landing; a dark ride with a scoreboard turns into a competition, and a competition survives a second and third go. Most of the repeat riding here is people who lost the first round.
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It is completely weatherproof, in a town where that matters. Niagara gets rain, snow and mist off the gorge that soaks you sideways. Almost everything worth doing here is outdoors or involves standing in a queue that is. Ghost Blasters is deep inside a 70,000 square foot building, and the walk from the street to your seat never leaves cover.
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It is the cheapest ticketed ride on the hill. Under seven dollars all in. Clifton Hill is expensive by design and it is easy to spend two hundred dollars on a family before lunch. This is the one you can say yes to twice without thinking about it, which for a parent halfway down the street is the whole point.
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It is included on the Fun Pass, so it is often already paid for. The six-attraction
Clifton Hill Fun Pass bundles Ghost Blasters with the Niagara SkyWheel, Movieland Wax Museum, Creepy Castle and a choice of golf and 4D ride. If you have a pass in your pocket, this becomes a free four minutes rather than a decision.
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It runs long after the falls attractions have shut. The Midway around it generally trades until two in the morning. When the boats have stopped, the tunnels are locked and the Parkway has emptied, Clifton Hill is what is left open, and this is one of the few things on it you can ride at midnight.
Step by Step
What Riding Ghost Blasters Is Actually Like
From finding the door, which is the only genuinely tricky part, to the scoreboard argument on the way out.
🚪 Find the Midway, Not the Ride
Ghost Blasters has no street frontage. It sits inside the Great Canadian Midway at 4848 Clifton Hill, low down the hill on the side nearest the Niagara Parkway, and from outside all you can see is the Midway's arcade entrance. Walk in, go past the games floor, and the ride is signposted from there. First-timers routinely walk the whole street looking for a haunted-house façade that does not exist.
💡 If you are coming up from the falls promenade the Midway is on your right, only a couple of minutes' walk from the bottom of the hill. You will reach it well before the SkyWheel.
🎟️ Pay at the Desk, or Show the Pass
Single rides are bought inside at the Midway, $5.99 CAD plus 13% HST, which is $6.77 at the till. There is no advance booking and no timed entry; you turn up and join the queue. If you hold a Clifton Hill Fun Pass this is one of your six attractions and you simply present it. Queues are short, this is a fast-loading ride and it rarely backs up the way the SkyWheel does.
💡 Doing three or more things on Clifton Hill? Work out the Fun Pass maths before you buy singles. It usually wins by the third attraction and it stays valid for a year.
🚗 Two to a Car, One Gun Each
The cars seat two and there is a laser pistol on each side, tethered so you cannot drop it, with a score display between you. There is no lap bar drama and nothing to strap into beyond a simple restraint. If your party is an odd number somebody rides with a stranger or rides alone, which is fine, riding alone means both guns, if you can work them.
💡 Test your gun on the first target you see. Occasionally one is sulking, and it is much better to find that out in the first room than in the fourth.
👻 Four Minutes Through Bleakstone Manor
The car pulls you room by room through the manor. Ultraviolet light, painted sets that glow, and animatronic figures that pop, lurch and cackle as you pass. The targets are marked and they are everywhere: on the figures themselves, on props, up near the ceiling, down by the wheels, and behind you as you leave a room. The car does not stop for you, so the ones you miss stay missed.
💡 Do not chase the big obvious ghosts everyone shoots. Sweep low and high as you enter each room, the unattended targets are the ones that build a winning score.
🏆 The Scoreboard, and the Rematch
Your score is on the dashboard the whole way round and it is the reason the ride works. You come out of the exit into the Midway's games floor already comparing numbers, and a second ride at $5.99 is an easy sell to whoever lost. Families with two children should expect to buy at least three tickets.
⚠️ If you want an actual fright rather than a game, this is the wrong ride. Creepy Castle, also on the Fun Pass, is the walk-through horror attraction on the street. Ghost Blasters is a shooting gallery in fancy dress.
Ticket Prices 2026
What It Costs, and the Point Where the Fun Pass Wins
There is only one fare, it is the same for adults and children, and the interesting question is not whether to ride Ghost Blasters but whether you are buying single tickets at all on Clifton Hill.
| Ticket / Option | Who | Price | Notes |
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Ghost Blasters - Single Ride |
All ages, one fare |
$5.99 CAD |
Before 13% HST · $6.77 at the till |
Accompanying adult |
Riding with a child under 42 in |
$5.99 CAD |
Every seat is a paid seat |
Second ride |
The rematch |
$5.99 CAD |
No multi-ride discount |
Clifton Hill Fun Pass (Ghost Blasters + 5 more) |
From $35 |
Better from 3 attractions |
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Why the price you see is not the price you pay
Clifton Hill quotes single-attraction fares before tax. Ontario adds 13% HST at the till, so the $5.99 ride is $6.77 CAD in practice. Two adults and two children riding once is $23.96 before tax, $27.08 after, which is already most of the way to a Fun Pass that covers five more attractions.
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The break-even, plainly
Single fares on Clifton Hill run from about $6 for this ride to roughly $15 for the SkyWheel. Buy the SkyWheel, Movieland Wax Museum and Ghost Blasters separately and you are past $35 before tax with three attractions used. The pass covers six and is valid for a year, so an unused attraction is not wasted money if you come back.
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Doing more than one thing on the hill? Take the Fun Pass
The Clifton Hill Fun Pass covers Ghost Blasters plus the Niagara SkyWheel, Movieland Wax Museum, Creepy Castle and your choice of golf and 4D ride, and it stays valid for a full year. If this ride is genuinely the only thing you want, pay the $5.99 at the Midway and skip the pass, we would rather tell you that than sell you one.
See the Pass →
Plan Your Visit
Hours, Rules & Visitor Information
| Great Canadian Midway, daily | 10:00 AM – 2:00 AM |
| Peak summer | Latest hours |
| Winter & shoulder season | Shorter, varies |
| Individual rides | May close earlier |
Hours are the Midway's and vary by season without notice. Rides inside sometimes stop before the arcade does, so confirm on the day if you are planning a late visit, the Midway takes calls on (905) 358-3676.
SeasonOpen year-round
Ride DurationAbout 4 minutes
Typical Wait5–15 minutes
BusiestEvenings, Jul–Aug
QuietestBefore noon
WeatherIndoors, unaffected
Address4848 Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, ON
InsideGreat Canadian Midway
From the falls~5-min walk uphill
From the SkyWheel2 min downhill
ParkingClifton Hill lots, paid
WEGO BusClifton Hill stop
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Rules, Access & Suitability
Minimum Height42 in / 107 cm alone
Shorter ChildrenWith an adult
Car Capacity2 riders
Wheelchair AccessTransfer required
Strobe / FlashingYes, throughout
Suggested Age6 and up
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Worth knowing before you queue
- The ride is dark, loud and uses flashing and ultraviolet light throughout. If anyone in your party is photosensitive or dislikes sudden noise, sit this one out.
- Riders must be 42 inches, roughly 107 cm, to ride unaccompanied. Below that they can ride, but an adult has to take the other seat, and pay for it.
- The cars are step-in from a moving-slowly platform. Anyone who cannot transfer out of a wheelchair or who is unsteady on their feet will struggle.
- Hours belong to the Great Canadian Midway and shift with the season. Nothing here is bookable in advance, so a wasted trip is a wasted trip, ring ahead late at night or out of season.
Photo Gallery
Clifton Hill and the Midway in Pictures
Photographs show the Clifton Hill entertainment district and the Great Canadian Midway that houses the ride. Photography is not permitted on board and the ride interior is not pictured.
Insider Advice
Eight Things Worth Knowing Before You Ride
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Look for the Midway, not for Ghost Blasters. There is no separate entrance from the street. Go into the Great Canadian Midway at 4848 Clifton Hill and follow the signs past the arcade floor. This is the single most common reason people say they could not find it.
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Sweep the room, do not chase the ghost. Everyone shoots the big animated figure. The score is in the small targets on props, near the ceiling and low by the floor, and they are usually untouched.
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Keep firing continuously. There is no ammunition limit and no penalty for missing. Holding the trigger down while you sweep beats aiming carefully at one target at a time.
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Check your gun registers in the first room. If the score is not moving, say so at the exit, staff are generally good about it, but only if you mention it before you have wandered off into the arcade.
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Save it for the bad weather. Niagara has a lot of rain and a brutal wind off the gorge in winter. Do the falls and the gorge when it is clear and keep the indoor Clifton Hill attractions in reserve for the afternoon the weather turns.
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Do the Fun Pass arithmetic first. Three attractions is roughly the break-even. If Ghost Blasters is your third stop on the hill you have already overpaid by buying singles.
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Under six, think twice. It is comic rather than genuinely scary, but it is dark, loud and full of things that jump out. Children who dislike any of those three will not enjoy the other two.
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It is a late-night option. When the boats, the tunnels and the towers have closed, the Midway is generally still trading. Clifton Hill after eleven is a different and quieter street, and the queue here is usually nothing.
Common Questions
Ghost Blasters: Frequently Asked Questions
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How much does Ghost Blasters cost?
A single ride is $5.99 CAD per person plus 13% HST, which is about $6.77 at the till. There is one fare, adults and children pay the same. It is also one of the six attractions on the Clifton Hill Fun Pass, so if you are doing two or three other things on the street the ride effectively costs nothing extra.
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Where is Ghost Blasters in Niagara Falls?
Inside the Great Canadian Midway at 4848 Clifton Hill, near the bottom of the hill on the Canadian side, about a five-minute walk up from the falls promenade. The ride is indoors past the arcade floor, so you will not see it from the street, look for the Midway.
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How long is the ride?
About four minutes from boarding to the exit. Budget ten to fifteen minutes including the queue in high summer, and closer to five outside peak hours. It is one of the quickest things you can do on Clifton Hill.
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Is there a height restriction?
Riders must be at least 42 inches (about 107 cm) to ride on their own. Children shorter than that may still ride when an adult sits with them in the same car, and that adult's seat is a paid seat. Each car takes two people.
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Is it too scary for young children?
It is played for laughs rather than genuine horror: cartoonish animatronics, black light, and a laser gun that keeps everyone too busy shooting to be frightened. Most children over about six enjoy it. Under-sixes who dislike the dark or sudden noises sometimes find it too much, it is dark and loud from start to finish, with flashing light throughout.
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Do you need to book in advance?
No. It is a walk-up ride and tickets are bought inside the Midway. Nothing is timed and nothing sells out. The only thing worth buying ahead is the Fun Pass, which bundles this with five other attractions and saves queuing at each ticket desk in turn.
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What time does it open and close?
The Great Canadian Midway that houses the ride generally runs 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM daily, though hours vary by season and individual attractions inside can close earlier than the arcade. Check on the day before making a late-night trip out of it.
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How is it different from Creepy Castle?
Creepy Castle is a walk-through horror attraction, you are on your feet and the point is to be startled. Ghost Blasters is a seated ride with a scoreboard, and the point is to out-shoot the person beside you. Both are on the Fun Pass. If you only want one, take Ghost Blasters with children and Creepy Castle with teenagers.
Visitor Feedback
What Visitors Consistently Say
Ghost Blasters is a walk-up ride rather than a product we sell, so there is no verified booking rating to show for it and we will not invent one. What follows is a summary of the themes that come up again and again in public reviews of the ride, which is more useful to you than a number would be.
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Consistently praised: the value for money, the fact that it is interactive rather than passive, how well it works with children of primary-school age, and that it is a reliable indoor option when the weather turns. The competitive scoring comes up in almost every positive review.
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Consistently criticised: the brevity, four minutes feels short to anyone expecting a full attraction, and the age of some of the animatronics, which have been in place a long time and show it. A handful of reviews mention a laser gun that was not registering hits.
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The recurring misunderstanding: visitors arriving expecting a haunted house and finding a shooting ride. It is worth being clear with yourself about which of those you want. If you want to be frightened, this is not it.
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Our own view: judged as a $6 four-minute ride it is good fun and an easy recommendation, particularly in the rain or with children between about six and twelve. Judged as a headline Niagara attraction it would disappoint, and nobody should be planning a day around it. Ride it because you are already on Clifton Hill.
Getting Here
Location & Directions
Great Canadian Midway - 4848 Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Ghost Blasters is indoors, inside the Great Canadian Midway near the bottom of Clifton Hill on the Canadian side. There is no separate street entrance: go in through the Midway's arcade doors and follow the signs past the games floor. It is one of the first attractions you reach walking up from the falls promenade.
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Address
Great Canadian Midway, 4848 Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls, ON
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On Foot
~5 min uphill from the falls promenade
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Parking
Clifton Hill district lots, paid
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Coordinates
43.0910°N, 79.0731°W
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2 minutes downhill from the Niagara SkyWheel, on the same street
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~1.5 hrs from Toronto, ON via the QEW
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~1 hr from Buffalo, NY, crossing the Rainbow Bridge, then a short walk
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WEGO Bus, Clifton Hill stop, on the main tourist routes
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