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Walt Disney World Halloween Trick-or-Tweetup A Great Event


Some of the ghoulish entertainment for the evening.

Thursday night my family and I joined nearly 300 other guests at the Magic Kingdom for a special Halloween Trick-or-Tweetup event. The Disney Parks Blog organized this fun, engaging, and magical event for the few lucky guests whose fast fingers got them and RSVP before the event filled up.


Imagineer Pete Carsillo gave tours of the Haunted Mansion Graveyard project he helmed.

Guests were encouraged to dress up and tweet from the event, which many did. Three special guests from Walt Disney Imagineering answered questions from the attendees and Disney Blog team go into the spirit coming in costumes. They also provided free soft drinks and desserts. Finally, they handed out gifts to some of the best costumed guests and everyone got a parting gift (two actually).

Really, I would have been happy with something to drink and the Imagineers. But this event was over the top. One of the best free things I’ve ever experienced as a guest. It’s too bad they can’t do this more often. Disney gets all sorts of great publicity (like this) and the locals get to feel like they’re appreciated.

My biggest critique was that there was so much to do, I couldn’t get it done in the time allotted. Which, if you think about it, isn’t really that bad.

More photos and another video below the jump:

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Video of the Hatbox Ghost in the Haunted Mansion, Finally Discovered

It’s been a mystery for more than 40 years. Did the infamous Hatbox Ghost ever really appear inside Disneyland’s classic Haunted Mansion attraction after it opened in August of 1969? Well film footage, taken by a park guest, has finally surfaced that answers the question… Read More »Video of the Hatbox Ghost in the Haunted Mansion, Finally Discovered

Haunted Mansion – Behind the Scenes of new Hitch Hiking Ghosts

It goes without saying that Walt Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” is a classic attraction known around the world. So when the folks at Walt Disney Imagineering decides to tinker with its formula, a lot of people get worried. I think WDI understands some of the fuss… Read More »Haunted Mansion – Behind the Scenes of new Hitch Hiking Ghosts

Disney Previews New Interactive Queue for Orlando’s Haunted Mansion

I’ve been holding off on posting about the new Haunted Mansion interactive queue hoping I could get over there and see it in person. Unfortunately, I’ve been under the weather lately, so visiting the Magic Kingdom isn’t an option. So instead, I present a special preview from Walt Disney Imagineering:

The new queue is currently in soft-opening phase. That means it may not be open when you’re there.

I’m a big fan of the idea behind the interactive queue and have been since Roger Rabbit Toon Town Spin and Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland. I can’t wait to see this for myself. In the meantime, if you want a mega-spoiler edition of the above preview, check out this video from Inside the Magic on Youtube below the jump (since it has spoilers):

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Work begins to expand Peter Pan queue at Magic Kingdom

The above is a beautiful sight that millions of visitors have seen at the Magic Kingdom. At first it was home to the Fantasyland station of the Skyway. But since that closed it has just sat there used mostly for stroller parking and the occasional… Read More »Work begins to expand Peter Pan queue at Magic Kingdom

Big Changes coming to Disney World’s Haunted Mansion

We’ve known for some time that an interactive queue is coming to the Haunted Mansion, we even knew that Imagineers were playing around with replacing the Hitchhiking Ghosts with digital projections, but now we have video evidence of what those changes may look like. One… Read More »Big Changes coming to Disney World’s Haunted Mansion

Disneyland Update – A Quickie

Update: Some new photos of the Mark Twain under rehab below the jump.

Thanks to Agent P P we have a short update from Disneyland to share with you today. It’s very quick, so hang onto those hats and glasses.

You’ll have to look awfully close to see the haunted carriage in front of the Haunted Mansion. It’s even more invisible than usual, at least until it returns from repairs.

Due to the walls that surround the area where the letters were once located getting in to DCA feels a bit like being herded like cattle. The construction in DCA is about the same, the same walls that everyone has been posting for weeks.

More below the jump:

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Super Haunted Mansion blog dives deep into attractions origins

Okay, so you consider yourself a fan of the Haunted Mansion, perhaps even a super fan. I guarantee you, there is stuff on the “Long Forgotten” blog that you don’t know. Take for instance, this piece about how the Haunted Mansion can draw some direct… Read More »Super Haunted Mansion blog dives deep into attractions origins