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
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
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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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
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:
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
FoxFurr, in one of her best written and well researched posts ever, finally answers the lingering question, “why is the Haunted Mansion in Liberty Square?” The gothic architecture is set apart from the rest of Liberty Square. It was previously thought that the reason the… Read More »Why the Haunted Mansion is in Liberty Square