Haunted Mansion
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- This article relates to the theme-park attraction. For the film of the same name, see The Haunted Mansion (film)
History
Artist Harper Goff was commissioned in the mid-1950s to design the attraction, which was originally conceived by Walt Disney as a walk-through ghost house. The house originally had a rural American design and was intended to be at the end of a crooked path that led away from Disneyland's Main Street area. Eventually the decision was made to place it in the New Orleans Square section of the park, and thus the attraction was themed as a haunted antebellum mansion. The Haunted Mansion's design went through many changes before its facade was completed in 1963, six years before it would open to the public, delayed by Disney's involvement in the New York World's Fair in 1964 and 1965. At one point Disney's concept was to be entirely walk-through and empty out at a restaurant with a theme of "The Museum of the Weird" — this would be similar to other attractions like Pirates of the Caribbean which is paired with the Blue Bayou restaurant. Plans were designed for this concept, but then abandoned.
In what might be considered to be an odd twist to a supposedly abandoned structure, the exterior appears new and the surrounding grounds meticulously maintained. Designers wanted to make the exterior of The Haunted Mansion look like the stereotypical haunted house but Disney himself overrode the idea, claiming, "We'll let the ghosts take care of the inside. We'll take care of the outside." [[Citing sources citation needed]]
On August 9, 1969, the Disneyland version of the attraction was completed and has remained essentially unchanged, with the exception of the yearly conversion to the "Haunted Mansion Holiday" discussed below. The attraction opened at the Magic Kingdom in 1971 when the park opened, and has also never been remodeled since the ride's debut.
Attraction walkthrough
Foyer/Stretching Gallery: Guests stand in line outside the mansion, and are led into a spooky parlor by Cast Members dressed as maids and butlers. From there, the guests are brought into an octagonal room, where the door they entered by becomes a wall, and the chilling voice of Paul Frees taunts them:
- Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis. Is this haunted room actually stretching? Or is it your imagination, hmm? And consider this dismaying observation: this chamber has no windows, and no doors... which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way out! Of course, there's always my way...
Changing Portrait Gallery: When the walls finally do open, guests are ushered into an art gallery with paintings that depict seemingly innocent scenes. Windows on the left give guests a peek at the thunderstorm raging outside. With every flash of lightning, the paintings flicker with ghastly images (including, but not limited to, a demure young woman sprouting snakes from her scalp, a la Medusa, and a magnificent sailing ship at sea becoming a tattered and ghostly version thereof in a storm). The grim busts of a man and woman placed at the end of the hall seem to turn their heads, glaring at the guests as they walk past. The effect, patented by Disney, was achieved by creating inverted busts: they actually recede into the wall. A combination of dim lighting, optical illusion, and wishful thinking make the busts appear to stare at the passing guests. The effect is unnerving and extremely convincing. (A similar effect is used in the Hollywood Backlot section of Disney's California Adventure.)
Hallways of the Mansion: The main stretch of the attraction consists of a continuous track of "Doom Buggies" in which the guests sit as they are brought through the mansion. The "Doom Buggies" are actually Disney's Omnimover system which "pan" the riders to focus their attention on specific scenes, much as a cinematographer would pan a motion picture camera. The special effects throughout the ride were groundbreaking when the mansion first opened. After ascending a dark staircase, guests embark on an eerie journey through the mansion and witness some amazing sights, all created with special effects. In the ride at Walt Disney World, guests can see the library scene that involves a group of staring busts and a piano playing on its own accord. In the Disneyland ride, guests can glimpse at the infamous Endless Hallway, a corridor which appears endless with a floating candelabra in its centre; a conservatory that contains a coffin with a ghost trapped within, his skeletal hand trying to pry the lid open where he keeps crying to be let out; a long haunting corridor full of knocking doors from the inside (not to mention one that looks like it is breathing) and a ghostly grandfather clock with a demonic physique and 13 hours on it, a dark shadow of a claw passing over it as it chimes midnight, in fact this clock is moving backwards.
The Séance and the Ballroom: Guests enter a dark séance room full of floating musical instruments. Madame Leota, a gypsy trapped within a crystal ball, summons the mansion's spirits as she floats gracefully around the table. A wispy green spirit flies around in the corner of the room. Next, visitors are whisked up a dark spiral staircase. As guests pass into the magnificent grand ballroom, the happy haunts begin to materialize. Translucent couples waltz to the musical rantings of macabre organist, while a ghostly birthday party appears to be taking place at the dining table. Some spirits sit on the chandeliers, engorging themselves with wine. All the ghosts in this scene are created using the Pepper's Ghost effect. An important part of Disney history is located in the ballroom scene of the original Anaheim attraction, that is the Hidden Mickey, you might see it. The pipe organ on the far left of the scene is the original prop from the studio's 1954 release, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Prior to the construction of the Haunted Mansion, the organ had been on display in a shop in the "Main Street, U.S.A." area of the park.
The Attic: After leaving the ballroom, guests work their way through the mansion's eerie attic; a ghostly bride's dead heart sends a throbbing red glow through her billowing gown while a phantom pianist pounds out a minor-key rendition of Wagner's wedding march (Here Comes the Bride). All around the attic, playful spooks pop up behind random junk and scream "I do!", as if wanting to marry the ill-fated bride. As of May 2006, the attic features a collection of wedding gifts, personal items, and mementos, and wedding portraits. In each portrait, a common bride is featured with a different groom, whose head disappears to the accompaniment of a hatchet sound. Just before the Doom Buggies leave the attic, the same ghostly bride as in the pitcures is seen ghostly floating in the air, intoning wedding-related phrases. As she raises her arms, a hatchet appears in her hands.
The Graveyard: The Doom Buggies exit the attic onto a balcony in the windy night. Stars twinkle overhead in the cold black sky. Ahead, guests can see ghosts rise up from the ground, and a mysterious fog covering the Graveyard below. The Doombuggies turn around and plunge backwards down the side of the mansion, surrounded by ghostly trees with knotted expressions. On an overhead branch, a crow caws mockingly at the guests. The Doombuggies reach the ground, and turn towards the Graveyard's gate, where a Grave Keeper stands, his knees shaking in fright and his face with an expression of horror. Beside him is his dog, which whines and whimpers in fear. Around the corner, a ghostly band plays the jazzy tune of "Grim Grinning Ghosts". A king and queen balance on a teeter-totter, while a young princess swings back and forth from a tree branch, all of them singing with the band members. The Doombuggies travel down a hill and turn to see "The Phantom Five", five singing busts continuing the song of "Grim Grinning Ghosts". Next, guests encounter a tea party of sorts, where ghosts are having a "swinging wake" and singing along too. Next, guests see a mummy and an old man. The old man tries to listen to what the mummy is saying through an ear phone, but the mummy is just too hard to understand underneath its bandages. The Doombuggies turn around to show two opera singers, blasting their voices up into the night. Beside them are three other ghosts, a headless knight, a prisoner, and an executioner, who also join in the song.
The Exit Crypt: At last, guests pass into a crypt where they encounter the attraction's unofficial mascots, the three Hitchhiking Ghosts. Passing by three large mirrors, they realize that one ghost has hitched a ride in each Doom Buggy. Guests disembark and are bid farewell by a tiny woman, nicknamed "Little Leota" by fans and Disney Imagineers (as this is the second appearance of Leota Toombs, who also provided the face of Madame Leota), before returning to the outside world.
Facts and trivia
Though the setting is delightfully creepy throughout, the mood progresses from downright eerie to morbidly light-hearted. Imagineer Claude Coats was mainly responsible for the dimly-lit, mysterious interiors of the first half of the ride. In these areas, the happy haunts are never directly seen, leaving the real scares to the guests' imagination. After the séance room, the mansion's inhabitants begin materializing, and the influence of animator Marc Davis becomes apparent. The characters become comical and zany, although the circumstances are quite morbid. The final scenes in the graveyard are kept light by the morbidly kooky song "Grim Grinning Ghosts".
The other incarnations of the ride are very similar, but are not without their differences. The Haunted Mansion is the only ride to appear in each of the Disney theme parks in a different location in the park. The Magic Kingdom's version of the ride is located in Liberty Square and has a Gothic Revival facade. The Disneyland version is located in New Orleans Square. Tokyo Disneyland, which does not have a Liberty Square or a New Orleans Place, placed the Mansion in Fantasyland. The version at Disneyland Paris is in Frontierland and is named The Phantom Manor, and is designed in a Second Empire architectural style. The Phantom Manor features a full orchestral score, an Old West theme, and a more cohesive storyline than the other three Mansions.
In the ballroom scene of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion, one of the floor-to-ceiling panes of glass that is used to create the Pepper's Ghost effect has damage at the guests' level that is a circular puncture, which is rumored to be a bullet hole. The damaged area has been disguised by a spider and its web. Because of the size of these panes of glass, it is impossible for it to be replaced without removing the roof of the show building.
In 1999, a retrospective of the art of the Haunted Mansion was featured at the Disney Gallery above the entrance to The Pirates of the Caribbean. When the 2003 film The Haunted Mansion was released, a retrospective of its art was featured in the gallery as well.
Beginning in 2001, the Disneyland attraction is changed for about three months just prior to Halloween until just after the new year into "Haunted Mansion Holiday," a theme based on the 1993 Tim Burton stop-motion animation feature, The Nightmare Before Christmas. In 2004, Tokyo Disneyland received its version "Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare." The Magic Kingdom attraction was rumored to receive its own version of the overlay for the first time in 2005, but the differences between Disneyland and Walt Disney World's visitors (more locals at the former versus occasional vacationers at the latter) have made the possibility of the Magic Kingdom receiving the temporary overlay less likely.
On October 21, 2004, a bidder on a Disney-sponsored auction on eBay won the right to be the first non-Disneyland employee to have his name added to an attraction. Cary Sharp, a doctor and health-care attorney from Baton Rouge, Louisiana placed a winning bid of US$37,400 to become Disneyland's "1000th ghost" with the addition of his nickname, a joke epitaph and the signatures of Disney "Imagineers" on a tombstone to be displayed in the attraction. Its placement was guaranteed for ten years and will remain as a permanent exhibit. According to the Los Angeles Times, the opening bid of $750 was placed by horror novelist Clive Barker. Sharp, who had only visited Disneyland once before, placed the bid in good faith as a way to entertain his friends and never expected to win. The tombstone is located in the finale and can be seen just as the "Doom Buggy" enters the graveyard gates. The name on the tombstone is "Jay."
The money has been donated to the Boys and Girls Club. Half went to the local Anaheim chapter of the main charity while the other half went to the Baton Rouge chapter.
In October 2005, Slave Labor Graphics began publishing a bimonthly Haunted Mansion comic book anthology giving the Disneyland Mansion a backstory, with the main recurring story of Master Gracey recalling the old sea captain storyline.
Backstory
Note: The information below has never been confirmed or denied by The Walt Disney Company or by Walt Disney Imagineering; in other words, take it with a grain of salt.The story behind the ghosts of the Haunted Mansion, while having many theories, as well as even some names, has never been completely set in stone. However, one common story, according to the writers of at least one fan site, goes as follows (applying to the Florida version, the Disneyland version receiving one from the comic book series being published by Slave Labor Graphics):
The Mansion was built in 1671, on the site of an Indian burial ground, by a Dutch patrician named Ubbe van der Iwerks, a play on the name of animator Ub Iwerks. It seemed to possess a strange nature throughout its history, as even he reported eerie goings-on. Van der Iwerks' family eventually lost control of the Mansion, and over the next two centuries it served as a bordello and pirate retreat. Then in the late 19th century, it was bought by the Graceys, a wealthy Rhode Island family. Master William Gracey, Jr., the scion (born 1890), fell under the spell (perhaps literally) of Madame Leota, an evil amateur spiritualist from Louisiana who hoped to gain great powers by summoning spirits. She became the young Master's advisor (as well as an illicit lover), taking up residence in the Mansion and attracting people from far and wide with her séances. While many of them were undoubtedly fakes, it is undeniable that she managed to draw in several spirits, and make the already cursed house a magnet for intense spiritual activity.
Gracey eventually married Lillian O'Malley, a Georgia trapeze artist; however, he likely had several affairs with Leota after his marriage, much to Lillian's detriment. Leota grew violently jealous and in 1937 convinced Lillian to perform her trapeze act once more; she then magically undid the rope as Lillian was crossing an alligator-infested river, whereupon she fell in and was devoured. (This scene, of course, is depicted in the "stretching" portrait in the entrance room.)
Distraught, Gracey was shortly thereafter introduced to Emily Cavanagh, his second cousin, who had recently lost her parents. The 16-year-old girl was quite taken with him, and fell head over heels in love. But on their honeymoon in 1941, she and her new husband played hide and seek. She hid in a large trunk in the attic. But Leota snuck in, and pulled the lock. Panicked, Emily suffocated. Her ghost is the eerie bride in the attic. As if to add injury to insult, during her funeral, Leota made the horses drawing the hearse panic, rushing off into the Florida swampland and driving Emily's wedding ring, knocked from her coffin, deep into the front walk, where it could never be moved. Emily's body itself was never found.
In early 1943, when Leota tried to use the Mansion to conjure up more powerful spirits, Gracey refused. In the ensuing discussion, Leota told him that she had killed his ex-wives. Finally realizing her danger, he tried to escape, but found all escape routes cut off, as Leota was controlling all the servants. She then began a spell which would imprison him in her crystal ball. Trapped, Gracey hung himself in the Mansion's attic rather than be imprisoned by Leota. As a result, the spell reversed, trapping Leota herself in her own ball, where she remains to this day.
Leota also had a daughter, commonly known as "Little Leota". Her father's identity was never disclosed, but at social functions, whenever she gestured toward Master Gracey, he would blush and remain silent. She was quite a practical joker, with an extremely macabre sense of humor, always enjoying scaring people. (One of the other ghosts, the housekeeper, was actually scared to death by her.) She would often stand outside the property gates, telling guests leaving her mother's séances to "hurry back" and "Bring your death certificate." She was also quite a flirt, and seduced many men who stayed at the Mansion. Three men whom she was never able to reach were the Graceys' butler, footman, and handyman, who were understandably frightened of the consequences of any affair. Finally, one day she had had enough. She lured the men out into the nearby swamp with Hellhound, the Graceys' bloodhound, where they eventually blundered into a patch of quicksand. The three stood on each others' shoulders to try and reach a tree branch, but to no avail. (This scene too is depicted in the "stretching room".) Meanwhile, Little Leota sat in a nearby tree, laughing. But then the branch snapped under her weight and she too fell in.
The biggest death that took place in the Haunted Mansion was in the cemetery. The Graceys had a Halloween party in their cemetery for the towns folk. Victoria Boufout, Master Gracey's great aunt (the ghost in the ballroom with the birthday cake) hosted the party and gave all of the guests name tags with names like "Dustin T. Dust" and "M.T. Tomb". The party was in full swing during the course of the evening, with a musical band, a see-saw made out of a gravestone and a plank of wood and even a crashed hearse. But near the end of the party everyone except the Graceys died, from contaminated water used to make the tea everyone was drinking. Most of the ghosts can be seen in the graveyard scene of the ride.
Like these ghosts, there have been many other deaths at the mansion that have involved innocent people who have become some of the ride's most memorable characters. Some include:
The Hitchhiking Ghosts: A trio of hitchhikers who are seen at the end of the ride wanting a ride, and are seen seconds afterwards sitting in the doombuggy with visitors. Each ghost can be identified by their characteristics. Ezra is the tall and skinny ghost holding up his derby hat, Gus is the short dwarf-like man with a long beard and Phineas is the fat man wearing a top hat and carrying a carpet bag. Ezra was a voyeur and died after being crushed by a fat woman at a carnival, Phineas was a dodgy chemist and died from lead poisoning, and Gus was Master Gracey's relative and quite the killer, but it was his short size that caused him to fall down a well to his demise.
Prudence: Prudence is what keeps the floating candelabra in the floating hallway hovering. She was a nervous nightmaid in the mansion, and was frequently scared by Little Leota. Unfortunately, Little Leota once scared Prudence so much that she collasped in the hallway and perished from fright. Little Leota did not intend to kill Prudence.
Jamie Padgett: Mr. Padgett is the ghost trapped in the coffin in the conservatory. He was a wealthy businessman who had recently obtained a large amount of land. Little Leota wanted this land and seduced Jamie and they got married. But one of Little Leota's friends claimed he was a vampire and bit Jamie. Believing he was cursed, Jamie sealed himself in a coffin in the conservatory, but Little Leota nailed the lid down and he suffocated.
The Organist: The Organist is another popular character. Wolfgang Furlong was an Irish organist who joined the mansion's residence. Madame Leota cursed him, brining the organ lid slamming down on his fingers. Wolfgang and Leota freed his fingers and discovered they had been crushed! In defeat, Furlong hung himself from the organ. He now plays a ghostly tune forever.
Victoria Boufout: Victoria is the ghost trying to blow out the candles on the cake in the ballroom scene. She was Master Gracey's great aunt and loved having parties. Madame Leota cursed Victoria for her noisy parties, saying in 13 years she would die. Victoria took it in her stride and threw 13 magnificent parties. After the 13th, Victoria went to sleep and died peacefully. Other fanmade stories include Victoria being only 13 and had a heart attack when she blew out the candles on the cake, or setting herself on fire when she tried to blow out the candles.
The Hatbox Ghost: The Hatbox Ghost is one of the ride's most well known characters, despite only being in the ride for several months after its grand opening. The Hatbox Ghost was in the attic, his head disappearing and reappearing from his neck to the hatbox he carried and then back again. The animatronic did not work properly and so the Hatbox Ghost was scrapped. It is possible that he may be rebuilt for the new changes of 2006.
The Suit of Armour: In all the rides there are moving suits of armour, but in the original ride there was originally a knight that was really a Cast Member in disguise, used either to stop the ride if something went wrong or to unsuspectedly surprise the guests to the ride. There were many times when guests complained about the knight's unexpected scare, and one time one of Cast Members who was disguised as the knight had his nose broken by an infuriated cheerleader. The knight was eventually taken out of the ride due to complaints and budget constraints in the Character Department. However, Doombuggies.com states the dressing room for the knight is hidden behind the knocking doors in the haunted hallway of doors.
Recent changes
2005 Changes
Following the 2004-2005 Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay, some new effects were introduced to the Disneyland Haunted Mansion. The Stretching Room now has better lighting, so the gallery doesn't get darker as it moves up and away. Along the Changing Portrait Hall, as you exit the stretching gallery, new portraits have been installed. Instead of a simple "fading" effect, the portraits now change in sync with the lightning from across the hall. Also, the Cat Lady portrait has been altered (instead of white dressed lady to black panther, it is now black dressed lady to white tiger), and the April-December painting has been replaced by the Master Gracey portrait from Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion. Near the Endless Hallway, the suit of armor that used to be there was put back, and now twitches and moves when the Doombuggies pass it. Probably the most major effect was in the Seance Room. Instead of just having Madame Leota's crystal ball sit on a table, it now freely floats around and above the table. Below her are new candles that look much more realistic and eerie. The Bride in the Attic was also changed, as she now looks much more sinister and scary.2006 Changes
As of May 3, 2006, new changes went into effect at the Disneyland Haunted Mansion. The new show scene introduced in the attic portion of the ride follows a ghostly bride named Constance, now described as a "black widow bride", and slowly uncovers her bloody past which includes the murders and decapitations of all her previous husbands (named Ambrose, Frank, Reginald, Marquis, and George) in an attempt to gain their vast fortunes. The new effects themselves start when visitors first enter the mansion's attic.When the visitor enters the attic, the pop-up ghosts that used to shout "I do!" are gone. This is to make room for the current effects. As the visitor enters the attic, the first new things seen are an amber-glowing glass lamp, various treasures and china, and a portrait of a bride and groom. An axe-like sound echoes from the picture throughout the room, and the groom's head disappears.
As the visitor moves through the attic, with the various groom's portraits and their personal belongings, all their heads keep disappearing as the visitor passes by. The phantom piano player is still there, but the music is louder than before. Near the end of the attic, an etheral glow is seen and a sweet but sinister voice is heard. It is Constance herself in her wedding gown. She repeats her vows in a menacing tone..."I do, I do...I did", "You may now kiss the bride", "And we lived happily ever after", "As long as we both shall live", "For better or for worse", "Here comes the bride", "'Till death do us part", "Through sickness and in...wealth". This new, menacing revision of the attic bride, who was once a sad little ingenue pining for her lost love, no longer beggars comparisons to the Corpse Bride (although the original bride was never based on the Corpse Bride in the first place).
The bride herself is basically a white manequin with a white wedding gown. When the lights go off, a projection illuminates the entire body, showing her as a wispy but realistic spirit. Her face and her entire body is projected, very similar to the Leota effect in the Seance Room as well as the Little Leota effect at the end of the ride. Constance also floats mysteriously above the floor (made possible by a pole and a fan).
New props and effects will be added in soon to the ride will accommodate the new established scene in the attic. These effects include an improved version of the green wispy spirit effect in the Seance Room (replaced by a new green fog-like effect with the groom's heads fading in and out, struggling to cross over.) Also, the Hitchhiking Ghosts at the end of the ride will become more advanced animatronics, and will have more fluid and realistic movements.
Behind the scenes
The original Haunted Mansion is an impressive feat of space management. Disneyland, the home of the original Mansion, has always contended with a lack of space. When the New Orleans Square area was added in the early 1960s, there was no more room in that quarter of the park for large attractions. The Imagineers therefore placed the bulk of the two major attractions — Pirates of the Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion — outside the park's earthen berm. The infamous "stretching room" was implemented simply so guests could be moved underground and outside of the park without them knowing. Most guests do not realize that the portrait hall is actually an underground passage leading under the Disneyland Railroad's tracks. At this point, guests are actually entering a vast (approximately 37,000 square feet) warehouse-like building located outside the park boundaries. Guests may catch a glimpse of the dull green building while riding the tram from the Mickey and Friends parking structure, or by boarding the Disneyland Railroad at the New Orleans Square station and facing backwards in the train.Inside the show building, the scenes are set up much like sets in a movie. Areas unseen by guests consist mostly of wooden supports and cramped control rooms. The layout of the track leads to some interesting spatial relationships; the organ in the ballroom is located right behind a crypt in the graveyard, and the ballroom also runs parallel to the "endless corridor."
It is worth noting that at Disneyland, the Haunted Mansion and Splash Mountain show buildings are very close to each other. When the Doom Buggies face the back of the graveyard, adjacent to the ghostly band, guests are looking at the building's northwest corner. Just a few yards beyond the back wall is a similar but smaller building housing Splash Mountain. Guests evacuated from Splash Mountain during a breakdown will verify that the Haunted Mansion show building is virtually indistinguishable from the Splash Mountain building, and that the two have only a few yards of pavement between them. [link]
When the Haunted Mansion was transplanted to other Disney parks, space management became much less of a problem. For example, in Orlando's Magic Kingdom, the entire show building is located within the park boundaries. Luckily, the placement of the show building has no bearing on the quality of the experience. Most guests give little thought to whether they are actually inside the mansion they saw while in line.
Soundtrack
Narration
The foyer, stretching room, and ride's narration was done by Paul Frees as the Ghost Host. Between the Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom versions of the ride, different recording sessions were used in some places. The Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland versions of the ride include the library scene in which a unique piece of narration is used. In 2002, an imitation of Paul Frees could be heard in the Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom versions instead of the original saftey spiel, giving a more detailed warning in the load area, and then followed up with a Spanish spiel.Phantom Manor
An opening narration by Vincent Price was recorded, and initially was used. However, due to a deal with French officials that attraction audio had to stay primarily in French, the narration was replaced with a different track by Gerard Chevalier, who interestingly enough, had been a French dub voice for Price in some of his movies. Price's narration is available on the CD The Haunted Mansion - 30th Anniversary (1999 CD). It also features a full orchestrated score by John Debney.Theme Song
Grim Grinning Ghosts was composed by Buddy Baker and the lyrics written by F. Xavier Atencio. It can be heard in nearly every area of the ride, with various instrumentations and tempos. Contrary to popular belief, "Grim Grinning Ghosts" is not performed by the Mellomen, but rather by a pickup group. The only member of the Mellomen heard is that of the deep bass voice of Thurl Ravenscroft (best known for voicing Tony the Tiger in television commercials), who sings as part of a quintet of singing busts in the graveyard scene. Ravenscroft's face is used as well as it is projected onto one of the busts, specifically one with a detached head.Releases
- The Official Album of Disneyland and Walt Disney World (1991 CD) "Grim Grinning Ghosts"
- A Spooky Night in Disney's Haunted Mansion (1998 Cassette) "Grim Grinning Ghosts"
- The Haunted Mansion - 30th Anniversary (1999 CD) 22 minute ride through & many elements of the ride
- Foyer, Ballroom, Graveyard, & Exit
- Foyer, Ballroom, Graveyard, & Exit
- Foyer, Ballroom, Graveyard, & Exit
- A Musical History of Disneyland (2005) 13 minute ride through
A Spooky Night in Disney's Haunted Mansion
Disney reissued an LP from 1969 as a cassette tape in 1998. It featured Mike (Ron Howard) and Karen (Robie Lester) in a story about getting trapped inside of the Haunted Mansion, with Thurl Ravenscroft as the Narrator, Pete Reneday as the Ghost Host, and Eleanor Audley as Madam Leota.Attraction facts
Disneyland
- Grand opening: August 9, 1969
- Designer: WED Enterprises
- Show length: 10:00
- * Omnimover - 6:50
- Required ticket: "E"
- Ride system: Omnimover
Magic Kingdom
- Grand opening: October 1, 1971 (Opened with the Magic Kingdom)
Tokyo Disneyland
- Grand opening: April 15, 1983 (Opened with Tokyo Disneyland)
Disneyland Paris
- Grand opening: April 12, 1992 (Opened with Disneyland Paris)
See also
- List of current Disneyland attractions
- The Haunted Mansion (movie)
- Grim Grinning Ghosts
- Haunted Mansion (comic)
- List of Haunted Mansion characters
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Phantom Manor
References
- Disneyland's Ghost House. (2004). The "E" Ticket, (41)
This is the Fall 2004 issue of the magazine The "E" Ticket that was dedicated to the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. - Eastman, Tish. (1997). "Haunting Melodies: The Story Behind Buddy Baker's Score for the Haunted Mansion". Persistence of Vision (9) 39
Persistence of Vision is an irregularly published magazine "celebrating the creative legacy of Walt Disney." Back issues can be found at [The Book Palace] and its home page can be found [here]. - Smith, Paul. (1997). "Tales from the Crypt: Life in the Haunted Mansion." Persistence of Vision (9) 89
- Surrell, J. (2003). The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movie. New York: Disney Editions. ISBN 0786854197
A book published by Disney giving a comprehensive history of the Haunted Mansion from early inception, in which it was a walk-through attraction, to its current form. It includes information on [The Haunted Mansion movie].
External links
- [DoomBuggies.com] – Fan site with very detailed information on the history, special effects, layout, etc.
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