The Haunted Mansion is a complex dark ride attraction located at Disneyland,
the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Park in
Paris (as Phantom Manor). Each incarnation of the attraction features a
ride-through tour of a haunted house in Omnimover vehicles called Doom Buggies,
preceded by a walk-through show in the queue and exit. Both parts of the
attraction showcase special effects and spectral Audio-Animatronics.
Boarding your "Doom Buggy" you make your
way through the Mansion. A portrait gallery, similar to Disneyland (but
without the transforming portraits) leads then into the Library (absent
from the Disneyland version). You then proceed into the Music Room, past
the endless hallway, into the conservatory, through the corridor of
doors, into the séance circle room with Madame Leota and into the Grand
Hall, where ghostly figures are in the midst of a 'swinging wake'. You
then proceed into the Attic, and finally into the Graveyard, where "Grim
Grinning Ghosts Come out to Socialize".
Discover an enhanced Disney classic that's more
haunting than ever! Make yourself at "tomb sweet tomb" as you hop aboard a Doom
Buggy with your ghost host and encounter new spine-tingling terrors. Experience
the stretching room, the séance, and meet hitchhiking ghouls as you make your
way through a mansion with some scary surprises!
At Walt Disney World Resort, The Haunted Mansion closed
for refurbishment on June 7, 2007 and reopened September 13, 2007. Changes to
the attraction during the refurbishment included the addition of a new audio
system for the Ghost Host that makes it seem as if the spirit is circling above
visitors' heads, new red, green, and gold wallpaper (like the paper at
Disneyland), and new stretching sound effects for the stretching room. The
gargoyles in the stretching room now whisper and emit child like giggles after
the stretching room sequence. An exclusive Escher-esque staircase scene
replacing the empty dark banister area covered in cobwebs and the giant orange
spiders. After the staircase scene, there are all new ghoulish eyes that glow
while monstrous sounds echo through the halls. The original Disney World Attic
is now replaced with the new Disneyland attic scene including the five changing
husband portraits and featuring the new Constance. The Other Major Disneyland
enhancements were also implemented at Walt Disney World including the floating
Madame Leota with much clearer projection, and The Sinister 11 (the portraits
with the following eyes) were replaced with the changing portraits from
Disneyland's portrait gallery. Seven of the Sinister 11 are now located in the
loading area of the ride while the other four are located in various parts of
the mansion. The graveyard ghosts minus the deaf old man, the singing busts, and
the mummy audio tracks now seem to come from the singer when near them. The once
blue/purple ghosts are now green as well. A sharp-eyed guest will also notice
that the Hitch-Hiking Ghosts now have empty sockets for eyes.
