The Year Without a Mansion
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2024
- The best ride at Disneyland, lost. For about a year. What will we do without the Haunted Mansion? What CAN we do without the Haunted Mansion? Let us discuss.
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A year without the haunted mansion is a crime
Making the only spooky ride in the entire resort Christmas themed for Halloween is a literal crime and I will die on this hill.
“It gets worse” is a perfect new slogan for Disney I think
I never understood why they kept making HMH earlier and earlier. HMH should be up when all the other Christmas decor go up: after Thanksgiving or just a few days before Thanksgiving. The Haunted Mansion itself is a classic masterpiece of a ride and should be honored as such.
I really appreciate all the “plussing” that has been happening in the parks. They may not be the flashiest projects, but maintaining and giving minor updates is how classic rides stay relevant.
Considering the popularity of the Haunted Mansion, and the NBC overlay, the Disney folks should create a standalone NBC attraction, in California Adventure. This way, both the Haunted Mansion, and NBC can coexist, for the full year, without any interruptions. With the Oogie Boogie Bash already there, it would be a perfect fit, and a great draw, for California Adventure.
I've always thought that "The Nightmare Before Christmas" is both a Halloween and Christmas movie, but I whole-heartedly agree with you that the attraction should stay as the normal Haunted Mansion until end-of-November/December timeframe. Also, excellent skit there at the end! XD
Not even 5 minutes in but i gotta say bro is rocking that founding fathers cut so hard
They better open this thing back up with a horrifying and amazing full size candle man animatronic in the attic
OG Haunted Mansion supremacy 😤 I agree Disneyland’s mansion is better. Going to CA the first time ever after going to WDW my whole life, I felt Disneyland’s mansion was better. (That also goes for pirates!) Not just the story line being better played out, but the fact that they’re the OGs and Walt worked on them, there’s just something so special about them.
I really fear Disney taking out the hanging ghost from above the stretching room... I don't trust them anymore, that is a real concern of mine
I was planning my first DL trip in years for Summer 2024 and sure enough this happened. I was planning two days at the park but between not having Splash Mountain (or its successor) and not having Haunted Mansion I feel like only one day is necessary. Those are my two favorite Disneyland rides and i think I'd actually get more frustrated the longer I'm at the park with both of these rides closed.
When I was younger, I never knew there was a story for The Haunted Mansion. But I The Haunted Mansion to me (As a Kid) thought it was a common haunted house ride. But when Disneyland add the layover, I enjoyed WAY more because I understood the story for Nightmare Before Christmas. But I enjoy the original even MORE now because of you. Even got to watch a couple episodes with my Grandma about old Disneyland and she liked them.
You'd think the two weeks between Halloween and Thanksgiving would be enough time to do the overlay? I totally agree, August is way too early and if they are adding more to the mansion's interior it would be a great time to show it off before Haunted Mansion Holiday.
I went to the park with my friend who was in a wheel chair and I’m so glad we’re getting a new wheel chair accessible entrance because we were passed back and forth between cast members on where to go. Could have just been bad communication but still. I would also argue they should integrate the pass system they have in Paris. They have two types of “Priority passes” that go on a lil lanyard for disabled guests and their families that are FREE. They’re color coordinated so you just show it to a cast member without having to explain what accommodations you need which can be embarrassing and allow for error. They basically just allow you to get on a ride right away and have designated zones for parades and shows. It was great and helped my friend be able to enjoy the park and not feel guilty about “skipping” in front of people or have to stop as frequently. Still wish the wheel chairs were more comfortable and had a proper storage pocket on the back of the chair but ya win some ya loose some.
I had a similar hope: that when the Mansion reopens in August, it is regular Mansion and close it after Turkey time/reopen in December for HM Holiday. Sadly, I feel like we’re getting Jack and Sally in August, though. They do love that guy.
At Disneyland right now. Came down from Canada. We booked the trip now thinking the holiday mansion would be over by now. We were pretty disappointed that the classic mansion wasn’t set up.
I always assumed that one of the reasons they started the overlay at the end of August was because they want to get their money's worth out of making all of the changes and additions to the mansion for the overlay. So one idea I thought of as a compromise between letting people have the classic haunted mansion and having the holiday overlay is this: maybe during the leadup to the Christmas season, they could slowly start adding Nightmare Before Christmas decorations that are more spooky themed rather than Christmas themed (as well as don't get in the way of the OG Haunted Mansion theming). Then the day after Halloween, they close the ride and finish adding everything else (Jack, the snow, the more blatant Christmas decorations, etc) and then run Holiday through to the end of January. Heck, they could probably add the snow to the original mansion around Halloween and it wouldn't be that out of place (at least where I live, its not uncommon for snow to have fallen by that point). I don't know if anything I just said is actually feasible, but it was just a thought.
While they're at it. They should restore the people mover, and extend it to include the haunted mansion. : P
i'm right there with you Dallin. that overly has no business being up for 4-5 months. it completely changes the Haunted Mansion. I've messaged Disney about it , for what that's worth. It's a Christmas movie! Even the Small World overly doesn't change what the ride actually is.