I also remember this version from when I was a kid, then I remember going back to Disney in 2007 I believe right after they revamped it and noticed how different it was, lots of references to the movie. Then I went back and we went back and 2013 and I swear even more changed. It's still one of my favorites, but I do prefer the original, it was scarier. The ride itself doesn't seem rushed to me, but the beginning where you first walk in and see the aging portrait is way too rushed. If you're in the back of a big crowd, you miss most if not all of it. They need to wait until everyone gets in before that starts, then go into the stretching room which is, IMO, the best part!
This version scared me SO MUCH as a little kid. I was probably 6 or 7 when I rode it and refused to get back on for years because the bride scared me so much, plus the pop up heads. I love the attraction now, and can appreciate this version much more also.
Those pop up heads were hat box ghosts and scared the hell out of me! And I loved every minute of it! 20,000 leagues beneath the sea, snow white's scary adventures , and mr.toad's wild ride. WDW in 1970's was scary dark ride heaven!
Jupiter9099 That was one thing the old haunted mansion there that was needed to be improved that the rehaunting actually fixed. The constant static interruption in the buggies.
I went on the wdw version for the first time in 2006, the audio is so screwed up and outdated that once we entered the endless hallway scene the speaker on our doombuggies said “shhcksfif listen”.
Yeah, if it cut out you had to wait for the next trigger along the track. It was a pain when the ride was stopped also as it cut out whatever part the dialogue was on, and could not resume until your buggy hit the next trigger.
The only complaint I have about the original is that the load area is VERY bare. With the old sinister 11 pictures on the walls now it looks a lot better.
I know there were no interactive queue or endless stairway (I went there in 1995 when neither were there) but weren't there eyes that went back into the wall before the endless hallway/candlelabra?
The ride now is actually is running at the pace it was running at just after the 07 refurb. You can time it, you're supposed to to be able to go through the Seance Circle and hear all of Leota's lines (should be about one minute)
Thank you so much for posting this! I've been searching for a video of the original to link to from my site and this is is perfect! If you ever find out to whom it actually belongs, I'd love to make sure the right credit is due!
Most of the audio in the corridor of doors has been removed. The spirits used to shout “let me out of here” but in a very eerie menacing way. It may be scary but it didn’t really work for the story. The ghosts are shy of you and they eventually decide to have a party with you. But these spirits in the original, seemed doomed in hell, begging us to help them move on. It just didn’t work if you think about the overall story. The ghost in the coffin works because his voice is excited. He wants someone to help him out because he is deeply fascinated with the living. Not in pain like the others. That’s why the audio track was most likely removed. Or it was just to sinister for children. But I believe the latter.
The Corridor of Doors is meant to be scary though. It's the climax of the ride where the ghosts are awakened by your presence and are growing restless because of it. They want you to join them, but they are giving trouble getting to you. It's the point where the mansion feels like a deadly threat and anything could happen you. It's not until after Madame Leota summons and calms them down that they become friendly, wanting to party with you, wanting you to join them.
@@matthewheid1645 I rode DL's back in 2002 when they had added back in the Ghost Host's two deleted lines in that scene (but have since been taken out again).
I thought the corridor of doors used to have voices . My little kid brain corrupted my memory of the original ride so much I thought those cries of the damned were part of it
If we're basing this off Yesterworld's video about the history of this attraction, this video is probably from sometime around late 80s early 90s since the popup ghosts in the graveyard was silenced somtime in the 80s. I think the popup men in the attic got that attire around the 90s or so. Check out Yesterworld's video on the history of this attraction. It's an interesting watch
I rode this when i was a kid and the only part i remember was the bit where you see the ghosts in the cart with you in the mirror, kinda sad i don't remember anything else but i was scared of rides like these when i was younger so i probably was closing my eyes through most of it lol
I really like the portrait hallway. I like how its so different. what I don't like about the old version is the giant spiders and the bride. I mean this bride in this video is pretty cool but the new one seems more like an actual ghost than this
The bride featured in this video was really tacky IMO, but there was a previous version from the 80s/early 90s that looked awesome and VERY ghost-like.
The staring portraits were replaced by portraits that changed from lighting, but you can still find the portraits just before you board, although they don’t stare.
I don't think it was a light but rather night vision/infrared. Just a hunch because else you'd have probably heard the announcement over the PA to shut it off.
But sounds like Elanor Audley since thaT'S WHO dubbed the voice, but looks like namesake Leota Toomb s(Her REAL name!), who also inspired, and voiced, Little Leota.
I prefer the version we have now but there are some things I wish stayed from this one. Mostly the portraits following you in the beginning and the non-CGI hitchhiking ghosts that board the buggies.
I’m not sure if it was this version... From what I’ve heard before they opened it some guy testing it had a heart attack, then they delayed opening and slimmed down the creepiness. But that’s only what I heard.
I miss the beating heart bride. She took up so much more room in the attack and looked more real. I love the story of Constance, but the projection effect has never looked believable on her. I always hope that one day they will fix her and make her look more like the original bride
That was the time I went to WDW/Magic Kingdom,too..Your ghostly host..Paul Frees..your ghost host (graciously serving up "hot & cold running chills" since 1986 himself since death in the mansions.)
Okay these "original videos" I keep finding are starting to bug me. They all show the haunted mansion as a buggy ride. It wasn't originally though. When it first came out, it was a complete walk-through attraction, and the ghost host wasn't just a voice in the speakers. It was a floating lantern leading you through the mansion. Where's that version?
@@spiceweasel8966 yes they do. They built the facade for the original Haunted Mansion and hung billboards and handed out flyers in 1961 but it didn't open until 1969. " The Imagineers objected to a walk-through attraction's low capacity, going so far as suggesting building two identical attractions to accommodate twice as many guests.[1] A solution appeared with the development of the Omnimover system for Adventure Thru Inner Space.[2] Renamed the Doom Buggy, the system's continuous chain of semi-enclosed vehicles offered high capacity."
The ride in 1990 was a little different from this as well just to let all y'all know who didn't get to Disney by then.... the music in the graveyard is too low and so are the bust vocals
I remember the room going dark in the portrait room and someone screamed, But I went back this year and that didn't happen. I wonder if they changed it?
@@Foxxy999 no it's not those, because i saw a ride through in 2003 which is when it seems they added them and the music was still easily heard. a little bit after the 2007 re-haunting , the music in the load are got really quiet.
The first time I went on it was 2008 so I never saw this version. I’m glad because the screaming pop up ghosts in the attic PLUS graveyard scene pop up ghosts would be too much. I don’t even like the pop up ghosts period.
I appreciate Florida for NOT doing the Haunted Mansion Holiday./ Would love to go half across the country just to fly there and go there agian. I live near Anaheim, with the imho inferior "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"/"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"like layover. five or so years, my late mom on our way back, guessed the HMH was too scary..yeah, mother, but not the way YOU think.. 😂(Yeah, Grinch never had Tim Burton../funny, Ron Howard was behind Grinch, considering he was on the 1969 story and song LP) You'' love THIS creepy playlist fact...a HM video I was watching placed after this on the list after endings leads right back to THIS, several videos PREVIOUS! I think UA-cam queue-ing ghosts are at work! 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I also remember this version from when I was a kid, then I remember going back to Disney in 2007 I believe right after they revamped it and noticed how different it was, lots of references to the movie. Then I went back and we went back and 2013 and I swear even more changed. It's still one of my favorites, but I do prefer the original, it was scarier. The ride itself doesn't seem rushed to me, but the beginning where you first walk in and see the aging portrait is way too rushed. If you're in the back of a big crowd, you miss most if not all of it. They need to wait until everyone gets in before that starts, then go into the stretching room which is, IMO, the best part!
This version scared me SO MUCH as a little kid. I was probably 6 or 7 when I rode it and refused to get back on for years because the bride scared me so much, plus the pop up heads. I love the attraction now, and can appreciate this version much more also.
Same the bride is just terrifying.
Those pop up heads were hat box ghosts and scared the hell out of me! And I loved every minute of it! 20,000 leagues beneath the sea, snow white's scary adventures , and mr.toad's wild ride.
WDW in 1970's was scary dark ride heaven!
I read this before watching the video, thank god-
Same here! Rode it when I was 6 or 7, and it scared me especially the attic!
5:32 - "Our library is well sto.........................................marble busts of the greatest ghost writers the literary world has ever known."
Lolol I noticed that too XD
Jupiter9099 That was one thing the old haunted mansion there that was needed to be improved that the rehaunting actually fixed. The constant static interruption in the buggies.
I went on the wdw version for the first time in 2006, the audio is so screwed up and outdated that once we entered the endless hallway scene the speaker on our doombuggies said “shhcksfif listen”.
Yeah, if it cut out you had to wait for the next trigger along the track. It was a pain when the ride was stopped also as it cut out whatever part the dialogue was on, and could not resume until your buggy hit the next trigger.
I NOTICED THAT TOO LOL
WOULD THAT CROW JUST SHUT UP AND LET ME LISTEN TO MAH JAMS?
It's actually a raven, not a crow. It's making the same cawing noise as the crow, but it's a raven.
@@philliplomeo6654 Got that one right!
The only complaint I have about the original is that the load area is VERY bare. With the old sinister 11 pictures on the walls now it looks a lot better.
+Max Corso the original changing portraits that don’t change still remain at Tokyo disneyland
This is the version I remember from when I was a kid. I liked this one a lot better than the one we have today
I agree
I know there were no interactive queue or endless stairway (I went there in 1995 when neither were there) but weren't there eyes that went back into the wall before the endless hallway/candlelabra?
*Does anyone remember that Hurry Back doll at the end? That freaked me out as a little kid I had a ton of nightmares about it.*
Yes , but that is still there
The ride now is actually is running at the pace it was running at just after the 07 refurb. You can time it, you're supposed to to be able to go through the Seance Circle and hear all of Leota's lines (should be about one minute)
Thank you so much for posting this! I've been searching for a video of the original to link to from my site and this is is perfect! If you ever find out to whom it actually belongs, I'd love to make sure the right credit is due!
Ooooooooohhhhhh yeaaaaaaaaaah.
Most of the audio in the corridor of doors has been removed. The spirits used to shout “let me out of here” but in a very eerie menacing way. It may be scary but it didn’t really work for the story. The ghosts are shy of you and they eventually decide to have a party with you. But these spirits in the original, seemed doomed in hell, begging us to help them move on. It just didn’t work if you think about the overall story. The ghost in the coffin works because his voice is excited. He wants someone to help him out because he is deeply fascinated with the living. Not in pain like the others. That’s why the audio track was most likely removed. Or it was just to sinister for children. But I believe the latter.
The Corridor of Doors is meant to be scary though. It's the climax of the ride where the ghosts are awakened by your presence and are growing restless because of it. They want you to join them, but they are giving trouble getting to you. It's the point where the mansion feels like a deadly threat and anything could happen you. It's not until after Madame Leota summons and calms them down that they become friendly, wanting to party with you, wanting you to join them.
@@matthewheid1645 I rode DL's back in 2002 when they had added back in the Ghost Host's two deleted lines in that scene (but have since been taken out again).
@@matthewheid1645in short going from Claude Coats part of the attraction design to Marc Davis one
I thought the corridor of doors used to have voices . My little kid brain corrupted my memory of the original ride so much I thought those cries of the damned were part of it
This is an amazing video capturing what the original ride was like. Thanks for posting👍
A tribute to the original ride being in mono! XD
Love do oh Did did.
I have seen this version or another like it on Myspacew a few years ago. The nightvision was so good, it was like having the emergency lights on.
Lol at the people in the portrait room trying to do their best crypt keeper laugh 😂😂
I'm surprised I was a witness to history, being 6 in 2006, I just got to see this version and I loved it! Especially in the Graveyard portion.
If we're basing this off Yesterworld's video about the history of this attraction, this video is probably from sometime around late 80s early 90s since the popup ghosts in the graveyard was silenced somtime in the 80s. I think the popup men in the attic got that attire around the 90s or so. Check out Yesterworld's video on the history of this attraction. It's an interesting watch
Graveyard audio was changed in 1979 or 1980. Attic pops were redressed in 1997. I wrote a whole book on this ride, check it out: a.co/d/7zrPsd8
I rode this when i was a kid and the only part i remember was the bit where you see the ghosts in the cart with you in the mirror, kinda sad i don't remember anything else but i was scared of rides like these when i was younger so i probably was closing my eyes through most of it lol
Now I know where the howling coming from it's coming from the wolf in the cemetery.
I really like the portrait hallway. I like how its so different. what I don't like about the old version is the giant spiders and the bride. I mean this bride in this video is pretty cool but the new one seems more like an actual ghost than this
The bride featured in this video was really tacky IMO, but there was a previous version from the 80s/early 90s that looked awesome and VERY ghost-like.
Imo anything is better than obviously CGI rendered and projected Constance
The staring portraits were replaced by portraits that changed from lighting, but you can still find the portraits just before you board, although they don’t stare.
I went to Disney world in 2005 and this was my favorite ride. it’s saddens me that they changed it.
I've always been curious about one thing.
Is the ghost screaming "let me outta here" the one inside the coffin?
@Flandre Scarlet Ok.
I like that they have wind blowing the bride’s veil, makes it slightly creepier; I don’t know why, it just does!
I don't think it was a light but rather night vision/infrared. Just a hunch because else you'd have probably heard the announcement over the PA to shut it off.
Madame leota looks like Louise Fletcher
But sounds like Elanor Audley since thaT'S WHO dubbed the voice, but looks like namesake Leota Toomb s(Her REAL name!), who also inspired, and voiced, Little Leota.
Very interesting to see what it used to look like!
Jadensvideos how tf do I always see you comment on videos I watch
You must be 16 or so if you don't remember this original version of the ride.
Mike C The minimum age you have to be on UA-cam is 13, so it’s understandable if people are under 16.
@@ENTERTAINMENT35 Maybe they just hadn't been to the Magic Kingdom before 2007?
@@x-fun3149 true true
I prefer the version we have now but there are some things I wish stayed from this one. Mostly the portraits following you in the beginning and the non-CGI hitchhiking ghosts that board the buggies.
This was the ride that got somebody dead by a heart attack
I’m not sure if it was this version... From what I’ve heard before they opened it some guy testing it had a heart attack, then they delayed opening and slimmed down the creepiness. But that’s only what I heard.
Okay oooooh yeahhhhh.
I miss the beating heart bride. She took up so much more room in the attack and looked more real. I love the story of Constance, but the projection effect has never looked believable on her. I always hope that one day they will fix her and make her look more like the original bride
Can't believe it looked like this before I went on it for the first time.
Loved The Haunted Mansion ride ! Went on it in 85 and 86 !
Patti, I went on that o.g.version in 1995!
Amazing how no one asked the cameraman to shut off the light on his camera!
WDWPRINCE he dosent have any lights
Did you seriously not see the light reflection in the party scene? You shouldn’t be able to see the glass
It's a night vision, infrared fill light that is being used. The infrared light is invisible to the human eye, but is picked up on camera
Not once did it stop. I miss those days
wow how things have change
Yeah I remember this version as well, way back in the 90s. Man that bride was scary AF. Haven't been to Disney again (yet).
That was the time I went to WDW/Magic Kingdom,too..Your ghostly host..Paul Frees..your ghost host (graciously serving up "hot & cold running chills" since 1986 himself since death in the mansions.)
Why do people talk all the time on this ride Just Enjoy the ride you rude people !
Okay these "original videos" I keep finding are starting to bug me.
They all show the haunted mansion as a buggy ride.
It wasn't originally though.
When it first came out, it was a complete walk-through attraction, and the ghost host wasn't just a voice in the speakers.
It was a floating lantern leading you through the mansion.
Where's that version?
I went to Disney World for the first time in 1975 and the Haunted Mansion was not a walk-through. It has always been a ride.
It was originally proposed as a walk-through but was never built that way. Both Disneyland and Magic Kingdom have always been omnimovers
UA-cam it. There are clips of the ad.
They don't make ads for things that
don't exist.
@@spiceweasel8966 yes they do. They built the facade for the original Haunted Mansion and hung billboards and handed out flyers in 1961 but it didn't open until 1969.
" The Imagineers objected to a walk-through attraction's low capacity, going so far as suggesting building two identical attractions to accommodate twice as many guests.[1] A solution appeared with the development of the Omnimover system for Adventure Thru Inner Space.[2] Renamed the Doom Buggy, the system's continuous chain of semi-enclosed vehicles offered high capacity."
The ride in 1990 was a little different from this as well just to let all y'all know who didn't get to Disney by then.... the music in the graveyard is too low and so are the bust vocals
am I the only one who noticed that the ballroom music was faster than now and the key was higher? 8:14
20:36.
Whoa... This is gonna be SCARY!
What do you mean by “running too fast”? Have the sped up the ride since?
The ride was sped up in 2007 but now it's back to the normal speed.
I wonder if anything happened if you did take a picture with flash!
I remember the room going dark in the portrait room and someone screamed, But I went back this year and that didn't happen. I wonder if they changed it?
I miss the ghosts in the attic that pop up behind and in the chests
They took out the jump scares. Why did they do that ?
To make it less scary
10:33 DID I JUST HEARD THE LADA GHOST!?
So it was pretty much the same as it is now.
Cool. Original is scarier. Tfs
How old is this video?
holy shit you can actually hear the music at the loading belt!!!! They need to turn the volume back up!!!!
It was a lot easier to hear before the safety spiel was added...
@@Foxxy999 no it's not those, because i saw a ride through in 2003 which is when it seems they added them and the music was still easily heard. a little bit after the 2007 re-haunting , the music in the load are got really quiet.
HM.....this is giving me vibes to the Mario Party 8 mini-game "Specter Inspector".
I miss the Howl's
The first time I went on it was 2008 so I never saw this version. I’m glad because the screaming pop up ghosts in the attic PLUS graveyard scene pop up ghosts would be too much. I don’t even like the pop up ghosts period.
old video but does anyone know if this is orlando or california?
Orlando, this is Walt Disney World's version of the Haunted Mansion.
Orlando
Orlando. Says so above, U.
0:10 The exterior that would be copied for Tokyo.
1:03 the portrait NOT at Disneyland
3:28 Exit spilling into dune I MEAN DOOM 🤣buggy loading
ripped off? shame on you. Dave O'Neal (EAC founder) is a well known film producer/interviewer/producer.
...no he's not
In this context, "ripped off" means taken off the DVD and made into a standalone video
Loved this video and loved this ride at Disney World loved the hallways .
I appreciate Florida for NOT doing the Haunted Mansion Holiday./ Would love to go half across the country just to fly there and go there agian. I live near Anaheim, with the imho inferior "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"/"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"like layover. five or so years, my late mom on our way back, guessed the HMH was too scary..yeah, mother, but not the way YOU think.. 😂(Yeah, Grinch never had Tim Burton../funny, Ron Howard was behind Grinch, considering he was on the 1969 story and song LP) You'' love THIS creepy playlist fact...a HM video I was watching placed after this on the list after endings leads right back to THIS, several videos PREVIOUS! I think UA-cam queue-ing ghosts are at work! 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oook.
Wow a lot more screaming going on huh
😊😊😊😊😊😊
this is the haunted mansion that scared a man to death it mite be!?
Dead head Suicide Squad Member actually that was just a rumor. And not even this mansion. It was a rumor before the one in Disney land even opened