4K: Alone in The Haunted Mansion • 24 Dec 2023
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- Опубліковано 25 гру 2023
- Twenty minutes before the park closed for the day at midnight Christmas Eve I found myself the only person in line for the attraction, which provided me the chance to make this recording without worrying about crowds. You'll also get a glimpse of the Hatbox Ghost, which was just added.
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro Max.
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The Haunted Mansion opened at Magic Kingdom Park® in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, as an original attraction on October 1, 1971. Like all of the versions across Disney Parks, it has its own differences from the original that opened at Disneyland® in 1969. Unlike its Disneyland counterpart, Magic Kingdom does not do any holiday "overlays" on this attraction.
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OMG!! That’s me opening the door for you! 😅👻🖤
I was about to say, that's my perfect experience having the doors open well before the foyer spiel - you'd have made my day! You're a great CM! Also, I have never seen a lady wear the Butler outfit before, so you're a trailblazer for me!
I was just about to pop on here to say how much I appreciated “Welcome Foolish Mortal.” 😂 You were hilarious and hope to run into you in March!
Really?! Haha, you'll see more of me then, I'm sure! There a few nights a week since it's close by. :-)
How wonderful to be in the stretching room without another guest narrating the entire time!
…or me making Bruce Campbell/Army of Darkness jokes in the stretching room. (*SKELETON DROP CRUNCH* "OOOOOH! That's gotta HURT!")
How delightful, to have the Mansion all to yourself! Thank you for sharing with us!
Thank you for this. My Mom wanted to visit the Haunted Mansion ever since she first heard about it, but Dad wanted nothing to do with going to Disney. After he passed away I said something to Mom about Disney and she said "why don't we go?".
So we did, Mom got to go through the Haunted Mansion twice, and the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. She loved Haunted Mansion. I so wish I could share this video with her, she'd get a big kick out of it, but we lost her last October.
Very sorry for your loss; I lost my mother quite rapidly back in 1996 right after I graduated from college, from an aggressive and extremely rare form of cancer, plus the sudden loss of my wife (who was also a huge Disney fan) in 2016, so been there too.
@@GloriouslyAwkwardLife I'm sorry, it hurts so badly to lose a loved one. It's not something you get over, but you learn to live with. Life has to go on for the rest of us.
It's such a creepier feeling if you ever get a chance to do this alone, I loved it
I grew up in Southern California and my first apartment was a half-hour walk from Disneyland so of course I had the $199 Premium Annual Pass (I moved to Florida just before they broke ground for DCA), and there was a beloved cast member named Maynard who did everything from Jungle Cruise Skipper to (his best role) host for The Haunted Mansion. "Make like marshmallow, go SQUISHY SQUISHY!" in the stretching room (which at Disneyland is a working elevator to ride level).
wow imagine going on this ride by yourself. That would be a little creepy and make you feel uneasy
100% last ride of the night. The cast member was yawning.
Yeah, given it was almost midnight. The last hour or two on such nights are the most fun to do these rides because the cast members are tired and most likely to cut loose.
My wife and I rode the Mansion all by ourselves once during the first Pirates And Princesses Party at WDW. Its absolutely amazing how the sound quality changes when there aren't hundreds of noisy human bodies creating sound.
Also: the flip of the Doom Buggy just before the graveyard is great for cracking a tired old man's back after a long day of walking the Kingdom.
There is a line included in the Disneyland version of this ride that isn't in the Florida version and I kinda miss it: When the Ghost Host says, "We have 999 Happy Haunts here, but there's room for a thousand. Any volunteers?", right after it on the Disneyland version he says, "If you insist on lagging behind, you may not _need_ to volunteer."
how do you make the text italic? i know how to do *this* and -this- but idk how to make it italic. PLEASE TELL ME
I’m a Disneyland usual. I didn’t know this! They should really add it to your guys’ haunted mansion
@@Lemoncoder103 Each version of "The Haunted Mansion" tells a different story from Disneyland's original and has a different configuration although some parts are similar. In the case of the Florida attraction, where at DL it includes "If you insist on lagging behind...", the Florida version says, "Final arrangements may be made at the end of the tour" and you are going through an Escher-like room full of staircases in every direction.
@@LoganAnimates_Official use underscores as in Markdown.
@@GloriouslyAwkwardLife _tysm_
Thank you so much for this video, I like that you get the sounds of the mansion without all of the people talking over the audio.
Presenting the fabulously original voice of Mr Paul Frees! 👏👏👏👏☠️🧟🧟♀️⚰️
I acquired a DJ record of Mr. Frees' "Paul Frees and the Poster People" in which he uses his numerous voices in pop hits of the '60s. A totally hilarious album.
When you walk through the newer section of the Q, they have a stone with his name on it.
Shit, your lucky to have the mansion all to yourself. It was crowded asf December 27th, 2023, when me and brother went. Annoying.
Glad they finally have our friend the Hatbox Ghost.
Bro. You couldn’t pay me to go to Disney Christmas week.
A bit less stressful if you're a passholder as you can always come back another night. :-)
My sister and I had a wonderful Haunted Mansion treat a few months ago. We sat in a doom buggy with a front panel that wouldn’t properly lock into place. We had no clue. But, obviously the computer system recognized that a buggy wasn’t properly locked! The ride suddenly stopped close to the hallway of haunted doors. Two employees came to our doom buggy to graciously help us exit the doom buggy and walk off the ride. We were left alone to walk through a side door, where we then explored and transversed through the dimly lit back rooms, stairways and old hallways of the Haunted Mansion! It was incredible! What struck me was how OLD and dusty these back rooms and stairways were. It looked like these places hadn’t been painted or touched since the day this ride opened. It was kind of creepy and weird. We finally found a door that exited us into the bottom crypt area off the side of the mansion. We were SO excited to be able to see this original art up close and personal. We took pictures to document what we saw. It was literally a once in a lifetime experience that happened by chance. We felt like we’d won the lottery for getting seated in that broken doom buggy. Lol 😂
The closest I've ever gotten to something like that was being escorted off the TTA PeopleMover after one of its frequent breakdowns.
When I was a Disneyland AP in the late '90s they had passholder parties after hours where, among other things, they allowed guests to walk through the dark rides (Snow White, Pinocchio, etc.) to look at things up close. The parties stopped for a long time after the "Light Magic" fiasco in '97. (Also, according to rumor, people were constantly stealing the little Jimminy Cricket figures off of Pinocchio.)
I did this myself a few weeks ago- accompanied by the ENTIRE HM STAFF! They posed for a photo outside, too.
I grew up near Disneyland and was an AP in the late 90s before California Adventure was built (I moved to FL in 2000), and one got to know nearly all the regular cast members and their schedules, which made it a truly fun time. Also learned a lot of things "behind the scenes" and "easter eggs" in many of the attractions. (There were some "adult" moments and cameos by Walt himself in "America the Beautiful", just one example).
The Hatbox Ghost is out of place. Disney should move him to outside of the attic where he belongs
Agree 100%! Looks terrible there!
Agreed. The ghosts aren’t supposed to materialize until after Leota.
The original Hatbox Ghost was installed next to the Bride in the attic scene in Disneyland's original but was shortly removed after the attraction's opening in 1969 because other lighting effects nearby and the proximity to the ride vehicle didn't allow the visual effect of its head moving between its shoulders and the hatbox to work as intended (it was done using alternating blacklights at the time). Putting it back on the attractions some 45 years later is more fan service than anything else because there were always the stories that it existed.
"Welcome, foolish mortals!"
Uh...
Wow never have I seen any Disney park THAT empty, much less the Magic Kingdom. I've been all the way to closing before, in fact after closing because I was on a ride/queue when the park closed, granted they still leave the shops open for a bit afterwards but yikes... that was actually kind of scary how empty it was. I guess it being Christmas eve even the Disney diehards were like "time to go home"
The HM at MK is kind of buried at the back of Liberty Square, so it's not unusual to have little to no wait time toward park closing (BTW, if you see the wait time set to "13" minutes, it's a walk-on). Christmas Eve also it slows way down as families go back home or to their hotels for holiday celebrations; you get a similar (but not as marked) effect on Thanksgiving Eve.
as much as I like this ride - it would definitely be creepy alone :)
I had the same thought!!
This is reallt cool! I went to Disney for the first time at age 44 last year and I told my friends the only thing I wanted to see was the Haunted Mansion. Will be back there in a month and I'm looking forward to seeing the Hatbox Ghost.
This is a dream come true for me. You’re incredibly lucky you managed to experience HM like this!
It is absolutely fantastic when you can go on it by yourself, makes it more of an eerie atmosphere.
Managed to do that a few times each night when I was at Disneyland for three days in 2019
I grew up near Disneyland (was a passholder in the late 90s before I moved to Florida) and it wasn't unusual to have a lot of rides to oneself when the park would close late (midnight or sometimes 1 AM). It also wasn't unusual for the park to move up its closing time on little notice (announced in the park) when there was hardly anyone in the park or there was inclement weather.
Love the carpet design in the stretching room, matches the scrim on top
Trivia: While the stretching room in Disneyland's version is actually an elevator down to the second level of the ride, the one in Florida is not. Magic Kingdom actually had to be built UP to accommodate its "Utilidors" "underground" because of Florida's high water table. Part of the Seven Seas Lagoon was created when they dredged out the dirt to build the park up.
ive never been to the orlando disneyland... now i have! thank you! my favorite ride at disney.
I had the blessing of growing up near the original in California when it was much cheaper. :-)
Best wishes to you from an Englishman making armour in a dark forgotten mansion in a French forest.
Nice tour thank you... I dunked ALL the biscuits in my tea! 🇬🇧⚒️🇺🇲
The stairway room... makes this THE best haunted mansion on planet Earth. It is so Other worldly.
Yeah. Love that room!
Amazing that you were the only person on the entire ride for the whole time! Utterly amazing! Great video, too. I’ve been in both haunted mansions a few times over the years, and I like both of them. But if I had to pick a favorite, it would be the Disneyland one because it’s the original.
I grew up with Disneyland, so I'm partial to their versions of similar rides. I also forgot about the part where "they're dying to get through..."
Nice and quiet! Finally get to enjoy all the sounds!
But you’re not alone. The ghosts are there…… Oh and some cast members too 😂
I love the haunted mansion one of my favorite rides. Thanks for showing this. 12:36
Excellent video...this is awesome, such a unique opportunity! Thanks for posting!!
It’s weird being alone in there. My favourite ride too.
The yawn is everything
I loved this video
Alone ? WOW !
Awesome!
For all 😢he views youve gotten you should have way more subscribers!
That seems to be taking care of itself the last week or so; thank you :-)
I've experienced this and it feels scary
Probably the spookiest I've ever been is walking the trail behind Big Thunder Mountain at Disneyland late at night (the Big Thunder Ranch/Hunchback of Notre Dame Festival of Fools stage was long sitting unused except for private parties and New Year's Eve and thus there was NOBODY on that trail). (That area is now part of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.) It was usually where kids would go hide to make out or shoot up (I got offered drugs by one teenager walking through there once).
Final arrangements may made at the end of the tour!
It just dawned on me that the cars look exactly like tilt-a-whirl tubs
The official name for the "Doom Buggies" are "Omnimovers," a technology that Disney patented in 1968. It's used in several attractions:
- The Haunted Mansion (California, Florida, Tokyo, and Paris [as Phantom Manor]; Shanghai does not have the attraction; Hong Kong's Mystic Manor uses a trackless ride vehicle)
- Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (California, Florida, Tokyo, Paris, and Shanghai; unique in that users control the rotation)
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure (Disneyland and Magic Kingdom)
- Spaceship Earth (EPCOT)
- The Seas with Nemo and Friends (EPCOT, can only rotate because there is insufficient room under the track for tilting)
- Ant Man and the Wasp: Nano Battle (in Hong Kong; rethemed from Buzz Light Year Astro Blasters)
Journey Into Imagination with Figment (EPCOT) is a modified version of the system that does not move continuously but stops to load and unload.
Outside of Disney, a similar ride system is called the "Endless Transit System."
you are the 1000th ghost
This must be during an After Hours event. I get to go in June 2024. I will ride a Doom Buggie!
It was on Christmas Eve just before park closing. I don't do the After Hours events.
Fantôme 👻 Manor, c'est à Disneyland Paris.
It’s more scary going on Tower of Terror alone? You have to sit all the way in the middle of the elevator car. You can’t sit right or left for safety reasons.
I have not had that privilege yet; usually when I go in the evening it's a 45-minute wait.
The stretching door always freaked me out.
Same when I was little but not anymore
You mean the _room_? Or that one door with the alleged ghoul pushing it outward?
@@GloriouslyAwkwardLife The door, not the room.
They should add the new audio to Disneyland too
This is not new audio; each version has its own unique voice-over as each attraction has a different ride course and (in the case of Paris and Hong Kong) a different story. Some examples of Florida parts that are different in Disneyland's:
- The "stretching room" effect is done in Florida by raising the ceiling, while DL's is a working elevator where the bottom half descends down to boarding level.
- Florida added music room and library segments, which make the ride longer than DL's edition.
- The portrait gallery at DL is part of the queue, while in Florida it's part of the actual ride, where it also takes passengers' pictures for PhotoPass (so much for "no flash photography").
- The Florida version is larger, because there was much more space to work with.
- The courtyard is larger than DL's and includes interactive elements.
So what’s the reason you were the only one in line, was the park quiet because it was about to close or because it was the holidays or what’s the reason??? Just curious
If you read the description it says this video was taken on Christmas Eve close to midnight
That is amazing. How did you do that?
The description says this video was taken on Christmas Eve close to midnight
No crying children🥲
Or my late wife upon hearing such children whispering under her breath: "KILL IT." LOL
Who's Doris Chambers and why do her hinges creek?
When hinges creak in doorless chambers is a line from the Ghost Host spiels.
I know, I was making a joke.
@@brianobrien7983 right over your head lol
I got it; be kind to those who don't get it. Asperger/Autistic people like me don't always discern when you're joking versus being serious, as we don't read verbal and underlying cues very well. :-)
This is fantastic!! How is it possible there were no crowds !?
Usually during parades, fireworks, or fantasmic. 😊
Read the description: it was shot just before closing time. On the other hand, Disney's crazy pricing and political agendas have also hurt crowd levels so I'm not surprised that there aren't 100 people trying to get one last view in before closing. I saw several videos showing a half empty park on the week of July 3-5, 2023, which is supposed to be among THE busiest days of the year.
@@largol33t12💤💤💤💤 your misinformation is hilarious and yer very, very sad.
You'll find lines are shortest either first thing in the morning or when there is a major event (parade, night show, fireworks) going on elsewhere in the park. Best example at Disney World is that "Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance" at DHS is practically a walk-on during "Fantasmic!", especially when there is only one show that night, because that's what everyone wants to see.
WHOA
Were you at Disneyland or Disney World?
This is Disney World. Not Disneyland.
Disney World. Each Haunted Mansion installation is different across the parks. Shanghai does not have the attraction at all, and the version in Hong Kong (called "Mystic Manor") is a completely different concept with trackless ride technology.
How did you manage to enter alone?
Dec 24th
It was Christmas Eve and the park was nearly empty just before closing.
@@GloriouslyAwkwardLife Ok. Thanks. I think it’s a more fun and scary experience, right?
ghosts delight in goulash? I consider this quite a metamorphosis
The first time I went on a haunted mansion ride was 1997 in Anaheim. It was early in the day and NO ONE was on it but me! I was alone in the stretching room - very creepy!
There was a cast member at DL in the '90s named Maynard who was simply PERFECT as an HM cast member (He also skippered on Jungle Cruise). Miss him a lot.
Ds fantôme 👻 Manor, qd on se regarde dans le miroir, on voit 1 squelette accroché au dossier de notre siège.
Phantom Manor est à Disneyland Paris et est très different des versions a l'Amérique.
@@GloriouslyAwkwardLife Oui, je sais que phantom Manor est à Disneyland Paris, c'était juste pour faire la comparaison.
This is legit creepy. Right before closing time?
Yes
This is my goal! How did you achieve this?
The description says the video was taken on Christmas Eve close to midnight
Like the World mansion better than the Land version.
Same
I grew up around Disneyland and actually prefer the audio script from California over the one in Florida. The Florida script is missing some one-liners that make the California one more eerie-example, "We have 999 happy haunts here, but there's room for a thousand; any volunteers?"; in California, it's followed with, "If you insist on lagging behind, you may not _need_ to volunteer." :-)
Still don’t like the new use of video screen images which you can tell even if not consciously - was originally all animatronics and visual tricks. In the first years after opening the graveyard scene had shrunken heads popping out behind headstones right next to you - probably too hard to maintain.
Uh, those still exist in the graveyard and the dining room. The only major changes in Florida are the hall of mirrors and changing Madame Leota's face projection from external to internal so she can float more freely. Florida is a bit slower in changing rides than California because the former's demographic is older and more for the nostalgia of Disney.
They weren't there when I returned in the 1990's - maybe maintenance.
Was a speaker in your carriage broken I can't hear the ghost host
I was wondering the same thing.
Probably because my iPhone was positioned in front of me away from the speakers behind me on the doom buggy. It's also not unusual to get a doom buggy with low audio volume, but in this case it's just device positioning.
The imported rides from Disneyland was lost in translation in Magic Kingdom. Haunted Mansion is just not as good. Same with Pirates and Small World.
agreed, its a small world looks like a elementary school project. The buildings are made of paper, and pirates is just reallly short and makes no sense. While they are definetly constructed better with less flaws disneyland will always have the best rides out of all parks.
I agree that California has the better Pirates Of The Caribbean and It’s A Small World, but I think Florida’s Haunted Mansion is slightly better than California’s Haunted Mansion.
Phantom Manor at Disneyland Paris is the only version that provides the entire story.
@@cakesinspace3194 Small World at DL is the original from the World's Fair, while the Florida version is a "storefront" like the rest of Fantasyland. Florida, though, maintains the Carousel of Progress and Peoplemover, both of which Disneyland lost.
@@GloriouslyAwkwardLife Oh, that makes a lot more sense then. I didn't mean it in a rude way, i just assumed they didn't put much effort into it.
Definitely not as good as when I saw it when it first opened. They put too much extra stuff in which dilutes the overall experience.
I guess they tried to make it look more friendly and kinda watered down some parts. The one on Japan is similar to the 1970s version and the one on Paris has a darker storyline.
The one in Paris is the only one that tells the story in full. I'm just glad that here in Florida they don't do the holiday overlays like they do in Anaheim. The demographic here is significantly older/more adult, retired, &c. than in California.
I thought this was supposed to be scary?
Disney Scary.
Uh, the "scariest" Disney _ever_ got was the ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, and it proved TOO scary for Disney to the point that it was shut down and replaced with "Stitch's Great Escape", which also closed several years ago and is now an unused space.
@@GloriouslyAwkwardLifeYeah, Disney has always tried to walk that fine line between genuinely scary and rides that are inclusive for everyone. Sometimes very well, sometimes not so much.
Haunted Mansion is a mixture of fun and scary.
Scary is Space Mountain with the work lights ON. ;-)