Disney's Haunted Mansion at HONG KONG Disneyland!

[mickeymania1]

I already know that a Haunted Mansion at Hong Kong is already in the works but I have ideas for it.
It'll be located at the end of Main Street, U.S.A. & will be a clone of Disneyland's (NOT DISNEYWORLD'S!) It'll have new features though too! For instance, The Mansion has a grave of Wilbur Ernie Dill who owned the Main Street railroad & A sleeping dragon is kept at the end of the ride when you leave you pass a snoring dragon which is very similar to the dragon at Disneyland, Paris.
It'll also feature new voices providing the characters it'll include,
Ian McKellen as the Ghost Host
Kevin MacDonald as, A Coffin Corpse
Bill Farmer as, A Groom
Frank Welker as, A Groom
Taylor Negron as, A Groom
Miranda Richardson as, Madame Leota
Sela Ward as, Little Leota

WHAT Y'ALL THUNKS?

[Imagineer Boy]

That sounds absolutly horrible! First of all, the Haunted Mansion has no place on Main Street. Main Street should have a cheery atmosphere, so you can't really have a huge forboding haunted house there. Where would you put it anyway? There's no room. What on earth would the dragon from DLP be doing in the ride?! Dragons have nothing to do with ghosts and it would be completely out of place considering its in Main Street. And Robin Williams as the Ghost Host?! ARE YOU INSANE?!!?!?!?!

[Ezra]

Since The Haunted Mansion is in a different land in each park, the plan for Hong Kong is to have it's Mansion in Adventureland. It will be an old plantation house overtaken by swampland, and will have a voodoo theme. I hope they get as creative with it as they did with Paris' Phantom Manor.

Having The Haunted Mansion on Main St. is not such a crazy idea. Since each Mansion is in a different land at each park, eventually one will end up on Main St., or a side street off of Main St. Very early plans for the original Disneyland had a 'haunted house' just off Main St. You would turn a corner and it would look more run-down, with an abandoned church and graveyard, and the 'haunted house' at the end. But Adventureland expanded into the space on one side, and on the other side... well, the plan kept changing: Oriental St.; International St.; Liberty St.; Eddison Sq.; etc. Finally it just became a staging area for parades.

I really don't care for the idea of recognizable celebrity voices for attractions. I think it distracts for the story elements the attraction is trying to tell. You just need people with distinctive voices and talent.

...well, okay... I actually really don't care for Robin Williams as the Ghost Host. The Ghost Host has to achieve a menacing undertone that I don't think Robin Williams has the chops for. Maybe Ian McKellan. (Have you seen Richard III? Cold Comfort Farm?) Yeah, McKellan, he can do it.

[mickeymania1]

Thanks for the comments, Ezra. I'll change it to Ian McKellan I just saw him in a movie & he's amazing! I just don't understand how they could put it in Adventureland I mean that's a tropical jungle area & Haunted Mansion is more of a ghost town area. Thanks for the compliments, Ezra!


P.S. Imagineer Boy you uh... hurt my feelings!

[Ezra]

I just don't understand how they could put it in Adventureland I mean that's a tropical jungle area... VooDoo! Zombies in the swamps of the Caribe.

[HMF]

I already know that a Haunted Mansion at Hong Kong is already in the works but I have ideas for it.
It'll be located at the end of Main Street, U.S.A. & will be a clone of Disneyland's (NOT DISNEYWORLD'S!) It'll have new features though too! For instance, The Mansion has a grave of Wilbur Ernie Dill who owned the Main Street railroad & A sleeping dragon is kept at the end of the ride when you leave you pass a snoring dragon which is very similar to the dragon at Disneyland, Paris.
It'll also feature new voices providing the characters it'll include,
Ian McKellen as the Ghost Host
Kevin MacDonald as, A Coffin Corpse
Bill Farmer as, A Groom
Frank Welker as, A Groom
Taylor Negron as, A Groom
Miranda Richardson as, Madame Leota
Sela Ward as, Little Leota

WHAT Y'ALL THUNKS?
Why do they need to re-cast everyone? I mean why not use the original tracks they are still good. There will never be a Ghost Host as good as Paul Frees as Master Gracey. Would you keep Kat Cressida as Constance. This dosent seem like a good idea. No offense.

[DisneyParksFan]

Why do they need to re-cast everyone? I mean why not use the original tracks they are still good. There will never be a Ghost Host as good as Paul Frees as Master Gracey. Would you keep Kat Cressida as Constance. This dosent seem like a good idea. No offense.


Well, the theme is going to be different. Most likely with a new story and a need for new/different narrations.


~DisneyParksFan

[Imagineer Boy]

P.S. Imagineer Boy you uh... hurt my feelings!

Sorry, I meant no offence, but some of those ideas were really, really bad.

[mickeymania1]

It's okay, looking back I realize they weren't very good. I'll re edit them.

[Adampants]

This is SO exciting!! I can't wait to go!

[mickeymania1]

It's not a real ride I just made it up if that's what you're thinking.

[MayaHJ7]

Is it crazy that I would love to see that Vincent Price narration SOMEWHERE? Anywhere is fine! :P I just ADORE his vocal performance. It's amazing!

Hugs and peaches,

Maya :)

[AaronVenn]

Adventureland is an awesome place for the Haunted Mansion.

It should be an old style new orleans swampish Mansion sitting amongst the overgrown jungle that a rich Safari man had built for his lady friend. Naturally the house outside would always look immaculate ( like the Hightower Hotel in Tokyo ) but its garden has gone overgrown & scary.

You would enter the actual show building to line up, like in Disneyland Paris, so they could have jungle/explorationy themed things in the hallway. ( much like the jungly/exploration things that
Harrison Hightower discovered on his worldly trips I'd imagine ).

I had an idea once that the Jungle Cruise should go past the backyard of an Adventureland Haunted Mansion, with an old wooden swingset that swings by itself and other creepy sorta things.

But of course the show building would have to be hidden away from the actual show Mansion but i'm sure they could work it out.

Hear hear Adventureland Haunted Mansion.

Also,
and i'm not sure how far down they can dig in Hong Kong,
but they should build the Tower of Terror in an alley off Main Street.
Theme it to surrounding Main Street Buildings so it looks lovely and neat, but rather have it towering 13 stories above Main Street, have it the same height as the rest of the Main Street buildings!
You see, since the shafts would have been built so far underground, you can still have a drop.
You'd hardly know there was a drop though from looking at the outer building.
That'd scare a few people thinking it was a lovely tour of a place but then they'd get scared!

But 13 stories is a long way down so its a bit silly but fun anyways

[mickeymania1]

After you all have told me these jungle ideas I'll try & tell you what I'd expect from an Adventureland Haunted Mansion.
The story is, Nigel Gracey (Using the tradition of the Gracey last name) a billionaire explorer had always loved his jungle expeditions & enjoyed taking photographs of the animlas & plants he saw but he missed his fiance, Clarice Samuels. He returned to England to marry her but the problem was that bombs blew up towns & people were hating each other. They decided to move to Nigel's favourite jungle in between Asia & Africa & built a mansion. What they didn't know was that the land they built it on was once an ancient voodoo ground. 2 months after they moved in, a menacing tiki god came & took over the mansion & throwing Nigel & Clarice in the mansion attic for eternity. Now all the spirits of the jungle have taken over the Gracey mansion & made it their own. Are you brave enough to conquer it?

[Harrison Hightower III]

Since The Haunted Mansion is in a different land in each park, the plan for Hong Kong is to have it's Mansion in Adventureland. It will be an old plantation house overtaken by swampland, and will have a voodoo theme. I hope they get as creative with it as they did with Paris' Phantom Manor.

Having The Haunted Mansion on Main St. is not such a crazy idea. Since each Mansion is in a different land at each park, eventually one will end up on Main St., or a side street off of Main St. Very early plans for the original Disneyland had a 'haunted house' just off Main St. You would turn a corner and it would look more run-down, with an abandoned church and graveyard, and the 'haunted house' at the end. But Adventureland expanded into the space on one side, and on the other side... well, the plan kept changing: Oriental St.; International St.; Liberty St.; Eddison Sq.; etc. Finally it just became a staging area for parades.

I really don't care for the idea of recognizable celebrity voices for attractions. I think it distracts for the story elements the attraction is trying to tell. You just need people with distinctive voices and talent.

...well, okay... I actually really don't care for Robin Williams as the Ghost Host. The Ghost Host has to achieve a menacing undertone that I don't think Robin Williams has the chops for. Maybe Ian McKellan. (Have you seen Richard III? Cold Comfort Farm?) Yeah, McKellan, he can do it.

Is that seriously where its going to be???


HHIII

[Ezra]

Is that seriously where its going to be??? That's what I've read. Could be a rumor...

[AaronVenn]

Whats wrong with Adventureland?

I'd love it to be there.

The Tokyo Fantasyland one is the weirdest cos you're spinning around on Dumbo & just randomly see the Haunted Mansion.

At least in Florida & Anaheim it fits in with everything else.

Adventureland is groovy!

[Ezra]

The Tokyo Fantasyland one is the weirdest cos you're spinning around on Dumbo & just randomly see the Haunted Mansion. But in Japan (China, too) ghost stories are considered to be a type of fairy tale you tell children, so it makes perfect sense to the Japanese that it's in Fantasyland.

[Big Disney Fan]

But in Japan (China, too) ghost stories are considered to be a type of fairy tale you tell children, so it makes perfect sense to the Japanese that it's in Fantasyland.

Exactly. In fact, the book on the Haunted Mansion (by Jason Surrell) explains on the Tokyo mansion why it is placed in Fantasyland of all places. In fact, I will explain this now so you understand:

When Tokyo Disneyland was thought up, the Imagineers knew that the Haunted Mansion would be one of the attractions making the trip to the Land of the Rising Sun. As with California and Florida, the main challenge was location. There would be no New Orleans Square in Tokyo (even though elements of it were used for Pirates and some restaurants and shops in Adventureland) nor a Liberty Square (thought to be a solely American experience). Next, the attraction was turned away from Westernland and World Bazaar (Tokyo's versions of Frontierland and Main Street, respectively).

At last, the Imagineers found the answer to their problems in Japanese culture, which categorized ghost stories as examples of fairy tales or fables. And in Disney parks, there was but one location for fairy tales and fables: Fantasyland! So that was where the Mansion was put in Tokyo.

Now, the reason why the TDL mansion has the WDW exterior was that it would have a European feel to it, starting with the Cinderella Castle. Florida's mansion, too, had a European flavor because of the architectural tastes that the English and Dutch settlers brought with them when they came to the New World. Plus, WDW's mansion looked natural from the Rivers of America. Imagineers thought it would build a good thematic bridge between Westerland and Fantasyland. So now the Japanese mansion went Dutch Gothic just like WDW.

However, though Japan's version is a direct lift of Florida, there were two things Imagineers added to the Japanese mansion to help it blend in with Fantasyland: a pair of griffin statues perched at the mansion's main gate.

Anyway, here's how I would have done the Haunted Mansion in Hong Kong, for which I will put up a verbal tour at a later date:

The British government opened exotic tours of the jungle (tie into the Jungle River Cruise), but tourists soon began to die from Jungle Fever. Parlaiment built a tudor-style house for Professor Roger Parshall and his young family. Parshall was supposed to find a cure to the jungle fever and he soon began to do many experiments. The local natives became angry because they thought that Parshall was disrespecting their gods and nature. The natives got together and had a meeting where the local voodoo witch doctor put a curse on the professor. The curse did not work and the professor continued his experiments that the natives felt disrespect their gods. So the natives all vowed revenge. One day, while Parshall went out into the jungle, the natives raided his home, murdering his wife and children on his youngest son's birthday. When the professor came home to find his dead family, he felt so ashamed of himself that he went up to the attic and hung himself from the rafters (no windows, no doors - why don't you try my way out in stretching rooms). After Professor Parshall killed himself, the house sat vacant as the jungle overtook the exterior of it. At the same time, the chief of the natives also breathed his last. To this day, the young family continues to haunt the inside along with 993 ghosts that have come from all over the world, along with the spirit of the chief native, who would try to kill anyone who entered the decrepit. The Ballroom scene is rethemed to the son's birthday party, and you go through the professor's laboratory instead of the Attic. That's pretty much the base story.

[CostaFreak]

Hey, you could always have the guy who's the voice of Scar as the Ghost Host (I forgot his name).

But, seriously, your ride story idea is really, really bad, no offence.

[mickeymania1]

None taken.

[Big Disney Fan]

Here it is, a verbal tour of how I would do HKDL's Haunted Mansion! I will use my book on the attraction (the one written by Jason Surrell) as a guide...

THE GROUNDS
Upon entering the gates of this decrepit-looking Tudor home by the edge of the Rivers of Adventure (tied into the Jungle River Cruise), the guests stroll along the mansion's desolate grounds, an old garden shed and tall palm trees that have taken over the outer fringes of the house's grounds to compliment the house's run-down, decaying look. Inside the house's dingy windows, eerie flickering lights can be seen.

THE FOYER
Like its sibling in France, not its American and Japanese siblings, Hong Kong's Haunted Mansion story starts the instant you set foot in the Foyer. Faded portraits of Professor Roger Parshall's young family hang on the walls while the Ghost Host (speaking in Cantonese) starts to tell the fateful tale of the Parshall family.

THE UNKNOWN ROOM
The Unknown Room is the new name for the Portrait Chamber (AKA the Stretching Room). Here, more paintings of the Parshall family replace the portraits created by Marc Davis (found in the U.S.A. and Japan) and Julie Svendsen (found in France). Different family members occupy different portraits. When the room stretches and the portraits elongate (and like California and France, the floor in Hong Kong goes down), they reveal the happily grim fates of the family in each. The story intensifies when the lights go out and the lightning flashes to reveal Professor Parshall hanging himself from the rafters above.

THE PORTRAIT HALL
From the Unknown Room, the guests head through a Portrait Hall featuring a slew of transforming paintings, many of which based on original designs by Marc Davis. And down at the end of the hall is a portrait of Prof. Parshall himself.

THE OFFICE
Hong Kong Disneyland's Haunted Mansion's Load Area is a full show scene depicting Prof. Parshall's office, complete with a desk, a chest, a magnifying glass, a smoking pipe, a typewriter and some papers. This room is backed by a huge picture window behind the desk. It reveals a sinister, moonlit landscape illuminated by the occasional lightning flash, which strips the scene of all color, turning it into a melancholy, monochromatic gray landscape.

THE ENDLESS HALLWAY
Departing the Load Area aboard their Doom Buggy, the guests head up a flight of stairs. During the ride, they will pass by apparition versions of the various members of the young Parshall family. The guests see Professor Roger Parshall himself. He tips his hat to the guests in the Doom Buggies as they glide past him. Next, they pass by the Endless Hallway, but this time, there's a twist: Roger's wife, Sara, is holding the candelabra in midair, like what Melanie Ravenswood does in France's Phantom Manor. In terms of the story, it looks as though she, along with the rest of the family, is trying to warn guests against proceeding down the Endless Hallway and supports the notion that even in death, the conflict between the Parshall family and the natives that murdered them all is still going on, as the house is also haunted by the chief of these natives, who vows to murder anyone who stumbles upon the Parshall property.

THE MUSIC ROOM
Like Disneyland Paris' Phantom Manor, Hong Kong Disneyland's Haunted Mansion's Music Room is a cross between WDW's Music Room and Conservatory. Gone is the coffin found in the WDW version, replaced by a piano in the conservatory. Cast on the floor at the base of the piano is the shadow of a spectral pianist playing a requiem version of "Grim Grinning Ghosts".

THE CORRIDOR OF DOORS
This scene is exactly the same as in Disneyland, with the addition of the hands of the chief of the natives trying to reach through one door. It even features the grandfather clock with the number at the top of the clock reading 13.

THE SEANCE ROOM
Here, the scene is identical to the one in Disneyland Paris, in that it has a very Victorian feel to it, complete with lace curtains. Through the curtains, guests can witness spirits "materializing" and gliding through the darkness. Madame Leota's incantations (delivered alternatively in both Cantonese and English) reference Prof. Parshall's family and foreshadow the birthday of the family's youngest of three children (named Ralph).

THE GRAND HALL
HKDL's Haunted Mansion depicts the birthday of the Parshalls' youngest son, Ralph. Most of this scene is identical to the one in the U.S.A., Japan and France (complete with the dancing apparitions and organ player), but the Parshall family (sans Roger) is all here. Ralph is trying to blow out the candles and his older sister (Cecilia) and oldest brother (Peter) watch beside him. His mother is on the stairway behind the table. Sara Parshall is seen greeting guests disembarking from a hearse parked outside. The occasional lightning flash reveals the spirit of the native chief, his horrible laugh ringing about the revelry. As the scene continues onward, with each cackle of the chief, the guests and the family all disappear one by one, a melancholy reminder of that fateful day... and a creepy sign of things to come.

PROF. PARSHALL'S LAB
Replacing the Attic (in the U.S.A. and Japan) and the Bride's Boudoir (in France) as the final scene inside the Mansion is a trip through Prof. Parshall's laboratory, where he's been doing his experiments for the vaccine for the jungle fever. The spirit of the native chief watches over the unsuspecting Roger as he brews some acidic potions eternally trying to create the cure. The smoke from the potions forms a skull, as though his experiments are offering Prof. Parshall a glimpse of his fate.

THE GRAVEYARD
Upon emerging from Prof. Parshall's Lab, the Doom Buggies glide out onto the Mansion's outdoor deck and then slide down the outside stairs, all under the watchful eye of the spirit of the evil native chief. Here the Graveyard scene is identical to other versions, but with the addition of jungle drums to the music of "Grim Grinning Ghosts", as well as all the usual ghosts and ghouls found at Disneyland's version, and the singing busts (reduced to a quartet) singing the signature theme song. As the guests enter the Graveyard, the nervous watchman and his frail dog are missing. Instead, they pass by the spirit of Prof. Parshall, now seen as very frail looking (similar to the aging portrait of Master Gracey found in WDW's Foyer). This is also the only time where snippets of the Mansion's original narration and Paul Frees' voice can be heard in HKDL's Haunted Mansion.

THE CRYPT
As the Doom Buggies head toward the usual closing scene of the Crypt, the native chief and Prof. Parshall and his wife all make one last bid for their guests' souls. The evil chief gestures to an open coffin, inviting the guests to stay at the Mansion forever. But Roger and Sara, now leering skeletons with their regular clothes tattered and in shreds, saves the day one last time, appearing in a bright swirling vortex of color and light to point the guests the way to safety.
As the Doom Buggies turn to face the mirrors, they will notice that the usual Hitchhiking Ghost riding with them is missing. Instead, this scene is more akin to the version found at Disneyland Paris: the chief himself is seen climbing over the top of the vehicle to try one last time to prevent the guests inside the vehicles from escaping the Mansion, similar to how the Phantom at DLP's Phantom Manor tries to prevent them from escaping. A blinding flash of light ultimately makes him disappear.

THE FAMILY BURIAL GROUND
Emerging from the Doom Buggies, Hong Kong Disneyland guests leave the Mansion and find the Parshall family burial ground. All members of Prof. Roger Parshall's family are buried here. Even the native chief is buried here. Guests also discover that as per Disneyland tradition, a quick look at the epitaphs proves that no one in Adventureland really takes death seriously.


So, anyway, in case you've forgotten the names of the Parshall family, they are:

Roger Parshall (father)
Sara Parshall (mother)
Peter Parshall (oldest son)
Cecilia Parshall (middle daughter)
Ralph Parshall (youngest son)



And there you have it, the verbal tour of Hong Kong Disneyland's Haunted Mansion. As you can see, this version of a classic will take its cue from the various other versions found at the other Disney parks worldwide, but most emphasis is placed on the versions found at Disneyland and Disneyland Paris.

What did you think? If you have any improvement ideas, let me know!

[Big Disney Fan]

What does everyone think of my take on HM for HKDL, hmm?

[DisneyFanatic13]

It's like DLP making their own storyline to an attraction that doesn't have a story line, except this is HKDL. But It's really good in my opinion. But it's also sad and tragic like the one in DLP.

Is Little Leota going to be in it? Because I don't think that she'll fit in(except for the seance room. Instead of her being at the end, have the evil cheif their saying what Little Leota saids(in Cantonese and English).

I know that you described the grounds verbally, but would it be also be like a swamp/voodo like thing?

[Big Disney Fan]

Is Little Leota going to be in it? Because I don't think that she'll fit in(except for the seance room. Instead of her being at the end, have the evil cheif their saying what Little Leota saids(in Cantonese and English).

I know that you described the grounds verbally, but would it be also be like a swamp/voodo like thing?

Well, does Phantom Manor feature Little Leota or anyone else saying her dialogue? As for the swamp/voodoo like thing, what do you mean by that?

As for it being like DLP, that was actually my intention the whole time.

[DisneyFanatic13]

^In DLP, their's is kinda like a Little Leota, but it's a small Maliene(Idk how to spell her name). Come to think of it, how did she get small? She should be called Mini Maliene. She saids, "Hurry back! Hurry back! I'm dying of lonliness." And Idk what she say in French.

What I mean by that swamp/voodoo thing is would the place be in a swamp with worn out voodoo stuff?

[Big Disney Fan]

^In DLP, their's is kinda like a Little Leota, but it's a small Maliene(Idk how to spell her name). Come to think of it, how did she get small? She should be called Mini Maliene. She saids, "Hurry back! Hurry back! I'm dying of lonliness." And Idk what she say in French.

What I mean by that swamp/voodoo thing is would the place be in a swamp with worn out voodoo stuff?

Well, maybe we could go that route for the swamp themeing. And as for the ending of Leota, why not have Sarah Parshall saying the hurry back dialogue, alternating between English and Cantonese?

[DisneyFanatic13]

^But why not have that dude who killed the family at the end of the ride. He could say:

"Hurry back! Hurry back! Would you like to join for all eternity? We're dying of lonliness."

So something like that.

And I thought of something. What if TDL had their own story line for their HM? I already thought of the story line! But I'm going to involve me in it. And It's going to also involve a character from an anime show that I've been addicted to. The title of it is in my signature. I'll post it later.

[Big Disney Fan]

And I thought of something. What if TDL had their own story line for their HM? I already thought of the story line! But I'm going to involve me in it. And It's going to also involve a character from an anime show that I've been addicted to. The title of it is in my signature. I'll post it later.

What a coincidence. I've thought up a storyline for TDL's mansion myself. If you were to look at my thread on how I would improve the Tokyo resort (http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15564), you would notice that one of my ideas calls for the addition to its Haunted Mansion of a loose storyline, involving an ice ghost named Yuki-onna (you can read about these creatures here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki-onna), who has taken the form of a bride and marries men for their money and then kills them as frost-laden corpses with her icy breath. This storyline does sound similar to Disneyland's recent update of the ride involving a loose story about Constance the murderous bride.

What do you think of my idea here?

[DisneyFanatic13]

^That's a good idea. But it kinda sounds like the bride in America's HM. But in Japanese form and twist.

I was thinking about a king named King Ichigo Kurosaki and a prince named Prince Kevin Pham(me!). And they are inmortal. I'll explain it in another tread.

[Big Disney Fan]

^That's a good idea. But it kinda sounds like the bride in America's HM. But in Japanese form and twist.

Well, that was kind of my plan the whole time, to make it like the bride found in Disneyland's ride. To me, by having the ghost bride kill her suitors by way of ice abilities (like in the actual Japanese legends), that would make cultural sense and put two and two together.

[DisneyFanatic13]

^Have you came up with the art work, description yet?

I have my version of TDL HM posted. You can check it and give me your opinion if you like.

[monkey4057]

Well, here's my version.

EXTERIOR
The exterior of the mansion is similar to DL except the weather vain features a skull instead of a ship.

QUEUE
The queue is the same as DL as well except a voice is heard mentioning the mystery of the house. Some stories are the different versions for the U.S. mansions (i.e., Capt. Gore, Constance, locked in the trunk, etc.). Also, there are two lines. One for Cantonese, and one for English.

FOYER
The foyer is like DL except it goes to one stretch room, each depending on the line you took. For English, the narration is done by Jeremy Irons (voice of Scar). Irons says the exact same thing as the U.S.. However, as he speaks, the chandelier in the room begins to move unnaturally.

STRETCH ROOM
As we enter the stretch room, Irons continues to narrate. Unlike DL, the narration is played in the foyer as well.

IRONS: WELCOME, FRIENDS, TO THE HAUNTED MANSION. KINDLY STEP ALL THE WAY IN PLEASE, AND MAKE ROOM FOR EVERYONE. BY THE WAY, I AM YOUR HOST, YOUR GHOST HOST. THERE'S NO TURNING BACK NOW! OUR TOUR BEGINS HERE IN THIS GALLERY, WHERE PORTRAITS HANG OF OUR PREVIOUS GUESTS IN THEIR CORRUPTIBLE MORTAL STATE. BUT REMEMBER, ALL IS NOT AS IT SEEMS! (laughs)
As the door closes, GH tells us to "bring our wretched bodies into the dead center of the room for a better view of the 4 portraits above.". The room begins to descend and GH says the same narration except for adding, "Don't look now," at the beginning of the narrations. Also, he says, "Look out below!" before the simulated fall. Also, the door opens before the lights come on.

HAUNTED HALL
We exit out of the stretch room and into a hallway. This version of the hall is similar to DLP where the portraits are both sides and the end of the hall. The pictures are done the same way as DL. The big difference of the room from DLP is instead of a large non-changing picture of Melanie, it's the Master Gracey and April-December portraits. Also, the Cat Lady appears the way she does in DL now.
IRONS:OH, I DIDN'T MEAN TO FRIGHTEN YOU. WELL, PREMATURELY THAT IS. YOU'LL FIND OUR REAL CHILLS LATER. NOW, LOOK ALIVE AS THEY SAY, AND WE MAY CONTINUE. AND LET'S ALL STICK TOGETHER SO WE DON'T GET LOST. IT WOULD BE A REAL NIGHTMARE. THESE PORTRAITS ARE JUST SOME OF OUR SEVERAL PROMINENT GHOSTS HERE. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE 999 HAPPY HAUNTS TOTAL. BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE! (laughs) IF YOU INSIST ON LAGGING BEHIND, YOU MAY NOT NEED VOLUNTEER!

LOADING HALL
Here, the loading is done in a certain way. First, 56 Cantonese guests go in their Doom Buggies that feature Cantonese audio. Then 56 English will board Buggies with English audio.
IRONS:AND NOW, A CARRIAGE APPROACHES TO TAKE INTO THE BOUNDLESS REALM OF THE SPIRIT WORLD.TAKE YOUR LOVED ONES BY THE HAND AS YOU BOARD PLEASE. AND REMEMBER, NO FLASH PICTURES PLEASE. WE SPIRITS ARE FRIGHTFULLY SENSITIVE TO BRIGHT LIGHTS.
After boarding, the Buggies go up a staircase where the staring busts from DL rest next to a wall with the former spiders from MK. Irons does the same spiel as in DL.

ENDLESS HALLWAY
After passing MK's endless stairways, we go by the same endless hallway, except it features two beak-nosed knights. One's beak up, the other's down.
IRONS:ALL OUR CADAVEROUS RESIDENTS FIND IT DELIGHTFULLY UNLIVABLE HERE IN OUR GHOSTLY RETREAT. OUR WALL-TO-WALL CREEPS, COMPLEMENTED BY HOT AND COLD RUNNING CHILLS KEEP EVERYONE HOWLING! SHH.......LISTEN!
At this point, different remarks are heard. They come from the speakers in the Buggy and offer a re-ride purpose, for each buggy has a different remark. For example, #21 may have creaking while #6 may have a spirit accidentally using hot water.

CORRIDOR OF DOORS
After dipping down a bit into the conservatory, we turn to the right side where the scene plays like the U.S., except instead of part of the hall, it is a completely different room scattered with dead plants. We then rotate so we're facing backwards and continue the same hall as the U.S. except on the second dip, a hovering teapot is pouring tea into a hovering cup-and-saucer. We then rotate to the left, pass the clock from the U.S., and into the Seance room. During these three parts, Irons narrates,
IRONS:ALL OUR GHOSTS HAVE BEEN DYING TO MEET YOU, BUT SEEM TO BE HELD BACK. PERHAPS MADAME LEOTA CAN HELP EXTINGUISH CONTACT.

SEANCE ROOM
The room is similar but with a few differnces. A sitar is included with the instruments, DL's green spirit reappears and disappears on the back wall. Also, Leota is done differently. While English cars are in the room, she speaks English, but when the Cantonese cars come in, she speaks Cantonese. Also, her table rotates but she does not.

More coming soon

[monkey4057]

Here is HKDL's HM contd.
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BALLROOM
After going up a small staircase, the Buggies enter the ballroom. As we ascend, Irons narrates,
IRONS:THE HAPPY HAUNTS HAVE PICKED UP YOUR SYMPATHETIC VIBRATIONS AND HAVE BEGUN TO MATERIALIZE. THEY HAVE ASSEMBLED FOR A SWINGING WAKE. I WILL HAVE TO LEAVE YOU NOW SINCE THEY EXPECT ME. BUT DON'T WORRY, I'LL SEE YOU ALL A LITTLE LATER.
The ballroom plays out the same as the other parks except DL's HMH ballroom music plays. And the accident of making the women lead the men has been fixed.

ATTIC
The scene is like DL, but with a few differences. The pictures are in a different order. Also, Constance's name is spelled Constince and her husband's names are Frank, Reginald, Remy, George, and James. Constince's audio is done the same way as Leota. Also, the Phantom Piano Player is named Franklin and his scene has him on the right and his piano on the left.

GRAVEYARD
The Buggies go out of the attic and out onto a balcony. Stars shine in the pitch black night sky and the ghost effect is altered, giving the different ghouls different personalities. We pass under the raven backwards and then past caretaker Ambrose and his skinny dog Bones. The graveyard is the same as the others with a few differences. For example, the busts are audio-animatronic and resemble the ones from the film. They also sing the same as the film's. Also, the opera singers and the mummy with the old man are switched (The opera singers are after the tea party and the mummy with the old man are with the Trio).

CRYPT
As the cars pass into a crypt, Irons says,
IRONS:AAAHHHH, THERE YOU ARE, MY FRIENDS. AND JUST IN TIME! THERE'S A LITTLE MATTER I FORGOT TO MENTION BEFORE. BEWARE OF HITCHHIKING GHOSTS! (laughs) THEY HAVE SELECTED YOU TO FILL OUR SPECIAL QUOTA, AND WILL HAUNT YOU UNTIL YOU RETURN! NOW I WILL RAISE THE SAFETY BAR, AND THE GHOST WILL FOLLOW YOU HOME! (laughs)
As he says this, the scene plays out like DL. The exit crypt is like DL as well. As we continue up the speed ramp, Little Leota is seen on a ledge saying the same speech as in the other parks. Her audio system is like Leota and Constince. As we exit, Corey Burton's voice is heard laughing evilly.

Cast:
Jeremy Irons...........Ghost Host
Madame Leota...............Kim Irvine
Constince...................Kat Crissada
Singing Busts...................Dapper Dans with Thurl Ravenscroft's laugh
Little Leota.....................Leota Thomas
Evil Laughter.........................Corey Burton
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That is my version of HKDL's HM.

[Big Disney Fan]

I hate to break this to you (and forgive me if I hurt your feelings), but I'm afraid your ride looks too much like Disneyland's version. At least mine offers some variety.

[DisneyFanatic13]

^I agree. But good thought though.

[monkey4057]

I hate to break this to you (and forgive me if I hurt your feelings), but I'm afraid your ride looks too much like Disneyland's version. At least mine offers some variety.

That is kinda the purpose of it. In other words, it makes things fair.

Both MK's and TDL's are clones. DL is similar but doesn't have a clone. DLP isn't similar to any other HM, making it unique. I personally think Phantom Manor should stay unique. This way, there can be two similar versions at MK/TDL, two similar versions at DL/HKDL, and a unique version at DLP.

This was just my opinion.

P.S. It's okay. I wasn't offended

[Big Disney Fan]

Both MK's and TDL's are clones. DL is similar but doesn't have a clone. DLP isn't similar to any other HM, making it unique. I personally think Phantom Manor should stay unique. This way, there can be two similar versions at MK/TDL, two similar versions at DL/HKDL, and a unique version at DLP.

Well, my version of the HKDL ride was intended to have a similarity in both DL and DLP. I don't think there should really be any clones. The staircase effect is coming to WDW's version, but not TDL's (not yet, anyway). So I think the HKDL ride could have similarities to the rides in California and France. You get what I'm saying?

[monkey4057]

^Sorta.

BTW, by clones I meant the exact same except for some minor differences. My HKDL version is like that. And like yours, mine mixes mostly DL's HM with a hint of MK and DLP's. (i.e., staircase, haunted hall layout)

Oh yeah, if you're wondering, the stretch room is an elevator. The line goes up a hill like DLP, and the stretch room goes down to the level of the park. At the exit, the guests go off the speedramp, out the crypt, and down the stairs.

Also, the ride has FP

[Big Disney Fan]

Actually, I'm not sure if the ride really NEEDS Fastpass. FP for HM was recently removed from Disneyland and Walt Disney World, given the amount of guests the attraction can take in at a time.

[monkey4057]

True, but who said I can't experiment? They did that on DL's Winnie the Pooh.

Also, the amount of doom buggies is settled differently. Like I said in the walkthrough, the two Leotas and Constince would have English and Cantonese audio for which Buggies were in the room. If the buggies are done like the other four, the audio would be an audio mess-up (When a Cantonese buggy enters the room, the audio switches to Cantonese and vice versa). To fix this, there is a large gap the size of the Seance track in between each set of Buggies. So, guests are stopped in the haunted hall until the other language is gone and the gap is a quarter of the way.

This is an answer for your FP response. (plus I felt like it would fit)

[monkey4057]

Oh, and the ride might not get to go under holiday because the ballroom music is HMH's

[coolmccool5]

^Which one, Goodwin's or Elfman's?^

Also, Big Disney Fan. What would you do for added sound effects for the streching gallery. Would you go for a symphonic soundtrack like Phantom Manor or would you have the sound effects from the updated WDW mansion?

[monkey4057]

^Elfman's

[Big Disney Fan]

Also, Big Disney Fan. What would you do for added sound effects for the streching gallery. Would you go for a symphonic soundtrack like Phantom Manor or would you have the sound effects from the updated WDW mansion?

How about BOTH! :icon_twis

[renegade]

I have Jason Surrell's book nd I saw some cool concepts in it that would work well with an Adventureland theme. I think that the Mansion should look like the one in the film.

[mickeymania1]

I actually think the mansion should look like the mansion in New Orleans Square at Disneyland. Hong Kong Disneyland's main idea was similar to that of Tokyo Disneyland's. Tokyo Disneyland was dedicated to bringing Walt Disney World to Japan & it used similar looking attractions & essentialy it was a Japanese Disney World. Hong Kong Disneyland did sort of a Chinese Disneyland & has the attractions that look like recreations of Disneyland's architecture. The mansion would look like the original one at Disneyland but have a completely different story for this version.

[blinkereye123]

Hi again. Coincidentally, I've also been having ideas about incorporating an Adventureland-y feel to HM, and it might, might make sense if HKDL puts its mansion near AL.

First, there would be a recurring "great white hunter" character that would show up sporadically throughout the ride. This is based on Marc Davis' early concept sketches from Jason Surrell's. The sketches showed what could be described as a 'trophy room' where animal heads line the wall and a large bear rug is on the floor, also various stuffed birds would be perched about. Obviously, these are meant to 'come to life' as riders go by and the hunter himself might actually appear in the room, (making him the first 'official' spirit we see in the ride.

Also, there could be a painting of the hunter in the load hallway. It could transform like the others, only this one would have the hunter's head literally 'shrinking' while the torso remained the same, (yes, think Beetljuice). The bakcground of the painting would also change from a clear jungle setting to an overgrown and dark scene to complete the por-
trait.

Speaking of portraits; the hunter could even be included in the stretching gallery. He'd
first appear normally appear with an elephant gun in his hand, then as the painting stretched we'd see he's actually in a large kettle, literally being boiled in oil.

I also recall Rolly Crump saying that for the "Museum of the Weird" concept they wanted to include full-size 'man-eating plants' in a solarium, another jungle concept that could work.

And yes, there could even be a 'voodoo dance taking place in the graveyard, along with 'haunted' drums keeping the beat.

Well, that's my two cents. If any of these ideas aren't doable, (and they probably aren't), just remember everyone's entitled to their opinion. Peace.