The Haunted Mansion Rehab Rumor [Archive]

dougeebear

01-30-2006, 03:13 PM

I've heard that most of the rehab will be to create a new ramp and door from the Doombuggy loading area, but oddly that ramp will not be used for wheelchairs which are still expected to ride back up in the Stretch Rooms. I've also heard from a CM in FL that the "ghost will follow you home" section will be redone to allow the ghosts to fly around and even place their hats on your head. I don't believe that one, though. However, one well-placed source at a very popular HM website [whom I am not quoting at his request] says a new AA is in the works.

Sesshomaru-sama

01-30-2006, 10:55 PM

Madame Leota's crystal ball will by flying and something different will happen to the trasformation in the changing portraits.

RollingBoulder

01-30-2006, 11:03 PM

^That was last year. There will be different stuff in addition to that this year.

AaronVenn

01-31-2006, 12:46 AM

They should be at least one "reach over the top" Phantom ghost in the Exit Mirrors.
Thats an awesome effect in Paris and one i soon won't forget.
Have like 6 different ghosts goin around doing different things that'd be cool, plus have the original three in there somewhere for nostalgias sake.
Oh yeh and make the ballroom lights dimmer again.
Cos Florida is so dark the ghosts look awesome but Disneyland must accidentally leave them on Holiday and theyre all bright n happy and you can't see them as well.
Oooh they might put The Hatbox Ghost back in. That'd be fun. Everyone should buy that model
from the park. Its just a bugger getting it shipped back home.

dougeebear

01-31-2006, 10:48 AM

Oooh they might put The Hatbox Ghost back in. That'd be fun. Everyone should buy that model
from the park. Its just a bugger getting it shipped back home.

One popular HM site (named after the ride vehicles) chatroom believes the Hatbox Ghost will be going back in. Another possibility is that the three hitchhiking ghosts will be programmed with snappy comebacks, ala Roz in Monster's Inc ride.

disneylover

01-31-2006, 12:53 PM

Can anyone fill me in on the hatbox ghost. I have seen the big figure and have heard a lot of people talking about it, but I still don't know thte story behind it. He is not in the HM is he?

Fantasmic!kid

01-31-2006, 01:14 PM

Here's a link: http://www.doombuggies.com/myths2.htm
There are 2 pages.

disneylover

01-31-2006, 01:37 PM

^WOw thanks! That cleared up a lot!:p

Fantasmic!kid

01-31-2006, 01:40 PM

Too bad they couldn't get it to work. That woud have been awesome!

AaronVenn

02-01-2006, 09:14 PM

He's pretty groovy, the Hatbox Ghost i mean. They could at least pop him in the Graveyard somewhere. He doesnt have to be the Brides girlfriend, Paris has all that & its nice but random.

Ezra

02-02-2006, 11:09 AM

I know I suggested this on another thread, but
What about the hologram technology they use for the apple in Snow White's Scarry Adventures? They could use that for the ghost's head. Now it's on the shoulders, now it's in the box, now it's on the shoulders....

I realy do think he should be in the attic. He really fills in alot of the bride's story.

Fantasmic!kid

02-02-2006, 01:48 PM

No wonder she died..................look at her boyfriend.

AaronVenn

02-02-2006, 03:51 PM

You know how Winnie The Pooh floats around on that scrim in his ride?
When hes asleep?
They should do Hatbox Ghosts head and float it around. People would certainly go "Oooh" and "Ahhh" respectively.

Mousekiteer

02-02-2006, 05:03 PM

As for the refurb, according to a blog of a cast member, she notes that it's nothing really major. A lot of people won't notice the changes but those attentive to detail should be able to see them.

That's all we could get out of her.

Ezra

02-02-2006, 08:07 PM

No wonder she died... ...look at her boyfriend.Yeah, that was the favorite part of the story LP when I was little. :biggrin:

111702

02-05-2006, 04:00 PM

http://www.mousehub.com/articles/index.php?id=1

The article above has information (located at the bottom) about the Haunted Mansion refurb, explaining that there might be possible show changes and enhancements...:smile:

Oh yeah, and the "New Mirror Effect" Rumor in the article...Supposedly the mirrors at the end will be adding special effects resembling the Tower of Terror's mirror effect...

Read the bottom of the page and find out aout possible enhancements to the Seance Room (including the poltergeist in the corner of the room) and the Attic (something about "The Heart and Soul" of the attic will be moved)...

AaronVenn

02-06-2006, 03:47 AM

Those magic Hollywood Tower mirrors sound a bit unneccessary.
My nan, bless her heart, just turned 75, all she remembers from her trip to the Haunted Mansion 30 odd years ago were the "ghosts sitting next to you in the mirror"
If they change that, thats a bit sad.
By all means you could pop a magic mirror in the Hallway maybe above the staring busts.
Like in Phantom Manor Paris, I love the big painting of Melanie Ravenswood at the end of the hallway staring down at you.
If they popped a magic Hollywood Tower mirror in the Hallway there sassy, trendy girls can check their hair & make-up & say "hey susie, look at my new do....oooh this mirror is magic" like they do when they're waiting by the mirror in the Hollywood Tower library entrance....
Just a thought.

Ezra

02-07-2006, 11:34 AM

...possible enhancements to the Seance Room (including the poltergeist in the corner of the room) and the Attic (something about "The Heart and Soul" of the attic will be moved)... It sounds like they follow the old story LP that was recorded before the attraction opened. It had effects that never made it into the attraction. One is ghostly aparitions that look like misty whisps of smoke that begin to appear during the seance. Another is the Hatbox Ghost, who's head disappears from his body and apears in a hatbox each time the Brides heart beats. He was originally where the Bride is now, but was removed after a week because the effect just didn't work right. If that's what they're hinting at, then this is very exciting news!

stitchhead28

02-07-2006, 01:54 PM

What I would like to see are the old ideas that never took of that was shown in the Haunted Mansion Imagineering book. Such as a headless horseman or porter with a lantern animatronics in the boarding area.

disneylover

02-07-2006, 02:00 PM

Oooooo! I would love to see a headless horseman in the HM! The headless horseman always freaked me out!

zosomouse

02-07-2006, 11:15 PM

I first visited the Haunted Mansion in 1971. In those early years the portraits changed in tandem with the lightning flashes. My guess is they cut that effect because of the dangers of strobe-like lighting on folks prone to epileptic seizures. Given today's technology it seems they could achieve a similar effect without posing a danger to others. I miss the screaming heads in the attic and their wailing, which could be heard coming from the seance room across the balcony. The hatbox ghost would be a nice touch. One would think that 37 years would be enough time to figure out a way to pull off the effect. The ride does follow the story line of the original Haunted Mansion record with Ron Howard. The first time I rode it I could follow how "Mike and Karen" sought shelter in the old mansion during a fierce thunderstorm only to be escorted through the ghostly residence, eventually escaping the hatbox ghost and his bride out an attic window and climbing down a tree into the graveyard below. That was a cool record. I wish I still had it. RU42 used the intro from it on their full attraction video, another great contribution to this site.:p

RollingBoulder

02-07-2006, 11:30 PM

Ezra

02-08-2006, 09:19 AM

They actually just implemented something like that last year. I'm not sure how close it is to how they used to do it, but it's definitely the same idea. I'm sure the new effect is much better. The original lightening effect didn't really work very well. When the portraits changed in a lightening flash, you knew you saw something, but couldn't really tell what. Also the portraits looked very obviously like light boxes (which they were) when they did that. It was a great idea that just didn't work very well.

The new effect may still cause problems for some epileptics. An aquaintance of mine has that type of epilepsy so severely that he can't take car trips. The light slanting through that line of trees planted along the highway will trigger a siesure. I don't think that's the reason the lightening effect was removed. It just never worked right.

Animatronic Budgie

02-08-2006, 02:14 PM

disneylover

02-08-2006, 02:20 PM

I cannot imagine them getting rid of Le Bat en Rouge. Everytime I go near that place it is PACKED! There is always a huge line in that store......but you never know what will happen:icon_conf Although I love the original HM, I love the HMH also. I have never even seen NBC, but I still love what they do with the attraction and how much detail there is. It is a nice change from the original:tongue:
As for the rumored effects, I am looking forward to them. I love the new floating Leota, so I am curious to see what else they do.

111702

02-08-2006, 02:32 PM

Not to dig all of this up again, but. . . .

Last week when I was in Disneyland, I overheard a castmember working at Le Bat en Rouge say to a guest that the Haunted Mansion Holiday is indeed gone. Also, Le Bat en Rouge is going to be closing. However, when I talked to the pilot of the Mark Twain (my wife and I got to pilot the ship when we were there), she said that they wouldn't be getting rid of it because it draws a lot of people.

The Le Bat En Rouge Store. I LOVE THAT STORE! Yes, I have heard from multiple sources, both reliable and unreliable, that the famous gothic store will be closing. It draws SO many Tim Burton fans and goths, I myself love Tim Burton! Why would they close it? That's exactly why I'm skeptical. Also, there has been no announcement to the closure (there's been announcements to the Bengal Barbecue closure and River Belle Terrace construction, but no notice on Le Bat En Rouge). Let's just hope that it stays open for as long as possible.:p

But, we are getting off topic here...:icon_conf

AaronVenn

02-08-2006, 09:25 PM

La Bat En Rouge makes me buy things on impulse.
Like the $175 Hatbox Ghost. I loved it & had one shipped back home that day.
See, I had the Nightmare Before Christmas Jumper, and the soundtrack, all that sort of thing but when they started hanging the carpeted original Mansion Stretching Portraits, the hand holding lantern & indeed at one point the Haunted Mansion sculpture, it made me wanna grab everything I could to do with the original mansion. Bless you Bat En Rouge.

RollingBoulder

02-08-2006, 09:35 PM

I don't see why they would have to close Le Bat en Rouge along with HMH (If that ends up being the case). They can still sell regular HM stuff as well as any villain items. It would still be one of my favorite stores at the resort, with or without NBC items.

AaronVenn

02-15-2006, 08:07 PM

I was confused by that green ball thing in the Seance Room.
I thought it was a karoake ball that had got lost at some point.
Wisping spirits sound fun. As does The Hatbox Ghost. I love my little sculpture. Everyone who sees him says "oooh". Especially my friend Deb.

Hopefully they'll pop the Hatbox Ghost back in somewhere and make the Black Void section more exciting and fresh like that picture in that book....you know the one i mean....

ShrunkenNed

02-28-2006, 08:32 PM

http://www.miceage.com/allutz/al022806b.htm

The above article discusses changes to the Haunted Mansion to appear when it re-opens. I'm concerned a little bit, but, personally willing to keep an open mind....

SplashMountain

02-28-2006, 08:39 PM

I dont know....The new bride part doesnt seem too family oriented:confused: ...But Ill wait to see what it looks like.

norcal1219

02-28-2006, 08:55 PM

Yeah the bride part doesnt seem to be geard towards the kids, but the changing portraits sounds pretty cool.

Booster

02-28-2006, 09:21 PM

Hmm...I dunno. Even with this new proposed scene, it's still vague enough that you can make your own assumptions on the plot. I'm a little concerned, but nothing to the level of the Pirates changes. If anything, this may be a nice touch, as these changes are original and unique unto the ride. Mostly the more-animated Hitchhiking Ghosts piques my interest.

As for the murderous Bride...I dunno.

Disneyland Fan

02-28-2006, 09:34 PM

I'm not going to make any judgement until I have seen the final product. I've been very impressed with everything I've seen from Mr. Ouimett so far, and now adding John Lasseter to the mix can only make things much, much better.

Let's continue this discussion in the Haunted Mansion rehab rumor thread. Threads merged.

~DF~

ShrunkenNed

02-28-2006, 09:42 PM

Ezra

02-28-2006, 10:18 PM

I was hoping for the hatbox ghost...

as for the kid-friendly comments, it's a ghost story. Ghost stories are usually about the wronged dead trying to point out the killer, or where their remains are hidden, where they hid their precious belongings, etc. This is the stuff of 1001 best loved ghost stories. It's the stuff you tell around campfires. None of it's kid-friendly if you look at it that way!

Disneyland_Wolf

02-28-2006, 10:22 PM

Some things may change, but it can be a rumor. I like it whey they make it like that. Darker and a sad story for the Bride.

RollingBoulder

02-28-2006, 10:44 PM

Sounds good to me. A creative change to add somewhat of a real story to the ride, without any movie connections. Couldn't be any better than that.

PeoplemoverMatt

02-28-2006, 11:18 PM

Here comes the bride...with an axed aimed at your hide...

If you read it closely, the changes to the hitchhiking ghosts aren't going to be ready until Easter sometime.

-- PMM :cool:

azafel

03-01-2006, 11:57 AM

I've been a long time Disneyland/WDW fan. Never posted here before.

When I was a kid, the Bride was the scariest part of the whole Mansion for me, and caused me a great deal of apprehension about even going in for a long, long time. I could never figure out why, though... She just seemed to stick out like a sore thumb. Among all the happy haunts and creepy creeps, suddenly a serious-as-a-heart-attack GHOST makes an appearance and, just as suddenly, is left behind for a happenin' party in the graveyard... Which, also, hadn't always made much sense. Why are the ghosts celebrating rather than trying to scare you to death?

Her last update that gave her a glowing face and a more detailed costume took the edge off, and made her more like the rest of the ghosts in the mansion.

I believe that this latest version of the Bride will go back to the original, terrifying sense of dread that she used to instill. Not only that, but it will make the escape to the graveyard that much more of a relief.

Imagine, you've seen the victims, you've seen the evidence, and you managed to escape the Battle-Axe Bride by climbing out the attic window. Now it will seem that the ghosts will be celebrating your escape from the evil spirit, rather than just throwing a party for the sake of a party. Almost makes them seem... helpful.

I think that this will be a perfect ghost story for kids. In a Mansion full of playful spooks, there's only one to genuinely fear. Leaving her behind and getting out of the Mansion invokes more spirits to come and celebrate your continued mortal existence!

The Hitchhiking Ghosts update, of course, sounds amazing. I hope that they have some sort of visual interactivity, like a game for the PS2's EyeToy. Example: Poking and waving at the ghost causes him to dodge around, or perhaps get his hat knocked off. Putting your arm around him causes him to stretch out and put his arm around you, too. It'd sure be neat!

Of course, we'll just have to see. The proof is in the (blood) pudding. :eek:

-Azafel

Rinith

03-01-2006, 04:33 PM

I always thought the bride was playing hide and seek and sufficated in a trunk which then caused Master Gracy to hang himself. Now she's a murderer and she cut off his head with an axe as she did about seven other people, hmm interesting. I think the first idea is better but that's just me.

However the best plotline I've heard is the ghostly retiremant home. It just makes the most sense to me.

AlexLoup

03-01-2006, 07:10 PM

The whole Master Gracey thing was by CMs who had to explain a few things. I really prefer the Gracey story over the new version. (I also like the Comic version.)

Ezra

03-01-2006, 07:27 PM

I always thought the bride was playing hide and seek and sufficated in a trunk That's an old story that somehow attatched itself to The Haunted Mansion. The old story LP which was completed the year before the attaction opened has the bride... and a groom who's head disapears from his body and apears in a hatbox he is holding.

PeoplemoverMatt

03-01-2006, 09:04 PM

I'd just like to point out that because these changes aren't purely meant to leech off a movie debut, are not movie-based, and don't kill an original classic, you won't be seeing the same objections to them that you do Pirates. Just want everyone to be realizing this.

-- PMM :cool:

AaronVenn

03-01-2006, 10:26 PM

That whole Bride with rich dead husbands story reminds me of a backward
Corpse Bride.
But then again, the Bride IS dead.
I think it sounds fun having that in the Attic.
Pop in The Hatbox Ghost aswell.
Cos he's losing his head so that'll fit in with her axe wielding storyline.
Hooray for new things in rides. Hooray.

krnsngr85

03-01-2006, 10:47 PM

and yes please update the audio system please please please!!!!!!!!!!!

Booster

03-02-2006, 10:15 PM

Hmm...Thinking about it. And yes. These changes are welcome.

I had always wondered why the Bride was there, surrounded by pop-up ghosts that moan "I do," and accompanied by the ghostly pianist. I guess Disney has always hinted at the Bride's sinister nature. The Hatbox ghost, her creepy appearance, the solemn feeling to the attic area...Now they're just making it more obvious.

Ezra

03-03-2006, 09:44 AM

I guess Disney has always hinted at the Bride's sinister nature. I always thought she was innocent. With the hatbox ghost storyline, I always thought the groom had been murdered, and the bride was waiting for him and he never came... I thought the movie Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte was one of the attraction's influences. Giving her the axe really does change things a bit..

Doesn't this look alot like one of the stretching portraits?
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/ezrad/JoanBette.jpg

disneylover

03-03-2006, 01:05 PM

^WOW! THat's neat! I will have to look into that! Thanks for sharing Ezra:p

Imjustpeachy

03-03-2006, 01:19 PM

oh wow, that picture is totally awesome when you start to compare them. thanks for sharing that!

Rinith

03-03-2006, 02:39 PM

Wow that's a nice find there.

And it also makes me wonder if that portait in the streatching room is of the bride herself.

CLASSIC HM

03-03-2006, 08:02 PM

I hope the soundtrack doesn't change. However though, I want the Ghost Host safety speil "Do not pull down the safety bar please..."

disneygeek06

03-03-2006, 09:23 PM

im all for the change personally, i know its a "strech" but we have to remember walt wanted disneyland to change with time and this is just that natuaral progression of time. he wouldnt want his dream park to suffer because we didnt want it to change, let it change just keep it the way walt would have wanted it

TopCat8

03-03-2006, 11:18 PM

The Haunted Mansion is my favorite ride in the park, and I just now found out about all these supposed changes. I think that some of them sound good. I would like an updated sound system and I think that the beginning of the ride is what really needs to be changed. First of all, turn the lights back off on the little section of queue just before you enter your doombuggy. I would also like to see something knew with the breathing doors and the floating candle. The whole bloody axe thing sounds really cool though.

RollingBoulder

03-04-2006, 01:00 AM

and yes please update the audio system please please please!!!!!!!!!!!
After riding WDW's, anyone would be very happy with Disneyland's sound system. Man, the Ghost Host sounded like he was talking through an old radio or something. Hopefully that's been fixed since I went there last (2002). Not saying Disneyland's can't be improved though.

Wendell

03-04-2006, 08:32 AM

If you get a certain unamed magazine, there was an issue a couple of years ago about an idea for the HM. In it the whole attraction was a *gasp* walk through! You would be led by a host CM through the mansion looking at ghostly skits and apparitions, culminating in a wedding, that the ghosts have been trying to celebrate for years. So this bride in the attic is really all that survived that original idea. The thing didn't say anything about the bride being a murderess though.

HMHfan4evah

03-05-2006, 04:33 PM

1. NO, DON'T TAKE MY HMH AWAY!!!!!
2. A murderous bride? Oh my, oh my, oh my. I think that's going a sept backwards from "Family oriented" to "Dark and sinister". I mean, sinister is good, but a bloody axe? *shivers* Man, don'tcha just miss the "old" days back when DL rides that didn't really have much of a plot were still awesome? And now PotC and HM need clearer story lines. Uggh.

AaronVenn

03-05-2006, 05:10 PM

I'd laugh if they popped in Emily the Corpse Bride into the Haunted Mansion Holiday this year.
Assuming they do it this year that is...
Sure, they'd had to buy the rights off Warner & Tim Burton would be offended that they're "commercialising his craft" but hey, it'd get the crowds in.
Hopefully they don't in the Carni looking "real" bride like in Phantom Manor.
I know shes sposed to be alive and sad, but the anamatronic looks a bit silly.
Keep her dead I say.
Hear hear.

PeoplemoverMatt

03-05-2006, 05:14 PM

A few pictures of Haunted Mansion construction are coming in my newest update, hopefully posted later tonight. :smile:

-- PMM :cool:

barfownz

03-05-2006, 05:19 PM

A few pictures of Haunted Mansion construction are coming in my newest update, hopefully posted later tonight. :smile:

-- PMM :cool:

HM Opens on the 10th. The date of you know when.....;)

Jeinkinslod

03-05-2006, 06:05 PM

ive heard that they are going to make the ride have a theme,a story, (aginst Disney's will, !!!! [mod snip]) probably about master gracey and or the attic bride (like phantom manor) i think that sounds awesome, since she has been a greatm ystery to me since iwas a little lad, but i like the mansion the way it is now. the classic favorite attraction.

Though i admit the hat box ghost would be nice, and its not as though they dont have the tech. to do it

AaronVenn

03-05-2006, 08:36 PM

I always just gathered, well since i was 6 anyways, that some ghosts had moved into the mansion
( as per the invitation on the gate back when it opened ) and were having a good time haunting it.
So good in fact that they were having a swinging wake ( for the man escaping the coffin ).
And, the only reason you could only see the ghosts in the ballroom & beyond was because
Madame Leota called them up in her Seance.
That was story enough for me.
I never thought of going backwards out the window was symbolising us dying to join the spirit world, or the ghost bride being stuck there cos her husband died...
" ...the sweet innocence of youth, ah but things not always as they seem... "

Ezra

03-06-2006, 08:41 AM

I never thought of going backwards out the window was symbolising us dying to join the spirit world No, the story is that we escape the the attic by climbing down that spooky tree. The practical reason is that it's a steep incline and we would be pitched forward in our seats if we didn't turn around and face backwards.
You have a very active imagination... That's good!

xfkirsten

03-06-2006, 11:13 AM

No, the story is that we escape the the attic by climbing down that spooky tree. The practical reason is that it's a steep incline and we would be pitched forward in our seats if we didn't turn around and face backwards.
You have a very active imagination... That's good!

The "falling out the window and dying" story has actually been around for awhile, and really makes sense to me in context... that's why the keeper looks at you so terrified-like! It's admittedly a much darker ending, and probably not what was intended, but I love the creativity of it and how well it works. :smile:

AaronVenn

03-06-2006, 04:15 PM

The dying after going backwards bit has been around longer than I have.
Apparently its why the Groundskeeper is so scared.
I always just thought it was because there was ghosts in his Graveyard....
But what makes that dying bit so confusing is at the end of the ride you return to the Living World and a Ghost follows you home.
So does that mean we're dead in the park?
Or we're still alive & a Hitchhiking Ghost is coming onto other rides with us?
It really makes you think...for about 4 minutes till you go get a Churro.

Rinith

03-06-2006, 04:23 PM

Perhaps the Ghost Host revives you. It would also explain why you start heading into a crypt.
I'm going to miss all the fun stories that people make up about the mansion. Now all we have is a crazy axe weilding bride. Oh well.

BTW how did she murder 999 people without even being suspected of anything? Sheesh maybey there will be more stories seeing as how many holes are left by this one!

Booster

03-06-2006, 05:29 PM

BTW how did she murder 999 people without even being suspected of anything? Sheesh maybey there will be more stories seeing as how many holes are left by this one!

She didn't. She took care of maybe a few, and is an unhappy phantom herself, but the others died and/or came to (un)live there on their own accord. Don't forget, the mansion is a retirement home for the wayward ghosts of the world! That's why there's 999 of them...but, don't forget, there's room for a thousand...And volunteers?

I'm thinking that this new story is simply being added onto the old one, being that the original concept didn't have much of a story. It was opened as a home for ghosts, and Disneyland guests were invited in for a tour. At first, only poltergeist activity surrounds you. Then Leota calls out the spirits for a "swinging wake". At the end, you are prompted to join the quota as number 1,000. Not only does a ghost follow you home, but Little Leota beckons you to return with your "Death Certificate, if you decide to join us."

But the mansion had to become haunted in the first place, right? Have its own happy (and not so happy) haunts. This just strengthens that original haunting that brought so many spirits to the manor. The hanging corpse was one (explaining the origin of the Ghost Host), and now comes the killer Bride.

CLASSIC HM

03-06-2006, 08:19 PM

Will any of the changes affect the Ghost Host narration? It's bad enough that they replaced Paul Free's safety spiel. But to erase more of his lines is downright wrong.

PeoplemoverMatt

03-06-2006, 11:26 PM

Well there is no narration after the seance room because our Ghost Host was called to be a part of the swinging wake. However, they are enhancing the hitchhiking ghosts, but I doubt that would need a change in the narration there.

-- Peoplemover "A ghost followed me home & he ended up in the wash with the other bedsheets, oops." Matt

Booster

03-06-2006, 11:51 PM

I always wanted one of them to follow me home...Especially Gus. He was always my favorite. :smile:

Ezra

03-07-2006, 09:46 AM

I thought the story was that Walt Disney was upset by the fact that all the great old houses around the world were being torn down, and all those ghosts had no place to go. So he built them a house and invited them to "live" at Disneyland! That's why Caesar's ghost is at the banquet table, and an Egyptian Pharoh is in the graveyard. Along with the King and Queen, and Dutchess, and Knight, who are obviously European.

I always wanted one of them to follow me home...Especially Gus. He was always my favorite I'm partial to Ezra, he's so dapper!
Got my top hat! Got my white tie! All I really need is a girl!

A ghost followed me home & he ended up in the wash with the other bedsheets, oops That is just too cute! It accidentally got mixed up with the colors and
turned pink! Oh but now it smells so fresh! and it's snuggly soft!

sambadude

03-08-2006, 03:19 AM

I like ghosts

kodiak

03-08-2006, 11:30 AM

so this thing is to open back up on friday? are the new features going to be in place on friday then? I will be there on wednesday. that would be great.

111702

03-08-2006, 04:04 PM

so this thing is to open back up on friday? are the new features going to be in place on friday then? I will be there on wednesday. that would be great.

Well, it is unkown really. But many people are saying that either some or all of the new effects will be turned off for now, and introduced later. Nobody will really know until Friday...:confused:

AaronVenn

03-09-2006, 12:22 AM

I like ghosts too SambaDude.
Lets be friends.

Dakoter

03-09-2006, 03:21 PM

A bit off topic, but does anyone have any photos of the Haunted Mansion with the work lights on?

AaronVenn

03-09-2006, 04:42 PM

There's those 2 old videos over at Doombuggies.com that have the Ballroom with work lights on.
But it spoils the magic a bit and makes you sad.

So then you just forget you watched it and believe that real ghosts are there.

Booster

03-09-2006, 10:34 PM

Since me and the gang are off to D-Land tomorrow, I'll get an idea if there's anything new in there.

disneygeek06

03-10-2006, 11:24 AM

so when ever anyone gets back from going today could you let us in on some of what to expect? it would be nice ill be there most of next week with my family and i want to know what to expect

RollingBoulder

03-10-2006, 11:33 AM

There aren't many noticeable differences yet. Supposedly the new effects aren't going to be ready until April.

PeoplemoverMatt

03-11-2006, 01:32 AM

111702

03-11-2006, 11:05 AM

No new effects are currently in place. In fact, the audio system's having some issues now, so the ride's actually in worse shape than you remember. Though I did notice the green etch-a-sketch looking thing is gone. Attic's been rearranged but no new bride & hitchiking ghosts are their former selves even though both will change in coming months.

-- PMM :cool:

Thanks for the update PMM!:p

It's obvious that they are now working on the green poltergeist in the seance room. Since they are rearranging the attic, I think they might be trying to find a new position for new props and the bride so that the "new effects" can work well. They are definitly tweaking the audio system, but not much else. Oh well, I guess we'll have to wait and see!;)

norcal1219

03-12-2006, 09:00 PM

No new effects are currently in place. In fact, the audio system's having some issues now, so the ride's actually in worse shape than you remember. Though I did notice the green etch-a-sketch looking thing is gone. Attic's been rearranged but no new bride & hitchiking ghosts are their former selves even though both will change in coming months.

-- PMM :cool:

Yeah that's totaly true. I just got back from Disneyland and the haunted mansion was closed because about 45 of the doombuggies didn't have any sound. The castmember said that the holiday refurb was rushed and that they didn't have enough funds to finish the refurb entirely.

HMHfan4evah

03-13-2006, 10:51 AM

Yeah that's totaly true. I just got back from Disneyland and the haunted mansion was closed because about 45 of the doombuggies didn't have any sound. The castmember said that the holiday refurb was rushed and that they didn't have enough funds to finish the refurb entirely.

Wow. That's just-just sad. Well, April isn't that far away.

gotsomegetsome

03-20-2006, 12:48 PM

no that poltergeist thing .. the green dot has been gone for a while

at least a few months

111702

03-20-2006, 06:11 PM

Here is what MousePlanet had to say about the new effects...:p

"Anyway, the ride opened with only the most minor of modifications and the current chatter through the grapevine is that the first changes should start to appear on April 7 and pretty much everything in place by Easter weekend (April 15-16). So, if correct we won't have to wait much longer."

Personally, I find this exciting! And if this is true, I hope RU42 is ready to make another video!:old_wink:

PeoplemoverMatt

03-20-2006, 10:11 PM

Which would make it just about a month after Mansion re-opened. Exactly what we thought.

-- PMM :cool:

kodiak

03-21-2006, 08:41 AM

um... .well I caught a couple new things last wekend. the may be only new to me though. the master gracey portrait... how the portraits dont morph anymore but change with flashes of lightning.... the rain and lightning outside the hallway.... the ghosts seemed... brighter... i could see them better. in past years, I had to strain. I couldnt find the mummy's sarcophogus.... my wife noticed a banshee... cloaked looking thing that I had never seen before. the floating madamme leota was new to me... the attic is certainly re-arranged. the audio was working just fine when we were there. I also noticed that one of the ghosts in the ghost band appeared to be the fife playing pirate from pirates. I dunno. its probably all old news to everybody... new for me though. I also noticed... all around the park.. there were several references to the hatbox ghost. there were statues of him in le baton rouge... in a store on main street... and in at least one other place. could be getting people ready for his addition to the mansion maybe?

Booster

03-21-2006, 09:06 AM

I also noticed... all around the park.. there were several references to the hatbox ghost. there were statues of him in le baton rouge... in a store on main street... and in at least one other place. could be getting people ready for his addition to the mansion maybe?

That's new to me. I'll have to go look.

AaronVenn

03-23-2006, 12:31 AM

HatBox Ghost statues were out to celebrate the 50th Anniversary.

You could also get Stretching Portrait Rugs the first couple of days back in August last year.
I guess Hatty just hung round cos he was $175 & pretty bulky to carry.
To have him shipped back to Australia was an extra $90 but very worth it.

You can still buy him from Disney Direct everyone in the states.
Internationally though give Deliverears a call.

So he doesnt really have anything to do with the refit in that regard i'm sorry
Kodiak.
But here's hoping.
My friend Deb certainly is.

111702

04-09-2006, 12:49 PM

OMG! SOMEBODY READ THIS!

I was just listening to the Inside the Magic Podcast where some AMAZING, STUPIFYING, SURPRISING, AND SHOCKING peice of information was spilled!
The podcast directed me to a blog site (I don't want to post a link 'cause it has languge:icon_conf ), where I found the most surprising thing ever! Hold on to your pants for this one, becuase what I'm about to say will totally surprise you...somebody auditioned for the part of the bride in the attic. How is this possible you ask? They are using the same projection technology as Madame Leota and Little Leota. I know, I'm shocked too. The person auditioning went into a room with a couple Imagineers that filmed her face, but she couldn't move it, JUST like Leota Toombs (becuase they have to match up the video with the AA). The Imagineers codenamed the role "The Black Widow Bride". The auditioner even blogged about how she had to read the lines! She said that she had to read them really sweet and mysterious at first, but then read them in a sinister/menacing tone. I wish she told us what the lines WERE! Anyway, check out the nwest episode of the Inside the Magic Podcast to find out. Skim about 13 minutes in to find it!

Piglet

04-09-2006, 12:57 PM

That sounds pretty cool! I wonder when this special effect will be added?

111702

04-09-2006, 01:44 PM

That sounds pretty cool! I wonder when this special effect will be added?

GUESS WHAT! Chef Mayhem, the creator of Doombuggies.com, who also interviewed Imagineers working on The Haunted Mansion, says that the new effects should turn on in a couple of days!!! Listen to the new Inside the Magic Podcast to hear what he says about the new effects! It's amazing!!!
--------------------------------------Double post added here.
More interesting news! Doombuggies.com shares information that when The Haunted Mansion closes at night, the workers turn the effects on to test them and tweak them if anything's wrong. They say that the effects are almost ready!!!

Ezra

04-09-2006, 02:18 PM

They are using the same projection technology as Madame Leota. ...somebody auditioned for the part of the bride in the attic. ...and ...it wasn't Jennifer Tilley!

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/ezrad/trashher.jpg
Maybe we could just throw it away?

linklewtt

04-09-2006, 02:44 PM

www.wikipedia.org has a scoop on what the changes might be. go there and type in Haunted Mansion and read what they have to say. it says that the new plotline could have something to do with the bride killing of her husbands (a Corpse Bride-ish sort of thing except the bride is the killer, not the groom). so, in that way she amassed her fortune and Master Gracey (presumably the guy hanging in the elevator) DID NOT hang himself, but rather was HUNG by the bride!!!

Anyways, this plotline speculation fits exactly with 111702's post about the Black Widow Bride (for those of you who don't know, black widows eat their mates, hence describing a bride who kills her husbands). So, if 111702's post is 100% accurate and that auditioner wasn't lying, then I think it's safe to say that this is the new plotline!

anyways, here's what wikipedia said about changes:
- a new effect in the seance room will involve reappearing ghosts here and there, trying to cross over to our living side in order to warn us about the bride!
- the ghost heads popping up in the attic are the souls of the bride's former husbands (forever doomed to say I Do)
-the bride will now hold a bouquet of flowers which will periodically change into a bloody axe!

there's others too but i forget at the moment. go on over to wikipedia and check it out!

111702

04-09-2006, 07:29 PM

www.wikipedia.org (http://www.wikipedia.org) has a scoop on what the changes might be. go there and type in Haunted Mansion and read what they have to say. it says that the new plotline could have something to do with the bride killing of her husbands (a Corpse Bride-ish sort of thing except the bride is the killer, not the groom). so, in that way she amassed her fortune and Master Gracey (presumably the guy hanging in the elevator) DID NOT hang himself, but rather was HUNG by the bride!!!

Anyways, this plotline speculation fits exactly with 111702's post about the Black Widow Bride (for those of you who don't know, black widows eat their mates, hence describing a bride who kills her husbands). So, if 111702's post is 100% accurate and that auditioner wasn't lying, then I think it's safe to say that this is the new plotline!

anyways, here's what wikipedia said about changes:
- a new effect in the seance room will involve reappearing ghosts here and there, trying to cross over to our living side in order to warn us about the bride!
- the ghost heads popping up in the attic are the souls of the bride's former husbands (forever doomed to say I Do)
-the bride will now hold a bouquet of flowers which will periodically change into a bloody axe!

there's others too but i forget at the moment. go on over to wikipedia and check it out!

Well, this may be an an awkward surprise, but I actually typed that! I went to Wikipedia and copied down information from various interviews and trusted sites. But still, I did a pretty good job explaining the changes!:tongue:

PeoplemoverMatt

04-11-2006, 10:15 AM

Went on it yesterday, no changes installed as expected, but the audio was doing much better than 3 weeks ago. :smile:

-- PMM :cool:

111702

04-11-2006, 01:37 PM

Went on it yesterday, no changes installed as expected, but the audio was doing much better than 3 weeks ago. :smile:

-- PMM :cool:

Well just in case, everyone should be extra cautious and be on alert for these changes!:icon_conf

linklewtt

04-11-2006, 09:40 PM

^^you wrote that article, 11702? lol, you dog you!

111702

04-12-2006, 07:36 AM

^^you wrote that article, 11702? lol, you dog you!

I know... :tongue:

But it's actually kinda fun to write stuff on Wikipedia! For example, if the Space Mountain description of Wikipedia wasn't updated, I'd love to update it myself, because I know that my voice will make a difference to what people know about Space Mountain!:smile:

Booster

04-14-2006, 05:23 PM

The moment of truth isn't to far away, guys! By the time Easter ends...Mwa ha ha! The beheading bride shall make her entrance, along with her various grooms.

111702

04-14-2006, 09:54 PM

The moment of truth isn't to far away, guys! By the time Easter ends...Mwa ha ha! The beheading bride shall make her entrance, along with her various grooms.

Wait a sec........is that a hint? Do you KNOW something? Or are you just guessing and hoping?:confused:

k_peek_2000

04-14-2006, 11:16 PM

Hey this is cool. Do any of the other HM's have a talking bride?

RollingBoulder

04-14-2006, 11:29 PM

^ Not that I know of. Phantom Manor has a singing bride in the soundtrack. Is the new bride going to talk?

111702

04-15-2006, 10:32 AM

^ Not that I know of. Phantom Manor has a singing bride in the soundtrack. Is the new bride going to talk?

Yes, the new bride will have a projected face like Madame Leota and talk to guests as they pass by.:wink:

k_peek_2000

04-15-2006, 11:01 AM

111702

04-15-2006, 11:22 AM

But wait. This still doesnt explain the whole whats under the curtains mystery.

EDIT WAIT! I think I know what the frame is.

On PM, the bride sits down and is looking at a mirror just like that one. And then every often lighting will strike and there will be like a skull on the mirror infront of the bride. Maybe thats the new effect for the round frame.

Actually, that's ONLY the Paris version. Besides that would never work because...:icon_conf

1. The new bride has a projected TALKING face, and will need to face the audience...
2. That frame has already been confirmed as a portrait from numerous CM's...
3. How would that fit in with the story if the bride is killing her husbands and not the other way around like Phantom Manor?

All I know is, there's fantastic looking art under those drapes and I want to see!!!:biggrin:

k_peek_2000

04-15-2006, 11:34 AM

Actually, that's ONLY the Paris version. Besides that would never work because...:icon_conf

1. The new bride has a projected TALKING face, and will need to face the audience...
2. That frame has already been confirmed as a portrait from numerous CM's...
3. How would that fit in with the story if the bride is killing her husbands and not the other way around like Phantom Manor?

All I know is, there's fantastic looking art under those drapes and I want to see!!!:biggrin:
Maybe the frame is just sitting there and then randomly and then the skull will appear, and her husband is haunting her so you can see his ghost in it. There doesnt have to be 2 brides.

HMF

04-15-2006, 11:37 AM

Different story. Diffirent Brides.

k_peek_2000

04-15-2006, 12:36 PM

^ that are infact changing the story of DL's too, small peices at a time. But I PM's story about the enourmous party in the little building.

HMF

04-15-2006, 01:22 PM

I know that. But the new story is original and has nothing to do with Phantom Manor.

k_peek_2000

04-15-2006, 03:07 PM

I realized that! I am just saying that they might use some of they same effects that they use in Phantom Manor.

HMF

04-15-2006, 07:41 PM

I agree. However the misty skull effect from Phantom Manor wont make sense storywise.
But i would put the Bride in the endless hallway holding the candlearba. Trying to convince the guests not to continue and discover her dirty work.

RollingBoulder

04-15-2006, 08:52 PM

Yes, the new bride will have a projected face like Madame Leota and talk to guests as they pass by.:wink:
That worries me a little bit. I hope that doesn't turn out to be cheesy. I guess it all depends on what she says. She will actually be talking to the people on the ride, or just talking to herself as they go by?

Anyway, thanks for keeping us all up to date on this stuff, 111702. :smile:

k_peek_2000

04-15-2006, 10:43 PM

In other words. Will she be like Raz?

rytheguy

04-16-2006, 01:24 PM

Is it just me, or are they going a little nutso with the projected faces? The effect really doesn't impress me anymore because it's over used. Plus, it's already used in the mansion several times and using it on the bride just seems to take away from the other places it is used. As much as I love to see change in attractions, I am a bit worried this time.

k_peek_2000

04-16-2006, 03:10 PM

Well think of it like.

Projected faces are so much more cheaper than Audio animatronic faces. AA faces would have to be so expencive to have elaborite movements in such a small area (aka her head). Plus it gives you great results. They also dont want a highly expencive AA to be the centerpeice of the ride. Even though it is an important area in the ride. So they want it to match the other effects. Plus you will forget that leota is projected on because of the dazzling fact that shes floating, thats a 1 of a kind thing (i think). One more projected face wouldnt be concitered overkill. I think over kill would be like, putting a projected face on every AA in the grave yard scene. Then there would be so much to look at that you wouldnt know what to do.

1 thing I noticed. If the husband is hanging in the attic at the beginning of the ride. Shouldnt he also be in the attic with the bride.

HMF

04-16-2006, 04:48 PM

Master Graceys corpse is in a diffent area of the attic.:old_wink:

AndianaJones

04-16-2006, 11:52 PM

In the ride, Gracy (presumed to be) isn't hanging in the attic. The hanging corpse is just hanging in the rafters of the gallery.

Ezra

04-17-2006, 12:49 AM

dougeebear

04-17-2006, 08:04 AM

He's hanging in the cupola at the very top of the house, which is... above the attic? Wait, is there a trapdoor in the cieling of the attic, or a ladder or staircase? There is a cupola at the top of the house. You can see it from the outside, but how do you get there?

Do you mean in the imagined architecture or in the actual structure? The cupola has a floating candle in it (seen from outside) which probably has to be changed every once in a while. So there are access stairs somewhere in the facade.

There are two hanging corpses, one above each stretching gallery in the facade. The attic scene is in the showbuilding on the backlot. I've never noticed if there was a stair, ladder, or trapdoor in that scene which supposedly leads to the cupola.

From what I recall of the film, after Gracey's hanging the camera pulls back to reveal a window at the side of the Mansion, not the cupola. But I haven't seen the film in awhile.

RollingBoulder

04-17-2006, 08:07 AM

The cupola has a floating candle in it (seen from outside) which probably has to be changed every once in a while.
Wow, I've never seen that. Does it actually work on a regular basis?

Ezra

04-17-2006, 10:33 AM

Sorry I don't want to confuse it with the film. Not everything in the film is perfectly faithful to the attraction, although alot of it is. I'm only referring to the attraction here. I'll explain what I mean.

Outside: On the attraction facade, in the center of the roof there is a cupola, with windows and a peaked roof with a weathervane on it.

Inside: When you're in the stretching room inside the attraction you see the body in the rafters. Up there the roof seems to slope down in all directions from a centeral point, and there are window-like openings through which the lightening is flashing.

When you put those two things together it seems to imply that the room has streatched all the way up to that cupola and that that's where he's hanging waaay up there at the top of the house. At least, that's what I think.

HMF

04-17-2006, 10:50 AM

Please never bring up the movie again. It will get confusing.:confused:

RollingBoulder

04-17-2006, 11:03 AM

dougeebear

04-18-2006, 11:34 AM

Wow, I've never seen that. Does it actually work on a regular basis?

Yeppers. I've noticed it before, but it caught my eye as I was queuing for Fantasmic one night across the Rivers of America from the Mansion in Frontierland.
--------------------------------------Double post added here.
Sorry I don't want to confuse it with the film. Not everything in the film is perfectly faithful to the attraction, although alot of it is. I'm only referring to the attraction here. I'll explain what I mean.

Outside: On the attraction facade, in the center of the roof there is a cupola, with windows and a peaked roof with a weathervane on it.

Inside: When you're in the stretching room inside the attraction you see the body in the rafters. Up there the roof seems to slope down in all directions from a centeral point, and there are window-like openings through which the lightening is flashing.

When you put those two things together it seems to imply that the room has streatched all the way up to that cupola and that that's where he's hanging waaay up there at the top of the house. At least, that's what I think.

I agree with your perception. But that's why things get confusing between the actual architecture or the perceived architecture.
--------------------------------------Double post added here.
That makes a lot of sense. I seem to remember something about a lightning effect that was supposed go off outside whenever they showed the body in one of the Galleries. Do you know what I'm talking about or am I just pulling this out of nowhere? :icon_conf

There is a lightning effect that goes off in the upper portion of the Stretching Room when the hanging corpse is revealed.

There are also lightning flashes outside the windows in the Portrait gallery (leading to the Doombuggy loading area). The Changing Portraits on the opposite wall are now timed to change along with the flashes of lightning. This was how the effects were intended to work when the mansion originally opened, but the technology at the time couldn't accomplish it well.

RollingBoulder

04-18-2006, 05:58 PM

There is a lightning effect that goes off in the upper portion of the Stretching Room when the hanging corpse is revealed.

There are also lightning flashes outside the windows in the Portrait gallery (leading to the Doombuggy loading area). The Changing Portraits on the opposite wall are now timed to change along with the flashes of lightning. This was how the effects were intended to work when the mansion originally opened, but the technology at the time couldn't accomplish it well.
Oh, of course. I was referring to a lightning effect that would go off outside from the facade, corresponding to the lightning inside the stretch rooms. I thought I remembered reading that there were at least plans to do that back in the day. I'm not sure if it ever came into fruition though.

HMF

04-18-2006, 06:03 PM

I am not sure what you are talking about. I never heard about a outdoor lightning effect. You can at night see the light of the brides candlearba through the windows.

RollingBoulder

04-18-2006, 06:39 PM

^ Yeah, it's not there today. But I swear I remember reading about plans for something like that back around the time HM opened. I'm just wondering if anyone can confirm that.

Ezra

04-18-2006, 09:22 PM

I've never heard of this one, but there have been so many really creative ideas for HM that were never used that I wouldn't be surprised.

Royal St. Veranda

04-19-2006, 11:14 AM

Maybe I should let you all know that the bride now talks. I posted the news the other day on MiceChat. She says (at least as far as I can tell):
"Here comes the bride"
"Till Death do us part"
"As long as you both shall Live"
"You may now kiss the bride"

It sounds like incomplete audio, or that they haven't finished setting it up, but the bride does have audio now. And there are a bunch of covered portrait frame like objects, but someone claims that under one of the sheets is the new bride.

HMF

04-19-2006, 01:07 PM

Interesting!:

Ezra

04-19-2006, 02:22 PM

the bride now talks. Does she have the projected face now, or just a voice?

RollingBoulder

04-19-2006, 02:31 PM

It sounds like incomplete audio, or that they haven't finished setting it up, but the bride does have audio now. And there are a bunch of covered portrait frame like objects, but someone claims that under one of the sheets is the new bride.
So right now, it's the old bride with a voice coming out of nowhere?

Royal St. Veranda

04-19-2006, 02:48 PM

Yes and no. It is the old bride, but the voice does sound like it's coming from the general direction of the bride. It's not some omnipotent voice.

HMF

04-19-2006, 02:56 PM

I wonder if what that sheet is covering is the new bride. Instead of the Hatbox Ghost.:old_wink:

Rinith

04-19-2006, 03:35 PM

I thought that susposed Hatbox Ghost was flat. Unless the whole bride is a projection, which would be interesting.

GreenLantern13

04-20-2006, 01:26 AM

I heard the bride's voice... but I also heard another voice in Leota's room. Has anyone else heard it? "Accept your death. Don't you realize th...."

Here's my video (http://www.public.asu.edu/~mtoschi/Mansion.mp4) of the attic from today(Wednesday). I hadn't been on the ride since this stuff started happening so didn't know what I was looking for going in and tried to keep up the best I could.

You need quicktime 7 (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/), VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/), or any other player capable of playing the H.264 codec to view my videos. Make sure to right-click save as.. it.

(and yes I just c/ped my post from micechat ;P)

Grimezy15

04-20-2006, 01:56 AM

Link doesn't work

GreenLantern13

04-20-2006, 02:07 AM

Whoops. thanks for pointing that out. it needed a capital 'M' in Mansion.mp4, not a lower case ;)

Grimezy15

04-20-2006, 02:15 AM

Kewl thx for the vid

AlexLoup

04-20-2006, 02:21 AM

i heard the voice but she says 'till death do us part', maybe it's because I'm tired or I'm partly deaf.

AndianaJones

04-20-2006, 04:33 PM

HMF

04-20-2006, 06:13 PM

Its the polar-oppisite of Elizabeth.

GreenLantern13

04-21-2006, 04:07 AM

No she is defninetly saying "Till death do us part.." :-D

I guess the Imagineers are completely ignoring the film adaption of the ride (thank god), where the bride was represented as a good peaceful spirit.

I know she's saying Till Death do us part in the attic. I was asking if anyone else heard a voice in the seance room as well. because i heard the whole "accept your death...... don't you realize...... there's a spell ....."

Mansion2.mp4 (http://www.public.asu.edu/~mtoschi/Mansion2.mp4) there's the movie of the seance room. hear it for yourself (kinda surprised i was the first to notice it on a couple of boards.. no one else has come forward yet to say they heard it)

Grimezy15

04-21-2006, 06:00 AM

Hey u reckon u could get a whole video of the haunted mansion, if u could that would be gr8.

Thx

111702

04-22-2006, 11:38 AM

I spent Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday in Disneyland this week and the audio for the Bride has been turned on. I talked to several castmembers about the changes and was told they should all be going any day now. Most of the CM's I talked to were surprised that they weren't already all going.

The Bride says six different things that I was able to hear.

"I do, I do.... I DID"

"You may now kiss the Bride"

"In sickness and in... WEALTH"

"Till death do us part"

"For better or for worse"

"Here comes the Bride"

There was a screen on the left side of the doombuggy track that I was told is currently hiding the torso of the Bride for when she is moved over and where she is standing now will be a pile of hatboxes. Each of the hatboxes will have a nametag corresponding to the name of one of the Bride's husbands. There will be a picture of each husband. I was also told that the Bride will now be identified as Rose.. the woman sitting on the gravestone of her dead husband George in the stretching gallery. George will be one of the names in the pictures and on the hatboxes. Once the Bride is moved to the left side of the attic, she will also be holding a rose like in the portrait.

And on a totally unrelated topic... The giant spider web with the 50 in it was missing Tuesday and Wednesday but was there again on Thursday Morning.

The quote above was from a guest and Haunted Mansion fan at Doombuggies.com. Hope you're all as excited as I am right now!:eek:

HMF

04-22-2006, 02:52 PM

This could finnaly mean the long awaited return of the Hatbox Ghost.

Ezra

04-22-2006, 03:56 PM

This could finnaly mean the long awaited return of the Hatbox Ghost.Sounds like there's a whole crowd of 'em.

HMF

04-22-2006, 06:40 PM

Sounds like there's a whole crowd of 'em.
I am serious.:wink:

daisy66

04-22-2006, 07:42 PM

^That was last year. There will be different stuff in addition to that this year.

I knew something was different(I can be slow to get things sometimes:redface: .).Was she always white?

HMF

04-22-2006, 07:51 PM

I knew something was different(I can be slow to get things sometimes:redface: .).Was she always white?
Bride or Madame Leota?

daisy66

04-22-2006, 08:32 PM

I quoted the wrong thing,I ment Madame Leota.

Ezra

04-22-2006, 11:17 PM

Was she always white? I meant Madame Leota.Leota Toombs was filmed in black & white. Her image was supposed to be white as a ghost, but back in the day when the projection was an actual film strip running all day, every day... the film eroded fairly quickly and the image turned green, and imagineers would replace it with a fresh copy. This happened so often that sometimes they just left it green for longer and longer periods. People got used to it being green, and imagineers decided that they liked it that way too - so much so that when they digitized the projection, they made two versons:
one white, and one green. So if they change their minds again she could turn green again at any time. :biggrin:

norcal1219

04-23-2006, 03:05 PM

*sigh*, I just got back from Disneyland today and the web is back up in front of the mansion as well as the "hidden" 50! Its soo ugly! Also, in the attic, there were alot of things tarped up and a few new pictures that were on the floor. The bride was the same. I don't know when they are gunna change her but I hope they don't use the axe, its too gruesome!

HMF

04-23-2006, 03:15 PM

norcal1219

04-23-2006, 03:19 PM

I can almost guarentee you she will have the axe.

Alright :(

Booster

04-24-2006, 11:00 PM

I'm confirming this. Like it was posted before, the ugly web has returned to the mansions exterior. And things are indeed covered in the attic, but it's mostly sheets and things you would find in an attic anyway.

HOWEVER!!! :cool:

I did notice some other elements today that had not been posted. The most noticebly new things I spotted were:

-All of the pop-up ghosts have vanished, along with their spooky "I do" lines. A lot of covered objects stand in their place, looking like attic furniture that's been covered up.

-The attic is eerily quiet now, save for the piano and the bride's heartbeat. However, the noise of what sounds like a blade being sharpened occasionally premiates through the attic. It's a grinding, shining sort of noise.

-I spotted an embroidered pillow sitting on chair, under some soft light. It had a heart stitched into it, and I couldn't make out what was written inside very well, but it said something about a wedding. Spooky!

Otherwise, things are normal...Mwahahahaha! :icon_twis

HMF

04-25-2006, 01:17 PM

The Piano is now a Harpsichord.

rytheguy

05-01-2006, 12:43 AM

The Piano is now a Harpsichord.
EEWWW r u serious? I am not a big fan of the harpsichord, besides I always loved how earie that piano music was.

HMF

05-01-2006, 01:31 PM

EEWWW r u serious? I am not a big fan of the harpsichord, besides I always loved how earie that piano music was.
Its playing the same exact notes. In my opinion it sounds much more mysterious.:old_wink:

AaronVenn

05-01-2006, 09:21 PM

I love a good Harpsichord.
There's one in the Haunted Mansion Holiday Danny Elfman soundtrack playing Kidnap The Sandyclaws.
It's tinny, wiry sound makes you have that "kidnap the sandy claws, lock him up real tight" tune stuck in your head all day long & further into your trip.

And lets not forget theres a Harpsichord in Phantom Manor as well.
Which also makes you remember the tune because of its classic, tinny nature.

Hear hear for Harpsichords!

FigmentJedi

05-03-2006, 04:32 PM

The changes are now all going, MiceChat members going to Disneyland tonight will have video up soon.
I wonder if RU42 will ever do an edit with the newer stuff like floating Leota and the new Attic. That or wait until those rumored Hitchhiker enhancements.

GreenLantern13

05-03-2006, 08:11 PM

Ezra

05-03-2006, 08:57 PM

Here's my salute to our dearly departed bride:

http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/gallery/files/9791-OldBride_thumb.jpg (http://www.visionsfantastic.com/forum/gallery/showimage.php?i=4467&c=3&userid=9791)

111702

05-03-2006, 09:07 PM

Micechat members flooded to the park over this heh. THey just posted up some pictures of the new portraits and one of the bride.. I'm hoping we'll get more posted showing the husbands missing their heads.

I'm sure we'll be waiting for the seance updates and hitchhiker updates before a new giant video release comes out.

Everyone says those effects won't be on 'till late this year or in 2007! I can't wait that long for a new Haunted Mansion RU42 video! I need my fix!:icon_shoc

Mousekiteer

05-08-2006, 05:52 PM

Gotta give props to the Imagineers on this one. I was at the park yesterday and my jaw dropped as soon as my doombuggy crawled into the attic. I even squealed in delight. I was so excited.

The videos, the pictures... they don't give the new scene justice. Go, go see it! I got chills just passing by.

Eh heh... Constance reminds me of a more loony version of Emily from The Corpse Bride. But that's just me...