The Official Hatbox Ghost Thread of ghoulish delights: A Magic Kingdom thread spinoff

The Conundrum

The Conundrum

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Spinning out of the "All Magic Kingdom, All the time: Has Disney given up on Space Mountain?" thread and fresh from today's Al Lutz update comes this thread.

Here is the latest news:

Al Lutz said:
There's already a short list of things in final design and approval stages for Disneyland that would put fans in a frenzy at D23, such as Captain EO being shoehorned back into the old Magic Eye Theater for a limited run. There's also the imminent return of the Hat Box Ghost to the attic in Haunted Mansion (after this year's Holiday overlay is removed in January), with slick digital technology improving the clunky mechanical effects of 1969 that evicted that ghost and his hat box from the house in the first place.
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I am sure our resident HM fans will take it from here. Discuss!
 
The Conundrum

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I kinda wish they would do another 4 month closure of the Mansion and just do everything they want to do instead of the piecemeal aproach. Oh well at least its all getting done. I guess next year we may finally get the new hitchhiking ghost sequence :zipit:
 
SirGoofy

SirGoofy

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Thanks for the hope!:wave:
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This is gonna happen. It's a lock from what I've been told.

The Conundrum said:
I kinda wish they would do another 4 month closure of the Mansion and just do everything they want to do instead of the piecemeal aproach. Oh well at least its all getting done. I guess next year we may finally get the new hitchhiking ghost sequence :zipit:
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Yea. There are still so many effects that were supposed to be added.
 
Skip

Skip

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Adding the Hatbox Ghost back into the Haunted Mansion would not only be great fan service but also great publicity - and provide some optimism that perhaps seemingly frivolous plussing can occur in such a bureaucratic company where nothing gets the go ahead and unless it can move merchandise.

Then again, lately the Hatbox Ghost has been the focus of a plethora of merchandise, so I essentially just contradicted myself. Oh well, either way, I'd love to see him in the Mansion.
 
marni1971

marni1971

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A year ago it was a given - now I`m not sure. It is being played as the west coasts `Constance` level upgrade to the attic. Put it in WDW where it was planned originally and it would fight for attention with Constance.
 
HMF

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OK now that we are all excited let's analyze the clues and see where it leads us.
First a photo of the original Hatbox Ghost from the Disneyland Mansion taken the week of the Mansions opening at the bottom of this page.
http://doombuggies.com/myths2.php

Now here is the most recent shot of that area in the DL Mansion on post 888 on page

http://micechat.com/forums/disneyla...my-darkness-thread-5-a-60.html#post1055507359

As you can see' The EXACT SAME CHAIR is now in almost the EXACT SAME AREA as it was in 1969. Notice also that there is an empty spot next to it where HBG stood before it was home to the Bride for many years.
Now' What about WDW? Well the Hatbox Ghost that was to be installed in WDW is my avatar was never installed because of his removal in DL. As for whether we are getting The new Hatbox Ghost soon here is a shot of that area in WDW.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_q4TyA2b9nXU/Sd-FBIqYIoI/AAAAAAAAAR0/gwREg-3jiqE/s400/HMHR.gif
You will notice in WDW we got the same hatrack but in addition there is a pile of Hatboxes in that spot' a pretty big hint. However' you can also see that unlike DL his spot has been covered over with junk so WDI has to remove the junk to fit him in' to do that they have two options
1.Close the ride again.
2.Install it overnight like they did with DL's Constance scene.
Knowing TDO who would not let the ride close until it was literally falling apart' odds are they won't let them close the ride again. As for the second option the question is would TDO let Imagineers play with the Attic Props at night? It is a tricky situation because in the WED Enterprises day's , WED told Park Ops how to run the park. Now the roles have changed. Park ops tells WDI what they want and how to do it' so WDI does not have the creative freedom it once enjoyed. We will see how this turns out.
 
The Conundrum

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marni1971 said:
A year ago it was a given - now I`m not sure. It is being played as the west coasts `Constance` level upgrade to the attic. Put it in WDW where it was planned originally and it would fight for attention with Constance.
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....but Constance is in the disneyland version already. She made her debut at Disneyland in 2007 along with hints that Hatbox ghost would return. In fact her backstory IS the hatbox ghosts new backstory.

The constance scene is identical in Anahiem and Orlando. Although rumor is Disney World's Constance is slightly more sophisticated.
 

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