News Hatbox Ghost coming to Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion

[HMF]

The Bride was originally intended to have be-headed the Hatbox Ghost in the scenes original formulation which was lost only a few weeks after the ride opened. The Constance scene is the spiritual successor to the way the scene was originally intended. You can read my history of the attic scene here.

The History of the "Heart" of Disney's Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion's Attic Scene's evolution through the years.

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[Disgruntled Walt]

Constance has got to go someday, right?

 

[Kittlesona]

Slightly off topic, but am I the only person who seeing the headless portraits in reverse? By that I mean, EVERY one of them I see the man headless first and then he “regains” his head as I continue to view it. Surely it’s meant to be seen the other way right? So that we know they all lost their heads? My fixation on that each time I ride takes me out of the malevolence of the attic each time.

 

[HMF]

Constance has got to go someday, right?

Most likely, No.

 

[VicariousCorpse]

Slightly off topic, but am I the only person who seeing the headless portraits in reverse? By that I mean, EVERY one of them I see the man headless first and then he “regains” his head as I continue to view it. Surely it’s meant to be seen the other way right? So that we know they all lost their heads? My fixation on that each time I ride takes me out of the malevolence of the attic each time.

The timing is independent of the doombuggies. They just switch back and forth between the two with equal amount of time. It's just coincidence and timing of your riding.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The timing is independent of the doombuggies. They just switch back and forth between the two with equal amount of time. It's just coincidence and timing of your riding.

The effect is positional. If you stayed still, there would be no transformations.

Lenticular printing - Wikipedia

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[yensidtlaw1969]

The effect is positional. If you stayed still, there would be no transformations.

Lenticular printing - Wikipedia

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The portraits aren't lenticular - if your Doombuggy gets stopped in the Attic the portraits will still continue changing.

They're a modified version of the Changing Portrait Hall portraits.

 

[VicariousCorpse]

The effect is positional. If you stayed still, there would be no transformations.

Lenticular printing - Wikipedia

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It's actually a two layer scrim with lighting in front and behind.

At 8:35 you can see the doom buggy stopped and the transformations continue looping. While Disney loves their lenticulars for promos and merchandise, they're even on the construction walls for the mansion at Disneyland, I don't think they've ever been used inside any mansion.

 

[Mireille]

Kind of odd that with all that’s been going on in Florida we got to spend the last few months in the Magic Kingdom seeing what happens behind the candelabra.

Is this a Liberace joke?

 

[RainbowFigmentum]

In each of the photos with the husband, she gains a pearl to her necklace, as his head disappears.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Well, then, I stand corrected!

In each of the photos with the husband, she gains a pearl to her necklace, as his head disappears.

Maybe it's the pearls....

 

[TeriofTerror]

Is this a Liberace joke?

I'll leave those to the Country Bears.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

It's actually a two layer scrim with lighting in front and behind.

At 8:35 you can see the doom buggy stopped and the transformations continue looping. While Disney loves their lenticulars for promos and merchandise, they're even on the construction walls for the mansion at Disneyland, I don't think they've ever been used inside any mansion.

The only lenticular I can think of that featured inside one of the Mansions was this one from the wall that hid Disneyland's Hatbox Ghost install. Bats like the ones from the stanchions appeared to fly around inside the window as you rode by. Never quite understood what they were going for there, but it was a lenticular:

 

[Kittlesona]

The only lenticular I can think of that featured inside one of the Mansions was this one from the wall that hid Disneyland's Hatbox Ghost install. Bats like the ones from the stanchions appeared to fly around inside the window as you rode by. Never quite understood what they were going for there, but it was a lenticular:

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I very much assumed this was how the heads work. Now I’m wondering why the effect isn’t more timed with the positioning of the doom buggies.

The different practical effects of the mansion are fascinating!

 

[Touchdown]

I very much assumed this was how the heads work. Now I’m wondering why the effect isn’t more timed with the positioning of the doom buggies.

The different practical effects of the mansion are fascinating!

Do you want to know how it works? Because I’ve seen it not work properly at DL

The head screen is very quickly lowered into the body and back up. I also believe the screen may constrict a little as well but I’m not sure on that. It’s hidden by the puff of smoke animation. The animation was not working properly one time I rode. Doesn’t really spoil the effect for me, just makes me appreciate it more

 

[ZachPL]

Not working as of lasts nights after hours

 

[Rteetz]

Not working as of lasts nights after hours

It did during the day yesterday. I rode and got stopped there for a few minutes.

 

[Tuvalu]

Not working as of lasts nights after hours

It worked today.