I mean, they are to an extent. Peter Pan recently got an updated scene, Small World got new figures and music, Country Bears got a new show, Big Thunder is undergoing an extensive update, etc. I honestly think Haunted Mansion just gets more “air time” because it’s a classic with an abundance of highly publicized ideas that never made it into the final product, so it’s easy to fish something out of the hat and elicit a positive fan reaction.
Frankly, I agree -- those cobwebs, dusty furniture and ancient effects look tired and run down.
That is true, I would argue WDW had the superior version of Mansion in the 70s 80's and 90's. DL started to eclipse it in the mid 2000s with enhancements. in 2007 WDW re-gained the crown with the re-haunting but lost it again in 2011 with PLQ and Interactive Hitchhikers.
That would be the only positive development to come out of bringing the current DL Bride East.
I would have put him exactly where he is at Disneyland.
Seems like they keep touching it because it sells tons of merch. Not great logic, but that’s my guess.
As they should have done when he "didn't work" in the attic.
With Kim Irvine headed out the door for retirement and contracts expiring, I think Disney rushed a few projects to get them done. Now that she is gone, I don't think any Mansion will be getting any updates anytime soon except for the new bride and hitchhikers for WDW.
Kim was head of a Disneyland specific team. She wouldn’t have been all that involved in anything with the Magic Kingdom.
Even the updated figure needs very specific conditions which is why it’s in this corner that is suddenly so differently lit and staged. Placing the figure in the graveyard probably would have had more of a negative impact on that scene.
The figure needs specific and controlled lighting conditions. The graveyard is chaotic and rather bright, with a lot of light in different directions across the entire space. That would have to be toned down to in at least one area to make the figure’s signature effect work.
No, I very much doubt they're going to make further changes to the ride based on the movie given the negative reception and poor performance. I believe they once had an idea of inserting crap from the Eddie Murphy movie as well, but that was also killed when that movie also flopped. The Hatbox Ghost AA they did use doesn't even seem to be based off the movie character anyway.
If he was just a regular ghost without the head vanishing trick, he would probably work fine in the graveyard. I can see the current figure being a bit iffy there for the reasons stated. He'd probably also be a distraction there too unless he was somehow given his own little space away from the others. I don't disagree that it still would have been better than the hallway though.
Getting the new bride would still also be a positive development as she is still infinitely better looking than Constance. Not scary and far from perfect, but better than what is there now. Unfortunately I am pretty certain we'll never get a properly scary bride again given the way things are.
Infrastructure. It’s weird how that was stated so many times but people keep repeated “structural” instead.
Pirates was so much better without the movie tying into it
I don't remember what the term was, but it's not weird at all that someone might mix those words up. Both are pretty broad terms.
I don't know nothing about nothing. But if it's infrastructure, they probably couldn't get enough additional power/data/other (pneumatic air?) to that spot. Could also be a building code thing that says in Florida you can't run x lines within y feet of z structure.