New Orleans Square
Walt was a big fan of the Big Easy. He visited it many times with his family and even brought a mechanical bird home that helped inspire Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. The area is home to some of the best eateries in the entire park, such as the French Market Restaurant and the Mint Julep Bar, which serves mint juleps (virgin ones) and beignets. While this area is very detailed and authentic, the land’s main draw is not the environment. New Orleans Square is home to two classic E-Tickets: Pirates of The Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion. One may argue that Pirates is slow and boring, but that is because they are not giving enough attention to the subtleties that most people overlook while riding Pirates. The Haunted Mansion, like Pirates, is a storytelling masterpiece with a 3-act story, culminating in a grand finale. While this attraction was not built under Walt’s supervision, it improves on Pirates by having a faster paced attraction. When the story slows down, the Haunted Mansion always has another visual trick up its sleeve. Haunted Mansion is Disneyland’s house of illusions (with illusions such as Pepper’s Ghost, mirrors, and projection mapping) that manages to have two emotional tones at the same time: creepy and funny. Overall, this area is worth spending time in.
Walt was a big fan of the Big Easy. He visited it many times with his family and even brought a mechanical bird home that helped inspire Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. The area is home to some of the best eateries in the entire park, such as the French Market Restaurant and the Mint Julep Bar, which serves mint juleps (virgin ones) and beignets. While this area is very detailed and authentic, the land’s main draw is not the environment. New Orleans Square is home to two classic E-Tickets: Pirates of The Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion. One may argue that Pirates is slow and boring, but that is because they are not giving enough attention to the subtleties that most people overlook while riding Pirates. The Haunted Mansion, like Pirates, is a storytelling masterpiece with a 3-act story, culminating in a grand finale. While this attraction was not built under Walt’s supervision, it improves on Pirates by having a faster paced attraction. When the story slows down, the Haunted Mansion always has another visual trick up its sleeve. Haunted Mansion is Disneyland’s house of illusions (with illusions such as Pepper’s Ghost, mirrors, and projection mapping) that manages to have two emotional tones at the same time: creepy and funny. Overall, this area is worth spending time in.