I remembe coming across a quote by Walt Disney about collecting haunts for the haunted mansion. Does anyone know his exact wording?? Thank you!!!!!!!!!!
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Disney Haunted Mansion quote
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Disney_Belle
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:wave:I found this bit of an article online about the Haunted Mansion, I bolded what I think may be what you are talking about...
"There was a sign I created in 1963 that keyed the whole thing," Sklar explains. After Walt came back from a trip to London, Sklar asked him what he was doing overseas. "He said that he was searching old mansions and manor houses for ghosts that didn't want to retire." Even though there was no consensus about the attraction, Walt went ahead and had the exterior of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion built in 1962. Inspired by Walt, Sklar created a large help wanted sign inviting ghosts that wanted to continue practicing their trade in active retirement at the mansion to send their resumes to the "Ghost Relations Dept." The sign hung for many years in front of the empty building. "When X. Atencio started working on the project," Sklar says, "the sign became the thread of the Haunted Mansion."
I hope that helps, and hopefully it is what you were thinking of!!!
here is the link to the entire article:
http://wdccduckman.blogspot.com/2008/10/history-of-haunted-mansion.html
"There was a sign I created in 1963 that keyed the whole thing," Sklar explains. After Walt came back from a trip to London, Sklar asked him what he was doing overseas. "He said that he was searching old mansions and manor houses for ghosts that didn't want to retire." Even though there was no consensus about the attraction, Walt went ahead and had the exterior of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion built in 1962. Inspired by Walt, Sklar created a large help wanted sign inviting ghosts that wanted to continue practicing their trade in active retirement at the mansion to send their resumes to the "Ghost Relations Dept." The sign hung for many years in front of the empty building. "When X. Atencio started working on the project," Sklar says, "the sign became the thread of the Haunted Mansion."
I hope that helps, and hopefully it is what you were thinking of!!!
here is the link to the entire article:
http://wdccduckman.blogspot.com/2008/10/history-of-haunted-mansion.html