Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion gets holiday makeover in nearly half the time: ‘It’s been crazy’
Haunted Mansion Holiday returns for its 19th season starting Friday, Sept. 6, as the Halloween Time season kicks off at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
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>>Peters and his crew of Disney stagehands shaved a week off the seasonal attraction overlay transformation, reducing the downtime for the classic dark ride from 18 days to 11 days.
“We’re throwing our first 18 seasons out the window and starting fresh this year,” Peters said in a phone interview. “We’re right on track. It’s working out the way we envisioned it.”
The Mansion makeover crew has been doubled to 40 people working 10-hour days on two shifts with the morning team starting at 6 a.m. and the evening staff beginning at 2 p.m.
“We’re in there 18 hours a day,” Peters said. “Then we turn it over to facilities so that they can do their normal routine checkups that they have to do.”<<