Halloween Time 2010

sponono88

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WARNING! SPOILERS!!!

I rode Mansion Holiday twice this morning, and Leota is indeed floating inside a giant, old-fashioned Christmas tree ornament. There are smaller colored ornaments floating around behind her. A few of the floating decorations are glowing pumpkin heads It's a very dramatic scene now, and it looks FANTASTIC!

Imagine these types of old-fashioned decorations floating and bobbing around the seance circle, with Leota in the biggest decoration in the middle of the room.

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The new digital projections in several places throughout the ride look great, the audio is perfect, and the lighting is very well done. The exterior is beautifully decorated again this year, and there are new purple and black bows all over that I don't remember from previous years. Jack Skellington and Sally were also out doing meet n' greets in the fountain plaza near the Mansion today, and they also were fantastic. By the time I left around 2PM the lines for HMH were 50 minutes long, and Fastpass was pushed out past 6PM. A very popular ride on an otherwise mellow day at Disneyland!

Overall I don't think I've seen Haunted Mansion Holiday look better!

I'm going to save Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy for a time when I can be there at night, as I love watching the digital projections on the dome after dark.

Great review.. you pretty much summed up my feelings perfectly! It really does look better than it ever has.

The updated lighting looks really nice, it's like they went in and refreshed almost all the effects in the ride. Everything from the new Leota ornaments to the small things like new snowflake projections in the stretching room and new lights for the Christmas tree.. And of course, the exterior looks gorgeous at night with the glowing candles and jack-o-lanterns :D

overall a very good update for one of my favorites at the park.
 

nemofinder22

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A quick run down of the decorations this year, kinda sad the Mickey floral wasn't fully changed out but it looks good as do all the mums all over Main Street's flower beds-

Main Street-
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=4&update_dir=2010_09_17

The Hub/Popcorn bucket/characters/merch
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=27&update_dir=2010_09_17

Frontierland
Ray Bradbury's Halloween Tree-
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=9&update_dir=2010_09_17

Día de los Muertos
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=11&update_dir=2010_09_17

Halloween Roundup
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=14&update_dir=2010_09_17

Villains Meet and Greet-
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=22&update_dir=2010_09_17

Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy-
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=24&update_dir=2010_09_17

The exterior light show
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=88&update_dir=2010_09_17

Dapper Dans in there Halloween Time costumes
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_image.php?update_dir=2010_09_17&page_id=68&num_image=1

The Disneyland Band in their Halloween Time costumes
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_image.php?update_dir=2010_09_17&page_id=68&num_image=2
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_update.php?page_id=69&update_dir=2010_09_17

The really popular Mickey Mouse popcorn bucket
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_image.php?update_dir=2010_09_17&page_id=68&num_image=3

The guide covers
http://www.disneygeek.com/updates/disneyland_image.php?update_dir=2010_09_17&page_id=70&num_image=2
 

sponono88

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Original Poster
Bob (the ghost who haunts SM during Halloween) returned this year to play some tricks on the mountain exterior! The first video shows him destroying the building until it collapses, and in the second video you can see him moving around inside the mountain:

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-videos by rcfan042
 

sponono88

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Original Poster
New video shows the making of this year Haunted Mansion Holiday gingerbread house!

What’s Halloween without at least one spooky (and nostalgic) trip through the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland park?

From Halloween through the holiday season the mansion is decked out in a “The Nightmare Before Christmas” motif for Haunted Mansion Holiday. One of the coolest highlights has got to be the haunted gingerbread house in the mansion’s ballroom. It’s been a fixture since 2001. This year’s design, “Haunted Mansion Tombstone Cake,” is six feet high and four feet wide. (There’s a new design every year.)

For the first time ever the “house” will have animated projections. The projectors are such a new technology that there are only a few in the United States, and some are here at our very own Haunted Mansion! It took three chefs, a team of electricians, engineers and designers to create the tasty (and creepy) “tombstone cake.” And although the house looks decorated with candy, it’s not. All the decorations are actually created from fondant and royal icing.

See the full blog entry and video here:

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/09/our-haunted-gingerbread-house/
 

sponono88

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Original Poster
A new projection effect was added this week to the gingerbread centerpience. The small pumpkins are now animated and look similar to the full-sized ones found in the Graveyard scene - they're very cute :)

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Also, a while back the Disney Parks Blog posted a very cool panoramic image of the HMH exterior - see it at this link:

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/10/haunted-mansion-holiday-panorama/
 

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