News Hatbox Ghost coming to Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion

[VJ]

Just a quick fact check - Dal McKennon is the voice of the occupant.

He's also the voice of the hard-of-hearing man who is paired with the Mummy in the Graveyard.

For the fun of it, he also voiced the Fox in Mary Poppins.

he's also the voice of the big thunder mountain safety spiel (and he was the narrator of disneyland's mine train thru nature's wonderland - one of the few disney parks voice actors to be involved in both the original attraction and its replacement!)

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

he's also the voice of the big thunder mountain safety spiel (and he was the narrator of disneyland's mine train thru nature's wonderland - one of the few disney parks voice actors to be involved in both the original attraction and its replacement!)

Also the voice of Ben Franklin in the American Adventure and a tiki bird in the preshow of the Tiki room..

 

[celluloid]

He is all of those things, except coffin voice. That is X.

Cinema wise Dal was also the voice of the fox being hunted for sport in Mary Poppins.

 

[WaltsTreasureChest]

Oh my Goodddddddd why is this taking so long

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Oh my Goodddddddd why is this taking so long

 

[Rich Brownn]

Oh my Goodddddddd why is this taking so long

They lost his head

 

[Touchdown]

The box at DL was up for about 2 months if I remember.

 

[DCBaker]

Announced at Destination D23, the Hatbox Ghost is set to debut in late November.

 

[aladdin2007]

so much for the dark mysterious hallway as its own scene....by that art it looks like the floating candelabra is removed, better not be.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

so much for the dark mysterious hallway as its own scene....by that art it looks like the floating candelabra is removed, better not be.

Very possibly just artistic license. I haven't heard anything about the candelabra going anywhere.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

Just in time for Halloween…………next year

 

[JustInTime]

Very possibly just artistic license. I haven't heard anything about the candelabra going anywhere.

Was wondering this

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Announced at Destination D23, the Hatbox Ghost is set to debut in late November.

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Missed it by that much.

 

[Purduevian]

From announcement to installation it will take ~14 months to clone an animatronic.

 

[JohnD]

So much excitement, there was complete silence.
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Probably thinking. November? Can't he be ready by Halloween?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

BTW, they did address the location and how he can appear before the Madam Leota scene and they said he can go wherever he wants whenever he wants and is not dependant on your sympathetic vibrations

So I am sure many won't be happy with the answer, but they did think about it and addressed it

 

[JohnD]

BTW, they did address the location and how he can appear before the Madam Leota scene and they said he can go wherever he wants whenever he wants and is not dependant on your sympathetic vibrations

So I am sure many won't be happy with the answer, but they did think about it and addressed it

Would never happen but would be great if they had at least two. One in the hallway and one in the attic. Both are located on rotating platforms. Depending on the day one is visible and the other is not, thereby showing he can go wherever he wants.

 

[splah]

I like that the rendering has some extra placemaking. It makes the figure seem at least somewhat more integrated with the area

 

[Consumer]

BTW, they did address the location and how he can appear before the Madam Leota scene and they said he can go wherever he wants whenever he wants and is not dependant on your sympathetic vibrations

So I am sure many won't be happy with the answer, but they did think about it and addressed it

When did the Hatbox Ghost become such a main character that he can violate the laws of the Mansion with impunity? His location makes zero sense and will only lead to cluster. Why is he not going outside of the attic like his Disneyland counterpart? Why not even just find a way to put him in the attic? Ridiculous reasoning.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

When did the Hatbox Ghost become such a main character that he can violate the laws of the Mansion with impunity? His location makes zero sense and will only lead to cluster. Why is he not going outside of the attic like his Disneyland counterpart? Why not even just find a way to put him in the attic? Ridiculous reasoning.

Even in the past he was able to leave the mansion, his storyline being that he travels between the mansions around the world, so definitely has always been a bit different than the other spirits

Was stated in this thread earlier that there are logistical /structural reasons why he could not go I the exact same spot as in DLR

Like I said, I am sure won't satisfy some people but they did address it vs ignoring it