Haunted Mansion Refurb.

[Californian Elitist]

Huh? They are so much better than the DL version and considering how cheap photopass is out here, it would make sense. If you don't want the video, don't add it to your photopass, but gives the option to those that do.

No.

 

[Mac Tonight]

Have the lot of you who are staunchly against any WDW-specific changes, ever actually ridden HM at WDW?

I'm genuinely curious.

 

[Professortango1]

If the HMH installation is causing so much damage, then... oh, I don't know... maybe STOP IT.

Agreed, they should just leave it HMH as it is the more popular/livelier version.

 

[Professortango1]

Have the lot of you who are staunchly against any WDW-specific changes, ever actually ridden HM at WDW?

I'm genuinely curious.

I have and didn't care for it. The new queue and CGI ending didn't work at all for me. The stairs effect was okay and I kind of liked the wallpaper transitioning from eyes.

 

[Mac Tonight]

Agreed, they should just leave it HMH as it is the more popular/livelier version.

 

[Mac Tonight]

I have and didn't care for it. The new queue and CGI ending didn't work at all for me. The stairs effect was okay and I kind of liked the wallpaper transitioning from eyes.

I agree the queue isn't that great, but I didn't find the ending as egregious as everyone else. Granted, it was back in 2012 before I let the online fandom turn me into a bitter cynic.

 

[Californian Elitist]

Have the lot of you who are staunchly against any WDW-specific changes, ever actually ridden HM at WDW?

I'm genuinely curious.

Nope.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

Have the lot of you who are staunchly against any WDW-specific changes, ever actually ridden HM at WDW?

I'm genuinely curious.

Yes, I did in January of this year. It was "cute" but by no means appropriate for the DL mansion, IMO.

 

[Phroobar]

Have the lot of you who are staunchly against any WDW-specific changes, ever actually ridden HM at WDW?

I'm genuinely curious.

I've ridden the inferior WDW HM. It just doesn't feel alive anymore compared to DL with the stupid play yard outside and CG ghosts at the end. The only thing I would add from WDW to DL's HM is the sound effect of bending wood during the stretching room. The sound in that room is much better than Disneyland's. I would also like to hear an instrumental soundtrack similar to Phantom Manor but I can definitely live without that.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

I have and didn't care for it. The new queue and CGI ending didn't work at all for me. The stairs effect was okay and I kind of liked the wallpaper transitioning from eyes.

I LOVE the creepy piano play in the staircase room at WDW HM. We got stuck there for a few minutes and it was as eery as it was fascinating.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Have the lot of you who are staunchly against any WDW-specific changes, ever actually ridden HM at WDW?

I'm genuinely curious.

I have. I love the rest of their mansion, but their hitchhiking ghosts scene felt inferior to California's.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

I've been on the HM at WDW and the best thing I can say about the CG hitchikers is that at least it wasn't the worst change made to the WDW Mansion in 2012.

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

I personally like the extended beginning that WDW and Tokyo have, but the CGI hitchhikers are awful.

 

[D.Silentu]

I have not ridden the Florida mansion, but I have seen the effect on youtube. Usually not grounds to properly judge, but it seems to me the ghosts look like what they actually are, digital animations. Our modern eyes are so accustomed to unconsciously identifying these, that even an old magicians trick is more convincing.

 

[cmwade77]

Personally, I find the CGI ghost much better than the ones in California personally and I have been on both frequently. Add in the advances in technology since they were implemented in Florida and they could be truly incredible.

 

[PiratesMansion]

I actually prefer the Florida/Tokyo Mansion overall, and the FL version is usually in better shape, believe it or not (I blame HMH).

But the "new" Hitchhiking ghosts call unnecessary attention to themselves and don't fit in with the rest of the ride at all. Why would you want to add a Photo or PhotoPass to Mansion anyhow?

I don't understand and have never understood dismissing an attraction because of its queue. I don't love MK's Mansion queue, but let's not pretend that there's anything particularly exceptional about DL's Mansion waiting area. Is WDW's Pirates suddenly better than DL's because it has a much better queue? No. Such arguments are nonsense.

At Disneyland, you walk past the front door directly behind the main columns. You go down the front of the house to the right side to a small door at the the very end of the covered porch.

THANK YOU and others who have pointed this out! Another thing that's maddening: "DL's Mansion is better because you go through the front door!" I mean, it's closer to being the front door than at MK/TDL, but it's very obviously NOT what would be the front door if the facade was a real house. I have no problem with people liking DL's Mansion better, but some of the arguments people choose as to why that's the case...

 

[Little Green Men]

MK’s mansion is longer too since the busts are part of the ride and not just the queue

 

[Californian Elitist]

I don’t think we’ve turned this into a DL vs MK Mansion. Some of us not wanting to see a new version of the Hitchhiking Ghosts and Photopass is not because they exist in Florida. We just don’t like the sound of that going into Mansion.

Mansion’s queue needs new paint, nothing more. It doesn’t need any extra gimmicks.

I will say that I’m ignoring some people in this thread and people may have said something that I’m unaware of, so there’s that. Lol.

 

[Phroobar]

MK’s mansion is longer too since the busts are part of the ride and not just the queue

Yeah, but Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge is bigger!

 

[Little Green Men]

Yeah, but Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge is bigger!