Haunted Mansion Refurb.

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

so next time maybe do some research before you act like a dumbass and all-caps accuse someone of being a liar

No I dont think I will you liar.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

They should do something about the queue and graveyard.

I appreciate that they graveyard is back, but the giant fence in the way makes it hard to see, and the standby line with no shade on hot concrete in tight switchbacks is not a pleasant space to be stuck in for 30 min or more.

If it were up to me that whole hillside and queue area, including the CM only path, would be leveled and rearranged to make it feel like you were actually going through a park with grave sites. No interactive junk, just the quiet, but foreboding landscape of the Mansion's sprawling grounds at the edge of a bayou.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

No I dont think I will you liar.

"They really needed to have you enter MF:SR using the ramp."

And now I'm a liar too.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

They should do something about the queue and graveyard.

I appreciate that they graveyard is back, but the giant fence in the way makes it hard to see, and the standby line with no shade on hot concrete in tight switchbacks is not a pleasant space to be stuck in for 30 min or more.

If it were up to me that whole hillside and queue area, including the CM only path, would be leveled and rearranged to make it feel like you were actually going through a park with grave sites. No interactive junk, just the quiet, but foreboding landscape of the Mansion's sprawling grounds at the edge of a bayou.

There are also the umbrellas which have become a seemingly permanent temporary-seeming addition. Get rid of them! They're counterproductive because people stand under them for shade and hold up the line, creating gaps and not filling in all available space.

 

[Professortango1]

They should do something about the queue and graveyard.

I appreciate that they graveyard is back, but the giant fence in the way makes it hard to see, and the standby line with no shade on hot concrete in tight switchbacks is not a pleasant space to be stuck in for 30 min or more.

If it were up to me that whole hillside and queue area, including the CM only path, would be leveled and rearranged to make it feel like you were actually going through a park with grave sites. No interactive junk, just the quiet, but foreboding landscape of the Mansion's sprawling grounds at the edge of a bayou.

Agreed. They should level the area and add the FP distribution area to the plot and make a more winding queue through the grounds. They can make a hidden block of switchbacks in the back corner for busy times but something that can also be bypassed on average days.

 

[mickEblu]

Wasn’t someone around here saying the whole queue was going to be reworked Last winter? Maybe it got moved to this year? Anyway, hope they don’t touch the front lawn.

 

[Mac Tonight]

Wasn’t someone around here saying the whole queue was going to be reworked Last winter? Maybe it got moved to this year? Anyway, hope they don’t touch the front lawn.

I don't remember that, but I do remember a collective freakout when someone posted a photo of the torn up lawn during the HMH set-up. Personally, I would be surprised if they attempted a huge re-structuring of the queue. That would spark a revolt for sure.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

The line was technically permanently reworked a couple years ago when they forced you to always go around the house rather than just into the front door and the right side became Fastpass only.

 

[mickEblu]

I don't remember that, but I do remember a collective freakout when someone posted a photo of the torn up lawn during the HMH set-up. Personally, I would be surprised if they attempted a huge re-structuring of the queue. That would spark a revolt for sure.

The side Of the house with the switchbacks is fair game so long as they keep the tombstones on the berm. With that said the switchbacks provide the best way to get the most people crammed back there so for them to change the queue in any meaningful way for capacity that means they re either cutting into Magnolia park or restructuring the front lawn. I would hate to see either happen. I’d prefer them to not do anything at all if that’s the case. I still like my idea of a tunnel going through the berm and into a small show building backstage that enters into a Mausoleum or crypt chamber.

Hopefully any crazy restructuring of the queue has been rethought since Star Wars didn’t “break the park.” But maybe they re still worried because of ROTR or the HMH crowds. TBH most of the back up around HM has to do with the fast pass scanners than anything. Big deal if you have a few people snaking through the far side Magnolia park during super busy times.

 

[Mac Tonight]

The side Of the house with the switchbacks is fair game so long as they keep the tombstones on the berm. With that said the switchbacks provide the best way to get the most people crammed back there so for them to change the queue in any meaningful way for capacity that means they re either cutting into Magnolia park or restructuring the front lawn. I would hate to see either happen. I’d prefer them to not do anything at all if that’s the case. I still like my idea of a tunnel going through the berm and into a small show building backstage that enters into a Mausoleum or crypt chamber.

Hopefully any crazy restructuring of the queue has been rethought since Star Wars didn’t “break the park.” But maybe they re still worried because of ROTR or the HMH crowds. TBH most of the back up around HM has to do with the fast pass scanners than anything. Big deal if you have a few people snaking through the far side Magnolia park during super busy times.

I agree. They're kind of pressed for space in that area, and while I'd love a smaller pre-pre-show building with some sort of mausoleum, there might not be too much real estate with the train so close. But maybe they could dip into the fastpass area and finagle some sort of little walk-through. I just don't think a new queue is of great need right now, and certainly not worth losing the lawn over.

When I was in WDW in 2012 I remember seeing the new queue with all its interactive elements and thinking it wasn't terrible... but as the years have passed, I am glad DL has abstained from adding it.

 

[mickEblu]

I agree. They're kind of pressed for space in that area, and while I'd love a smaller pre-pre-show building with some sort of masoleum, there might not be too much real estate with the train so close. But maybe they could dip into the fastpass area and fanagle some sort of little walk-through. I just don't think a new queue is of great need right now, and certainly not worth losing the lawn over.

When I was in WDW in 2012 I remember seeing the new queue with all its interactive elements and thinking it wasn't terrible... but as the years have passed, I am glad DL has abstained from adding it.

For sure. Part of the charm is from the buildup of just going from a quiet lawn and “ordinary” front and side yard and then KABOOM everything starts in the foyer with the music, ghost narration and the otherworldly stretching room. Any cartoony interactive elements in the Q takes away from that. Even my idea of the mausoleum would slightly take away from that but I’m imagining something understated. Also by necessity if their were to be a queue on the other side of the berm It would have be indoors.

 

[Mac Tonight]

For sure. Part of the charm is from the buildup of just going from a quiet lawn and “ordinary” front and side yard and then KABOOM everything starts in the foyer with the music, ghost narration and the otherworldly stretching room. Any cartoony interactive elements in the Q takes away from that. Even my idea of the mausoleum would slightly take away from that but I’m imagining something understated. Also by necessity if their were to be a queue on the other side of the berm It would have be indoors.

Exactly. I love how unassuming the outside is as you approach. Even with the hillside sprinkled with tombstones, there's nothing that elicits any kind of feelings of unrest. Throwing in the MK HM stuff would be a distraction.

Having said that, I'd be all in favor of adding an interactive mausoleum, maybe near where you get the fastpasses.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

They should do something about the queue and graveyard.

I appreciate that they graveyard is back, but the giant fence in the way makes it hard to see, and the standby line with no shade on hot concrete in tight switchbacks is not a pleasant space to be stuck in for 30 min or more.

If it were up to me that whole hillside and queue area, including the CM only path, would be leveled and rearranged to make it feel like you were actually going through a park with grave sites. No interactive junk, just the quiet, but foreboding landscape of the Mansion's sprawling grounds at the edge of a bayou.

I agree with tearing down that wall between the front yard and the extended queue, and making the entire yard feel more fluid and realistic. That's what you were talking about right?

I wouldn't mind if they put a lot of effort into the beautification of the queue and removed the fast-pass area to be used as part of the yard (and consequentially, remove Fastpass). Like Pirates I doubt the wait would regularly be pretentious. I know they wont do it though.

 

[Sundown]

So, the article says the refurb is expected to last to "late March or April"...ugh!

Does anyone have any more precise information as to an exact finish date yet?

I only ask because I wanted to go to Disneyland for the first time ever. But only if I can ride the original Haunted Mansion. I wouldn't go during the NBX overlay.

 

[PiratesMansion]

So, the article says the refurb is expected to last to "late March or April"...ugh!

Does anyone have any more precise information as to an exact finish date yet?

I only ask because I wanted to go to Disneyland for the first time ever. But only if I can ride the original Haunted Mansion. I wouldn't go during the NBX overlay.

Unfortunately, that's probably about as exact as we're going to get for the time being.

If possible, I would try to go mid-summer. That way, you can expect that all the refurbs will be done and the new Marvel attraction will be open.

 

[Model3 McQueen]

So, the article says the refurb is expected to last to "late March or April"...ugh!

Does anyone have any more precise information as to an exact finish date yet?

I only ask because I wanted to go to Disneyland for the first time ever. But only if I can ride the original Haunted Mansion. I wouldn't go during the NBX overlay.

Go in August, or just before they make the conversion. That way you'll still experience DL without any holiday overlays whilst also avoiding the summer crowds (which were non existent this year lol)

 

[PiratesMansion]

Go in August, or just before they make the conversion. That way you'll still experience DL without any holiday overlays whilst also avoiding the summer crowds (which were non existent this year lol)

I've found July to be fine; unless they muck up the passholder blockouts because of last year, crowds are generally manageable. That's my traditional month of choice.

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

"They really needed to have you enter MF:SR using the ramp."

And now I'm a liar too.

Hailey Mills could never lie silly.

 

[Phroobar]

So if they refurb from January to June, then we only have July & August before they wreck it again for HMH in September.

 

[Mac Tonight]

So if they refurb from January to June, then we only have July & August before they wreck it again for HMH in September.

I'm hoping for April at the latest. No way they only give the newly revamped Mansion a 2-month window before shutting it down again for the year.