Haunted Mansion to Return with New Enhancements and Magic :(

[mickEblu]

The Haunted Mansion Will Return at Disneyland with Enhancements and "New Magic" - WDW News Today

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Goodbye classic hitchhiking ghosts.

 

[Purduevian]

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Goodbye classic hitchhiking ghosts.

Haunted mansion at DL might have the worst capacity reduction in DL with social distancing... Is there any sort of bypass for the Streching room/ Elevators? at WDW they are just using it a queue space... but that doesn't work here.

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

Haunted mansion at DL might have the worst capacity reduction in DL with social distancing... Is there any sort of bypass for the Streching room/ Elevators? at WDW they are just using it a queue space... but that doesn't work here.

There's the Chicken Exit, but I'm not sure how efficient that'll be.

 

[180º]

The Haunted Mansion Will Return at Disneyland with Enhancements and "New Magic" - WDW News Today

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Goodbye classic hitchhiking ghosts.

We don’t know that for sure. The 2011 WDW additions are dated and irrelevant and I doubt we’ll see them over here. I’m hoping for a Constance 3.0 at the very least.

This is the most extensive refurbishment the Mansion has had in 20 years and it‘s long overdue. So turn that frown upside down

 

[mickEblu]

We don’t know that for sure. The 2011 WDW additions are dated and irrelevant and I doubt we’ll see them over here. I’m hoping for a Constance 3.0 at the very least.

This is the most extensive refurbishment the Mansion has had in 20 years and it‘s long overdue. So turn that frown upside down

 

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If I turn out to be wrong I’m so sorry

 

[cmwade77]

I think they will use new tech and come up with some cool things here.

As for how to manage capacity, there is a stairwell that they could use and then only use the stretching rooms for guests with disabilities that prevent them from using the stairs. I don't see how they could use the stretching rooms for everyone without capacity issues and indoor time restriction issues. Of course at 15% of capacity, it may not be the issue we are thinking it will be.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I don't remember Mansion being closed before the shutdown.

This is concerning.

 

[BayouShack]

The mansion was closed longer than the couple weeks necessary to get rid of HMH to do the renovation. So the renovation was on going from mid January to park closure. It’s been such a long time so who even remembers anymore

 

[Disney Analyst]

I don't remember Mansion being closed before the shutdown.

This is concerning.

It was, it was all scaffolded up and everything. Here's a photo from before the park closed:

"The refurbishment of Haunted Mansion is extensive. Paneling was removed and replaced, scenes were refreshed, animatronics calibrated and restored, and costumes replaced. . . . "

 

[CaptinEO]

So before the closure they were adding photopass to the ride as well I believe, unless I'm mistaking it with WDW. It's been such a long time I don't recall.

 

[SuddenStorm]

Back in February 2020 I was actually excited for the refurbishment. Mansion was looking rough- many broken effects, it needed a paint refresh, and a lighting refresh. It seemed like the park was heading in the right direction after a botched 2019, with Mansion and Indy receiving refurbishments, the potential for Snow White being improved, and Avengers Campus.

But after 2020 turned out to be worse then 2019, with the Splash and Jungle changes- I don't trust WDI to do anything to these attractions. Let the maintenance guys in to fix things up but don't let anyone do anything beyond fixing what's there.

That said, if the old bride figure was sitting in a closet somewhere I wouldn't mind if someone accidentally swapped it with the Constance figure.

 

[180º]

Back in February 2020 I was actually excited for the refurbishment. Mansion was looking rough- many broken effects, it needed a paint refresh, and a lighting refresh. It seemed like the park was heading in the right direction after a botched 2019, with Mansion and Indy receiving refurbishments, the potential for Snow White being improved, and Avengers Campus.

But after 2020 turned out to be worse then 2019, with the Splash and Jungle changes- I don't trust WDI to do anything to these attractions. Let the maintenance guys in to fix things up but don't let anyone do anything beyond fixing what's there.

That said, if the old bride figure was sitting in a closet somewhere I wouldn't mind if someone accidentally swapped it with the Constance figure.

I am wary as well but after the Hatbox Ghost and the Disneyland-specific improvements in the recent Pirates refurb, I’m hopeful.

 

[J4546]

after seeing what they did with Snow White, Im optimistic!

Everyone here is so negative lol. Not that I dont have my critiques on certain things of course we all do but damn, some of the people on this site are so against everything its hilarious to me

 

[mickEblu]

Back in February 2020 I was actually excited for the refurbishment. Mansion was looking rough- many broken effects, it needed a paint refresh, and a lighting refresh. It seemed like the park was heading in the right direction after a botched 2019, with Mansion and Indy receiving refurbishments, the potential for Snow White being improved, and Avengers Campus.

But after 2020 turned out to be worse then 2019, with the Splash and Jungle changes- I don't trust WDI to do anything to these attractions. Let the maintenance guys in to fix things up but don't let anyone do anything beyond fixing what's there.

That said, if the old bride figure was sitting in a closet somewhere I wouldn't mind if someone accidentally swapped it with the Constance figure.

Please God let the Constance figure be replaced with this new “magic.”

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

This is the last picture I took of the HM right before DL closed a year ago. It never opened for 2020.

I suspect they've ruined it.

 

[SplashJacket]

But after 2020 turned out to be worse then 2019, with the Splash and Jungle changes- I don't trust WDI to do anything to these attractions. Let the maintenance guys in to fix things up but don't let anyone do anything beyond fixing what's there.

I don't see any reason to be negative about the Jungle changes. I'm actually excited about them.

Snow White looks great as well.

But the capacity issues should be no trouble at all. The parks will be run at 15% capacity. The parks will be dead.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

It's only a matter of time until the Disney Parks Blog releases a video of Kim Irvine in a hardhat at HM...

 

[1HAPPYGHOSTHOST]

The Haunted Mansion Will Return at Disneyland with Enhancements and "New Magic" - WDW News Today

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Goodbye classic hitchhiking ghosts.

Oh hell no!! The classic hitchhiking ghosts better be there

 

[1HAPPYGHOSTHOST]

So before the closure they were adding photopass to the ride as well I believe, unless I'm mistaking it with WDW. It's been such a long time I don't recall.

Nooo!! The mansion does not beed a on ride photo!!!!! I will be p***ed if they added this