Dragonman
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I was just as confused as you are lol.
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New enhancements coming to WDW's Haunted Mansion for the 50th anniversary?
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I was just as confused as you are lol.
Dragonman
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I highly suggest checking out Hoot’s Twitter right now. He’s posting tons of rare HM pics back from when he was a cast member.
https://twitter.com/Hoot_Gibson_83
https://twitter.com/Hoot_Gibson_83
MattFrees71
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Unfortunately if you ride the HM now- in the Corridor of Doors, they have turned off all ghost screaming sound effects (except for the growling behind the last door- although they turned it down). To me this part of the ride feels boring now.
MotherOfBirds
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Rode it last night, and call me crazy, but it looked like there was a different suit of armor by the endless hallway.
tirian
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Sometimes I walk away, then I wonder if people think I’m too chicken/defeated to reply, then I convince myself I don’t care because other things are more important.
I wish Disney would restore the old loading procedure! Open the doors, fill the foyer, listen to the “When hinges creak...” spiel, and move into the stretching room. Then the door closes before anything stretches.
This established crowd control for a quick load time, and the attraction devoured crowds.
Instead, a CM swings open the doors, shouts at everyone to keep moving, the opening monologue is almost over before you get inside, and the stretching room starts well before the wall closes. Then everyone piles into a long queue at the loading station.
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tirian
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I love these! Thanks for the happy pics.
aladdin2007
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Sometimes I walk away, then I wonder if people think I’m too chicken/defeated to reply, then I convince myself I don’t care because other things are more important.
I wish Disney would restore the old loading procedure! Open the doors, fill the foyer, listen to the “When hinges creak...” spiel, and move into the stretching room. Then the door closes before anything stretches.
This established crowd control for a quick load time, and the attraction devoured crowds.
Instead, a CM swings open the doors, shouts at everyone to keep moving, the opening monologue is almost over before you get inside, and the stretching room starts well before the wall closes. Then everyone piles into a long queue at the loading station.
agree it has become really bad, and almost dangerous in that horrible load queue where everyone has to merge/fight into one single file line. I won't even start on the awful shouting procedures, it never use to be that way. Its not about show quality anymore, its about cattle drives. I almost hate going in there anymore, yet still one of the best attractions once your riding.
Magenta Panther
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The Mansion is being horribly abused, first by the appalling loading procedure you mentioned, and then by that awful new queue with effects (like the Ghost Writer) that most people in line ignore (at least in my experience). Sad...
Dragonman
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I would rather the spider web man due to its infamous obscurity like the Hatbox Ghost once was. No photos of the actual figure whether in the ride or backstage have ever surfaced, only concept art and ride schematics (he was removed during employee previews before opening day it seems). Even though the prop doesn’t exist in storage anymore (removed at some point around 1976-1980) they could recreate it (it was probably the same figure as the Ghost Host’s corpse just dressed/painted different)
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EricsBiscuit
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Isnt that the same guy who filmed Horizons?
Dragonman
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Yep. They were taken when he was a art contractor though. Horizons wasn’t. He stated that at one point the Horizons “prologue and promise” mural was hidden behind the ballroom wall along with several Kitchen Kabaret animatronics.
999th Happy Haunt
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Rode it today, can confirm it is a different suit of armor. I don’t think it moved at all but I could be wrong.
MotherOfBirds
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Is the usual one in the shop or something? It felt like kind of a weird thing to change.
MotherOfBirds
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Yes. We normally have Bird Boy over here, but there was a kind of generic suit of armor in its place when I was there, and I seem to recall that wither the spear or the shield weren't there.
Dragonman
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Thought this was interesting. Letter confirming there was indeed a Hatbox Ghost built for WDW:
Also the original show scene schematic showing the figure blanked out:
The backstage footage from the Osmonds special was supposedly the WDW ride being prepared, as such the glimpse of the Hatbox Ghost is supposedly the unfinished Florida figure being used as a paint stand.
Also the original show scene schematic showing the figure blanked out:
The backstage footage from the Osmonds special was supposedly the WDW ride being prepared, as such the glimpse of the Hatbox Ghost is supposedly the unfinished Florida figure being used as a paint stand.
TheBlackPrince666
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Those were so nice! i wish i remembered them, but i was too young (and probably didn't ride it then) I don't understand why they would just throw them away? at least save them? They should be able to make more, i would hope.
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MattFrees71
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Bump.... any idea if the HB ghost is really coming to WDW HM?