News New Haunted Mansion Grounds Expansion, Retail Shop Coming to Disneyland Resort in 2024

Professortango1

Professortango1

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ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ said:
I guess a case could be made for leaving some of the pumpkins in place but I'd rather the Mansion be the Mansion during Halloween.
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The Halloween version was peak Halloween for me. It seems weird to have the Haunted Mansion not celebrate the spookiest holiday. It was a tradition that we would start our Halloween season of events with HM in September. We'll make a new tradition, but it's sad to see old ones die away after decades.
 
Disney Analyst

Disney Analyst

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Professortango1 said:
The Halloween version was peak Halloween for me. It seems weird to have the Haunted Mansion not celebrate the spookiest holiday. It was a tradition that we would start our Halloween season of events with HM in September. We'll make a new tradition, but it's sad to see old ones die away after decades.
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It’s a Christmas ride frankly. Has no business being up for Halloween. Haunted Mansion is a perfect ride for Halloween; as is.
 
Professortango1

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Disney Analyst said:
It’s a Christmas ride frankly. Has no business being up for Halloween. Haunted Mansion is a perfect ride for Halloween; as is.
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I disagree. Haunted Mansion classic is a great vintage attraction, but HMH hits all the highs of a Halloween celebration to me.
Consumer said:
It's just not Halloween without the Santa hats, gingerbread, and carols!
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Costumes, treats, and ghastly singing taunting riders....yeah, not Halloween-y at all. Not to mention those jack-o-lanterns, skulls, coloured lights, vampires, dolls, giant snakes, man-eating plants, tarot cards, trick-or-treaters, flickering candles, a giant animatronic skeleton welcoming us to a graveyard.
 
mickEblu

mickEblu

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Professortango1 said:
This has to be a world record for answering of prayers. From lost tradition to a sigh of relief in just a few short moments.
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Lol hey what about all our prayers?

Anyway, guess it makes sense why it didn’t make sense. HMH is too popular and generates a lot of revenue. That’s why I was trying to come up with something to justify the change like ticketed Christmas parties or something.
 
PiratesMansion

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mickEblu said:
Bracing for the worst when HM reopens in less than a couple weeks. They never GIVE without TAKING AWAY. Between this news and the bride changes I fear the hanging skeleton is toast. I’ll be livid if the dialogue was altered or the rafters in the stretching room have been covered up with a screen like in HMH. Hopefully the hitchhiking ghosts haven’t been butchered.
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The one thing reassuring me from the worst is that IF they were doing some sort of major renovation to the regular ride, there would be a longer closure period between HMH and the return of the regular Mansion.

I suppose it's possible they did the major bones of a big change during the extended closure this year, but if that was the case, I feel like we would have heard more about what was happening. So far as I remember, we got a bit of speculation here and there, but seemingly no real sources and no one corroborating each other's stories about what would be coming.
 
mickEblu

mickEblu

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PiratesMansion said:
The one thing reassuring me from the worst is that IF they were doing some sort of major renovation to the regular ride, there would be a longer closure period between HMH and the return of the regular Mansion.

I suppose it's possible they did the major bones of a big change during the extended closure this year, but if that was the case, I feel like we would have heard more about what was happening. So far as I remember, we got a bit of speculation here and there, but seemingly no real sources and no one corroborating each other's stories about what would be coming.
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It was down for so long I think they had more than enough time to get it done before HMH opened. But I will give you that Disney does seem to fly by the seat of their pants these days so them being ahead of the game on anything would be a departure from the new norm. The rumor mill has been slow in general for some time so that doesn’t give me much confidence. It feels like the opportunity to get rid of something “problematic” and replace it with a screen that can just stay up there 365 days a year and make the HMH changeover easier might be too good to pass up. Hope you’re right though. Losing the rafters would bother me more than the hanging figure itself. Don’t get me started on if they alter the end of the stretching room spiel which I don’t think they re stupid enough to do… I think.
 

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