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

[mickEblu]

New Shop, "Madame Leota's Somewhere Beyond" is opening this Winter.
"Somewhere Beyond is a carriage house that used to store the same ornate carriage that now remains on the mansion’s front yard. It also contains a boudoir on the mezzanine level. At one point, it was home to the mansion’s head caretaker, but later Madame Leota took up residence. It is filled with her eclectic furniture including a crystal ball, feinting couch and the original parlor chandelier that Leota used in séances at the mansion.
When the first floor of the carriage house became a shop, Leota kindly lent her desks, cabinets and chests as antique artifacts to be showcased along with the merchandise. As a powerful medium moving between worlds, Madame Leota comes and goes a lot and is excited to welcome guests to her home, soon." - [Disney Park Blog]

New concept art on the interior:
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Really hoping they didn’t sacrifice what it looks like on the outside to add that boudoir on the upper level on the inside.

 

[Disney Analyst]

 

[mickEblu]

The expanded queue looks great! Really wish they put the same care in the front yard as they did in the new areas but I guess they were too attached to the concept of a lawn (understandably) and that for whatever reason those tiny plots of “grass” still need to be artificial turf. The new areas look great with beautiful landscaping with real plants. Interesting layout, love how they designed all the little intimate areas. Feels very old school Disneyland. Of course, the front yard also has the disadvantage of being compared to itself in its full and former glory.

 

[dlr74]

Some photos of the newly built ADA hallway & elevator that guests with disabilities will use as they exit the attraction

 

[Disney Analyst]

Lots of photos

 

[Consumer]

I can't believe they removed the historic switchbacks for this.

 

[mickEblu]

Lots of photos

Wow! Fantastic job. Very impressed.

Just gotta get some more ivy on that hill and obscure that fence on the top of the berm with some foliage.

 

[waltography]

Some photos of the newly built ADA hallway & elevator that guests with disabilities will use as they exit the attraction

The COVID crypt bypass lives on!

Much better themed, of course. I wonder if they were inspired to take on the revamp after doing this during the pandemic.

 

[waltography]

Unrelated, I think it's a little funny Disney plussed the switchbacks for their spooky mansion attraction the same time Uni downgraded theirs between blue sky and construction:

 

[Phroobar]

The gardens are very pretty. The new ADA exit makes me want to leave that way. Great job! Why can't they build attractions like this?

 

[mickEblu]

The gardens are very pretty. The new ADA exit makes me want to leave that way. Great job! Why can't they build attractions like this?

Can this team go fix TBA?

 

[chadwpalm]

Live stream of queue

 

[Adventureland Veranda]

The additional pictures make this look even better. I'm impressed with how well the new queue blends in perfectly to the area, almost like it's always been there. Great work!

 

[mickEblu]

Live stream of queue

As much as I love this new rendition of GGG I still think Classic Mansion shouldn’t have music playing in the outdoor queue. A happy compromise would be only playing it at night.

 

[J4546]

que looks great...hopefully FL HM gets a major que update when they build out Villains land cause the HM que in Florda is terrible terrible terrible

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

Unrelated, I think it's a little funny Disney plussed the switchbacks for their spooky mansion attraction the same time Uni downgraded theirs between blue sky and construction:

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Avg Planet Coaster queue vs RCT 3 queue

 

[mickEblu]

Could do without all those colorful crystal balls.

 

[chadwpalm]

Could do without all those colorful crystal balls.

I wonder if they light up at night.

 

[mickEblu]

I wonder if they light up at night.

Probably. Looks like that one blue one was already lit up.

 

[waltography]

Live stream of queue

God, I love that new background music. It's Grim Grinning Ghosts by way of Mystic Manor, I need the source audio immediately.

Could do without all those colorful crystal balls.

They remind me a bit of watering globes, so I don't think they're too out of place in a garden. I wonder how they'll hold up over time, though.