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

[Castle Cake Apologist]

I am not sure how true this is, I will see for myself in a week from now. But if this is one of the views upon exiting the attraction (to your left), then it’s genuinely awful.

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That said, I’m having a hard time believing Disney could be this inept with their on-stage show. I’m almost wondering if someone snuck backstage? But if this is really the Guest view, then freaking yikes.

@MisterPenguin Eagerly awaiting your defense of this one...

 

[MisterPenguin]

@MisterPenguin Eagerly awaiting your defense of this one...

I'm not going to defend that. All exposed cleaning equipment and plumbing should be themed to the era. Those aren't late 19th century infrastructure. That alley needs a rancid puddle of faux excrement thrown from a window.

 

[TP2000]

What pipes? I don't see no pipes!

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The people running the parks now are idiots. At this point, they are almost being aggressive with how much disdain they have for the park's traditional standards for showmanship and professionalism.

Even if they put up a decorative fence here at that white line on the wall, they've still got an industrial electrical outlet sitting "Onstage" on the other side of the fence. Which means you'll ALWAYS have someone parked in an ECV recharging, or have a gaggle of people plopped on the ground recharging their phones, right at the Haunted Mansion exit.

Seriously, who the hell designs this stuff nowadays? It's obvious they've never actually spent any time in the park in the past 15 years to understand how their own customers use the park, and how an open electrical outlet invites ECV recharging, phone recharging, etc.

Instead of taking Immersion Trips to a foreign Ritz-Carlton, WDI should mandate that all Imagineers have to take a two week Immersion Trip to Disneyland. They'd hopefully learn a thing or two about the product they build.