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.

 

[AJFireman]

Hours are listed for Haunted Mansion on January 18, 2025.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Lots of new props added. The building paint has been aged and detailed. New hardware on the doors. Lighting levels lowered.

Definitely opening very soon.

 

[MK-fan]

Lots of new props added. The building paint has been aged and detailed. New hardware on the doors. Lighting levels lowered.

Any pics? Are the pipes in the back still exposed by the Haunted Mansion exit?

 

[Disney Analyst]

Any pics? Are the pipes in the back still exposed by the Haunted Mansion exit?

They’ve installed a gate there now.

You can see it in the Mice Chat live from last night.

 

[wityblack]

Pictures: Madame Leotas Somewhere Beyond Status (12/20/24) - The Geek's Blog @ disneygeek.com

Madame Leotas Somewhere Beyond Status exterior looks to be complete with the construction walls removed and just metal barriers up today.

blog.disneygeek.com

 

[MK-fan]

It looks a bit better but not a fan of the metal gates covering up the backstage area, should’ve been wood. Also I will never get used to those polished laminated shiny signs, they’re so awful.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

The aging definitely makes it look better but at this point it feels like lipstick on a pig.

Better than much of what Disneys done in the last few years but that bar is set pretty low now.

 

[lazyboy97o]

You can see through the gate… Jiminy Cricket you can see through the gate. And since the pikes don’t meet Disney’s opening standards they added the grating that completely clashes.

 

[mickEblu]

It looks a bit better but not a fan of the metal gates covering up the backstage area, should’ve been wood. Also I will never get used to those polished laminated shiny signs, they’re so awful.

I don’t get it. The sign I bought on Etsy for a few hundred dollars is 10x better.

 

[mickEblu]

Bought this sign on Etsy for $200+ dollars last summer.

 

[DavidDL]

The weathering on the outside helps a lot, I won't lie. But the fence just as you exit looks a bit too see-thru for me, I can't image it'll help that much more with view of the pipes. The issue of the size of the building can't be fixed with paint, either.

 

[Nirya]

I finally got to see the new outdoor queue yesterday, and I'll echo a few comments about it. First, the entire queue is just so well done, and I'm happy they did not add any of the goofy interactive elements from WDW. It's classy and interesting the entire way through. I'll also echo the people saying that the music in the queue (particularly in the last switchback segment near the mausoleum) is hilariously loud and should probably be dropped down a few notches.

As for the shop...yeah, it sucks. It's way too big. I think it if was shrunk by about 30% (or made way shorter) then it looks better, but right now it's just way too big for the space.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I finally got to see the new outdoor queue yesterday, and I'll echo a few comments about it. First, the entire queue is just so well done, and I'm happy they did not add any of the goofy interactive elements from WDW. It's classy and interesting the entire way through. I'll also echo the people saying that the music in the queue (particularly in the last switchback segment near the mausoleum) is hilariously loud and should probably be dropped down a few notches.

As for the shop...yeah, it sucks. It's way too big. I think it if was shrunk by about 30% (or made way shorter) then it looks better, but right now it's just way too big for the space.

The bigger the shop …

 

[MoonRakerSCM]

They removed the original fake hinges and vastly improved the faux metal work. Looks proper now. My only question is, why on earth was the inital metalwork installed as such???

 

[Consumer]

When will the sign be fixed?

 

[AJFireman]

They removed the original fake hinges and vastly improved the faux metal work. Looks proper now. My only question is, why on earth was the inital metalwork installed as such???

I was there last night . I think these are different doors finished product as they seemed larger and didn't have the same features as the previous door. Previous doors I was able to see between the doors and no locking mechanism. These sit flush and lock.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I was there last night . I think these are different doors finished product as they seemed larger and didn't have the same features as the previous door. Previous doors I was able to see between the doors and no locking mechanism. These sit flush and lock.

Perhaps they installed “fake” temporary doors until the real ones were ready. It wasn’t finished after all, but the walls needed to come down.