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

[MoonRakerSCM]

Not pre-fab, but a kit. A pre-designed model with some alterations to fit Disney's liking.

Also, looking at the new wood grain, yes, those are completely new doors. They operate the same, they're both sliding wood doors, but the new ones look MUCH better and have a nice wood grain to them while the previous ones were hideously cheap wood.

Almost like the kit structure came with the 1st wooden doors... and Disney replaced them with nicer ones.

 

[Nland316]

I think it’s pretty misguided to think that this is a prefabbed building. We literally saw steel beams being placed for this, as well as every other step in construction.

Any flaws that are being discussed are purely a design / engineering struggle. I’m assuming these probably have to do with a mixture of modern building codes, merchandise needs, and over ambition for the concept of a Haunted Mansion gift shop.

The detailing is turning out rather nice, but I think the design just looks clunky compared to what the concept art promised. A continuation of the gardens / trellises / crypt with some merchandise stations would’ve blended in so much better.

 

[Professortango1]

I think it’s pretty misguided to think that this is a prefabbed building. We literally saw steel beams being placed for this, as well as every other step in construction.

Any flaws that are being discussed are purely a design / engineering struggle. I’m assuming these probably have to do with a mixture of modern building codes, merchandise needs, and over ambition for the concept of a Haunted Mansion gift shop.

The detailing is turning out rather nice, but I think the design just looks clunky compared to what the concept art promised. A continuation of the gardens / trellises / crypt with some merchandise stations would’ve blended in so much better.

It's clearly a kit. And clearly not designed for the space it is sitting in.

I think the rumor is correct that Disneyland didn't hire WDI for the design and build and instead did it in-house with a lot that WDI would spruce up after the new queue was completed.