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I recently went on the Haunted Mansion yesterday, and if they're just using those projection cartoons but with the mirror, I'd say it's no better than the originals
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New HitchHiking Ghosts Coming to WDW
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MotherOfBirds
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Wow. Just wow. I leave this thread for a couple days and all hell breaks loose... Could we get back to talking about the HHG's and leave everyone's female relatives out of this? :lol:
Buried20KLeague
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coasterfan12
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From what we've heard the projections that are going to be implemented are going to be far more advanced than just those seen currently. All were seeing now is an animated work wall.
The new effect is going to be synced with the ride vehicles allowing you to see yourself and the ghosts as you once did. Weather or not the ghosts will remain as they once were but only enhanced or change to a more projection based system is the question of the hour.
Oh, and as far as ECV's go, I'm all for starting a full on petition to have all guests transfer to a standard wheelchair before entering the mansion. I for one HATE EVC's. I have more bruises and scars on my ankles from getting run into when I worked on Main Street. I don't even want to know what would happen if one of them went all wild in the Mansion, especially in the bottleneck area just beyond the stretching rooms. You have to transfer on pirates, it should be acceptable to ask guests to transfer here as well.
MotherOfBirds
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Why couldn't wheelchairs and ECV's have gone through the regular queue to begin with? There are no stairs to mess with. It is just because of the cattle herding after the stretch room?
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coasterfan12
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Up until recently there were turnstiles in the que that wheelchairs couldn't go through.
RedWench
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Mansion changes
I read on one of my Disney news feeds (yesterland.com) that projectors are already up in the Hitchhiking ghosts section and that the graveyard(s) will be more interactive.
If any other theme park was making a change like this to a fan favorite ride, I would have my doubts, but the imagineers won't let us down. Right now, they use old stage magic and limited animated figures to pull off the Hitchhiking ghost scene. But imagine what they can do with todays technology!! I'm excited to see what they have for us.
I read on one of my Disney news feeds (yesterland.com) that projectors are already up in the Hitchhiking ghosts section and that the graveyard(s) will be more interactive.
If any other theme park was making a change like this to a fan favorite ride, I would have my doubts, but the imagineers won't let us down. Right now, they use old stage magic and limited animated figures to pull off the Hitchhiking ghost scene. But imagine what they can do with todays technology!! I'm excited to see what they have for us.
Can't wait to see it! I will be down in August and I know it will be great! Actually if you look at Marc Davis original concept art for the HITCHHIKING GHOST portion of the attraction they would float in a very similar fashion not the same happy haunts but same movement pattern.
MotherOfBirds
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Then couldn't they have simply ripped the turnstiles out?
peter11435
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Then what would the guests have done after the stretch rooms. The load area cannot accommodate wheelchairs or ECV's. There is nowhere to park them in the Entrance Hall/Load Area while a guest rides. Guests get off in a different location than the boarded. How do their chairs get over to the unload area? There is no ADA compliant exit from the Load area...
The turnstiles have been gone for about a month now but they still don't allow wheelchairs through the full queue for the reasons stated above.
All of these issues are being addressed in the current enhancements to the Haunted Mansion.
DiPSU224
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Sorry for responding to this particular post over a week later, but....after a week in WDW, I have to say that an ECV couldn't possibly ruin the stretching room experience any more than people already have. I think we experienced HM more than any other attraction the entire week and more than 3/4 of the time, people just continued to scream/yell/talk throughout the entire stretching room. WTH? I don't care if you've been in that stretching room 3 billion times before....be quiet and let others enjoy it. Same with those who feel the need to recite along. Stop it. I didn't come here to hear you do the spiel.
Sorry. It really hit a nerve for me on this trip. I can't wait to see the end result of the hitchhiking ghosts and the queue! I'm only sorry that our trip occurred before all these changes were made.
Tom
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You are exactly right. I just want to scream "SHUT THE **** UP!" when I'm in theaters, pre-shows or rides at WDW.
unkadug
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coasterfan12
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http://alexxandmarissaaroundorlando.blogspot.com/2011/03/haunted-mansion-graveyard-construction.html
Thought you guys might enjoy this. This post has some awesome pictures from the other side of the wall!
Enjoy!
-Connor
Thought you guys might enjoy this. This post has some awesome pictures from the other side of the wall!
Enjoy!
-Connor
CamiLyn227
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I agree with you so much! I HATE when people talk unnecessarily during attractions!:shrug:
djkidkaz
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After seeing those photos, I'm confused. The awning looks like it just goes around the perimeter, but those pics make it look like you could leave the awning area and stand in front of the organ? Is this similar to tiggers bounce place where you can get out of line to interact with the organ or do you actually pass by the front of it? Anyone have a diagram of the path you'll take through the new portion of queue?
Tom
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That's exactly how it appears to me. I see a little railing in front of the organ, you can't can't get too close, but it looks like there are large open areas - probably to offer Pooh-like distractions for the little ones while the parents circle the area in the new covered queue.