(Rumor) Haunted Mansion to lose pet cemetery

[phillip sugarman]

According to David Keonig from Mouseplanet he says that Disneyland is considering turning the pet cemetery located behind the attraction into a parking lot for ECV's guests.
http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/entry.php?1227-Haunted-Mansion-May-Lose-Dead-Space

 

[englanddg]

Paved Pet Paradise and put up a Parking Lot?

I bet they just move the headstones to the other cemetery. There are two at DL's HM iirc. I'm cool with it.

 

[Tom]

That would be the ultimate disgrace.

 

[Californian Elitist]

The title is misleading. This is a rumor.

 

[phillip sugarman]

Sorry about that, let me change the title.

 

[Sage of Time]

This would be a shame.

 

[TP2000]

If they turn this space into ECV parking, to get those ECV things away from the front of the house, why should I care?

The "pet cemetery" is a little side space on the side of the house, and it's not able to be seen from anyone in line or entering the attraction. And for decades it's looked junky and, well, lame. Heck, they don't even water the grass or mow back there. It's ugly and pointless, in my opinion.

The four pet graves in the unseen "Pet Cemetary" on the side of the Mansion.

In the 1990's WDI added pet graves to the actual queue, and they look much better. If WDI wants to rehab these old pet cemetery graves and add them to the regular queue where pet graves were added in the 1990's, thus pulling parked ECV's into the back and prevent them from ruining the sight lines and aesthetics for the Mansion façade, then so much the better.

Move these four little pet graves to the rest of the queue, near the existing pet graves added in the 1990's, and that's a win for everyone.

Pet graves in the actual Haunted Mansion queue. Just add those other four to these areas.

 

[ght]

If they turn this space into ECV parking, to get those ECV things away from the front of the house, why should I care?

The "pet cemetery" is a little side space on the side of the house, and it's not able to be seen from anyone in line or entering the attraction. And for decades it's looked junky and, well, lame. Heck, they don't even water the grass or mow back there. It's ugly and pointless, in my opinion.

I was going to post the same thing. Of the "getting rid of things for other things" list of complaints at Disney parks this would be close to the bottom of the list for me. Like you said, it would probably improve the overall look of the mansion as you approach it anyway.