Team Younger, Project Three: SYWTBAI Season 14

[Pi on my Cake]

-Foyer-

"You're time has come." The cast member says as he ushers you into the Foyer at the entrance to Ravenswood Manor, reminding you to move all the way in filling up all the dead space.

For the holiday edition of Phantom Manor, the portrait of the Bride is replaced by a large painting of Ravenswood Manor in its prime on an idealic Christmas morning. Snow is scattered on the ground, the house is well decorated, family appears to be visiting. The perfect Christmas in the perfect manor with what appears to be the perfect family. A truly lovely painting.
Of course. The foyer is decked out in holiday decor. A voice is heard. It recites the famous opening to the Haunted Mansion/Phantom Manor, but it is changed to reflect the Holiday season.

"When snowflakes fall from frozen skies,
and strange and frightening boughs of holly deck all the halls.
Whenever candlelights flicker from the centerpiece of a grand family meal.
That is the time for Christmas presents,
And for Krampus to come for his holiday fright!"

The voice cackles as the doors to the stretching room opens. While the opening narration was being recited, the portrait of the manor slowly transformed. The manor decayed into its current state. The happy Christmas morning fades into a dark Christmas night. The family in the house are replaced by dark shadows. Silhouetted against the moon, you can just scarcely see a figure. Is it Father Christmas come with gifts for all the good girls and boys? No.
You notice that it has a more monstrous physique. Almost like a mixture between a goat, a man, and a demon. The silhouette is small, but unmistakable.

Father Christmas is not visiting Ravenswood Manor tonight.
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[CookieMouse]

I looked back and decided that I'll do corrections!

 

[kmbmw777]

Is there anything I can do?

 

[Pi on my Cake]

-stretching room-

The four paintings in the stretching room of Phantom Manor usually show the Bride (and sometimes get groom) before stretching to show various calamities befalling them. As was the case with the Foyer, the Stretching Room is decked out it Christmas decor. Since the holiday edition of Phantom Manor does not focus on the bride, neither does the stretching room.

The new focus of both the ride and the stretching room paintings is young Henrietta Ravenswood (Named for her father, Henry). Henrietta is 14 years old. She's a mischievous young girl and is always causing trouble. No one ever corrects or punishes her because her family, the Ravenswoods, are the richest family in Thuner Mesa and her father's gold mine employs half the town. So, Henrietta has become a bit of a spoiled brat. Well, perhaps a bit more than a bit of a brat. On top of all that, she doesn't believe in Father Christmas anymore, and she never believed in Krampus. She will definitely believe in Krampus shortly though.

One painting is Henrietta in a family portrait with her older sister (the bride), her mother, and her father Henry Ravenswood. As the room stretches, this painting stretches to reveal Henrietta stealing money from her father's pocket. Another painting features Henrietta with a magnifying glass looking like a happy, curious kid discovering nature. As the room stretches, this painting stretches to reveal her using the Magnifying glass to burn ants. The third painting features Henrietta standing in Thunder Mesa. As the room stretches, the painting stretches to reveal her holding a sling shot as the townsfolk of Thunder Mesa are nursing slingshot wounds and trying to fix broken pots and things destroyed by the sling shot. The final painting features Henrietta in fancy clothes standing in the ballroom of Ravenswood Manor. As the room stretches, the painting stretches to reveal her covered in mud from the waist down and it seems she has tracked mud all over the fancy ballroom. A disgruntled butler stands in the background surveying the mess he will have to clean knowing Henrietta would never offer to help clean up after herself.

Similar to Haunted Mansion Holiday, projection effects are used on the roof to transform it. It now appears to be a glass roof revealing a snowy night.

A cast member ushers you into the stretching room and advises you to enter all the way in to the room filling up all available space while staying away from the walls. The voice from the Foyer is heard once again. As the narrator speaks, snow begins to coat the roof.

"The good girls and boys are given gifts from Father Christmas every year.

But what of the naughty? Do they have a comeuppance to fear?

A dark spirit who punishes the wicked every holiday season.

If you wonder why you should behave, this demon is the reason.

A monster even the Phantom does fear,

Is coming to the Manor this year...

For young Henrietta Ravenswood has never once done something Righteous.

So, on Christmas Eve night, she will be haunted and hunted... by the Krampus."

By the end of the poem, the snow has completely covered the "glass roof." When the narrator says "Krampus," the lights flicker and the sounds of Thunder can be heard. The snow shakes off. The only snow remaining forms a shape that will soon become very familiar to guests.

The snow forms the shape of the unofficial mascot for the holiday version of the ride. The spirit that watches over the sinners of the world. The figure that goes ahead of the Krampus, reporting back to him. The eyes and ears for the Christmas beast. While its name is unknown, its form is very distinct. The Goat Skull will stalk guests throughout their ride, always watching. And that same ghastly goat skull is the shape formed in the snow on the glass roof above.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Is there anything I can do?

I'm pretty sure Magic Feather said he'd do load through attic on the ride through. But that still leaves The Ghost Town. Which is their version of the graveyard, so perhaps the most important to do right and go big with it.

Would you want to take that?

 

[kmbmw777]

I'm pretty sure Magic Feather said he'd do load through attic on the ride through. But that still leaves The Ghost Town. Which is their version of the graveyard, so perhaps the most important to do right and go big with it.

Would you want to take that?

I will give it a try

 

[Pi on my Cake]

-Changing Portrait Hall-

Past the Stretching Room, the queue features the changing paintings. Again, this room is covered in traditional holiday decor.

During the holiday edition of Phantom Manor, the paintings will all feature people of various ages doing a variety mischievous activities. When they transform, the paintings show how they were punished as the Goat Skull watches on (tucked away in the background of the paintings. Perhaps just a skull in the ground, perhaps a shape in the clouds in the sky). One example is a painting of a bank robbing outlaw holding dynamite. When transformed, the painting shows the dynamite and the landscape blown up with The outlaw covered in ash. The Goat Skull's form can be seen as a shape in the smoke.

The painting of the bride at the end of the hall is replaced with a painting of Henritetta.

-Busts-
The busts whose gaze follows you are also in the queue for Phantom Manor. During the holiday version, the busts remain mostly unchanged. Title plaques will be added. These will be done in a similar style to the tombstones outside Haunted Mansion (short rhymes, dark humor). They briefly describe the person the bust is of, and what kind of ironic justice they received from the Krampus.

Her entire fortune, Barbara was known to have stole.
She was found Christmas morning, buried in her illgotten gold.​

 

[Pi on my Cake]

I will give it a try

You'll do great! You're awesome at this stuff!

 

[Pi on my Cake]

I looked back and decided that I'll do corrections!

That works! Do you see anything i should changebwith what ive posted so far?

 

[kmbmw777]

Phantom Canyon
The Ghost Town

Currently, this scene stands like this - "Through a hole, the carriages then enter Phantom Canyon, which is a twisted, supernatural version of Thunder Mesa. Great rifts in the earth surrounding the vehicles suggest that an earthquake has happened, which reenacts Thunder Mesa's turning point from a prosperous community to a ghost town. An eerie-looking animatronic figure stands before a ramshackle train station, offering the riders train tickets to the Underworld. Guests then pass a ruined town hall where the mayor (who speaks clips of dialogue from Paul Frees, the original rides' Ghost Host) stands, inviting guests to be the Manor's 1000th ghost. As he tips his hat, his head comes with it. A shootout follows between a bank robber fleeing on a mule and a cowardly sheriff, with Big Thunder Mountain in the background. Guests see a pharmacy where a green-faced pharmacist drinks a potion of some sort, followed by a saloon whose front wall has caved in. Inside it, there is a dancing showgirl, a bartender, and a man playing a honky-tonk piano. Every once in a while, a hand with a candelabra appears out of the piano. Four invisible gambler figures play poker nearby."

However, the town has transformed. Now the buildings are decorated with Christmas wreaths and lights. Snow is all over the ground, and snow angels demons can be seen (just like snow angels but with horns). The windows of the shops (specifically the saloon and the pharmacy) however now utilize screens and feature the dark haired Ravenswood running hurriedly through them. The voice of Krampus, or one of his minions, says "Come here [insert girl's name here]. We have a special surprise for you."

The mayor stands at the town hall when we reach it. "All ghosts are to assist Krampus on his hunt. The girl must be found at all costs" He then turns to the omnimover. "We have 999 ghosts on the hunt. But there's room for a thousand..."

At the bank, the voices can be heard. "Check every vault. She could be anywhere!" The sound of ghosts ruffling through money and shouting gleefully can be heard.

The train station has been completely transformed. A path of goat skulls line the floor, and a large audio-animatronic of Krampus himself bursts through the door. Smoke appears around the terrifying demon, and fire spits around the building. This is the guests first and maybe only viewing of the demonic creature.

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[kmbmw777]

That works! Do you see anything i should changebwith what ive posted so far?

I love what you have done.

You'll do great! You're awesome at this stuff!

And thank you very much . Tell me what you think.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

I love what you have done.

And thank you very much . Tell me what you think.

Looks great! My only note is that originally the big first appearance of Krampus took place in the Seance room I think (I can't remember who said that). I will leave that between you and whomever is writing the Seance room to decide where the first entrance should be. Arguments could easily be made for both locations be the best.

Also, I had the Ravenswood child as a boy, but I can go change that real fast. How do you like Henrietta Ravenswood? (Named after her father, Henry).

 

[kmbmw777]

Looks great! My only note is that originally the big first appearance of Krampus took place in the Seance room I think (I can't remember who said that). I will leave that between you and whomever is writing the Seance room to decide where the first entrance should be. Arguments could easily be made for both locations be the best.

Also, I had the Ravenswood child as a boy, but I can go change that real fast. How do you like Henrietta Ravenswood? (Named after her father, Henry).

Honestly, I haven't really looked at many of the others. I can totally change the entrance if thats what's best. Who is doing the Seance Room again? (also which room appears earlier chronilogically.

And that sounds like a great name (sorry about the gender lol)

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Honestly, I haven't really looked at many of the others. I can totally change the entrance if thats what's best. Who is doing the Seance Room again? (also which room appears earlier chronilogically.

And that sounds like a great name (sorry about the gender lol)

I believe that is @Magic Feather Or at least he said he was going to.

The order is roughly the same as our Haunted Mansion.

Load
Halls
Seance
Dining Room
Attic
Ghost town
Hitchhiking ghost (which is just the Phantom)
Unload

So, seance comes first. And the Seance always marks a change in the ride's tone. So, having the Krampus appear here would make sense as a turning point.

BUT having him appear in the ghost town at the end keeps his presence felt, rather than seen, for almost the whole ride building more suspense and fear.

(And it's easy enough for me to go through and give Henry Jr. a quick gender reassignment surgery lol)

 

[kmbmw777]

I believe that is @Magic Feather Or at least he said he was going to.

The order is roughly the same as our Haunted Mansion.

Load
Halls
Seance
Dining Room
Attic
Ghost town
Hitchhiking ghost (which is just the Phantom)
Unload

So, seance comes first. And the Seance always marks a change in the ride's tone. So, having the Krampus appear here would make sense as a turning point.

BUT having him appear in the ghost town at the end keeps his presence felt, rather than seen, for almost the whole ride building more suspense and fear.

(And it's easy enough for me to go through and give Henry Jr. a quick gender reassignment surgery lol)

I like the idea of the ghost town but I'm also kinda biased
@Magic Feather what do u think? I will follow along with your decision.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Also, @Magic Feather , if you need me to do anything to help you, let me know. Same goes for anyone else. I have another day off tomorrow. So, I have time.

 

[Magic Feather]

I plan on having the first direct appearence of Krampus being in the attic, but not in a grand fashion (hiding in a mirror).

 

[kmbmw777]

I plan on having the first direct appearence of Krampus being in the attic, but not in a grand fashion (hiding in a mirror).

So in theory we could have both appearances?

 

[Pi on my Cake]

So in theory we could have both appearances?

Yeah! We have a subtle first appearance with his grand entrance and main animatronic in the town.

 

[kmbmw777]

Yeah! We have a subtle first appearance with his grand entrance and main animatronic in the town.

Sounds like a plan!