This is where they need the biggest change. The narration in the fireplace lobby is on a loop and doesn't wait for everyone to get in, which means the doors opening to the two stretch rooms are on the same timer. Not only can you miss what's happening (not hear the introduction, nor see the portrait aging gag), but it can start jamming people into the Doom Buggy lobby. I've seen the Doom Buggy lobby packed to capacity because there was an omnimover stoppage,
but that didn't stop the CMs from trying to force more guests from the stretch room in yelling at us to keep moving forward. I had to yell back there was no room to move forward. Ridiculous. If that happens again, I'm prepared to take a picture and send it to the fire marshal... and the media.
The other issue with the fireplace lobby is that it's so short and it has just the one portrait gag. If they need that room to simply measure out a crowd's worth of guests to move into the stretch room, then just cut the dialogue. It's a bit of a throw-away...
When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls.
Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still — that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight!
They could have that with several other throw-away lines in the outdoor queue or on the ride.
The portrait gag could also be on the ride, seeing it age and then with lightning, revert back to normal. Be a great replacement for the horror that is 13 o'clock.
The attic scene needs to be re-lit (light reflecting off the marriage photos obscuring what they're supposed to be) and a much better projection mapping on the hatchet bride.
The graveyard scene has both A+ effects (the singing busts) and F effects (stuffed cloth tied to an obvious metal rod that sproings up). Upgrade the F effects.
The change in the hitchhikers was a step forward and back. Forward in their special effects. Backwards in the decreased visibility.
