raven
Well-Known Member
According to Jim Hill, if you choose to believe him...
:lol: Funniest thing I read all day.
According to Jim Hill, if you choose to believe him...
Actually the Hat Box Ghost never appeared in the mansion since the effect didn't work properly. It was in storage for a while in the 60's until it vanished and they have no clue where it went.
Yea thr streching room is better in WDW as well. In DL the floor moves down as the cieling moves up but it makes you feel like you are simply in an elevator imo ruining the effect.
Well, it if wasn't for the fact that DL didn't have enough land to build the ride ground level, WDW wouldn't have it either. But it works either way. I think both work fine.
According to The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies:
"Although the Hatbox Ghost appeared during Cast Member previews and possibly even a soft opening to the general public, the figure was removed before the attraction's official debut, never to be seen again."
A question for you all :wave:
When I was a little fanboy, my only experience with the HM was watching the Disneyland sing a long tapes, and I thought going to the MK, I would see the southern antebellum home facade that Disneyland has, but when I saw a tudor-style home, I hated it.
And yet it grew on me....but what grew on me even more was how the MK's HM started out like DL's in the sense that the outside was kept up nicely as Walt wished, and the inside was maintained by the ghosts.
In the late 80s or early 90s the trees grew, but were allowed to overgrown, and the landscapes artists made the grounds look dilapidated.
So....which do you prefer? Disneyland's HM with it's maintained grounds or the "spooky" grounds of MK's HM?
That is not true ' the Hatbox Ghost did appear for a short time after the official opening. He was not there on opening day but was added back later that week. He was then removed again permanently.According to The Haunted Mansion: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies:
"Although the Hatbox Ghost appeared during Cast Member previews and possibly even a soft opening to the general public, the figure was removed before the attraction's official debut, never to be seen again."
Does anyone know why they designed the MK mansion facade the way they did? It always seemed strange to me that we don't enter the mansion through the front door and use that random side entrance.
Also, has anyone noticed that the facade looks fake when you get up close to it? The green sunroom/gazebo area (I'm not sure what to call it) seems like it is painted on and is clearly not made of glass. Also, the facade doesn't look like it was built in full scale. Something definitely seems off when you look at the stairs leading up to the front door up close (as close as you can get to it). Am I the only one that noticed this?
Please don't think I'm trying to bash the mansion. I'm just wondering why they didn't build a full scale facade where you enter through the front door. They certainly had the space for it.
HUH, never knew that...I *think* that it's a obscure reference to the obscure story of you entering the servants entrance, because you, in the obscure story, are touring the house before you work there.
Or before you buy the place. You might be an obscure buyer.
I hate HM sometimes. :lol: Tell us what's going on! :lol:
And no, the facade never looks fake. Not even after they brightened it up.
I hate HM sometimes. :lol: Tell us what's going on! :lol:
I *think* that it's a obscure reference to the obscure story of you entering the servants entrance, because you, in the obscure story, are touring the house before you work there.
Or before you buy the place. You might be an obscure buyer.
I hate HM sometimes. :lol: Tell us what's going on! :lol:
And no, the facade never looks fake. Not even after they brightened it up.
That's what makes HM, BTM, Space Mountain, JC, and formerly POTC so great. They're your adventure. You can make up the story since they don't beat you over the head with one.
I think part of the mystery of HM is using your imagination to create part of the story,even if it is a little part like why you are there,almost makes it more eerie.
Like the new sig quote.
Now, on coast vs. coast facdes:
DL, being a little less secluded,almost seems like a mansion still used,but haunted inside(if you can understand that). That is where the clean fcade comes in.
WDW seems more like an abandoned colonial mansion set up on the hill with the trees,much more ominous and spooky,my favorite if the two.
I know about Imagination, and all. I love it too. I just want to know what they REALLY want us to think, though! :lol:
I know about Imagination, and all. I love it too. I just want to know what they REALLY want us to think, though! :lol:
It's the OCD Explorer in me...:lookaroun:lol:
Tyler...Good reasoning on the facades.
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