juan
Well-Known Member
WDW also has a ton more ride length in the beginning
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The Haunted Mansion's Hat Box Ghost...?
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WDW also has a ton more ride length in the beginning
WDITrent
Active Member
Don't worry. Rhonda told me there will be a tribute to the Hat Box Ghost in Mystic Manor once it opens in Beastly Kingdom... :lookaroun:ROFLOL: :sohappy: We need Mrs. Kendall!
And in more watching of Martin's tribute, and in my own personal rides on HM, the area where he is supposed to be, as marked by the Hat Boxes is VERY apparent.
Ahhh, I miss my Mansion.
Technologically, though, in terms of how it was refurbished.
Fantastic. Can't wait.
And yes, our audio and the beginning, and the staircase really make HM amazing. And it still looks new, too!
cdunbar
Active Member
Woohoo for a project that will probably never actually happen! :lol:
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
Many of those elements are in Disneyland's Mansion they just aren't on the actual ride.
Such as...? The portraits?
Exprcoofto
New Member
The first scene on DL's HM is the floating candle in the endless hallway. Everything before that from WDW is in the queue at DL.
Exprcoofto
New Member
Wow.
That either makes DL's queue amazing, or our ride amazing. :lol: Which one?!
Our ride is amazing. You walk by relatively quickly without looking at the show scenes in DL. Having it on the ride is 100% better.
Exprcoofto
New Member
I meant "our" not you're LOL.
Figment632
New Member
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.
MarkTwain
Well-Known Member
Agreed 100%. The first time I rode DL's Haunted Mansion, and we were walking past the portraits and the staring busts, I was like "When the heck do we get to the ride!?" :lol:
DL's Haunted Mansion certainly has its history, and the New Orleans ambience on its side... but aside from that, I much prefer ours.
I like the fact that I can stop and watch the portraits change and see the busts follow me as I move back and forth. It used to freak me out as a child.
sponono88
Well-Known Member
Wow.
That either makes DL's queue amazing, or our ride amazing. :lol: Which one?!
see for yourself
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personally I don't have a preference for either one. I like walking through the hallway before actually boarding the doom buggy
I like the fact that I can stop and watch the portraits change and see the busts follow me as I move back and forth. It used to freak me out as a child.
+1
raven
Well-Known Member
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.
SirGoofy
Member
Not true. The Hatbox Ghost was installed and operating during employee previews of the Haunted Mansion.
raven
Well-Known Member
Not according to Tony Baxter (WDI) in a DVD about the DL Mansion.
SirGoofy
Member
From Doombuggies.com:
Tony Baxter continues: "The Hatbox Ghost was installed and running during this period. It is possible that guests also rode in this time frame and saw the figure.
Brian_WDW74
Member
According to Jim Hill, if you choose to believe him, there's a third-hand report (supposedly started by Marc Davis himself) that the Hat Box Ghost was stripped for parts and put inside the Sam the Eagle animatronic in "America Sings." The parts may now be inside one of the animatronics in Splash Mountain.