The WHAT Mansion?

Jekyll_Baker

Jekyll_Baker

Active Member
To me it looks like it says "MOTLEY" - not enough letters for "GHASTLEY" (which is misspelled) and the last 4 letters are definitely 'TLEY'. It's possible that the 'MO' can be seen as 'GAS', but that would be "GASTLEY" (also misspelled). But at least "MOTLEY MANSION" has the alliteration going for it.

IMHO

But I'll be there tomorrow, so I can double check :)
 
Uponastar

Uponastar

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Jekyll_Baker said:
To me it looks like it says "MOTLEY" - not enough letters for "GHASTLEY" (which is misspelled) and the last 4 letters are definitely 'TLEY'. It's possible that the 'MO' can be seen as 'GAS', but that would be "GASTLEY" (also misspelled). But at least "MOTLEY MANSION" has the alliteration going for it.

IMHO

But I'll be there tomorrow, so I can double check :)
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Looking at it up close, I'd say only the first letter is unclear and the rest of it is "_astley".
Gastley wouldn't be misspelled if it was meant to be someone's name.
It's either that or Eastley.
 
the-reason14

the-reason14

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OMG, I have NEVER in all my years of going to WDW seen that sign. I've seen the Splash mt one, the TSI one and all the others, but never that one. Is it new? Anybody know when it first came?
 
wayneway

wayneway

Member
DizneyPryncess said:
This is awesome - nice find! I never noticed it!

I went to Doombuggies to see if I could dig up some information about this mysterious sign. I found a topic that had been started there, and someone posted a really cool story. Here's a link, the post w/the story is about halfway down the page.

http://disneyshauntedmansion.yuku.com/reply/3826/t/Odd-Sign-Near-Splash-Mt-WDW.html#reply-3826
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According to the story in the above link Mr. Gastley was in the Hudson River Valley area of NY, and according to this site the inspiration for the mansion exterior was taken from a Hudson River Valley style manor, if this is indeed the case then that would explain the sign having "Gastley" crossed out. Just scroll down to the Liberty Square section of the site. Very cool if this is the origin of the sign by splash mountain. :wave:
 
Matpez

Matpez

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Original Poster
wayneway said:
According to the story in the above link Mr. Gastley was in the Hudson River Valley area of NY, and according to this site the inspiration for the mansion exterior was taken from a Hudson River Valley style manor, if this is indeed the case then that would explain the sign having "Gastley" crossed out. Just scroll down to the Liberty Square section of the site. Very cool if this is the origin of the sign by splash mountain. :wave:
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This could be true, or could be a bunch of Disney nuts looking way to hard for a connection...
Either way I knew you guys would come up with something (and manage a RickRoll)

EpcotServo said:
Yep, classic WDW Unsolved Mystery.

(By the way, how's it going Matt? :wave:)
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As in, "I already knew about this, dummy"? :eek:

(And it is going well, you?)
 
pacochran

pacochran

Active Member
What a great story and find! Never knew this story. Leave it to Disney to come up with such a detailed story behind the ride.
 
ClemsonTigger

ClemsonTigger

Naturally Grumpy
JediMasterMatt said:
Actually, the link above is only partially correct. The true owner's name was Rick Gastley...

You can see the rest here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI
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SirNim said:
I've been waiting for that since Post #8! :lookaroun
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unkadug said:
Perhaps a play on the word "ghastly". :shrug:
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wayneway said:
According to the story in the above link Mr. Gastley was in the Hudson River Valley area of NY, and according to this site the inspiration for the mansion exterior was taken from a Hudson River Valley style manor, if this is indeed the case then that would explain the sign having "Gastley" crossed out. Just scroll down to the Liberty Square section of the site. Very cool if this is the origin of the sign by splash mountain. :wave:
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Yes, I was waiting for that link as well....:lol:

play on Ghastly was my thought until the final reference.....impressive detective work folks!
 
kcnole

kcnole

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For those of you who didn't read the previous link. It makes sense, especially since there are medical books in the library.

"Dr. E. Everett Gastley - noted humanitarian and pioneer of modern medical research and methodology. He established a private practice out of his stately mansion in the Hudson River Valley of upstate New York. His staff was considerable; he employed up to 14 nurses, handymen, and other various personnel during the heyday of his practice (ca. 1811). The last twenty years of his life saw his success dwindling steadily. Towards the end, there was only one nurse on hand during daytime hours. He was said to have fallen into a personal despair, and had begun believing in superstitions and other such unscientific nonsense.

"He regularly employed mediums and spiritualists to help him understand how to best appease the other world - hoping that this would improve his situation. He succeeded in being drained of a significant part of his fortune, instead. After his death, his home became the property of the county, and was to be sold off. He had no family; there had been a wife, but she was reported to have left him many years before. Nobody had heard from her.

"The exploration of the house brought to light evidence of the most shocking crimes that had ever been commited in that part of the country: bodies! Many human bodies in various states of decomposition were discovered in nearly all the rooms of the house. Some were found in locked rooms; panicked messages scrawled onto the walls - things like, 'Help! Dr. Death is killing us!' In the attic of the home, the body of a lady in a tattered wedding dress was found stuffed in a trunk. It was assumed that this was his 'runaway' wife.

"The head of a medium whom he regularly employed was found in the large sitting room that he often used for seances. It has been assumed that some of his staff were involved in these horrors, as there could be little chance of the Dr. concealing this evidence from them. Fragmented and panicky journal entries shined a small amount of light on the matter; it appears that the Dr. thought he was appeasing some spirit with the human sacrifices. He became convinced that the land was enchanted by some ancient Native American magic, and that a legendary beast was after him.

"Today, the house still stands. Nobody goes in, of course, for the locals believe it to be haunted. It is thought to be a magnet for supernatural energies, and strange sounds like music, screaming, crying, and a ghostly heartbeat have all been reported by passers-by."

-Haunted America: A Journey Into the Unknown
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Lee

Lee

Adventurer
I'm kinda curioius...
Can anyone verify, outside of that above quoted portion, the existence of a Dr. Gastley or his mansion?
I can't.

I also can't even find any information about the book that quote came from.

Something odd here....
 
Matpez

Matpez

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Original Poster
Lee said:
I'm kinda curioius...
Can anyone verify, outside of that above quoted portion, the existence of a Dr. Gastley or his mansion?
I can't.

I also can't even find any information about the book that quote came from.

Something odd here....
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Yeah, I almost think we are trying to hard to find a good answer, when it may be much easier...
 
Lee

Lee

Adventurer
Yep...what I think?
They wanted a themed directional sign, and thought having the Mansion's name crossed out and renamed Haunted would fit the bill.
The name...meaningless. Completely. No story there at all.:rolleyes:
 
One Lil Spark

One Lil Spark

EPCOT Center Defender
Lee said:
Yep...what I think?
They wanted a themed directional sign, and thought having the Mansion's name crossed out and renamed Haunted would fit the bill.
The name...meaningless. Completely. No story there at all.:rolleyes:
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Boo!

Then why not stick with Gracey?
 

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