Sorry if posted already.
Probably both. There's also the animated Mansion special in the works as well.
Since the new HM merch is supposed to be in park October but Yankee Trader isn't going to be open on time for the launch anymore, where will they put the items in park? I ask only because the previous HM items were only available at select locations initially - Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe being the only location in MK for example - rather than being available in every shop like most merchandise. I know when I was originally looking for the bat stanchion bottle stopper it wasn't at the Emporium, only the Christmas store. (They've since expanded the HM items to more stores so I wasn't sure which approach they were going to take with this secondary release of HM items.)
Lol. This is the Magic Kingdom. Everything available anywhere is also available on Main Street USA.
It will all be part of the Halloween display that will surely arrive in about 2 weeks. Heck, I've seen the stuff you mention available in gift shops at the resorts from mid-August on.
He recently answered on an AMA that the film is not dead and getting closer to receiving the greenlight as he is still working out the kinks in the script with a writing team. But once that is done he said he expects disney to support it fully!
As of Saturday evening, it was still open as normal. Quickie shot I snagged while walking by:
a re-roof, possibly replacing all the interior, or possibly when they opened the walls they found significant asbestos/mold, and need a remediation team, or just the structure needs replacing due to damage... could be anything that a contractor would tell you when they open the walls in a 40 year old house... have you ever seen 'holmes on homes'?
