There's a Bat in Mansion?

[Disney MDACK]

From Screamscape today: Salt Please

Haunted Mansion Refurbishment - (8/16/07) I’m not really sure how they are going to handle it but apparently there are plans afoot to install an enclosure for live bats just outside the Mansion in the queue area. I’ve been told that it might not even be installed until after the Haunted Mansion reopens due to issues in obtaining the Bats themselves from Nebraska, so you may not see any sign of it for some time. Lets just the hope they have a plan to deal with the smell of the guano.

 

[TikiBeckie]

I don't think they would really do this....I hope...

 

[Summitplummet14]

I think this would represent some sort of realistic look, allthough on the down side the place might start to get a little stinky!

 

[GymLeaderPhil]

Wow... LOL

 

[darthjohnny]

Hmm.... Very interesting. I wonder what will become of this.

 

[adam75081]

i can't image them doing that.

 

[raven]

Odd and I don't know why they would add them. AK has them but that's because it's Animal Kingdom. Anything's possible I guess but I won't hold my breath.

 

[Summitplummet14]

I think it would be a great idea, mostly because the fake plastic bats looked a little cheesy and cheap to me

 

[ToTBellHop]

I think Lance got this wrong...Disney has already stated that they have added bats (of the animatronic type) to the stretching rooms. The idea of a bat "enclosure" makes no sense outside of Animal Kingdom.

 

[RiversideBunny]

Nebraska bats?

They don't have bats in Florida?

:animwink:

 

[yeti]

I say they stick with AAs. No one ever complains about them and some people might even think they're real. :lookaroun

 

[netenyahoo]

Yeah I think an AA bat would be fine, but real bats in a cage doesn't fit. They are just fine at AK.

 

[RiversideBunny]

Here's some lovely information concerning bat droppings.

What is histoplasmosis and what causes it?

Histoplasmosis is an infectious disease of the lungs caused by a fungus called Histoplasma capsulatum. The infection sometimes can spread to other parts of the body.

This Histoplasma organism thrives in moderate temperatures and moist environments. Droppings from chickens, pigeons, starlings, blackbirds, and bats support its growth. Birds are not infected with it because of their high body temperatures, but they do carry it on their feathers.
Bats can be infected because they have a lower body temperature than birds and can excrete the organism in their droppings.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

This could get kind of smelly, no? I hope they don't do this.

 

[WDWFREAK53]

Why would a "vacant" mansion have a bat enclosure?...and...who feeds the bats if the property is "vacant?"

Makes no sense to me.

 

[ThinkTink721]

Hmm...maybe next they'll add The Count from Sesame Street! :wave:

 

[Summitplummet14]

That is true about the vacant property, wouldn't it look a little weird of a cast member behind a cage feeding bats on a vacant haunted mansion?

 

[imagineer boy]

A bat cage next to the mansion would be a little odd and out of place looking. Well, this rumor's from screamscape so take it with a grain of salt!

 

[DisneySaint]

No way they'd do this.

 

[jt04]

Yeah and the enclosure will be a miniature replica of Hogwarts:zipit: