Walt Disney's Ghost

[mac388]

I just finally saw Pirates of the Carribean on Saturday, and my boyfriend, his mother, and a few other friends of mine all swear that in the Haunted Mansion trailer, the ghost that is CGI and winks at you is Walt Disney. I have to say, it bears a strong resemblance (mustache, same face, etc). Has anyone else noticed this??

 

[daksimba]

My guess is that he is supposed to look like Thurl Ravenscroft. He is the singer on the bust that is always confused with Walt.

He is also the bass voice in the song (famous for his singing of the word socialize in the song.) After doing many singing parts for Disney, he left and became even more famous as the voice for Tony the Tiger.

 

[Steamboat_Kevin]

Nope, I'm pretty sure it's Walt, and not Thurl Ravenscroft. I'll try to post a picture of it.

 

[Steamboat_Kevin]

Here's two pictures of it.
It's only about a 1 second part of the trailer

 

[mac388]

Thanks so much for finding that! Now that I can see it again, it really looks like Walt. I love the hidden magic!

 

[Steamboat_Kevin]

Originally posted by mac388
Thanks so much for finding that! Now that I can see it again, it really looks like Walt. I love the hidden magic!

No problem

 

[daksimba]

IMO, after looking at the photos, I still think they are playing off the tourist thinking that Thurl is Walt.

 

[Bagheera]

Yep, that's the late Thurl Ravenscroft.

 

[kdavis]

It's definitely not Walt. A really poor rendering if it was supposed to be, but I doubt they'd be so crass as to try and insert a CGI ghost of Walt into this film.

 

[Steamboat_Kevin]

I dunno, here's a picture of Thurl.

and here's a picture of Walt

It could really go either way, they look very similar.

 

[Malificent]

Sure looks a lot more like Thurl than Walt to me.
It's gunna be a great movie, I can't wait!!!:goodnevil

 

[MicBat]

IMO, I think it looks nothing like Walt and a great deal like the bust.