lilredfoxie
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What portrait gallery? Is that the room where u first walk in and theres that morphing picture of the guy getting like really old, just before one of two stretch room doors open?
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No. The gallery is the first long room you go through with the portrait of the old sea farer at the end with the starfish on him. The rest of the portraits are on the side walls, and their eyes follow you as you ride by in your buggy of doom.
lilredfoxie
New Member
is that after u get out of the elevator thing with the stretchy paintings? that long hallway that leads to the loading belt
No, its actually on the ride.
BuzzComplexCM
New Member
It's when the Ghost Host says, "No flash pictures please. We spirits are frightyfuly sensitive to bright lights."
It's literally the first section you pass through on the ride.
Mansion Butler
Active Member
From what is known, is WDW version going to be on par/better/worse than DL's
On par for guests, pretty much. Depends on whether you prefer New England or New Orleans style mansions, really. And whether or not you prefer to ride through the gallery and library. From what I understand, cosmetic changes are pretty much going to take it down to what the comparison was a few years ago: tiny differences that come down to personal preference, but mostly the same.
One exception might be the grand staircase. If they do put a great show scene in there, it could be the more objective tie-breaker.
For CMs, Disneyland will probably always be better. They have a few details in their system that make their lives happier (not that I don't love it at the Mansion). We have less stressful stretch rooms, and we get to work in an area with Jungle Cruise and Hall of Presidents instead of Winnie the Pooh and Splash Mountain (trust me on this, we have it much better in that regard).
Mansion Butler
Active Member
Okay, hopefully I'm not doing anything wrong here. For some clarification and maybe edification that folks would be interested in, here are the official titles of the scenes as you go through.
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Colonadde (sometimes called Graveyard)
Foyer
Stretch Room
Entry Hall
Load
Portrait Gallery
Library
Music Room
Grand Staircase
Endless Hallway
Conservatory (sometimes called Funeral or Greenhouse)
Corridor of Doors
Clock Hall
Seance Circle (somtimes Leota's Room)
Ballroom
Attic
Graveyard Slope
Graveyard
Singing Busts
Hitchhiking Ghosts
Little Leota
Unload
Don't think I forgot anything.
Queue
Colonadde (sometimes called Graveyard)
Foyer
Stretch Room
Entry Hall
Load
Portrait Gallery
Library
Music Room
Grand Staircase
Endless Hallway
Conservatory (sometimes called Funeral or Greenhouse)
Corridor of Doors
Clock Hall
Seance Circle (somtimes Leota's Room)
Ballroom
Attic
Graveyard Slope
Graveyard
Singing Busts
Hitchhiking Ghosts
Little Leota
Unload
Don't think I forgot anything.
DisneyExplorer
Member
If anyone is interested in more information on the specific rooms, click here.
Mansion Butler
Active Member
If Alien Encounter caused problems, imagine how Phantom Manor would eventually struggle.
KevinPage
Well-Known Member
FYI, Firefox reports that LINK as "Suspected Web Forgery"
KevinPage
Well-Known Member
Prior to DL's additions, the only area I felt it had above WDW's version was the morphing portraits and a more interesting loading area in general. But overall neither attraction held a real edge over the other one, like DL's PoTC obviously still has. I like that we're getting the same amount of TLC as the sister park attraction got & it's getting a proper refurb will new additions throughout the ride.
Unlike PoTC. Why no fog on the drop, no fighting shadows on the castle and redone audio with new speakers and general sprucing up
But that's another argument for another thread. 
dxwwf3
Well-Known Member
DisneyExplorer
Member
Why? I created it so it isn't forged.
DisneyExplorer
Member
From what I've seen on the computer, Phantom Manor is king of the other mansions. It has that classic Haunted Mansion feel, but it is so much scary and original.
I agree with this one...they never made sense to me, and seemed just put in because a) they couldn't think of anything better and b) to add more whimsy to the scene to appease the little tykes.
AEfx
DisneyExplorer
Member
I think the musical instruments are here to stay. Out of all of the neat things in the ride, the musical instruments were a part of the movie so I don't think they'll be going away.
fngoofy
Well-Known Member
The instruments correspond with what Madam Leota is saying:
"awaken the spirits with your tambourine"
"send us a hint, by ringing a bell"
"blow on a horn, its time to respond, send us a message from regions beyond"
Oh believe me, it is all that and more. Darker, but with `comical` interludes so as to make it not too scary (comical as in the singing busts, not in the one liners of dear departed AE) - it can be taken on so many levels by kids and adults. The main impression I got from fellow guests (and I admit myself on my first ride) was one of shear awe, being so used to the WDW version. I`m hoping (but won`t bank on it) some of the Paris ideas make it over to the MK (same as my hopes for SM, but thats OT) - `feautre` A-100 AAs, full colour ballroom dancers (the right way round of course!), visual effects that still look state of the art 15 years later, a great lighting scheme as opposed to variations of orange or blue... a wish list I know, but hey!
And it never occured to me the major show scene change I heard muttered could be the staircase. I had other ideas, but yes - there is scope (and space) for it.
Oh, I know that part of the ride well. I know that what Leota says corresponds with them. I've been on the Mansion well over 100 times.
My point is that the instruments were used in that segment as a "lighter" element, in my opinion, in the original design. They chose that element, and Leota's dialogue was written for them. I just don't care for the choice of the element, and honestly feel they couldn't come up with anything better without making the ride "darker" in tone than they intended. I find them cheesy, personally. That's just my opinion, though.
LOL, well Disney isn't doing anything to theme the ride to the film, so it may very well be that the instruments stay, but it will have nothing to do with the movie.
AEfx