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Marilyn Michetti
04-09-2009, 08:12 PM
I noticed something on the DLR's Haunted Mansion, and rode it again to check it out.

First of all, this ride is so much better than WDW's version. Remember the part where the four men are singing "Grinning Ghost's"? There is a fifth head that looks AMAZINGLY like Walt Disney. Anyone know for sure?:thumbsup:

DisneyLandMomma
04-09-2009, 08:44 PM
Don't know for sure but we've always thought it was Walt too. :)

egospotter
04-09-2009, 10:10 PM
The bust that looks a lot like Walt Disney is actually Thurl Ravrenscroft, who is the lead singer of Grim Grinning Ghosts.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712391/

NotaGeek
04-09-2009, 10:19 PM
I noticed something on the DLR's Haunted Mansion, and rode it again to check it out.

First of all, this ride is so much better than WDW's version. Remember the part where the four men are singing "Grinning Ghost's"? There is a fifth head that looks AMAZINGLY like Walt Disney. Anyone know for sure?:thumbsup:

Great question ... by the power of Google I found an article about Thurl on the Official Disney Website (http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Thurl+Ravenscroft) ... he was in A LOT of Disney stuff, and I always recognized that voice from somewhere else ... he was the singer of "You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch" from the classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

dmosher
04-09-2009, 10:48 PM
Yep this was confirmed that it was Ravenscroft, not Disney on the bust. Good catch though!
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Marla
04-10-2009, 03:50 PM
Snopes.com has a icon on thier home page for Disney facts. :tink: