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The
Haunted Mansion
A
rollicking romp with 999 happy haunts and incredible special effects.
Probably the best part of this ride can be the macabre host and hostess cast
members who at times really ham up the dead-pan humor. The video clip
captures the mansion during a e-ticket night with a rowdy (but friendly
crowd). In audio clip one, you can enjoy a partial taping of the haunting
(yet friendly) narration through the house of haunts. Clip 2 captures the
complete audio portion of the entire ride. We actually have video of the
whole ride also but much of it is too dark to see. Close your eyes and
imagine you're there!
Fun Facts:
Disney actually makes "dust" to scatter throughout this attraction to keep
the haunted look!
The five singing busts in the graveyard scene warble the attraction’s theme
song, “Grim Grinning Ghosts.” Though sometimes mistaken for Walt Disney, the
face on the bust farthest to the left actually belongs to Thurl Ravenscroft,
the song’s soloist. Ravenscroft is known to millions of fans as the voice of
Tony the Tiger, the mascot of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes cereal.
The witty epitaphs on the tombstones at the attraction’s entrance pay
tribute to the designers, developers and artists who originally created The
Haunted Mansion. One of the newest tombstones honors the late Walt Disney
Imagineer Leota Thomas (her maiden name was Toombs). Periodically, Leota’s
tombstone can be spotted slowly opening and closing the eyes on its sculpted
head.
Madame Leota also graces the crystal ball in the attraction’s séance scene.
Leota Thomas provided the face for the crystal ball, and voice artist
Eleanor Audley provided the voice. Audley is also famous as the voice of the
evil Maleficent in Disney’s classic animated feature “Sleeping Beauty.”
In addition to its home in the Liberty Square area at Walt Disney World
Resort, The Haunted Mansion is featured at Disneyland Resort (in New Orleans
Square), Tokyo Disneyland (in Fantasyland) and Disneyland Paris (known as
Phantom Manor and located in Frontierland). It is the only Disney attraction
to be featured in four different park “lands” worldwide.
Ghosts aren’t the only ones hiding in The Haunted Mansion. There are several
“Hidden Mickeys” to be found as well. The ballroom scene features one of the
most famous -- a plate and a pair of saucers on the dining table form
Mickey’s familiar silhouette.
Legendary voice artist Paul Frees -- known to many as Boris Badenov from
“The Bullwinkle Show” -- is the attraction’s narrator, or “ghost host.”
INTERCOT Alert: This "dark" attraction
may be scary to younger children
Real Video Files
pre-show in "stretching" room (1:44)
View The Attraction (9:33)
 beware of
hitchhiking ghosts (:07)
listen to the
entire ride (6:44)
Attraction Photos
View from a Distance
Pet Cemetery
At the gates
The graveyard
Hearse in front of the Mansion
Spooky at night....
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