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I'm liking the new additions!

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That Eric Goodman seem like an awesome guy to hang out with. I'd love meet him. Pretty cool guy. lol


And Yes that tomb of the mariner IS the one from Sinister 11. This awesome shit! Can't wait go see it too myself.

Another video of the queue, love the poet's book!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... RDD4PJH7eU

Yeah I really like that book can't wait to test it out lol

The queue extension could have been pulled off a lot better. The poet voice and Captain tomb voice are really unnecessary and the random planters for three of the tombstones just don't make much sense. It kinda throws off the pacing of the entrance. Of course, I'm being kind to it, it's raised a huge shitstorm over at MiceChat and WDWMagic and other communities.

http://www.insidethemagic.net/2011/03/p ... on-finale/

More details about the revised ending to the attraction.

The new hitchhikers have just been unveiled! Can't wait until I get to see the effect in person.

http://www.insidethemagic.net/2011/04/f ... on-guests/

It is very cool can't wait to be back too

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I really can't wait to go back on it! LOVE how they take the guests heads off

Took some new pictures of the Haunted Mansion tombstone tributes in the cemetery when I was out there a few days ago























So all in all, the new queue now boasts a total of 21 Disney Legends tributes in the cemetery:
Marc Davis
X. Atencio
Thurl Ravenscroft
Dave Burkhart
Chuck Myall
Gordon Williams
Harriet Burns
Yale Gracey
Paul Frees
Ken Anderson
Rolly Crump
Blaine Gibson
Collin Campbell
Bill Martin
Cliff Huet
Dorothea Redmond
Wathel Rogers
Fred Joerger
Claude Coats
Bob Sewell
Leota Toombs

Prince Phillip Fan,

So what do you that about the new queue area and the updates to the last scene?

I really enjoyed the new area. A few of the things I thought were a bit cheesy, like Prudence Pock's voice and the sea captain tomb effects, but for the most part I thought it was particularly well done.

What's the difference between Haunted Mansion in WDW and Disneyland? I've never been on the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland.

Nala wrote:What's the difference between Haunted Mansion in WDW and Disneyland? I've never been on the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland.

There's numerous differences.

The first is of course the outside facade.
WDW- late 1700's/early 1800's new england mansion
DL- early 1800's southern plantation style mansion


WDW has more stuff in the ride than DL's
like DL doesn't have library scene, piano scene, mc escher's staircase scene and prior to 2007, the sinister 11 staring gallery

(now it's the changing portrait gallery like DL's, although in DL it's located after the stretching portrait and before the loading area.)


here's layout differences:
DL on left, WDW on right


WDW(again)

So I finally got to ride this after all the changes.

First of all, the new interactive queue ruins the experience. As a kid, waiting inline for this ride used to scare the shit out of me with the shady graveyard and the wolf howling but it never once gave away that their was ghosts and mischief going on inside the mansion. It was the mystery that scared me. Now they took out the howling wolf and cut down a ton of trees to brighten up the grave yard, in addition to all the "whacky sound effects" coming from the new children's playground that also reveals the ghosts and mischief before you enter the mansion (master Gracy's changing portrait - along with your ghost host - are supposed to be the big reveal that there are indeed ghosts in the mansion and the stretching portrait room is supposed to introduce you to the kind of humor you'd be seeing). Anyways, it's definitely a detractor.

As for the actual ride, I love pretty much all of the updates. Leota floating, the creepy ass bride, the new interactive Hitchicking Ghosts (even if the effects don't really work that well), the great new audio system and most importantly, the great new staircase scene (the empty room with the spider from Jungle Cruise was always embarrassing). As for the replacement of the Sinister 11 portraits with the changing portraits from Disneyland, I'm indifferent. Overall, I was very pleased with this ride.

One weird thing I noticed in the queue before you board the Doombuggies is that some of the ghost host narration sounds weird, like it's not Paul Frees but an impersonator. I'm thinking they may've tweaked some of the dialogue or something.

Well at least you can still see the sinister 11 portraits in the building. most are in the loading area, while three are in actual ride as "Easter eggs" spotting.

jpanimation wrote:One weird thing I noticed in the queue before you board the Doombuggies is that some of the ghost host narration sounds weird, like it's not Paul Frees but an impersonator. I'm thinking they may've tweaked some of the dialogue or something.

They changed the safety spiel a while ago both include English and Spanish and give new points.

Here's the old version as a comparison:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5wn5dGQ ... ideo_title

I like the pictures PrincePhillipFan.

Sorry to put the question here; hopefully some HM fans can help me!

A while ago there was a website about the HM, where you could fill in your name and then a program made a text for a gravestone (on rime). I don't remember which website that was! I can't find it anymore. Maybe it's not there anymore? I hope someone knows what I'm talking about and can help me out!!