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Revision as of 13:47, 15 April 2019
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The Haunted Mansion is a haunted manorhouse originally from New Orleans, which now exists in the Disneyland parks.
Description
The Haunted Mansion is a looming and labyrinthine manor with a bloody and murky history[1]. In the 1950's, when building Disneyland, Walt Disney and his Imagineers had the Mansion moved to the park, ghosts included. Then, with the accord of the master of the house (a powerful spectre with a sinister sense of humor, known as the Ghost Host), they turned it into a "retirement home" for homeless ghosts.[2]
The Haunted Mansion is, to date, the home of 999 ghosts, or so the Ghost Host brags; moreover, he claims that there is "room for a thousand", and eagerly awaits the day a mortal guest will die inside the Mansion and "fill their quota". Among the already-present ghosts are both famous ghouls and spectres like Count Dracula, and ones original to the house such as the Hatbox Ghost.[3]
Though the ghosts always liked to "entertain" (read: frighten) mortal guests even when the house was still in New Orleans,[4] it is in Disneyland that the Mansion was turned into a theme-park ride (complete with supernatural wagon-like vehicles known as Doombuggies). There, it became a popular attraction all year round, though not all of the tourists realize that the ghosts are real as opposed to mere special-effects[5].
Behind the scenes
The Haunted Mansion is the location which the eponymous theme park rides in Disneyland, Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland claim to depict. It thus made its debut in 1969 when the first of these rides, the Disneyland version, opened (though it had been in development for much longer).
Notes and References
- ↑ Mystery of the Manse and Nuptial Doom, among others, both give contradictory accounts of the house's history. Disney Kingdoms' Haunted Mansion implies that the Mansion has existed for untold amounts of time, and The Ghost Post doubles down on the idea that it is an inherently supernatural location that may never have been "built" by mortal men.
- ↑ According to, among other things, the Haunted Mansion Radio Spots and Spooky Tenants.
- ↑ As mentioned by the Ghost Host in his narration itself.
- ↑ As depicted in The Story and Song of the Haunted Mansion.
- ↑ As shown in Followed from the Mansion.