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Haunted Mansion

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Enter through the front porch of this antebellum mansion, then descend below ground via the stretching portrait room to waiting doom buggies below for a musical journey through the world's most famous haunted house.
This ride changes every Christmas to be themed after "Nightmare before Christmas" and is not at all the same. It has blacklights and more cartoon like.

Trivia spoilers: In Disneyland's Mansion you descend in the stretch room. In Walt Disney World's Mansion though, you remain still while the ceiling rises above you. The head in the crystal ball (the face is of Disney Imagineer Leota Toombs and the voice is of Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Eleanor Audley) and the ghosts in the ballroom are not holograms. Look for the "hidden Mickey" (Mickey's head) on the ballroom table made by a plate and two saucers, and in the white robe of the phantom in the mausoleum as you leave the graveyard scene. The face and voice of the little woman at the end is also that of Leota Toombs. During the Haunted Mansion Holiday make-over of the Mansion, the real daughter of Leota Toombs replaced her in the crystal ball.

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I'm not sure what the normal version is like but we went on the Holiday, nightmare before christmas version and i have to say i was disappointed, not a fan of Tim Burtons stuff and the whole thing seemed to lack depth, story or a haunted house feel...also seemed very disjointed..i was very impressed with the 'peppers ghost' illusion of the couples dancing in the ballroom though...hopefully when i go to WDW next May i can see what the original is like - Rachelle Beaney

This has always been a favorite ride of my family's, They change it around on the inside so it feels different as it goes, This last time we went (may 2010) the ride kept staling and it was a bit on the boring side, It needed another redo! But like I said it is a favorite so we will ride it every time we go. - April staten

A perfect blend of scares and fun! This is another great attraction! For those who always wish they could see a ghost but not be scared out of their mind, this is the perfect ride. But be warned, children who are frightened easily by dark places and loud sounds will most likely be frightened by this one too. - Thomas Furlong

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