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Haunted Mansion

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About Haunted Mansion

The Mansion is the happy haunting grounds for 999 singing ghosts, though as the spiel says, "there's always room for 1,000." Trivia: unlike at Disneyland, you enter this mansion through the rear, and not the front door. Also, the ceilings of the "stretch rooms" here expand above you, where at the original Mansion at Disneyland, the stretch room is an elevator that descends to a lower level in the ride.

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164 votes, so far

Been in it over a hundred times, learned how everything worked and I just love this experience. I would never miss this and go through it several times every visit. - Dennis Dowhy

Good ride, but it was one of FOUR rides that we stopped on during that day. - Steven Lee

This is one of the best dark rides in the Magic Kingdom, if not at Walt Disney World! The special effects enhanced my experience, making it completely different from previous rides before Christmas 2008 (the first time I rode the new version)! If you crave dark rides, then I want you to give it a whirl! - Tiffany Alfonso

Classic ride with a great sense of place and theme. Not to be missed. - Mark Moore

I gave it an 8, very enjoyable. However after a few rides, it didn't quite have the same edge to it that the first ride does. Might be cool if it was a little more unpredictable. Still a good ride though! - Don Neal

I LOVE this ride! The scene are scary yet funny! While in the stretching room with very few people, call the host or hostess over and ask them to scare a member of your family when the lights go out! It is rather entertaining! If you look during the ballroom scene at the couples dancing you'll notice one odd thing! The women are leading the men. Imagineers had forgotten to take into affect the mirror reflection! Wonderful themes! - Alex Gamso

One of the best in the park. The new Leota and ghost bride were great since our last visit a few years ago. Still very much so enjoyable. Plus, the line moves fast, even when it looks extra lenghty. - Adam Nodjomian

With the recent update, this gets boosted from a Commendable to a Perfection. Some really cool effects have replaced the worst scenes of the classic attraction, and the old effects that weren't replaced look as good as ever. Not to mention the line is rarely that big. - Joshua Counsil

This ride is a CLASSIC - such a shame the movie reeked :(. Regardless, this has always been my favorite ride. The pre-show is unbeatably creepy, the visual effects are legendary, and the theme song is almost as adictive as "it's a small world," but in a good way. What's more, its darkly humorous and witty "Ghost Host" prevents this ride from becoming boring, as is often a complaint about its brother, Pirates of the Carribean. Though not something I can often say about Disney refurbs as of late, I have to admit that the recent changes to this ride have truly enhanced the experience rather than degrading it into a commercial as has been done on so many other rides (e.g. Pirates, Small World, Tarzan's Treehouse). Though the interior of this version is much better than the one in Disneyland, I honestly like Disneyland's facade better. In DL, you enter through the front door. In MK, you enter through some obscure side-door (what? are the ghosts that embarrased to have us visiting them?) - Alan Herberger

A Disney masterpiece. The attention to detail on this ride is excellent and the sights are legendary. The new upgrades look great and have enhanced this classic attraction. The preshow is the best anywhere and it is always an enjoyable experience in the strectch room. This version of the ride is superior than the Disneyland version and is the best non mountain attraction at the Magic Kingdom. This is a not to be missed ride. Waits for this fast loading ride usually never exceed 30 minutes so ride whenever you want to relax and enjoy a legendary ride. - Manny Barron

There really is nothing like this in the UK. The effects are fabulous, but even as a child I wasn't scared. There is a cool surprise at the end and this really is the perfect ghost ride! - Emily G


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