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…or is it your imagination?<\/em><\/p>\r\n When you ask someone to name an iconic Disney attraction, you\u2019ll hear lots of answers. It\u2019s a small world<\/a>! Pirates of the Caribbean<\/a>! And over and over and over again, The Haunted Mansion!<\/a> A Ghoulish Bust<\/em><\/p>\r\n My first trip on the Mansion\u2019s Doom Buggies were at Walt Disney World. I\u2019ll never forget the feeling of foreboding that my young 5-year-old self felt when I saw the towering, Hudson-style manor. I\u2019ll also never forget my poor baby sister screaming her head off after the stretch room, when a Cast Member appropriately bellowed \u201cStep to the left!\u201d and scared her. It was also the only time I\u2019ve ever seen a Mansion CM break character. As we were boarding the buggies, a CM sweetly tried to explain to my freaked-out sister that it was all make believe! (I\u2019m pretty sure she\u2019s recovered by now.)<\/p>\r\n Decades later, I would encounter Disneyland\u2019s version. I made the mistake of thinking Disneyland Park and the Magic Kingdom were set up the same way, so I spent a long time trying to figure out where Liberty Square was. Once I wisely got a park map, I located New Orleans Square and visited the creepy yet fun Southern manor. I had heard multiple times that the stretch room went in different directions on each coast but it wasn\u2019t until I visited Disneyland that I figured out which was which!<\/p>\r\n Haunted Mansion Holiday<\/em><\/p>\r\n And later on, I got to visit the Haunted Mansion Holiday, that Disneyland overlay that happens for the Halloween and Christmas seasons. It seems that Jack Skellington has taken over the mansion. A familiar score by Danny Elfman and a towering gingerbread house in the ballroom scene (a new house is designed every year!) add to the fun.<\/p>\r\n Jack Skellington and Zero in the Haunted Mansion Holiday<\/em><\/p>\r\n What makes The Haunted Mansion so repeatable? First of all, it\u2019s the plethora of details. There is so much going on that it\u2019s virtually impossible to take everything in on only one ride. There have been occasions where my buggy has stopped momentarily and I\u2019ve been shocked at how many details I catch that I hadn\u2019t seen before! Do you enjoy riding The Haunted Mansion? What’s your favorite scene? Share your thoughts in the comments or on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Twitter<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
If you\u2019ve seen the Behind the Attraction<\/a> series on Disney+ (and if you haven\u2019t you should) you know that the history of the Haunted Mansion is long and complicated, and it was unique in that the ride elements were created in duplicate so that it could open at both Disneyland<\/a> and Walt Disney World<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/HauntedMansionBust-400x320.jpg\")
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Whether it\u2019s on the East Coast or the West Coast, during Halloween or summer or Christmas or spring, no trip to Disneyland or Walt Disney World feels complete until I\u2019ve visited with those 999 Grim Grinning Ghosts. And of course, there\u2019s always room for one more.<\/p>\r\n