Ms DisneyMagic
HAUNTED MANSION HOLIDAY
NEW ORLEANS SQUARE
Photo Credit: Disney Parks
-Any height
-Dark ride
-Seasonal (Spetember through January)
"Pumpkin King Jack Skellington has been busy decorating the Haunted Mansion with frightfully festive touches inspired by Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas."
Magic Facts
--The first year this ride was open, the leading Imagineer hand-wrapped all the presents.
--This was the first coordination of departments (culinary and imagineers) for the giant gingerbread. Imagineers thought the colaboration wouldn't work again so they kept the house from the first yeat and it attracted bees and had to be thrown away. Now every year the two teams collaborate to make a new gingerbread house.
--The first year this ride was open they had hundreds of toy monkey's with cymbals. This was bade because they were battery opperated and had to be re-wired and they were so noisy. Now there is only one Oogie Boogie-shaped one.
--Oogie boogie at the end of the ride is made by the same animatronics company as chuck-e-cheese.
Review
During Halloween and Christmas, Haunted Mansion transforms into The Nightmare Before Christmas. I am not a huge fan of this movie so this overlay to me is... meh. But if you do love this movie it's really cool! Despite not loving this movie, it is nice to appreciate the crazy work that goes into transforming the entire ride.