![]() Guests are then shown what gifts they got in the mirrors, mimicking the Hitchhiking Ghosts. In 2003, it was replaced by Oogie Boogie with a roulette wheel with various gifts. In 2001- 2002, Lock, Shock, and Barrel replaced the Hitchhiking Ghosts. The graveyard is covered in "Ghostly White Snow" and Jack and Zero replace the frightened caretaker and his dog. In 2015, the Hatbox Ghost has decorated the top of his hat with a Halloween-Christmas pin, and his hatbox stack with a Santa Hat. The ballroom hosts a Christmas party and on the table is a giant Gingerbread house which is different every year (as per the request of creator Tim Burton). Madame Leota recites the 13 Days of Christmas and each gift. Zero floats where the Candelabra usually does. The Buggies travel through all the same rooms as they would in the traditional attraction, but with holiday twists. Upon leaving the stretching room, the guests walk down the portrait corridor, where the portraits have been replaced by Christmas scenes that transform into Halloween, such as a snowman changing into a pumpkin man, Santa to Jack, and the Haunted Mansion to Haunted Mansion Holiday. ![]() In California only, the ceiling is now a stained-glass window resembling a wreath, as the Ghost Host continues to tell the story, the ceiling slowly starts to shift to orange and purple, as well as a spider is seen crawling across it, the ceiling then cracks into a jack o' lantern face before breaking entirely, with Jack and Zero, looking down on guests as Jack yells "Happy Holidays, everyone!" before maniacally laughing and vanishing into the darkness, leaving only the rafters and the Ghost Host's corpse visible. The suicidal Ghost Host is replaced by Jack saying "Happy Holidays Everyone! EE-HEE-HEE-HEEEE!" and falling. When the door closes and the room starts to stretch, the glass shatters, revealing depictions of a nightmarish version of Christmas. Guests enter the foyer with garlands draped on the walls before entering the stretching room, where the paintings of the Mansion's former residents are replaced by stained glass windows of normal Christmas murals. As guests proceed through the queue area, they can hear a music box play strange, creepy music. The rest of the Mansion is decorated with garlands, candles, and pumpkins, while Jack's sleigh is on the roof. We imagine that with the popularity of this new show detailing the incredible work of Walt Disney Imagineering over the years, even more fans than ever before will want some of these pieces of living history.Guests approach the mansion, now adorned with a giant clock that tells how many days are left until Christmas. The new Disney+ series The Imagineering Story tells the origin stories of a lot of the items that will be up for auction in much greater detail. There will be props and concept art from other legendary attractions like Pirates of the Caribbean, the Enchanted Tiki Room, It’s a Small World, the Indiana Jones Adventure and many, many more. Both of these portraits will start bidding around the $100,000 range.įor hardcore Disney collectors and fans, this auction will make available several vintage items spanning six decades. They’re all just heads without bodies too, just like ol’ George. I’m just guessing, he’s probably one of the singing busts in the graveyard scene at the end of the ride. Seems she offed her poor husband George in a rather gruesome way, judging from the ax sticking out of his head. She then reveals herself to be something far more sinister. This one is of a little old lady holding a rose. The second portrait up for auction if from Walt Disney World. Among the many items are not just the original portraits, but also the original sheet music for the “Grim Grinning Ghosts” song, vintage concept art for the mansion, and an original silk-screened attraction poster. ![]() Via Bloody-Disgusting, we’ve learned that the esteemed Van Eaton Galleries have just announced an enormous auction of items from both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. You just need a few hundred thousand dollars at your disposal. We’re talking the real art from the Disneyland ride. It’s the first indication of the mix of funny and spooky the mansion excels at.Īnd now, hardcore Haunted Mansion fans will have the chance to purchase some of the original stretching portraits. The room showcases several portraits that morph from innocent scenes into more comically macabre paintings. Of course, it is actually the elevator that takes you down to the actual attraction. One of the ride’s most beloved features since its first day is the “stretching” room. The Haunted Mansion is one of the Disney theme parks’ most enduring and beloved attractions, ever since it first opened its doors way back in August of 1969.
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