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Welcome, foolish mortals… Since it’s opening in 1969, The Haunted Mansion has welcomed millions of visitors through it’s creaking gates. The Mansion and its’ 999 Happy Haunts have been many a fan’s favorite features of the Disney Parks. An icon of both The Magic Kingdom and it’s Californian cousin, The Haunted Mansion has an incredible fan rite character, room, or ...

6. Night Gallery The tour begins in the gallery or “Stretching Room” as guests are ushered into first chamber of the mansion. Once all the guests are in, the door slides shut, sealing the guests in the first scene. Here, the elegant portraits stretch to reveal silly – then – scary features as the floor lowers guests down to the ...

5. Creepy Corridors Speaking of halls, the manor’s monstrous hallways and corridors serve as the rider’s first dive into the realms of the supernatural. As the Doom Buggy carries guests through the manor’s halls, they are spirited away through a library with sinister statues, a corridor of changing artwork, a frightening funeral display in the conservatory, a demonic clock, and ...

4. From Regions Beyond Perhaps this writer’s favorite scene is Madame Leota’s seance chamber. Our medium and mistress to the spirit world, Madame Leota, floats in her crystal ball above her table where wands and tarot cards lie strewn about. As the Doom Buggies circle her table, objects begin levitating around the room as Leota chants her haunting incantations. This ...

3. Gotta Dance Another fan favorite is the famous Haunted Mansion Ballroom. This is where the mood changes somewhat, but still maintains the delightful combination of creepy and comical. In the ballroom, the spirits have begun to fully materialize and the swinging wake begins. Next to the graveyard scene, the ballroom has probably the most spiritual activity. Ghosts are drinking, ...

2. A Lot Going On Upstairs Now we change gears going from ecstatic to pure eerie as the Doom Buggy floats out of the ballroom, past the endless staircase, and up into the attic scene. Here, the rider finds perhaps the darkest area of The Haunted Mansion. In the Disneyland version, the guests are welcomed into the attic by the ...

1. All Together Now Last, we have the most famous scene from The Haunted Mansion, the graveyard. This is perhaps the most identifiable sequence, where all manner of ghosts and spirits come together to throw the biggest party in the afterlife. When the mansion was originally built, it was said that Walt Disney went all over the world inviting ghosts ...

1. All Together Now Last, we have the most famous scene from The Haunted Mansion, the graveyard. This is perhaps the most identifiable sequence, where all manner of ghosts and spirits come together to throw the biggest party in the afterlife. When the mansion was originally built, it was said that Walt Disney went all over the world inviting ghosts ...

10. Creeped-out Caretaker The only mortal character in the entire attraction, the Caretaker stands outside the entrance to the Haunted Mansion graveyard. Accompanied by his rather emaciated bloodhound, the Caretaker stands tall and trembling at his post. The Caretaker reluctantly tends to the Haunted Mansion graveyard and finds himself in the unfortunate position of walking in on the spirits and ...

8. The Duelists  There are many famous faces in the ballroom scene. The swinging wake has just begun and the party is already in full swing. All around, ghosts are eating, drinking, dancing, and carrying on as guests pass through the room. With all the amounts of supernatural activity, it’s easy to become distracted by all the fun. However, there ...