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The Haunted Mansion
The Haunted Mansion This mansion is no ordinary one... this one is crawling with 999 happy haunts, but there's room for 1,000. Any volunteers? On this attraction you are taken on a journey through this haunted mansion by a "Ghost Host". On the trip you'll see sprits, ghosts, goblins and ... hitchhikers.

Disneyland

  • Grand opening: August 9, 1969
  • Designer: WED Enterprises
  • Number of Vehicles (a.k.a.: "Doombuggies"): 131 (buggies 7 through 10 are made especially to accommodate wheelchair/service animal guests that need the attraction to stop in order to transfer)

Magic Kingdom

  • Grand opening: October 1, 1971 (Opened with the Magic Kingdom)
  • Number of Vehicles (a.k.a.: "Doombuggies"): 160

Tokyo Disneyland

  • Grand opening: April 15, 1983 (Opened with Tokyo Disneyland)
  • Number of Vehicles (a.k.a.: "Doombuggies"): 160

Disneyland Paris

  • Grand opening: April 12, 1992 (Opened with Disneyland Paris)
  • Phantom Manor (version of Haunted Mansion in Frontierland)
  • Number of Vehicles (a.k.a.: "Doombuggies"): 131

Updates

Recently The Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom (WDW) was closed for refurbishments. The refurbishments were completed September 12th, and the ride has opened for guests September 13th. The attraction was given a new scene not before seen at the other Haunted Mansions; a surreal, M. C. Escher-esque room of upside down staircases with ghostly footsteps walking up and down them. In addition, new audio and visual effects were added throughout the mansion, and many rooms were given paint and lighting touch-ups as well as new carpeting and ceiling. Also, several elements were duplicated from Disneyland's Mansion, including the changing portraits, the floating Madame Leota and the revised attic scene with Constance. Every morning a cast member digs up fresh soil and places it in front of Master Gracey's headstone, as well as placing a fresh cut rose on top of the grave.

Facts

  • Disney actually makes "dust" to scatter throughout this attraction to keep the haunted look
  • The five singing busts in the graveyard scene warble the attraction’s theme song, "Grim Grinning Ghosts." Though sometimes mistaken for Walt Disney, the face on the bust farthest to the left actually belongs to Thurl Ravenscroft, the song's soloist. Ravenscroft is known to millions of fans as the voice of Tony the Tiger, the mascot of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal.
  • The witty epitaphs on the tombstones at the attraction's entrance pay tribute to the designers, developers and artists who originally created The Haunted Mansion. One of the newest tombstones honors the late Walt Disney Imagineer Leota Thomas (her maiden name was Toombs). Periodically, Leota's tombstone can be spotted slowly opening and closing the eyes on its sculpted head.
  • Madame Leota also graces the crystal ball in the attraction's séance scene. Leota Thomas provided the face for the crystal ball, and voice artist Eleanor Audley provided the voice. Audley is also famous as the voice of the evil Maleficent in Disney's classic animated feature "Sleeping Beauty."
  • There are several "Hidden Mickeys" on this ride. The ballroom scene features one of the most famous -- a plate and a pair of saucers on the dining table form Mickey's familiar silhouette.
  • Legendary voice artist Paul Frees -- known to many as Boris Badenov from "The Bullwinkle Show" -- is the attraction’s narrator, or "ghost host."