Audio Description: Narrated Audio for Haunted Mansion Guests

[MixOctober]

It's like listening to a spooky story! :)

[MermaidJassica]

8( i don't think i'm brave anuf to go on this ride looks kida scary.............

[BlackStarx3]

lol at first i was like waaaaaat....... then i was ooooooooooo :D although personally i found it kinda silly since i can see it but i really love this idea! :] gj Disney always being considerate of everyone who may visit :D

[HonkyTonkBuffalo]

This is just amazing! It's just awesome they want to make sure, everybody enjoys the park, to have the most magical time. Incredible!

Cheers.

[bubbleonthebeach]

ooohhhhh...i get it. this audio plays on the ride so that the visually impaired can picture this....thats very nice of disney :)

[TheDISNEY365]

oh! i get it its for the blind! very cool!

[N21X]

Very cool!

[fluffythumper5]

i dont get it

[gymnastgirlflips]

@fluffythumper5 The Disney parks (Disneyland and Disney World at least) now offer headphones, I guess, for parks guests that are blind or have some sort of impaired vision. The video was just giving you a sample of how they describe the ride... could you imagine not being able to see Disney? *shivers* Thank God I'm healthy.

[JoBroDancer]

disney is so thoughtful... they always think for everyone and everything. ♥

[SuperSonichero10]

Paul Frees Narration FTW!!!!!!!!!!! =)

[thericketandoo]

People tend to only listen to the audio description in one ear, so that they can still hear the attraction. This is a wonderful service to the blind, and I don't think they are super picky about the voice not being scary.

The same device can to hand-held captioning for the deaf!

[MrThemeParkAudios]

It's great that they now have narrated audio, but it could have been better. It should have a creepy voice like Paul Frees's version and not with a girl sounding like "Why am I here?"

[JakeD7]

@MrThemeParkAudios I agree with this 100%

[JOHNNYBIX38]

They need a better narrator to set the mood...preferably a Paul Frees sound-alike (Cory Burton) to keep with the theme of the attraction. This sounds so lame, why even bother?

[TheNeoChamp]

This is wonderful, it is good to know that the Disneyland Resort has thought of it all!

[USC4ever46]

But they don't get to actually hear what's going on around them if they have headphones in. Hearing things is half of the experience! Unless they have like...a back track with the ride experience playing behind the lady describing everything...

[gymnastgirlflips]

@USC4ever46 I've gotta say that hearing things is less than half the experience at Disney parks. You really have to use all your senses... maybe not smell on the Haunted Mansion, but you even use your sense of touch. The doom buggy's shudder at times during the tour of the mansion as if something is moving it *Tower of Terror music plays*. They really try to think of everything to immerse you into a certain world.

[USC4ever46]

@gymnastgirlflips You're right. How did I overlook that! Haha I agree 100% :) How dare I call myself a Disney fan...lol

*Disney Rules* (^:3 <--Mickey Smiley...?

[briancalifornia1]

Some blind people probably been blind all their life they don't even know what things are or look like because they never seen anything. So the narrating voice can be pointless.

[LilMissMadHatterBell]

@briancalifornia1 not really cos they can imagine, its like reading a book and reading about something youve never heard of before so you imagine what it could look like

[AllisonMarieChan]

they should have the ghost voice tell the story of how the haunted mansion came to be during the ride. That'd be pretty sweet.

[rugdg13]

Her voice.... I cant tell is she is decribing the haunted mansion, or narating a Read-a-long children's book.

uh...I'm sorry, but this is Fail. Its a Nice idea though. But the voice doesnt set the mood.

[Hatterific]

It does make you consider what the experience is like for a blind person though.. Do blind people get scared of ghosts, I guess not. That first room where the narrator tells you there's no way out must be pretty freaky too. Then, if you were an intelligent ghost, what would the reaction be to a blind person you couldn't scare? lol

[rugdg13]

@Hatterific get Really quiet for a few minutes....then GRAH!! loud sounds with no footsteps

[Hatterific]

roflol This is hilarious. Just listen to an audio book or something.

[xmaracle]

The Haunted Mansion is the best attraction! :D

[DGDXanimation]

the voice needs to be deeper so then blind people enjoy it

[Quintinlicious]

that sucks to be blind. never being able to see what the castle looks like and walt disney world

[TheITinFIT]

Nice, now if only the audio description voice matched the Ghost Host...

[briancalifornia1]

That narrated voice ruions the Attraction

[Krillinish2]

@briancalifornia1 It's for the visually impaired. Only the one wearing the device can hear it.

[lundopictures]

That's pretty neat. Go Disney.

But will it be distracting to others? Is it sent through headphones?

[Disney4life2005]

My daughter has a visual impairment. This is wonderful !