Making of The Haunted Mansion (Part 1 of 2)

[musicninja2884]

6:16 i saw the skeleton hanging on the string!!!

[jamaka2001]

240p we meet again

[missmagicdance]

kid hood???



[Kaylyn2006]

lol I can see Zak bagans from Ghost Adventures doing the voice of it. Though I love Vince Price as the creepy voice.

[avtarlover123]

every room has wall to wall creeps and hot and cold running chi``lls

[wiisalute]

the famous pepper's ghost effect. that's so awesome how they did that. they look like real people dancing. so im guessing that they recorded live actors dancing and then like projected them on a screen transparent

[avtarlover123]

@wiisalute their realy models (clay or otherwise)

[wiisalute]

@avtarlover123 i didn't know that. they looked like animatronics to me

[avtarlover123]

@wiisalute they could use moving models



[Bellalisa]

@Singamajigfan200 But then if I go on the Haunted Mansion, then I will miss all the cute stuff, because it tends to get crowded quickly, IE Fantasy Land in particular.

I have a remedy for the Haunted Mansion, its Splash Mountain, since it tends to be such a quick wait and such a long ride, it helps. Lol.

But thank you for the tip ;)

[unrooolie]

89 people fell into a snake pit

[ABOSS302]

Tony and Bruce were right about how we waited for this to open.  I hoped to take my girlfriend there on my all night party but we finally made it on hers just after it opened. It was great being able to work on the 3rd edition at Tokyo Disneyland and hunting down all the ghostly Victorian Antiques in Japan's Movie Prop houses and dealers. They only wanted to rent the pieces to us, so i would tell them i had no idea how long the ghosts would want to hold on to them.

[Pennywisea]

what's this from?

[coasterjudge]

Thumbs up if you got a chill from the ghost host at the beggining!

[TherealRNO]

@LexiAlexxa: Constance is a JOKE. She is WEAK. The only good thing is that her VA, Kat, paid ODE to Emily, her bleeding heart predecessor, by recording the "Nuptial Doom" supposed backstory regarding Captain Blood & the earliest incarnation of Emily, before she became known as Master Gracey's second wife.

[NikkoBellic100]

I wanna know how the illusion is maked when the roof is stretching... 

[TheAlvinandbrittney]

dont bother making reservaitions for 1000 because walt already did

[SkittleE275]

when hinges creek in doorless chambers

when strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls

whenever candlelight's flicker where the air is deathly still

that is the time when ghosts are present practicing there terror with goolish delight!(i've always wanted to say that!)

[kkgirl300]

Its not scary at all now

[wesnaw722]

6 people are scared of ghosts

[MoonlitSunaChick]

Ah, I thought it was holograms; me and my sister tried to search for the projectors while we were riding x'D But the actual technique sounds cooler *___*

Popping head ghosts still scare me. It'd pop up, I'd jump, then laugh nervously...

[thebttfchannel]

I Like this Version a little more than the final Graveyard Jamboree! 5:33

its more wild and.. has a wooooooooaaah! feel to it. Imagine a hundred ghosts singing that around you!

[KevDoFresh]

the thing that astounded me as a kid was the dancing ballroom sooooo cool! and the onlt thing that scared me was the pop up heads

[mrkylesfilms1]

@KevDoFresh ive seen videos of the haunted mansion.... THE POPPING HEADS SCARE THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF ME!!!!!!!

[erikals2]

@KevDoFresh if ya ask me pop up heads are a pain in the arse

[animefan6753]

Look at the history of this ride makes me like it even more! Good times! I'll never stop loving this ride

[TheWarlord900]

Oscar Nominated Director Guillermo Del Toro says he goes to The Haunted Mansion ritually! It is to him. The BEST HOUSE IN THE WORLD!

[brutusmuerto]

I'm 40 and I love the ride. =)

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

This is my favorite place in Disneyland.

Thank you.

George Vreeland Hill

[Pinwormx]

You don't believe in ghosts? Bitch you're fired!

[TheJediCharles]

At 5:07, after the lady says she doesn't believe in ghosts, it sounds like Walt says, "let me take you over here, and hit you. But, they do get pissed!"

[sm57co]

@TheJediCharles Ha Ha. .... "Let me take you over here and convince you they do exist."

[TheJediCharles]

@sm57co

;)

[sm57co]

@TheJediCharles Hey Jedi... incredible video of your (daughter's??) front teeth coming in. What a brilliant idea. She's a cutie. I have a daughter too about to lose hers. Will do this same thing for her to have. So so cool...

[TheJediCharles]

@sm57co

Thanks! That's great you're going to do one too. We hoped it would inspire others to do the same sort of thing.

[TubeScrewed]

Did Walt say the ghosts "do get pissed" at 5:10 in response to the lady not believing in ghosts?

[TangledWeb2000]

@TubeScrewed

Believe it's "they do exist".

[xxXSunflowerXxx07]

6 ppl want 2 b killed by madame leota

[mokana713]

The Omnimover? Never stops? XD Lies, lies...

[ferriscaedmon]

@mokana713

 Good call on that one!

[coasterjudge]

@mokana713 It's designed to never stop. But there are always going to be problems, luckily they've upgraded it so it should stop less often.

[mokana713]

@coasterjudge

No- It stops for people who have trouble getting on.

[sudmalis100]

i liked the movie ok, but the ride wold have been horrible if it had a movie like addition. the pirates of the carribean change was bad enough, and they did it to capitalize on the media buzz.

ps, if you ever ride it , count the strands of pearls on the widow

[arrowguy173]

From our Ghost Host, to KARR in Knight Rider, Paul Frees was the man.

[MikeAM78]

The mummy figure at 4:21 , when was that added? I swear I only recently just saw it, but that looks like an old drawing. I don't remember it at all when I was a kid.

[BatTracBart]

always my favorite ride...had the boardgame as a kid too. Thanks for posting this.

[erikals2]

@BatTracBart board game? nekver heard of it

[BatTracBart]

@erikals2 Yeah it was like a pop-up-book type set up, three dimensional type thing. Mostly cardboard but lots of moving parts. It was a cool and creepy game.

[erikals2]

@BatTracBart sounds cool - when was it made?

[firegoddess1]

when they do the busts with that light from 5:35 to 5:50 its really neat didnt know they did that with the singing busts i thought it was all anamatronics (however you spell it)

[Ruttie2]

@firegoddess1 Nope, you see it was the most

biggest challenge of the entire ride: ''The singing busts!''

They projected the faces on the busts, i think it's the

coolest and most real thing in the entire mansion.

[erikals2]

@firegoddess1 the correct spelling is 'animatronics'

[CIGARPIGSKIN6]

LSD while riding the haunted mansion would be scary!!!!!!!! some insane people out there

[whopper1209]

SNAKEPIT?!

[WishesSetFree]

There are so many amazing effects in The Haunted Mansion- I wish I wasn't so scared to ride it... ^_^

[steel4eva]

I wish theyd keep it original until, at least. the week of Thanksgiving. That nightmare before xmas theme in October is dissapointing, it should be scary up untill holloween!

[copperkiddo]

Or at least some live ghosts/monsters inside during the october season.

[DBSpy1]

@steel4eva Yup I just missed it just like I just missed Woodstock. :>(

[sk8s4MCR]

does anyone know the story of the crack in the reflection mirror towards the end of the ballroom, where the two gun dueling ghosts are?

[Evilqueen1985]

If you are referring to the crack in the screen that separates the buggies from the ballroom then its where a guest threw a rock (or some other hard object) at the glass... as apposed to replacing the entire screen (which would have required the entire attraction being closed for some time) they merely converted the crack into a spider web motif,,,

[idejRetsam]

someone brought a bb gun in and the rest is as evilqueen1985 says. the mansion is actually built around the glass, not a net. It is actually the biggest piece of glass in the world, spaning the entire length and hight of the room

[BrickstarRunner]

@sk8s4MCR

A old lady shot something at the glass (dont ask, long and difficult story)

It would be too exspensive to replace the glase because they would have to remove the entire roof, so they left it there

[mattnvicky1]

iam an ex castmember of the haunted mansion and i was told that a man on LSD had a gun and was hallucentating and thought teh pictures of the men shooting were real and shot at the glass. they didnt replace it because the ride would be shut down for awhile. so they put a spinder web type sticker to cover it

[RangRing68]

Interesting.

[Glamourz33]

ah... walt. i miss him. i did my book report on him. it was shocked about how his dad treated him. poor walt :(

[PengiiMorphine]

lol "a passenger falling into a snake pit" haha wtf, thats pretty rad

[Noonrider11]

0:47 was my fav part of ride. but how did they do that?

[TheJjh123]

they use mirrors to make the corridor look long it's on wikapidia

[wonderboyjohnny]

Perhaps they used a scrim along with mirrors?

[erinkelly83]

This ride always puts a smile on my face. :)

[Theblackandwhitelife]

da worst part is wen dey stop da ride to put disabled ppl in... we stopped for lyk 5 min in da coffin scene and doors creakin...

[catchersmitt0]

Try a little compassion. And be glad it's them instead of you.

[Theblackandwhitelife]

no.. no... i meant its lyk scaryish...

[signoftheapocalypse]

Walt: "You do believe in ghosts, don't you?"

Girl: "No."

Walt: "You don't?!?"

Girl: "Not really..."

Who else was half-way expecting "You'd best start believing in ghosts..."

[The2Star2TheRight]

lol that dude "kidhood"

id love to go on the older version the one where people had heart attacks:]

not for that reason!! just cuz it sounds AWESOME!!!

[commentmutant]

@The2Star2TheRight He was saying that there wasnt a version like thar, only that people suspected that because it took so long to make.

[dtr3os]

going back to disney world on the 19 and cant wait 4 the haunted mansion

[naogliftride45]

it took me 8 years the guy who was talking in the elevater hung himself

[RobinMoviesOffical]

I luv the peppers ghost !

[MissTypoGoddess]

:{ )

[parvasolja]

i used to love this flim over and over again i watched it i am looking for it now lol it broke my dvd of it did :{:{

[turkeyhead23]

it was actualy scarier than now bcause it is not just cg effect

[SockBoy65]

"Horntoads, and Lizzards - Friddle and Frum. Please answer the role, by beating the drum!" Madam Leota doesn't say that in the ride.

[erikals2]

@SockBoy65 beating the drum? Madame Leota must be dirty

[TherealRNO]

@SockBoy65: Actually, her tracks were redone multiple times, using multiple lines. So, it was in the ride originally.

[RebornAsterix733]

spooky :S

[runswithcoyote17]

i went backstage on a field trip and i found out how they make the ghosts and i saw all the people riding the ride below and above us and they had no idea we were watching them from a point of view that we saw twirling manikins instead of flying ghosts!

[disneyking6785]

The name for that is pepper ghost.

[hotpink910]

wow that sounds fun!

[runswithcoyote17]

it was, i wish i can go again behind the scenes

[aliedesuacido]

@runswithcoyote17 rlly ? oh wow that sounds like a fun trip

[TubeScrewed]

@runswithcoyote17 That's a good field trip for a kid! They may have seen you too.. In Pepper's Ghost form.

[erikals2]

@TubeScrewed would have got a few more screams - wish I could do that

[TubeScrewed]

@erikals2 I have my application in for ghost 1000.

[RENAxoxoxoxo]

@runswithcoyote17 omg how did you go on a behind the scenes? i would LOVE to do that!

[RAPPERSPWN]

@runswithcoyote17 LUCKY U GOT TO GO BEHIND DA SCENES!!

[Aurablase10000]

@runswithcoyote17 Lucky.

[11rockabilia11]

@runswithcoyote17 JEALOUS

SOSOJEALOUS

[balto1919]

@runswithcoyote17 lol! that is awesome u went on a feild trip there! i never noitice people looking at us only if there there. but the ghosts aremade form light

[animefan6753]

@runswithcoyote17 thanks for ruining it for me,

[animefan6753]

@runswithcoyote17 thanks for ruining it for me, jerk

[skullbasher115]

thats awsome, was that a special tour?

[zenguy22]

I always thought the medusa girl looked JUST LIKE sleeping beauty.

[DisneySEAGeek]

omg me to

[Bellalisa]

I really wish Mark Davis would of gotten his entire wish, I would've enjyed the ride so much more. I really do love the special effects, but hate being scared

[castletriglav]

Wimp.

[TherealRNO]

@Bellalisa: *growls* You're a wuss then. The whole PURPOSE of Halloween and attractions like the Mansion are to SCARE the daylights out of people. That's why making the ride politically correct like they have done or making it campy like the Eddie Murphy TRAVESTY they dare call a film--which they, thank heavens, haven't done--is a JOKE. I'd rather have the old attraction where people had heart attacks, because ghosts are SUPPOSED TO BE scary. The only exceptions to the rule are Casper & Slimer.

[Bellalisa]

@TherealRNO You're right, I am a wuss.

I'm the type of person that LOVES scaring people but hates being scared.

Thrill rides are an exception.

[TherealRNO]

@Bellalisa: The thing is...the Mansion CAN BE silly, fun, AND scary WITHOUT it being campy like the 2003 film, because the Mansion was a dual-designed ride, meant to be both scary & silly. Coats did the scary parts (ex: attic) & Davis did the silly parts (ex: graveyard).

[Bellalisa]

@TherealRNO You're right.

And the movie doesn't exsist to me, it makes me made just to think about it.

[TherealRNO]

@Bellalisa: That's why it's being remade by Del Toro.

[Bellalisa]

Wow, Walt was so clever, he really did love authenticity, and that led to big bucks, although, i'm pretty sure that wasn't his intenstions. I'm sure he just wanted the guest to enjoy the ride as much as possible.

[nospeedboundaries]

That's why Disney was so much better back then, than it is now.

[Jr4594]

is this part of a full documentary, id want to get it or watch the full version, this is sweet

[33Keith33]

At 7:03, you can see a rare image of the "hat box ghost". This was a character that was removed from the ride BEFORE the attraction opened. It was originally in the attic scene and the gag was that his head would disappear from his shoulders and reappear in a hat box he held in his hand. The effect never worked properly so they decided to remove it.

[TherealRNO]

@33Keith33: No. He was IN the ride for test runs and some people participated in that, so they saw him. But after the effects proved to be difficult, he was removed. Now, they could just make him using CGI or something.

[M1CK3Yanimation]

did u add music to it?

[DisneyParkVideos]

Thanks for posting!

Where is this video from?

[badoocee]

Excellent! thanks!

[johncerasi]

i love that ride, even though it scared the shit out of me

[mermaidamp]

I bet it did! Which parts scared the shit out of you? The violent bride that had the axe in her hand or the lightening.

[LizzieBorden9898]

:) i doooo i doooo I DID!!! BWAHHAHAH!A!!

[MrConda]

Fidel Castro at 3:40

[PipersPicksTV]

We've been holding back and saving our Haunted Mansion coverage! So far, we've covered Expedition Everest and POTC on PipersPicksTV - but HM certainly is on the books!

[0oticklpiklo0]

i think the only ride that walt created that hasent changed one bit is the tiki room. wich isnt really a ride. but it hasent changed :P

[gozergirl]

Yes, the tiki room changed several years ago.

[twitchy38812]

the tiki room has changed alot actually...it's "Under New Management" now...or a.k.a. Zazoo and Eago are in the show now..and have been for quite some time. They yell at eachother and the tiki birds..yadda yadda...sorry to burst your bubble, however I had to let you know.

[NoRules103]

Actually, the tiki room hasnt changed a bit in the original Disneyland, Anaheim. The florida one is shocking though, the "New Management" idea disgusts me. They've ruined a true classic.

[Saysasitis]

that honey i shrunk the kids thing really needs to go too.

[SportsGirl234]

Love this ride!!!!!!!

U ppl r right, POTC has gone down the toilet and nobody can save it with plundger! Jack Sparrow is the main attraction in the ride now, and the happy cave scene now is scary and makes little kids cry! WHAT IS UP WITH THAT!?

[AliceJamesandAlondra]

this is the haunted mansion...

[Bifftannen26]

i love the concept art

it's creepy

i like that

anyone know where I can view more?

[jennbode01]

this used to and i stress USED TO be the best ride to ride, let alone work in (i did for about 5 years). but now with all those stupid renovations to the attic as well as what has happened to protocalls for the cast members, i'm glad i left when i did.

[AliceJamesandAlondra]

you just dont like the changes, while changes hapeen for better or worse, most people love the ride renovation, some dont, so its not exactly a 50, 50 situation. I personally love the ride! you can do whatever you want, you wont change the ride. But I hope you enjoyed the ride when you worked there.

[TherealRNO]

@AliceJamesandAlondra: Feh. They only updated the PotC ride because the movies were successful. If the 2003 HM movie weren't such a stupid travesty dud on the Mansion's legacy, we might've gotten Eddie Murphy autoanimatronics into the Mansion. Thank whatever spirits protecting the Mansion that such a notion never--heh--materialized.

[coasterjudge]

@TherealRNO On the bright side if the new Guirmo Del Toro version of the film takes off, we may get the Hatbox Ghost back.

[TherealRNO]

@coasterjudge: Agreed. That's a nice idea.

[MrDisneyguy]

@coasterjudge it has been a rumor and confirmed that the hatbox ghost will come back

[summerxxme]

the best classic disney ride ever!!

[tbirdlizzy]

Best ride ever!!!

[CRACKOWL]

totally

[RubyVonBlau]

I dunno what it is about that ride.. but it gives me the spooks still till this day. Its still a badass ride, hopefully they wont ruin it like they did Pirates of the Caribbean. And put eddie murphy in the mansion.. that would be lame as fock.

[ReleasetheMonkey]

There were plans that it would happen if the movie were a smash...which it wasn't...so they didn't.

[tregnier279]

I'm glad the movie flopped. I don't think I could stomach an Eddiematonic in the graveyard saying "Don't say crap!"

[TheWarlord900]

@tregnier279 And this time, its being rebooted by Guillermo Del Toro, who will co write and produce it, The Haunted Mansion is a way of life to him and to him the best relistate in the world! And it wont be a comedy, it will be Fun and Scary just like the ride! No Eddie Murphy. Plus Guillermo Del Toro said The Hatbox Ghost will be the main focus!

[TubeScrewed]

@tregnier279 - Hilarious! Good point! I wished they didn't put johnny depp in POC. It's too commercially.

[KJsworld13]

Potc changes were good!!! I mean yeah the old ride was great but....lol you HAVE to have Jack!!! HAVE TO!!!! lol

[tregnier279]

No, you don't. Now the POTC ride is awful. I grew up with the allready botched WDW version, and it was tolerable. The Jack renovations ruined it.

[disneyfan81]

The only improvement was the chase scene, because it's more beliveable to have pirates looting the place, rather than having the wenches carrying food.

[KJsworld13]

Look. I loved the old ride but the Jack renovations rock!!! It makes more sense and in my opinion POTC is one of the best Disney movies ever!!! And I've grown up on Disney!!!

[tregnier279]

I think the first one was a good movie, but the 2nd and 3rd ones, meh. I personally think that the 60's attractions like the Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Submarine Voyage were great because they weren't copid from a cartoon. Sure, I love Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but they aren't really unuiqe. The WDW Mr. Toad was, but it's long gone, and 20k was pretty much a copy of Submarine voyage. The Jack renovations just made it an advert for the movie.

[tregnier279]

To continue, Peter Pan, Snow White, and Alice are pretty much linear re-tellings of their stories, and your vehicle is just your seat for the show. But PotC wasn't telling a story. Now it's telling the story of how the Spanish village is protecting Jack despite the fact they have a treasure they know he would want. WTF? It's just not as good as before.

[summerxxme]

well walt did say disneyland will always be changing and growing like a child....

[nerdymisfit]

:O madame leota

wighead at 6:23!!!

[nuclear1250]

there was a body hanging from the ceiling in the streching room? i never noticed that, probably because i never looked at the ceiling lol

[uchihaaddiction]

Ah, poor lost Hatbox. I wonder where you are today.

[althegamefreak]

he must be still around because disney world got the pop up ghost photos finally.his picture at disney world is updated he now has purple.which means the figure is still around

[nerdymisfit]

thats what i love about the haunted mansion theres so many mistakes that where made in the past that make it seem like an actual haunted mansion. the whole story about it is really blurry

[althegamefreak]

yeah so the figure of the hatbox ghost is somewhere!

[Disneylander007]

who's the Hatbox ghost??

[Jeedian]

At 7:03

[Disneylander007]

oh ok thanks :)

[Jeedian]

np, he has a neat story behind him too in the lore of the mansion.

[nicktheghosthost999]

The Hatbox Ghost is considered to be the ghost that has been most talked about. He was in the attraction once, but he got taken out even before the ride first opened because his effect simply couldn't work. Though there are rumors that he's coming back later this year during the 40th anniversery of this ride. *whew!*

[boardwalkman]

I really am not sure if that will happen. If the effect didn't work 40 years ago, what are the odds that it'll work now?

[nicktheghosthost999]

Ask the fans.

[RoomWithDaMoose]

I hope they put him in next time they renovate it. Mabye with new technology the illusion will work. He would fit with the head-chopping bride.

[boardwalkman]

It's possible. We'll see what happens

[erikals2]

@uchihaaddiction probably hitchhiking like Phineas and Ezra

[mikeykern]

This is my favorite attraction.

[WCD73]

MINE TOO!!!

[saldrumvideos]

mine 3

lol

[canman5060]

Disney's most wonderful creation.

[queeny1616]

love this ride

[WCD73]

I DO TOO!!!

[queeny1616]

yay ever since i was a kid ive loved it awsome music awsome ride

[hipnhappenin]

This ride used to scare me shitless as a kid! Especially the beginning when they cram you in that room! And that body is hanging from the ceiling!!

[musicalfool]

IL thi ride