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Haunted Mansion
FastPassRating: 4 Stars

"We have 999 happy haunts, but there's room for 1,000. Any volunteers?", says your ghost host (voiced by Paul Frieze). When Disney was designing this ride for Disneyland, people were worried about the image of Disney doing something scarry. Well Disney was able to take a scary subject, and make it funny.



There are 22 total show scenes, with the 13th being the clock, you know where the clock is striking 13

For some time, the original design in Disneyland was going to be a walk-through attraction, but that was changed due to traffic flow problems.

The narrator of your doombuggy ride is Paul Frees.

The only major attraction in 4 different lands in the four Disney parks.

The only place in all of WDW where the cast members are instructed not to smile

Each costume worn by cast members costs approximately $900

The busts that "follow" you inside the mansion aren't busts at all, but actually are more like a plaster caste that is used to make a mask, and the inward curvature and lighting create the illusion of movement

Opened October 1, 1971.

There are no security cameras in the attraction, HOWEVER there are pressure sensitive mats hidden throughout the attraction, so don't think you can get out and run amuck

Take a look at the roofline of the Mansion, you'll see chess pieces, but there's one missing. The Knight. That's because it's always "night" inside.

A raven was originally planned to be the narrator, but that was scrapped, but you will still find the raven throughout the show

Cast members walk an average of 10 miles during a regular shift on those moving platforms

Each doombuggy has 3 speakers. The sound is transmitted to the odd number cars, and they in turn pass the audio to the even numbered ones

While there are said to be 999 happy haunts, there are only 109 Audio-animatronic ghosts, not including projected or voiced only ghosts

The books on the desk in the library are 2 volumes from the encyclopedia. The one that is open is open to the page referring to Death.

The ghosts that ride with you are actually on the other side of a one-way mirror, and synced up to the doombuggies as they go by

When your doombuggy turns for the decent to the grave yard, the decent is 6 feet… kind of symbolic don't you think