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At a guess that it would be Epcot for a reallyExciting time. Disneyland is most kids favourite with a chance of really meeting Mickey Mouse or Minnie Mouse . There are always lots of great fun things to do like Character Breakfasts and then there are exciting Shows and a heap of other activities to keep them amused all day long.
The Haunted Mansion
This is one of the most popular rides in Disneyland and Disneyworld.
It’s a Dark Ride where after you queue to get in you are shown into the Library by the Butler (who looks more like an Undertaker ! )
Something really strange happens in the Library but I will not spoil the surprise..
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This is called a Dark Ride because you are taken through the ride ina car and this is unlight.…
You will then see and meet a series of Disney Characters including
The Bride
She haunts the attic of the Mansion and is generally considered to be one of the spookiest characters in the Haunted Mansion.
The bride is now a Digital projection and looks quite scary !
In Tokyo The Bride was a dark face with glowing eyes and the sound of her beating heart quite fills the attic. Her heart can be seen glowing through her chest..
The very Scary Black Widow Bride – alleged to have married and murdered her five husbands for their money, while she mutters ghastly wedding vows a gleaming hatchet suddenly appears in her hand.
Your Ghostly Host – his creepy voice is actually all you get to hear of him as he comments throughout all of the ride. He is supposed to have hanged himself in the Attic..He greets you with the sentence –
Welcome Foolish Mortals.
Master Gracey – a heartbroken young man after his lover Elizabeth Killed herself.
Henry Ravenswood – a mine owner who hanged the unwanted groom to be of his daughter on her wedding day. His whole family died during an earthquake in 1860.
Madame Leota – one of the most famous characters you should see on the ride.
She is a gypy lady who is a fortune teller trapped inside a crystal ball.
You will pass through her chamber in which you will see a seance in progress with floating musical instruments and other paraphenalia. She was supposed to have killed the wives of Master Gracey but was entrapped into the crystal ball magically when she tried to kill him.
A number of Disney Characters appear in various guises throughout the ride including Mickey, Minnie and Goofy (who plays the organ – badly !)
All of them are available as collectors Pins.
You will see Floating Candelabras held by an invisible ghost who wanders the halls.
A very scary part of the ride is the Corpse who is trying to break free from a large coffin – complete with cries for help.
The few living creatures in the Haunted Mansion includes the Raven –
The Raven appears several times during the ride and is the symbol of Death
More Ghosts –
Pickwick - based on the Charles Dickens Character he swings from the chandelier by his cane.
Also on the chandelier are the ghosts of Marc Antony and Cleopatra for a little love interest.
In the Ballroom (a really scary place ) – you will see The Organist playing a huge pipe organ at the far end of the room. Ghosts ooze out of the pipes during the music.
He is supposed to have come over from Ireland and his fingers were crushed by the organ.- he then committed suicide as he put his music before his life.
One group of ghosts you will definitely see are the Hitchhiking Ghosts..
They are hugely popular and there is lots of merchandise including pins for them.
They are :
Ezra – a voyeur with an obsession for overweight ladies – came to a sad and sticky end under the Mayors Daughter.
Phineas Queeg – a Snake Oil Salesman with a nasty sense of humor – his remedies made all ailments worse ! Committed to the Salem Insane Asylum after selling Youth Elixir to the chief of Police.. Died of lead poisoning
GUS – A deviant killer of people and animals – wears a ball and chain.
The three of them hang around looking for someone they would like to follow home.. could it be you ?
Are there REAL GHOSTS in the Haunted Mansion ?
Well perhaps there are – like calls to like after all.
Rumours include
THE CRYING BOY whose ashes were spread at night by his mother inside the Mansion.
Teenager who were supposed to have died getting off the ride at the Séance Circle and feel to their deaths.
The Man with a cane – supposedly the pilot of a light plane who crashed into the lake nearby.
Mysterious Lights in the Mansion at night… unexplained glowing balls of light that can be seen in the windows after dark – no-one knows what they are ….
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Thanks to Wikipedia for much of the information about the Haunted Mansion -and to Disney for a really Fun Ride
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