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welcome foolish mortals to the Haunted
Mansion I am your host your TPM host our
tour begins here at Magic Kingdom in
Walt Disney World where the Haunted
Mansion opened in October of 1971 home
to 999 a happy haunts catalyst oh yeah
but don't you think it'll fit in better
with me mentioning the countless stories
that have echoed through the halls from
legends to secrets and even some hidden
details that you've probably never even
noticed I mean did you know that these
benches at the exit have snakes painted
on them well then let's tour the mansion
from top to bottom as we count down the
top 10 spooky secrets of the Haunted
Mansion number 10 the original Haunted
Mansion opened at Disneyland in August
of 1969 but did you know that everything
inside the attraction at Walt Disney
World is the exact same age as
Disneyland when the haunted mansion was
being conceived they already knew
Florida would be getting their own
version of the ride since both
attractions were scheduled to open
within two years of each other
Imagineers ordered duplicates of
everything from the ride system right
down to the sets and animatronics once
everything had been built once set went
directly into the attraction at
Disneyland and then the other went into
a warehouse for storage when Magic
Kingdom began construction the Haunted
Mansion was said to be the easiest
attraction to install and it was
completed by April of 1971 six months
before Magic Kingdom opened number nine
with the haunted mansion placed in
Liberty Square the building's
architecture takes on the Dutch Gothic
Revival style from the mid to late 1800s
the style was used a lot for houses in
rural areas and the Haunted Mansion was
actually inspired by two real mansions
one is the harry packer mansion in Jim
Thorpe Pennsylvania it was built in 1874
and it still stands today you can see
some similarities on the facade but when
it comes to the layout the Haunted
Mansion was based off the Rathbone
estate in Albany New York it was built
between 1842 to 1845 and although the
building is no longer around today the
layout is almost identical Imagineers
gave the mansion in Florida
more of a cartoony like appearance and
there's a legend that the stone turrets
on top of the building are actually
oversized chess pieces
the secret is mentioned in the keys to
the kingdom to our at Magic Kingdom but
according to this book written by
Imagineer Jason Sorrell this isn't true
he goes on to say that it's just merely
a coincidence that the turrets resemble
some chess pieces since these designs
were part of the architectural period
and style so I guess this little secret
and legend is pretty much busted but
next time you're at the mansion see how
many different chess pieces the turrets
resemble number eight if you don't you
stand by at the haunted mansion you're
missing some fun hidden details in the
interactive cue much like how the
windows on Main Street feature tributes
to Imagineers the tombstones in the
queue at the haunted mansion do the same
thing but for the Haunted Mansion here
are a few prominent Imagineers you can
spot when you first enter on the right
hand side you'll see grandpa mark of the
patriarch named after the one and only
Mark Davis mark was responsible for
creating many of the comical characters
in the attraction including the
portraits in the stretching room next to
Grandpa Mark you can find francis xavier
named after Francis Xavier Atencio
better known as exit NCO he was the
Imagineer who wrote the iconic ghost
host dialogue
as well as the lyrics to grim grinning
ghosts in the center you'll find master
Gracey laid to rest who's named after
Yale Gracie the imaginary responsible
for creating a lot of the special
effects in the attraction there are so
many other tributes on the tombstones so
next time you walk through the queue
keep your eyes peeled you never know who
you might see number seven
Disney puts a lot of detail in the
pavement in the Haunted Mansion queue
you may notice the caretakers footprints
along with some dog prints but the real
secret here we're talking about is the
hidden wedding ring it's really small so
you're gonna have to look extra hard to
find it but it's right next to the
captain's crypt and it's only visible
from the standby cue the ring is that
little silver thing in the pavement the
right side here is facing the front of
the organ and to the left is where
stand-by merges with Fastpass now this
wedding ring is said to belong to the
bride Constance who threw it out of the
window but the secret and story actually
began as a fan legend this here is the
original wedding ring and had a past
life as a pole and the cue that was cut
to free up space after a maintenance
cast member tried removing the leftover
metal and broke the tip of the
screwdriver well the wedding ring was
born and fans began to notice it around
2006 Disney did pave over the original
ring and it didn't return until the
interactive cue was built in 2011
Imagineers remembered this fan legend
and placed the wedding ring in the
pavement to tell this story and it
officially made it part of the Haunted
Mansion cannon number 6 the dialogue
spoken by the ghost host is iconic he's
voiced by the legendary Paul Freese but
did you know that the original host for
the attraction was supposed to be a
raven it's actually the very same Raven
that can be seen in the conservatory or
in the seance room on the chair he
actually appears four times on the ride
at Magic Kingdom but during the
development Imagineers began to realize
that since the rave
was so small it was getting lost in all
the chaos happening around it it was
difficult to draw attention to this
little bird since the Black Raven still
fit the motif of this sinister story
they kept it as a silent character but
then switched gears to create the
disembodied ghost host when designing
the new interactive queue in 2011
Imagineer has also added the Raven onto
the organ to get you familiar with the
character before you even enter the ride
number five now it is in the haunted
mansion without ghostly spirits visiting
the haunted mansion during the day is
one thing but at night the certain
spooky energy fills the attraction the
windows are all illuminated and in some
of them you'll see the flicker of candle
light but if you keep a watchful eye you
may spot some ghosts lurking in the
distance silhouettes of some of the 999
happy haunts walk by the windows from
time to time like right here there's
four different windows on the mansion
where these ghosts are visible so next
time you're at the haunted mansion try
and take about five minutes to see how
many times these silhouettes show up in
the windows number four one of the 999
happy haunts is madame leota
now before entering the mansion be sure
to keep a watchful eye on her tombstone
she's keeping a watchful eye on you
before she sends those sympathetic
vibrations your way madame leota the
floating psychic medium is a pretty
famous Disney Parks character and she
was actually modeled after an Imagineer
Yale Gracie the imaginary we mentioned
earlier needed a model to pose as a head
to test an effect so he asked fellow
Imagineer Liotta tooms to step in Liotta
looked so great that she became the
official face of the character and they
even went on and maimed it after her as
well now Liotta was a very soft-spoken
woman so they brought in Eleanor Audley
to dub her voice you may recognise odd
Lee's voice as Lady Tremaine and
Cinderella
and Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty but
you can however hear Liotta's voice
asking you to hurry on back number three
one of the most commonly used allusions
found on Disney rides is the Pepper's
Ghost affect the ballroom scene of the
Haunted Mansion is the most commonly
talked about example and it's actually
one of the largest spares ghost setups
there is the simple yet effective
illusion has been around since 1862 it
was commonly used in stage setups and
it's all about using a piece of glass
and reflection the easiest way to
understand how the illusion works is to
look at any window and these display
windows you see the reflection of the
guests walking around and this is pretty
much the same concept as Pepper's Ghost
used in the ballroom scene of the
haunted mansion as your doom buggy
travels along the right track there's a
large pane of glass that extends 30 by
90 feet in front of the scene hidden
above and below you there are physical
ghosts animatronic figures painted with
exaggerated colors and they're all
placed against black backdrops when they
are illuminated their image is reflected
on to the glass and creates a composite
of ghostly spirits in the physical room
in front of you
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number two did you know that some
familiar faces from other Disney
attractions can be found in the Haunted
Mansion Disney recycles animatronic
molds to create new characters so they
turned the auctioneer from Pirates of
the Caribbean into the ship captains
spinning in a circle right here in the
iconic Pirates of the Caribbean jail
scene the tall slender pirate in the
middle was recycled into the ghost with
the crown at the dining table in the
ballroom scene in this promotional
footage from Disney lands Haunted
Mansion it's really easy to see the
resemblance
also that whistling pirate well he can
be found a few times in the Haunted
Mansion
he was recycled as the ghost blowing out
her candles on the table and as you make
your way into the graveyard scene a few
of the instrument playing ghosts on the
left-hand side were also recycled from
the same mold another character that can
be found in the Haunted Mansion is the
grandma from Carousel of Progress she
can be seen right here in the ballroom
scene now Pirates of the Caribbean and
Carousel of Progress were not opening
day attractions at Magic Kingdom but the
Haunted Mansion was so this means that
these characters were in the park well
before their attractions Pirates of the
Caribbean didn't open until 1973 and
Carousel of Progress opened in 1975
number one as you exit the Haunted
Mansion it's easy to rush out to catch
her next Fast Pass
but if you're guilty of this you might
be missing out on another hidden Haunted
Mansion secret on the left hand side
there's a pet cemetery where many
animals have been laid to rest but if
you take a look at the top of the hill
you'll spot mister toad from 1971 until
1998 mr. Toad's Wild Ride was able to be
found in Fantasyland
it's where the Many Adventures of Winnie
the Pooh is today eight years after the
ride closed mr. toad was placed in the
pet cemetery in 2006
he's had a couple spots in the graveyard
but this new one is a lot more prominent
you'll notice the other animals have
epitaphs written on the stone and there
is a myth among cast members that mr.
toad says here lies toad it's sad but
true
not nearly as marketable as
winnie-the-pooh when you zoom right in
you can see there's nothing on the stone
but next time you're exiting the Haunted
Mansion don't forget to say hi to mr.
toad who resides in this deadly new
humble abode so what's your favorite
detail or secret in the Haunted Mansion
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