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Today, Disney held a soft opening of the annual Halloween “redecoration” of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland in California. Each year, the Haunted Mansion gets a makeover with props and characters added to give the entire attraction a “The Nightmare Before Christmas” theme from the Tim Burton movie complete with Jack Skellington and friends.
The official launch of the Halloween Haunted Mansion and the other Halloween events at Disneyland will happen on Friday, September 26, 2008. Here’s an overview of what’s going on at Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure for Halloween this year:

Redecorated Haunted Mansion
Ghostly guests at the Hollywood Tower of …read more

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For 40 years, the servants of the Haunted Mansion have been welcoming guests in the same macabre way.  As guests enter the foyer and the portrait room, they’re typically greeted by one of those servants delivering a droll pun such as, “Drag your wretched bodies to the dead center of the room.”  Well, those days are over.

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The Haunted Mansion has been closed for some time at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, but it reopened just in time for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party to kickoff on October 4th. 
I got to ride on The Haunted Mansion on Sunday, and I have to admit that I really liked the changes.  Of course, I don’t want to give anything away, but major changes were made in the opening hallway scene, along the staircase where spiders used to lurk on gigantic spider webs and in the attic. 

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The Haunted Mansion is currently closed for refurbishment (scheduled to reopen just in time for the Halloween season), but this time it’s getting more than a fresh coat of dust.  The latest annual passholder newsletter let the cat out of the bag and shared some sneak peaks into the changes that are coming.  Here’s what they’re saying:
When the attraction reopens this fall, the Ghost Host will be updated with new digital audio.  The new enhancements will allow the Ghost Host to move around the stretch room as well as in guests’ doom buggies.  But sounds are not the only updates …read more

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