folks go absolutely mental for the holiday overlay in japan. every other time of year, the haunted mansion is a walk-on attraction, but during the holiday season it's one of the longest waits in the park
That's crazy weird that they'd have so many animatronics - Jack, Sally, Oogie, the Giant Snake, etc. - for something that's only seasonal. And for WDW to reject 'em outright! Oh well; good for you Tokyo Disney. At any rate, it's all super impressive - looks and sounds awesome and practically feels like it's own Nightmare Before Christmas ride when all is said is done. You guys did a great job with this topic. Thanks, Park Ride History, and - _our pal_ - Disney Dan! (^_~) Can't wait to see what else you have planned to cover in Spooktober!
Barry-Allen The-Flash The WDW version is superior to the DL version year round. Its a lot longer, updated, and has an interactive queue. Also some interactive features with the magic bands, a great shop and even a restaurant planned about it Since WDW receives mostly international visitors, changing this classic attraction for the season would mean foreign visitors who visit during Oct (and cant get back anytime soon) will miss the main version of the attraction. DL has the need to change a little every season, because most people who visit are locals
Yeah, I've been hearing that about WDW versions of things more and more in general these days since they simply have way more room to work with in Florida than they do in WDL, but I never considered the international visitors angle on it before. That's a damn good point - thanks for pointing that out!
I believe the reason that the one in wdw doesn’t get the overlay is because unlike Land, wdw is seen more as potentially once in a lifetime for some families. The ride would have to go down for extended times for the overlay to be put on and taken down. Not to mention the normal haunted mansion being completely unavailable while it is up. It robs a family of a incredibly well known ride that they might only get one chance to go on. Land doesn’t have this problem as it is seem more as a park for people on the west coast since it is not as sprawling as wdw
My parents and I really enjoy going on Haunted Mansion Holiday annually in October. Thanks for thinking of us even though we love the Hatbox Ghost. He's our favorite character and we really enjoy his lighting effects which are animations that everyone (not just the 3 of us alone) gets to observe when the Black Christmas Sleighs (Festive version of the Doombuggies) exit the attic.
they should replace the christmas presents with new lock shock and barrel animatronics, it'd be much more interesting to see them in your doom buggy i think
In actuality, there WERE lock shock and barrel animatronics in the mirrors for the first incarnation of HMH, but they changed it to Oogie and the presents the year after. They’re still at Tokyo Disneyland though!
A really interesting fact about the Nightmare Before Christmas decorations is that the vast majority of them are actually stored within the ride, and only the bigger pieces like the animatronics or exterior decorations are stored on an off property location. Many of the interior pieces are simply tucked away behind the main features, ie. in the attic, most of the Christmas additions are simply tucked underneath the tablecloths, or are painted on certain faces to simply blend in with the rest of the attic and can be turned around for the overlay. It is pretty impressive how they handle all of it.
Yes. It's an overlay. I know this because one time when I was in the stretching room, one of the paintings malfunctioned during the stretch, and snapped back down to reveal the original painting underneath.
@@spunchbop47428 I admittedly don't remember which one it was, as it was a few years ago. I think it was the one with the killer wreath, but I could be wrong. I don't even remember which painting it was covering. :P However, I definitely remember it snapping back up, like a retractable window shade. It was just funny to see something like that happen. I'm used to ride breakdowns, but not parts of the decor actually coming undone.
I think instead of having sally only in the cemetery they should take out the bride and replace her with a sally animatronic wearing a colorful patchwork wedding dress instead of her normal short patchwork dress does anyone else agree?
Thematically that's kind of weird cause the attic is now 'hidden present' themed. Maybe Sally making/wrapping her gift for Jack (the picnic basket) or sewing stockings or something.
Absolutely. And the hatbox ghost could possible be replaced by either the top hat ghoul from the movie or the clown with the tear away face. I understand many people still want to see him and he’s still a fan favorite everyone wants to see but in a couple years they could do it.
I recently visited Disneyland and the part where Jack is dressed as Santa in the snow looks SO impressive. There are a lot of things that I love about that ride. Nightmare is also my favorite movie so I might be a tad bit bias lol
Carlos Duarte I really hope they’ll do that in the future, I would love to experience the overlay myself but I’m afraid we’re never gonna get it in Paris
I'm actually curious how would a Nightmare Before Christmas overlay work in the Manor, story-wise. The Haunted Mansion's lack of story helped out in that aspect, but I feel the Manor's straightforward storyline would pose a storytelling challenge to the Imagineers.
I'm eternally sad that unless some great luck comes my way I'll never get to experience this fantastic overlay featuring my favorite movie. great video though didn't mean to get glum there
@Steve Robertson Great good for you, but I'm a big nightmare before Christmas so the fact I'll never be able to experience it without having to go across the country hurts me.
@Steve Robertson I've been watching video ride throughs on it for a decade now, I wanna be able to experience it first hand. Like cause of factors I've never actually rode the haunted mansion and have not been to the WDW in a loooooong time so I've had to watch video ride throughs of it to get my fill, and it makes me wish I could
I wish haunted mansion would only have the nightmare overlay during Christmas. Instead in October, Disney should do like a super scary version of the haunted mansion and turn it from spooky to terrifying.
jeebs621 the issue would be that they don’t want to have to close it down too long for changing decorations. It’s already closed for weeks to go back and forth from normal to holiday, and they don’t want to make fans mad by adding several days of closure at least for another version.
Thank you for doing this! I've always wanted to know the history behind the overlay. Its really a bummer they don't do one ant WDW. Amazing intro! Great videos as usual. I really look forward to the next one!
Haunted Mansion Holiday has been one of my absolute favorite attractions ever since I was a little kid. And The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my absolute favorites because I love Jack Skellington and his dog Zero. I have so many different collections of Jack and Zero merchandise. The attraction always makes my birthday very special because my birthday is in October!!
One thing that almost everyone misses out on when covering Haunted Mansion Holiday is Sparky's tombstone in the pet cematary. For context, Sparky is the dog in the Tim Burton movie Frankenweenie that gets brought back to life by its owner, Victor Frankenstein. After the 2012 movie came out, not to be confused with the live action movie that Tim made and is based off of, Disney added Sparky's tombstone to the pet cemetery for Haunted Mansion holiday since Nightmare Before Christmas and Frankenweenie are both Tim Burton movies.
I experienced Haunted Mansion Holiday for the first time this year, and I loved it! Though I wonder what it would have looked like if the Haunted Mansion did something like a Krampus theme rather than Nightmare Before Christmas (though I love that version)
The Nightmare Before Christmas has yet to receive a franchise of theatrical sequels. It’s really overdue for a sequel, but the video game on XBOX and PS2 entitled The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge, which is a video game sequel to the film. They are not retelling the story of the film as a video game.
I'm in Orlando and they need to do this overlay here!!! I mean seriously! There are so many fans here of the film and ride! I mean seriously!! We only get Jack and Sally characters here during Halloween. It's kind of sad
Small inaccuracy you mentioned: The Haunted Mansion would also be 19th century (1800s), as opposed to 18th Century (1700s). Though you’re correct that the Victorian setting of A Christmas Carol would not fit with the Antebellum aesthetic of the mansion. Still a superb video, regardless of my nitpick.
Here’s an interesting story, the first time I rode the haunted mansion it was during the holidays, and brother told me about how it gets changed every year for the holidays. Then Disney Infinity 1.0 came out and the same skeleton I saw on the ride was a figure. From there I did more research and that is how I got into the nightmare before Christmas
Corey Burton no way Disney hired The guy who voiced shockwave From transformers to be a ghost host I wonder if he gets paid around both Halloween time in Christmas time when the ride gets its overlay
I reconize Eleanor Audley she played Oliver Douglas's mother on Green Acres and was in a episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show in charge of the PTA in the episode ""Forty-Four Tickets"" where Rob forgets to get tickets for the PTA and friends for the show he work on.
I honestly like the ride better with the nightmare before Christmas overlay. I wouldn’t mind the haunted mansion being nightmare before Christmas themed year round lol
Aw man A Christmas Carol overlay would've been so cool! I mean I like the idea of it not really being a themed IP overlay at all, just filling the mansion with decorations would be nice.
Something interesting about the haunted mansion holiday’s evolution is that it had a completely different soundtrack in its first year due to rights issues. They scrapped this version of the soundtrack in 2002 when they got the rights to use the songs from the film but a few tracks from the original version are still in the ride, mainly the original attic music being used now in the crypt/Oogie Boogie scene.
I've always thought it would be cool for the Magic Kingdom to have a seasonal overlay, but with Gravity Falls. It wouldn't be that much of a shift for the Haunted Mansion and the show I think would hit right in with the theme of the ride. you could even have Bill Cipher take over the Ghost Host role for the season and then got back to business as usual after a few months
Excellent video! I really enjoyed hearing about the history behind this attraction! ^^ Albeit...I felt such great sadness to hear it was once considered for Disney World, and I would have gotten to actually experience this if not for some dumb Disney World officials...I guess that's why we didn't get any overlays for years, and why the ones we do have now suck so much...(I understand why they said no tbh...but that doesn't make it sting any less...).
Well what would they do? I don't think that pirates would really celebrate Halloween and I guess you could put some animatronics in Halloween costumes on Splash but that wouldn't make any sense because it would have nothing to do with the story. Maybe you could put some small decorations on some more neutral non-storytelling attractions like Dumbo, Casey Jr. etc. and put some Halloween costumes on Dumbo or put up some decoration on the towns of Storybook Village and on some of the plain grass and say that everybody is celebrating Halloween in Storybook Land!
With splash mountain they could just make the whole thing look more like fall with red leaves on all the trees and pumpkin vines on the ground and give some of the animals costumes. With pirates they could replace some of the pirates with the undead ones from the movies, thought that would probably be too expensive
I remember going in the holiday mansion when I was really little. When I was in the stretching room I was friken scared that I cover my ears and eyes and I would try to look up to see Jack but I was still scared lol. But I got over it when I got in the actual ride I think. Sadly for me I didn't go back to the holiday mansion just only the original when growing up maybe one day I'll ride the holiday mansion again also idk how I feel when they change Jack animated hm I'll deal with it
Fun fact: the characters behind the Merry Christmas/Scary Christmas card open a different present each week. One week is could be the Sally, the one after may be Dr. Finkelstein
I rode the overlay in 2005. Honestly it felt like the back room of Halloween props were piled on a great ride. IMO they didn’t nail the balance between overlaying one story and transitioning to another. It looked and felt more like a themed sales circular. Then again I worked for Disney for years and the luster loses its shine pretty quickly. To be fair the parks exist to make money (lots and lots of money) and not to reward the sentiments of 40 and 50-something’s. Were that the profit motive they’d be shuttered in one season. As much as the Star Wars sequels turn me off I try to think about the difference between what I saw in 1977 (at 5 years old) and what my dad saw at 25 years old. And therein lies the difference.
I love HMH! My favorite is the pumpkin snow hill and ice angels 🎃 another change is that Tim Burton’s Mickey Mouse replaces the raven in the conservatory, seance, and graveyard (backward fall) scenes.
I loooooove doing Haunted Mansion Holiday every year! Sadly last year 2017 cast members' Main Gate Passes were blocked out for the majority of it - with only 8 days of all of December not being blocked out D:
3:54 I did my research Thurl ravenscroft the voice of singing bust uncle theodore from the original haunted mansion did die on May 22 2005 at age 90 after the 2004-2005 operation season of haunted mansion Tokyo’s haunted mansion holiday like the original ride it goes without changes especially so it has the pre 2007 visuals I agree Prior to 2013 5:53 Jack’s face would a appear on scrim and say “happy holiday” everyone”behind the where the ghost host this is often seen on archived footage from 2001-2013 ride videos example is 2001 by the user Disneyguycom where it’s distorted by screams in two minutes in thirty eight seconds into ride archive footage that’s one of many examples from 2001-2013 era
The changed preshow is such a downgrade. As an LED technician, just watching that refresh rate on Jack breaking the window at 30fps just takes away the immersion of the ride. From what I heard, they use a Panasonic projector to show those animated features on the rides. Old fashion animotronics is always superior.
Disneyland and Disneyworld have different audiences. Disneyland has mostly locals and passholders, so those people visit pretty often. If a ride is closed, chances are they'll come back later. Meanwhile in Disneyworld, a lot of people only go once in their lifetime. Those people may not come back for years, or never come back ever again. Disneyworld wants to avoid people getting upset, as they wouldn't be too happy to finally be able to visit and see the ride theyve been waiting for to be closed or not in its normal state. The question was asked on the Keys to the Kingdom Tour in Disneyworld and that was basically the answer given as to why it doesn't change during the year.
Wolffteeth That's too bad. And the fact that WDW is so big that it's way, way more expensive to stay at! Disney World is more for vacationers than it is for Florida residents.
The ride at Disneyland is only closed about 2 days, if that. But still, the point is there. It takes time. It’s a small world closes for a much longer time in my experience.
Ghostlyfawn true although it was planned for Disneyworld they actually shipped all the parts to Tokyo’s Haunted Mansion which is exact replica of the Disneyworld version which is really cool to see if you want to see how Disneyworlds would have been like
Being it's the closest park to me, I'm glad the changes are exclusive to Disneyland in America. If you still take suggestions, Indiana Jones Adventure Temple of the Forbidden Eye please!
folks go absolutely mental for the holiday overlay in japan. every other time of year, the haunted mansion is a walk-on attraction, but during the holiday season it's one of the longest waits in the park
As it should be for being one of the best holiday overlay
What do you mean mental? Mentally negative or mentally positive
You completely forgot to mention that it also SMELLS OF GINGERBREAD. That’s one of the main things I always remember and love.
Yes, and the pop up figures of Lock, Shock and Barrel in the two way mirrors of Halloween/Christmas presents.
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That's crazy weird that they'd have so many animatronics - Jack, Sally, Oogie, the Giant Snake, etc. - for something that's only seasonal. And for WDW to reject 'em outright! Oh well; good for you Tokyo Disney. At any rate, it's all super impressive - looks and sounds awesome and practically feels like it's own Nightmare Before Christmas ride when all is said is done. You guys did a great job with this topic. Thanks, Park Ride History, and - _our pal_ - Disney Dan! (^_~)
Can't wait to see what else you have planned to cover in Spooktober!
Barry-Allen The-Flash The WDW version is superior to the DL version year round. Its a lot longer, updated, and has an interactive queue. Also some interactive features with the magic bands, a great shop and even a restaurant planned about it
Since WDW receives mostly international visitors, changing this classic attraction for the season would mean foreign visitors who visit during Oct (and cant get back anytime soon) will miss the main version of the attraction. DL has the need to change a little every season, because most people who visit are locals
Yeah, I've been hearing that about WDW versions of things more and more in general these days since they simply have way more room to work with in Florida than they do in WDL, but I never considered the international visitors angle on it before. That's a damn good point - thanks for pointing that out!
@@barry-allenthe-flash8396 Disneyland is more locals and APs while Disney World is more tourists.
I’m not surprised by all the effort. It’s Disneyland, they always go all out
I believe the reason that the one in wdw doesn’t get the overlay is because unlike Land, wdw is seen more as potentially once in a lifetime for some families. The ride would have to go down for extended times for the overlay to be put on and taken down. Not to mention the normal haunted mansion being completely unavailable while it is up. It robs a family of a incredibly well known ride that they might only get one chance to go on. Land doesn’t have this problem as it is seem more as a park for people on the west coast since it is not as sprawling as wdw
My parents and I really enjoy going on Haunted Mansion Holiday annually in October. Thanks for thinking of us even though we love the Hatbox Ghost. He's our favorite character and we really enjoy his lighting effects which are animations that everyone (not just the 3 of us alone) gets to observe when the Black Christmas Sleighs (Festive version of the Doombuggies) exit the attic.
they should replace the christmas presents with new lock shock and barrel animatronics, it'd be much more interesting to see them in your doom buggy i think
In actuality, there WERE lock shock and barrel animatronics in the mirrors for the first incarnation of HMH, but they changed it to Oogie and the presents the year after. They’re still at Tokyo Disneyland though!
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Honestly, I need to visit Tokyo Disneyland, but I’m scared to _because I’m a tourist and I’m used to Disney World._
Or the vampire teddy and the duck and the snake
@@AdiShoShuperShweet it was the pop up attic presents not lock shock and barrel
A really interesting fact about the Nightmare Before Christmas decorations is that the vast majority of them are actually stored within the ride, and only the bigger pieces like the animatronics or exterior decorations are stored on an off property location. Many of the interior pieces are simply tucked away behind the main features, ie. in the attic, most of the Christmas additions are simply tucked underneath the tablecloths, or are painted on certain faces to simply blend in with the rest of the attic and can be turned around for the overlay. It is pretty impressive how they handle all of it.
A Christmas Carol overlay sounds so awesome.
5:34 the original paintings weren’t replaced
I saw in a a documentary that they actually placed the glass ones over the original ones
They were actually able to just place a lot of props and stuff over what already exists in the ride.
Yes. It's an overlay. I know this because one time when I was in the stretching room, one of the paintings malfunctioned during the stretch, and snapped back down to reveal the original painting underneath.
@@timgold577 which painting was it?
@@spunchbop47428 I admittedly don't remember which one it was, as it was a few years ago. I think it was the one with the killer wreath, but I could be wrong. I don't even remember which painting it was covering. :P However, I definitely remember it snapping back up, like a retractable window shade. It was just funny to see something like that happen. I'm used to ride breakdowns, but not parts of the decor actually coming undone.
Seeing the original jack on the ceiling gave me crazy nostalgia
Me too.
I think instead of having sally only in the cemetery they should take out the bride and replace her with a sally animatronic wearing a colorful patchwork wedding dress instead of her normal short patchwork dress does anyone else agree?
That'd be awesome!
Thematically that's kind of weird cause the attic is now 'hidden present' themed. Maybe Sally making/wrapping her gift for Jack (the picnic basket) or sewing stockings or something.
Absolutely. And the hatbox ghost could possible be replaced by either the top hat ghoul from the movie or the clown with the tear away face. I understand many people still want to see him and he’s still a fan favorite everyone wants to see but in a couple years they could do it.
I recently visited Disneyland and the part where Jack is dressed as Santa in the snow looks SO impressive. There are a lot of things that I love about that ride. Nightmare is also my favorite movie so I might be a tad bit bias lol
Oh, and when you look in the mirror when you get your present Lock Shock and Barrel pop up.
It smells like gingerbread in the party room
Adam Alfonso I think that’s because the big gingerbread house in the middle of the room is actually real
Yeah! It always is super cool... I do think they pipe it in though. 4 ish months would rob you of the scent
@@brittniep9219 they do add extra scents
And now we are going to have Jack and all the characters of NIghtmare Before Christmas on the Disneyland Paris Phantom Manor. ;)
Carlos Duarte I really hope they’ll do that in the future, I would love to experience the overlay myself but I’m afraid we’re never gonna get it in Paris
I'm actually curious how would a Nightmare Before Christmas overlay work in the Manor, story-wise. The Haunted Mansion's lack of story helped out in that aspect, but I feel the Manor's straightforward storyline would pose a storytelling challenge to the Imagineers.
Lucky French bastards
I'm eternally sad that unless some great luck comes my way I'll never get to experience this fantastic overlay featuring my favorite movie. great video though didn't mean to get glum there
Nathan Sutton why not? It goes from Sept through a good part of January :)
@Steve Robertson Great good for you, but I'm a big nightmare before Christmas so the fact I'll never be able to experience it without having to go across the country hurts me.
@Steve Robertson I've been watching video ride throughs on it for a decade now, I wanna be able to experience it first hand.
Like cause of factors I've never actually rode the haunted mansion and have not been to the WDW in a loooooong time so I've had to watch video ride throughs of it to get my fill, and it makes me wish I could
I wish haunted mansion would only have the nightmare overlay during Christmas.
Instead in October, Disney should do like a super scary version of the haunted mansion and turn it from spooky to terrifying.
Try looking at Disneyland France's Phantom Manor
jeebs621 the issue would be that they don’t want to have to close it down too long for changing decorations. It’s already closed for weeks to go back and forth from normal to holiday, and they don’t want to make fans mad by adding several days of closure at least for another version.
Thank you for doing this! I've always wanted to know the history behind the overlay. Its really a bummer they don't do one ant WDW. Amazing intro! Great videos as usual. I really look forward to the next one!
Well, Well, Well. What have We Here, Haunted Mansion Holiday! Ooo, I'm really Scared!
Haunted Mansion Holiday has been one of my absolute favorite attractions ever since I was a little kid. And The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my absolute favorites because I love Jack Skellington and his dog Zero. I have so many different collections of Jack and Zero merchandise. The attraction always makes my birthday very special because my birthday is in October!!
One thing that almost everyone misses out on when covering Haunted Mansion Holiday is Sparky's tombstone in the pet cematary. For context, Sparky is the dog in the Tim Burton movie Frankenweenie that gets brought back to life by its owner, Victor Frankenstein. After the 2012 movie came out, not to be confused with the live action movie that Tim made and is based off of, Disney added Sparky's tombstone to the pet cemetery for Haunted Mansion holiday since Nightmare Before Christmas and Frankenweenie are both Tim Burton movies.
Love the video. The Haunted Mansion is my favorite ride and the reason I worked at Disneyland in the late 80's...but never got off the trains.
When i was younger, i was too scared of the original Mansion so we'd go during Christmas for the Haunted Mansion Holiday.
I started watching your videos and I love them!
I’m definitely subscribing
We almost had a Charles Dickens overlay?!? That would have been my #1 favorite obsession, wrapped around my #3 favorite obsession!
I liked the old jack old jack from stretching room. And old graveyard music
ive been to Disneyland 9 times..still have never been able to see the jack skellington version of this ride. maybe someday
I experienced Haunted Mansion Holiday for the first time this year, and I loved it! Though I wonder what it would have looked like if the Haunted Mansion did something like a Krampus theme rather than Nightmare Before Christmas (though I love that version)
If you stick Afton around in the stretching room after Jack appears, keep looking up and your can STILL see the hanging ghost host
and in the ride the hatbox ghost is there in the attic.
Yeah, I always thought that was an interesting choice to leave the cupola visible when you're leaving the stretching room.
@@megelizabeth9492 Meg?
@@Katfischyy Meg Griffin?
That closing was really clever.
A good way to show your age? If you remember riding the Haunted Mansion in October without the Nightmare Before Xmas decorations.
Father AxeKeeper me too!
The Nightmare Before Christmas has yet to receive a franchise of theatrical sequels. It’s really overdue for a sequel, but the video game on XBOX and PS2 entitled The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge, which is a video game sequel to the film. They are not retelling the story of the film as a video game.
I personally prefer the "Normal" Haunted Masion since I like the spookier atmosphere but the Holiday redesign is fine for a seasonal change.
I do too.
Agreed
1:03 only the ghosts are animated.
I'm in Orlando and they need to do this overlay here!!! I mean seriously! There are so many fans here of the film and ride! I mean seriously!! We only get Jack and Sally characters here during Halloween. It's kind of sad
Please no it’s perfect the way it is
Small inaccuracy you mentioned: The Haunted Mansion would also be 19th century (1800s), as opposed to 18th Century (1700s). Though you’re correct that the Victorian setting of A Christmas Carol would not fit with the Antebellum aesthetic of the mansion. Still a superb video, regardless of my nitpick.
Here’s an interesting story, the first time I rode the haunted mansion it was during the holidays, and brother told me about how it gets changed every year for the holidays. Then Disney Infinity 1.0 came out and the same skeleton I saw on the ride was a figure. From there I did more research and that is how I got into the nightmare before Christmas
I miss the holiday carols sung by Lock, Shock, and Barrel in the switchback portion of the queue.
Jack's face on the ceiling scared me so much, it put me off riding the ride until I was older.
I used to close my eyes and miss the whole thing
Corey Burton no way Disney hired The guy who voiced shockwave From transformers to be a ghost host I wonder if he gets paid around both Halloween time in Christmas time when the ride gets its overlay
I reconize Eleanor Audley she played Oliver Douglas's mother on Green Acres and was in a episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show in charge of the PTA in the episode ""Forty-Four Tickets"" where Rob forgets to get tickets for the PTA and friends for the show he work on.
That's a pretty clean version of Disney's Halloween Treat!
I honestly wish Disney world decides to bring Haunted Mansion holiday one day
I’ve always wanted to see the history of one of my favorite (now closed) water parks Wild Rivers from Irvine CA.
I honestly like the ride better with the nightmare before Christmas overlay. I wouldn’t mind the haunted mansion being nightmare before Christmas themed year round lol
Me too. It's a lot more enjoyable and fun than it's original and normal version.
Because of that cool intro with the 'Disney's Halloween Treat' song, I gotta subscribe.
I honestly like the jack face on the ceiling more than the cheap animated one
Aw man A Christmas Carol overlay would've been so cool! I mean I like the idea of it not really being a themed IP overlay at all, just filling the mansion with decorations would be nice.
Well its getting a permanent change now!! Lol
Actually in 2001, Thurl Ravenscroft was actually still alive, but at that point he was too old to do new voices for the ride.
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is both a Halloween movie and a Christmas movie.
In the line by the side of the mansion and the hill with the trees there are pumpkins on sticks (i forgot if that’s normal of holiday lol)
I’ve heard that the Big Al animatronic from Country Bear Jamboree was used for Oogie Boogie
Bring old Ceiling Jack Back!
Bring old ceiling jack back!
Bring old ceiling jack back!
Something interesting about the haunted mansion holiday’s evolution is that it had a completely different soundtrack in its first year due to rights issues. They scrapped this version of the soundtrack in 2002 when they got the rights to use the songs from the film but a few tracks from the original version are still in the ride, mainly the original attic music being used now in the crypt/Oogie Boogie scene.
i love how different their tones both are
Wow. I've forgotten that they've been doing the Haunted Mansion Holiday for this long.
That last time is saw The Haunted Mansion Holiday was back in 2005 with my Mom and I going there for my 5th Birthday :).
I've always thought it would be cool for the Magic Kingdom to have a seasonal overlay, but with Gravity Falls. It wouldn't be that much of a shift for the Haunted Mansion and the show I think would hit right in with the theme of the ride. you could even have Bill Cipher take over the Ghost Host role for the season and then got back to business as usual after a few months
Excellent video! I really enjoyed hearing about the history behind this attraction! ^^
Albeit...I felt such great sadness to hear it was once considered for Disney World, and I would have gotten to actually experience this if not for some dumb Disney World officials...I guess that's why we didn't get any overlays for years, and why the ones we do have now suck so much...(I understand why they said no tbh...but that doesn't make it sting any less...).
I NEVER knew that the gingerbread house was real gingerbread! That's insane!
That gingerbread house looks so delicious you can even smell it
omg they should do a halloween overlay for splash mountain and pirates
TheGalaxyBug hell yea! That would be awesome
Well what would they do? I don't think that pirates would really celebrate Halloween and I guess you could put some animatronics in Halloween costumes on Splash but that wouldn't make any sense because it would have nothing to do with the story. Maybe you could put some small decorations on some more neutral non-storytelling attractions like Dumbo, Casey Jr. etc. and put some Halloween costumes on Dumbo or put up some decoration on the towns of Storybook Village and on some of the plain grass and say that everybody is celebrating Halloween in Storybook Land!
Well I think they could do something like a ichobod crane thing for splash mountain. Idea you look at Disney’s movie. I think it would look cool.
Pirates could have Davy Jones' or Salazar's crew in the ride for Halloween.
With splash mountain they could just make the whole thing look more like fall with red leaves on all the trees and pumpkin vines on the ground and give some of the animals costumes. With pirates they could replace some of the pirates with the undead ones from the movies, thought that would probably be too expensive
Fun fact: The stretching room portraits aren’t actually replaced, the holiday portraits were just put over them.
7:18 FYI those are TAROT cards, NOT playing cards. Leota herself says they're tarot cards.
This year’s gingerbread house is a 50th anniversary celebration Gingerbread Haunted Mansion. It’s sick.
This is wonderful and I love that you’re putting out all this new content! Out of curiosity, what’s your favorite park?
#epcotforlife
1:20 ummm what about the jingle cruise??
Do this to it's a small world holiday, a LOT has changed
I remember going in the holiday mansion when I was really little. When I was in the stretching room I was friken scared that I cover my ears and eyes and I would try to look up to see Jack but I was still scared lol. But I got over it when I got in the actual ride I think. Sadly for me I didn't go back to the holiday mansion just only the original when growing up maybe one day I'll ride the holiday mansion again
also idk how I feel when they change Jack animated hm I'll deal with it
I still absolutely Love Haunted Mansion Holiday. This Episode is Amazing!
OMG I LOVE @DISNEYDAN
Fun fact: the characters behind the Merry Christmas/Scary Christmas card open a different present each week. One week is could be the Sally, the one after may be Dr. Finkelstein
I rode the overlay in 2005. Honestly it felt like the back room of Halloween props were piled on a great ride. IMO they didn’t nail the balance between overlaying one story and transitioning to another. It looked and felt more like a themed sales circular. Then again I worked for Disney for years and the luster loses its shine pretty quickly. To be fair the parks exist to make money (lots and lots of money) and not to reward the sentiments of 40 and 50-something’s. Were that the profit motive they’d be shuttered in one season. As much as the Star Wars sequels turn me off I try to think about the difference between what I saw in 1977 (at 5 years old) and what my dad saw at 25 years old. And therein lies the difference.
Was going to go to bed.... but what’s one video more?!
You didn't even mention the holiday scream along I got to go on this in December 2001
even though i have not been on the haunted mansion ride i have been on the phantom manor ride at disneyland paris. nice video by the way.
Disney Dan, of course. I could smell that co-host coming from a mile away. Gasp, PRH said the C word. ;)
Can you history of California Screamin?
I love HMH! My favorite is the pumpkin snow hill and ice angels 🎃 another change is that Tim Burton’s Mickey Mouse replaces the raven in the conservatory, seance, and graveyard (backward fall) scenes.
With Nightmare Before Christmas being my favorite Tim Burton film, I would love to see Haunted Mansion holiday someday. 🖤
I loooooove doing Haunted Mansion Holiday every year!
Sadly last year 2017 cast members' Main Gate Passes were blocked out for the majority of it - with only 8 days of all of December not being blocked out D:
Awesome video guys!!!
If Disneyland reopens this year, I wonder if the overlay will still happen.
I was there 2 weeks ago. The line took over 45 minutes and I only went on it once. It's one of my favorites though 😄
Do the history of MUPPET VISION 3-D DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE (2001-2014)
Can you do the people mover next please 😆
They were gonna do it here in WDW? And they rejected it? Are they insane? I seriously hope they reconsider in the future
I hope the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay will still be at Disneyland Park in California for generations to come.
And it always will be no matter what.
3:54 I did my research Thurl ravenscroft the voice of singing bust uncle theodore from the original haunted mansion did die on May 22 2005 at age 90 after the 2004-2005 operation season of haunted mansion
Tokyo’s haunted mansion holiday like the original ride it goes without changes especially so it has the pre 2007 visuals
I agree Prior to 2013 5:53 Jack’s face would a appear on scrim and say “happy holiday” everyone”behind the where the ghost host this is often seen on archived footage from 2001-2013 ride videos example is 2001 by the user Disneyguycom where it’s distorted by screams in two minutes in thirty eight seconds into ride archive footage that’s one of many examples from 2001-2013 era
Awesome my dude!
GREAT video!!!!😁🎅🎄🎃👻
this ride opened 12 years after the park did - hardly one of the oldest rides in the park.
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Still operational, hardly changed
The changed preshow is such a downgrade. As an LED technician, just watching that refresh rate on Jack breaking the window at 30fps just takes away the immersion of the ride. From what I heard, they use a Panasonic projector to show those animated features on the rides. Old fashion animotronics is always superior.
Do you have any clue as to why it was rejected at WDW?
Disneyland and Disneyworld have different audiences. Disneyland has mostly locals and passholders, so those people visit pretty often. If a ride is closed, chances are they'll come back later. Meanwhile in Disneyworld, a lot of people only go once in their lifetime. Those people may not come back for years, or never come back ever again. Disneyworld wants to avoid people getting upset, as they wouldn't be too happy to finally be able to visit and see the ride theyve been waiting for to be closed or not in its normal state. The question was asked on the Keys to the Kingdom Tour in Disneyworld and that was basically the answer given as to why it doesn't change during the year.
Wolffteeth That's too bad. And the fact that WDW is so big that it's way, way more expensive to stay at! Disney World is more for vacationers than it is for Florida residents.
The ride at Disneyland is only closed about 2 days, if that. But still, the point is there. It takes time. It’s a small world closes for a much longer time in my experience.
Ghostlyfawn true although it was planned for Disneyworld they actually shipped all the parts to Tokyo’s Haunted Mansion which is exact replica of the Disneyworld version which is really cool to see if you want to see how Disneyworlds would have been like
Being it's the closest park to me, I'm glad the changes are exclusive to Disneyland in America. If you still take suggestions, Indiana Jones Adventure Temple of the Forbidden Eye please!
I think recently they added pop up animatronics of lock shock and barrel into the mirrors at the end of the ride
No they didn't.
I know that Disneyland Paris is preparing their Christmas overlay for Phantom Manor (their version of Haunted Mansion)
Very amazing
I heard you say they brought the hatbox ghost in 2019?
No. He said they brought him back in 2015. And it was for Disneyland's 60th Anniversary celebration.