Quick correction about the piano effect at 9:24. The effect of the ghost's shadow on the floor actually _has been_ at the Magic Kingdom since opening day. So, apologies for that. Most of the pre-2007 HM ride-through's I looked at for confirmation were so dark you just couldn't tell, and the one with clear enough lighting must've been from when the effect wasn't working properly... Thanks to everyone who pointed that out and especially Cole Walker who provided this link with more info on the effect. strangefrighteningsoundsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/phantom-pianist.html
The shadow ghost with the piano were added to the attic in the '95 renovation. Which explains why I reneger it as always having been there. That was probably the first visit I can actively remember bits and pieces from (from an age standpoint) www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/how-disney-upgrades-the-haunted-mansion-to-scare-new-ge-1629644265/amp
I’m so beyond excited that they’re restoring Vincent Price’s original narration since it was one of his final media projects, and that footage of him in the recording booth and the sound engineer saying “aw jeeze!” at his famous laugh was absolutely precious.
The story also draws inspiration from the Phantom of the Opera in a lot of ways, and it’s even reflected in the score. The scene with Melanie as an old woman still in her wedding dress is taken from Great Expectations, and even the ballroom scene is reminiscent of a scene from John Webster’s the Duchess of Malfi, but that one’s a bit more of a stretch
Imagineers have chosen Vincent Price for Phantom Manor after listening MK's Thriller. During the test state of the ride, they put Vincent Price's laugh from Thriller over Phantom's animatronic. Then they really knew, he was the perfect voice for the ride.
Danny Elfman wrote the music for Mystic Manor in China and he even sings for the singing busts in English and the ride is in Mandarin and Cantonese as well
6FlagsAstroworld agreed! That Eddie Murphy version of the haunted mansion was such a let down. I was so excited when they announced it. And after seeing it I was like UMMMM 😐
Funny how you assume that most of your viewers probably won't be familiar with this version when as a French viewer, it's the very first attraction you review that I actually know. ^^ Keep on with the good work, your fans are everywhere. ;)
It would be interesting to do a history of the development of Ariel’s ride. I remember a virtual ride on the special edition anniversary of little mermaid. Also stuff like her hair changing from the ice cream hair to what’s there now.
I honestly think Phantom Manor is great but I never associated it with The Haunted Mansion. It was always just a separate entity altogether for me! Still gorgeous but so tragic whereas the original Mansion you can sort of cast off your worries at the end and have fun, in the Manor you just leave feeling heartbroken and sad for the bride!
I'm very excited to see the updates - especially for the story updates. Even though the official story says that the Phantom is supposed to be Henry Ravenswood, there are a lot of contradictions to that and, in general there's some confusion over his identity. But, according to the Imagineers, they'll finally reveal who he is once and for all. I'm looking forward to finally put it to rest, lol. Great video! I hope you cover the Tokyo mansion, soon.
I assume that's what they're planning to do with this refurbishment. I don't think there's much to say about the Tokyo version since it's really just the Magic Kingdom's version without the 2007 additions.
Great job on the video! After experiencing Phantom Manor in 2000, we were struck with a sense of melancholy: the imagineers did an outstanding job on this attraction and its story line. Unlike the Eddie Murphy feature film, I think this attraction's plot would make a far better movie. Who agrees?
Do a comparison video between the different versions of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! They've all got similar parts, but each version has something in it that makes them unique.
I mean seriously, starting from the base model in Disneyland, Florida is an almost identical mirror image but with a slightly longer track, and the flooded town of Tumbleweed before the second lift hill as opposed to Rainbow Ridge on the final brake run. Then there's Tokyo, which is also a mirror image of California's, but with an altered ending for the boneyard. And lastly Paris, which is based on the Florida ride, but set on an island in the Rivers of the Far West, with a washed out bridge before the second lift hill (which on the side of the ride facing Phantom Manor) and underwater tunnels to take trains to and from the station on the mainland.
I’ve always wanted to visit each and every version of The Haunted Mansion across the parks. As each having their own lore and story. Just wish that each interpretation would take into account the very culture in which the park resides. For instance the Paris park could’ve been an old 18th century chateau. The Tokyo edition an old Shogun style castle or Shiro. That would be really cool.
I love Phantom Manor, I went in sceptical that it could be that different to the Magic Kingdom incarnation but the whole thing feels a lot more gothic and... for want of a better word, European? Gutted I missed Vincent price narration but it's a reason to go back one day!
At first Vincent Price picture I was like "well.. it's a character that could be played by him".... I didn't know that was among his last works... so when he appeared in the boot... well I was near moving... I couldn't even hear the words... the soundtrack of Edward Scissorhands was in my mind and a deep sadness entangled me. It's actor like him that I'm missin' today...
It's so sad that Phantom Manor closed down for refurbishment in 2018 which is this year. I'm glad to hear that it's coming back in January 2019 which is next year. *clap* I haven't been to Disneyland Paris before, but I'm here to listen to the history of this dark ride. PLEASE keep these dark ride history videos coming. PLEASE do Splash Mountain Disneyland history when you get a chance to upload it on RUclips.
I don’t think I would say it’s better because they are just so different tonally. The haunted mansion had more of a scary haunted house vibe while phantom manor has more of a tragic haunted house vibe
I know you talked about the movie for "Haunted Mansion", but I was wondering if you could do a video for the "Tower of Terror" movie. It's a childhood tradition to watch it every Halloween with my Dad, and while it might not be a masterpiece, I think it's a good movie, especially for how low-budget it was. I was curious about what information you might be able to dig up.
Waw I did not know this, I'm from Belgium and this is the only Disney park I ever visited, and so the only Haunted House , It's so good! But I never knew it was so different.... thank you :)
It's horribly common for missing indigenous people (especially women) to either be found deceased, or never found at all in Canada. It's especially sad, given that she had disability issues. There really needs to be a massive change in the way that these cases get handled, because they're so often mishandled by law enforcement
It’s a second empire. A popular style of architecture in the western part of the USA during the 1850s. If you ever watch the film Giant with Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson... the house in the film is similar. Victorian homes are often always used in horror films because the Victorians sort of had a macabre fascination with death and the afterlife. The houses were ornate and elaborate in that time.
I wish it was opened when I visited on Halloween, but the Halloween event explained it. The happy haunts took over the Park for Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos
They really need to make this version of the ride into a film. I would say we need one on the Disneyland version, but...you know...that turned out wonderfully. This one could be the chance to be a fresh start. Still based on the same premise, but with a chance to do it differently, and much better.
The shadow of the pianist has existed in Magic Kingdom’s Haunted Mansion since it opened. (Although, I wish they would redo it as a rotoscoped or hand-drawn animation instead of the cheap and unconvincing cutout and spotlight.)
7:40 Vincent Price’s narration is back in Phantom Manor and has been for quite some time. Also, Phantom Manor is the ONLY mansion/manor where you enter through the front door of the house.
I love Disneyland Paris and first went on opening and been many times since. I don't remember the crystal ball part but do remember pretty much everything else but what I do remember is how much I liked how the manor looked compared to the one in Florida, feels more like a haunted mansion!
Besides the phantom piano player, I took one of the backstage tours and the guide told us that the pepper's ghost skulls floating out of the pipe organ in the ballroom were added in the big revamp in the 00's. Not true- they've also been there since opening day.
I want Disney to demolish the sunset showcase Theater to be a RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET trill ride using the same technology on Despicable Me Minion Mayhem at Universal Studios Hollywood and Florida the show Buliding will be connected to stage 17 because in show Buliding stage 17 is where the vehicles are gonna be for DISNEY CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE
care to do a video on visionland in (well near but still) Birmingham Alabama? I recall as a kid that they had this really cool dinasaur walk through that they just let rot to nothing, and the management of that Park has been an embarrassment to the state, which took control of it for a period of time. afaik it's mostly a water park these days
Walt sometimes made really bad choices. A run down house is what everyone wants to see with a haunted mansion. Living in Europe, this is one of the best dark rides I've ever been on, it might even be the best attraction in the entire park.
As someone who has rode the original mansion in California, I will say it's not perfect and it was a mix of various ideas, as told by various Disney staff/imaginers who have been apart of the ride. The problem was that after Walt died, they didn't know what direction to go which lead to what we have. A mix. It makes me wonder how it would have been even if they didn't go that route. Anyway, regarding the Manor, I think the manor has the most unique way in telling its own story, but still paying tribute to the ones before. It really has it's own charm and I sort of wish every mansion/manor started doing their own unique telling. However, I guess you gotta go with what's popular.
I personally don't think phantom manor is the best version of three ride due to its very dark atmosphere, when the origional idea for the ride is supposed to be a spooky, scary mix. But it overall is still an amazing ride and the backstory is one of the best!
I rode it in 92, 93, 94.. I was.. like 8, 9 and almost 10.. I kept my eyes closed then.. and moved back to the US in 94 and I regret being so scared as a child :( I wish I could go back and experience it now
In every instance of the Haunted Mansion/Phantom Manor, the ride is basically located in Frontierland and part of the Frontierland story (I’ll get to Tokyo and Hong Kong). New Orleans Square is a sub-area of Frontierland, and Liberty Square is what starts Frontierland off. Neither New Orleans Square nor Liberty Square exist, and exist where they do randomly. They are completely thematically connected to the American Frontier/Westward Expansion story of America. In Disneyland, the town buildings of Frontierland are meant to echo St. Louis, and when you board the Riverboat, it is as if you are traveling down the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans. In Tokyo and Hong Kong, the Mansions are not in Frontierland, but the other thing about the Mansions/Manors is that they all, each and every one of them, overlook the Rivers of America/Rivers of the Far West/Rivers of Adventure. When the Imagineers placed the Haunted Mansion in Tokyo, notice where the placed it? On the extreme far left of Fantasyland, as close to the Rivers of America as possible, and Mystic Manor was placed where it was, by the Imagineers, so it could sit atop a hill overlooking the Rivers of Adventure in Hong Kong Disneyland’s Adventureland. Each mansion/manor is placed where it is purposely to maintain a common thread of placement in some way, in each park.
why not? they were in a graveyard in the original. They still are in a graveyard here but UNDER it. This is because of the earthquake from the storyline of Phantom Manor!
The Singing Busts are iconic, so it'd be wrong to omit them. (Just like how this video points out that Madame Leota's presence doesn't really make sense within the Paris storyline)
It's probably one of three reasons: they fell down there during the Earthquake, we're already shifting into Phantom Canyon at that point, or it's too iconic not to have. It is a bit weird to have them in that specific spot but maybe the refurb will move the busts to a more appropriate place. Maybe flying around in seance scene doing some acapella? That would be at least a unique placement for them.
@@FantasmicDragon1 I admit the only thing that is put out of context by their location in PM is the song. Singing Grim Grinning ghosts in that skeleton lounge is weird, since....there no ghosts there. Only corpses. You know the seance circle would be not only unique for them to be but also make more sense. I mean they sing that song and right after we enter the ballroom which is LOADED with ghosts! On the other hand, they take over Leota's spotlight and this might result in 5 iconic characters fighting for attention, resulting in a cluttered scene. You could also put the busts in Phantom Canyon itself! There are ghosts there, between the zombie townfolk. It makes more sense than the skeleton lounge. I doubt they would make big changes in PM, besides just cleaning the place up and fixing the animatronics and scenery. I mean that's the result of last refurb, the hellhound just appeared and disappeared constantly. I hate to backlash Disneyland Paris or anything but from what I've observed they really dont maintain their existing rides very well. Ive been there several times in a few years and évery single time I visited PM there was at least 1 animatronic, absent or not working or 1 effect malfunctioning. PM deserves better than that and i do look forward to the new refurb...but can't help but feel a lill bit cynical.
i have been on the phantom manor ride though the thing that scared me was not the phantom but the dog that looks like its about to leap at you. oh and the portraits that were borrowed from haunted mansion.
Out of all the Manson's I have been on Phantom Manor is the best I have been on!!! ... Saying that the only other on I have been on is the one in LA and That was over New Years so It still has the Xmas Stuff in it XD
If the Del-Toro 'HM' -movie goes through somehow, I hope it'll be based on this ride's story! P.S. To Disney; I love everything about the recent re-ferb, except the ending. It's Disney! So I expect a happy one!
Quick correction about the piano effect at 9:24. The effect of the ghost's shadow on the floor actually _has been_ at the Magic Kingdom since opening day. So, apologies for that.
Most of the pre-2007 HM ride-through's I looked at for confirmation were so dark you just couldn't tell, and the one with clear enough lighting must've been from when the effect wasn't working properly...
Thanks to everyone who pointed that out and especially Cole Walker who provided this link with more info on the effect. strangefrighteningsoundsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/phantom-pianist.html
The shadow ghost with the piano were added to the attic in the '95 renovation. Which explains why I reneger it as always having been there. That was probably the first visit I can actively remember bits and pieces from (from an age standpoint)
www.google.com/amp/s/gizmodo.com/how-disney-upgrades-the-haunted-mansion-to-scare-new-ge-1629644265/amp
Park Ride History hey do Disney’s California Adventure ride Orange Stinger.
What about Tokyo & SHangha?
Just like the addition of the piano ghost to Disneyland in turn In same was as hat box ghost was after all that!
Two requests:
Mystic Manor (Hong Kong)
Tokyo
I’m so beyond excited that they’re restoring Vincent Price’s original narration since it was one of his final media projects, and that footage of him in the recording booth and the sound engineer saying “aw jeeze!” at his famous laugh was absolutely precious.
Agree! That made me thrilled to know that the original english narration is going to be put back into the attraction.
I'm so jealous that France gets the Vincent Price narrator. He is my favorite actor of all time and I love his voice.
Hey, I’m a pretty good actor of my time. You should watch my films from the 40’s. I do agree with you, though.
Not anymore sadly.
@@apex2000 Disneyland Paris does still have Vincent Price’s narration. It was added back in during the refurbishment.
MYSTIC MANOR NEXT. I DONT CARE THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED I WANT TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT ITS HISTORY.
Agreed. Mystic Manor is a phenomenal attraction and deserves its own video. 😃
Yeah Disney Dan Is here 😀
I make Phantom Manor number one ride on my list
I'm a huge fan of you Disney Dan can you sign my autograph in the comments
gillian day@@bridgetmistryable
The story also draws inspiration from the Phantom of the Opera in a lot of ways, and it’s even reflected in the score. The scene with Melanie as an old woman still in her wedding dress is taken from Great Expectations, and even the ballroom scene is reminiscent of a scene from John Webster’s the Duchess of Malfi, but that one’s a bit more of a stretch
This is the BEST version of the ride! Do this ride everyday of your stay and you’ll see something different
I never missed a day of it on my last stay
I'm so glad the original Vincent Price narration will be coming back!
Yes! I hate what they did to him 😩
Emma Wright what did they do to them
I love the close up of the Jake figure the phantom is hanging. I've never seen it before!
Vincent Price is such iconic actor in the horror genre. Did you all know that he even did that narration in Michael Jackson's music video, "Thriller"?
MrGameutopia1 I do
Imagineers have chosen Vincent Price for Phantom Manor after listening MK's Thriller. During the test state of the ride, they put Vincent Price's laugh from Thriller over Phantom's animatronic. Then they really knew, he was the perfect voice for the ride.
The Mayor of Phantom Canyon uses a mold of the Dreamfinder animatronic from the original Journey into Imagination with Figment at Epcot.
Been visiting Disneyland Paris since I was a kid. Been 15+ times, hold such a special place in my heart.
Danny Elfman wrote the music for Mystic Manor in China and he even sings for the singing busts in English and the ride is in Mandarin and Cantonese as well
he did? what a genius fellow!
This version would make a wayyy better movie than the eddie murphy one
6FlagsAstroworld agreed! That Eddie Murphy version of the haunted mansion was such a let down. I was so excited when they announced it. And after seeing it I was like UMMMM 😐
We agreed.
I absolutely agree. I'm sort of crushed they haven't tried something like this yet.
maybe in the future they may create something like that.
6FlagsAstroworld duh 🙄
Funny how you assume that most of your viewers probably won't be familiar with this version when as a French viewer, it's the very first attraction you review that I actually know. ^^
Keep on with the good work, your fans are everywhere. ;)
It would be interesting to do a history of the development of Ariel’s ride. I remember a virtual ride on the special edition anniversary of little mermaid. Also stuff like her hair changing from the ice cream hair to what’s there now.
I honestly think Phantom Manor is great but I never associated it with The Haunted Mansion. It was always just a separate entity altogether for me! Still gorgeous but so tragic whereas the original Mansion you can sort of cast off your worries at the end and have fun, in the Manor you just leave feeling heartbroken and sad for the bride!
same here! how tragic and how romantic only a lot more dark!
It's my favorite ride, i just end up leaving statisfied lol.
same here Neils@@user-ey9uj6vp9s
Darci u never associated it w/ the haunted mansion? It’s almost the exact same ride experience
yeah almost@@mynameiskrysta
I'm very excited to see the updates - especially for the story updates. Even though the official story says that the Phantom is supposed to be Henry Ravenswood, there are a lot of contradictions to that and, in general there's some confusion over his identity. But, according to the Imagineers, they'll finally reveal who he is once and for all. I'm looking forward to finally put it to rest, lol.
Great video! I hope you cover the Tokyo mansion, soon.
I assume that's what they're planning to do with this refurbishment.
I don't think there's much to say about the Tokyo version since it's really just the Magic Kingdom's version without the 2007 additions.
Plot twist: Turns out the Phantom was a random nobody who was a rival to the groom and also in love with the bride and died from the earthquake.
@@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102 It's in fantasyland next to Dumbo which is weird.
I watch your videos
Great job on the video! After experiencing Phantom Manor in 2000, we were struck with a sense of melancholy: the imagineers did an outstanding job on this attraction and its story line.
Unlike the Eddie Murphy feature film, I think this attraction's plot would make a far better movie. Who agrees?
Truth be told, I never get tired of watching this video ever
One of my favorite bits from the ghost town scene is the invisible cowboys playing poker because one has an ace in his boot.
Do a comparison video between the different versions of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! They've all got similar parts, but each version has something in it that makes them unique.
How's Frank?
I mean seriously, starting from the base model in Disneyland, Florida is an almost identical mirror image but with a slightly longer track, and the flooded town of Tumbleweed before the second lift hill as opposed to Rainbow Ridge on the final brake run.
Then there's Tokyo, which is also a mirror image of California's, but with an altered ending for the boneyard.
And lastly Paris, which is based on the Florida ride, but set on an island in the Rivers of the Far West, with a washed out bridge before the second lift hill (which on the side of the ride facing Phantom Manor) and underwater tunnels to take trains to and from the station on the mainland.
What Disneyland Paris version unique is it plays a huge role on the storyline of Phantom Manor and Thunder Mesa (Frontierland).
Thank you for covering Phantom Manor, I always love this ride as always! I can't wait for the updated version of the ride to see.
it will be refurbished in feb 2019
I’ve always wanted to visit each and every version of The Haunted Mansion across the parks. As each having their own lore and story. Just wish that each interpretation would take into account the very culture in which the park resides. For instance the Paris park could’ve been an old 18th century chateau. The Tokyo edition an old Shogun style castle or Shiro. That would be really cool.
Phantom Manor is, by far, my favorite version of the ride.
Your videos are very well made.
I love Phantom Manor, I went in sceptical that it could be that different to the Magic Kingdom incarnation but the whole thing feels a lot more gothic and... for want of a better word, European?
Gutted I missed Vincent price narration but it's a reason to go back one day!
At first Vincent Price picture I was like "well.. it's a character that could be played by him".... I didn't know that was among his last works... so when he appeared in the boot... well I was near moving... I couldn't even hear the words... the soundtrack of Edward Scissorhands was in my mind and a deep sadness entangled me.
It's actor like him that I'm missin' today...
First! Happy Halloween Park Ride History!
Phantom Star Productions not first
It's so sad that Phantom Manor closed down for refurbishment in 2018 which is this year. I'm glad to hear that it's coming back in January 2019 which is next year. *clap* I haven't been to Disneyland Paris before, but I'm here to listen to the history of this dark ride. PLEASE keep these dark ride history videos coming. PLEASE do Splash Mountain Disneyland history when you get a chance to upload it on RUclips.
Andrea Patane it’s still not open
I have just come back from there and it is still shut
Lisa Bourke how about now
I don’t think I would say it’s better because they are just so different tonally. The haunted mansion had more of a scary haunted house vibe while phantom manor has more of a tragic haunted house vibe
In which it's way more relatable to be called as "haunted house" on PM. Most haunted houses in the world are known for it's tragic background stories.
I know you talked about the movie for "Haunted Mansion", but I was wondering if you could do a video for the "Tower of Terror" movie. It's a childhood tradition to watch it every Halloween with my Dad, and while it might not be a masterpiece, I think it's a good movie, especially for how low-budget it was. I was curious about what information you might be able to dig up.
Low-budget enough that they actually used the Florida ride for exteriors....
@@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102 Did they really? I mean thinking back to it I can definitely see it lol
well, why can't they do a film about Phantom Manor?
@@gillianday4804 I agree instead of all the live versions they've been making!
@@Bubbles-n-Lipgloss yeah
GAHHHHH I wanna go to Paris 😭 I’ve been going to Anaheim Disney for ten years now and I’ve been dying to got to another park
Id just like to go to any Disneyland 😓
Waw I did not know this, I'm from Belgium and this is the only Disney park I ever visited, and so the only Haunted House , It's so good! But I never knew it was so different.... thank you :)
YES!!!
PHANTOM MANOR!!!
Wow that makes alot more sense when you learn something new thanks park ride history.
It's horribly common for missing indigenous people (especially women) to either be found deceased, or never found at all in Canada. It's especially sad, given that she had disability issues. There really needs to be a massive change in the way that these cases get handled, because they're so often mishandled by law enforcement
Is it just me or does Phantom Manor look like The Bates Manor from Psycho and Bates Motel
I hadn't thought of that till the video mentioned it as an inspiration but now I can't unsee it
It’s a second empire. A popular style of architecture in the western part of the USA during the 1850s. If you ever watch the film Giant with Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson... the house in the film is similar. Victorian homes are often always used in horror films because the Victorians sort of had a macabre fascination with death and the afterlife. The houses were ornate and elaborate in that time.
Kelly Henderson Wow that is really cool thx for telling me🙂
exact resemblance baby!
From what i've read it's inspired by the 3rd Ward School in Virginia City, but alot of people say it looks like the Pyscho house!
Love your vids man. Can't wait to see what you cover next.
I wish it was opened when I visited on Halloween, but the Halloween event explained it.
The happy haunts took over the Park for Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos
I love this version of the ride so much I want to stay 👻👻👻👻👻👻
This is one of my fav,.. And I find it always fun that its as old as me.
They really need to make this version of the ride into a film. I would say we need one on the Disneyland version, but...you know...that turned out wonderfully. This one could be the chance to be a fresh start. Still based on the same premise, but with a chance to do it differently, and much better.
Went on it almost thirty times in one week visit to Paris
Will you do a video on the new refurb and the new additions???
💀💀💀
The shadow of the pianist has existed in Magic Kingdom’s Haunted Mansion since it opened.
(Although, I wish they would redo it as a rotoscoped or hand-drawn animation instead of the cheap and unconvincing cutout and spotlight.)
Honestly i know Walt didn't want a run down house in his parks but to me The Phantom Manor has the best exterior.
Phantom Manor is the best I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7:40 Vincent Price’s narration is back in Phantom Manor and has been for quite some time. Also, Phantom Manor is the ONLY mansion/manor where you enter through the front door of the house.
Henry Ravenswood is Vincent Price.
Loving this video so interesting
I love Disneyland Paris and first went on opening and been many times since. I don't remember the crystal ball part but do remember pretty much everything else but what I do remember is how much I liked how the manor looked compared to the one in Florida, feels more like a haunted mansion!
The Phantom Manor looks like one of the mansions from Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon!
I would love more scene by scene videos! You have my sub!
00:19 how is phantom manor infamous? Surely it’s the most positively regarded of all the haunted mansion attractions?
Besides the phantom piano player, I took one of the backstage tours and the guide told us that the pepper's ghost skulls floating out of the pipe organ in the ballroom were added in the big revamp in the 00's. Not true- they've also been there since opening day.
You should talk more about the non-American parks
You micht know that there has been a big refurbishment and it opend again in 2019. Maybe you can tell about that in october this year.
When you first showed the fathers portrait, my first thought was. “Huh, Vincent price” and then I find out he was in the ride, lol
my favourite ride. rode it twice. I'll never forget it.
kind of a goth to that ride. I could ride it forever.
same here including the poor Melanie's melancholy songs while looking for her sweetheart groom.@Tay Woode
Biggest question is will phantom manor get the nightmare before christmas overlay
I work at disneyland paris, i cant wait for phantom to reopen 🗼👻👻👻👻👻👻😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜
James Sykes when is it reopening? I’m there near the end of May and I’m hoping that it’s reopened by then
It is the best, most scary front! 😍
Make a ride History of California Scremin’!! Please!!
Best haunted mansion version ever aha 😁
Do the history of MUPPET ViSiON 3-D DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE (2001-2014) 🐸🐷🐭🐰🐻🍿😎🕶🎭🎉🎊
That would be a fantastic video! Great idea! We love Muppet Vision 3D. Miss that show.
🐸🐷🐭🐰😎🎭🎉🎊🕶
I want Disney to demolish the sunset showcase Theater to be a RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET trill ride using the same technology on Despicable Me Minion Mayhem at Universal Studios Hollywood and Florida the show Buliding will be connected to stage 17 because in show Buliding stage 17 is where the vehicles are gonna be for DISNEY CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE
Agreed!
Will you talk about Mystic manor at all? despite it having vary little nods to the mansions.
Great video!!!
care to do a video on visionland in (well near but still) Birmingham Alabama? I recall as a kid that they had this really cool dinasaur walk through that they just let rot to nothing, and the management of that Park has been an embarrassment to the state, which took control of it for a period of time. afaik it's mostly a water park these days
I remember reading that the items in the Gazebo originally moved as if to mimic Poltergeist movement but later on, they stopped.
Walt sometimes made really bad choices.
A run down house is what everyone wants to see with a haunted mansion.
Living in Europe, this is one of the best dark rides I've ever been on, it might even be the best attraction in the entire park.
could you do more disneyland paris please?
Can u do that submarine ride that was later turned to Nemo
As someone who has rode the original mansion in California, I will say it's not perfect and it was a mix of various ideas, as told by various Disney staff/imaginers who have been apart of the ride. The problem was that after Walt died, they didn't know what direction to go which lead to what we have. A mix. It makes me wonder how it would have been even if they didn't go that route. Anyway, regarding the Manor, I think the manor has the most unique way in telling its own story, but still paying tribute to the ones before. It really has it's own charm and I sort of wish every mansion/manor started doing their own unique telling. However, I guess you gotta go with what's popular.
I personally don't think phantom manor is the best version of three ride due to its very dark atmosphere, when the origional idea for the ride is supposed to be a spooky, scary mix. But it overall is still an amazing ride and the backstory is one of the best!
Next to Morgan Freeman, Vincent Price has one of the most instantly recognizable voices of all time. I'm glad that it will live on at Disney.
It's the Big Thunder Mining Company at 2:24, Thunder Mesa Mining Company doesn't exist in the land.
I hear that Phantom Manor will be getting a new story with this refurbishment.
I rode it in 92, 93, 94.. I was.. like 8, 9 and almost 10.. I kept my eyes closed then.. and moved back to the US in 94 and I regret being so scared as a child :( I wish I could go back and experience it now
I'm going to Disneyland Paris for my honeymoon next November. I can't wait! Hope its up and running
Melissa2087 have fun
I wonder what would happen if Melanie met Constance (Beating Heart Bride)
Can you come back to do a "before and after" comparison between the original Phantom Manor and the new one?
They've turned Melanie into a boyfriend collector 😣
DO MISTIC MANOR NEXT
In every instance of the Haunted Mansion/Phantom Manor, the ride is basically located in Frontierland and part of the Frontierland story (I’ll get to Tokyo and Hong Kong). New Orleans Square is a sub-area of Frontierland, and Liberty Square is what starts Frontierland off. Neither New Orleans Square nor Liberty Square exist, and exist where they do randomly. They are completely thematically connected to the American Frontier/Westward Expansion story of America. In Disneyland, the town buildings of Frontierland are meant to echo St. Louis, and when you board the Riverboat, it is as if you are traveling down the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans. In Tokyo and Hong Kong, the Mansions are not in Frontierland, but the other thing about the Mansions/Manors is that they all, each and every one of them, overlook the Rivers of America/Rivers of the Far West/Rivers of Adventure. When the Imagineers placed the Haunted Mansion in Tokyo, notice where the placed it? On the extreme far left of Fantasyland, as close to the Rivers of America as possible, and Mystic Manor was placed where it was, by the Imagineers, so it could sit atop a hill overlooking the Rivers of Adventure in Hong Kong Disneyland’s Adventureland. Each mansion/manor is placed where it is purposely to maintain a common thread of placement in some way, in each park.
I’m not sure if this will be featured in the video but Phantom Manor look a lot like the bates house from the movie Psycho.
Phantom Manor is my favorite of the haunted mansions (I haven't seen the Asian ones yet).
11:30 why tf did they even put the busts there, makes no sense for them to be there
why not? they were in a graveyard in the original. They still are in a graveyard here but UNDER it. This is because of the earthquake from the storyline of Phantom Manor!
The Singing Busts are iconic, so it'd be wrong to omit them. (Just like how this video points out that Madame Leota's presence doesn't really make sense within the Paris storyline)
It's probably one of three reasons: they fell down there during the Earthquake, we're already shifting into Phantom Canyon at that point, or it's too iconic not to have. It is a bit weird to have them in that specific spot but maybe the refurb will move the busts to a more appropriate place. Maybe flying around in seance scene doing some acapella? That would be at least a unique placement for them.
@@FantasmicDragon1 I admit the only thing that is put out of context by their location in PM is the song. Singing Grim Grinning ghosts in that skeleton lounge is weird, since....there no ghosts there. Only corpses. You know the seance circle would be not only unique for them to be but also make more sense. I mean they sing that song and right after we enter the ballroom which is LOADED with ghosts! On the other hand, they take over Leota's spotlight and this might result in 5 iconic characters fighting for attention, resulting in a cluttered scene.
You could also put the busts in Phantom Canyon itself! There are ghosts there, between the zombie townfolk. It makes more sense than the skeleton lounge.
I doubt they would make big changes in PM, besides just cleaning the place up and fixing the animatronics and scenery. I mean that's the result of last refurb, the hellhound just appeared and disappeared constantly. I hate to backlash Disneyland Paris or anything but from what I've observed they really dont maintain their existing rides very well. Ive been there several times in a few years and évery single time I visited PM there was at least 1 animatronic, absent or not working or 1 effect malfunctioning.
PM deserves better than that and i do look forward to the new refurb...but can't help but feel a lill bit cynical.
because they sang Grim Grinning Ghosts
Yes do a video on mystic manor!
i have been on the phantom manor ride though the thing that scared me was not the phantom but the dog that looks like its about to leap at you. oh and the portraits that were borrowed from haunted mansion.
didn't you have a video on River Country?
1rhpsfan yes he does
You should do Mystic Manor!
So, Henry is really Vincent Price in disguise?
Not such a good disguise; look at his portrait.
Are we sure the shadow of the ghost playing the piano wasn't in already place in the MK HM pre-2007 refurb? I swear it was there long before then...
Please do Mystic Manor
Out of all the Manson's I have been on Phantom Manor is the best I have been on!!! ... Saying that the only other on I have been on is the one in LA and That was over New Years so It still has the Xmas Stuff in it XD
If the Del-Toro 'HM' -movie goes through somehow, I hope it'll be based on this ride's story! P.S. To Disney; I love everything about the recent re-ferb, except the ending. It's Disney! So I expect a happy one!
Just remember Jeff Burke famously said "Folks relax, there is no story, its just a ride. Enjoy it!"
I like Phantom Manor
11:18 You go underground because the intent is that YOU are descending into the freshly dug open grave.
I had never been on this ride, but I watched a video. I thought it was very good, but it was creepy.
PHANTOM MANOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!