Changes
During the time the Haunted Mansion was being finalized in Disneyland, plans for a identical version in the not yet open Walt Disney World. Props and sets for the Disneyland Haunted Mansion were copied and shipped to Florida. Unlike the Disneyland version however, the Haunted Mansion was set in the American Northeast, not New Orleans (due to the fact that Liberty Square replaced New Orleans Square in Walt Disney World). The change in location is evident in the architecture. Unlike the Gothic feel of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion, the version in Walt Disney World is built with a colonial/Hudson River Valley architecture. In fact, the Harry Peacher Mansion in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania was the influence for the Disney World Haunted Mansion. The Haunted Mansion opened with the park on October 1, 1971.
==Attraction Plot==
The Haunted Mansion takes guests through an aging Hudson River Valley mansion where 999 ghosts live and roam about.
===The Queue===
===The Foyer===
The first room that guests see when entering the mansion is the Foyer. The Foyer has orange wall paper, wood finish and is dimly lit by candle chandeliers. Guests may notice a organ playing in the background, although none is seen. On the left side of the Foyer is a fireplace with a potrait of a young man hung above it. If guests watch the portrait they will notice that the man appears to be aging before their eyes. The potrait of the man changes in succession of steps from a young man into a rotting skeletal corps. In the Foyer the Ghost Host greets the guests saying,
"When hinges creak in doorless chambers. When strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls. Whenever candlelights flicker when the air is deathly still... That is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight. - The Ghost Host"
