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===Origin in Disneyland=== Like many of the original Magic Kingdom attractions, the Haunted Mansion began as an idea for Disneyland. Before the park was even built, Walt Disney and artist Harper Goff were working on an idea for a haunted house type attraction. The original sketch by Goff, was titled , "Church Graveyard and Haunted House", and featured a Gothic style mansion on top of a hill<ref> http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/06/08/the-horrifying-history-of-the-haunted-mansions-hatbox-ghost-part-1/ </ref>. The original haunted house attraction was originally envisioned as a walkthrough attraction , in which guests would see various haunted scenes<ref name= "DoomBuggies1"> http://www.doombuggies.com/history1.php </ref>. Some of the original ideas for the attraction included : a ghostly sea captain who killed his wife, an unfortunate family living in the mansion, and a ghost wedding which would have featured various Disney ghosts and villains including, Captain Hook, the Lonesome Ghosts, and the Headless Horseman<ref name= "DoomBuggies1"/>.[[Image:MansionConcept2.png|400px|thumb|The idea of a ghostly bride was a part of the Haunted Mansion's early design]]

The When the addition of the Haunted Mansion was being planned for Disneyland, the Mansion was going to be located off a crooked alley on Mainstreet USA and then FrontierlandMain Street <ref name= DoomBuggies1/>. Soon however, but plans for the project was eventually Mansion were put on hold. When , and when Disneyland opened in 1955, The Haunted Mansion was nowhere to be found. The Despite this, shortly after Disneyland opened the Haunted Mansion project was brought back however when into the spotlight. In 1958, Walt Disney decided in 1958 that he wanted to expand create an expansion for Disneyland with a new land called "New “New Orleans SquareSquare”. The Haunted Mansion was chosen as one of the attractions for the new area <ref name= "DoomBuggies1"/>, and construction began in 1962 <ref name= "DoomBuggies2"> http://www.doombuggies.com/history3.php </ref>.

Construction on From the Haunted Mansion took place in 1962beginning however, put problems plagued began to plaque the new attractionHaunted Mansion project. Story line problems were a constant for the Haunted Mansionattraction, and in 1964 Disney's attention was turned towards the World New York World’s Fair instead of Disneyland. Another blow to the struggling project came in 1965 when Walt Disney, the driving force behind the project , died<ref name= "DoomBuggies2"/>. With Walt gone, Imageneers Imagineers were divided about what tone to give the mansionHaunted Mansion. Imagineer Marc Davis wanted to present the ride in a comical matter, (giving the mansion attraction a lighter tone. Another Imagineer, ) while Claude Counts Coats thought the Haunted Mansion should be a real haunted house with a dark and wanted to give the ride a darker ominous tone. Eventually, Imagineers decided on a compromise. The beginning of the attraction was given a darker tone, and had scarier ghosts. Later in the attraction while the ghosts latter half would become be more "silly" and the feature a "swinging wake" would begin<ref> http://www.doombuggies.com/history4.php </ref>. Imagineers also decided to make the attraction Haunted Mansion a dark ride, with "Doom Buggies" as the attractions vehicles. The (the change from walkthrough to dark ride helped solve the problem of guest capacity in the Haunted Mansion) <ref> http://www.doombuggies.com/history4.php </ref>.

With the story line and tone of the Haunted Mansion finally decided, the attraction Haunted Mansion officially opened in Disneyland on August 9, 1969.===Museum of the Weird===When the Haunted Mansion was originally being developed by Walt Disney and the Imagineers, Walt and Imagineer Rolly Grump came up with the idea for a Museum of the Weird. The Museum would have doubled as a restaurant and would have been located near the entrance to the attraction. Rolly Grump came up with various ideas for the museum including coffin clocks, candle men, man-eating plants, tiki busts, a faced mirror and a "living gypsy cart". With the death of Walt Disney and the subsequent uncertainty about the tone of the attraction, the idea for the Museum of the Weird was eventually scrapped.

Although the ====Museum of the Weird was never built, ====One of the other ideas from for the Haunted Mansion that Rolly and Walt explored, was the Museum of the Weird. The museum can was to be found within a part of the entrance and queue to the Haunted Mansion itself. Examples Showing guests various oddities "discovered" around the world, the Museum of this includethe Weird would also have doubled as a restaurant (similar to Disneyland's Blue Bayou restaurant which is connected to [[Pirates of the Caribbean]]) <ref> http: //www.doombuggies.com/history2.php </ref> [[Image:Crump.jpg|400px|thumb|Rolly Crump working on models for the Haunted Mansion]]. Rolly Crump came up with various ideas for the museum including: coffin clocks, candle men, man-eating plants, tiki busts, a mirror with a face, and a "living gypsy cart". With the death of Walt Disney and the subsequent uncertainty about the tone of the attraction however, the Museum of the Weird portion of the attraction was eventually scrapped.

* The red chair that appears to have face*The wallpaper in the "Corridor of Doors" with various faces and eyes.* The gypsy cart that sells merchandise outside of the Disney World Haunted Mansion {originally a similar cart would have been located in the Museum of the Weird and would have interacted with guests}. <ref> http://www.doombuggies.com/history2.php </ref>

*The gypsy cart that sells merchandise outside of the ===Disney World Construction===During the time the Haunted Mansion. Originally a similar cart would have been located was being finalized in Disneyland, plans were made for the Museum creation of an identical version in the Weird and would have interacted (not yet open) Magic Kingdom. Unlike the Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion however, the Haunted Mansion in Walt Disney World was set in the American Northeast, not New Orleans (due to the fact that Liberty Square replaced New Orleans Square in the parks design). The change in location is evident when looking at the attraction’s architecture, which took on a colonial or Hudson River Valley style <ref> http://www.haunteddimensions.raykeim.com/index335.html </ref>. The Haunted Mansion opened with gueststhe rest of the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971 <ref> http://thisdayindisneyhistory.homestead.com/disneyworldgrandopening.html </ref>.

===Disney ImagineersChanges Since Opening Day===The main Disney Imageneers that worked on Throughout the designing and construction attractions first 35 years, the Haunted Mansion saw a relatively few number of changes. Most notably, during this period, the original bride figure was replaced first in the late 1970s/early 1980s and again in the mid 1990s <ref> https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2010/05/here-comes-bride-part-three-two-lost.html </ref>. In 2006 however, the Haunted Mansion wereclosed for its fist extensive refurbishment. At this time,[[Image:brides.png|400px|thumb|The original Bride figures. Photo: Long-Forgotten Haunted Mansion. Alt= Haunted Mansion Brides]]

*Harper Goff (original sketches and design)The exterior of the mansion was repainted

*Ken Anderson (storyline)The queue received a new canopy

*Yale Gracy & Rolly Grump (special effects)The foyer received new wood and carpet. Furthermore the Master Gracey portrait was digitized

*Claude Counts The Sinister Eleven portraits were moved to the load area and a couple other spots around the attraction. In their place (plot/storylinethe first hallway that the Doom Buggies travel down), new portraits which change when lightning strikes were added.

*Blane Gibson (sculpting-many Most notably however, during the refurbishment the Haunted Mansion's attic scene was reworked. At this time, a new bride named Constance Hatchaway was added to the attraction, and the attic was rethemed to reflect her dark backstory. When entering the attic the Doom Buggies now passed three portraits of Constance and a different husband surrounded by their wedding gifts. As guests pass by, the ghosts including heads of each groom disappear. At the hitchhiking ghosts end of the attic, guests come face to face with Constance who ominously references her wedding vows, while making a hatchet appear in her hands. With the addition of the Constance backstory, the original bride figure and the singing busts "pop-up" ghosts that were sculpted by Blane Gibson)originally found in the attic were removed.

Other Imagineers who contributed to the creation of In October 2010 the Haunted Mansion include Harriet Burns closed for refurbishment. At this time, the attraction's queue was overhauled and given new interactive elements <ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/03/video-sneak-peek-haunted-mansion-interactive-queue-at-magic-kingdom-park/ </ref>. When the queue reopened it featured an interactive cemetery, which now housed a sea captain's crypt, a composers crypt, a family of headstones, and X Atencioa library crypt.

===On July 11, 2022, Disney World Construction=== During announced that the time Hatbox Ghost would be added to the Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion was being finalized Manson in Disneyland, plans for a identical version in the not yet open Walt Disney World2023 <ref> https://www. Props and sets for the Disneyland Haunted Mansion were copied and shipped to Floridawdwmagic. Unlike the Disneyland version however, the Haunted Mansion was set in the American Northeast, not New Orleans (due com/attractions/haunted-mansion/news/11sep2022-hatbox-ghost-coming-to the fact that Liberty Square replaced New Orleans Square in Walt Disney World)-walt-disney-worlds-haunted-mansion.htm </ref>. The change in location is evident in the architecture. Unlike the Gothic feel of the Hatbox Ghost was originally designed for Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion, but was removed shortly after the version in Walt Disney World is built with a colonial/Hudson River Valley architectureattraction opened as the intended effect did not work. In fact2015, the Harry Peacher Mansion in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania figure was returned to the influence for Disneyland version of the Disney World Haunted Mansion. The Haunted Mansion opened with the park on October 1, 1971. ==Attraction Plot==The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride which takes guests through an aging Hudson River Valley mansion where 999 ghosts live and roam about.

The original queue for the Haunted Mansion featured a hillside graveyard full of humorous tombstones. In 2010 however, the queue was given an overhaul. Now when guests reach a certain point in the line, (the former location of the turnstiles), they have the option of going splitting off to the left or right. If they go The path on their right, they will go leads guests directly into the mansion, but if they attraction. If guests choose to go the leftside however, guests they can experience what Disney calls the new "graveyard queue".

In [[Image:Busts.jpg|thumb|400px|The family of busts in the new Haunted Mansion queue.]]If guests choose the graveyard queue , one of the first things that guests will they see is a family of marble busts. Besides showing the faces of the various family members, the busts have also a depiction of a small weapon and a humorous epitaph. When guests pass, each bust will whisper a clue as to who killed them. It is up to guests to solve the mystery and find out who killed who. The family is comprised of(epitaph in quotes):

*Bertie - Avid –“Avid hunter and expert shot, in the end that’s what he got.”

*Aunt Florence - Never – “Never did a dishonorable deed. Yet was found face down in canary seed.”

*Uncle Jacob - Greed – “Greed was the poison he had swallowed. He went first, the others followed. His killer’s face he surely knew, now try to discover who killed who.”

*The Twins, Wellington & Forsythia - Departed – “Departed life while in their beds, with identical bumps on identical heads.”

*Cousin Maude - Our – “Our sleeping beauty, who never awoke , the night her dreams went up in smoke.”

When ===The Composer's Crypt===Continuing on through the queue guests pass by a series of crypts, beginning with the bustsComposer's Crypt. Here, each bust will whisper musical instruments are carved into both sides of a clue crypt and when they are pushed; the instrument plays a portion of the attractions theme song "Grim Grinning Ghosts". One side of the crypt features basic instruments (such as those used by the band in the graveyard scene), while the other side features more ghoulish looking instruments. The Composers Crypt also features a large pipe organ (identical to who killed themthe one in the Ballroom scene) with banshee heads and a red-eyed raven sitting atop it. It is up When guests push the keys to the organ it plays “Grim Grinning Ghosts” while also shooting guests with a blast of mist. The organ is engraved with the name "Ravenscroft" which is a reference to solve Thurl Ravenscroft, the mystery and find out who killed wholead vocalist of the singing busts in the Graveyard scene.

===The Composer Sea Captain's Crypt===[[Image:sea.jpg|400px|thumb|The first of three crypts that guests will pass is the ComposerSea Captain's Crypt. Here musical instruments are carved into the sides of the crypt. When pushed on the musical instruments play a portion of the attractions theme song "Grim Grinning Ghosts". One side of the crypt features basic instruments (such as those used by the band in the graveyard scene), while the other side features more ghoulish looking instruments.]]

The Composers Crypt also features a large pipe organ (identical to the one next crypt that guests come upon in the Ballroom scene) which plays Grim Grinning Ghosts when they keys are pushed queue is the Sea Captains. An inscription on. The keys also shoot a blast of mist at guests, often surprising them. The top of the organ features banshee heads and a red-eyed raven. crypt reads:

The organ is engraved with the name {{Quotation| "Ravenscroft" who is the lead vocalist of the singing busts Here floats Captain Culpepper Clyne, allergic to dirt so he’s pickled in brine. He braved the Graveyard scenesea and all her wrath, but drowned on land while taking a bath. "}}

===The When looking at the Sea Captain Crypt===, guests will notice that his arms, leg and hat are all sticking out of his green crypt. The next crypt that seems to be full of water, and water flows out of cracks in the crypt and squirts guests come upon is as they walk by. The Sea Captain can be also heard singing a "drunken sailor" song, and from time to time even sneezes, shooting water everywhere. On the more morbid side, the Sea Captain'scan also be heard drowning as bubbles rush to the top of the crypt. An inscription on Finally, if guests try to plug one of the many holes in the crypt reads", another one will begin to leak.

{{Quotation| "Here floats Captain Culpepper Clyne. Allergic to dirt so he’s pickled ===The Library Crypt===The final crypt guests come across in brinethe Haunted Mansion queue is the library crypt. He braved Two sides of this crypt look like the sea bookcases found inside the mansion, which hold haunted books that move in and all her wrath but drowned out by themselves. Guests can also push the books, adding some entertainment for younger guests. More importantly however the books on land while taking the cases are marked with ghostly symbols, which gives guests a bathletter, giving them the task of deciphering the message that the books spell out."}}

The Sea Captain's arms, leg and hat are all sticking out third side of his green the library cryptfeatures a glowing book surrounded by decaying flowers. The crypt seems to be full of waterIn the book, as water comes out the ghost of cracks in the crypt and squirts guests. The Sea Captain can be heard singing a "drunken sailorPoetess Prudence Pock" song, and from time is working on her poetry. Prudence will usually need guests to time even sneezeshelp her finish the poems, shooting water everywhereby giving her rhyming words. On the more morbid side, the Sea Captain Guests can also be heard drowsing as bubbles rush speak to Prudence by using the top of "Spectrecom" which lets guests “speak with the cryptnearly departed." A sign above the book says:

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 final 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 crypt has another plaque dedicated 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, Prudence which reads:

{{Quotation|"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 presentHere lies Poetess Prudence Pock, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight."she died it's said from writers block}}

To hear NOTE: If you want a key, to figure out what the organ music in haunted books are trying to tell guests, check out Inside the Foyer click play Magic's guide below:<flashmp3>HauntedMansionFoyer.mp3</flashmp3>

After the Ghost Host introduces guests to the ===The Tombstones===Main Article: [[Haunted Mansion, guests are ushered into an octagonal gallery known as The Stretching Room. The room features verticly stripped wallpaper and menacing green gargoyles. The room also features four seemingly normal portraits of a unknown people. The Ghost Host once again speaks to the guests saying:Tombstones]]

{{Quotation|"Welcome! Foolish Mortals==Attraction==The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride which takes guests through an aging mansion, to where 999 ghosts live and roam about.===The Foyer===[[Image:HauntedMansionFoyerPainting.gif|thumb|220px| The aging portrait in the haunted mansionHaunted Mansion's Foyer]]The first room that guests see when entering the Haunted Mansion is the Foyer. The Foyer has orange wall paper, I am your hostwood finish, your ghost hostand is dimly lit by candle chandeliers. Hmmmm. Our tour begins hereAlthough not seen, guests may notice an organ playing in this gallerythe background. Here where you see paintings On the left side of some the Foyer is a fireplace with a portrait of our a young man hung above it. If guests, as watch the portrait they appeared in will see that the man appears to be aging before their corruptibleeyes, slowly turning from a young man into a rotting, mortal stateskeletal corps. Kindly step all In the way in please, and make room Foyer the Ghost Host greets guests for everyone. Theres no turning back now!}}the first time, saying:

As {{Quotation|"When hinges creak in doorless chambers. When strange and frightening sounds echo through the Ghost Host speaks, halls. Whenever candlelights flicker when the walls begin stretch upwardsair is deathly still. The paintings are also elongated to show .. That is the true nature of the portraitstime when ghosts are present, a depiction of various Haunted Mansion "residents" deathspracticing their terror with ghoulish delight. When the room stops stretching the Ghost Host says:"}}

{{Quotation|"Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis. Is this haunted room actually stretching? Or is it your imagination, hmm? And consider this dismaying observationTo hear the Ghost Host speak to guests in the Foyer click play below: this chamber has no windows, and no doors. Which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way out!..<flashmp3>Foyer.Of course, there's always my way!"}}mp3</flashmp3>

===The Stretching Room===After the Ghost Host introduces guests to the Haunted Mansion, they are ushered into an octagonal gallery known as The Stretching Room. This room features vertically stripped wallpaper and menacing green gargoyles. The room also has four seemingly normal portraits of unknown people hanging on the walls. Inside the room the Ghost Host once again speaks to guests saying:[[Image:Stretching.jpg|thumb|400px|The full portraits guests see after the room has "stretched". ]]

At this point lighting flashes above the room {{Quotation|"Welcome! Foolish Mortals, to show the corpse haunted mansion, I am your host, your ghost host. Hmmmm. Our tour begins here, in this gallery. Here where you see paintings of the Ghost Host hanging some of our guests, as they appeared in the rafterstheir corruptible, mortal state. (having apparently committed suicide)Kindly step all the way in please, and make room for everyone.There’s no turning back now!}}

During As the Ghost Host speaks, the walls begin stretch upwards, and the portraits are elongated to show to show their true nature. Far from the mundane images that they initially appeared to be, the portraits are actually a depiction of various Haunted Mansion "resident’s" deaths. When the room stops stretching, the Ghost Host says: {{Quotation|"Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis. Is this haunted room actually stretching? Or is it your imagination, hmm? And consider this dismaying observation: this chamber has no windows, and no doors. Which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way out!...Of course, there's always my way!"}} At this point, lighting flashes above the room to show the corpse of the Ghost Host hanging in the rafters (having apparently committed suicide). Finally, during the 2007 refurbishment of the Disney World Haunted Mansion, the gargoyles that light the room were given dialog<ref> http://www.doombuggies.com/secrets_foyer.php </ref>. After the Ghost Host tells guests to "stay together please" the gargoyles whisper "stay together" and then giggle like haunted children.

After leaving the stretching room the , guests enter the loading area. Here guests they board their "Doom Buggies" and begin to ride through the mansionMansion. Having guests ride through the attraction in Doom Buggies, allowed Disney Imagineers to control what scenes guest would see at a particular time. On the walls inside the loading area are nine eight of the eleven "Sinister Pictures". The Sinister Pictures are the portraits who's whose eyes seem to follow guests as they move, however since relocating to the loading area this effect has not been in use.[[Image:sinister.jpg|thumb|250px|A portrait of Jack the Ripper, one of the Sinister Pictures found in the load area (Photo: Hoot Gibson)]]The Ghost Host gives riders instructions in the Loading Area loading area saying:

{{Quotation|"Do not pull down on the safety bar please, I will lower it for you. Heed this warning, the spirits will materialize ONLY if you remain quietly seated, at all times. Oh yes, and no flash pictures please, we spirits are frighfully frightfully sensitive, to bright lights."}}

To hear the Loading Area loading area narration click play below:

Now in their Doom Buggies, guests exit the loading area, and go up a stairwell and enter which leads to a landing. Here two more of the sinister portraits can be found, and various "changing pictures" can be seen. The changing pictures appear to normal enough at first, but when lightning strikes , the pictures become much more ghoulish (an example of this: A portrait of a young lady changes in into a portrait of Medusa when the lightning strikes). Guests also can see a floating candelabrum in the room, a sign precursor of things to come.

The first room that guests tour in the mansion is the library. In the library , books seem to be flying about by themselves. Ghosts are also present in the room as and unseen ghosts who stand on rocking ladders to reach and move moving books to and from between the shelves. Another Nearby, another ghost is seemingly reading on a rocking chair in the corner of the room. The Ghost host Host introduces the library to the guests by saying:

The As guests pass by, the marble busts of the ghost writers seem to turn their heads and follow guests the Doom Buggies as they move through the library and into the music parlor.

To hear the narration in the Library library click play below:

When the Haunted Mansion was renovated in 2007, a new scene was added to the attraction. Known as the staircase scene, it the new room is seen located after guests leave the music parlor and but before they see reach the endless hallwayEndless Hallway. The staircase scene room is a space filled with various staircases and doorways that apparently lead to other dimensions in it. The staircases look like a maze, and some even seem to defy gravity. Some of the staircases , as they twist and turn, and others or even go upside down. On the staircases ghostly, ghostly glowing footprints appear going up or down the stairs and then fade before fading away.

After seeing the staircase scene, the Doom Buggies move past the endless hallwayEndless Hallway. The hallway seems to go on forever, and only a floating single candelabrum populates the hall. Next to the halls entrance is a moving suit of armor, which used to house a cast member who would jump out and scare guests.

As the Doom Buggies move onward, the they begin to rotate so that guests are spun to face now facing backwards. The room guests find themselves in is the middle of Guests then enter a decrepit conservatory. At one time the room may have housed live plants and flowers, but now the which holds plants are all dead and the flowers have rotted. In the middle of the room a wooden coffin is laid with a banner that says "farewell"Farewell”.A large raven settles on the coffin and squawks as the corpse inside begins to push its way out! The . As guests pass by, the corpse inside begins to yell "let me outta here!", but the Doom Buggies continue on. [[Image:Mansioncoffin.jpg|thumb|The corpse trying to get out of his coffin in the conservatory]]

After leaving the conservatory, guests find themselves in the mysterious Corridor of Doors. The wallpaper in the Corridor is filled with demon eyes, who seem to be watching the Doom Buggies as they pass. Also on the walls, are various ghoulish family portraits which show different skeletons, ghosts and corpses. A sign next to the portraits reads "Tomb Sweet Tomb". A portrait of note fatures a man (possibly the Ghost Host) wearing a noose around his neck as ''his shadow'' lifts a hatchet.  As the Doom Buggies moved move down the hall , guests will notice they are surrounded by various doors. The doors seem to be holding something inside, and some of the door nobs knobs begin to turn. Knocking, moaning, pounding and even begging can also be heard coming from behind the different doors. Even some of , and even the doors themselves seem to be breathing! . The last door guests see has two skeletal hands coming out from behind it, and a strange green light immerses which illuminates the doorway.

The final thing that guests see before leaving the scene Corridor of Doors is a glowing grandfather clock. The hour hand of the clock reads 13, and the minute hand is seen spinning out of control. The clock has bones for hands, and a demonic tail as its pendulum. The head of the clock looks like it has horns, and fangs that engulf the face. As guests pass the clock, a shadow of a large claw swings over the face of the clock, giving the allusion that a large beast is swooping over the Doom BuggieBuggies.

[[Image:Leota.jpg|thumb|300px|Madame Leota in the Séance Room]]After escaping the Corridor of Doors, guests find themselves in quiet parlor and the . The Doom Buggies encircle a lone table sitting in the middle of the room. Floating above the table is which features a floating crystal ball holding the disembodied head of Madam Leota. Madam Leota chants from inside the ball, trying to make a connection with the various ghosts in the mansion (One of her chants goes "Rap on a table, it's time to respond, send is us a message from far beyond!). As Madame Leota chants her incarnationsincantations, glowing objects and other items begin to fly around the room. If guests look closely at Madame Leota's table, they will notice her spell book is open to page 1313. The This page shows the Grim Reaper, while page 1312 shows that the Hatbox Ghost and one of the Hitchhiker Hitchhiking Ghosts.

{{Quotation| "The happy haunts have received your sympathetic vibrations, and are begining beginning to materialize. They're assembling for a swinging wake, and they'll be expecting me. I'll see you all, a little later."}}

Before advancing to the Grand Hall, guests may also notice that there seems to be a green specter in the corner of the room.

[[Image:Dancers.jpg|thumb|400px|The ballroom dancers waltzing in the Grand Hall.]]After leaving the Séance Room, guests enter perhaps the most famous scene in the Haunted Mansion, The Grand Hall (also known as the Ballroom). Here ghosts have begun to gather for a "swinging wake" (apparently arriving by hearse). The Doom Buggies actually look down into the Ballroom where guests can see ghostly couples waltzing as they disappear and reappear. An Nearby, an organist plays a crazed version of the attractions theme "Grim Grinning Ghosts", on a large pipe organ. When the organist strikes a note, the keys ghostly banshees come flying out of the pipes and then disappear.

On the right side of the room, various ghosts have gathered around a table to celebrate a birthday party. The cake has 13 candles, and various ghosts are seen celebratingat the ghost sits at the end of the table is apparently the ghost of honor. Directly across from him sits the ghost of Caesar himself. Two drunk ghosts (an Egyptian and a solider) are seen swinging on the chandelier, while another ghost ghoul lays under the table. Another ghost can be seen hanging on the chandelier by his cane. Various other ghosts specters pepper the room, including one ghost sitting on the mantle of the fireplace, (who shoots flames out his mouth ) and an elderly ghost sitting in the corner of the room knitting. If guests look up above the Ballroom they will see two portraits of duelists. The ghosts of these duelists emerge from their paintings from time to time and shoot pistols at each other. After passing the Ballroom , the Doom Buggies head upstairs to the attic.

 Following the Ballroom scene, the Doom Buggies go up one floor to the attic. Here guests see a crammed, and dusty room full of wedding gifts and furniture. As the Buggies progress, guests see various five wedding portraits of Constance Hatchaway and her various different husbands. Next to each portrait are wedding gifts, which seem to increase in quality after every each subsequent marriage. The portraits include:

*Frank Barks & Constance Hatchaway (1872) (If if guests look closely at the cabinet near this portrait, they will see a pofemale porcelain French aristocrat looking down on a fallen porcelain man, whose head has been removed)[[Image:Brideimage.jpg|thumb|300px|Constance Hatchaway in the Haunted Mansion's attic. Photo by Rain0975]]

*George Hightower & Constance (1877)-- (This may be the same George who's tombstone we see in one of the stretching room pictures. In the stretching room a widow sits atop a gravestone reading Beloved George, “Beloved George” with a hatchet in it.)

When the Doom Buggies pass each portrait the head of the grooms disappear. The story goesthat, the Constance married and killed her husbands in order to gain money and social status. In fact, if guests look closely at Constance in the portraits they will notice that she gains a string of pearls after each husband. After passing all 5 portraits, guests come face to face with Constance herself, who is wearing a wedding dress and standing near the window. When the Buggies go by her, she says ominous phrases (Such such as: "Tell DEATH do us part").  While in the attic, guests may notice that a melancholy version of Wagner's Bridal Chorus can be heard (the only song besides Grim Grinning Ghosts heard in the attraction). After passing Constance , the Doom Buggies "escape" from the attic and fall below into the graveyard. NOTE: It has been suggested by some, that guests actually "die" after falling out of the attic, thus allowing them to see the ghosts celebrating in the graveyard. This has neither been confirmed nor denied by Disney however.  To hear Constance's ominous vows click play below: <flashmp3>Bride.mp3</flashmp3>

Following the close encounter with Constance, As the Doom Buggies "fall" out move through the window and turn backwards. When they land on the ground, ghosts appear to be flying all around. Guests now find themselves at the gates to a graveyard located near the mansion. Outside the gates, they pass a caretaker quivers in fear as his dog whimpersgroup of singing marble busts. After passing some scary looking treesLocated on guest’s right hand side, guests enter these marble busts sing (and express) the graveyard where the ghosts seem to be having a party. A ghost band is playing a jazzy version of song "Grim Grinning Ghosts". All around the graveyard, as various other paranormal beings party. The band is made ghosts pop up of a drummer (banging on headstones), a flutist, a harpist, a bagpipe player, and a horn player. Various cats and owls harmonize with the bandtry to scare guests, and demon dogs can be heard howling in while other specters simply enjoy the distanceparty. Near Those enjoying the bandparty include, a king and queen teeter on see-sawmummy who is drinking tea, while a duchess sips tea behind themRenascence era oracle, and various ghosts riding bicycles around tombstones.

As they move through the Graveyard, the Doom Buggies pass the "Phantom Five", a group of singing marble busts. Located on the guests right hand side, these busts sing and express the song "Grim Grinning Ghosts". All around Further down the graveyard, ghosts pop up and try to scare guests, while other specters simply enjoy the party. Those enjoying the party include, a mummy who is drinking tea, and oracle, and various ghosts riding bicycles around tombstones. Ghosts that can be seen in the Graveyard include an executioner and , his victim (a headless knight) and the prisoner hitchhiking ghostHitchhiking Ghost stand singing. Standing next to the executioner are two opera singers, the . The female is overweight with pig tales and is wearing a viking Viking helmet, while the mail male is thin and wears a mustache. Near the opera singers, a skeleton is seeing paving a crypt, entrapping himself inside.

Across from the opera singes, a couple are seen having tea (with a floating tea pot. Joining them is a corpse who has fallen out of his casket, and a mariner who is sitting cross legged. , a mummy, a deaf old man, a mariner, two opera singers, and even the Grim Reaper himself. After traveling through the graveyard guests come across an old another crypt, leading to the attractions fianl final scene.

To hear the Phantom Five marble busts singing in Graveyard graveyard click below:

{{Quotation|"Aaahh, there you are! And just in time, theres a little matter I forgot The names given to mention, beware of hitchhiking ghosts! They have seleced you to fill our quota, and they'll haunt you until you return! hahahaha"}}.[[Image:the Hitchiking.jpg|thumb|The Three Hitchhiking Ghostsby fans are: The Prisoner Gus (left), The Skeleton Ezra (centerskeleton) , and the Traveler Phineas (righttraveler)]]While hearing this warning guests pass by the three hitchhiking ghosts (the prisoner, the skeleton, and the traveler, , before venturing further into the crypt and encountering a mirror. When guests look into the mirror, they will notice that they are not alone! One of the three hitchhiking ghosts will be seen inside the Doom Buggies, and will interact These names were seemingly legitimized when headstones with these names were added to the guests (EgHaunted Mansion queue in 2010. The ghost will switch two of the riders heads!). After exiting the crypt, guests reach the unloading area where a ghostess says she can make "final arrangements for you". Following her speech the Ghost Host tells guests one final thing:

To Hear hear the Crypt crypt and Unloading unloading narration click play below:  <flashmp3>Crypt.mp3</flashmp3> <flashmp3>Unload.mp3</flashmp3> ==Post Show=====Bluebird ===After exiting the Haunted Mansion guests pass the tomb of Bluebeard himself. The inscription on the tomb says he died in 1440 and reads:{{Quotation|"Six of them were faithful, but the seventh did him in."}}  According to the tomb, Bluebeard's wives were: *'''Penelope''' (Died 1434) *'''Abigail''' (Died 1435) *'''Anastasia'''(Died 1436) *'''Prudence''' (Died 1437) *'''Phoebe''' (Died 1438) *'''Eugenia''' (Died 1439) *'''Lucretia''' (The wife that did him in) ===Pun Crypts===Next to Bluebeard's tomb, a large crypt which houses various bodies can be found. Each of the names on the crypt create a pun. The names on the crypt are listed below, with the pun the name creates in parenthesis. [[Image:Toad.jpg|thumb|250px|The statue of Mr. Toad located in the Pet Cemetery.]] {| border="0" width="50%" style="text-align:center;" ||- | Asher T. Ashes (Ashes to ashes) | Bea Witch (Bewitch)|-| Clare Voince (Clairvoyance)| C. U. Later (See you later)|-| Dustin T. Dust (Dust into dust)| G. I. Missyou (Gee, I miss you)|-| Hail N. Hardy (Hale and hearty)| Hal Lusinashun (Hallucination)|-| Hap A. Rition (Apparition)| I. L. Beback (I'll be back)|-| I. Emma Spook (I am a spook)| I. M. Mortal (I am mortal) or (immortal)|-| I. M. Ready (I am ready)| I. Trudy Departed (I truly departed)|-| I. Trudy Dew (I truly do)| Levi Tation (Levitation)|-| Love U. Trudy (Love you truly)| Manny Festation (Manifestation)|-| Metta Fisiks (Metaphysics)| M. T. Tomb (Empty tomb)|-| Paul Tergyst (Poltergeist)| Pearl E. Gates (Pearly gates)|-| Ray. N. Carnation (Reincarnation)| Rustin Peece (Rest in peace)|-| Rusty Gates (Rusty gates)| Theo Later (See you later)|-| U. R. Gone (You are gone)| Wee G. Bord (Ouija board)|} ===The Pet Cemetery===Located on guests left as they walk down the exit path, the Pet Cemetery houses the deceased animals of the Haunted Mansion. Some of the tombstones feature humorous epitaphs, while other are simply just headstones. The animals laid to rest in the Pet Cemetery include: * A duck named Little Waddles. Died in 1928. The epitaph reads, "Little Waddles saw the truck, Little Waddles didn't duck". * A snake who's epitaph reads "Here lies my snake whose fatal mistake, was frightening a gardener who carried a rake".  *A cat named Miss Kitty who epitaph reads “After losing eight lives you still had no fear. You caught a snake in your mouth and that's why you're here." * A bird who died July 11, 1864. * A poodle named Fi Fi. * A dog with a basket in its mouth. * A headstone of Mr. Toad. Added in 2005, this headstone is reference to the fact that Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was closed at Disney World in 1998. There was no official reason given for the addition of the statue. ==Cast <ref> http://voicechasers.com/database/showprod.php?prodid=95 </ref>==Main Article: [[List of Haunted Mansion Ghosts]]The primary cast of the Haunted Mansion is: [[Image:PaulFrees.jpg|400px|thumb|Paul Frees voices the Ghost Host in the Haunted Mansion. alt= Paul Frees Ghost Host]] *'''Ghost Host'''- Paul Frees *'''Madame Leota'''- Leota Tombs (face) and Elanor Audley (voice) *'''Coffin Ghost (in the Conservatory)'''- Xavier Atencio *'''Constance Hathaway'''- Kat Cressida *'''Rollo Rumkin (Singing Bust)'''- Verne Rowe *'''Uncle Theodore (Singing Bust)'''- Thurl Ravenscroft *'''Cousin Algernon (Singing Bust)'''- Chuck Schroeder *'''Pineas P. Pock (Singing Bust)'''- Bob Ebright *'''Graveyard Mummy'''- Allan Davies *'''Renaissance Oracle (Graveyard)'''- Dalllas McKennon *'''Female Opera Singer (Graveyard)'''- Loulie Jean Normen *'''Male Opera Singer (Graveyard)'''- Bill Reeve *'''Decapitated Knight (Graveyard)'''- Ernic Newton *'''Executioner (Graveyard)-''' Bill Days *'''Ghost Hostess'''- Leota Tombs ==Imagineers==Disney Imagineers (WED Engineers) that worked on the creation of the Haunted Mansion included: *Harper Goff (original sketches and design) <ref> http://www.doombuggies.com/history1.php </ref> *Ken Anderson (storyline) <ref> http://www.disneyhistoryinstitute.com/2013/01/ken-anderson-and-haunted-mansion.html </ref> *Yale Gracey & Rolly Grump (special effects) <ref> http://www.doombuggies.com/history2.php </ref> *Claude Counts (plot/storyline) <ref> http://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2011/12/claude-coats-art-of-deception-and.html </ref> *Marc Davis (character design/storyline) <ref> http://www.doombuggies.com/insiders_davis.php </ref> *Blaine Gibson (sculpture of many of the ghosts, including the Hitchhiking Ghosts and the singing busts in the Graveyard) <ref> http://mouseclubhouse.com/?p=645 </ref> *X Atencio (Writer of both the Ghost Host narration and the attractions theme song "Grim Grinning Ghosts". <ref> http://www.doombuggies.com/history5.php </ref> ==Fun Facts and Trivia==[[Image:MarcWalt.jpg|400px|thumb|Marc Davis showing Walt an early model of the Stretching Room]]*There are two books on the table at the end of the library in the Haunted Mansion. They are both separate volumes from “The National Encyclopedia”, with book being open to the letter D, so that the word "death" is shown <ref name= "wdwradio"/>. *The prisoner Hitchhiking Ghost can also be seen in the Graveyard scene, near the executioner.  *Before the 2011 refurbishment of the queue, a fresh flower would be placed on the tombstone of Master Gracey every day <Ref> http://www.disneydispatch.com/content/columns/the-626/2011/06-the-13-tombstones-of-the-haunted-mansion/ </ref>.  *Many of the real books in the library scene are actually law books, including “Modern Legal Forms" <ref name= "wdwradio"> http://www.wdwradio.com/2007/09/haunted-mansion/ </ref>. * The library was painted by R.L. Grosh and Sons, Inc who has also painted numerous Hollywood sets <ref name= "wdwradio"/> *The organ played by the ghost in the Ballroom scene is an exact replica of the one in Disneyland. This is important because the organ in Disneyland was the same organ that Captain Nemo played in the 1954 film, 20,000 leagues Under the Sea <ref> http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/12/the-20000-leagues-under-the-sea-connection-to-the-haunted-mansion-at-disneyland-park/ </ref>. *To keep the Haunted Mansion looking dusty, Disney buys 5 pound bags of theatrical dust known as “Fuller’s Earth” <ref> http://www.hiddenmickeys.org/wdw/magickingdom/secrets/ls/mansion.html </ref>. * If guests look at the pavement in the Haunted Mansion's queue's emergency exit, they will see the footprints of the Caretaker found in the Graveyard scene, as well as the paw-prints of his dog <ref> Baham, Jeff. The Secrets of Disney's Haunted Mansion. N.p.: Doombuggies, 2006. Print. </ref>. * According to small print found on the device, the "Spectrocom" found in the Haunted Mansion's Graveyard queue was patented by R. H. Goff. This is a reference to Imagineer Harper Goff <ref> http://www.mainstgazette.com/2012/01/speak-with-nearly-departed.html </ref>. * Tombstones found in the Haunted Mansion's graveyard scene pay tribute to Imagineers Judy Gray, Fred Joerger and Harriet Burns. The letters that make up the names are scrambled however <ref> Yee, Keven. Walt Disney World Hidden History Second Edition. N.p.: n.p., 2014. Print </ref>

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