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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.

*Marc Davis (character design/storyline) *Blane Gibson (sculpting-many of Finally, at this time the ghosts including Haunted Mansion also received two new scenes. The first scene replaced the hitchhiking ghosts Spider Staircase scene and the singing busts were sculpted by Blane Gibson) Other Imagineers who contributed features stairways that seem to go to different dimensions, denying the creation laws of physics. This scene was inspired by the Haunted Mansion include Harriet Burns and X Atenciolithograph print "Relativity" by M.C. Escher. ===Disney World Construction===

During Most notably however, during the time refurbishment the Haunted Mansion 's attic scene was being finalized in Disneylandreworked. At this time, plans for a identical version in new bride named Constance Hatchaway was added to the not yet open Walt Disney World. Props attraction, and sets for the Disneyland Haunted Mansion were copied and shipped attic was rethemed to Floridareflect her dark backstory. Unlike When entering the Disneyland version however, attic the Haunted Mansion was set in the American NortheastDoom Buggies now passed three portraits of Constance and a different husband surrounded by their wedding gifts. As guests pass by, 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 architectureheads of each groom disappear. Unlike At the Gothic feel end of the Disneyland Haunted Mansionattic, the version in Walt Disney World is built guests come face to face with Constance who ominously references her wedding vows, while making a colonial/Hudson River Valley architecturehatchet appear in her hands. In fact, With the Harry Peacher Mansion in Jim Thorpeaddition of the Constance backstory, Pennsylvania was the influence for original bride figure and the Disney World Haunted Mansion. The Haunted Mansion opened with "pop-up" ghosts that were originally found in the park on October 1, 1971attic were removed.

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 Sea Captain's Crypt===[[Image:Bustssea.jpg|400px|thumb|The family of busts in the new Haunted Mansion queue.Sea Captain's crypt]]

===The Composer Crypt===The first of three crypts next crypt that guests will pass come upon in the queue is the Composer's CryptSea Captains. Here musical instruments are carved into the sides of the crypt. When pushed An inscription 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.reads:

The Composers Crypt also features a large pipe organ (identical {{Quotation| "Here floats Captain Culpepper Clyne, allergic to the one dirt so he’s pickled in the Ballroom scene) which plays Grim Grinning Ghosts when they keys are pushed onbrine. The keys also shoot a blast of mist at guests, often surprising them. The top of He braved the organ features banshee heads sea and all her wrath, but drowned on land while taking a red-eyed ravenbath. "}}

When looking at the Sea Captain, guests will notice that his arms, leg and hat are all sticking out of his green crypt. The organ is engraved with crypt seems to be full of water, and water flows out of cracks in the name crypt and squirts guests as they walk by. The Sea Captain can be also heard singing a "Ravenscroftdrunken sailor" who is song, and from time to time even sneezes, shooting water everywhere. On the lead vocalist more morbid side, the Sea Captain can also be heard drowning as bubbles rush to the top of the singing busts crypt. Finally, if guests try to plug one of the many holes in the Graveyard scenecrypt, another one will begin to leak.

===The Sea Captain Library Crypt===The next final crypt that guests come upon across in the Haunted Mansion queue is the Sea Captain'slibrary crypt. An inscription Two sides of this crypt look like the bookcases found inside the mansion, which hold haunted books that move in and out by themselves. Guests can also push the books, adding some entertainment for younger guests. More importantly however the books on the crypt reads"cases are marked with ghostly symbols, which gives guests a letter, giving them the task of deciphering the message that the books spell out.

{{Quotation| The third side of the library crypt features a glowing book surrounded by decaying flowers. In the book, the ghost of the "Here floats Captain Culpepper ClynePoetess Prudence Pock" is working on her poetry. Allergic Prudence will usually need guests to dirt so he’s pickled in brine. He braved help her finish the sea and all poems, by giving her wrath but drowned on land while taking a bathrhyming words.Guests can speak to Prudence by using the "}}Spectrecom" which lets guests “speak with the nearly departed." A sign above the book says:

The Sea Captain's arms, leg and hat are all sticking out of his green crypt. The crypt seems to be full of water, as water comes out of cracks in the crypt and squirts guests. The Sea Captain can be heard singing a {{Quotation| "drunken sailor" song, and from time to time even sneezes, shooting water everywhere. On the more morbid side, the Sea Captain Her plaintive pleas can also still be heard drowsing as bubbles rush to : O' muse provide the top of the crypt.perfect word"}}

If guests try to plug a hole in The final side of the crypt, has another one will begin leaking![[Imageplaque dedicated to Prudence which reads:sea.jpg|thumb|The Sea Captain's crypt]]

===The Library Crypt===The final crypt guests come across in the Haunted Mansion queue is the Library crypt. Two sides of the crypt look like the bookcases found inside the mansion. Like the inside ones{{Quotation| "Here lies Poetess Prudence Pock, these bookshelves hold books that move in and out by themselves. Guests can also push the books themselves, adding some entertainment for younger guests. The books on the cases are marked with ghostly symbols. These symbols each correlate with a letter, giving guests the task of deciphering the message.she died it's said from writers block}}

The third side of the crypt features NOTE: If you want a glowing book surrounded by decaying flowers. In the bookkey, to figure out what the ghost of the "Poetess Prudence Pock" is working on her poetry. Prudence will usually need haunted books are trying to tell guests to help her finish the poems, by giving her rhyming words. A sign above check out Inside the book saysMagic's guide below:

{{Quotation| "Her plaintive pleas can still be heardhttp: O muse provide the perfect word"}} The final side of the crypt has a plaque dedicated to Prudence which reads: {{Quotation| "Here lies Poetess Prudence Pock, she died it's said from writers block}}//www.insidethemagic.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/haunted-mansion-cryptogram-symbols.jpg

The original graveyard in the Haunted Mansion queue is still in place. After , however during the 2010 refurbishment, stones marking the burial places of the hitchhiking ghosts were added. The headstones that paid homage to Marc Davis and X Atencio have been moved from the hillside to the middle of the interactive queue. Likewise, the tombstone marking the resting place of Master Gracey has been moved into the interactive queue.  For more information about Added to the hillside graveyard including a list of at this time were headstones for Gus, Erza, and Phineas (the tombstones Hitchhiking Ghosts) and their meaning go to Neb Nub (one of the [[Haunted Mansion Tombstones]] pagesinging busts found in the Graveyard scene) <ref> http://www. ==Attraction Plot==The Haunted Mansion is a dark ride which takes guests through an aging Hudson River Valley insidethemagic.net/2011/03/videophotos-inside-new-haunted-mansion where 999 ghosts live and roam about-interactive-queue-at-walt-disney-worlds-magic-kingdom/</ref>. 

[[Image:HauntedMansionFoyerPainting.gif|thumb|220px| The aging portrait in the Haunted Mansion's Foyer]]The first room that guests see when entering the mansion Haunted Mansion is the Foyer. The Foyer has orange wall paper, wood finish , and is dimly lit by candle chandeliers. Guests Although not seen, guests may notice a an organ playing in the background, although none is seen. On the left side of the Foyer is a fireplace with a potrait portrait of a young man hung above it. If guests watch the portrait they will notice see that the man appears to be aging before their eyes. The potrait of the man changes in succession of steps , slowly turning from a young man into a rotting , skeletal corps. In the Foyer the Ghost Host greets the guests sayingfor the first time, saying:

To hear the organ music Ghost Host speak to guests in the Foyer click play below:<flashmp3>HauntedMansionFoyerFoyer.mp3</flashmp3>

After the Ghost Host introduces guests {{Quotation|"Welcome! Foolish Mortals, to the Haunted Mansionhaunted mansion, guests are ushered into an octagonal I am your host, your ghost host. Hmmmm. Our tour begins here, in this gallery known . Here where you see paintings of some of our guests, as The Stretching Roomthey appeared in their corruptible, mortal state. The room features verticly stripped wallpaper Kindly step all the way in please, and menacing green gargoyles. The make room also features four seemingly normal portraits of a unknown peoplefor everyone. The Ghost Host once again speaks to the guests saying:There’s no turning back now!}}

 {{Quotation|"Welcome! Foolish Mortals, to the haunted mansion, I am your host, your ghost host. Hmmmm. Our tour begins here, in this gallery. Here where you see paintings of some of our guests, as they appeared in their corruptible, mortal state. Kindly step all the way in please, and make room for everyone. Theres no turning back now!}} As the Ghost Host speaks, the walls begin stretch upwards. The paintings , and the portraits are also elongated to show the to show their true nature of . Far from the mundane images that they initially appeared to be, the portraits, are actually a depiction of various Haunted Mansion "residentsresident’s" deaths. When the room stops stretching , the Ghost Host says:

[[Image:Stretching.jpg|thumb|The full portraits guests see after the room has "stretched". ]] At this point , lighting flashes above the room to show the corpse of the Ghost Host hanging in the rafters. (having apparently committed suicide). During 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 On the attraction in Doom Buggieswalls inside the loading area are eight of the eleven "Sinister Pictures". The Sinister Pictures are the portraits whose eyes seem to follow guests as they move, allowed Disney Imagineers however since relocating to control what scenes guest would see at a particular timethe 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 saying:

On {{Quotation|"Do not pull down on the walls inside safety bar please, I will lower it for you. Heed this warning, the loading area are nine of the eleven "Sinister Pictures"spirits will materialize ONLY if you remain quietly seated, at all times. The Sinister Pictures Oh yes, and no flash pictures please, we spirits are the portraits who's eyes seem frightfully sensitive, to follow guests as they movebright lights."}}

The Ghost Host gives riders instructions in the 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 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"). After passing Constance the Doom Buggies "escape" from the attic and fall below into the graveyard.A melancholy version of Wagner's Bridal Chorus can be heard in the attic. The only song besides Grim Grinning Ghosts heard in the attraction.

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:

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 duchess 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. After traveling through Near the graveyard guests come across an old opera singers, a skeleton is seeing paving a crypt, leading to the attractions fianl sceneentrapping himself inside.

After traveling through the graveyard guests come across another crypt, leading to the attractions 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 Show=====Bluebird ===After exiting the Haunted Mansion guests pass a large the tomb of Bluebeard himself. The inscription on the tomb says he died in 1440 and reads:

According to the tomb, Bluebeard's wives were:

*'''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 the guests left on as they walk down the exit path, the pet cemetery 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 arePet Cemetery include:

* A snake who's epitaph reads "Here lies my snake who's whose fatal mistake, was frighting frightening a garner gardener who carried a rake".

*A cat named Miss Kitty who epitaph reads " "After “After losing eight lives you still had no fear. You caught a snake in your mouth and that's why you're here."

* A dog with a basket in itits mouth. * A headstone of Mr. Toad. Added in 2005, this headstone is reference to the fact that Mr. Toad's mouthWild 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>.

* A headstone of Mr. Toad. Added Tombstones found in 2005, this headstone is reference to the fact that Mr. ToadHaunted Mansion's Wild Ride was closed at 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 in 2005Hidden History Second Edition. There was no official reason given for the addition of the statueN.p.: n.p., 2014.Print </ref>

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