Changes

During the time the Haunted Mansion was being finalized in Disneyland, plans were made for the creation of an identical version in (the not yet open Walt Disney World) Magic Kingdom. Props and sets for Unlike the Disneyland Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion were copied and shipped to Florida. Unlike the Disneyland version 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 Walt Disney Worldthe parks design). The change in location is evident in when looking at the attraction’s architecture. Unlike the Gothic feel of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion, the version in Walt Disney World is built with which took on a colonial/or Hudson River Valley architecture. In fact, the Harry Peacher Mansion in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania was the influence for the Disney World Haunted Mansionstyle. The Haunted Mansion opened with the rest of the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.