This New Orleans Square attraction opened August 9, 1969 and is the home of 999 happy haunts but there is “always room for one more” as Disneyland park guests take a spirited tour aboard their doom-buggy. Frightful Delights Await. Dearly depart into a foreboding estate, drag your body to the dead center of the Portrait Chamber and watch as the walls begin to stretch before your eyes. Climb into your waiting Doom Buggy and embark on a shivering journey into an unearthly realm. The disembodied voice of the Ghost Host is your private guide through the cadaverous dwelling—home to grinning ghosts and other spectral surprises. Glide past a rattling casket in the conservatory. Head off to Madame Leota’s spooky séance room. Float by the Grand Ballroom and its waltzing apparitions. Take a spin through a cemetery where the spirited residents regale you with song. Beware of lurking hitchhikers—these phantom pranksters may try to follow you home! The Pet cemetery. This is the chandelier (with natural light) upon entering the house. The same chandelier once the doors are closed. Enter the famous stretching room. The Ambassador, The Dynamite Guy Profession Foreign Ambassador (presumed) Big Hobbs, Hobbs, and Skinny Hobbs. They were notorious gamblers and late one night were chased out into the bayou near the Disneyland Haunted Mansion. They decide to play cards to see who will carry who across the quicksand, which they thought was mud, but while stacked up on top of each other, they sank into the quicksand and drowned. Tightrope Walker also known as: Ally Gal, Sally Slater, Sarah "Sally" Slater. Part of Constance's character originates from the Marc Davis designed Stretching Room portrait of the old woman on her late-husband's tombstone. In a deleted 1968 script by X. Atencio the portrait is referred to as being "Widow Abigail Patecleaver" but this history was discarded. Though George Hightower never physically appears in the ride itself, he makes two appearances. Firstly, his likeness is carved into a bust placed at his tomb, as shown in a Stretching Room portrait where his killer is sitting atop his tombstone after placing a hatchet into his bust. His second appearance is in the attic, where he appears in the form of a wedding portrait which he took with Constance which depicts the two of them together, only for his head to disappear from his shoulders, referencing his ultimate fate. The Hatbox Ghost looms over guests as they enter the cemetery in their doom-buggy in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland Park. Guests should beware of hitchhiking ghosts in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland Park as they could follow them home.
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New Orleans Square at Disneyland is beautiful and it spans the Rivers of America into Adventureland. The exclusive and very private Club 33! The French Market serves cajun food. The River Belle Terrace is where my family would have breakfast. Reliving the romantic days of steamboat travel, guests board the Mark Twain Riverboat in Frontierland. The authentic sternwheeler boat takes them for a scenic trip down the Rivers of America and though the great American West. Since the opening of Disneyland park on July 17, 1955, guests have been able to capture the nostalgia of the past by immersing themselves on this relaxing voyage around Tom Sawyer Island (now Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island). The beloved riverboat attraction authentically captures the look, ambiance, refinement and design of a 19th century steamboat. From its multiple decks, guests can take in the beauty of the American frontier, including indigenous rock formations, natural forests, wildlife, and waterfalls. Along the way, they listen to music and narration by iconic American author Mark Twain as he details a time when traveling was as much about new discoveries as it was about transportation.
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