Originally Posted By HMButler79 That's pretty much what it's been reduced to... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxmSGxZPAdk&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...embedded</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt I like it. Based on the comments posted on the page you linked and the reaction of guests in the video this looks like it's a hit. Hopefully it'll be coming to DL too.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Harsh and unwarranted comment. I love the look of this, and can't wait to see it in person. I'm still not happy about the execution of the interactive queue (would rather have seen a mausoleum housing all these elements). But this brings the ghosts into the 21st century and appears well done.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper I agree with Skinnerbox. Looks really cool, and thankfully the queue is only a black mark on the outside of the ride.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 This is going to be so fun! I can't wait to see this for myself. woo hoo!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo this looks very cool. Looking forward to seeing this. It is an improvement.
Originally Posted By Cindermomster This effect is so cool!! I really like it. Wish I could get there to see it!!
Originally Posted By barboy2 ----looks like complete buffoonery to me The overly silly mood sullies the ride.
Originally Posted By TP2000 This is a great use of technology! How fun! It really pluses up the hokey manequins-on-a-stick that the 1969 version featured.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 cause cartoon head switching and head balloon blowing is SOOO NOT hokey
Originally Posted By aquamoptop I love it!! I have no issue with the queue either. In fact I love all the changes. Things get lighthearted by the time your out of the attic anyway. This fits perfectly and allows the guests to leave without so much of a foreboding feeling as the beginning of the ride gives. Plus it seems so fun, people are laughing and having a good time. Its a finale they will remember. Great job and kudos to the imagineers for this new finale!!!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt This is totally something that I can imagine guests talking about all over the park. "Hey, did you see that thing they did with the ghosts in the Haunted Mansion?".
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<The overly silly mood sullies the ride. >> If it were placed at the *beginning* of the ride, I would agree with you. But this is the final scene before you disembark (minus Little Leota). The entire graveyard has an overall silly tone, thanks to Buddy's and X's terrific tune, "Grim Grinning Ghosts." This is simply an extension of the fun which is pervasive throughout the graveyard. Now, if you'd like to bash the silliness outside in the new interactive queue, be my guest. That seems way out of place and definitely kills the spooky foreboding atmosphere that initially sets up the story at the beginning of the ride. It should be shuffled off to the side in a separate building, for interested folks to explore if they choose to do so.
Originally Posted By SuperDry It looks *outstanding* to me. Great technology, and perfectly in tune with the light-hearted mood of the final portion of the ride.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Want it. (What's the big idea doing something new at the Magic Kingdom?)
Originally Posted By DlandDug And it does occur to me that the classic tune does include the lyric, "...a silly spook may sit by your side. Shrouded in a daft disguise, they PRETEND to terrorize." That seems to describe just what is happening in this refreshed scene. So what's the beef? Oh. Change. Got it.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Hey... I've got a GREAT idea!! Disney can change Disneyland back to EXACTLY THE WAY IT WAS when it opened and keep it that way FOREVER. They can call it "Classic Disneyland". Then Disney can put all the new stuff in WDW where people actually APPRECIATE IT! Seems like a win-win to me. Keeps those sophisticated and discerning Left Coasters happy while at the same time making us low-lifes at WDW happy.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan This new effect looks very cool. A great "how did they DO that?" moment for guests to enjoy.
