Originally Posted By Admin This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Lotion-View.asp?ID=466" target="_blank">LP Lotion: The Newly Updated Haunted Mansion</a>
Originally Posted By SpectroWishes321 Thanks for the video. All of the new scenes really add to the ride. I like how here at MK you ride through the changing portraits area. And the endless staircase is simply magnificant. It's what makes HM at MK unique to the the other HM's. After watching three video's of the the new Haunted Mansion, I must say this really surpasses all the other mansions. Of course, I still have to ride it to actually rate it.
Originally Posted By xXxNIGHTMARExXx I've seen a couple of different videos now and I can't tell...are the gargoyles in the stretching room moving at all? I had heard they would have a little movement now.
Originally Posted By ctdsnark From the video,it looks like the shrieking pop-up ghosts are gone;while I'll miss them,they really wouldn't fit the new tone of the attic.I always thought the "wedding-march-in-a-minor-key" was a good idea when they premiered it at DL.Glad to see it at WDW.AND.....they finally got the bride right! {The first one,to my eyes,looked not like a ghost,but like a dressmaker's dummy with a green lightbulb inside.Its eventual replacement,with its stiffened "floating" hair,mint-green eyes,hooked witch's nose and clorox-blue face---well,it just didn't look right.}
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Thanks for the update. The exterior looks really nice, and I'm so glad they added the fans for the queue area -- it used to get mighty hot in there. Noticed that three of the singing busts were frozen -- their faces not moving but still there. Does that make sense? Years ago, if a singing bust face broke down, it would just be a blank statue. It appears now that if the filmed portion of the face singing breaks down, there's a static image of their face. Check at the 6:35 point in the video and watch as the Doom Buggy rolls by. Anyone know?
Originally Posted By nbodyhome There weren't any issues with the singing busts when I rode. (I haven't looked at the video since I rode it myself a few times). Denise
Originally Posted By cassiedoodle i hope those popping heads are gone... i'm 20 years old and i STILL can't open my eyes for that section of the ride.
Originally Posted By monorailblue Umm, is it just more, or does the red-canvas queue cover look exceptionally crappy? It would fit right in Disney's California Adventure it is so tawdry looking. What a garbage-y thing to have leading up to such an ornate mansion. Gack.
Originally Posted By mstaft I dont care for the red either. I thought a deep green like the mansions CM's costumes would have looked (and aged) better.
Originally Posted By mstaft I dont care for the red either. I thought a deep green like the mansions CM's costumes would have looked (and aged) better.
Originally Posted By Indigo The new Deep Red doesn't bother me at all. It's more complimentary to the color of the bricks in the exterior of the Haunted Mansion. I also like the fact that it's a lower profile, so you can see more of the mansion when you're walking around the rivers of America.
Originally Posted By The Duck LOVE the new bride! As for the red canopy over the walkway, anything new takes a little getting used to. I would have use green because almost every funeral I've gone to, there was a green canopy over the gravesite. Oh well, a little morbid but what the hey, it's the Haunted Mansion.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Well, I'm spitting distance from DL's Mansion as I type this but alas it is closed as Jack has started decking the halls. But I've had four friends email me and tell me that half the stuff in the MK's Mansion is either not working at all or not working right. Needless to say, they weren't happy spirits. Why must they always disappoint? Would it kill them to have an attraction show ready when they open it ... and then every day thereafter? Oh, and just a quick note (new thread to follow ... maybe weeks from now) but while I enjoyed the Nemo Subs at DL (yes, today was Ride No. 1) I must say it isn't all that ... and its effects are a strange mix of old tacky with new projections. Overall, it's a good ride. But it ain't great ... or groundbreaking in any way. And it sure isn't what I consider a true E-Ticket ... a nice 'D' is more like that. Yawn ... time to get some sleep, I hear I'm getting a Lifetime Achievement Award tonight at the Shrine.
Originally Posted By nbodyhome From what I have heard about the effects, some didn't appear to be working - but the average guest won't know that, and it's a great job overall. The bride/Leota I'd already seen at Disneyland, so that wasn't new for me (or anyone else who has been to DL since they refurbished it). Hopefully they'll have all effects running properly soon. There was a very loud noise in the stretch room when I first went on, probably an audio malfunction.
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct << Yawn ... time to get some sleep, I hear I'm getting a Lifetime Achievement Award tonight at the Shrine. >> Congrats on the award ... now go "Read a Book" (Schoolhouse Rock for BET - search YouTube and you will find it)
Originally Posted By SuperDry I went on it yesterday. They did a really good job. It's a night-and-day difference from what I saw in March of this year when the Mansion was a disgrace. Although the bride uses same/similar technology to the new one at DL, the actual animation sequence is different. I like this one better. I didn't see the gargoyles move in the stretching room either time I rode it, so they may not be working yet or that part was just a false rumor. The sound in the stretching room is very well done, from the moving ghost host's apparent location to the deep, loud sounds that are now part of the crashing sound. The only part that didn't seem to be working was the husbands' heads in the portraits in the attic. They were mostly headless, although I could see a very faint head from certain angles. I assume that the heads are supposed to appear and disappear. The endless staircases with the footprints, and the illuminated eyes that are part of the wallpaper were really neat to see. I did think there was "bad show" in the way the attraction was being operated. Both times I rode it, the foyer narration and portrait change was almost complete before I got inside, and in one case, the stretching room began stretching before the door was closed - completely killing the illusion that you are dropping.
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan << I thought a deep green like the mansions CM's costumes would have looked (and aged) better.>> <<I would have use green because almost every funeral I've gone to, there was a green canopy over the gravesite. >> Tokyo Disneyland's version features a green canopy over the exterior portion of the queue.
Originally Posted By Captain Jon I think the update is spectacular. I love all the new sound and visuals, and even more so all that has been fixed and cleaned up. What made the most impact to me was the stretch room. The eerie creaking and ghostly swooshing really added to scene, not to mention the narration has a couple of different takes and lines from the California version (unless my ears deceive me). But there is a slight problem to me. I know it's just opened again so they may still tweak things but it seemed there were some locations where the lighting was too bright. Mainly in the seance room and the new staircase room, it seemed like the lighting was revealing a little bit of illusions. Along with that there were some odd sound levels in the graveyard. But besides that (I doubt many will notice), the update is fantastic, and I hope this means we'll get some updates to other attractions in the future.
