Originally Posted By pitapan16 This is the first time I've noticed a floating ghostly "light" floating around the very top turret on the top of the Huanted Mansion. I asked several cast members if they knew what it was and they said they had'nt even noticed it before I pointed it out. Does anyone know what that might be and If it is for the "holiday" version only? VERY cool extra detail! Cast member thought it is meant to be either zero or the bride, "what's her name?"
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I saw it earlier this year for the first time (since you really can only see it from a distance) over at the NOS train station. I had heard about it before, but I had always forgotten to look for it. When I saw it, I immediately remembered having read about it. Since the light is orange and floats, I would definately have to agree that it's supposed to be Zero's nose as he floats around in the attic. Definately a really cool little detail.
Originally Posted By Ghost Hostess Now, this is just what I have heard, so don't hold me liable: The light was there the day the Mansion opened in 1969. Then it did not work for years. When they first decorated the Mansion for NBC in 2001, they fixed it. It now runs all year - it is not an NBC decoration, so no, it is not Zero. I have seen it run all year.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Is it orange like Zero's nose all year, or do they change the color so it looks more like a candle? It definately looked too orange to just be a candle when I saw it... I wonder what made them even check to see if there was anything up there when they were doing the overlay. It doesn't seem like a place that would be easy to get to, and how anybody knew it was up there, if it had been forgotten about for so long...
Originally Posted By Ghost Hostess This is the good thing that came from changing the Mansion to NBC every year - a lot of things have gotten fixed that would have otherwise been continued to be neglected. Does anyone remember how bad the scrims in the graveyard were before they changed them in 2001? The light stays orange all year, and yes, it kind of resembles Zero's nose. But I have known about this light since the 80's, long before Tim Burton created Zero.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i know what your talking about. I used to see it all the time years back when i was a kid. its supposed to be the bride walking back and forth with her candle but thats kinda changed since she know longer as the candle but the axe so it might just be zero for hmh
Originally Posted By pitapan16 This is the good thing that came from changing the Mansion to NBC every year - a lot of things have gotten fixed that would have otherwise been continued to be neglected. Does anyone remember how bad the scrims in the graveyard were before they changed them in 2001? The light stays orange all year, and yes, it kind of resembles Zero's nose. But I have known about this light since the 80's, long before Tim Burton created Zero." -Interesting, thanks for the info about that. I had'nt noticed it since HMH came around. Must be because during the regular HM, I had'nt viewed the Mansion as detailed as I do with the holiday version. I'll look for it when the Mansion comes back next month.
Originally Posted By Stichy626 When we took the Holiday Tour last month our hostess pointed it out to us and said it was Zero. I never noticed it before and thought it was a cool little addition.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt I checked doombuggies.com & I couldn't find any info on this light/nose.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL Just wondering, are you all talking about the same thing? The Bride has always been roaming the upper floor of the Mansion, visible at night as her candle light travels from window to window. But that's not a turret. Does the OP mean the very top of the house that is all glass and is topped by the ship weather vein? If so then that is new and could be/is Zero for the Holiday makeover.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The place where I saw the light (during the holiday version) was the all glass part just under the weather vane. I definatley didn't know about any moving light on the second floor, but that would make a lot more sense than up in the top, since there isn't any room there for a real person, especially one with a candle.
Originally Posted By SuperDry This reminds me of another effect from years past that no longer works: the sound of ghosts walking on the second floor balcony outside. It used to be that when you were in the part of the queue outside that was on the porch, you'd hear someone walking on the second floor balcony above. I'm not even sure if the queue these days still goes on that part of the porch, but I do remember from a few years ago when it did and the distinct "clicking" of someone walking above was gone. Does anyone else remember this?
Originally Posted By Ghost Hostess The light has always been at the very top, not on the second floor. It can't be Zero for two reasons - it has been there since 1969, long before Zero was a figment of Tim Burton's imagination, and also because it is there all year, not just for NBC.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL You are incorrect about the second floor Hostess. HM Host here from '80 to '88 and flickering candlelight was most definitely in the second floor windows during the entire time I was on that attraction. I have also been up in the turret and I don't recall any effects up there at that time.
Originally Posted By doombuggy There has never been a light in the glass tower on the very top before. There has always been a light that passes the 2nd story windows. If there is a light in the tower now it is new.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL Thanks for the validation, doombuggy. Hey, on a side note, just a question for you...Are there any plans to bring the stair/footsteps and wallpaper eyes effects here from the recent WDW update? Found those to be quite fun and effective.
Originally Posted By juicer When I worked Mansion in the late 80's - I remember of a light effect from the second floor - near each window there was a light bulb with a rotating coffee can thing over it that had a big hole's in the sides of each one = so in the evening the coffee can light things would turn in succestion - to give the illustion of a floating light. It seemed very primitive yet effective.
