Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains When we went to DL last year many of the cast members were telling people that 2006 was the last year they would be doing HMH? Anyone heard if it will be back this year.
Originally Posted By Westsider It was cancelled this year. The contract on the Jack Skellington Cell Phone Charms they were selling from the merch cart at the exit has expired and so TDA just decided it wasn't worth it anymore. Kidding. Why does this rumor never seem to die, year after year after year?
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains What we were told by about 4 or 5 different CM was that Tim Burton had not renewed the 10 year contract with Disney. We asked over and over because we couldn't believe they would let this go...
Originally Posted By Westsider If Burton did in fact sign a 10 year contract, that means Disneyland gets to do HMH through the Holiday season of the year 2011. Haunted Mansion Holiday debuted at Disneyland in October, 2001. If it was a 5 year contract, that would have meant that the 2005 season was the final season. But it came back for '06, didn't it. As an Attractions CM we hear this rumor from Guests every single year. And it always seems to come from the Stores CM's staffing that souvenir cart at the exit. I have no idea where they come up with this stuff, because it is entirely false. Haunted Mansion Holiday will return in 2007, and I have already seen it on the refurb calendar in the office. Small World Holiday will also return for it's 11th season at the Park.
Originally Posted By wildestdreams I really can't get into the Haunted Mansion 'Nightmare before Christmas' overlay. It just doesn't interest me at all. (But, then again, I couldn't get into the movie either..). I definitely prefer the regular Haunted Mansion. Mixing Christmas and Halloween just doesn't work for me. Every time I go to Disneyland at Christmas time I usually only go on the Mansion once. But, when I go any other time of the year, I ride it..over and over. Small World Christmas overlay is the best!!! I never get tired of that one! That is the best overlay I have ever seen! Kudos to whoever thought of that one..!
Originally Posted By Roger55 CMs either read for themselves or hear from friends, family, other CMs or Guest these internet rumors. They pass it on to others,and now all of a sudden it is "official" and has to be true because a CM said it. HMH going away is just one of these such rumors. Bottom line is don't always believe things JUST BECAUSE a CM said it. <<sigh>>
Originally Posted By cstephens Westsider wrote: > Why does this rumor never seem to die, year after year after year? Jealous WDW CMs and APs. /cs
Originally Posted By Ryuki Guests tell stuff to CMs who tell stuff to other guests. It's a never-ending cycle of rumors! And asking more CMs wouldn't help because they're all telling each other the rumor. lol. But yeah I've been hearing this rumor pretty much every year since they started HMH. I actually like the HMH, it's a nice change from the normal HM. Don't get me wrong, HM is one of my favorite rides and I love every second of it, but sometimes a little change like that is fun.
Originally Posted By DlandDug The oddest aspect of this rumor is that Disney themself owns Nightmare Before Christmas. Tim Burton had to go to Disney in order to make the film. He conceived the original idea while he was an animator, working on The Fox and the Hound. So whenever I hear, "Tim Burton has pulled the rights," I know the rumor is false.
Originally Posted By NJ AP wildestdreams, couldn't agree with you more about the Small World overlay -- it makes the ride pleasant because the lyrics don't have as much of a chance to become ingrained in my brain.
Originally Posted By ni_teach Considering how big Halloween was last year with fixing up both DL and DCA. There is no way they are NOT going to do HMH again. It is the center piece of the whole celebration.
Originally Posted By RAM1984 >>Jealous WDW CMs and APs.<< <-----clears throat.... I neither spread nor listen to rumors. But I hope this one is as false as it sounds. I LOVE HMH. Sally is my alter ego.
Originally Posted By debtee ^ I too love HMH like you RAM1984. I look forward to seeing it each Christmas and Haunted Mansion without the overlay seems like it's missing something and is bare to me now!
Originally Posted By danmcmartin So, when does the overlay make its debut. We will be there over the Nevada Day weekend (last friday in October) and I assume it is up by then seeing as Halloween is the following Wednesday. We have never seen and want to.
Originally Posted By GoofBall I dont mean to hi-jack this thread (well , yes I do) but does anyone know if Matterhorn will be down again in the fall? We always seems to miss that ride.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb HMH is always up in time for the Halloween season. I believe it goes down in September for the over-lay. No idea about the Bobsleds, sorry.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>So, when does the overlay make its debut. We will be there over the Nevada Day weekend (last friday in October) and I assume it is up by then seeing as Halloween is the following Wednesday. We have never seen and want to.<< I don't know how reliable <a href="http://riderefurbs.com/" target="_blank">http://riderefurbs.com/</a> is, but they list HM as closed Sept. 10 through 27. (No listing there for Matterhorn closures.)
Originally Posted By RAM1984 >>Haunted Mansion without the overlay seems like it's missing something and is bare to me now!<< I do love the Haunted Mansion in its regular form but when Hubby and I went last month I was like, "Boy, it is really drab in here." I missed the Holiday colors.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka I think iasw looks really shabby and bare w/o the holiday overlay.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan i love the HMH overlay and i can't wait for its return this year. I just hope that there are some new improvements and upgrades that are noticable. I would love to see a Sally where the bride is, maybe the attic can be dr.finklesteins labratory or something.
