Originally Posted By crazycroc Last weekend, my daughter and I rode the HM and were the first ones of the elevator into the load area. The CM who was walking backwards on the moving sidewalk was acting like he was floating and generally hamming it up. I pointed it out to my daughter, and the guy must have heard, because once we got into our doom buggies, he made creepy faces and stared at us the whole way up the load area. Bravo, creepy and fun Melvyn. You were the highlight of our trip. We immediately got back on the ride to get a picture of this guy and he was gone. Spooky. Anyone else seen this guy?
Originally Posted By velo I'm thinking maybe you "met" Maynard?!? <a href="http://maynardland.com/" target="_blank">http://maynardland.com/</a> page down a bit for a pic of him. There are better pics out there but I don't have one. He's a great CM. A bit quirky, but great, imho.
Originally Posted By Westsider Maynard hasn't worked Haunted Mansion in years and years. He works in Adventureland now, and is no longer eligible to work at Haunted Mansion per management. There is an Attractions Host named Melvin who works Mansion currently.
Originally Posted By Westsider Because the California Department of Safety and Health (DOSH) forces management to keep CM's in certain areas to make documented training/updating easy to track and maintain. Disneyland is divided into four Attractions "area teams", and when the park was locked down into that format Maynard was assigned to the Adventureland/Frontierland/Main Street area team. When the state inspectors from DOSH come and inspect each park attraction twice per year, Maynard and all other CM's need to have all of their training paperwork in compliance in order to pass. It would be nearly impossible to track if Disneyland went back to the old way of allowing CM's to learn and work as many attractions around the park as their tenure and talents allowed. It's called "land locking", and what it boils down to is your tax dollars at work in one of most heavily legislated states in the union. Maynard hasn't worked at Haunted Mansion in at least five years, as my memory serves.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter I've noticed a number of delightfully creepy CMs, both male and female, the last several times I've been on Haunted Mansion. At least three different CMs spooked our party as we got into our doom buggy and then again as it began its ascent. Very fun, and not something that used to happen very often at the DLR Mansion in years past. (The Magic Kingdom HM CMs have always seemed to creep it up more than the DL ones, in my experience).
Originally Posted By crazycroc Nope, not Maynard. I read the name tag, and it was definitely Melvyn with a "y". Kind of a short, stocky guy with a receding hair line. Super good at being creepy. Yay! Melvyn!
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney When I was there with my DD this saturday..there was a delightfully creepy man at the end of the moving floor just before our doom buggy moved into the mansion..His head was cocked to the side and he was doing a pretty good dead immitation. I swear the man did not blink the whole time we went by him!
Originally Posted By crazycroc This Melvyn guy kind of looks like he has a Patton Oswalt-esque build.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I've been here long enough to hear some people knock Maynard for being too 'over the top' or being out of place because 'the attraction is supposed to be the attraction, not the CM's. I'll qualify this by saying I've never met Maynard, but I'm all for CM's getting into the act and enhancing the experience on all attractions. I'm glad to here other CM's in the HM are displaying such enthusiasm. Heck, let them play. It's not like they're overpaid.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Just to update on Maynard, we've seen him working at the Opera House (in February) and the Animation Academy at the end of March. I only wish I could've known him way back when at the Mansion. At the second visit in DCA, we took our normal zany pictures and then just had a real, normal conversation. No antics, just genuine warmth. xoxo
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan My dd's were just telling me this morning that the CM on haunted Mansion was really funny. He pointed out the sign that says keep your hands and feet inside the doom buggy at all times, the animated one....and told them, "that there means no dancing in the doom buggies and I've got my eye on yoooou" then he made a funny face at them. it really made their ride, and had us laughing at breakfast this morning
Originally Posted By doombuggy "He pointed out the sign that says keep your hands and feet inside the doom buggy at all times, the animated one....and told them, "that there means no dancing in the doom buggies" When we first saw these signs we thought so no break dancing on the rides? Was this a prob they were having? LOL
Originally Posted By ecdc I assume it's the same guy, but when I was there last, there was a cm who went up behind a group and while the lights were out in the elevator, he flipped on a flashlight that was right below his face and he made a great face. They screamed and laughed - it was brilliant! I wish'd I'd gotten his name to give city hall or write a letter for a compliment. He was awesome!
