Originally Posted By wonderingalice Just wondering (as I'm prone to do... ;-) because they still refer to the Haunted Mansion as having 999 haunts/ghosts all these years after they auctioned the spot in the graveyard scene to Jay The Lawyer. Was there any PR on one of the ghostly residents making their way through purgatory and onto somethin' better (or worse) to make room for the newbie?
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Actually, if I remember that whole thing clearly (it was years ago and I'm not getting any younger...) they kept saying "but there's always room for one more". I think that's how they explained the 1000th resident moving in. I also remember them writing something about Jay's tombstone only guaranteed to be in the ride for 10 years, and then it was subject to removal.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice LOL! I tricked you into comin' in because I knew you'd know! ;-) And I left "In" out of my topic subject... Doh! So, even though they still talk about there being 999 haunts inside (at the Mansion and in the Mark Twain spiel, etc.), for the time being there really are 1,000. It'll be interesting to see how long Jay stays in place.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^I don't think they'd do that... You mean just renaming one existing haunt, "Jay," right? Since there were 999 before he was added, I just wonder if there was anything specific in the announcement(s) after he won the auction that referenced one of the other haunts leaving.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice LOL! Okay... From the beginning of the Haunted Mansion, there were 999 haunts inhabiting it. A few years ago, Disneyland did an auction - for charity, I believe - that gave the winner his own tombstone in the graveyard scene. You can see it, dimly lit in the forefront of the scene you cruise past after turning away from the caretaker and dog. "Jay," a lawyer, is now the 1000th haunt unless another one moved out. Every related spiel still refers to 999 of 'em. Got it? ;-)
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Got it. Can I play too? Well since Jay isn't technically dead yet, and it's just a tombstone, I suppose that there really isn't a new inhabitant in the Mansion. Until Jay passes away, that is.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice LOL, Tash! That's an excellent(albeit morbid ;-) explanation, Doc... Never thought of it that way! You know, it's something to consider... I already know what I want written on my headstone - maybe I should go ahead and get it. MuuuahahahahaHA!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Nawwww... I'm talking my real headstone. Figure I'll put it up now and have someone finish off the to-from dates later. Heh heh heh... ;-)
Originally Posted By Toy Maker You can have a headstone in a graveyard without having a ghost to go with it. Jay would be dead, but is just not haunting the mansions.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Or maybe one of the original ghosts left. They probably needed some extras over at Tokyo Disneyland or something.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Good point, Toy Maker... That's what I was wondering, Doc. Doesn't look like Disney made it "official," though. LOL
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Well if Disney didn't make it official, and seeing how Jay is a lawyer, I'd say it's time for Jay to file suit.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS <Nawwww... I'm talking my real headstone..> Um, I *was* talking about my real headstone
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^LOL! I'm not stealing from ya, I promise. Mine's gonna say, "She made us laugh."
