Originally Posted By Manfried Geez, the attraction originally opened in 1969 at Disneyland. The hanging guy has always been there.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>In Orlando I'm sure it is a suicide with the ghost host saying "Of course there's my way out". I really don't have a big problem with death or dark humor. Just the presentation of suicide as "a way out"<<< But isn't that a pun on the fact that you physically can't get out of the room?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<But isn't that a pun on the fact that you physically can't get out of the room?>> Of course. I understand where it is coming from... just have a little problem with presenting suicide as a "way out". For me, it seems out of character with the rest of the show which is pretty non-threatening. It seems pretty "in-your face" where all other threats are pretty subtle.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Of course. I understand where it is coming from... just have a little problem with presenting suicide as a "way out". For me, it seems out of character with the rest of the show which is pretty non-threatening. It seems pretty "in-your face" where all other threats are pretty subtle.<<< Well, I don't know about that.. The ghost attempting to get out of his coffin, the DoomBuggy being assaulted by the 13 clock (notice how you turn the second the claw flashes out at you.) and the missing yellow hand pushing one of the doors is also sinister. But the GH Hanging might be the most obvious of things in Act I.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost It's all in mind of the observer. I never even thought of it as a suicide until this thread mentioned it. I just saw it as part of the spooky show. It never called to me to "take that way out", all it told me was there was no way out. Guess we all look at things differently. RT I can respect your thoughts but I don't think that many people think of it the same way you do. That doesn't make it "a problem", just a situation that you have to come to terms with not everyone else and since you apparently have because you have been going to it for years, it must not be overly upsetting, I'm guessing.
Originally Posted By Manfried Roadtrip, it has been in the Haunted Mansion that way forever. Please quit trying to make an issue where none has really existed. If you don't like it, then quit going to the attraction.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<it must not be overly upsetting, I'm guessing.>> Yea, that's how I feel about it. I don't like it because I'm sensitive to the issue a little, but it doesn't ruin my experience.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yes, I think my comment has generated far more response than it's worth, but what can you say when a comment about a queue enhancement generates close to 400 responses and will probably go to a 1,000 before it is done? That's the way LP is and why I love it! My post was in response to the many that claimed the HM was an absolute masterpiece that was perfect in every way and should never be tampered with. Perfection is in the eye of the beholder and I just pointed out that I didn't care for the suicide scene. There are other things I don't find "perfect" about HM... primarily that you can see the strings holding up the musical instruments in the séance area and that if you know where to look you can easily see how the ballroom effect is created. Do I let any of this spoil the attraction for me? No. Unlike some, I don't need Disney attractions to be "perfect" to enjoy them. Good thing, because I can't think of very many that are... Tower of Terror probably comes closest in my opinion.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub You are tricky; now we need to know which version and why and then we can agree and disagree in 400 posts, more or less. The good thing is we are still hanging out with ya,friend.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Which Tower of Terror? The WDW one of course. It is PERFECT in just about every way. The huge and foreboding show building. The queue that winds it's way through 'neglected' landscaping and empty fountains. The wonderful lobby that looks like it was hastily abandoned with everything still in place. The show in the library that tells the back-story you will need to most enjoy the attraction. The queue through the boiler room with the eerie sounds and flickering light from the boilers. The freight elevators with creaking sounds and the gauge showing their ascent and rapid descent. The elevator door opening and showing the family disappearing at the end of the hotel hall. The elevator traveling horizontally though the 5th dimension room. Finally the light and 'whoosh' as you enter the drop shaft. Of course the random sequence drops are outstanding. Yes, Tower of Terror is just about perfect in every single way!
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I agree with you. The very first time it was actually a stormy evening. Just added to that thrill. I was really really afraid and then laughed at myself for being a scaredy cat. And the movement forward is very unexpected and it seems I can feel the newbies tense and think the drop is next but Noooooo. Then it is dark and the little spark of the elevator outline appears and those doors open and then...Surprise I actually think of my scary grade school in that basement. It was very similar and we had to walk thru that to get from one end of the building to the other. I grew up in St.Louis and those old homes had lots of scary creaky basements with huge old coal furnaces.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I am sure there are any number of things in Mansion, Tower and Pirates that might be too grim for people. And even Mr. Toad's Wild Ride that might be upsetting to people who have been affected by auto accidents. But I don't know how you get around that. A big part of entertainment is about confronting things that are dark and scary. And the suicidal skeleton in the stretching room falls, screaming, when the lights go out. So he wasn't really dead. Only very nearly dead. ; )
Originally Posted By wahooskipper As you are approaching the African plain on the Jungle Cruise you are witness to a pack of lions hovering over a prone zebra. Your guide explains, "here we see an example of the first rule of the jungle...don't be a zebra." Nothing grim about that.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper They're just looking after him as he sleeps. He's just dead...tired.
