Originally Posted By Malin Someone over on the MiceChat forum has posted information on the upcoming Halloween event taken from the official site. Sadly the site is currently down but member leungky was quick enough to write down the highlights. Adventureland Haunted House : Demon Jungle Adventureland Haunted Trail (Friday+Saturday Limited) Return of Main Street Haunted Hotel Glow In the Dark Parade (All New Ghost Ship Float!!!) Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy Plus New products of Jack and Mickey Family Villians M&G Scary Recipe This will be the address once the site is back up and running. <a href="http://park.hongkongdisneyland.com/hkdl/html/halloween2008/en_US/index.html" target="_blank">http://park.hongkongdisneyland...dex.html</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros The website is up and running again. It's interesting to see that HKDL definately goes for a little more scary and gore with their Halloween events than any of the other parks. The next closest would probably be DLP, but the pumpkin men really don't compare with anything HKDL is doing. I'm sure it's not to the level that Knott's does, but it's definatley a lot more than any of the other Disney parks. I also can't help but wonder if they are doing the two walkthroughs (Adventureland and Main Street) to see which the crowds prefer, and where they will eventually put their Haunted Mansion.
Originally Posted By Malin The site is worth checking out just for the promotional video which has some nice production vaules. I agree with FerretAfros with regards to the Halloween events being a lot more darker than the usual family friendly fun that we get to see on a regular basis at the other Disney parks. I wonder how much of this is down to Chinese culture and how much of it is because Ocean Park stages it own popular Halloween events which pack in the crowds. Personally I feel HKDL shouldn't be wasting its time chasing the Ocean Park crowd but instead creating an alternative to attract guest who perfer there Halloween fun to be a bit more on the tamer side. As for this years offerings, there all look solid to me and this little park is really pulling out all the stops. The Adventureland attractions all sound rather interesting.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: When, exactly, is this new haunted house in Adventureland supposed to be ready for ghosts and guests to move in? I didn't think they'd actually started building it yet.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I saw pictures about a month ago of some 'mystery' construction in Adventureland, between the raft dock and the railroad tracks. I can only assume that it was clearing the land to make room for the Halloween offerings. If it's constructed in the same way as the Haunted Hotel (which I would assume would be true), they would just bring in trucks with the pieces on the back, and place them in order, with minimal on-site installation required.
Originally Posted By leemac Full details here: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID10031120.asp" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/N...1120.asp</a>
Originally Posted By leemac And that is the clearing that someone online claimed was for the Haunted Mansion. There are no confirmed expansion plans for HKDL at present. Nothing at all. It is still being negotiated with the SAR government.
Originally Posted By Malin Regarding the claims made online, no one atleast on here said the Mansion was coming, although we did speculate on how extensive the work was being done in that area of Adventureland. The ones to make the claims if memory serves me correct were Apple Daily News and Jim Hill. To bad to read the news as being false but you kind of expect it when Jim Hill ever says anything. Shame really as that park needs expansion and fast, and the longer you leave the situation the worst it will become. New attractions take time to build and thats one thing this park hasn't got a lot of at the moment.
