Originally Posted By barboy2 But designers set up the ending scene of the attraction to 'creep' us a bit......the realistic looking added catatcombs/wall crypts.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I think the Hitchiking Ghosts have always been a playful, not scary, thing. The new effects make them more surprising.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "This is simply an extension of the fun which is pervasive throughout the graveyard." Absolutely. I recall that years ago DL's Haunted Mansion was described as "frightfully funny" in the park's guidebooks.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Hey... I've got a GREAT idea!! Disney can change Disneyland back to EXACTLY <THE WAY IT WAS when it opened and keep it that way FOREVER. They can call it "Classic Disneyland". Then Disney can put all the new stuff in WDW where people actually APPRECIATE IT! > I love this idea. I'd go. but only if the crowds were at a September 1973 level. Meaning NOT VERY CROWDED!!!!!
Originally Posted By brotherdave I'm truly dissapointed...I was expecting Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in the Haunted Mansion from the title of this thread! ;-) Seriously, I kind of like it. Perhaps it is just a bit over the top (the balloon head for instance), but the reaction among guests seems to be overwhelmingly popular in that video. Personally, I think I would have preferred animatronic interaction instead of CGI with a slightly more "serious" (though still somewhat humorous) way to do this, but they could have done this much, much worse. I'm all for plussing the older attractions, as long as they don't mess with the original mood or setting. And this looks to still be within the intent of the original Mansion designers. Until I see it in person, I'll just have to judge it by the video which looks "fun". On a personal note, when I was very young (7) and visited Disneyland's Haunted Mansion in 1969, I was absolutely petrified by the Hitchhiking Ghosts at the end and truly thought that they were going to follow me home. I had trouble sleeping for several nights because I thought they were "real". Now, I'm wondering how other young children will react from this. Will they find it more "real" or less?? I'm guessing that they will either be loving the playful nature of the ghosts, or that they might be truly terrified that their heads might explode or get switched with a ghost's. Of course, kids today don't seem to be as "gullible" as my generation when all of these effects were new and "believable", and not so commonplace on TV. They might just shrug it off...
Originally Posted By MousDad Cheesy, unnecessary, annoying, but fully in keeping with the "new haunted mansion" spirit established by the queue. And that's before I even know what the tech/animation looks like in person - because it's really hard to tell from the video. But if it looks fake/cartoony/obvious CGI, then it's just adding insult to injury. And, let me get this right, there are DL folks here clamouring to have their Mansion bookended by Kindercare? TP, I thought you would be laughing your head off at us.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<But designers set up the ending scene of the attraction to 'creep' us a bit...... >> I don't think there was ever a time in the history of the HM where I was ever creeped out by the HHG. They've always been a funny little thing.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "But if it looks fake/cartoony/obvious CGI, then it's just adding insult to injury." Are you saying then that the mechanical looking AAs from before, with their limited and repetitive movements, were more realistic and convincing? Even if they were (and they weren't) anyone can see that the new effects are far more entertaining and clever. "And, let me get this right, there are DL folks here clamouring to have their Mansion bookended by Kindercare?" This is precisely the kind of gross exaggeration that makes visiting these boards so painful sometime. Of all the silly cringe inducing kiddie things that Disney has introduced at its parks of late this is not one of them.
Originally Posted By SuperDry The HM has been my favorite attraction going back to the first time I rode it when I was 4 years old. So I'm a traditionalist when it comes to the Mansion. I don't have an opinion yet on the new interactive queue, as I think it's something I'll have to see in person to form a proper opinion on. And, although HMH is fun in of itself, I'm always a bit disappointed when I visit DL or TDL during the fall season, because the regular Mansion isn't there. And, I get a bit apprehensive when I rumors about wholesale changes to the backstory. But as to the hitchhiking ghosts changes, I don't think it could be better. Remembering back to being a kid, that was one of my favorite parts of it. I remember sitting in the doombuggy with my parents, wondering where the ghost would appear and which one it would be. It was delightful fun. These changes seem to keep more or less the same concept, and add in technology that wasn't available 40 years ago (or maybe even 4 years ago for all I know). It's more or less the same gag, the same idea, the same mood and tone, but plussed. I don't see why people would complain about it.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<It's more or less the same gag, the same idea, the same mood and tone, but plussed. I don't see why people would complain about it.>> Yea I don't get the hate. And this is coming from someone who has complained fairly steadily for the past 4 years. But this is a very cool looking, and in-theme plus to a ride that was already basically perfect.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///I don't think there was ever a time in the history of the HM where I was ever creeped out by the HHG./// Fair enough......but the designers' intent with the huge refurb a few years back was to create something more macabre and creepy relative to the original with the new: 1)moving eyes of the tomb in the queue 2)'Escher' like mind blowing staircases 3)attic scene 4)crypts The new attic scene is far from funny---- quite sobering, actually, for such a ride that was once deemed playful. The refurb was the greatest refurb in the history of any attraction anywhere, IMO. So naturally I didn't want the underlying mood changed back to a more playful one. Oh well, Mansion is still a masterpiece though!
Originally Posted By leobloom >> Seriously, I kind of like it. Perhaps it is just a bit over the top (the balloon head for instance), but the reaction among guests seems to be overwhelmingly popular in that video. Personally, I think I would have preferred animatronic interaction instead of CGI with a slightly more "serious" (though still somewhat humorous) way to do this, but they could have done this much, much worse. I'm all for plussing the older attractions, as long as they don't mess with the original mood or setting. And this looks to still be within the intent of the original Mansion designers. Until I see it in person, I'll just have to judge it by the video which looks "fun". << I pretty much agree with Dave. I have to see it in person before I know exactly how I feel about it. It looks a little over the top from the video, and I can't tell what all the gags are. But some of the gags don't seem especially strong (like the ones where the ghost is riding on top of the Doom Buggy). Have to see it in person to have a conclusive opinion.
Originally Posted By magic0214 Love it! Think the animation is great IMHO...but you are right HMButler, I would prefer Porky Pig or Tweety blowing a balloon of my head
Originally Posted By leobloom Someone over at MAGICville said: "Just rode haunted mansion...loved the idea. Love the science. Loved the tricks. HATED the actual experience. Ghosts don't look like real ghosts anymore and mirrors are to small. Only works if u r completely still!" Can anyone verify that you have to stay still for the effects to work?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper <<Can anyone verify that you have to stay still for the effects to work?>> All my friends have said it's great, and it sounds like it follows your movement pretty well. I'm sure if you're trying to mess it up you will.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 ""Disney can change Disneyland back to EXACTLY THE WAY IT WAS when it opened and keep it that way FOREVER. They can call it "Classic Disneyland"."" And what do you think painting Small World white again, painting TL blue and white again, bringing back Lincoln, Subs, SB Walkthrough, specialty shops, TL Terrace, Capt EO, old monorail/DL marquee pool, Painted Desert tribute at DL Hotel is. Hey, RT, we KNOW you hate 1955-1995 Disney and all it stands for but your on the wrong board to rub that in. Enjoy your pre-packaged, survey marketed changes at WDW.
Originally Posted By HMButler79 ""Keeps those sophisticated and discerning Left Coasters happy while at the same time making us low-lifes at WDW happy"" Exactly. They get Tony Baxter, Kim Irvine, et al and we get.......
Originally Posted By HMButler79 ""there are DL folks here clamouring to have their Mansion bookended by Kindercare?"" Siiigh yes....these rubes (or ignorant fanbois) need a crash course lesson in the horror that was 1996-2003. They probably don't even remember when Indy was marketed as the Second Comming. These "fans" probably woulda wanted Light Magic run forever or consider SuperStar Limo a classic.
