Originally Posted By Dznygrl <<My kids will be happy. They hate the "kidnap sandy claws" song.>> Doesn't that song play throughout the entire ride?
Originally Posted By wangaroa You might be interested to know that the snow hill in the graveyard is new, as the original one (made of foam) had seen better days. The new one is a much more expensive fibreglass. My guess is this is an indication of staying power...after all, it was only supposed to go for two years. Also, I for one am very glad that the scarols are not present. In my opinion, the first year was the best presentation, and I highly prefer the more sedate outdoor area to the loud and obnoxious scarol outdoor area. Also, the blacklight effect on the stretching portraits isn't exactly new, but it is more "extroverted" than in previous years. The mattes upon which the Nightmare portraits are painted have always been in blacklight, but were dimmer before.
Originally Posted By dresswhites i agree i am glad the scarols are gone. they were kind of annoying. i think the music box sound is nice.
Originally Posted By Dznygrl The thing I miss most from the first year is the ride soundtrack. I like music from the actual NBC movie and all, but the original HMH score was SO awesome.
Originally Posted By Ryuki Am I the only one who actually liked the scarols? Actually, I pretty much just liked Kidnap the Sandy Claws. That's my favorite song from the movie. I haven't been on HMH since the second year it was open, but I seem to remember that song playing throught the entire freaking ride. It actually got kind of annoying after a while - I had that song stuck in my head forever. In fact, it's still stuck in my head...that's how annoying it was. But I love that song. Does it still play so much inside the ride, or did they only get rid of it as a "scarol"?
Originally Posted By Ben I also noticed the missing holiday spider webs across the busts that follow your movement in the queue area. I'm alo glad that the Scarols are gone... I like the jewelery box style music.
Originally Posted By mele I'm glad the spider webs on the busts are gone. I thought they completely ruined the effect.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer >>Is the Fastpass for Haunted Mansion networked or not?<< Checked it today, and it is still NETWORKED.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Actually, I pretty much just liked Kidnap the Sandy Claws. That's my favorite song from the movie.<< I like it too. But my kids are far more muscially inclined than I am (they play instruments and sing), and they HATE it. <<Doesn't that song play throughout the entire ride?>> That probably explains why they don't like the HMH. Which surprised me as they really like the Nightmare Brefore Christmas. Other than Kidnap the Sandy Claws, they really like the other songs. They actually sing along to them, and they are teens!
Originally Posted By ni_teach >>Is the Fastpass for Haunted Mansion networked or not?<< >>Checked it today, and it is still NETWORKED. Thanks DarkBeer for the info. There goes one of the great features of the HM fastpass.
Originally Posted By MaryJo One thing we noticed when we were in line last Monday... It was about 19:15, and the "announcer" came on & said some stuff about Sandy Claws, and music came on, and it was all set up for the lights to come on and the jack-o-lanterns on the hill all lit up. It was cool, but since we didn't expect it, didn't listen to the whole thing until it happened, and then we realized that all the lights suddenly came on.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan I kind of liked the first year to. it was the best year! i wish they kept that ride music instead of what we have now. and i adore the scarols i was so upset to hear that they weren't there while waiting in line to ride this ride. But i got a real kick the other day at the french market. i was sitting and eating lunch with my family and they were playing stuff you hear in the HMH but then also they started playing the soundtrack or at least parts of the soundtrack to the first year of the HMH and then started playing music to edward sisscorhands! i was pleasently suprised.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I like the music box stuff that they have now, but it really doesn't work for the entire queue. I think that part of it should be scarols (like the really boring switchback rea), and then as it gets closer to the house have it be the music box stuff. It sets the mood well, but it gets old after a very short ammount of time. I also prefer the original ride music, but I haven't seen the movie in a long time, so that may have something to do with it. I just think that the weaving of Carol of Bells with the Halloween stuff works really well, and makes for a much more dynamic sound than the current version that is fairly similar for the whole thing.
Originally Posted By AGKoolAid I, too, liked the first year. Especially the outdoor queue area. I liked the quiet music, that was interrupted every once in a while by the ghost host inviting everyone to scream everytime they played the small musical clip (grim grinning ghosts) throughout the ride. Then, having everyone try it out. Made for some fun times around the rivers when it was nice & quiet, then all of a sudden, a huge group scream came from the Haunted Mansion area. Caught many by surprise, & made them go & check it out. In the same area, I also liked how they took a shot at small world with the musical que to scream. To my surprise, many people participated in that scream too. -Andrew
