Originally Posted By davewasbaloo That's fab TDLFAN - loved your review. Bloona, take him on. Our two love the Haunted Mansion.
Originally Posted By Brian55nh DisneyDanny - that GH spiel about Leota has never been heard in the WDW version of HM. Only DL had it instated for that short period before it got yanked...
Originally Posted By bobbelee9 Bloona, worse comes to worse, he can cover his eyes. That's what my then 3 year old granddaughter did. While her 1 year old sister, took everything in and loved it, all the while shacking her butt to the music. Too young to know fear then.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I think the kid will be ok. Just make him suffer a bit.. otherwise, he'll never stop being silly about "fear".
Originally Posted By beamerdog Awesome report. I have always loved this ride and was so disappointed that its age was showing. I can't wait to go on it again! Bloona, my kids went on at 5 and 7. No problem even though my older son hated loud noises. If loud, sudden sounds are the problem, start with those squishy earplugs. If he loves it, and wants to hear better, then he'll take them out ;-) TDLFAN, will they still stop the moving walkway for people who can't negotiate it? thanks
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo beamerdog (glad to see you by the way - hugs). Disney will stop any and all moving walkways and vehicles to accommodate special needs - Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan's Flight, Spaceship Earth, the Living Seas etc. In fact city hall (or guest relations) has written material for special individualised needs (and their websites has information as well). Hope this helps.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Personally, I don't see how you can "negotiate" with a mechanical object...
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: My sisters and I were equally impressed by all these new upgrades to the Haunted Mansion in Florida. We were able to experience it all last week with a friend from California--better known to some of you within the Laughing Place Pond as Park Hopper. ORWEN: One thing we noticed was that Madame Leota's crystal ball doesn't move around as much as the one in California's Haunted Mansion does. In Florida the crystal ball seems to go mostly up and down with only sligh movements to the right or left. ORDDU: Park Hopper seemed to agree with this point. But perhaps this can be changed in the future. Otherwise, everything else was quite impressive.
Originally Posted By SuperDry If I hadn't mentioned it before, one thing I noticed that there's a short description of the ride on a plaque near the entrance, and it uses the term "Doombuggie." Previously to this, I think the only official use of that term was on the automatic ride stoppage recording.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 I can't wait for my upcoming visit so I can take a Spirited spin on my fave MK attraction of them all!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Does anybody know if they still compeltely stop the ride like in the past, or if they installed the "creep mode" that DL has had for a couple years now. Instead of coming to a full stop, the ride just slows way down (I would guess to about 1/4 of the normal speed) to allow people more time to board without having to stop for everybody else. It makes the stopping on the ride much less frequent (they are still more than willing to completely stop the ride if someone needs more time or just can't get in while it's moving) and lets you focus on the attraction itself rather than the mechanics behind it.
Originally Posted By SuperDry I don't know what the policy is, but I do know that in the two times I was on it last week, it was stopped completely once, and went into creep mode once.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: We rode it 3 different times and each one of those times the Doom buggies shut down and stopped dead in their tracks! No creep modes for us I'm afraid.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN The time that I rode, we never stopped or slowed down. Personally, I think people need to get off their chairs and stopped being catered to. Most of those using chairs/electric carts, do not need them.
Originally Posted By MPierce ^^^ A rather harsh assessment don't you think. Could be interpreted as a very offensive statement to some. I would think you would have a little more compassion for people who had a physical problem to be treated fairly . Everyone is upset with people who use chairs, and ecv's because they are just to lazy to walk. To me it's worth the misuse to make sure that people who need them don't get left behind by folks who are blessed with good health, and don't need assistance. Yes I do know you are just looking for a rise from someone, so I felt it was my obligation to give you what you wanted. Now back on topic. I don't recall you mentioning the sound of bats in the stretching room. Was that there, and did you get a sense of bats flying by your head?
Originally Posted By SuperDry The bat sounds were there, and I seem to remember a puff of air as well. I think that happens just after the lights go out.
