Here, resurrected, is a portrait from Davis, the Disney legend who designed such characters as Snow White, Tinker Bell and Maleficent, as well as the creative force behind the look of many of the animation-inspired vignettes of the park’s foundational rides. “It’s definitely something that we’re thinking about.”įor the Haunted Mansion, expect lighter touches throughout, rather than a sweeping show scene or a removal of any set pieces. “It’s been discussed for sure,” says Disney’s Michele Hobbs, who managed the Haunted Mansion refurbishment. Recently, there have been calls for removal of a hanging scene in the Haunted Mansion, noting its association with suicide and lynchings.ĭisney has heard those complaints, but for now, the scene will remain unchanged. Splash Mountain, for instance, will be rethemed to “The Princess and the Frog” in an effort to remove its connection to the racist film “Song of the South.” The Jungle Cruise is receiving multiple enhancements to strike its offensive portrayal of Indigenous people. In the last year, Disney has announced multiple changes and upgrades to its rides, many designed to bring the attractions in line with modern cultural sensibilities. As part of a pre-pandemic plan to tidy up effects and give the Mansion a much needed cleaning, Walt Disney Imagineering - the secretive arm of the company responsible for theme park experiences - has also found a way to squeeze in an extra scene, in a nook just before guests board the ride’s “doombuggies.” Both inside and outside the Mansion, Disney creatives aim to gently deepen the mystery of the ride. Discarded eventually - a raven essentially fills a similar role - the cat, which will now be represented as an elegant statue, stands as a reminder that the Haunted Mansion was once envisioned more as a walk between the hair-raising and the humorous.īeyond the cat figurine, there are many other additions for guests to spot, from floating chairs to puzzling dollhouses. Sometimes we’d see the cat as simply an eye in the darkness other times, there would be allusions that this phantom was on the prowl for a spirit to possess. In a nod to Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Black Cat,” it had just one eyeball, which sat in its socket with all the subtlety of a fire alarm. In Atencio’s concept art, the cat featured elongated, vampire-like fangs and a piercing red eye. This fiendish feline would have followed guests throughout the ride, a creature said to despise living humans and with predatory, possessive instincts. There’s also a not-so sly nod to a demonic, eye-catching cat crafted by another of Disney’s famed animators-turned-theme park architects, Xavier Atencio. Recently materialized in the attraction are a smattering of new illusions and curiosities a few will be particularly familiar to many of the Haunted Mansion’s borderline-obsessive fan community.Īmong the most prominent: the return of a dynamic portrait dreamed up by Disney master animator-designer Marc Davis of a once-beautiful woman aging less than gracefully.
When it returns with upgrades and additions April 30 - the day Disneyland is set to fully reopen in Anaheim - it should prove the old adage that a good idea doesn’t die so much as haunt the universe until it becomes a reality. They require nothing but a frame or display them unframed in a display cabinet.Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion has been a source of fan mystique for even longer than its nearly 52 years at the park. When you walk past them from either direction you will see that perfectly normal image turn into something scary, hideous or frightening! Whether they transform into creatures of the night (like Vampires) or macabre apparitions, the effects are fabulous and worth adding to your collection. Not willing to reveal his secrets about how they are created, he will say that these portraits are fun, scary and creepy, and definitely deserve a home in your own Haunted Mansion! The portraits change depending on your perspective, so if you are standing still, they look 'normal'. These Haunted Memories changing portraits, created from actual photos by the artist Edward Allen, are so delightfully spooky. Pillows, Stockings, Tree Skirts, Towels & Runnersįor those of you who have been to the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, you will be familiar with the photos that hang on the walls that "change" as you walk past.Nativity & Religious Figures, Ornaments & Décor.Feather, Tinsel & Pre-Lit Christmas Trees.
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