Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Of Haunted Mansions, Grim Grinning Ghosts, and a Snow Covered Jack.

 
Found on Flickr; Image by Mastery of Maps
The original Haunted Mansion in unusual hues of blue and green, a rare sight to be sure. Can you believe that its been there, up and running at 1500 guests an hour, almost everyday for 40 years? Amazing isn't it?
*Correction*The Haunted Mansion carries 2000-2400 Passengers per hour, which makes it more epic.
I had a 4 day weekend with out internet, and so I have posted today 15 images of The Haunted Mansion, Enjoy!
  
Found on Flickr; Image by Philip Michael Photo
The Florida Haunted Mansion, I've never been to Walt Disney World, but it is my intention to go in the future.
  
 Found on Flickr; Image by Cuellar
Phantom Manor in Disney Land Paris. Apparently the Euro Disney version is much more graphic than here stateside, a lot of corpses running about...
 
Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston
This is the first image I have by Joe Penningston, who takes incredible images of the Mansion and makes them available on Flickr.  This image is of the ghost horse in front of the WDW Mansion. This really is an incredible effect.
 
Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston
A butler in front of the front of the Haunted Mansion in CA, the composition of this image is epic. Seriously.
  
 Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston
The changing portraits, straight laced respectable Victorian paintings by day, but throw some lightning on those suckers and everything changes.
  
 Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston
The floating Madam Leota effect. It comes and goes in Disneyland (when I went 4 years ago it was in, but this year it was out.... ) but when its up and running what an effect it is.
  
Found on Flickr; Image by Frogmiller
The Haunted Dueling Portraits, an effect you have to be looking for while your whizzing by the ballroom in your Doom Buggy, the ballroom has so many details its hard to catch in one ride.
  
Found on Flickr; Image By Joe Penniston
'Till death do us part, taken to new heights by the ghost bride in the attic.
Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston
The poor shaking grounds keeper, the only "living" thing in the mansion besides the crows and the poor old dog next to him.
Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston
The talking singing busts in the grave yard
 
Found on Flickr; Image by Joe Penniston
Hitchhiking ghosts!
Found on Flickr; Image by Mastery of Maps
The next three images are of the Haunted Mansion Holiday that takes place every year from October through the end of December. Above is the external overlay, in all its beautiful daytime Nightmare Before Christmas glory.
  
Found on Flickr; Image by Imperpay
The Pumpkin King Santa.
 
Found on Flickr; Image by SDG-Pictures
Finally my favorite prop, the Pumpkin mountian. I intend to have a fake pumpkin out this year, hopefully it will snow and I can have this at home for a bit... how nice that would be. Notice that this is the area of the singing busts above, and they have just been replaced with pumpkins... pretty neat trick.

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