When the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake, spooks come out for a swinging wake, but Disneyland guests are in for more than a few surprises as the Haunted Mansion reopens its doors. As exciting as that sounds, many might be disappointed by some of the new changes at Gracey Manor. A recent update from Disneyland shared that some of the mansion's scarier elements have been toned down after a lengthy refurbishment. While guests will indeed be

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When Disneyland 's Haunted Mansion reopens Saturday in its classic, non-holiday form it will essentially mark the completion of a nearly yearlong refurbishment project, one that added significant backstory and lore to one of the resort 's most famed and mysterious attractions. A fixture at the park since its 1969 opening, the Haunted Mansion has been the subject of regular tinkering, its illusions evolving and changing as technology and culture

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Initial plans for Space Mountain by Walt Disney and his Imagineers in the early 1960s conceived of a spaceport in Disneyland 's Tomorrowland with four separate roller coaster tracks weaving inside and outside a towering futuristic peak with a much less majestic name. “Walt and the team had an idea to do a spaceport within Tomorrowland,” Disney Imagineer Owen Yoshino said on the Disney+ series “Behind the Attraction,” adding that the featured anchor

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A place as mythologized as Disneyland comes with a lot of rumors: that there are real human skeletons inside Pirates of the Caribbean, that Walt Disney 's head is cryogenically frozen, awaiting revival someday in the future, and, perhaps most persistently, that no one dies at Disneyland. According to urban legend, Disney brass finds death incompatible with the happiest place on Earth, so when people expire on the premises, they are sent to hospitals for

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After backlash from hawkeyed Disney fans, Disneyland has removed a piece of artwork rumored to have been created by generative artificial intelligence. Disneyland recently opened its highly anticipated add-on to the Haunted Mansion Madame Leota 's Somewhere Beyond, a stand-alone gift shop near the ride. Even better, in a “Nightmare Before Christmas” miracle, the team opened the new shop on Dec. 23, before the holiday season ended, instead of its

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Disneyland may be known as The Happiest Place on Earth, but it 's also home to some seriously heart-pounding thrills. From high-speed races through the desert to plunging drops in eerie haunted mansions, the Disneyland Resort offers a variety of rides perfect for adrenaline junkies. These top picks deliver unforgettable adventures and plenty of exhilarating moments, making them must-experiences for thrill-seekers. Indiana Jones Adventure (Disneyland

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The Star Wars fireworks show at Disneyland will soon roll out new projection effects designed to rival the imagery seen on Sleeping Beauty Castle and Main Street U.S.A. that draws thousands for nighttime spectaculars. The “Fire of the Rising Moons” fireworks show in Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge will feature projection effects and galactic music during the Season of the Force seasonal event running from March 28 through May 11. The annual Star

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The Haunted Mansion that has been in holiday mode or behind construction walls over the past 16 months will finally return in its original form at Disneyland and may even surprise patient fans with a few new scenes starring Constance Hatchaway and the Hitchhiking Ghosts. The Haunted Mansion last operated in classic mode in August 2023 and will return in its original form on Jan. 18. A lot has happened in and around New Orleans Square over

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Disneyland unexpectedly lifted its 28-year ban prohibiting same-sex dancing last week, but the gay man who challenged the rule in 1980 is still in the courts. Disney officials are attempting to get a reversal of the May 1984 ruling by Superior Court Judge James Ross that Exler and his friend, Shawn Elliott, could dance together at the Anaheim amusement park. A jury had decided 11-1 in their favor. However, the judge said the order applied only to the two

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Disneyland has quietly reversed a 28-year-old policy that prohibited partners of the same sex from dancing together in the Magic Kingdom. Officials said the prohibition against same-sex dancing was dropped in mid-July in response to requests from patrons of Videopolis, a teen dance club that opened June 22 next to the family ride, ''A Small World.'' ''We try to be responsive to feedback we get from our

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If anyone in America is unaware that Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., opened its gates a few weeks ago, that person hasn't read a newspaper or heard a radio or TV newscast. In short, he has been playing ostrich. Faithful readers know, too, of the disillusionment on the part of many guests on opening day. Crowds, heat, incompleted attractions and a big network TV show combined to make the first day an uncertain one, with the result that tourists and

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If children could wish their way out West, California, home of Disneyland park, would see the biggest migration since the days of the Forty-niners. Walt Disney has struck gold. One 8-year-old Washingtonian told his mother flatly if she couldn't take him to California he'd go himself. Mr. Disney unveiled his park last week for a coast-to-coast television audience. Divided into four parts, the park is

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Talk to any citizen about Disneyland park and his eyes light up like a sincere neon sign. Walt Disney is the No. 1 Californian and it didn't require an official proclamation by the Governor last week to make him so. And somewhere during the citizen's enthusiastic summary of the master's latest accomplishment will be added the phrase ''And it's all real. They're not Just fronts. '' This

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