Walkin' through the Haunted Mansion

[Lou Mongello]

Here's another question that was submitted in the Ask Lou... section of the site, but didn't necessitate a full article:

From: nikki
Question: can you really walk through the haunted mansion?

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Nikki,

Hi! Thank you for your question - and an excellent one at that!!

Actually you cannot walk through the Haunted Mansion. While there are service catwalks and stairs positioned throughout the building (hidden by walls painted black), there are many places where your ride car is actually suspended over an open area. For example, when you are in the séance scene with Madame Leota, there is actually no "floor" below you - there is a drop of about 15 feet to the floor below. So if you decided to step out of your car and try to walk over to get a closer look at Madame Leota's table, be careful - that first step is a doozy!!!

[Jiminy Cricket]

Here's another question that was submitted in the Ask Lou... section of the site, but didn't necessitate a full article:

From: nikki
Question: can you really walk through the haunted mansion?

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Nikki,

Hi! Thank you for your question - and an excellent one at that!!

Actually you cannot walk through the Haunted Mansion. While there are service catwalks and stairs positioned throughout the building (hidden by walls painted black), there are many places where your ride car is actually suspended over an open area. For example, when you are in the séance scene with Madame Leota, there is actually no "floor" below you - there is a drop of about 15 feet to the floor below. So if you decided to step out of your car and try to walk over to get a closer look at Madame Leota's table, be careful - that first step is a doozy!!!

Wow, that's neat. Never thought about being in the air so to speak. What is below Madame Leota then?

[WDW Donna]

In 1991 a girl decided to get out of the DoomBuggy to scare one of her friends and she fell and got her hair caught in the track. She lost some of her scalp. A friend of mine was working there at the time.

[LaBretonne2002]

Is Eddie Murphy's movie "the haunted mansion" based on this ride? Are there other rides/attractions at the park that are based specifically on movies? (besides the obvious ones of course...)

[Lou Mongello]

Yes, the HM movie is (somewhat loosely) based on this attraction, although the mansion and its location are more akin to the DL HM (southern mansion).

Actually, there have been other movies based on existing WDW/DL attractions:

The Country Bears Movie
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Coming Summer 2005 - Lou's Frontierland Adventures

And of course, there are plenty of other attractions based on movies, such as:

Peter Pan
Mr. Toad (R.I.P.)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Snow White
Star Tours
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
... can you name the others???

[disneydame2004]

How about
...The teacups (Alice in Wonderland)
...Splash Mountain (Song of the South)
...Magic Carpets of Agrabah (Aladdin)
...Dumbo the Flying Elephant (Dumbo)
...Cinderella's Castle (Cinderella)
...Stitch's Great Escape (Lilo & Stitch/Stitch the Movie)
...20,000 Leagues under the Sea (RIP)
...Ariel's Grotto (Little Mermaid)
I'm sure I've missed some too.

[jacketsfan683]

Tower of Terror (Twilight Zone)

[Lou Mongello]

Voyage of the Little Mermaid...

More....???

[disneydame2004]

Does Muppetvision count?

Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular
Beauty & The Beast stage show
Tarzan Rocks
Festival of the Lion King
Dinosaur (sort of, since it was first Countdown to Extinction, then changed when the movie came out)

[tiggerguy]

Jungle Cruise was inspired by the Hepburn/Bogart movie African Queen

[Lou Mongello]

Actually, the Jungle Cruise was inspired by the 1955 Disney True-Life Adventures documentary "The African Lion," which was set in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro and follows a family of lions through the changing seasons. This film provided the inspiration for Walt Disney and his Imagineers to create the Jungle Cruise.

The 27-foot long boats used in the attraction, however, were modeled after the motion picture "The African Queen," starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn

So I guess it counts anyway

[TrendyMagic]

Wow. Many more than I was even thinking.