Results: The Haunted Mansion - pt. 2
Published on 10/18/2025
In our last installment, focused on how the Disney attraction came to be in 1969. This one more about "how did they do that"?
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The Stretching Room - first thing one encounters. The room seems to stretch, while portraits on the wall do the same. Not necessarily the case. The whole room is actually dropping, the ride underground. The Florida Mansion doesn't work this way because of the water table, walls go up. Where you aware some rides in the Disney parks, one is actually underground?
Yes
20%
386 votes
No
61%
1164 votes
Undecided
18%
350 votes
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Pepper's Ghost - this is a very cool stage trick utilized by John Henry Pepper that dates back to the 1800's. Idea is not unlike catching a reflection of yourself in a window, just more focused using mirror, light and glass. The Mansion ballroom is one area this is used. Can you "ballroom dance"?
Yes
15%
278 votes
No
67%
1273 votes
Undecided
18%
349 votes
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Projection - pretty simple, image projected on a three dimensional object such as the singing cemetery busts. Madame Leota the crystal ball medium done a similar way. Creates an eerie effect. Would you want a bust of yourself made as a monument?
Yes
9%
175 votes
No
71%
1345 votes
Undecided
20%
380 votes
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Grim Grinning Ghosts - not a how did they do, but the theme song. This heard during your trip during the cemetery toward the attractions end. Gives some other music, visuals, and the "Ghost Host". Ever take a walk through a cemetery at night?
Yes
26%
494 votes
No
74%
1406 votes
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