The History of the Haunted Mansion PART 1

The spirits have materialized to bring you the history of their beloved Haunted Mansion. Part one of this two-part series covers the origins of the idea, and the struggle to bring Walt's dream to reality. Part two finishes the story, and takes you on a scene-by-scene tour of the attraction, showing you the changes made over the years! (You'll LOVE Part 2)

Watch Part 2 here:

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introducing The Haunted Mansion
1:00 A Haunted House in New Orleans Square
4:03 The Early Years of Development
8:01 New Technology from the World's Fair
9:56 Losing Walt's Guiding Hand
12:32 Bob Gurr's Doom Buggies
14:36 "Where do we go from here?"

CREDITS:
4k footage of the Haunted Mansion attraction is provided by the incredible LMG Vids channel:

Special thanks to the Interactive Realm YouTube channel for Jason's wonderful support over the years. He creates all kinds of Disney crafts and signs, truly awesome stuff:

MUSIC:
"Tim Beek - Ghost" is under a Free To Use on YouTube license

"Keys Of Moon - Way To Dream" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license

"Scott Buckley - Horizons" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license.

Music Info: Soft Inspiring Corporate Uplifting Ambient by RomanSenykMusic.

Music Info: Corporate Motivational Upbeat Inspiring by RomanSenykMusic.

"Eternity" by Whitesand

"Keys Of Moon - Warm Memories" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license

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DISCLAIMER: I am not a University-educated historian, Alex the Historian was a nickname I got while working at Disneyland as a tour guide. After 5 years of using it as a stage name for my channel, it would be detrimental to the channel to suddenly change the name.

[colorforce]

The theme of The Flying Dutchman from Pirates of the Caribbean, We Own the Night from Zombies 2, Allstar Weekend: Monster Mash and China Anne McClain: Calling All the Monsters as well as the classic hit, Trick or Treat, One Good Scare and Were-Cow look good to play in the Disney Parks every time they are decorated for Halloween.

[colorforce]

The attraction also has itself decorated twice as scary for Halloween and Christmas to cherish Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. That movie plays on both October and December.

[Ron_Rhodes]

I remember seeing a preview on the Wonderful World of Disney (or was it of Color?) and I built a Pepper's Ghost demo out of a shoebox while waiting for the Mansion to open. For me, half the magic was the technology.

[colorforce]

Rode Haunted Mansion and grew terrified until I saw the dancing ghosts. The 2003 film's detail of 13 o'clock around the death of a bride shall occur in Time Shift at the brightness of the Purple Moon to ignite a cursed magic poison. The modern film which shows the attraction's works recycled even features the exact dancing couples and stars Danny Devito from the Jersey Mike's Subs commercials, Jumanji: The Next Level and the live-action Dumbo; he even voiced Phil the Satyr in the 1997 Disney film, Hercules.

[colorforce]

B101 ought to have a playlist for all the Halloween songs every October like it does for a playlist for all the Christmas songs, both old and new every December.

[colorforce]

1951 was also the release of Alice in Wonderland, based on Lewis Carroll's 19th-century folktale and it came to life in 2010 with more characters and had a sequel in 2016 with even more and it's dedicated to Alan Rickman. All the bonus Alice in Wonderland stories ought to be turned real if Disney Storyline Studios became real and I read the Who Was book about Lewis Carroll. Alice's last name is Kingsleigh. Where she lived in 19th-century England was also the same building where the Stahlbaum family lived. Then there came the Disney Jr. show, Alice's Wonderland Bakery.

[BrancyCDA]

Living near Disneyland my whole life and visiting it countless times, one my most vivid memories is going year after year as a kid, running to the Haunted Mansion in hopes that it was finally open, only to find that crummy sign still there, lol! It's fascinating to finally find out the reason for what seemed to a kid like an endless amount of time, for it taking so long to open!

[colorforce]

There are also emojis shaped like the characters of Alice in Wonderland and Kathryn Beaumont who voiced Alice also voiced Wendy Moira Angela Darling! The talking doorknob had himself duplicated once and shown as two in Disney's Villains' Revenge. That game ought to be turned into an animated film; I used to play it.

[colorforce]

The live-action Alice in Wonderland revealed that the classic film wasn't just a dream after all; being clearly a sequel to it like the live-action Harold and the Purple Crayon to the classic book. The live-action Alice in Wonderland could bond with Alice Through the Looking Glass in a complete collection bundle sometime.

[jetsons]

At 4:14 when you said "Walt saw Yale as a out-of-the-BOX thinker" while he holding the hat BOX ghost, priceless... Alex you are "The right man in the right place at the right time." This was another GEM, just as your Disneyland Railroad series was. Can you image how much fun it would be to work for WED if that special DeLorean was available Thanks again for all your hours of

[colorforce]

Since the Haunted Mansion is decorated for Halloween with the rest of the parks, Spooky Buddies and Mickey's House of Villains are set in Halloween.

[colorforce]

There can also be CDs; new ones, for all the Disney Halloween and Christmas songs like there is for all the Disney and Pixar country songs.

[Blatsen]

Thank you for explaining how the audio begins playing right on time in the Haunted Mansion’s doom buggies. I have always wondered how that worked. The solution behind this was ingenious.

[TalkingMickeyProject]

Oh my gosh! Awesome! I’m doing #HauntedMansionMonth on my trivia shows this month. I’ll point people to your video series too!

[colorforce]

The mansion is located in the bayous of Louisiana, a little far from Mama Odie's boat treehouse. Both will cameo in Time Shift along with Tiana's Palace as my characters reach Louisiana in time for Mardi Gras.

[shiekahfan]

it's crazy to me that the Haunted Mansion's external shell is as old as my mom! It also just made me realize that my mom, her siblings, and close family friends most likely got to see Walt in the park. My godparents have a family member who helped make and place the bricks in main street so Disneyland is very near and dear to mine and my family's hearts

[jaya]

Alex, your videos always makes me feel emotional, either happy, sad or delightful, just like the rides at Disneyland it’s always a joy to watch your videos.

[Creedon]

Great video! You have the best historical info, so interesting. You’re a great storyteller

[alexgeorge]

"Welcome foolish mortals...to a place where hinges creak in doorless chambers and strangly frighting sounds echo through it's halls"

[Bobbybillybillbob]

Would be kinda cool with new technology, at night, they can get a ghostly projection of a horse in the buggy and animate its head and legs

Bummer they replaced the original wallpaper picked out by Walt... such a beautiful little touch from the man himself.