stopher1
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2008
So I thought it would be fun just to post your favorite Disney attraction - regardless of which theme park it resides in. Nothing confrontational about it - just what is YOUR favorite, and why. Feel free to post pictures or other stuff about YOUR favorite attraction too.
I'll start! With the one that should be apparent thanks to my avatar...
The Haunted Mansion
It's just so cool. It's the quintessential dark ride, and the only attraction to be featured in every existing Disneyland/Magic Kingdom-style theme park in a different land!
Disneyland - New Orleans Square - opened August 1, 1969
Magic Kingdom - Liberty Square - opened with the park - October 1, 1971
Tokyo Disneyland - Fantasyland - opened with the park - April 15, 1983
Disneyland Paris - Frontierland - opened with the park - April 15, 1992
and coming in 2012 to Hong Kong Disneyland to yet another new land, though the name of that new land escapes me at the moment
Original Concept artwork by Sam McKim, mid-1960's
Each of the various mansions was designed to fit its individual land's designs with the exception of Tokyo, which was a direct lift from the Walt Disney World version. Disneyland = southern antebellum; Walt Disney World = Hudson river/Dutch stylings; Disneyland Paris = old west
Both Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland "freshen up" the attraction for the holidays - with the seasonal overlay - HAUNTED MANSION HOLIDAY, which brings the characters and theming of the Tim Burton film, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" into the parks. Since 2001 at Disneyland and 2005 at Tokyo Disneyland, from Labor Day through New Year's, the two holidays of Halloween and Christmas collide in grand fashion both outside and in. The entire experience is similar...yet very, very different. While not my favorite seasonal overlay... it is EXTREMELY popular, and has been known to generate lines 2-3 hours long. Here are a few images from Disneyland...
So what about you? What's YOUR favorite?
I'll start! With the one that should be apparent thanks to my avatar...
The Haunted Mansion
It's just so cool. It's the quintessential dark ride, and the only attraction to be featured in every existing Disneyland/Magic Kingdom-style theme park in a different land!
Disneyland - New Orleans Square - opened August 1, 1969
Magic Kingdom - Liberty Square - opened with the park - October 1, 1971
Tokyo Disneyland - Fantasyland - opened with the park - April 15, 1983
Disneyland Paris - Frontierland - opened with the park - April 15, 1992
and coming in 2012 to Hong Kong Disneyland to yet another new land, though the name of that new land escapes me at the moment
Original Concept artwork by Sam McKim, mid-1960's
Each of the various mansions was designed to fit its individual land's designs with the exception of Tokyo, which was a direct lift from the Walt Disney World version. Disneyland = southern antebellum; Walt Disney World = Hudson river/Dutch stylings; Disneyland Paris = old west
Both Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland "freshen up" the attraction for the holidays - with the seasonal overlay - HAUNTED MANSION HOLIDAY, which brings the characters and theming of the Tim Burton film, "The Nightmare Before Christmas" into the parks. Since 2001 at Disneyland and 2005 at Tokyo Disneyland, from Labor Day through New Year's, the two holidays of Halloween and Christmas collide in grand fashion both outside and in. The entire experience is similar...yet very, very different. While not my favorite seasonal overlay... it is EXTREMELY popular, and has been known to generate lines 2-3 hours long. Here are a few images from Disneyland...
So what about you? What's YOUR favorite?