Disneyland - Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion is home to 999 Happy Haunts... with room for 1000. Any volunteers?

Doom Buggies carry guests on a tour of the mansion, through the spooky hallways to the spirited ballroom, the ghastly garret to the ghostly graveyard.

On the far side of New Orleans Square sits an old antebellum Southern mansion. The queue winds around the grounds and past the family cemetery before entering the front doors of the mansion.

An impassive Cast Member will usher you into one of two octagonal rooms, and instruct you to proceed to the dead center of the room.

The tall Italian cypresses towering between the Haunted Mansion and Splash Mountain had previously lined the entrance of Tomorrowland.

They were moved to their present location in 1967 when the new Tommorrowland was unveiled. Bill Evans, Disneyland's head landscape architect for many years, thought that they would suit the Mansion's landscaping. His idea was perfect because cypresses often symbolize death.

Finally, after nearly a decade of construction, the Haunted Mansion opened its doors to the public on August 9th, 1969.

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