13 frightful fun facts about Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Holiday
Disneyland Halloween Time 2021 at Disneyland Resort marks the 20th time that Jack Skellington has come to Disneyland and transformed the Haunted Mansion into the Haunted Mansion Holiday.
Jack dresses up as “Sandy Claws” each year and with his ghost dog Zero bring some ghoulish delights from Halloween Town to visit.
This year’s Haunted Mansion Holiday will be available from Sept. 3, 2021 to Jan. 9, 2022.
Here are 13 fun facts to find in the Haunted Mansion Holiday.
1. Haunting Gingerbread Smells: The scent of gingerbread wafts throughout the Grand Hall.
2. Eerie Exterior: More than 400 flickering candles create a ghostly glow on the façade of Haunted Mansion Holiday. Each night more than 100 jack-o-lanterns shine bright.
3. “Memento Merry” Mourning Wreath: “Sandy Claws” has found another way to mark the 20th transformation by adorning the Mansion’s hearse with a special “Memento Merry” wreath. It harkens back to the Victorian period mourning wreaths, with a modern-day reminder to be merry.
4. The Haunted Elevator: Jack Skellington and his ghost dog Zero appear in a fully animated sequence on the ceiling of the “stretching” room, which transports guests into the depths of the mansion.
5. The Portrait Gallery: Zero makes a surprise appearance among the spooky, transforming portraits in the gallery corridor.
6. The Graveyard: The graveyard inside Haunted Mansion Holiday is covered with nearly 7,500 square feet of snow. More than 20 gallons of ultra-violet paint is used to enhance the snow’s eerie glow, and nearly 1,000 tiny orange lights decorate the trees, making it a festive place to rest.
7. Graveyard Ice Angels: The iconic Graveyard Ice Angels are designed with a jagged, ice-carved look. Their ethereal wings and snow-glow colors shine with a ghoulish luster each year. These iconic figures were inspired by the snowy graveyard scene in “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before.”
8. Deck the Halls: Each season, thousands of feet of “black gnarly” garland is draped and hung inside and outside Haunted Mansion Holiday. Jack’s faithful dog Zero gathered more than 200 bones to use as decoration.
9. “Come Out to Socialize:” More than two dozen additional animated figures “materialize” inside the mansion whenever Jack brings his Haunted Mansion Holiday around. From man-eating wreaths to vampire teddy bears, they wait all year to join in the holiday
10. Home Creepy Home: Creepy cobwebs are artistically kept (not swept!) year-round to make Jack Skellington and the 999 Happy Haunts feel right at home.
11. Seasonal Séance Room: Madame Leota’s “13 Days of Christmas” are featured in 13 spinning fortune cards that tell of the Christmas gifts which, as she proclaims, “My ghoul love gave to me…”
12. Kim Irvine, daughter of the original Madame Leota – For this seasonal attraction, Disney Imagineer Kim Irvine gives a spirited performance as the Haunted Mansion’s favorite psychic, floating inside the Haunted Mansion’s Crystal Ball in the Séance Room. Her mother Leota Toombs, Disney Legend and long-time Imagineer, first gave life to the floating Madame Leota.
13. ‘Hurry Back!’ – A more “animated” Sally bids farewell to “Sandy Claws” Jack Skellington as he, and Haunted Mansion Holiday guests, depart from the mansion.
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