I received this message from a reader of my “Happiest Haunts Tour” blog, and I wanted to share it with the rest of you (though since I didn’t want to get stuck with even more lines, I obtained her permission first!).

“Laura,

Well, I must say that I am quite happy to hear that you paid attention during the tour. I may cut down your detention time and the number of sentences you have to write. And yes, I still have your name written in my book.

And I must say that you are lucky that I didn’t see you taking a picture of me at the end…that was in the rules you know…no taking pictures of the dead, undead, goblins, trolls..and so on. If I would have seen that I would have taken the camera and you would have had to have a parent or guardian come and pick it up. 🙂

And just for the record…what was the name of the man who told Walt Disney ‘more mice’?

Hope to see you real soon,
Your ghost hostess.”

Let me tell you, it was quite a surprise to me – who knew the Haunted Mansion had internet connectivity? 🙂

The “more mice” question relates to one of the stories Rachel told us – one of Walt Disney’s early “Silly Symphonies” was The Skeleton Dance (Rachel’s favorite, as it turns out. 🙂 ). Walt’s distributor at the time, a man named Pat Powers, saw it, didn’t like it, and immediately sent Walt a two-word telegram: “MORE MICE.” Walt Disney was undeterred, and was able to get it shown at the Carthay Circle Theater, where it was very successful.

(If you missed it, you can read the Happiest Haunts blog entry HERE.)