A Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party is not complete until you visit the Haunted Mansion. For the party, the Haunted Mansion gets spooky lighting and atmospheric effects (ie., fog) and a ghost greets guests on the lawn as they make their way to the mansion’s library entrance.
Ghost in front of the Haunted Mansion during Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party.
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Since my last visit, a new interactive graveyard queue has been added. You can play musical instruments and an organ which has a surprise or two if you play it.
Organ in the graveyard queue at the Haunted Mansion.
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Even Master Gracey has a more prominent location so guests may pay their respects.
Master Gracey’s tomb in the graveyard queue at the Haunted Mansion.
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I heard there is a mystery to be solved as you follow the clues through the graveyard. Puzzles to be deciphered. Anyone know of this? What role does Uncle Jacob play with all the cash I am trying to borrow? Did he not know he could not take it with him?
Scottwdw visiting Uncle Jacob in the Haunted Mansion graveyard.
The Haunted Mansion interactive queue is a lot of fun to explore whether you are trying to solve the mystery, photographing all the new and old elements up close or playing along as you walk through.
The new queue is totally awesome! We were there last week and fell in love with it! I hope they continue to add more interactive queue’s through the years.
Scott replies: If my response is any indication to the new interactive queues, I suspect we’ll be seeing more of then in the future. This was a lot of fun to explore and photograph. Other guests were really enjoying it, too.
On our last visit to WDW, we experienced the new interactive queue for Haunted Mansion. We loved the old and new references to imagineers: Yale Gracey, X. Atencio, Marc Davis, and Claude Coats. On a hot day, the added shade was welcome.
I hope an interactive queue is the trend for most rides. We had a lot of fun with the video games available on the Space Mountain queue.
Thanks for reminding us about the attention to detail put into every Disney Park attraction!
Scott replies: You are most welcome. I believe you will see more interactive queues in the future. Starting with the new Dumbo ride next year.