Haunted Mansion Trivia

Welcome to another edition of Tiggerific Trivia Tuesday hosted by the Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, My Dreams of Disney, and Heidi’s Head.

Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia

Today, I’m taking a closer look at the very popular Haunted Mansion attraction.  Did you know that The Haunted Mansion attraction is in five Disney Parks in some form?

Guests entering the original Haunted Mansion at Disneyland (photo courtesy of theme park insider)
Guests entering the original Haunted Mansion at Disneyland (photo courtesy of theme park insider)
  1. The original can be found in New Orleans Square at Disneyland (opened August 9, 1969)
  2. Haunted Mansion is one of the attractions which opened opening day at Walt Disney World on October 1, 1971
  3. Tokyo Disneyland added Haunted Mansion to it’s list of attractions on April 15, 1983
  4. Disneyland Paris was first to receive an attraction based on the Haunted Mansion with Phantom Manor which is a “re-imagined” version of the Haunted Mansion attraction.  It opened in Frontierland at Disneyland Paris on April 12, 1992
  5. Another “re-imagining” of Haunted Mansion came to Hong Kong Disneyland in the form of Mystic Manor.  This attraction opened at Mystic Point at Hong Kong Disneyland on May 17, 2013
photo courtesy of hooked on houses
photo courtesy of hooked on houses

Another interesting fact about the opening of The Haunted Mansion attractions is none of them opened on a Friday the 13th.

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Tips for a First Visit to Disney World

Everybody has different ways that they attack the Walt Disney World parks.  As a result, there are a lot of different tips that they can share with others about how to handle a first-time visit to the World.  Today, I am going to share mine.  Compared to the trips that my family makes now, there was not a lot of planning that went into that first trip.  We bought and read through a couple of planning books and got our dining reservations but that was about it.  We just sort of “winged it” compared to how we plan now.  So, we’ve learned from that first-time experience.  Here are some of Dad For Disney’s Tips for a First Visit to Walt Disney World.

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