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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by MmeLeota » Jun Thu 03, 2010 12:30 pm

NaCler wrote:
ChaChing wrote:I gotta agree with everyone else about this being a great question.. And as much as I love the Piano room, I still have to say my favorite "room" is the hitchhiking ghosts. I always wonder which one I'll get and I try to guess before I get there...By the way, do the hitchhiking ghosts have names?
I don't think anyone has answered you, so I will try. I believe their names are: Phinneas, the short, plump guy with the hat on his head; Ezra, the tall skinny one and Sam is the bearded one with the ball & chain. Anyone, please correct me if I am wrong.

I'm going against the grain as I like the hallway with all the doors bending and knocking, with people yelling, "Hey, let me outta here" and the grandfather clock that shows 13 o'clock before you hit the seance room.
I believe you are 2/3 correct. Gus is the third hitchhiking ghost...with the ball and chain. I believe the description is correct for Phineas and Ezra. (even as a fan I get them mixed up :roll: )

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by NaCler » Jun Thu 03, 2010 12:34 pm

GUS! That's it! I thought Sam didn't sound quite right! Thank you MmeLeota!

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by Jacca5660 » Jun Thu 03, 2010 12:36 pm

There are so many aspects of HM. It's a fairly hard question to answer.

As a kid I think I loved the elevator/foyer, I always got so fill with anticipation. The ballroom was always so amazing, I mean people/ghost disappeared! Now I enjoy the graveyard the best. Every time I ride I see something new.
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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by ChaChing » Jun Thu 03, 2010 3:10 pm

MmeLeota wrote:
NaCler wrote:
ChaChing wrote:I gotta agree with everyone else about this being a great question.. And as much as I love the Piano room, I still have to say my favorite "room" is the hitchhiking ghosts. I always wonder which one I'll get and I try to guess before I get there...By the way, do the hitchhiking ghosts have names?
I don't think anyone has answered you, so I will try. I believe their names are: Phinneas, the short, plump guy with the hat on his head; Ezra, the tall skinny one and Sam is the bearded one with the ball & chain. Anyone, please correct me if I am wrong.

I'm going against the grain as I like the hallway with all the doors bending and knocking, with people yelling, "Hey, let me outta here" and the grandfather clock that shows 13 o'clock before you hit the seance room.
I believe you are 2/3 correct. Gus is the third hitchhiking ghost...with the ball and chain. I believe the description is correct for Phineas and Ezra. (even as a fan I get them mixed up :roll: )
Thank you NaCler and MmeLeota! You guys are great! (cyber Mickey ice cream bars for both of you!)

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by NaCler » Jun Thu 03, 2010 3:20 pm

ooooohhhh... ChaChing knows the way to my heart! Love them Mickey's premium bars! ;)

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by MmeLeota » Jun Thu 03, 2010 4:27 pm

Mmmm...Mickey Ice Cream Bars.... :mickey:

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by Amy » Jun Thu 03, 2010 6:41 pm

Awww, now I wish I could have remembered the hitchhiking ghosts' names :( I like Mickey Mouse ice creams bars too :mickey:

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by ChaChing » Jun Thu 03, 2010 6:51 pm

Amy wrote:Awww, now I wish I could have remembered the hitchhiking ghosts' names :( I like Mickey Mouse ice creams bars too :mickey:
Awww, now I feel bad...how 'bout a cyber churro from the Cantina de San Angel with some chocolate sauce from the Crepes kiosk in France? YUM!

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by Amy » Jun Thu 03, 2010 6:57 pm

ChaChing wrote:
Amy wrote:Awww, now I wish I could have remembered the hitchhiking ghosts' names :( I like Mickey Mouse ice creams bars too :mickey:
Awww, now I feel bad...how 'bout a cyber churro from the Cantina de San Angel with some chocolate sauce from the Crepes kiosk in France? YUM!
I've never had one, but anything that has chocolate sauce can't be too bad :D Thanks! :mrgreen:

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by ChaChing » Jun Thu 03, 2010 7:07 pm

Amy wrote:
ChaChing wrote:
Amy wrote:Awww, now I wish I could have remembered the hitchhiking ghosts' names :( I like Mickey Mouse ice creams bars too :mickey:
Awww, now I feel bad...how 'bout a cyber churro from the Cantina de San Angel with some chocolate sauce from the Crepes kiosk in France? YUM!
I've never had one, but anything that has chocolate sauce can't be too bad :D Thanks! :mrgreen:
Oooo, a churro is something like a fried doughnut but in stick-form and it's usually sprinkled with cinnamon (sp?) and sugar...nothing beats a warm churro...Especially with the chocolate sauce from the Crepes kiosk! You gotta give it a try sometime!

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by Amy » Jun Thu 03, 2010 8:13 pm

ChaChing wrote:Oooo, a churro is something like a fried doughnut but in stick-form and it's usually sprinkled with cinnamon (sp?) and sugar...nothing beats a warm churro...Especially with the chocolate sauce from the Crepes kiosk! You gotta give it a try sometime!
The doughnut part sounds good, cinnamon also good, but I think the chocolate sauce needs to be on the side - that doesn't sound like it would go together very well.
Back on topic so I don't get subsonic-ed, I also like the tombstones outside the haunted mansion - those are clever...

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by Jacca5660 » Jun Thu 03, 2010 9:45 pm

ChaChing wrote:
Amy wrote:Awww, now I wish I could have remembered the hitchhiking ghosts' names :( I like Mickey Mouse ice creams bars too :mickey:
Awww, now I feel bad...how 'bout a cyber churro from the Cantina de San Angel with some chocolate sauce from the Crepes kiosk in France? YUM!
I want one of those!!
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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by mindflipper » Jun Thu 03, 2010 11:28 pm

Amy wrote:
ChaChing wrote:Oooo, a churro is something like a fried doughnut but in stick-form and it's usually sprinkled with cinnamon (sp?) and sugar...nothing beats a warm churro...Especially with the chocolate sauce from the Crepes kiosk! You gotta give it a try sometime!
The doughnut part sounds good, cinnamon also good, but I think the chocolate sauce needs to be on the side - that doesn't sound like it would go together very well.
Back on topic so I don't get subsonic-ed, I also like the tombstones outside the haunted mansion - those are clever...
Here's the list of tombstones and the real identities of those "buried" there:

Requiescat
Francis Xavier,
no time off for
good behavior
R.I.P.


Imagineer Francis Xavier "X" Atencio - writer of the theme song's lyrics and attraction storyline.

Dear departed
Brother Dave,
he chased a bear
into a cave


Dave Burkhart - the model builder for the Haunted Mansion .

At peaceful rest
lies Brother Claude,
planted here
beneath this sod



Imagineer Claude Coats - came up concept sketches and the layout of the OmniMover ride track for the Haunted Mansion.

Some of the "dearly departed"
In memory of
our patriarch,
dear departed
Grandpa Marc


Imagineer Marc Davis - a designer and artist responsible for almost all of the concept art for the Haunted Mansion.

Master Gracey
laid to rest,
no mourning please
at his request
Farewell


Yale Gracey - responsible for many of the special effects seen in the Haunted Mansion , including the stretching portraits and the séance room.

Rest in peace
Cousin Huet,
we all know
you didn't do it


Cliff Huet - an architect and lead interior designer.

Here lies
good old Fred,
a great big rock
fell on his head
R.I.P.


Fred Joerger - an art director that worked on the Haunted Mansion and is also honored with a window above Main Street, USA .

Here lies a man
named Martin,
the lights went out
on this old Spartan


Bud Martin - the director of the Imagineering special effects department.

R.I.P.
In memoriam
Uncle Myall,
here you'll lie
for quite a while


Chuck Myall - a designer at WED Enterprises.

Wathel R. Bender,
he rode to glory
on a fender
Peaceful rest


Wathel Rogers - an innovator in the area of Audio-Animatronics who programmed many of the figures in the Haunted Mansion.

R.I.P.
Mister Sewell,
the victim of
a dirty duel
Peaceful rest


Bob Sewell - one of the modelers at WED Enterprises.

Good friend Gordon,
now you've crossed
the River Jordan


Gordon Williams - sound effects designer for the Mansion and also worked on the Audio-Animatronics programming.

Dear sweet Leota,
beloved by all
In regions beyond now,
but having a ball


Leota Toombs Irvine - an artist at WED whose face was used as the model for the head in the crystal ball for the seance scene, and therefore the character was named "Madame Leota" in her honor. This tombstone was the last one added after the original tombstones that opened with the attraction.

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by missynole » Jun Fri 04, 2010 6:24 am

Amy wrote:
ChaChing wrote:Oooo, a churro is something like a fried doughnut but in stick-form and it's usually sprinkled with cinnamon (sp?) and sugar...nothing beats a warm churro...Especially with the chocolate sauce from the Crepes kiosk! You gotta give it a try sometime!
The doughnut part sounds good, cinnamon also good, but I think the chocolate sauce needs to be on the side - that doesn't sound like it would go together very well.
Back on topic so I don't get subsonic-ed, I also like the tombstones outside the haunted mansion - those are clever...
Amy - have you ever seen the pet cemetary when you come out of HM? It's neat. They tribute a poodle, cat, rat, bat, frog, and something else but I can't remember what it is. As soon as you come out of HM and you pass the crypt it's immediately on your left outside. You should take a look sometime.

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Re: Haunted Mansion

Post by Amy » Jun Fri 04, 2010 6:32 am

missynole wrote:
Amy wrote:
ChaChing wrote:Oooo, a churro is something like a fried doughnut but in stick-form and it's usually sprinkled with cinnamon (sp?) and sugar...nothing beats a warm churro...Especially with the chocolate sauce from the Crepes kiosk! You gotta give it a try sometime!
The doughnut part sounds good, cinnamon also good, but I think the chocolate sauce needs to be on the side - that doesn't sound like it would go together very well.
Back on topic so I don't get subsonic-ed, I also like the tombstones outside the haunted mansion - those are clever...
Amy - have you ever seen the pet cemetary when you come out of HM? It's neat. They tribute a poodle, cat, rat, bat, frog, and something else but I can't remember what it is. As soon as you come out of HM and you pass the crypt it's immediately on your left outside. You should take a look sometime.
I have and I agree, it is neat...it has been about 10 years since we were there though so the memories are foggy :(

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