New Interactive Queues

[Jacca5660]

Next week you will have the unique opportunity to buy your very own piece of history, an actual gravestone prop from the haunted mansion!

I think you can already buy these?

I think Wizzard is joking that Disney will chop up the actual gravestones that used to line the queue at the HM and sell them off the pieces in a "Soylent Green" style merchandising at the park...

Soylent Green? What's eating you??

[kcarts]

Here's a video I found of the work on the interactive queue at HM. Looks a little more involved than I thought....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xg2kLw9 ... ture=feedu

[Amy]

Here's a video I found of the work on the interactive queue at HM. Looks a little more involved than I thought....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xg2kLw9 ... ture=feedu

Cool find! That does look a lot larger than I was anticipating it to be ~ they almost make it sound like it will be an interactive area you can go into, sort of like the "children's" line of Pooh?!

[mindflipper]

I was thinking more like it was an expansion to queue area to be used to handle overflow. When we were there back on Dec 4th, the line was extending far beyond the mansion "wait time" sign passing the docks for the boats. This area is large enough to handle those overflow capacities.

[nancynohorse]

Geez, by the time I ever get back down there, I won't recognize the place anymore!

[Amy]

Geez, by the time I ever get back down there, I won't recognize the place anymore!

There was a lot that looked different to us after having been away for 10 years for sure!

[TikiTikiRoom]

Seeing the waiting area for HM getting updated is a welcome sight! I was waiting for something like this to happen. I do hope they add some flare to it though, like carvings and little doo-dads here and there. I think that's why i like the Expedition Everest line area so much. There's so much to look at. The statues, the "real" photos of yeti attacks....so good.

[Arvorenn]

It shouldn't be a problem to find a spot for the tombstones somwhere, right? At least I hope that MadEye is correct and they aren't dumb enough to trash them for good. The jokes may be a little bit twisted, but they have enlightened nearly every guest who stood in line at the HM and was careful enough to see them...
...and, if I remember correctly, they were put there to honor the Imagineers who helped creating the attraction.

I would miss "Here lies good old Fred, a great big rock fell on his head", "Dear departed Brother Dave, he chased a bear into a cave" and the others.

Nevertheless: I'm curious how the new queue will look like once it's finished - let's hope for the best...

[Amy]

It shouldn't be a problem to find a spot for the tombstones somwhere, right? At least I hope that MadEye is correct and they aren't dumb enough to trash them for good. The jokes may be a little bit twisted, but they have enlightened nearly every guest who stood in line at the HM and was careful enough to see them...
...and, if I remember correctly, they were put there to honor the Imagineers who helped creating the attraction.
I would miss "Here lies good old Fred, a great big rock fell on his head", "Dear departed Brother Dave, he chased a bear into a cave" and the others.
Nevertheless: I'm curious how the new queue will look like once it's finished - let's hope for the best...

I just wonder if they will keep that part of the queue closed unless the line is busy?

[Arvorenn]

I just wonder if they will keep that part of the queue closed unless the line is busy?

I guess so - I mean, seriously, when the line is not that busy, I don't care however interactive the queue area is. I just dash through it and try to get on the attraction as quick as possible. So, even if they don't keep it closed unless the line is busy, there aren't many people who will care. Maybe the visitors who aren't that experienced in reducing their own waiting time will, but that's it...

[mindflipper]

I know Disney thinks they're doing something great here, but most people are going to think, "Great, they made the line longer."