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Haunted Mansion Disruptions Fuel Fresh Outcry Over Disney World’s Identity Shift

Fans point to an IP‑first strategy that replaced film‑centric touchstones as the resort’s guiding ethos.

Overview

  • New on-site reports describe industrial fans installed outside the Haunted Mansion as the adjacent Rivers of America remains drained, changing the queue’s atmosphere.
  • Concerned guests say the noise undermines the attraction’s buildup and they fear future cuts to the stretching-room pre-show or use of screens, though these worries are unconfirmed.
  • Hollywood Studios is widely cited as the turning point, with The Great Movie Ride’s closure and Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway seen as the moment the park abandoned its film focus.
  • Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is praised for immersion yet criticized by longtime visitors as a franchise land disconnected from the original moviemaking theme.
  • Fan outlets list cumulative changes—Splash Mountain’s transformation to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the closure of Muppet Vision 3D, Tom Sawyer Island impacts, the drained Rivers of America, and a reported Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster retheme—as fueling broad online frustration.