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Walt Disney Imagineering Releases Haunted Mansion Episode in 'We Call It Imagineering' Series

The Halloween-timed installment shows how Imagineers adapt the Mansion concept across parks and products.

Overview

  • The new episode is now streaming on the Walt Disney Imagineering YouTube channel, with coverage noting it posted October 19 after an earlier October 13 target date.
  • The video explores the attraction’s origins and its global variants, including Magic Kingdom’s Haunted Mansion, Disneyland ParisPhantom Manor, Hong Kong Disneyland’s Mystic Manor, and the Haunted Mansion Parlor on Disney Cruise Line.
  • A roundtable features Juleen Woods, Tom Fitzgerald, John Gritz, and Tania McKnight Norris discussing creative decisions, design inspirations, and the evolution of the experience.
  • The ongoing series offers behind-the-scenes looks at Audio-Animatronics, music creation, ride development, live entertainment, and castle design, with prior episodes previewing Stark Flight Lab, a Cars attraction for Frontierland at Magic Kingdom, a Monsters, Inc. coaster for Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and the finale of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.
  • Disney Parks Blog lists six episodes released so far, while Disney by Mark refers to the Haunted Mansion installment as the eighth, reflecting an inconsistency in public episode counts.