The birth of the Haunted Mansion wasn’t easy. During the Haunted Mansion’s extended Blue Sky phase of development, Imagineer Ken Anderson traveled to the Winchester Mystery House in search of ideas and inspiration. The bizarre San Jose home is a labyrinth of architectural oddities, including doors that lead to brick walls, staircases that go nowhere and windows that look into other rooms. The Winchester Mystery House was a big influence on the Imagineers who worked on Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion. The Haunted Mansion is more about mysteries and riddles than scares and fears. And the lengths the Imagineers went to pull off the dancing ghosts illusions. But after seeing how it works in person, I left even more amazed. Typing in “Pepper’s Ghost” will explain how Imagineers pulled off the most magical illusions in the ballroom. If you want to know how it works, a simple Google search will spill the beans in an instant. I’m not going to spoil anything, I promise. I’ve been inside the ballroom scene and looked behind the curtain at the magic tricks employed.
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Other haunted house effects were cribbed from a series of “Popular Mechanics” books for ingenious boys. Walt Disney Imagineering developed special effects for the Haunted Mansion borrowed from 19th-century illusionists. Magic, mystery and weirdness were built into the haunted house from the very beginning. You want to view it from many different angles. The further you get, the more you want to find out. The deeper you go, the more you discover. The more you peel back the layers, the more you learn. It changes based on your perspective, your mood, who you’re riding with, what you’re thinking about and how you approach the ride. The Haunted Mansion is many things to many people.
Add to that a curious blend of mystery and weirdness and you have an enduring classic ride that’s beloved by generations of fans. The Haunted Mansion is a big series of magic tricks that delivers on the promise of Disney “magic”, unlike any other Disney attraction.
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