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PHOTOS - New interactive Haunted Mansion queue opens for guest previews this afternoon
Mar 14, 2011
It has been months in the making (and has evolved so far beyond what was tested back in early 2010), but those guests who braved 65 minute waits for the Mansion this afternoon were treated to a preview of the new interactive queue area.
Built near to the end of the regular queue (see these photos for an idea of where the new queue is located), this new area takes guests into an extension of the Haunted Mansion, and provides an additional layer of detail to the backstory to the attraction. In keeping with Disney's push for more advanced queues, the new Mansion queue features all manner of interactive elements. You can touch instruments and hear them spring to life - in the style of the Haunted mansion musical score of course! There are sound effects everywhere, air blasts, water jets, a mini-game and lots of eye candy - including a Marc Davis tribute.
The entire queue area is not yet complete, and more is being worked on. But what has been revealed already is a very impressive addition to the Mansion, and will really give fans something to be excited about.
No word yet whether the queue will remain open beyond today's previews, but if you are in the area, it's well worth a check to see and interact with it yourself. Today, guests were given the choice of the "fun" route via the new interactive queue, or via the "fast" route, which bypassed the new area. It's not clear if this is how it will operate once it fully opens. If so, it would be a great way to eliminate that pressure of people behind you pushing you through the main queue, limiting your time in the interactive area.
For a look a walk-through of the new queue, head to the photos below. You can also share you thoughts with other readers in our forum here.
SPOILER WARNING - if you want to be totally surprised on your next trip, stop reading now.
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Photos by WDWMAGIC
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The approach to the new queue area with the old queue leading to the right, and the new queue heading to the left
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Entering the new queue area
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Busts that are not yet in operation, but appear to be setup in a similar style to the mini-game that was tested back in April of 2010
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A very nice touch, tribute to Marc Davis
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Musical surfaces - touch an instrument and it plays - you can get quite musical with this as other guests join in
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The very cool Ravenscroft organ - and yes, you can play it, and it sounds awesome, no matter how limited your musical skills are!
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Another musical surface to play with
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Some of the old tombstones have returned to the hillside
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Master Gracey tombstone in the center of the new queue
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Guests playing the musical surfaces
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The Captain tomb - has multiple sound effects and water jets that squirt out towards guests
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The book is a display that reveals clues from a book
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The books slide in and out - by themselves!
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The portholes on the back of the Captain's tomb
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The side of the Captain's tomb
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Rejoining the old queue area just in front of the Mansion doors
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