Haunted Mansion Facing Extended Downtime at Magic Kingdom

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Haunted Mansion: Two Days Down at Magic Kingdom - May 2026

Posted: Sunday May 3, 2026 11:35am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom has now been closed for two days, with no sign of reopening as of 11:30am on Sunday, May 3 2026.

The attraction did not operate at all on Saturday, May 2, and remains offline today. Disney has not given an estimated reopening time.

Haunted Mansion: Two Days Down at Magic Kingdom - May 2026

Guests checking the My Disney Experience app are seeing a personal message from Magic Kingdom's Vice President, Sarah Riles:

"On behalf of the entire team at Magic Kingdom, I'd like to apologize that Haunted Mansion is currently unavailable. Our Cast Members are working diligently to get the attraction up and running again, and we are sorry you are not able to experience this attraction at this time. I hope you will enjoy some of our other attractions during your experience in the park today."

Haunted Mansion: Two Days Down at Magic Kingdom - May 2026

If you're at Magic Kingdom right now, Haunted Mansion is not available. Your best move is to check the My Disney Experience app for real-time status updates before heading to Liberty Square.

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Bocabear14 days ago

Actually adding a Barnabas Bullion as a ghost in te mansion would be a nice bit of cohesion... The portrait as a changing portrait...showing his descent into madness...a ghostly miner...

Disstevefan114 days ago

I am laughing, but with all the false praise going to him, I sincerely fear it will happen.....

EagleScout61014 days ago

It took a little re-arranging of the spririts as the Frontierland section was getting crowded with Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Fox, Br'er Bear, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and now Barnabus trying to find space. That's what the downtime was

Basil of Baker Street14 days ago

Disney officially names Robert Iger the 1000th Happy Haunt ......in waiting

Tom P.15 days ago

My assumption is that the downtime was to allow new signage to be put in place naming the attraction after Bob Iger.

Smiley/OCD15 days ago

They used all the pink paint on the Muppet’s guitar…

FigmentFan8215 days ago

Can’t wait to see the psychedelic pink paint job all over HM once the scrims come down!

peter1143515 days ago

It obviously wasn’t planned. If it was planned we would have known that.

Mr. Sullivan15 days ago

I think it was pretty clear immediately that it wasn’t. Disney doesn’t really do unannounced closures unless it was something they did not plan to do. That has never been their MO, and I’m not sure why you would think it suddenly would become one after years and years of established patterns when it comes to refurbs. They even put out a message in My Disney Experience that indicated that they were trying to get the attraction back online, something that they would not say if this was a planned downtime. You kind of jumped to a conclusion with no supporting evidence whatsoever. I know for a fact you and are others here are not unfamiliar with how Disney handles planned and unplanned closures, so I’m very confused why you and those folks are pretending you are.

JohnD15 days ago

With a fire that a CM had to put out causing a closure until late in the evening.

Tha Realest15 days ago

His work finished, the Ghost of Barnabas T. Bullion took up temporary residency in the mansion, meaning it reached its capacity of 1,000 happy haunts - there literally was no room for one more. He’s now returned to torment guests at BTMRR.