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For Ghostly Holiday Fun, Disneyland Resort
Celebrates the Fall Season with Two Spirited Attractions
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| Every Haunted Mansion Holiday guest receives a personal welcome from Jack Skellington. |
For
those in search of happy haunting grounds this autumn, the Disneyland
Resort becomes a spirited realm of other-worldly adventures guaranteed
to put a chill down the most courageous spine. The frightfully fun "Haunted Mansion Holiday," a popular seasonal transformation of the
classic "Haunted Mansion," returns to Disneyland on October 1, while
the exhilarating thrill of "The Twilight Zone Tower of TerrorŽ" at
Disney's California Adventure is especially inviting during the
Halloween season.
"Haunted Mansion Holiday" in New Orleans Square at Disneyland delights
guests by showing what happens when the traditions of Halloween and
Christmas collide, resulting in holiday mayhem. Inspired by the
innovative animated film Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas,
"Haunted Mansion Holiday" depicts a holiday season as taken over by
Jack Skellington and his friends from Halloweentown. Premiering on
October 1 and extending through January 2, "Haunted Mansion Holiday" is
a totally different way to experience this all-time favorite Disneyland
attraction.
The change-over from the traditional "Haunted Mansion" experience to
"Haunted Mansion Holiday" is immediately evident as the Mansion's
exterior is decorated with hundreds of flickering candles and grinning
pumpkins, along with a coffin sleigh filled with presents. Dressed as
"Sandy Claws," Jack Skellington himself beckons guests to enter. Once
inside, guests discover that the corridors are strangely decorated for
a "Scary Christmas." Skull and bone wreathes and puzzling holiday
paintings deck the halls, reflecting Jack's skewed interpretation of
Yuletide cheer.
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| Your
ride through the Haunted Mansion will be a memorable one, thanks to the
appearance of a friendly holiday ghost in your sleigh. |
Guests
also encounter a floating apparition of Zero, Jack's dearly departed
dog, frolicking around his present of holiday bones, and the ballroom
of dancing ghosts has been transformed into a macabre Christmas Ball
decorated with a ghastly Christmas tree, strange toys and a bizarre
gingerbread sculpture. In a snow-covered graveyard, jolly ghosts play
and harmonizing jack-o-lanterns sing vaguely familiar Christmas
"scarols." Further along, Oogie Boogie the Boogieman spins a game wheel
of holiday tricks and treats to spring on guests who will see a ghostly
surprise materialize in their sleigh.
Just steps away from "Haunted Mansion Holiday," Halloween fun can also
be found at the French Market Restaurant, which will be cleverly
decorated to reflect themes and characters from Tim Burton's The
Nightmare Before Christmas. The restaurant and other food locations
will feature an array of Nightmare-themed desserts for little boys and
"ghouls" of all ages to enjoy.
At Disney's California Adventure, "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror,"
a thrilling new adventure based on "a lost episode" of the classic
Twilight ZoneŽ television series, will mark its first Halloween since
opening at the park in May 2004. Looming 183 feet (the tallest
attraction at the Disneyland Resort) and tempting guests to leave
reality behind is the Hollywood Tower Hotel, site of the terrifying,
other-worldly experience that is "The Twilight Zone Tower of
Terror."
The crumbling yet still stately landmark exhibits an air of foreboding,
especially to sharp-eyed guests who may notice that part of the
building seems to have been struck by an oddly violent bolt of
lightening, exposing the elevator shafts. Halloween plays a role in the
attraction's storyline, since it was on the night of October 31, 1939,
that the mysterious occurrence forever transformed the Hollywood Tower
Hotel into the attraction's eerie namesake.
Daring guests enter through the once-grand lobby of the hotel (with a
mysterious past) and are then ushered into a musty library by one of
the hotel's droll "bellhops." In the library guests experience a unique
invitation to board one of the hotels service elevators, where they
find themselves on a terrifying journey to - The Twilight Zone.
This is obviously no ordinary elevator ride as guests experience a
series of frightening phenomenon before their climatic free fall into
fear. Each ride offers a "faster-than-the-speed-of-gravity" drop from
the 13th floor and amazing special effects that will leave guests
clinging to the edge of reality and wanting to do it over and over and
over, if they dare.
For general information about the Disneyland Resort, call 714.781.4565 or visit
our Disneyland
Resort ticket page.
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