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Easily my favorite attraction in the park, Phantom Manor builds on the black widow storyline premise of the California original. Each time I went through I'd notice something new. It's the small details that I happen upon which make me feel like an imagineer added this quirky touch just for me. There's one window shutter on the second floor as you're almost ready to enter which just can't stop flapping in a breezeless afternoon. Despite my best efforts, I kept losing track of how many clouded mirrors line the walls, which purpose is to perhaps remind the bride that although each suitor meets an early demise, she's never truly alone with a phantom just over her shoulder. I wish they had more themed merchandise besides the generic Haunted Mansion imports from the California attraction.
Really an amazing ride and one of the best attractions at Disneyland Paris. In terms of the setup and ride mechanics, they didn't deviate from original Haunted Mansion much. You still get the large elevator with the stretching walls followed by a ride on tracked seats through the mansion and outside of it. However, they did change up the theme which really gave the ride a new feel and livened things up. The California and American versions of the Haunted Mansions feel spooky in a very lighthearted and fun way. In contrast, the Paris Phantom Manor really embraces a darker theme. A somber bride and a skeleton-like phantom character appear throughout the course of the ride. Replacing happy looking ghosts are decaying skeletons and angry looking demonic dogs. I really applaud the imagineers for their fresh take on this attraction.
Before going to Disneyland Paris, the attraction I was most excited for and absolutely could not miss on my trip was Phantom Manor. I had heard how much better it was then the Haunted Mansion at Disney World and was up for the challenge. Phantom Manor can be found in Frontierland and looks as if it's up on hill spookily looking down on the park. You walk through a forbidding gate and into the gardens of Phantom Manor. The outdoor queue walking up to Phantom Manor is so creepy and well detailed. You pass an eerie gazebo with a music box playing the Grinning Ghosts song and you wind through dead, overgrown grounds. You enter the foyer through the front door of the manor and then go into the stretching room. Following the fun presentation in there you move through the indoor queue to get onto the doombuggies. As you ride through the manor, each room seems to get more scary and there were a lot more skeletons than Haunted Mansion. It ends with the reflections of yourself in the mirror just before you exit. I wish I had rode Phantom Manor more than once as there are so many little details that you catch more and more each time. Don't miss it on your trip to Disneyland Paris!
OMG - this place is so haunted - I am not sure I would ever stay here again - its very very very difficult to sleep much less write or type and no one could help me with wifi - im not even sure that the house has it - not even this random phantom who only appears to cackle and then randomly just evaporates. He's a nascence and so is this gold digger bride who can't stop hurting her husbands back to back to back. Crows caw and shutters swing here but let's be honest no one can endure the over caw-ing of a black crow especially after sundown. The halls were warped with swelling and bloated despair and this random 'Gypsy in a bauble' kept on conjouring a ton of issues. 1. a Wedding party where everyone danced but there was no way to get down. 2. A scary attic experience where mirrors and old boxes just got over the top for me - I was triggered too by the weeping bride. no one should be left at a make-up table crying for eternity. 3. there was scary western town that I was forced thru that only had poltergiest based gambling and sad sorrowful prostitutes who sadly had turned kelly green. Must be the lead in the mansions system. We won't book a room here again as this place just gives off heavy sad energy that grim grimming ghosts have obviously come out to socialize. read more
I hate writing this one because it was the single ride I was most excited for. I'm a haunted mansion girlie. It's my favorite ride. So I couldn't wait to experience this version and story. I love the queue. The sight lines are beautiful of thunder mountain, the molly brown (boat), even of a character meet & greet (we were here in October so we could see Sally & Jack meeting with guests) the queue is also really just pretty. Love the initial room, it's so interesting bit the volume isn't high enough to hear over crowded honestly which as disappointing. The stretching room is also unique with the paintings all special to this ride and far more "serious" than in the American parks. It was all very cool. The loading dock is also really incredible and overwhelming. However... The pace of the ride is way too fast for me. It felt like it was moving twice as fast as the American parks which makes seeing the details very difficult. We had to ride multiple times to try to see everything and still felt like we missed out a bit. I also felt like the story got really lost. I knew the background before coming but my husband had no idea, and when I asked home after if he picked up on the sorry line and he had no idea. So the story gets lost. I also really didn't under the context of the last section in the town of "Thunder Mesa" why are we going through a town of people lit in green?! Are they ghosts? What is going on? The graveyard scene is also way more spooky and goolish-the dead are all skeletons and not "grim grinning ghosts"...just more spooky. It might legitimately frightens young children (but I loved that aspect) And yes, we did have some stops. Every time we rode. At this point I think it's just part of the experiences Just one more random thing, the doom buggies, feel very short. Mu husband and I are both under 6'11" and our heads were at the top. When we were ripped backwards, our heads were on the top edge which was uncomfortable. They also do not lower themselves which is just an odd thing to leave out. Or does raise itself though. So that's odd. As a Haunted Mansion stan, I was sadly disappointed by this. Definitely ride or at least once but it could be better than it is. But definitely ride at night-much lower wait and the views from the queue are incredible!!! read more
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Easily my favorite attraction in the park, Phantom Manor builds on the black widow storyline premise of the California original. Each time I went through I'd notice something new. It's the small details that I happen upon which make me feel like an imagineer added this quirky touch just for me. There's one window shutter on the second floor as you're almost ready to enter which just can't stop flapping in a breezeless afternoon. Despite my best efforts, I kept losing track of how many clouded mirrors line the walls, which purpose is to perhaps remind the bride that although each suitor meets an early demise, she's never truly alone with a phantom just over her shoulder. I wish they had more themed merchandise besides the generic Haunted Mansion imports from the California attraction. read more
Really an amazing ride and one of the best attractions at Disneyland Paris. In terms of the setup and ride mechanics, they didn't deviate from original Haunted Mansion much. You still get the large elevator with the stretching walls followed by a ride on tracked seats through the mansion and outside of it. However, they did change up the theme which really gave the ride a new feel and livened things up. The California and American versions of the Haunted Mansions feel spooky in a very lighthearted and fun way. In contrast, the Paris Phantom Manor really embraces a darker theme. A somber bride and a skeleton-like phantom character appear throughout the course of the ride. Replacing happy looking ghosts are decaying skeletons and angry looking demonic dogs. I really applaud the imagineers for their fresh take on this attraction. read more
Before going to Disneyland Paris, the attraction I was most excited for and absolutely could not miss on my trip was Phantom Manor. I had heard how much better it was then the Haunted Mansion at Disney World and was up for the challenge. Phantom Manor can be found in Frontierland and looks as if it's up on hill spookily looking down on the park. You walk through a forbidding gate and into the gardens of Phantom Manor. The outdoor queue walking up to Phantom Manor is so creepy and well detailed. You pass an eerie gazebo with a music box playing the Grinning Ghosts song and you wind through dead, overgrown grounds. You enter the foyer through the front door of the manor and then go into the stretching room. Following the fun presentation in there you move through the indoor queue to get onto the doombuggies. As you ride through the manor, each room seems to get more scary and there were a lot more skeletons than Haunted Mansion. It ends with the reflections of yourself in the mirror just before you exit. I wish I had rode Phantom Manor more than once as there are so many little details that you catch more and more each time. Don't miss it on your trip to Disneyland Paris! read more
This is another classic Disney ride. You pretty much have to come here whenever you're at Disneyland! It's not a very scary ride. If anything, it's more of a humorous ride. Unfortunately the ride kept stopping when we were on this ride. The content of the ride was pretty much the same but it was a bit different from the ride at the Disneyland in Anaheim. The stretching paintings were different. read more
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