Happy Holiday Haunts await you in the attic...Do you sense a disquieting metamorphosis? Or is it your imagination?
While a "haunted house" had been part of the original plans for Disneyland, the Haunted Mansion officially swung open its creaking doors on Aug. 9, 1969. Imagineers had debated the attraction's atmospheric elements for years-sinister and unnerving or silly and lighthearted? Ultimately, they compromised: Claude Coats oversaw the opening sequences through the manor's eerie rooms and passages while Marc Davis designed the sight gags and eccentric characters in the finale graveyard scene. Tying the experience together was the unforgettable narration of the Ghost Host, written by X Atencio and voiced by Paul Frees, and the creepy but catchy "Grim Grinning Ghosts" theme by Atencio and Buddy Baker, which has become as iconic to the attraction as the southern plantation-style mansion itself.Forty years later, the Haunted Mansion has welcomed millions of guests, inspired four similar attractions at other Disney parks around the world, and its 999 ghostly inhabitants are still reminding visitors that "...there's always room for one more."
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the time-honored story of a beautiful princess whose blossoming beauty disturbs her stepmother the Queen. Each day the Queen asks a mysterious magic mirror the quintessential question: "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" As long as the mirror answers the Queen's name, all is well. However, when one day the mirror replies with Snow White's name, the evil Queen begins her quest to kill the young girl, so she may once again be "the fairest of them all." Snow White's escape from the evil Queen's plan leads her deep into the forest and to a small cottage where she meets, in one of the most famous scenes in motion picture history, the Seven Dwarfs. One day-when "off to work" they go-the wicked Queen persuades Snow White to take a bite of a poisonous apple that places a powerful sleeping curse on the young beauty. Heartbroken, the dwarfs make a glass coffin for their friend, because she is too beautiful to bury. Only when a handsome Prince-who had previously fallen in love with Snow White-finds her and kisses her, does she awaken, to "live happily ever after."
Come seeking tales of salty old Pirates, aye? In the world of Pirates Online, there's adventure - and evil around every corner. Meet the undead pirate named Jolly Roger -- every Halloween he summons his wicked magic to cast a spell over the islands. Known as "The Curse of the Muertos Moon," this is a strange and haunting time when the souls of the undead come out to play in the light of the full moon.Beware! If you're touched by the light of the moon, you too will be cursed and turned into one of Jolly's undead followers! Dare to join us? Then prepare yourself to become part of a ghost story you'll never forget - and remember mate, dead men tell no tales ...
In honor of this spooky holiday, we dug up our top four favorite Halloween jokes. (Get it? dug up?...hoo-boy, tough tomb!) We hide the jokes on this page along with a monstrous surprise. Find them! And remember, you don't have to be a werewolf to howl at these. In fact, even my mummy likes them...(Say, is this place haunted, or is the audience boo-ing?)
DISNEY'S A CHRISTMAS CAROL, a multi-sensory thrill ride re-envisioned by Academy Award©-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale in a groundbreaking, performance-capture 3D motion picture event. Ebenezer Scrooge (JIM CARREY) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (GARY OLDMAN) and his cheery nephew (COLIN FIRTH). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
A holiday tradition continues this Halloween when Tim Burton's classic, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, makes a return to the big screen in stunning Disney Digital 3DTM. Audiences will get closer than ever to Halloweentown's beloved Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington (voice of CHRIS SARANDON), as he attempts to take over the Christmas holiday. Against the advice of Sally (voice of CATHERINE O'HARA), a lonely rag doll who has feelings for him, Jack enlists three mischievous trick-or-treaters - Lock, Shock, and Barrel - to help him kidnap Santa Claus. Jack eventually realizes his mistake but has to contend with the evil Oogie Boogie before he can make things right and restore the Christmas holiday. Fueled by an unforgettable Grammy® nominated soundtrack featuring ten ghoulishly delightful songs by Oscar® nominee Danny Elfman who also provided the singing voice for Jack, Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 3D combines the Oscar® nominated artistry of stop-motion animation with state-of-the-art digital technology to create a unique and entertaining movie-going experience that has become an annual holiday event for the entire family.
Do you feel a presentiment of the paranormal? You should because our cryptozoological tour of the creepiest crypts and disquieting digs in New Orleans and London will send shivers down your spine. It might even be enough to keep you spell"bound" to your chair.
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the musical THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, an animated comedy set in the great city of New Orleans. From the creators of "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana (ANIKA NONI ROSE), a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG marks the return to hand-drawn animation from the revered team of John Musker and Ron Clements, with music by Oscar®-winning composer Randy Newman.
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