16 Facts About Phantom Manor

1.

Phantom Manor is a dark ride attraction in Frontierland at Disneyland Park in Disneyland Paris.

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2.

Phantom Manor is the park's version of The Haunted Mansion attractions at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland, although it is designed to be darker in tone compared to other Haunted Mansion rides.

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3.

Jeff Burke was assigned the role of executive producer for the construction of this park's version of Frontierland and, with help from Imagineer Bob Baranick and show writer Craig Fleming, it was decided that the story related to Phantom Manor would have to be congruent with that of Thunder Mesa, the fictional town portrayed in Frontierland.

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4.

Whether or not she understood that the Phantom Manor was responsible for the death of her groom is unknown.

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5.

The main difference is that Phantom Manor's track is slightly longer, primarily to accommodate the Phantom Canyon scenes that substitute for the graveyard scenes in the other rides.

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6.

Phantom Manor is designed to look clearly derelict and stands at the top of a small hill, looking out onto the southern side of Big Thunder Mountain, with a commanding view of the washed out trestle, the mine elevator, and the second lift hill.

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7.

The Phantom Manor's grounds are untended, overgrown with weeds and scattered with dead vegetation.

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8.

The voice of the Phantom sounds from the ceiling and around the room, politely welcoming guests, telling them the Legend of this place and inviting them to explore the Manor further.

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9.

The Phantom Manor is in pristine condition, and the tree, now with leaves, has one heart and a swing hanging from its branches.

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10.

Phantom Manor was originally voiced by Vincent Price, but legal agreements required the narration to be primarily in French.

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11.

Shortly after, Melanie fades away from each of the paintings, with only the suitors left and the Phantom Manor acknowledges a 'disquieting metamorphosis' and that 'not all tales have happy endings'.

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12.

Scene revealed in the attic was slightly different until 2018; instead of just showing the Phantom Manor evilly laughing, he was hanging Jake Evans, Melanie's sole groom in the original version of the attraction.

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13.

Melanie stands on a staircase, singing while the Phantom Manor stands behind her, laughing at her as lightning flashes behind him.

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14.

Much of Phantom Manor Canyon was derived from a planned scene of a wild mining town called Dry Gulch in the Western River Expedition at the Magic Kingdom, later retooled into their version of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

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15.

Phantom Manor Canyon occupies a space that in the regular Haunted Mansions is used for the graveyard scene.

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16.

Phantom Manor had been working on lighting backstage, and his death was understood to have been accidental and due to electrocution.

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