What happened to the changing portraits in the Disneyland mansion?
They completely redid the effect in January of 2005, probably to bring a little more “Gracey” into the Disneyland Mansion, to bring the presentation a bit more in line with both zee Movieeee et le WDW Mansion. Originally, the portraits were intended to fade back and forth between the before and after pictures (according to Marc Davis, who had originally prepared them for a Mansion-themed restaurant that never materialized). For some reason, the imagineers at WED changed the concept before installation. So, for many years, the portraits changed with every flash of lightening which illuminated the hallway. Then, in the big 1995 mansion refurb, they portraits were made to fade slowly, as originally intended. In ’05, the effect was completely changed AGAIN. Now, the portraits flash back and forth with the lightning again. This time, though, the technology has been significantly revamped. The portraits are made to look less like projection screens, and more like paintings. To make the new e
