Whats changed since the original FAQ was written? What are some of the most recent changes at the Mansions?
One major Disneyland Mansion change we think bears special attention is the abandonment of Madame Leota’s famous fiberoptic head effect. With Haunted Mansion Holiday in 2001, we saw the return of the ‘front projection’ effect onto a static table. Then in January of 2005, the whole Seance Scene was significantly revamped AGAIN to incorporate new “hover” technology and effects. The Haunted Mansion Holiday Leota still utilizes a static projection effect, however. At the same time, the changing portrait gallery was altered. April December was removed, the Gorgon was swapped into her slot, and the “Master Gracey” changing portrait from the Walt Disney World Mansion Foyer was given the center frame. The portraits were “repainted” to utilize a new projection technique, and the slow-dissolve transformations were abandoned for the original lightening-cued flash transformations that opened the attraction (although, it’s important to note that Marc Davis had, during the early imagineering stages
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