2025 is a giant 12 months for Disneyland. It’s the seventieth anniversary of the long-lasting theme park and the occasion is bringing again a number of unimaginable leisure from years previous as a part of the celebration. It should additionally see the debut of an animatronic Walt Disney, a considerably controversial alternative, however one that can actually be a giant deal when it occurs. However it’s possibly an excellent greater 12 months for the Haunted Mansion, as a result of we’ll really get that beloved journey.
2024 was the 12 months with no conventional Haunted Mansion attraction. The journey was closed at Disneyland for many of the 12 months for the development of a brand new queue space, and solely opened in time for the Halloween season, which suggests we went straight into Haunted Mansion Vacation, the Nightmare Earlier than Christmas overlay that historically begins in September and lasts till simply after the brand new 12 months.
For a minute thee it appeared like 2025b was going to be totally different as a result of it was initially introduced that Haunted Mansion Vacation wouldn’t open till November this 12 months, which means that we’d get the normal mansion for Halloween. Nonetheless, in an announcement despatched to CInemaBlend, Disneyland Resort mentioned…
We look ahead to welcoming Haunted Mansion Vacation again for Halloween Time on Aug. 22. Incorrect dates revealed on the web site this morning are being up to date.
I am greater than slightly bummed that the unique information is not true as a result of conserving the mansion open longer is definitely an awesome concept.
The Haunted Mansion Ought to All the time Stay It’s Conventional Self For Halloween
I don’t dislike Haunted Mansion Vacation, no less than not the way in which Ryan Gosling does. I feel it is one among methods Disneyland is healthier than Walt Disney World. However whether or not you think about The Nightmare Earlier than Christmas primarily a Halloween film or a Christmas film, to me the Haunted Mansion Vacation overlay could be very a lot Christmas themed somewhat than Halloween. As such, visiting it through the Halloween season feels misplaced.
At Christmas it is smart. An attraction that’s slightly spooky, mixed with some vacation cheer, is strictly what lots of people would most likely like from the Haunted Mansion in November and December… however not October. October must have a spookier mansion, and the normal model has all the time been higher in that regard.
The Haunted Mansion Change May Be A One 12 months Anomaly
The Haunted Mansion is at present closed to transition out of the Haunted Mansion Vacation overlay and when it reopens on January 18, it will likely be the primary time since August 2023 that the normal model of the mansion has been open. Contemplating the prolonged closure, an prolonged run of the basic mansion is not the worst concept.
There’s additionally the truth that the seventieth anniversary of Disneyland is beginning this summer season, and so having the “basic” mansion open for extra of the celebration interval makes some sense.