How does haunted mansion stretching room work

If you are in the Disneyland version of the Haunted Mansion, your room went down and if you were in the Walt Disney World version, the ceiling went up. Besides the effect to show the portraits fully expanded, does this room have a purpose? The Disneyland Railroad tracks that set the boundary for the park are directly behind the Haunted Mansion. In order to reach the actual ride, on the other side of the tracks, the Imagineers came up with the idea to have guests go below ground in an elevator cleverly disguised as the stretching room.

When the stretching room doors open, you are now in a tunnel and you are walking under the railroad tracks toward the Doom Buggies boarding area. Since the stretching room had become such a fan favorite of the attraction, they left the stretching room in and to give the effect and had the ceiling rise, stretching the portraits to display the full pictures.

Like the Disneyland version, Phantom Manor in Disneyland Paris is also an elevator to take the guests to the loading area. All fun facts to know! Working in a technical support position for 18 years, it was time for a change. As the Webmaster and Project Planner, I spend most of my time researching everything from the latest Disney News, technology advances and of course keeping up on all the Marvel news that comes out. I feel blessed everyday that I get to spend my days working with my best friend and love of my life while we continue to grow and expand what started as a hobby all those years ago.

Scott has posts and counting. See all posts by Scott. Pingback: Do You Know? I cant remember if the elevator doorway gets bigger in the stretch room when its completely stretched or not. If it does then the lower walls beneath the mantle must go down further below the floor behind a baseboard as well along with the elevator doorway frame.

Thus leaving the inside elevator door to be taller than the original doorway when on the upper floor. Being the door is on a fixed track below the door would have to be extended above the door frame instead. Once the room moves downward and as the floor goes down the walls of the lower parts would move slower than the floor allowing panel beneath the floor would then be exposed. At the same time as it would make the doorway appear to stretch but allow for the upper part of the elevator door to become visible as well.

Probably there are some youtube videos out there that can double check. Of course, this only applies to the California version. You are correct. I believe the exit door is always at the same height, with the mantle inside moving up to match the height of the exit. Hoping someone can answer this for me. However Im stumped here. As you enter the stretching room I understand that there are two separate sets of walls; the wood panels and the striped wall paper moving at different speeds.

Does the wall paper unravel to mask this or is there another set of sliding doors? I feel like it would still be easier to point out. If you have insight please help! I love engineering but never studied it.

Thank you all. This is the first blog that mentions that the haunted mansion has two stretch rooms. As a child going to Walt Disney world since inception in I was sure there was two as each time I rode the haunted mansion and I did it various times each day I was there you were sent either left or right.

I searched and never found a site that actually confirms that there are to stretch rooms at the mansion. Do they still use both? Also, the wreath goes dark indigo as well as the glass, and the bow turns orange. Once the Ghost Host finishes speaking, the wreath "shatters" into a Jack-o-Lantern face, before completely breaking to reveal Jack Skellington leaning forward in his "Sandy Claws" outfit with his ghost dog Zero in the cupola, obscuring the Ghost Host's hanging corpse.

Jack says "Happy Holidays, everyone! When the lights come back on, the only trace of Jack and Zero are the shattered glass, the cupola, and its hanging occupant. These portraits are actually placed overtop of the normal Stretching Room paintings as they are difficult to remove and reintegrate.

The Ghost Gallery was an unofficial backstory made for the Haunted Mansion which was created by Walt Disney World cast members and which has since influenced several elements of the official and semi-official lore.

The latter two Stretching Room portrait backstories are presented with the framing device of the Ghost Host telling stories to the ghost of a young boy that has come into the room to view the paintings. In the video game, the Stretching Room is a secret elevator that serves as the entrance to the Vault of Shadows.

Zeke accesses it using the Seaman's ring to open a panel hidden behind a portrait of Atticus Thorn. Once Zeke is inside, the room stretches and reveals the door to the Vault of Shadows, which can only be opened once the player has obtained all souls. The portraits are massive and attached to rotating pieces that need to be aligned by the player through the protagonist Mickey in-order to progress.

Of the three portraits there are:. Muppet versions of the portraits appear in the special, with three of the four portraits being revealed through special chocolate eclairs sold at PizzeRizzo at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

A popular gimmick in Disney Parks merchandise is to parody the stretching room portraits with other Disney characters.