Haunted Mansion May Lose Dead Space
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, 05-06-2015 at 10:12 AM (14026 Views)
The Hatbox Ghost may be returning to Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, but another longtime feature might be disappearing.
The scuttlebutt among cast members is that Walt Disney Imagineering has been eyeing the attraction’s original pet cemetery, which is located on the north backstage side of the building.
The cemetery is the final resting place of Stripey the skunk, Bully the bullfrog, Big Jake the dog, and Miss Kitty the cat.
Most guests, apart from those who are “backdoored” around the side of the building, don’t even know it exists.
Team Disney Anaheim considers the area “dead space.” So, WDI is considering demolishing the cemetery in order to make it a parking lot for guest ECVs.
The pet graveyard, admitted one cast member, “is not much, but it is something guests often ask about and request to see,” adding that “it is part of the Mansion’s history.”
The area was originally built about 35 years ago. In 1993, a larger pet cemetery was added on-stage, in front of the Mansion.