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How do they do the ghosts in Haunted Mansion?

In 1969, the ghosts that appear in the ride were created with a clever, low-tech method know as a Pepper's Ghost, which is effectively a 2D illusion created with reflections and named after John Henry Pepper, who used this projection approach for entertainment during the 1800s.



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Haunted Mansion (Disneyland) This Haunted Mansion is sometimes given the address of, 1313 Esplanade due to Disneyland's address being 1313 Disneyland Drive, 1313 being numerical conversion code for Mickey Mouse's initials, MM.

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On one particular ride through the Haunted Mansion, in the summer of 1974, while riding through the ballroom scene, a guest had a gun that (accidentally, we hope) went off. Thankfully the . 22 caliber round didn't hit anyone. However, it did puncture the glass of the ballroom scene.

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The Haunted Mansion is dark and contains some mildly frightening scenes, but there is no gore. The ghostly residents are friendly and the ride is slow-moving.

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