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Is there nightmare before Christmas in Disneyland?

Haunted Mansion Holiday Experience haunted halls with frightfully festive touches and ghoul-tide surprises, inspired by Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.



Yes, The Nightmare Before Christmas has a massive presence in Disneyland, primarily through the famous Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay. Every year, typically from late August through early January, Jack Skellington and his friends "wreck the halls" of the Haunted Mansion, transforming the classic spooky attraction into a festive mash-up of Halloween and Christmas. The ride features an original soundtrack, appearances by Jack, Sally, and Oogie Boogie, and a massive, real gingerbread house in the ballroom scene that changes design every year. In 2026, visitors should note that while the overlay is a beloved tradition, the attraction often undergoes brief closures in January and August to install or remove the decorations. Beyond the ride, you can find a wealth of Nightmare Before Christmas themed merchandise in the New Orleans Square shops and occasionally encounter Jack and Sally for character meet-and-greets during the Halloween Time and Holiday seasons. It remains one of the most popular seasonal transformations in any Disney park worldwide.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. – During the Halloween Time and Holidays seasons at the Disneyland Resort, Jack Skellington wrecks the halls of the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland Park with merry and macabre décor inspired by “Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas” – transforming the attraction into Haunted Mansion Holiday.

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This year, Haunted Mansion Holiday opened on September 1, 2023.

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Disney's latest announcement states that Disneyland Park will improve next year. At some point in 2024, Haunted Mansion at New Orleans Square will close indefinitely as Imagineers add to this section. Specifically, Disney will expand the Haunted Mansion campus so that it can enrich the lore surrounding this attraction.

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Meeting Jack Skellington Jack also appears during Christmas season at Disneyland Paris, Disneyland and at the Christmas Parties in the Magic Kingdom.

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Disneyland Park Step into the mysterious world of the Pumpkin King Jack Skellington and his quirky friend, Sally. Join them for an encounter brimming with laughter, excitement and thrills as they continue their quest to make Halloween the most celebrated season of them all!

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No times available. The Haunted Mansion is closed for refurbishment from August 14 to August 31, 2023. It will reopen as the Haunted Mansion Holiday on September 1, 2023!

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Disney's latest announcement states that Disneyland Park will improve next year. At some point in 2024, Haunted Mansion at New Orleans Square will close indefinitely as Imagineers add to this section. Specifically, Disney will expand the Haunted Mansion campus so that it can enrich the lore surrounding this attraction.

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Tourists. Disneyland is more popular with locals, and Walt Disney World is more popular with tourists, therefore, when they go, they want to see all of the attractions, and when to go for Halloween, they want to go on the main scary attraction, not a Christmas themed variant of it.

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