It was a long time ago, longer now than it seems, in a place that perhaps you've seen in your dreams.

For the story that you were about to be told began the holiday worlds of old.

I know you're curious to see what's inside.

It's what happens when two holidays collide.

Hello and welcome to the Imagineer Podcast, your unofficial guide to the Disney Parks, Resorts,

movies, music, and more.

I'm your host, Matthew Krall, and this is episode number seven of the Imagineer podcast.

Now, since this week is Halloween, I thought I would provide you with a special episode of The Imagineer podcast. Now, since this week is Halloween, I thought I would provide you with a special

episode of the Imagineer podcast. And in particular, I'm going to take you aboard with me for a ride

on Haunted Mansion holiday. A very appropriate attraction for this time of year. and it happens to be one of my all-time

favorites, and especially one of my favorite versions of the Haunted Mansion.

If you listen back to episode number two, in fact, of the differences between Magic Kingdom

and Disneyland, when Anne-Marie Corrigliano and John Corrigliano and myself were discussing

which Haunted Mansion version is better,

we had to disqualify Haunted Mansion Holiday because that would have automatically given the prize to Disneyland's version of the Haunted Mansion.

Haunted Mansion Holiday, just to give you a couple of quick facts, and then I would love to take you on board

this attraction with me, is, again, it's only available either in Disneyland Park or in Tokyo

Disneyland, and you'll start to see it take shape around the late summer beginning of the fall

in Disneyland, and it'll last through the beginning of January, really through the end of the year.

So if you're visiting Disneyland between, again, around the Halloween time and the Christmas time,

you have the opportunity to experience the Haunted Mansion holiday, which is really a major

overlay of Haunted Mansion and in many ways feels like a completely different

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