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Wednesday, September 08, 2021
Haunted Mansion Holiday Gingerbread House ‘Memorializes’ 20 Years with Monstrous Mansion Mash-Up
Disney Parks Blog: A chill went down Graphic Designer Tim Wollweber’s spine when he realized two Roman numeral “X”s for the eyes of zombie gingerbread men would perfectly “skelebrate” 20 seasons of Haunted Mansion Holiday and its creepy centerpiece, the Gingerbread House in the mansion’s ballroom, debuted to guests September 3.
As someone who is a huge fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Halloween, this caught my eye almost immediately. Reading more about this on the Disney Parks blog, I am always fascinated by the fact that they really try and find interesting ways to incorporate hidden things into their attractions. I think using the XX as eyes but also to commemorate 20 years is genius. I also love the reuse of resources. We talk about reuse so much in theatre and trying to save the environment by being eco friendly. This attraction could have easily been all new shiny things to mark 20 years but instead, they are entirely reusing pieces from the past 20 years that have been in storage since they made their debut. I think that even Disney fans who have gone to this attraction year after year would enjoy this because it not only makes them remember pieces from the past years that they have gone but it also lets them see these pieces reimagined in a different way. Of course, the attraction can't be completely reused things, they have to add some things from this year in case they wanted to do this again in another 20 years.
It seems that this year Disney is really hitting the gingerbread theme! Along with this seasonal design, they are also releasing Marvel gingerbread funko pops as well! I think it’s really cool how they used references from houses from years prior and it makes me wonder how many hardcore Disney fans noticed that they did that. I think the list at the end was nice to read because it shows the wide variety of themes that they have chosen for previous houses. Seeing a glimpse of how they made the house was interesting as well and I wish they had expanded on that as well, as reading about that is always a good read and it could get people interested in fabrication. I am kind of sad they missed making about joke about the house being 13 feet high, but overall this was an interesting read about something I would have never known existed!
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As someone who is a huge fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Halloween, this caught my eye almost immediately. Reading more about this on the Disney Parks blog, I am always fascinated by the fact that they really try and find interesting ways to incorporate hidden things into their attractions. I think using the XX as eyes but also to commemorate 20 years is genius. I also love the reuse of resources. We talk about reuse so much in theatre and trying to save the environment by being eco friendly. This attraction could have easily been all new shiny things to mark 20 years but instead, they are entirely reusing pieces from the past 20 years that have been in storage since they made their debut. I think that even Disney fans who have gone to this attraction year after year would enjoy this because it not only makes them remember pieces from the past years that they have gone but it also lets them see these pieces reimagined in a different way. Of course, the attraction can't be completely reused things, they have to add some things from this year in case they wanted to do this again in another 20 years.
It seems that this year Disney is really hitting the gingerbread theme! Along with this seasonal design, they are also releasing Marvel gingerbread funko pops as well! I think it’s really cool how they used references from houses from years prior and it makes me wonder how many hardcore Disney fans noticed that they did that. I think the list at the end was nice to read because it shows the wide variety of themes that they have chosen for previous houses. Seeing a glimpse of how they made the house was interesting as well and I wish they had expanded on that as well, as reading about that is always a good read and it could get people interested in fabrication. I am kind of sad they missed making about joke about the house being 13 feet high, but overall this was an interesting read about something I would have never known existed!
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