Is the new bride better? Is the new bride RIGHT?

[@wackymanstudios9514]

Hey Everyone,I'm Actually The Cast Member Mentioned In The Episode Greeting David @ The Haunted Mansion 😅 & I 100% Absolutely Agree With Everyone Here That David Is A Disney Parks Celebrity.As For The Changes In The Mansion The Bride Is Definitely The Main Focus (She Still Has The Name Constance *But Probably A Different Last Name*) Reverting Her Back To The Beating Heart Bride (Making Her Similar To The Opening Day Bride *Like David Mentioned In The Video 😅👍*).Besides The Bride, There Were Some Other Little Changes That Were Made,The Hitchhiking Ghosts At The Very End (The One's That Appear In Your Doom Buggy) Are Actually Digital Recreations Of The Original Animatronics (Which I Was Genuinely Scared We Were Getting The Same Update That WDW Got A Few Years Ago).We Also Received Small Little Elements In The Graveyard Scene,Like David Noticed In The Video The Imagineers Took Out The Wraith Silhouette (Or Von Ginger,Who Was Referenced In A Gingerbread House In The Holiday Overlay In 2023) & Replaced With A Floating Candelabra,Along With That We Also Got Some New Fog Projections & Ghostly Projections.I DID Read The Comments Of Possibly The Lights Showing The Ballroom Dancers Was Slightly Brighter,The Imagineers Possibly Changed The Lights (I'm Not Sure About That). Anyway,I Didn't Think I Would Leave A Decent Impact In The Comments & I Genuinely Didn't Realize David Was Filming Me Until Later 😅.This Was An Awesome Thing To See,Today Was Actually My First Time Doing Classic Mansion & I Was A Little Nervous So Seeing David Boosted My Confidence A Bit.

[@Chaneloweenz]

It's nowhere near being similar to the superior original beating heart brides. She looks BAD and this is objective, it looks like a cheap halloween decoration with a cheap 2010s royalty free halloween projection.

[@sdigf3167]

What in the world possessed you to write like that? It makes you look really silly. I certainly won't read it.

[@Brian-12345]

Thanks so much for sharing from your perspective! We all appreciate YOU and your colleagues doing what you do to make the magic happen!

[@The6ftPeter]

Thank you for the added info!!! We appreciate all cast members !!!

[@Jonathan-pp3du]

@@wackymanstudios9514 Thank you so much for the update!

[@ashleyheim7091]

The cast member saying "David, nice to see you." 😅 You're a Disney celebrity!

[@patrickperalta59]

the cast member is right David is a Disney Celebrity.... he is always at Disneyland weekly....recording his shows. I wish I could spend as much time at Disneyland as he does. growing up I used to wish I could work there.

[@ashleyheim7091]

@patrickperalta59 Oh trust me, I know! I watch them all and I'm a Patron.

[@engagexkujo]

So many people in the line this morning were thanking David for his content or just saying hi

[@fedupwthu]

He so is a celebrity But he’s so nice. I’ve ran into him. My last visit and I was so excited. Like finding a hidden Mickey. My daughter and I came out in a recent video. We couldn’t help it but smile. Multiple people yelling out Fresh Baked!

[@wackymanstudios9514]

Hey Everyone,I'm Actually The Cast Member Mentioned In This Comment/Shown In The Episode Greeting David @ The Haunted Mansion 😅 & I 100% Absolutely Agree With Everyone Here That David Is A Disney Parks Celebrity.As For The Changes In The Mansion The Bride Is Definitely The Main Focus (She Still Has The Name Constance *But Probably A Different Last Name*) Reverting Her Back To The Beating Heart Bride (Making Her Similar To The Opening Day Bride *Like David Mentioned In The Video 😅👍*).Besides The Bride, There Were Some Other Little Changes That Were Made,The Hitchhiking Ghosts At The Very End (The One's That Appear In Your Doom Buggy) Are Actually Digital Recreations Of The Original Animatronics (Which I Was Genuinely Scared We Were Getting The Same Update That WDW Got A Few Years Ago).We Also Received Small Little Elements In The Graveyard Scene,Like David Noticed In The Video The Imagineers Took Out The Wraith Silhouette (Or Von Ginger,Who Was Referenced In A Gingerbread House In The Holiday Overlay In 2023) & Replaced With A Floating Candelabra,Along With That We Also Got Some New Fog Projections & Ghostly Projections.I DID Read The Comments Of Possibly The Lights Showing The Ballroom Dancers Was Slightly Brighter,The Imagineers Possibly Changed The Lights (I'm Not Sure About That). Anyway,I Didn't Think I Would Leave A Decent Impact In The Comments & I Genuinely Didn't Realize David Was Filming Me Until Later 😅.This Was An Awesome Thing To See,Today Was Actually My First Time Doing Classic Mansion & I Was A Little Nervous So Seeing David Boosted My Confidence A Bit.

[@Keyblader001]

I remember the beating heart aspect of the bride used to really creep me out as a kid, when you make that transition from the ballroom to the attic, and you hear that heartbeat, it really is unnerving.

[@tornadoe13]

Emily was always the best bride in my opinion.

[@myblujl7503]

Im SO GLAD they kept the hanging scene. Its such a classic and staple of the stretch room its hard to think of it without.

[@partymonkeyonetsy4854]

I really like that they carried the candelabra throughout the ride!

[@puffnoot]

Ooooh. Now I get it!!!

[@2doot]

"David, nice to see you" said in the same monotone delivery as gim ushering in guests absolutely sent me lmfao. Homeboy had to get that in but committed to the craft, we stan.

[@wackymanstudios9514]

Me *The CM In The Video* In Full Mansion Outfit Politely Bow To You (I Enjoy Having Fun With Guests Using The Monotone Voice 😁😅)

[@mermaidplans_]

As a former maid of the Mansion back in 2001, I am soo happy for Mansion to be back and the Bride is Spooktacular 💚💜

[@tsubaki4106]

I like how this version of the bride combines the original “beating heart and candelabra” effects with the newer “serial widow” idea from 2006 onwards. I also like how exactly what happened to the husbands is left ambiguous. Did she kill them, or was it something else? Given how she seems genuinely saddened by their loss, I theorize that she truly loved them all, and if she killed them anyway, it wasn’t out of malice. Rather, she may have succumbed to a violent compulsion, only to be horrified by her own actions and attempt to “do better next time”, genuinely falling in love with each man and then falling prey to the same cruel urge again and again. If that’s the case, then it REALLY ups the tearjerker factor.

[@hanonondricek411]

In Florida the very first room you ride through before the portrait gallery has a staircase above and it's easy to miss if you don't look up immediately, but there's a floating candelabra up there also. I love the concept that the bride is following you throughout but only her candles are visible.

[@NateDohDoubleGee]

Usually I dislike when Disney changes the stories in any way on the older rides, but this is one of just a few exceptions. The creepy heartbeat throwback is a great choice! The effect of the bride is fantastic and the more open story of leaving the husbands deaths unknown allows room for the guests to speculate what could have happened to all of them. It's been a while since they've nailed something, but in my opinion they got this one right.

[@mariamay5763]

Agreed. And the new storyline is very similar to Phantom Manor in Paris. Now the Bride is more of a depressed widow who can’t get wed and not a killer. Makes me wonder if Disney is gonna ditch the axe storyline completely for all the parks and have all the brides be more of a victim character instead of villains.

[@metallicnole4514]

I don't like it. I prefer the hatchet. I hope ty don't change the one in FL

[@sindoreipony]

New bride seems a combination of all the other brides to me, she has the beating heart effect of the Heart Beat Bride, Constance's wedding portraits have been updated for her story, and she has the candlestick and is possibly following us through the mansion like Melanie in Phantom Manor.

[@alextirrellRI]

The original bride did have a candle as well.

[@dfall3n1]

Freshbaked, you going to ignore the fact that Disney brought back a 50+ year old concept to life? Look next to the bride. The ONE-EYED CAT is real!

[@DavidBTB]

Isn't there a one-eyed cat in the cue just before loading?

[@dfall3n1]

@ there is but it’s a statue that serves a Easter egg to the concept. It’s in the Loading Area.

[@ellisrgreen]

Adventureland treehouse, the space mountain blue light tunnel, a new beating-heart bride... Disneyland is healing. Now go fix the Peoplemover!

[@Brian-12345]

And fix all the broken elements on Tom Sawyer Island!

[@limeyprat]

@@Brian-12345 Yeah, does anyone know why the fort closed?? I went to show my 5 year old cousin there, not realizing it had been locked.

[@Brian-12345]

@@limeyprat Fort Wilderness is now used by Cast Members as a break room and as a staging area for Fantasmic. I believe it's become a necessary part of the show's infrastructure, so it probably won't ever open back up as a guest-facing area. But there's no excuse for never fixing the broken features that David always reports on (treasure lift, bilge pump, treehouse waterfalls). Plus Dead Man's Grotto seems to be closed more often then open.

[@DimitriyMykhaylovDisneyFan]

I Wish They Closed Off Tiana's Bayou Adventure and Change it back to Splash Mountain, but add Modern Technologies and New-Looking Animatronics.

[@nessie46]

@@DimitriyMykhaylovDisneyFan Tiana's Bayou Adventure is super cute. Why would they do that?

[@ensm2121]

I like how her story is back to being ambiguous, just like the original. Her grooms are missing -- is she a victim of bad luck, or did she off them herself? Maybe it's like Phantom Manor where someone (maybe the HBG) stopped her from ever marrying?? Everyone can make up their own story

[@tsubaki4106]

I’ve already posted one possibility earlier in this section, but I’ve just thought of two more that I feel I need to post. I think it’s within the realm of possibility that either the cat, the Hatbox Ghost, or both may have had a hand in the poor grooms’ fates. Maybe one or both swayed the bride to kill her men. Maybe he/it/they acted directly instead. As to why, who knows? Jealousy? Sadism? At this point, I’m not ruling anything out.

[@DavidBTB]

I love the effect & It's as far away from a projector-face as you can get. And modernizing a pepper's-ghost effect feels like what the original Imagineers would have wanted.

[@jimcampbell]

I like that the bride is now fully a ghost. In the last version it was like the gown was hanging on a dress mannequin and the ghost projection was her haunting the dress. Now she’s fully a real hovering ghost! I haven’t seen it in person but it looks great in this video!

[@Johnnyblaze8219]

The Mansion, in my opinion has never looked better. With all the additions they have done to the Mansion since reopening Disneyland in 2021, and with the new queue, plus the new Bride. Everything looks great.

[@GangaKris]

I am so happy with this change. I've always loved Beating Heart Bride more than Constance Hatchway. And thank you for pointing out that those portraits changed. It was so subtle that I didn't notice it in some of the other ride through videos I watched today.

[@Delaney-and-the-Starlight]

Also having the husbands keep disappearing and her with the candelabra feel like the best part of Phantom Manor becoming part of the Haunted Mansion! And her sadness also remind me of Melanie!

[@DavidBTB]

For a ghostly presence, I think the translucent look is better than animatronic. It'd really ruin the atmosphere if you came up on a frozen stroke victim bride like every Tiana animatronic was yesterday.

[@bryancjann]

being 51 i grew up with the heart beat bride and then saw the change I was even at the hm evet where. they had the bride and groom on the outside balcony during the event. I love they brought the new bride back which has the feel of the old bride

[@yoopergamer2121]

I really love that they brought back the beating heart bride!! it is more along the original story. The original bride was not a serial killer. Didn’t she jump out the attic window because she was sad or was pushed or something like that? Can’t remember the details, but this is definitely more along the original lines of haunted mansion theme. Love it.

[@copperkiddo]

Yeah I’m definitely thinking the new Bride is still named Constance, because her name still appears on the wedding portraits. And the husbands disappear entirely instead of the head, so yeah she’s grieving the loss of her five husbands.

[@Peanut09tnn]

Yes her name is Constance

[@wackymanstudios9514]

The Bride Is Still Named Constance (Tho Probably A Different Last Name) & Instead Of Axing Off Her Previous Husbands She Grieves That All Her Husbands Have Mysteriously Disappeared & Mourns Their Losses... Even In Death. #hauntedmansion #castmember

[@MaxxStephen]

As someone who grew up with the beating heart bride in the 90’s and early 2000’s I am SO happy she’s back in some form or another. Constance for sure had to grow on me but I’m so happy with this change.

[@McCracken257]

I am glad to hear that some parts of the bride is physical and still using peppers ghosts and project mapping. So far none of the videos or photos have impressed me. But I am excited to see it in person. I like that they brought back the beating heart and that they added the one eyed cat. I am sad to see the axe go tho. I did like that part. I will be sad when they take out the ghost host from the stretching room. That is one of my favorite parts.

[@Brian-12345]

In all the videos I’ve seen, the new bride looks very flat and projection-based. I agree it looks disappointing as captured on 2D video. It’s encouraging to hear there’s a combination of physical layers and projection giving it depth. Can’t wait to see it in person!

[@darkridergames1707]

@@Brian-12345yeah from what I’ve heard, the new bride looks way better in person. Videos just really can’t do these kinds of effects justice. The new bride is a combination of physical figure, pepper’s ghost, and a projection overlay to give her a more ethereal and ghostly feel.

[@musickrayz]

Clicked on this video so FAST!! I have been waiting so impatiently for this one!

[@anthonypecorara]

Been waiting all day to hear your thoughts!

[@engagexkujo]

Always fun seeing you in the parks David! Fun seeing the video after the fact.

[@K3lley-j1b]

I was at Disneyland yesterday and got to ride the haunted mansion and I liked the bride update. It’s so good to finally have the haunted mansion in it’s traditional form 🖤🖤🖤

[@meggalaxy]

23:38 “7/8 more months to enjoy and then we’re back to Haunted Mansion Holiday” 🥴 lolll I love the overlay but we’ve definitely been burnt out the last two seasons 😂 in early September I went with my good friend for a post college graduation trip and it was her first time on Haunted Mansion. I had to explain why it was all Nightmare Before Christmas IN SUMMER TIME and nothing like all the classic concept art she’s always seen and why we had to wait all day in a virtual queue 🥲 she loved it regardless but I still can’t wait for her to see the classic

[@kellydooling]

i love classic hm so much, and it looks like they’ve really stepped it up. that’s awesome!

[@OGamerGirl92]

Honestly my only complaint is that they didn't make her an animatronic. That's it. The heart beat bride was always the original bride constance didn't flow with the story or make sense, that's why I hated constance hatchaway. I'm happy the old bride is back

[@potato1094]

She looks more ethereal as a projection, which i am liking

[@ari3lz3pp]

The old Bride isn't back......the one before the hatchet Bride was the best thematically IMO and they should've done better justice to her in this attempt but this is a cheap knockoff. Looks like the original (or second? From before Hatchet) got botched plastic surgery and bad rave make up. Nothing very classic or graceful about it...two qualities the original had that I think we're missing here.

[@PhoenixVic21]

You even have the one eyed cat. The heartbeat is back, which I love. She just looks great! Has the Candleman appeared?

[@dan5660]

Yeah, I prefer the original "beating- heart" attic bride ghost, but I've always thought the inspiration for the 2006 murder bride was the stretching room painting of a woman setting on a headstone, with an ax buried in the bust in front.

[@madnesscm]

You know you've made it at DL when cast members greet you by name ❤

[@scottdial.45]

Thanks David for getting this video out so fast! We LOVE the new bride!!

[@EvilPun]

I think it's cool they returned to the beating heart bride. She always had a deeper air of mystery to her than Constance did which led to more theories and speculation. That speculation even led to a removed stanchion becoming a piece of lore of the WDW mansion by looking like a discarded ring so in a small way the fans got to contribute to the story.

[@rich661]

I totally agree. It is awesome to have much of this attraction back to the way it was. I went with my kids a couple of years ago and was so disappointed at the direction they took everything, I was almost in tears. It was like a part of my childhood had died.

[@Doktor_Calamari]

The Marc Davis dark humor in me loved the axe murderess, but I'm intrigued by the overlaid technologies in the new bride. By the way, her name is still Constance; the last photo frame has a nameplate at the top identifying Constance and her husband Reginald.

[@MonsterKidCory]

Disney is hard at work to erase everything Marc Davis ever did 😆

[@nilo70]

Paul Frees voice is THE voice of Haunted Mansion !

[@ghosty4]

Here is the MASSIVE issue I have with the new ghost bride. You can see a VERY distinctive wedding dress on the bride in the portraits. The Disney of the past would have painstakingly recreated that dress only to weather and destroy it. The piece of cloth on the new ghost HAS NOT EVER BEEN A WEDDING DRESS. It's a tattered cloth and it has always been a tattered cloth. THAT IS THE VERY DISTINCT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DISNEY OF THE NOW. They don't get that DETAILS MATTER. She now doesn't look like any other ghost in the building, in the same way that Redd didn't look like any other pirate in the building when they added her. It's jarring and it takes you out of the story moment.

[@madnesscm]

And I LOVE the return of the beating heart bride. It scared the crap out of my sister as kids. Can't wait to tell her she's back 😂

[@SkepticalChris]

Ya this bride, this new one, looks far superior in every regard than the "Constance Hatchaway" character that was so shoehorned into the haunted mansion. This Bride is quite pretty, and yet its obvious she's sad, and tragic and melancholy. The new bride is also a better tribute to the previous versions pre-constance Brides. She almost seems calming, and the iconic heartbeat of hers, and the glowing heart, is a nice tribute to previous Brides, as well as the Phantom Manor bride. This bride, is a sad widower, who didn't kill her husbands, but that this bride's husbands kept dying, leaving her alone, with no one to love.

[@elliestevens9204]

About bringing back vintage, classic Disney, They could/should do the same for Tomorrowland. Make the theme and aesthetics very similar to the 60' retro style, with some differences.

[@stacywelk3766]

I was there Friday night and praying for a secret soft opening...but no go. I did buy the cool new bride sipper - with beating heart!!! So happy to see the original concept is back! The beating heart is EVERYTHING. If my memory is right, with the original bride, you could hear the beating heart, before you saw her. It was super eerie. Can't wait to go and check this out. Thanks for the ace reporting as usual!

[@Jennyoda1]

So glad regular haunted mansion is back. Missed it. It’s been a long time waiting. Can’t wait to see it

[@dfchang813]

Thanks for taking a pic with my daughter after. You made our day!! 😂

[@VisionsandRevisions]

New bride is wonderful, but I’m so glad they haven’t monkeyed with the voice tracks. I love this ride so much. And three effects that really set the tone, some are my favorites, are the brilliant voice talent of Eleanor Audley, Thurl Ravenscroft, and of course the great Paul Frees. I pray they never change them. Especially since all three of those talented actors have now joined the Dear Departed.

[@host_theghost507]

I haven't been able to get to the park to see the new bride myself but it looks fantastic. A clarification about whether this is a return to the "original" bride. Although there was a bride named Priscilla in the abandoned Bloomere Manor storyline, it's unclear if this was ever meant to be the bride we meet in the attic. They appear to have different origins. The first sketch we have by Marc Davis doesn't actually show a bride, just a female ghost holding a candle. Someone at some point must have thought she looked like a bride so that's how they executed (ba-dump) her. What I like about the new version is also what I liked best about Beating Heart bride: its air of mystery. We don't know who she is or how she died, so we're all permitted our own head canon about her. I honestly wish more Disney rides were like that.

[@JReed305]

We were there today, 1-18-25, and rode it. So nice to see it back to classic Mansion! The new bride was cool and I thought it was a nice update.

[@JerrodJourneys]

It was great to get to see you Dave, I finally got to Yell Freshbaked as I aw you walking through the Q. I feel like HM is in a really good state now, I really like you can get a "picture" now much easier with the Hitchhiking ghost for me is a huge win along with the new bride.

[@jamessbca]

Great video. I had about a 12 year lapse between Disneyland visits years ago. When I returned after the long hiatus, when going on the Haunted Mansion, I instantly thought... "uh... yeah... that stretching room ceiling scene at the end can't be around for much longer...." Times change...

[@indyjones3093]

My only creedence with the new bride is that she should be more mobile. I know none of the previous brides moved, but I feel like Disney missed the opportunity to have her 'float' about to match the movements of the floating candleabra. If you know how the Lumier animatronic works in WDW, then you can probably see where I'm getting at; have her float about and maybe even look around in search of her husbands. As for the potential fate of the hanging Ghost Host, the only acceptable change I could see them going is having it be the *actual* ghost of the Ghost Host holding the noose, similar to the Phantom in Phantom Manor.

[@GeriMars]

I hope Disney DOESN'T remove the hanging Ghost Host. He's essential to the story. Btw, the Follow-You-Home Ghosts in the mirrors look different to me. Did Disney remove the ghosty-go-'round for cheaper, flatter, 2-D tech?

[@QuatroAtYale]

Excellent video and commentary. And the Haunted Mansion looks fantastic, especially with the upgrades. Of course, the story has changed. Constance went home with someone... appropriate. This is cool. I'd love to see and analysis of WHY they have the lighting lane with the flow through that you were showing. And in the background, you can see some of Disney's younger customers finding that an iron railing is also entertaining.

[@dallasnichols3924]

I’m a little surprised at how easy you can see the floor projections for the peppers ghost reflection 7:37 you start to see it in your video below the bride. Feel like they could have obscured that a bit more. Will be interesting to one day see in person.

[@brandonbabbitt6353]

Looks a lot better than what we got with Constance. IMHO a true return to form. My dad and I are huge fans. Ronnie and Melodie say hi.

[@ryan7032]

I personally like the new bride (although the face bugs me a bit) but I'm not a fan of the new hitchhiking ghosts. The animation is too simple to distract you from the fact that they're flat, I kinda wish they did a bit more like maybe a glow effect around the doombuggies too. Also I'm gonna miss the Von Ginger ghost that was replaced by the candelabra. There used to be two of those silk ghosts (one also in the seance room) but I guess now they're just both gone.

[@earlgrey3461]

Spot on! I’m so happy with the beating heart bride they’ve created- as it Is closer to the Disney I grew up with. The ride pops. Mostly because they are adhering to the original story. I can’t wait to go back to Disneyland. This makes me want to go back sooner.

[@JAMESinWonderland]

I wish they’d just give the bride her own animatronic already. She used to have an animatronic then it got “updated” to the Constance Hathaway projection on a mannequin body. And now we have the new “updated” bride which is ALL projection, and the storyline of Constance Hathaway is gone..

[@Chuck_Stanley]

Prior to 2006, there was no story of Constance Hatchaway. This update returns the Haunted Mansion to its original story.

[@2doot]

​​@@Chuck_Stanleythe story isn't the issue that OP is pointing out. The point is that the issue most people had with Constance was the poor projecting, so to double down on projections seems like an odd choice when the previous bride was a full figure, was well received, fit the theme, and was appropriately spooky. This bride is based off of that one, but it's a situation of fixing something that isn't broken. or fixing a problem with a problem, rather, when many fans have expressed for nearly two decades how they just wish to have an animatronic figure back in the attic as the bride. Constance was a hot mess, but at the very least, she brought in the significance of storytelling. This bride has the problems of Constance's boring projections but without the benefit of lore. Imagineers said that the change was made because Constance was out of date, which is true, but replacing her with YET ANOTHER projection effect that will look painfully dated again in another 5 years seems silly, as opposed to an animatronic that has proven to be timeless.

[@ryanlastname]

HAUNTED MANSION THEORY: The new bride is technically a victim but a victim of revenge. The one-eyed cat always follows her around and her grooms always end up meeting a fate, leaving her alone and forgotten until we see her. Who else probably had one eye? Captain Gore! This is Priscilla (although her name is still Constance)!! But in this story she outlives the captain and is cursed by his past! If we all come together to believe a story it technically comes true let's make something like this happen!

[@2doot]

The day they take away the hanging ghost host is the day that Disney is completely dead to me, I need to be so real. God forbid theres allusions to death in a ride all about ... Uh... Death.

[@filmanalysis7191]

I absolutely can't stand how far removed Disney has become from the very basics of storytelling. The Mansion had a 3 act story structure that supported the theme (facing death in a healthy way). Now, it has a double camel hump structure. We go to a party, see a woman who has lost everyone she has ever loved, and then back to another party? Also, this has ruined the messaging of dealing with life and death in a heathy way. Before, you started off seeing it as sad, stuffy, all-consuming, and lonely. You feel sympathy as you face the brutal reality of it, but still go forward (the Ghost Host's "way" out of a metaphorical place with no quick escape). Once you accept it with care and process that grief, you see the life in the afterlife. As someone who suffered a very traumatic loss right before a big family vacation we had planned, I was really nervous about going on HM because I wasn't sure if I would be miserable and crying having to think about passing in horrible ways or just loss in general. But I went on it with my family, and it actually helped me. I came off of the ride feeling a sense of calm that no matter how horrible the transition from life to death is for someone, there can still be peace and a celebration of life once that grief is faced in full. Now, we see that same peace and celebration interrupted by a spirit who is forever tormented by loss? So...depression is forever? That would have made me feel 1,000x worse. Someone I am really close to right now has cancer, and it's very easy to feel like this could leave me depressed forever. However, I was leaning on the lesson I learned from the Mansion before to have some hope that things get better after you weather the storm. How in the world is this new story "more sensitive" to the guests? Realistically, I think all of the Imagineers and people working at the movie studios need to spend less time in the board rooms with the PR agents and more time with actual stories and people. It's quite telling that Irvine (I think it was her) said it was creepy that we were celebrating an axe m*rderer. No, we were celebrating a full story with an antagonist that rounded it out. Now HM doesn't have an antagonist or climax, nor does Tiana's Bayou Atmosphere. Where did the stories go?

[@lcflngn]

Looks like we’ll be back soon! So much stuff we’ve missed, but waited until things were a bit more underway. Looking forward 🤗

[@mikeo249]

Rode it tonight! LOOOOOVE the new bride!!! All the new lighting and effects throughout, the new projected ghosts in the graveyard are all incredible.

[@H.G.Wells-ishWells-ish]

I like the one-eyed cat sitting next to her too. Can't be pure black for obvious reasons. I wonder how many times it pops up in the attraction now.

[@jaysonpida5379]

The new, beating heart bride is great !!! The 'nightmare' overlay is wonderful, but nothing beats the 'original'.... With the new que, Disneyland hit another 'home run' !!!!!

[@LL-bl8hd]

The new queue is great 👍

[@Teletran35]

David I waited to see your video just because you go further into it then some reporter.I as a Disney Worlder like the fact that we still have Constance..We may see this new bride at the Magic Kingdom somewhere in the future

[@christopherornelas2861]

Fresh baked I watch you with my girl all the time and always do the famous FRESH BAKED chant! My bday is on the 29th this month and really hope to see you at the park that day!

[@teamwhelan905]

Thank you for the video and commentary. You always seem to have insightful info.

[@Suzziee7606]

Thank you for the ride thru and review 🎉

[@SnapesHoney2800]

I think she looks great! Her effect is light years better than Constance. And the fact that they included the one eyed cat as part of her scene is amazing!❤😊

[@michaelsullivan3581]

They have done a fabulous job on the Mansion! Everything seems to have been touched up! Question: Did anyone see "The Candle Man" anywhere? I looked intently and simply could not spot hide ner hair of him!

[@chericrabbypelley]

He seems permanent on the holiday version at least. I also wonder if the man eating bat is still there, or if that was also Christmas only.

[@Brian-12345]

I'm also curious about what the future may hold for Candle Man. I remember a few months ago, a new large Candle Man prop was featured prominently in a video shot in Disney's Imagineering workshop. They definitely wanted us to see it and know they were up to something.

[@Buck_Glenn]

And yet they still haven’t fixed the random spirits passing by the windows on the outside

[@OndreaV]

We got to go through the new hallway and elevator with an ECV. I love that they kept with the theme through there with portraits on the hallway walls. It makes you feel like you are in another area of the mansion.

[@Brian-12345]

Yes, they did an amazing job theming the new hallway as an extension of the existing mansion. Did you notice they created a servant's area, with bells on the wall that can be rung from various rooms in the mansion? Very nice touch!

[@WindowtotheMagic]

@@Brian-12345 Those bells have been there for decades, but were only visible to those exiting the ride without riding. Now, it's simply that more people are seeing them because of the accessible exit.

[@Brian-12345]

@@WindowtotheMagic Interesting. It makes sense that that portion of the hallway has always existed, and was added onto in the recent renovation. Is the lightning effect in that hallway's windows new, or has that been around for a while? It appeared to me that this was a new guest-facing area and got a nice, new theming.

[@Cymorill8]

So excited to go this Tuesday! Due to my work schedule, I haven’t seen the original HM since pre-Covid, only the holiday overlay!

[@LadyChristmas69]

I love the new Bride!!👰 I read that this year the Haunted Mansion would not have the holiday overlay and will be O.G. for Halloween. I am excited to see it that way for spooky season 🎃👻💀

[@D55-g8n]

It’s false. Holiday will come early again this year. Disney confirmed it…

[@DeadPhoenix9065]

I wonder if Disney World's Liberty Square Mansion will change the story or just given an updated "black widow bride." If they update just the figure, each park would have a unique bride, excluding Tokyo liberty square. It could also alude to why the Hat Box Ghost is not in the attic story wise at the Liberty Square Mansion.

[@Delaney-and-the-Starlight]

The bride definitely isn’t as bad as it was! I still think no face was creepier, but I love the heart! And the hovering! And the candelabra! I really like having the heartbeat back! IT ADDS SO MUCH!! She’s actually a bit creepy! Yet so beautiful too!!! And I love that!

[@bigdannysmokez1374]

When I visited this last November for Christmas I was so high on Full Spectrum Cannabis oil that I had a claustrophobic panic attack on the elevator and felt genuine fear during the entire ride. I thought I was going to become one of the Ghosts 😅🤣

[@lyssiemars]

Oh my😂😂😂

[@BAGOMS]

honestly the beating heart bride is better, i hated the bad projector bride they have had it always looked terrible, it feels like more peopel are upset because they dont want change not because its bad

[@mikaelacash3791]

I agree. The complaints are because of nostalgia. I will very much miss Constance, but the heartbeat ghost is far better in regards to visuals.

[@Dhnendndjdjjxn1]

It’s ironic because it’s more accurate to the original version

[@ari3lz3pp]

The projector one looked way better IMO, they could've updated her easily also. I do miss the one with beating heart BEFORE both of these personally even though she was outdated technologically. This one's face also is strange and not in some eerie sense but like she's fake. They were trying to put it back to a place that was more eerie by way of sadness and some sympathy perhaps for the Bride or empathy, and the old heart...while giving an updated feel but to me it doesn't do well either way. The only good thing is that we have a tie in to the first hallway scene with the floating candles ... something that isn't very scary or impressive to today's children in a world of personal drone toys, KZbin "behind the scenes" etc.

[@ari3lz3pp]

It is and isn't. The older version before the projector was the most beautiful even though she didn't look real...this one ironically looks the most fake out of all three. I liked the idea they were going for a more "wistfully sad" story where she's a victim again and yet I'm too distracted by how awful it looks. Idk why other countries and even Florida get such better animatronics as a whole.....

[@jaysonpida5379]

@ari.... This new 'bride' scene is far, far better.

[@2doot]

If they REALLY wanted to double down on the candelabra bit, and the idea shes following you, i think having the chance of a candelabra follwing you home in the mirror could have been a good option. Or even if like, it flickers in and out of view while you're looking at the hitchhiking ghosts. Assuming that Mini Leota is the same bride, it would also make sense for her to be the last thing you see (even if the dialigue kind of shatters my theory.) I don't think the silent stalker story for the bride is a bad idea and i think actually having her silent in the attic adds to this because it makes her motives unclear, its up to you to decide if her following is benevolent. I think that's well creepy, but it needs to be fleshed out to work imo. The idea of something silently stalking you and you don't know ehat their intentions are is a genuinely spooky idea.

[@DanAllison]

I really like the visual effects of the bride now (much better than the old tech), but 1) I wish they made her look more like the bride in the photos 2) I wish they kept her speaking her parts. It's the payoff of the whole attic scene leading up to her reveal. In short I wish it was more of a combo of the two versions.

[@Law_Dogg]

It’s so good to see that they at least upgraded most of the ride. You can even hear that the ballroom bridal march is FINALLY synced up with grim grinning ghosts in the graveyard!

[@Pumpkinnight120]

I have a theory on what I think the story of this bride could be. I think what happened is every husband that is shown in the five portraits in the attic may have suffered an illness or accident and died. So I think because of this the bride could have been so grief stricken by the death of so many husbands that she dies of a broken heart. Therefore she haunts the Mansion. That's just my thoughts.

[@bebopblue]

My favorite version of the bride I don't think was ever used other than being shown in promotional material. Close to what 16:39 shows, just a dark void for the face and glowing eyes but they were slightly open, just seemed a bit more eerie in that photo. Her name still appears to be Constance, it can be seen right before her on the plaque above the portrait. (George Constance 1877). And I guess the same story, just not with axes.

[@damianhbk1]

💯 I'm just mainly excited we finally got the One Eyed Black Cat in the mansion! 🐈‍⬛

[@BellePullman]

Looks great! I'm hesitant about "Disney sending a message that they appreciate what fans love" - it seems to me much more that "SOME PEOPLE at Disney appreciate what motivates fans" but it feels so disjointed. It doesn't feel like there's a single company policy line to be interpreted - but there's some people there doing good work!

[@stewie3126]

I love how clearly the bride is floating with the tattered dress wavering in the breeze. Its actually one of the more frightening figures in the entire attraction. Well done!

[@suzanneochs1543]

This made my day !!!! I much prefer the original Haunted Mansion. Always have. LOVE the new bride and story surrounding her. BRAVO !! Thank you David ! ❤️

[@brentwilliamson9594]

I was hoping they would lean more into capital Gor. That way they could tie pirates to it. But it’s cool to change it up

[@ttintagel]

She looks like a flat 2D projection jn the video - does she look more 3D in person? Anyway, I LOVE that she's retuned to being a more mysterious figure like the original beating heart bride.

[@Nevarez23]

I hope she looks better in person than on camera, because she seems very inanimate (aside from the heartbeat) and expressionless from videos I've seen so far.

[@PhoenixVic21]

I agree, but it also gives that ghost or sad and mournful staring into nothing

[@Chaneloweenz]

I was there yesterday and she doesn't look better in person, her expression is stagnant as well as her movement. It looks BAD.

[@miguelrobles1771]

Does anyone else see the random captions for each section of the video?

[@chericrabbypelley]

Ugh, I love her so much more! And it seems ambiguous on if she killed them, or if she was being tormented ala Melanie Ravenswood. Also spookier looking to me. Cannot wait to see in person!

[@toshibavoodoo]

FRESHBAKED is DISNEYLAND!! This is in my top 5 Disneyland Attractions, moves up and down on the list but never leaves top 5.

[@Ceelle2]

The "new" bride is spookier. I like her better.

[@LightofLucifer-m8q]

She doesn't say much, she just stands there....MENACINGLY!

[@greatwesternsky]

Agreed... Constance was cool, but there was no mystery. It was too in your face and obvious.

[@HOTD108_]

​@@LightofLucifer-m8q Less is more.

[@parkerpowers2841]

Great great change in my opinion. The comments on Disney’s instagram post about this bother me because everyone tried to push an agenda. But you see through it and present the facts. As a fan of original Disney, this is a win in my book. Fresh Baked!

[@peterharris8471]

Wow, she has a lot more detail. Imo having a red heart makes it more obvious that she is passionate. I like it. 👍👍

[@ari3lz3pp]

She had a better red heart before this .......before the last one (before hatchet murderess) ...it was better. This one it's more blotchy looking from the videos and it looks like they took the original but sent her to a terrible black light rave party where she got botched plastic surgery.

[@srayj]

While the Constance figure never quite worked immersion wise given her projection face, I actually liked the black widow angle as opposed to this more ambiguous version. But, I want to see it in person because I’m assuming it’s better while on the ride than a video can capture.