Phantom Manor Virtual Ride-Along

[@___David__]

*Enter the Phantom Manor expert to clear doubts* (warning, long comment) :P "I don't know how we got in" - The current Mayor of Thunder Mesa has opened the old house to tourists for visiting. This is canon, by the way. You can buy a big metal sign with the announcement at the park ;) - In the Foyer, the ghost is now only holding a noose. The suiter is no longer hanged. This *seems* like a lighter take...until you realise that the scene appears after Vincent Price says "if you can't find your way out...the Phantom can always help you". In other words..."yeah, if you can't get out, you can always kill yourself". - Nope. The gargoyles remain silent. - Ghost ship was changed from the old traditional ghost ship from Disneyland to the Pirates of the Caribbean version of the Flying Dutchman (so...there you have it, a direct connection to Pirates of the Caribbean at EuroDisney ;P) - The suit of armour has a special space because an animatronic of Melanie used to be there, inviting people into the house, so it took more space. Unfortunately they changed it in 2019. I liked it better when Melanie was inviting you in but I guess they wanted to avoid an overdose of Melanie. -The video you used is outdated. The Ballroom scene does NOT play the Disneyland music anymore. It did when it opened after the refurbishment BUT we fans "rioted" and "demanded" the old much superior John Debney score to be put back (we didn't riot. We simply complained at the Park and on social media). And EuroDisney actually acquiesced! By the end of the week after re-opening, the old score was put back and the US Disneyland music was gone again (thank God!). - The people in the canyon scene are the ghosts of the people who died in the earthquake that destroyed the original town and killed Melanie's parents. But in the refurbishment Disney went a bit overboard with the shade of green. They used to be a paler tone but I guess it didn't reflect as well with the Dark Lights. Now they look more like zombies. - The crypts near the end are the tombs of the 4 suitors of Melanie. The last one that's broken has the arm of the final suitor reaching out of it with the wedding ring.

[@destyvi]

Are you sure the gargoyles aren't whispering? When I went there on october, they definitely were (at least once), though it's really faint and you have to be in complete silence to hear them

[@ms.marvelous8156]

I feel like the phantom manor story is the most cinematic of the haunted mansion stories and I kind of hope they incorporate it into the upcoming movie.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

That's our Phantom Manor allright 🟦⬜🟥🇫🇷. People it's best Haunted Mansion when it comes to fear and spooky vibe. We're still waiting for Phantom Manor getting it's own movie

[@arielsoracle3631]

PM deserves its own individual movie it’s the best HM ride of them all

[@Outtacontextouttatime]

Yo that would be an epic movie.

[@wodahexe8400]

If a movie adaptation of Phantom Manor is ever made, I would most definitely watch it.

[@joshuaa.]

It would be really cool if Tim Burton will direct a Phantom Manor film adaptation.

[@PixelsLtd]

I'm glad you like our Paris version and thank you for doign it justice! I must admit, having grown up with this version first before experiencing the American ones, I was disapointed with how clean and nice the buildings looked, and how it was less scary/macabre. I still love all three versions, but Phantom Manor will always be my favourite. At the time this video was recorded (2019) I was actually living in Disneyland Paris for a year as I was working on a movie nearby! I must have ridden Phantom Manor at least 100 times in a year, I often walked back through the parks just as the nighttime shows were on, meaning there were no queues for things like Phantom Manor, Pirates, and Star Tours :D

[@alexandramcginnis8872]

It’s actually really culturally interesting to me. The Paris Disney is always describe as scarier than most others.despite both country loving horror

[@jessieo7953]

Proud to be part of the small but dedicated fan base for the Foolish Mortals podcast. I always look forward to the next one! Just ordered some stuff from Magic Candle Co using your code too, great gift ideas!

[@bobgavemeabiscut]

I’m also a part of that crowd!

[@emilybudzynski-seymour9973]

The crypts right at the end of the ride on the right hand side just before the mirrors are for the suitors that were in the stretching room, they all have names that refer to the way that they died e.g. Ignatius "iggy" knight was the one in the stretching room who was blown up by dynamite. If you look in the video one of the skeleton arms is holding an engagement ring for Melanie!

[@karebear3152]

From what I know, the ghosts that are the same molds as the Dreamfinder, etc, in the town area are meant to represent the dead residents of Thunder Mesa. The entirety of their Frontierland is one back story.

[@jrios29]

Tony Baxter crushed it again! I can't wait to go next year! This looks like such an amazing attraction!

[@alextimemit9454]

Bonjour! C'etait environ 80% correct! Bravo, Dallin!

[@2njheart]

If I remember well, the gargoyles don't wisper. And technically Melanie is "stuck" inside the Phantom Manor. So at the end she doesn't leave the mansion when you go... that is why the more you get to the exit, the less you hear her voice. 😊 But thank you for the love you gave to our french Phantom Manor. It is my favourite attraction in Disneyland Paris 🥰

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Wasn't that changed in the recent update in 2019? I know it used to be Melanie guiding you to safety, and you'd receive on last "scare" with the Phantom shaking your carriage/ride vehicle, but from what I've seen in ride-thrus of the updated PM, Melanie is the one who will now appear in your ride vehicle asking you to marry her, and it's meant to be like the Hitchhiking Ghosts with the whole "A ghost will follow you home", so it's now changed to Melanie doing the same.

[@jakedlp_]

After 2019 they whisper now

[@gavinrodgers3003]

Eeek I’m so excited for this! I Lowkey watch the phantom manor POV waaay to often… I LOVE the concept of a Frontierland based HM😭 I can only dream to visit one day

[@crazyhannahcreations9806]

The Phantom Manor is my absolute favorite version of the haunted mansion. The soundtrack and story is beautifully haunted! The visuals and effects alone are amazing. The 2019 update are impressive on the effects! Oh such a good haunted mansion!!

[@ladyravenswood1999]

After all this time I still can't believe that they tried to change the ballroom music to the original American score. Luckily they changed it back after a few days because of the negative reaction of the fans. (You could actually hear the people in the doombuggies next to you react badly to it during the opening event.) Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad score but it just didn't fit the tone of the scene in our version.

[@___David__]

Yeah! Though, to be honest, I'm even more surprised Disney actually listened to the feedback and changed it. That's far from common for them to do.

[@emmadavis7448]

i love phantom manor sooo much. when i lived in paris i would go to disneyland paris at least once every week or two just ride phantom manor, thunder mountain, and pirates. phantom manor is hands down the best disney ride i've ever been on

[@RGamePlayXtreme]

Small correction at the start: the hanging groom you described was removed in 2019, now it's the phantom holding an empty noose for you. Also, the ghost ship portrait is exactly the same as the Flying Dutchman from PotC. You also mentioned how Phantom Manor is one of the only attractions in the park that has been there since the opening, but to be honest, only a few attractions are gone. Also, before the refurb, the final mirror scene showed the Phantom's head above the doombuggies instead of Melanie. After the attic, he was supposed to follow you around and try to stop you: first by digging your grave (right outside the attic), then the open casket with the noose above it (end of the town, right before the mirror). Then where you saw the grave of the 4 suitors, you'd see Melanie's skeletal remains pointing towards the exit to make you escape, but then the Phantom did one last effort to stop you (the old mirror scene). Now, the story is that Melanie went insane after all those years and is now asking everyone who passes her to marry her.

[@franklinhabit]

Your timing is uncanny. I'm a big fan, and an American who recently moved to Paris. I'm heading over to the parks this week for the first time. My great-uncle worked on painting the original dark rides at Disneyland, and I hope his happy haunt will be hitchhike along with me. (I am freaking out that I live in a place now where I can take the commuter train from my neighborhood to a Disney park.) Thanks for another fun video :)

[@afluker6757]

This was awesome. I've always been fascinated by Phantom Manor, so I really appreciated your commentary & the comparisons. If only this version could come to Florida! It truly is the best Haunted Mansion among all the parks.

[@zombiebraineaters]

Happy Birthday, Walt!!! I hope we can defrost you, soon. Technically, a gargoyle is part of a structure’s rain gutter system and includes a spout for expelling water. “Grotesques do not have a water spout like gargoyles, but are simply stone carvings, or paintings of creatures. They can be used as protection like gargoyles, or decorative paintings, and sculptures. Another name for a grotesque, is a chimera.” -Google search result

[@stevenlinemayr6886]

Disney should make a movie about phantom manor ride

[@louabi7581]

60% correct, I have trouble in after "bon" (intro) In the stretching room, the phantom doesn't hang anyone, he holds out the rope to us because we will be next. this is a change from the new version And a little secret : the psycho house look like phantom manor because the first sketches of the haunted mansion by Walt was used for psycho and for phantom manor !

[@Emike-nc9ew]

LETS FOCKING GOOOOOOOooooo Words cannot describe how much I LOVE this version of the haunted mansion,i even consider this better or behind the disneyland one,this and 95s space mountain makes me love this underrated disney park on paris. Also the phantom is my top 5 fav disney villians of all time,and melanie is my comfort waifu. *I LOVE PHANTOM MANOR* But i wish it was conected to S.E.A

[@jakedlp_]

It is connected to SEA

[@Emike-nc9ew]

@@jakedlp_ How,im kinda confused of how this tale and the character of barnabas t bullien from thunder mountain are conected.

[@jakedlp_]

@@Emike-nc9ew disney doesn't think things through that's why

[@johannnicdao]

@@Emike-nc9ew It is believed that one of Melanie's suitors, Captain Rowan D. Falls, (the man in the boat about to tip over the waterfall) is a relative of Dr. Albert Falls (and I guess Alberta Falls) of the Jungle Navigation Company/Jungle Cruise. Whether he is part of S.E.A. or not remains to be seen. In Paris' Big Thunder Mountain, its founder and owner is Henry Ravenswood, the owner of this manor, not Barnabas T. Bullion. Thus, there's no S.E.A. connection there.

[@TL_oS]

I look forward to riding this someday. It looks exquisite.

[@sofivazquez1271]

I will never get tired of telling your how much I love the ride alongs, and how much they mean to someone who hasn't been to the parks

[@bobgavemeabiscut]

I read Tales from the Haunted Mansion volumes 1 and 2 in a long car ride while just listening to Phantom Manor Suite on repeat. It’s so good!!

[@sarahdeland414]

The names of the four suitors in the stretching room are Iggy Knight, Sawyer Bottom, Barry Claude, and Rowan D. Falls. Tortured puns, obviously, but they do indicate how each man met his untimely end.

[@maryhagege9998]

Ton français était parfait :) You're French was perfect! À little hello from a French who is addict at your video ;)

[@ladyalcott]

I was having a rough day, but this made my day so much better!

[@susannarita4259]

What great timing! I'm currently planning a trip to Disneyland Paris with my brother and I'm so excited! If anyone has any Disney Paris tips please let me know, I've been once before but only for a day and have never stayed on property.

[@ReneMassmann]

My favorite DarkRide😍, Phantom Manor is so awesome.

[@Scorpionspear77]

One touch I like in the modern Phantom Manor is that they alternate between French and English with each line, so both recordings get used

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Vous aimer notre Phantom Manor ? So you love our Haunted Mansion ? 🟦⬜🟥🇫🇷😈🎃

[@Scorpionspear77]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to ride it in person, but the story is very interesting and I would love to ride it someday (after this whole COVID fiasco is done)

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@Scorpionspear77 I hope someday you'll get to visit our Disneyland Paris and get to ride our Phantom Manor. People say it's the most Darkest/Spooky/Creepy Haunted Mansion they've been compared the US one. Fun Fact : The Story of Phantom Manor is connected with the Whole Frontierland even Thunder Mountain

[@jordancasillan5965]

If she followed me home I'll be okie with that, for I wouldn't be lonely at night. But this is my favorite version of the ride even tho I love the original I just love the ghost bride being the main focus and her design so beautiful :0

[@baystated]

This was fun! Thanks OD! Hope you and yours have happy holidays!

[@TaniaTimes]

According to Wikipedia, Oona Lind plays Madame Leota in this version

[@Alex-cs9ty]

Always great to see DLP get some love!

[@dominiqueisunique41]

Yes! I’ve been wanting one of these from you forever! So excited!!! Thanks, Dallin!

[@betelman]

I don't believe that Melanie follows you home. It's more of a final plea to take her with you and get here out of this nightmare. She is cursed to stay in the Manor. Great video.

[@jacobsmith7498]

It almost seems like there’s an incest undertone to the relationship between father and daughter that made the phantom jealous of his daughters suitors

[@bobgavemeabiscut]

yeah, it gets even weirder when you look at pictures of Mélanie and The Phantom in parades 😳

[@cassie6146]

When you push the overprotective father trope too far, that's usually what it begins to come off as.

[@s-a-r-a-h]

9:01 right here, he's grabbing her and she's clearly trying to escape

[@eliasbloodmoon]

This is perfect timing. Just last night I went and watched all the other ride-alongs you made, and I come home to find this!

[@chrisb3976]

I still cant get over the video of your reaction seeing Spaceship Earth :)

[@michaelsullivan3581]

'Twas priceless!

[@starfishie526]

YEAAHH LETS GO PHANTOM MANOR RIDE ALONG!!!!

[@jay6389]

Last week I was finally able to visit Disneyland Paris and I immediately fell in love with Phantom Manor

[@MissFlow]

The suitors seen in the stretching room: Sawyer Bottom, owner of a sawmill (sawn in half) Captain Rowan D. Falls, captain of the ferry (fallen into a waterfall) Ignatius "Iggy" Knight, miner (blown up) Barry Claude, I believe a lawyer (mauled by rogue bears) See what they did there with the names? 0_0 They are seen here again 13:27 and Barry is the persistant one, reaching out of his coffin with a wedding ring

[@RayLukard78]

Haunted Mansion Anaheim and Phantom Manor share the same track layout. The voice of Madame Leota in this version is Oona Lind.

[@sirekumasutra7022]

The GOAT Haunted Mansion and the return of the Vincent Price audio clinches it.

[@hiimawesome6]

This is my favorite version of haunted mansion I can’t believe I’m so early to this video!! 👻👻

[@ZebraLens]

I like this explanation walkthrough 😊👍 we would definitely enjoy more of these⭐

[@philroc9191]

Just ordered some room sprays and candles. Thanks for the great videos that you make and for the discount code. 👍🏻

[@philroc9191]

@Designer X well that’s disappointing 😕

[@michaelsullivan3581]

@@philroc9191 Some of them are better than others. A couple that I bought smell great. Your millage may vary!

[@marseilletarot]

Those four crypts at the end before the mirrors give the names of the four suitors in the ER.

[@MatthewChenault]

Dallin, that was some of the most awkward French I’ve ever heard… I like it!

[@colemoore5007]

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[@samandthehams4496]

Also at Disneyland the gargoyles still talk, only during the holiday version though.

[@dominiqueisunique41]

Honestly would love to see a ride-through of the pre-reno ride 👀

[@stretch5161]

I remember being so mad when they changed the plot to Phantom Manor (no offense btw I just hate change because I'm weird.) but I'm glad to know that we now know who the Phantom is because holy MOLY the theories were so cool!

[@rwbashaw66]

I love the idea you have of the reverse in the foyer…enter looking pristine as the outside…then transition to dilapidated…maybe during the Ghost Host’s initial recitation, “When hinges creak….” That would be so cool!!! BUT, it would only work at Disneyland HM as the foyer is simply handled as a pass-through now at Magic Kingdom’s HM…if one of the last to enter in a group, you don’t even hear the first things the Ghost Host says, welcoming you…sigh.

[@kedanmacken2421]

That’s pretty much just because of covid, when i went recently we had the foyer scene

[@rwbashaw66]

@@kedanmacken2421 it may also have to do with crowds, as two weeks ago, when entering toward the end of the group, we passed quickly through the foyer into the portrait chamber as the initial narration was ending, and later at the front of the group entering, the narration began before the foyer was filled and the portrait chamber doors opened before entry doors closed and narration finished.

[@TheAsheTalketh]

"this version of the graveyard is a lot more traumatising to young children". Seriously. I first went when I was 5 and literally had nightmares for months! But hilariously it's not my absolute favourite in DLP. We didn't go back til I was 16 and it was so interesting to see what freaked me out back then haha. Very cool to see the updates and have Vincent Price brought back in. Hope I get to go back soon!

[@chadmcnk]

One thing I really enjoyed about this attraction is that lack of narration throughout most of the attraction. Never realized how much better it is to tell the story essentially without saying anything. Of course this is due to the fact that it would be very very distracting to have everything duplicated - once in French and once in English. They keep the vocals down a minimal which is great actually as it allows you to focus on the attraction more. It dawned on me when I visited the Haunted Mansion at WDW after experiencing Phantom Manor at DLP. It was almost distracting to have all of the narration in Florida. I never really noticed it before experiencing Phantom Manor.

[@jetsons101]

I wonder why Euro-Disney didn't take off as planned. Thanks for posting.....

[@TTHBLOX_]

I was there in 2019 when it re-opened. Stunning attraction

[@toddcribbs12]

Thank you offhand Disney for mentioning Walt Disney World and Disneyland Anaheim have great content thank you

[@paulinehaussmann8064]

Thank you for your vidéo 😊 I am french, my favourite attraction is Phantom Manor , I was at Disneyland California recently, I loved attractions but … I am so proud of our Phantom Manor 🤩

[@arelcrest]

It's a spy mirror they used to let the phantom appear. By the way, the Europapark Rust has a Haunted Mansion too called Geisterschloss (Ghost Castle) which is also a copy of the Disney version. It's an Italian mansion from the family Medici. Your informations help me a lot! I love watching your videos. Greetings from a passionate animatronics builder!

[@matthewgordon799]

Can confirm magic candle company is amazing

[@tinomacchia5410]

‘Great video along with great insight, Dallin. Have you noticed that the imagineers fixed the issue of the dancing women leading the men in the ballroom?

[@lauraschlueter287]

I made a comment on someone's video years ago that I thought the guy in the cemetery looked like Dreamfinder. Nice to have it confirmed.

[@dominiqueisunique41]

Interesting how there’s Yellow Wallpaper with a unique pattern in the first room… makes me think of a short story about a woman trapped in a house and being tormented

[@FleshGolem420]

Process faster KZbin, process faster!

[@bigalsretroroom]

Wasn't a huge fan of Disneyland Paris as a whole when I actually visited, but there are some amazing rides and I loved a lot of the theming

[@lotaz6839]

That ghost ship is actually the Flying Dutchman. Tying in to pirates of the Caribbean

[@gr33ngirlsea]

I like how Melanie disappears from her suitors' portraits before they start to stretch.

[@gigiisaweirdo8175]

Phantom Manor is my second favorite haunted mansion I want to visit it one day

[@lovelo8780]

Today is Walt Disney's 120th Birthday

[@samandthehams4496]

13:27 those crypts are Melanie’s 4 fiancé’s

[@larry1350]

I wonder if some elements of Phantom Manor were inspired by Poltergeist 2. The rides western theme with the Freeling family living in Phoenix Arizona. The part where guests descended under the graveyard looked like where they in where their former house was.

[@avatheartcup]

Thanks for the virtual ride through! I can't visit because I'm too broke and sick

[@Nephrite_Harmony]

are you going to review muppets haunted mansion anytime soon? i'm curious to see what you think

[@Outtacontextouttatime]

Phantom manor: “Daddy issues” the ride

[@ToshisGarden]

Very awesome experience!! I wanna go someday!! Also, Dalin, how would you work a callout Easter Egg to Phantom Manor into either one of the American Mansions? Also also, could we get any kind of ride along for Alien Encounter or Temple of the Forbidden Eye? :)

[@imdhepchannel7153]

The Bartender face sculpt similar to potty pirate from Pirates of Carribean.

[@skellington15]

I honestly prefer the version before the complete remodeling. The Ghost Town was actually in hell, the phantom became a literal zombie and Melany was a floating corpse above large glowing crystals at the end. I have a lot to say about Disney theme parks these days but unfortunately work has just sapped all my motivation into doing so. The only thing I can say is that somehow the video games department is the only one I fully support given how they gave us Sora for Smash and Pirates of the Caribbean in Sea of Thieves.....which reminds me, you ever going to continue that one? I'd be happy to be a guide given those Tale Tales are the ones I do the absolute most in the game for obvious reasons.

[@sg-df4jg]

Love this ride but wasn’t mad on the 2019 story changes from one suitor to multiple ones dying (similar to Constance) and she seems to be luring them (the whole will you marry me in front of the mirrors bit)

[@HeartlessRandomguy]

The only version of Haunted Mansion that's actually scary

[@ztslovebird]

I think it’s pretty harsh Henry kept blocking Melanie’s happiness by murdering all of her fiancés from beyond the grave.

[@theaoldfield]

I love these videos of yours

[@samandthehams4496]

This is the story of the old version, correct? Bc now she married 4 times and he plans on hanging the 5th one if he should come (as explained in the stretching room)

[@johannnicdao]

According to the new backstory (as seen in this video), Melanie was ENGAGED four times, with each suitor dying before the wedding day. The 5th suitor is an interesting question, since Imagineering didn't really clarify whether Jake Evans (the groom/suitor in the old version) is still part of the story or not. I like to think that Jake is still part, which would explain why Melanie wearing a wedding dress and the manor is dressed up for a wedding reception, but he has yet to re-manifest in some way.

[@ninetailednaruto11a]

So what if, using this and other footage, you counted all the ghosts in the Phantom Manor?

[@david40k]

Pretty sure in this one, you are falling backwords from the attic because you are pushed/killed. Making it the second ride to kill the rider.

[@christheleavittman7080]

My brother is going to France very very soon !

[@daniellewillis2767]

I like the Singapore/ Tokyo Haunted Mansion Indiana Jones-y artifact narrative myself...oh wait, was that their version of Tower of Terror? Either way, sounds awesome 👌

[@mattstecker]

Lol your so funny I love your videos you make me laugh I love history videos but I like your virtual ride throughs too you should do one on the great movie ride and snow whites scary adventures and world of motion at epcot that would be fun

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Oui oui. And lots of it!

[@gigiisaweirdo8175]

Her story still makes me sad even though she’s fictional I’m an emotional person so it makes me sad lol

[@wdw1hsm1girl]

Can you do a video about Spectromagic?

[@haileeraestout5567]

#OffHandDisney GHOST SHIP??? SHE Prefers To Be Called The DUTCHMAN And She HATES Being Called That

[@Yourprimofredo]

Hi Dolan!!!

[@johnmchugh8049]

I can send you additional footage if you do another phantom manor and your French was way better than mine 😂they all mostly speak English though and kept letting me through the fast pass line 👻

[@Bulldozer4000]

While I may be jealous of my american friends for having all the cool original US Disney parks, I am still extremely glad I am able to experience rides like this and our unique version of Big Thunder Mountain at DLP. Phantom Manor is nothing short of breathtaking, and it never stops being like that no matter how often I ride it.

[@barriehannon6857]

imigine if someone farted in the queue

[@stevelightning]

It’s called the haunted mansion not phantom manor

[@Greenkai3000]

Phantom Manor, the version with both French and English narration from the 90s, is the best version of all Haunted Mansions. The version after the 2019 refurb though , is the worst.

[@bobgavemeabiscut]

how so?

[@rgs8970]

Melanie's dad seems like a real jerk

[@Owlzindabarn]

I find myself...strangely...attracted to you.

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Doesn't everyone?