Disney Caught Using AI Art and Amazon Decorations In Latest Haunted Mansion

[@hazcat640]

Disney is fast becoming the WalMart of amusement parks (without the discount prices).

[@quantumquestions5849]

DIDNEY WORLD

[@sxymike12]

Have you seen the 70th anniversary commercial? Look like it could either be for Walmart or McDonald’s

[@brianscotpatterson2101]

So Disney removed a ride that was not racist, put in a shop that was meant to represent a slave worker shop next door, then tells us we're racists for complaining?! Okay, got it.

[@domthegreat815]

Always amazes me how they never take accountability or listen to criticism. They always deflect something to make us shut up and fall in line like the customer is never right.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

​@@domthegreat815 Oh poor you. ALL Disney does is listen to criticism and become more progressive, and then that backfired on them so now they are ignoring all public voice.

[@SmethwickCouncilmanBint]

​@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Disney employees will make themselves structurally unemployed. Still not the consumers faults the company cannot arrive at relevant, efficient and effective solutions to their problems. They barely recognize what the problems actually are.

[@ElizabethCarterB]

I feel like more people learned Splash Mountain was based off Song of the South because Disney brought attention to it.

[@furball711]

Japan still has the original splash mountain ❤❤

[@SirBuzz]

Disney now has the standards of a traveling carnival company.

[@katarinadreams6955]

I'd prefer the carnival honestly

[@Imaginamisuperfun]

@@katarinadreams6955they put more love into them than Disney ever could!

[@TonyPiacenti]

Looks like Home Depot sold a shed.

[@katarinadreams6955]

At least a shed has purpose

[@Expialidocious46545]

I saw this building last week and thought it looked ugly and out of place.

[@tommix6016]

Disney the Hutt

[@DonoVideoProductions]

And you were correct.

[@spectroman71]

Incredibly sad. But when you remove former craftsmen and artist positions responsible for the parks specifically, this is what you get. The average park guest often looks at the store and atmosphere props and remarks, "If only they sold THOSE items, I'd buy them!" ~ who knew that'd actually become a reality. 😐

I remember when the Tiana's Bayou Adventure gift shop decor were cheap pieces purchased on Amazon apparently. This is just crazy.

[@Electronzap]

Your local theme park probably puts in more effort for a small fraction of the price.

[@Sonny_Eclipse]

After the decision to fill in the rivers of America, there are no depths to which Disney can sink, no corners that they will not cut and no fees that they will charge or raise which will ever surprise me again

[@SirBuzz]

Removing both US Splash Mountains and literally banning "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" was the moment I knew the company was doomed.

[@RMA84]

As a former Haunted mansion CM.. i can’t fathom why they would put up that janky looking Pizza Hut with AI artwork.. they have the most incredible attraction, old art, new art , deep pockets, and best animation dept on the planet and they use AI? .. whoever green lit this idea should be fired.

[@Attmay]

When even Pizza Hut itself is just a name these days?

[@suroguner]

Disney is going to get Goomba Stomped when Epic Universe opens. They're already advertising.

[@katarinadreams6955]

And these losers actually think they can buy Nintendo

[@Expialidocious46545]

This is what happens when OPS wants a new merch shop but doesn’t want to involve imagineering.

[@2doot]

5:56 I'm fairly vertain that same bust was being sold last year at either Michaels or Home Goods for Halloween. The same exact one.

[@zenomorph8806]

This is the Six Flags version of Disneyland.

[@DefunctDisney]

I noticed this year's ago at Downtown Disney. The came down an escalator from the massive new parking garage, felt like cattle in a corral. Then, I went to what was once the showcase Disney store. It had been gutted, the departmental boutique feel gone. The cool, unique souvenirs replaced with nothing but disposable kitsch! I noticed then, that is Robert Iger's legacy!

[@DougYeager-i8b]

I read Rolly Crump’s book. He spoke about how he replaced original wood objects with fiberglass. He also recycled some discarded things and put some fresh paint on it. He also went down town to the local thrift shop and picked up a few pieces. The only difference is that there was no social media and no Disney Adults back then. With today’s prices that some people are willing to pay, you do think that some effort would be put into it.

[@sweetwillow]

Yeah I recognized the Tascano bust lol cause I’m in a Halloween FB group that hunts for Halloween decor and that is a staple for many 😂

[@keyman6689]

The fuchsia paint on the wall looks so plain, awful, and cheap. Then you look at the ceiling and understand why. It's so disappointing that Disney has lost their creativity and has stooped so low.

[@365ral]

+$200 a day for Amazon decorations?!

[@danielleon3758]

this is like if Roger Corman was making the ride. and no hate on him (loved the guy) but he used McDonald's burger containers as the interior wall padding of a space ship for one of his sci fi movies lol

[@Attmay]

I'll still never understand how he ended up with the movie rights to a Stephen Sondheim musical.

[@Divinity_Shorts]

Disney doing everything the fans never wanted nor needed

[@terri_blueberri]

I expect this from Six Flags, but from Disney is so disappointing.

[@SirBuzz]

Honestly, this is more on the level of Prime Time Carnival.

[@demonoid7469]

Yeah we were laughing at the cheap version of the Veiled Maiden bust we saw in there...3 Christmases ago, I ordered a REAL marble one from the estate in England that has the original mold and produces the only real version of the bust...they couldn't even do that? It was only a few hundred dollars...

[@michaelschroeck2254]

Current Imagineer: “ hey I’m on Wikipedia researching carriage house and I found a photo of a mercantile from 1850 that was brand new at the time. Run with this! “

[@Protato_Gamer]

The Disney falloff needs to be studied, how did such a creative and brilliant company stoop so low? It’s tragic to see

[@whyhesoears]

corporate greed.

[@Balootoyoutoo]

If the fences are painted “go away green”, this is painted in “get the hell out of this Gensler shithole, green”

[@PatchworkRose567]

At this point, just save your money and go to Universal. You’ll get a far better experience for cheaper.

[@STEVSGONE]

So now Disney features as one of their attractions a Garry's Mod building if you know what I mean complete with AI art.

[@wesleysim1805]

Cool Disney got a tuff shed

[@lorenclarke7815]

Has anybody checked to see if they pulled a permit, if it went up that fast......

[@darkcrydotmrihavetoomanyst1440]

Also I don't think they can even copyright that stuff????

[@michaelschroeck2254]

I want to say I can’t believe they did that with that building but unfortunately I can totally believe it. It’s just a shed. No theming, no faux stressing or aging added to it. No forced perspective. What DEI hire phoned this one in while drinking a latte somewhere?

[@michaelmccotter4293]

The lack of imagination at the Iger Company never ceases to astound. Sad to watch the once slow, now accelerating destruction of Walt Disney's creation.

[@LighthousePromos]

you are correct about the revenue per square foot, as a former Disney Merchandise Manager, I can confirm, it and it is call Per Capita Spending or "PerCap" for short. There is a budget per each person who enters the park to spend. The Percap spending is calculated by each shop's Revenue budget divided by that day's park attendance. If a shop has a budget of 10k and there are supposed to be 20k visitors expected that day then the shop's or food location's percap is $.50. Not every guest will buy something of course, but that would be the average. If a for some reason the attendence is far lower (for example when all our attendence at the parks worldwide dropped after 9/11 because people were afraid of air travel in the after months) then it's possible to still meet a percap budget, even if they don't meet the full Revenue budget if there's far less people who visit that day due to extenuating circumstances, as long as the shop/food location sells enough product. The pressure on management to meet these budgets is insane! I still have nightmares about it even though I haven't worked there in over a decade.

[@allenshepard7992]

The veiled bust is a famous piece of marble art. The Europeans who know this art may be pissed.

[@ThemePro24]

not surprised

[@jarnailmalra9859]

Structure looks similar in shape to Walt's Red Barn at Griffiths Park.

[@jenniferh1416]

A she shed, Disney added a she shed? lol

[@calliemyersbuchanan6458]

not that it really matters but this is land in california not world in florida.

[@jenniferh1416]

@@calliemyersbuchanan6458 Thanks. I'll edit it.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

3:02 why is she carting around a massive smiley face?

[@Dr1GoN._.b.i.7.d]

Fr

[@1legmoto]

Sadly not surprised. Heartbreaking and infuriating.

[@nicolegilbert7011]

I would say Disney needs to redo the thing an maybe have people go down a level for the actual store. So basically ground level will look and be smaller. The entrance would be like the escalator at the haunted house exitsending guests down to the second level store which can be as big as they want.

[@ricogoldstar]

Call it what is, with a theme and haunted design and decor to match the mansion. "Ye Olde Spooky Shoppe"

[@ericjohnson4230]

Vash is more worried about which expression his face is making than making sure his thoughts are put together.

[@epicone9255]

The new HM queue is chalk full of cheap cast concrete garden sculpture that is readily available at Home Depot and Amazon!!

[@PrincessJafar]

Feels like cedar point or kennywood

[@milcahreyes5287]

Somebody call Willy McDuff. His failed chocolate factory was more better than that.

[@AndrewT87]

So I can build my own theme park?! And black jacks never mind screw whole thing! Lol 😆

[@deronhanson5454]

It's what you call a "shed"..........

[@liamcollinson5695]

I am not surprised allegedly a lot of the imagineering team moved to universal looking at Disneys recent work and comparing it to epic universe makes me think the rumor is probably true

[@epicone9255]

The Armstrong prefab is a post and beam wood "kit" and the DL building is a steel framed building. Still no excuse for it's poor scaling and "Tuf Shed" appearance, I don't think it was a prefab kit. Even more sad!!!!

[@lcmiracle]

They should use it more Beats their current roster of imagineers

[@Unfilteredpatriot]

SoCal native (48 yrs) lifelong Disney fan that has officially stopped giving Disney and Disneyland any of my money, anymore. They're dead to me.

[@Dave-te5bs]

It’s a rush job!

[@SlipperyArmpits]

Why do people keep going?

[@platzoperson393]

Disney literally just an irl asset flip company

[@lemonapocalypse414]

Everyone is laughing at you, Bob Iger. As usual.

[@riccee5242]

Imagineers are most likely prohibited nowadays at rat co. Its obvious that imagining _anything_ for that company is looked down upon Hence the ruining of entire movie franchises

[@kellieanne915]

Gideon’s bakehouse does a better job doing haunted mansion

[@jouleseel9627]

So honestly I don't care if the decorations or that print is AI. If they aren't selling it and it's just for looks who cares? The structure does feel out of place but it doesn't bother me that much. There are other things Disney is doing that are way worse than some Amazon decor and a single AI print.

[@stevencourtney5371]

Right. On our Fall 2025 trip to WDW, cut tkts & stay to 4-5 days. Transfer to Universal for 2-3 nights. Or is that too much time at Disney World? Sorry I can’t miss the Haunted Mansion, Rise of the Resistance or Galaxy Quest(I am Groot!)

[@jodyjohnson265]

It literally looks like a Poorman's shak

[@steve-oh4342]

People still give money to Disney?

[@deronhanson5454]

Sounds like they got "bust"ed on that one.........

[@daverumbear7668]

So sad that they are constantly looking for the easiest way to do things in a way that will save them the most money, and it's a gift shop so it was built for the sole purpose of making money. Disney your greed is showing

[@marknichols3823]

I know local theater set dressers that put more effort into their craft. SMH

[@offeraccepted1772]

i have that bust. this is DCA all over again. cheap, store bought everything

[@Attmay]

They learned nothing from that debacle except how to stoop even lower.

[@Parmis_Dax]

Is Disney's big dirty secret that they are actually broke!?! 😅😂😅😂

[@Attmay]

They've been morally bankrupt since at least the death of Roy E. Disney.

[@thehutch7728]

I am truly disgusted.

[@PrincessJafar]

This is bad bc disney is not paying artists. This is the end of disney.

[@chiquita683]

Based

[@mantequillashots]

Hold on wait rewind....say temu again one more time for me?

[@michelelyons9410]

What is so surprising? Disney has gone cheap with everything, so of course they are putting up cheap decorations. Why have an artist design something when you can buy something cheap on Amazon?

[@glamrockfoxy6667]

Using AI can get them caught

[@matthewmorin7016]

It's sad how far Disney has fallen.

[@boopdoop2251]

AI makes generated images, not artwork.

[@whyhesoears]

Walt, he is rolling in his grave.

[@Parmis_Dax]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tommix6016]

Disney has an interesting take on quality.

[@Attmay]

Interesting because of how much it sucks.

[@kboostmobile6580]

Lol. Busted by that park place....😅😅😅😅 Those imagineers probably don't like you..... Them people caught us... Shame on them...

[@bensonmckay2324]

Disney is so lazy and disappointing these days 😔

[@carmel1631]

Utter disrespect for the legacy and traditions of the 'old Disney.' But, as long as people are willing to pay $200+ for one day/one park, they have no reason to offer any quality.

[@Tinkerellastreasuretrunk]

This is a true embarrassment for this company. It’s NOT the Disney I know. 😞

[@gpk1982]

This is beyond embarrassing.

[@briankoch6937]

Who cares it's only a building destroys splash mountain

[@misstes89]

Bro. Why????! Who keeps making these decisions !? Jesus h. Christ.

[@Rickydiculus]

Over inflated egos earning over inflated incomes are who's making these decisions. It's why you don't allow the weather boy to head the company.

[@loonercrazy]

Oh look the band of negative, bitter Disney “fans” that do nothing but complain and whine and twist the facts.

[@Shelby-jv7ij]

disney shill/disney adult spotted

[@loonercrazy]

⁠@@Shelby-jv7ij That’s all you got? Weak. I’m neither a Disney shill or Disney adult. Hate both of those groups. I also hate people who are nothing but negative, bitter, and cynical about almost everything. There are more important things in life than this damn shop. Priorities people which many of you have screwed up in life. So sad

[@Shelby-jv7ij]

@ So I guess that's why you're here commenting and replying as well

[@loonercrazy]

@@Shelby-jv7ij the very fact that you don’t get what I’m saying says everything I need to know about the type of person you are.

[@Shelby-jv7ij]

@@loonercrazy Bro I watched one vid about disney ruining itself and I check your comment history and you stay commenting "waah you guys are so negative and obsessive" uh hello kettle have you met pot? Goofy

[@lechatbotte.]

So what

[@dannybrezelhorner2715]

No...not the haunted mansion that's my favorite ride..

[@ContraVirtual]

Okay, but, why should we care?

[@PirateFeZ]

Disney is such a lazy, trashy company these days.

[@Divinity_Shorts]

Especially with all their crappy live action remakes that NO ONE asked for…

[@TheLastZeekasaur]

Is there a law or an unwritten human law that says A.I. is the devil? 😂 Businesses will do anything they want to make this thing called MONEY, they dont cash in your love or loyalty for the park into their checking accounts.😂

[@SilverStarz]

Your show today was way over the top, and you thought way too much. Please consider redoing this show; you are 98% wrong. Good morning, everything is AI now, it’s 2024. The building at the exit of the haunted mansion is not new at all. In fact, it was Walt Disney in 1963 who approved the building's shape. Why you ask, the building shape is very similar to Walt’s barn. So it is your kit company that has copied Disney, what is wrong with you people. Do you have any idea about the history of Disneyland? We know already that Vash surely does not. Now that building that other companies have copied, was to be for the Museum of the Weird, by Rolly Crump. It was to open with the Mansion in 1969. Okay not a gift shop, but certainly would have sold something. When Walt passed in 1966, so did the Museum of the Weird project. My one and only disappointment with this building, and the only part, is the fact that Disney has missed an opportunity to at least show some of Rolly’s projects. I think that this would have added to the inside, sure. Why you are nuts about the size of the building is beyond me. When you are in the Haunted Mansion queue, look back at the gift shop, and it looks so small. The current size of the building is fine, it was approved by Walt Disney. If you want your channel to be a gossip channel like The View, then I’m out.

[@cboncle435]

walt aproved it's existence but not the placement or even it's size, it's like saying that they should torn down the castle to build space mountain on it, stop using walt will to justify dammages to the park, i know peoples who used to work for WDI and who left, most of them don't recognise anymore the effort and talent put into new projects. Peoples forget too fast what disneyland used to be, a place of perfection in it's design as much for the beauty than it's story and coherence, everything is thinked about methodicaly, so if even peoples who have no notion in scenography or design start to say there are problem IT'S THAT THERE IS. This new space including the queue sucks for multiple reason (although that doesn't mean i'm against a shop or a new queue) : -buildings in disneyland are all built 3/4 the size, this one isn't, and for a shed it's a very bad choice -the building and queue is not cleverly "aged" (i know walt said that HM should look maintained outside) but that doesn't mean it have to look like it's made out of plastic, if you go to fantasyland for exemple building colors aren't pristine and it's have been painted with darker shades to make it look older. -the music sucks, we cannot even talk about music, when you design a theme park area the music must be either immersive (coming out of a phonograph, or a band from the time period playing) or either ambient (faint natural sound or wind bells) keep the big music scores for the rides, but the problem is that the music of the area isn't appropriate, there are some exeption like when the area is centered on a film but most of the time it feels out of place. -the inside of the shop isn't well made on a design standpoint, the roof looks 1000x dammaged than the walls and the walls are painted with a bland unimaginative purple color that looks too new -the fact they used ai is a problem because disney own the reputation of preserving old arts and craftmenship, like lettering artist up to mural painter, it constitute a safe zone for jobs who are dying, it preserve culture. -props in the shop too looks nonsensical with object who are new with old looking object scattered on shelves like an imitation of previous works done, it doesn't feel real or authentic if you try to compare in terms of ambience or esthetic these additions with works done in the 1990s or even early 2010 by disney it's pretty clear we are heading down a pit, disney just isn't interested anymore and it's gonna cost them a lot in the future.

[@OakForestBoys]

Why couldn't they build an actual brick building then? This is just lazy with people using Walt to excuse it

[@cboncle435]

@@OakForestBoys brick wouldn't fit that much in this area of new orleans square, i would have more seen it like a magic rolly crump style gypsy carriage that you go inside with the shop building under a fake rock formation or elevation, the concept would have been interesting without destroying the natural environnement around

[@Attmay]

@@OakForestBoys the only time they invoke the name of Walt to do anything is to destroy time tested attractions and replace them with cheap tacky garbage.

[@nhicks8028]

DEI imagineers. Lol

[@SirBuzz]

More like Inclusiveneers.

[@lorancefile9557]

This has nothing to do with DEI, it’s more like cost cutting

[@jbbj9720]

my comment was just straight up deleeted

[@sky0kast0]

It can happen sometimes especially when you don't use a keyboard I use speech to text so sometimes it goes crazy and when it goes crazy I get deleted too

[@VerbilKint]

@@sky0kast0 ​ @sky0kast0 I'm not saying that doesn't happen. But posts with certain key words are deleted regularly. More specifically, not applied after the user clicks submit, comment, or relevant button. It just happened to me on this video and I used a keyboard. As a matter of fact, I've never used speech to text. But I did use some keywords that I suspect youtube flagged.

[@SirBuzz]

It's part of KZbin's automated cens0rship program that will aut0deIete or shad0wdeIete c0mments if certain words or phrases are used even if they aren't 0ffensive.

[@eyesmartanth]

The imagination of imagineering has been extrapolated from the Disney Magic 🪄 permanently!!! No more storytelling in structures like Disney use to!!! 😢😮🤯