Hanging man

**mickclub1955** · 10-28-2013, 01:41 PM

How many times did you go on The Haunted Mansion before you realized there was a man hanging in the stretching room when the lights go out? I am always amazed at the number of people who never realize this when we go on and tell everyone to look up when the lights go out.

**kakn7294** · 10-28-2013, 04:18 PM

So many people are in such a hurry to get on the rides that they never take the time to notice the little things. We like to hang back and let everyone else exit the preshow rooms when we can.

**SBETigg** · 10-28-2013, 05:02 PM

I noticed it on my first time, freaked me out so much. I was just a kid. But yeah, a lot of people are so busy looking around and then heading for the door. Hard to miss for me, but I guess people do. Oh, now I have a wicked urge to be in the Haunted Mansion!

**Aurora** · 10-28-2013, 05:49 PM

Saw it my first time, but I also was a kid and it was at Disneyland.

I swear that part has been shortened. I remember years ago being in the dark for a few more seconds and looking up because of the lightning. I think people just don't even have the chance to glance up anymore before the lights come back on and the doors slide open so quickly.

**Giggy** · 10-28-2013, 05:51 PM

Have definitely noticed it before but not sure when I first noticed it. I remember seeing it in at least one of 2010 or 2004 but can't comment on earlier visits. Our visits are always a few years apart which has the one positive that sometimes I forget one of the surprises so it then surprises me the next time!

**#1donaldfan** · 10-29-2013, 02:35 PM

I had been on that ride "a million times" before I noticed it !!! I learned about it here on INTERCOT !! I am certain I miss a lot of things, but I am learning !!!

**SBETigg** · 10-29-2013, 03:23 PM

This has been on my mind since yesterday. In fact, I am sitting at my desk trying to finish some revisions on a manuscript. But in my head, I am standing under the hanging man with thunder cracking, "there's always my way out..." Thanks for the mental vacation! Who's standing next to me?

**kakn7294** · 10-29-2013, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by sbetigg

this has been on my mind since yesterday. In fact, i am sitting at my desk trying to finish some revisions on a manuscript. But in my head, i am standing under the hanging man with thunder cracking, "there's always my way out..." thanks for the mental vacation! Who's standing next to me?

me!!!

**MrPeetrie** · 10-29-2013, 05:28 PM

I first saw it at Disneyland as a kid the first time we rode attraction.

It may be just me, but the effect seems much better since the refurb.

**linedropper** · 10-29-2013, 09:31 PM

Does anyone remember being at the Haunted mansion ride when you walked down the hallway that seemed to get smaller and smaller? Then the door opened and you headed into the ride?

**mickclub1955** · 10-29-2013, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by linedropper

Does anyone remember being at the Haunted mansion ride when you walked down the hallway that seemed to get smaller and smaller? Then the door opened and you headed into the ride?

Is that the HM at DL. I know you walk down the passageway with the pictures in it on the right and the windows on the left. You ride through this part at WDW's HM.

**buzznwoodysmom** · 10-29-2013, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by kakn7294

So many people are in such a hurry to get on the rides that they never take the time to notice the little things. We like to hang back and let everyone else exit the preshow rooms when we can.

This is what we usually do as well. When my boys were little I hated the idea of them getting squished in a crowd or getting separated from us so we always just hung back and let those in a hurry ahead of us. Now I guess it's just habit.

We noticed the hanging man the very first time we did the attraction.

**Main Street Jim** · 10-29-2013, 10:40 PM

Where do people think that the scream in the stretch room is coming from...? Just a "random scream"?

The gentleman hung himself in the foyer because his bride threw herself out of the attic window.

**Arielfan98** · 10-29-2013, 11:03 PM

It's not so much I didn't see it, but more like I didn't understand it as a child until I was older.

**EJS-Houston** · 10-30-2013, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by SBETigg

This has been on my mind since yesterday. In fact, I am sitting at my desk trying to finish some revisions on a manuscript. But in my head, I am standing under the hanging man with thunder cracking, "there's always my way out..." Thanks for the mental vacation! Who's standing next to me?

Me too!

**EJS-Houston** · 10-30-2013, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by linedropper

Does anyone remember being at the Haunted mansion ride when you walked down the hallway that seemed to get smaller and smaller? Then the door opened and you headed into the ride?

I really don't remember that. Could that have been at Disneyland and not Disneyworld?

**cer** · 10-30-2013, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by linedropper

Does anyone remember being at the Haunted mansion ride when you walked down the hallway that seemed to get smaller and smaller? Then the door opened and you headed into the ride?

Sounds very much like Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory...

**#1donaldfan** · 10-30-2013, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by SBETigg

This has been on my mind since yesterday. In fact, I am sitting at my desk trying to finish some revisions on a manuscript. But in my head, I am standing under the hanging man with thunder cracking, "there's always my way out..." Thanks for the mental vacation! Who's standing next to me?

I'm there every day !! Work interferes with my Disney time every single day !