Introduction

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Phantom Manor, part of the Frontierland Area in Disneyland Resort Paris, just has a perfect spot at the edge of The Waters Of The far West. When you enter the area it is hidden in the corner, behind the Big Thunder Mountain. You only see a small part of the attraction, a much larger part lays behind the row of trees, as you can see in the simulation. It was difficult to work out a system which would allow every "Doombuggy" to follow the track and move around when it was necessary. The code for this part of the sim is complex and consumes a lot of CPU power, despite the code optimizations. The simulation was the first one with a login, which allowed a scoring system. Due to the changes in JoomlaI had to remove the login, and introduce the Arcade component to save and manage the scores.

Attraction Statistics

Phantom Manor Mythology
Legend has it that decrepit and dilapidated Phantom Manor, tucked away in a lonesome corner of Frontierland, was once home to one of Thunder Mesa's founding families. Among the first settlers to strike it rich during the town's Gold Rush heyday, the family built the best house in town, high up on a hill overlooking the river below and out to a private cemetery on the grounds. On the day of her wedding, the daughter of the Manor was jilted, never to be seen again!
The house, once the showplace of Thunder Mesa, fell into decay and ruin, becoming the sinister-looking residence that we know today as Phantom Manor. Haunted by a host of ghosts--predominantly by the evil "Phantom" and the benevolent "Bride," these restless spirits are constantly at odds within the confines of the house. Daringly curious Disneyland Paris Guests are invited inside to experience frightful encounters with various ghouls, banshees and the resident "Phantom" himself.
The Disneyland Paris version of the Haunted Mansion features even more realistic special effects than previous attractions, as well as different theme music. Walt Disney himself supervised the plans for the original Disneyland Anaheim attraction but he never lived to see it open in 1969. According to persistent rumour, you can still see Walt's face among the singing busts inside the attraction...

Haunting Logistics
Phantom Manor contains 92 Audio-Animatronics® characters, 54 animated props, 58 individual special effects and more than 400 special show props, making it one of the most elaborate attractions ever created for a Disney Theme Park.

Macabre Music of the Manor
Like its predecessors at Disneyland,the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland, Phantom Manor's main musical theme is "Grim Grinning Ghosts" by X. Atencio and Buddy Baker. The Phantom Manor music is unique. Recorded in an entirely new arrangement and orchestrations, principal performers were drawn from the London Chamber Orchestra and supplemented by 60 of the finest studio musicians in London. Rhythms range from a gloomy funeral march, to a ballroom waltz, to a honky-tonk saloon piano version and ultimately, to a rollicking vocal rendition by a quartet of singing statues!

Ride System
The ride through Phantom Manor is provided by "Doom Buggies" -- two-passenger carriages of the continuously-moving WEDway "OmniMover" Transportation System, developed by Walt Disney Imagineering. Each of the 131 cars is capable of 180-degree turns, to the left and right, and are pre-programmed to turn in the direction of each scene.

Interesting Features
The musical skeletons found in Phantom Manor were inspired by the 1929 Disney short animated film, The Skeleton Dance. The film, produced in black and white, was the first in a series of films entitled Silly Symphonies. A total of 75 "Symphonies" were produced by the Walt Disney Studio from 1929 to 1939, with each Symphony showcasing a new set of cartoon characters and music. The Bride's Boudoir scene in the attraction was inspired by macabre Victorian lithographs of the late 1800s.

Fun Facts

Phantom Manor contains 92 Audio-Animatronics characters, 54 animated props, 58 individual special effects and more than 400 special show props, making it one of the most elaborate attractions ever created for a Disney Theme Park.

For the unique music of Phantom Manor, principal performers were drawn from the London Chamber Orchestra and supplemented by 60 of the finest studio musicians in London. Rhythms range from a gloomy funeral march, to a ballroom waltz, to a honky-tonk saloon piano version and ultimately, to a rollicking vocal rendition by a quartet of singing statues!

The ride through Phantom Manor is provided by "Doom Buggies": two-passenger carriages of the continuously-moving WEDway "OmniMover" Transportation System, developed by Walt Disney Imagineering. Each of the 131 cars is capable of 180-degree turns, to the left and right, and are pre-programmed to turn in the direction of each scene.

The musical skeletons found in the Skeleton Catacombs were inspired by the 1929 Disney short animated film, The Skeleton Dance. The film, produced in black and white, was the first in the "Silly Symphonies" series.

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