Phantom Manor

Disneyland Paris Treasures · January 14, 2009, 12:10:39 PM

When we were at park last week I could not believe my eyes when I saw this new "effect" on the outside of Phantom Manor:

As seen from in front of the Manor

As seen from the right side of the Manor

On the windows of the left side there is the same effect, although I didn't film it. So this "effect" spans all three sides of the house and it goes on and on and on, no random pattern or breaks of any kind.

This looked so silly that I was sure this must be some technical problem or maybe some maintenance going on but the effect was there for every night so some day I asked a PM Cast Member and he tried to assure me that this is not a new effect and that this is supposed to be Ms. Ravenswood !!??.

In my opinion this effect is so repetitive and continuous that it looks mechanical and stupid. In addition to that it totally ruins the great "Phantom appearing in the window" effect on the right side of the house.

PetiteSirene · January 14, 2009, 01:19:48 PM

I had heard people mentioning that Mrs Ravenwood wanders around the manor at night with candle, so I can only imagine this is the effect they are talking about.

Although the effect seems to be far too fast :? it looks like someone turned on the effect on superfast mode!

david · January 14, 2009, 05:03:13 PM

i think that from the video of the front it looks pretty good. on the side it does look mechanical and repetitive, but i like it in the first video :-)

-breeno- · January 14, 2009, 09:59:34 PM

I've never seen that lighting before but i know that where the light is in the videos the bride is standing there at the window at the front and the Phantom is standing at the right, take a look at HiddenDLRP.com, there are articles about them two. Maybe they've added lighting to it, i'm not sure.

peep · January 14, 2009, 11:56:58 PM

That looks too fast. If it was slowed down or a bit more random I suppose it would look awesome but it doesn't, hmm, I'll make up my mind about it if it's still doing it when I go in Feb.

Disneyland Paris Treasures · January 30, 2009, 10:20:32 AM

Im curious, can anyone confirm if this effect is still active? I know PM is in rehab but the house effects would still be on, wouldn't they?

15yearsofMagic2008 · January 30, 2009, 07:31:06 PM

A fire happened in the back of the ride of Phantom Manor ! so it is closed for a whole month to fix it.why a whole month when in disney time it can take 5 days?maybe they will get rid of it then/

RnRCj · January 30, 2009, 08:07:04 PM

Quote from: "15yearsofMagic2008"A fire happened in the back of the ride of Phantom Manor ! so it is closed for a whole month to fix it.why a whole month when in disney time it can take 5 days?maybe they will get rid of it then/

Errr... what?

The ride is currently undergoing a planned refurbishment. No demolition involved!

-breeno- · January 30, 2009, 09:03:20 PM

Quote from: "15yearsofMagic2008"A fire happened in the back of the ride of Phantom Manor ! so it is closed for a whole month to fix it.why a whole month when in disney time it can take 5 days?maybe they will get rid of it then/

Do you have a source to this? I'm not saying i don't trust you just i'd like to know more about this

15yearsofMagic2008 · January 31, 2009, 10:37:48 AM

//http://www.happy-haunts.com/hh_phantom_news/phantom_news_current_news.htm

this site will tell you about it , this is where i learned at the fire.but how can it happen. nothin like this has EVER happened in DLRP before has it.

Snow_White_Girl · February 01, 2009, 06:31:31 PM

Let's hope it's fixed soon, whatever's happened! It's my favourite attraction in DLRP!

I find it very ironic that it's reopening on the 13th February, Friday 13th! :lol:

As for the effect, I've never seen that before and I'm not quite sure what to think of it! Hmmm...

bigrossco · February 02, 2009, 06:02:03 PM

i would also point out that the maintenance dates that PM is currently got is also the same dates it has always had to be closed for work to be done even in October it was still planned for the same dates

Willow · February 13, 2009, 09:51:22 PM

Someone on MiceChat is reporting that during Phantom Manor's refurb the Floating Leota from the US Parks has been added to our Seance scene!

Can any of the regular CM posters on here verify this?

If its true, its about time that Phantom Manor got some new effects and the Floating Leota is a worthy addition to the attraction without destroying the unique storyline.

pussinboots · February 13, 2009, 09:56:13 PM

Floating or not floating, Leota needs a technical upgrade yesterday. So this would be fantastic news. But I for one am starting to doubt the validity of this rumor, since no one else has reported on it, not even on the French boards where they're always very much on top of things.

MizzRabbit · February 13, 2009, 11:03:30 PM

Oh dear, that would be exciting!