Haunted Gingerbread House

From Halloween through the holiday season the Haunted Mansion is decked out in a "The Nightmare Before Christmas" motif for Haunted Mansion Holiday. One of the coolest highlights has got to be the haunted gingerbread house in the mansion's ballroom. 

It's been a fixture since 2001. This year's design, "Haunted Mansion Tombstone Cake," is six feet high and four feet wide. 

And for the first time ever the "house" will have animated projections. The projectors are such a new technology that there are only a few in the United States, and some are here at our very own Haunted Mansion!

It took three chefs, a team of electricians, engineers and designers to create the tasty (and creepy) "tombstone cake." And although the house looks decorated with candy, it's not. All the decorations are actually created from fondant and royal icing.

One of the Last Times Walt E. Disney was on Film

The footage you are about to see is bittersweet. It shows one of the last times Walt was on film enjoying his park. The day was July 24, 1966 (Walt died later that year).

Walt and New Orleans Mayor Victor Schiro officially opened New Orleans Square. It was the first time since opening day in 1955 that a new land had opened. It was also the only area at the park named after a real city. Guests enjoyed shopping, dining and music, and Pirates of the Caribbean opened the following year.

Disney Vacation Memories - 1st Tv Spot

Debuted on September 22, 2010

A Look Back Soundsational Summer 2011

Fantasmic! 20th Anniverary Show With 2 Cameras - Disneyland, USA

A Look Back: Darth Vader goes to Disneyland

Goofy Visits Disneyland in The Art of Vacationing

Join Goofy and experience all the Disneyland Resort has to offer in the all-new short, "The Art of Vacationing."

A Look at New Year’s Eve Celebrations at Disneyland Resort Over the Years

Disney Holiday Ornaments

Celebrating a Dream - Happy Birthday Walt!

Dec 05, 1901

Walt Disney is Born in Chicago, Illinois

108 years ago today, Walter Elias Disney was born to Elias and Flora Disney, in Chicago, Illinois. Walt was the fourth of five children. He had four brothers, Herbert Arthur, Raymond Arnold, and Roy Oliver. Sister Ruth Flora was not born until 1903. When Walt was born, the average annual income was $651, and the average house cost $4,000. If Mr. and Mrs. Disney wanted to mail out birth announcements, they only needed a two cent stamp. Just five days before Walt was born, the very first Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded. Theodore Roosevelt was the President of the United States.

Christmas Parades at Disneyland Park: A Look Back

Disney Characters Decorate Disneyland Park Through the Years

Believe in Holiday Magic

A Lost Art: Making Candy Canes at Disneyland

"A Christmas Fantasy" Parade

It's All About the Holidays at the Disneyland Resort 2010

Halloween Screams Fireworks [Trailer]

Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy

Narrated Audio for Haunted Mansion Guests

Audio Description, now available at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort, provides narrated audio for guests with visual disabilities by describing visual attraction elements, such as actions, settings and scene changes. This audio describes scenes from the Haunted Mansion.

Disney Décor Expert Shares Halloween Tips

Take a look around the Disneyland Resort right now and you'll see that Halloween has taken over. That "spooky" touch comes from our resort enhancement team. One of those creative experts is David Caranci. He succeeds every year in amazing our team with his easy decorating ideas.

Take a look at his fun decorating tips for creating your own Jack Skellington Halloween Tree and Shrunken Apple Heads.