The Haunted Mansion ghost recruitment committee has really stepped their game up a notch lately!
Haunted Mansion
We’ve seen everything from new Haunted Mansion Minnie Ears to Haunted Mansion Crocs and everything in between. It’s definitely a great time to be a Haunted Mansion fan.
The Haunted Mansion was an opening day attraction in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.
Haunted Mansion
To this day, it remains an iconic and incredibly popular attraction.
Haunted Mansion Line
You’ll find the attraction over in Liberty Square in Magic Kingdom.
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Before you enter the Mansion itself, you’ll walk past the courtyard…
The Haunted Mansion in Disney World
…and into the outdoor portion of the queue. This area was added a number of years ago and features all kinds of interactive elements. It should be noted that many of these interactive elements are unavailable at the moment.
Haunted Mansion Graveyard
Once you exit the outdoor queue, you are invited into the Stretching Room for a pre-show where you’re reminded “There’s no turning back now.” Currently, as part of the adjustments made to this queue for social distancing, you simply walk through the Stretching Room, rather than stay there for the pre-show.
The Stretching Room
Once you hop aboard your Doom Buggy, you’ll get to enjoy a ride around the Mansion and get a look at its 999 happy haunts. But, we hear there’s room for 1,000 — any volunteers?
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Along your trip, you’ll meet quite a few characters, including the Hitchhiking Ghosts.
Hitchhiking Ghosts Loungefly Bag
But, two of the most prominent characters you’ll see are Madame Leota…
Madame Leota Sipper Cup
…and Constance Hatchaway.
Spectral Bride in The Haunted Mansion Segment
You’ll find Madame Leota floating in her crystal ball in the séance room, encouraging those goblins and ghoulies from last Halloween to awaken the spirits with their tambourine! You can also spot her tombstone on the outside of the Mansion.
Madame Leota Tombstone
Constance Hatchaway is the bride who you’ll find in the attic near portraits of her former husbands, each of whom seem to have met a violent and rather similar demise.
Haunted Mansion Constance Hatchaway Shirt
It seems Constance is quite handy with an axe.
If you’re curious to learn even more about these characters, click here to read all about their backstories!
As we were thinking about all of our favorite characters from The Haunted Mansion, we got to wondering who the true star of the Mansion really is. So, we asked our followers on Instagram: “Who’s the REAL star of the Haunted Mansion — Madame Leota or Constance Hatchaway?” 19,817 of our followers voted on this one and here are the results…74% say Madame Leota is the star, while 26% feel Constance Hatchaway really takes the cake!
Results: Who’s the Real Star of The Haunted Mansion?
Let’s see what our readers had to say!
Constance Hatchaway
She may not have gotten the majority of the votes, but Constance Hatchaway still has some pretty serious fans! One reader even said: “I am offended by this poll result.”
Constance’s Portrait in the Stretching Room ©Disney
Her fans are ready to cut into the conversation to defend this spooky bride as the real star of the show!
Bride Keychain
We wouldn’t necessarily advise marrying Constance, but she’s definitely a fun character to admire…from a safe distance away.
Want to learn more about Constance? Click here to read about her story!
Madame Leota
Madame Leota fans really called in the spirits and won the vote this time. We’ve joked about starting a Madame Leota fan club with all of the guests waiting in line to purchase her souvenir sipper, but it seems like the need for her fan club to materialize is becoming more and more apparent!
Madame Leota Sipper Cup
Madame Leota fans will be happy to know that more merchandise has been released this year featuring their favorite character.
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We’re hoping we’ll see even more of this fan-favorite character on new items in the future!
Both! Or Neither?
Some of our followers, though, couldn’t bear to pick between these two amazing characters. One told us: “Don’t make me choose! I love them both!!”
Haunted Mansion
Others felt that another character entirely deserved to win. One follower said: “Neither. The Grave digger’s dog is the only acceptable answer.” Poor little pup! He is most definitely a very good boy.
The Caretaker’s Dog
Regardless of what character is your favorite, we hope you have a frightful and delightful trip to the Mansion during your next visit to the parks. Or, if you’re at home, we hope you have a wonderful Haunted Mansion shopping adventure online. If we find any more new Haunted Mansion merchandise, we’ll definitely let you know about it, so be sure to come back for all the latest Disney news!
Did you know a new Haunted Mansion movie is reportedly in the works from Disney? Click here to read all about it!
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Where was the Spectral bride in the Haunted Mansion Segment picture above taken? It looks like a show or restaurant where many people are looking on? Doesn’t look familiar to me but I’m a Disney World girl. Haven’t been to Disneyland in a few years.
Kelly, this was from the Boo to You parade during Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party last year.
according to all canon/fanon so far, Constance and the other 996 ghostly residents are mortal, while Leota and her lesser known illegitamate daughter Leoticia AKA “little Leota” are somewhat powerful witches, at least one of who has seemingly used her primary “talisman” to “cheat” death (her scrying sphere AKA “crystal ball”, in which she apparently has preserved her being).
Constance and the others besides these 2 lived and died “mortals” not imbued with the incredible innate powers of Leota and Leoticia. Which is why more people are “enchanted” by at least the senior Leota :
her visitors/fans understand the raw energy she commands far outweighs not just the killer bride but every other inhabitant of the property. Because popularity aside, there is really no debating that the most fearsomely powerful resident of the mansion(s) is Leota. Even the manor’s tour guide tells all guests as much when he strongly infers the residents can only be seen with Leota’s mystic aid as opposed to just heard or felt before her spell is cast to enable guests to SEE them