New Expanded Grounds of Haunted Mansion

Step through the gates of the Haunted Mansion and discover a captivating new realm. The expanded grounds beckon with an enchanting aura, inviting you to explore their hidden secrets and immerse yourself in the mansion’s mysterious allure.

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When entering this new part of the queue, before discovering the expanded grounds, you may notice a familiar Spanish fountain that once sat in the middle of Magnolia Park.

You’ll find that the new gardens are being closely guarded by a pair of stately ravens. Ravens often represent a connection between the world of the living and the spirit world.

You will also encounter the crouching figure of a cat. The statue sits tucked away among the wispy grasses, as he appears ready to pounce.

Around the bend, you’ll discover a personal garden retreat designed by one of the mansion’s inhabitants, Master Gracey. A fountain against the garden’s wall features the face of a sea maiden with unruly hair and startled eyes, as if she’s caught in a storm. Inside an old, wrought iron gazebo sits a bench, a well-read book, and astrological armillary sphere and a smoking pipe that has been left behind. It’s the perfect place for Gracey to rest and ponder his past.

Further along the path, you’ll find the eccentric garden of Madame Leota, the resident Seer. It seems as if the entire garden is dipped in a mystical energy; as if every plant, statue, and trinket is under Leota’s spell. There is a small statuary of oddities – frogs, lizards, rats and a cymbal-playing monkey – all frozen in time like they are under an incantation.

The garden has a repeating motif of fortune-telling orbs. The large oak tree that graces the center of the courtyard has been decorated by Leota with colorful ornaments, chimes and bells that ring out in the breeze.

And in the rear of the garden, you’ll find the Mansion Greenhouse, belonging to all the mansion’s ghosts. An ornate structure of iron and glass, it gives residents with a “green thumb” a chance to cultivate the most unusual of plant species.

Guests using a mobility device are now able to use the main queue and entrance to the Haunted Mansion. After riding, they will leave the attraction using a new, accessible elevator exit that extends the story of the attraction with a gallery of original Imagineering artwork and more.

The virtual queue will no longer be utilized, and the attraction is once again available for guests on Lightning Lane Multi Pass, as well as on Lightning Lane Premier Pass.