I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO RESPOND TO THIS POST SINCE LAST SUNDAY WHEN I RETURNED FROM DISNEY WORLD BUT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOG IN...I HAD TO SET UP A GLOBAL ACCOUNT UNDER THE NAME GRIMSLY MANOR, REDRUM WAS ALREADY TAKEN... I HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE HAUNTED MANSION EVENT.... MY WIFE AND CHILD ATTENDED THE EVENT AS WELL. MY DAUGHTER WHO IS 9, IS AS BIG OF A HAUNTED MANSION FAN AS I AM....SHE IS ABLE TO RECITE THE ENTIRE SOUNDTRACK FOR THE HAUNTED MANSION RIDE AND INSISTS ON ALWAYS RIDING THE RIDE IN HER OWN DOOMBUGGIE...THE EVENT WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR "THE WALK-THRU WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN, DISNEY INFORMED ME MY DAUGHTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WALK-THRU DO TO THE AGE RESTRICTION BEING 16. DISNEY OFFERED AS A CONDOLENCE TO HAVE A TOUR GUIDE WALK HER THRU THE PARK, PROMISING TO LET HER IN ON SOME DISNEY ACTION... FOR YOU MEMBERS THAT HEARD THIS CONVERSATION AND WERE ASKING WHAT THEY COULD POSSIBLE DO OR SHOW HER, THAT WOULD COMPARE TO THIS EVENT WAS... DURING DISNEY'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY THE CASTLE WAS PAINTED PINK, AND THE GUIDE SHOWED HER A FEW SPOTS THAT YOU COULD STILL SEE THE PINK PAINT... ONE GUY, WHO ONLY HALF HEARD THE DISNEY CONVERSATION, CAME UP TO MY WIFE AFTER AND SAID DON'T FEEL BAD THAT SHE'S AFRAID, MY SON IS 11 AND AFRAID OF THE ET RIDE AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS....LOL, I REALLY ENJOYED THE WALK-THRU, AND AM HOPING IN THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN...TALK ABOUT A RUSH, FYI, I RODE THE HAUNTED MANSION ABOUT 15 TIMES AFTER THE TOUR, THE WALK THRU IN NO WAY RUINED THE MAGIC OF THIS RIDE FOR ME...THE DINNER WAS GREAT, DID NOT TASTE LIKE THE USUAL DISNEY FOOD SERVED THAT'S FOR SURE. I WAS ABLE TO MEET SOME OF THE DOOMBUGGIE CREW, AND WANT TO THANK THEM FOR MAKING ME FEEL WELCOME. WHAT A GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE, I WOULD HAVE ATTENDED THE BREAKFAST BUT DID NOT RENT A CAR FOR THIS SHORT PLANNED TRIP. I HAVE READ THE POST REGARDING HALLOWEEN 2003, COUNT ME IN!! I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING AGAIN AT THE NEXT EVENT, AND HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE MORE TIME TO HANG OUT AND CHAT ABOUT "ALL" OF OUR FAVORITE ATTRATCTION, THE HAUNTED MANSION...MY DAUGHTER WANTED TO LET THE DOOMBUGGIE CREW KNOW THAT ONE OF THE HAUNTED MANSION CAST CREW ALOWED HER TO SAY THE OPENING WORDS WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE THE CHAMBER, IF THIS CAST MEMBER IS OUT THERE, THANKS FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN, I AM SURE THAT IS ONE DISNEY MAGICAL MOMENT THAT SHE WILL NEVER FORGET.

REDRUM
AKA
GRIMSLY MANOR