Well, back in the 1970's, I came up with an idea to make the area BEHIND the DL mansion a kind of "spookyland" area, similar to the area you see in the HM movie, where Eddie and family were driving up to the HM. recreate the mansion FULL SIZE (Thank you very much) right next to the enclosed part of the ride, and that way, you wouldn't need to go down to get to the portrait hallway, just walk thru some other areas of the house instead! You could keep the whole ride exactly the way it is, just have a different entrance and exit! Instead of going up the ramp, and seeing little Leota to your left, you would walk down more crypt hallways, and other style hallways, like in WDW! Then, you could turn the exsisting HM into a resturant!!!! Have a little walkway, like they do into Toontown, and it will take you into the Haunted Mansion area. You could have shops, like in "Diagon Alley" in Harry Potter's books, and that would lead you into a road walkway, which goes past the main gate, and into the HM! The original mansion could be converted into a two story resturant, with regular guests seated on the first floor, and VIP guests seated on the balcony, overlooking the main dining area, which has the appearance of the ballroom dance floor! The VIP area would have the iron railings, like that which overlooks the ballroom, and I think that it could all fit INSIDE the exsisting structure! (maybe)

Well, a guy can dream can't he?

William (the Bloody)

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