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Disney's Haunted Mansion


My favorite dark ride in the world. The king of the dark rides. I love every single minute of this ride. From the entrance adventure to the "Doom buggies", everything about this ride is wonderful. The atmosphere is a 10 out of 10. It just feels like a haunted house. A friendly haunted house. Every time I come to Orlando I want to spend more time here.


This time we had one of those infamous ride problems you hear about. Our ride stopped right beside the skeleton trying to get out of the coffin beside the window for about 5 or 6 minutes. "Let me, let me out!" for 5 or 6 minutes. But since I enjoy the ambiance of the place so much, I just sat back and enjoyed the AC while T got on her phone. At least Mike and Heather were in the doom buggie behind us...

Between this and Pirates of the Caribbean I spent way too much time indoors this visit. The rest of the time I was chilling at the Animal Kingdom. The food was so good here, and I love riding around on the train. Just a cool park altogether. We finished the next day at Epcot, and I got drunk for the first time in 10 years... I ate all kinds of food at the Food & Wine Festival and riding Ratatouille! What another cool ride. It put together heat and smell in a wonderful ride that I was just smiling the whole time.


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