So does this really mean that wheelchairs and scooters can see the stretching room before being side-tracked through a side corridor to the exit area for doombuggy loading?

I do know the main load area has no room at all for the chairs, but was unaware that the queue area outside was the real problem for why they loaded up the exit ramp (and missed the stretch).

It'll make my wife very happy (she has a rollator walker we take to the parks every time we go so she doesn't have to stay standing all day long - the fatigue of that is exaggerated by MS).

Every single time I have been in the Haunted Mansion the ride has stopped... could this be due to errent guests?  Or is there a myriad of reasons the Omnimover stops?  I know that at the Disneyland version the glass that seperates the guests from the ballroom scene was cracked by some jerk who thought it would be funny to kick it while the ride was stopped.  

We live in a very different time...

Actually, most of the stops are due to either difficulties or pauses required to get disabled people into the buggies requiring more time than the 30 seconds that the moving platform gives.

Others are simply due to too many people, usually kids, running onto the moving platform at load time and filling it up with more kids than room in the buggies.  Again, the limitations of the moving platform and the amount of time it gives before you run out of space.

Good job

Awesome follow-up, Jim! As a certified Mansion nut, I am LOVIN' this series!

Oh, and I also LOVE Mr. Holmes, because I saw HMH at DL and I thought it SUCKED. I hate NBC and I hated that overlay. I hope it never comes to WDW.

Interesting stuff about folks climbing out of their cars. I'll be honest ... I know it's wrong ... but I often find myself overwhelmed by the urge to bolt and run around the mansion myself, so I can sympathize to a degree.

Unlike some other folks, though, I've never given in to the temptation. I'm still waiting for them to offer walking tours, though. ;)

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