It’s time for Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion to leave its refurbishment cocoon — and emerge as a spooky Halloween butterfly, The Nightmare Before Christmas-style!

The return of Sandy Claws! ©Disney

Today we had the opportunity to ride Haunted Mansion Holiday!. Are you ready to see what this year has in store for Haunted Mansion’s Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween makeover?

Warning: If you don’t want to be spoiled by scenes from this year’s Haunted Mansion Holiday, scroll on to the end!

In Disneyland, the Haunted Mansion is located in New Orleans Square, and Haunted Mansion Holiday takes over the interior AND the exterior of Disney’s spookiest ride. At the front entrance, Jack Skellington, dressed as Santa Claus, sits on a jack-o’-lantern with Christmas wreath monsters eating the Haunted Mansion signs.

Enter if you dare

The monster wreaths are definitely eyeing guests who dare to enter the Haunted Mansion queue.

Monster wreath!

Once you step into the ride queue, you come across a pumpkin-headed scarecrow dressed as Santa Claus in a patch of pumpkins.

Santa Jack Skellington Scarecrow

If you look at the Haunted Mansion, you’ll see a lonnnnng list hanging from the roof. Written on it are all of Jack’s attempts to make sense of Christmastime!

What’s the formula for Christmas?

A countdown clock to “Xmas” now adorns the Haunted Mansion, with zero days left. Can you count the 400+ candles now decorating the Haunted Mansion?

0 days to Xmas!

You can also spot a bunch of jack-o’-lanterns hanging out in the Haunted Mansion’s carriage.

Pumpkin Carriage

Are the jack-o’-lanterns driving the carriage too? One is wearing a Santa hat!

Who’s driving?

While on the ride, we caught a glimpse of the new Haunted Mansion Holiday Gingerbread House. Every year a different gingerbread house is featured, and this years is a Frankensteined mash-up of nineteen of the past years’ gingerbread houses!

NEW Gingerbread House!

We don’t blame the Haunted Mansion ghosts for sneaking a bite of the gingerbread house.

Gingerbread House

If you really want to ride Haunted Mansion Holiday with us, hop in our Doom Buggy for a front-row seat!

Part 2! 👻 pic.twitter.com/peihp5xyil

— Disney Food Blog (@DisneyFoodBlog) September 3, 2021

Haunted Mansion Holiday will be open until January 9, 2022, so you have time to see it! Keep reading DFB for all your Disney World AND Disneyland news and updates!

Here’s all the 2021 Halloween treats in Disneyland!

Have you ever ridden Haunted Mansion Holiday? What did you think?

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