#albert mystic manor

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finally finished my color wheel full of disney parks characters!! :~) do you recognize them all? 🌈

[raining13]

oh yeah. i dont know if i ever released my Jungle Cruise Skipper OC out into the wild. anyhow. this is Josephine "Jo" Mystic and they brought this monkey with them on the boat. nothing could go wrong

[disneyparksattractionstournament]

Disney Parks Animatronic Tournament: Bracket A/Tier 1 Round 1

Albert: Mystic Manor (2013-current) - Hong Kong Disneyland

(Video is already set to start at the point of the animatronic! If it doesn't, go to 1:50)

Dwarfs: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (2019-current) - Magic Kingdom Disney World and Shanghai Disneyland

[disneyparktournament]

Round 1

Group 3 - Adventure

[shaydystheshadowqueen]

IP-Neutral Disneyland

So, bit of backstory, I was reading some rumours about the Mickey Mouse copyright expiring and one silly rumor was the concept of Mickey being replaced by Figment in the parks, which is obviously completely unlikely considering not just the recent park updates (Toontown being a big example) but also that it means replacing an IP character with a Park Exclusive character, which with the recent IP-happy park designers would be a likely no. But what if it was the opposite? What if, instead of a theme park with several IP based attractions and areas, you had a theme park with ZERO IP based attractions and areas? That means nothing based on films, tv shows, or books and only using original property created for the parks ex. Haunted Mansion, Big Thunder Mountain, etc.

Let’s start this experiment!

For this experiment, I will be focusing on the og park Disneyland California as it is the oldest and also I own the Disneyland Encyclopedia Updated Third Edition (2017) so I can look back through history to see if an IP attraction had an IP-neutral past. I'll be putting aside the three IP-heavy lands, Fantasyland, Toontown, and Galaxy's Edge for the end.

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MAIN STREET USA

Nearly all of Main Street is non-IP so the only changes would be removing some of the movie specific stuff (though the place did have a theatre that showed actual movies so you could excuse showing Disney cartoons and movies). Also, Jolly Holiday Baking Café would have to go, likely replaced by the old Blue Ribbon Bakery.

TOMORROWLAND

Simply put, no Star Wars or Pixar. This doesn’t mean losing the rides, just altering them. Finding Nemo’s Submarine Voyage just needs to return back to it’s old non-IP ride Submarine Voyage. Astro Blasters can have a similar theme of being a space patrol officer defeating alien criminals, just without Buzz Lightyear (although I kinda wanna sneak in some TV references). As for Star Tours, you could have a similar theme of rouge smugglers trying to get a person of interest or package away from government forces… or you can have it be like Space Jungle Cruise where you’re touring real or fictional planets and maybe something goes wrong. Possibilities are pretty endless with Star Tours virtual ride system. Speaking of embracing Tomorrowland’s past, the spot where the IP Pizza Planet is used to be where Mission to Mars and Rocket to the Moon were, so why not theme the restaurant to be set on Mars or our Moon!

ADVENTURELAND

@disneylanddilettante had a very good IP-neutral treehouse concept called Castaway Treehouse. As for the famous Indiana Jones ride, I do have a solution from the eastern parks: S.E.A also known as the Society of Explorers and Adventurers is a Park Exclusive fictional group that exists in several attractions including Mystic Manor and Fortress Exploration. It also has several members that are spread through Disney’s attractions (ex. Dr. Albert Falls of Jungle Cruise)… including Jock Lindsey from Raiders of the Lost Ark. So all Disney would need to do is replace Indy (and any other movie character from the series) with a different member of S.E.A. The rest of the ride can stay the same.

FRONTIERLAND

The only edit would be Tom Sawyer’s Island. Maybe rebrand it an outlaw hideout to fit the western theme. (Also no Fantasmic)

NEW ORLEANS SQUARE

No big edits except for restoring Pirates of the Caribbean to it’s former non-movie ride

CRITTER COUNTRY

Bit of history; Before the Song of the South ride came to Disneyland, the area of Critter Country was entirely based around a ride that proved successful in Walt Disney World and was made after the plans for a Disney ski resort were cancelled. That ride was Country Bear Jamboree and the land was Bear Country, a peaceful quiet corner of the park. In fact Splash Mountain was only added to bring more crowds in. So, in terms of fixing it, keep the Pacific Northwest bear theme and play with that. Disney has proven to be able to make original bear characters, add in a couple of American legends (Paul Bunyan for example) and keep Splash Mountain but make it an original story instead of Songs Of The South.

GALAXY’S EDGE

Obviously, we can’t keep this because the entire area is Star Wars. I do have two options for replacements though: The first is expanding Frontierland or Bear Country to create more natural landscapes for exploration or more ride space (and connect the two lands) The second is bringing in the lost Discovery Bay that would have brought a nineteenth century Barbosas Bay with plenty of unique attractions

TOONTOWN

Ok so this one might seem impossible considering the main mouse, but as countless video games and shows have proven, you can make a cartoon universe without relying on an existing real world cartoon. Hell the plot of Who Framed Roger Rabbit revolved around a fictional cartoon series! You can keep the generic toon-like world without the movie references, making it about a fictional cartoon world and having the rides be different episodes (or have one be an episode like Runaway Railroad and the other be a backstage tour of Toontown that goes wrong like Car-Toon Spin).

FANTASYLAND

The original IP zone, as was the intention of it during all it’s various concepts. So how do you make it IP-Neutral? Well for that I’m taking inspiration off one of the only two IP-Neutral rides in Fantasyland: The Swiss-themed Matterhorn Mountain and Matterhorn Bobsleds. I would LOVE to see more Switzerland architecture and castles cause it is BEAUTIFUL. Plus, Switzerland has quite a few myths that could make for interesting attractions, including William Tell, dragons, witches, avalance-surfing dwarfs, etc (actually that last one could make a fun alternate Mad Tea Party ride)

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As you can see, some of the park wouldn’t change at all or very little (Main Street USA, Frontierland, etc) while others would be completely different from what they are today (Fantasyland, Critter Country, etc). Does it prove that Disneyland be better or worse without the IPs? I leave that to you guys to discuss, I’m just having fun with coming up with an alternatve to Unnecciary Sci-Fi Franchise Land.

[pirateglass]

fortunately, movie knowledge makes no difference, because i'm not pulling from a movie. i'm pulling from a ride.

the decision to choose a ride over a movie was inspired by past events. the first event and playful land both focus more on theme parks than specific movies—while playful land is obvious, the first event features guests trick-or-treating and watching a parade, both halloween staples for disney parks.

so.

Mystic Manor is hong kong's equivalent to the haunted mansion, though it's a lot more lighthearted and generally whimsical. the ride begins with a music box releasing magic into the house, thus enchanting the numerous artifacts within.

(ride POV, if interested)

i think, perhaps, you're already seeing why this would be a perfect event for a lilia SSR, but a few of the main points i had in mind were:

lilia gets a lot of our mulan themes, and this ride is from hong kong. since he's already got a connection to twst's version of china, i think it would be reasonable to put him at the forefront.

music is what sets off the magic within mystic manor. lilia, cater, and kalim were all absent during the last halloween event, meaning they should all be present for this one. kalim has not had an SR, and cater has not had an R. they would complete a full set.

the artifacts within the manor were obtained through travel, which is an extremely lilia sentiment. look at his dorm room. he could easily tell others about some of the things he recognizes or his time visiting the places they're from.

silver as an SR makes complete sense if this event heavily focuses on his father. we could be learning about lilia, and that's more important for silver than anyone else.

while there isn't necessarily a villain, we could twist an event-exclusive character from Lord Henry Mystic—the man who owns the house.

henry has an animal companion—albert the monkey—who could either appear similar to how we saw stitch or have grim as a stand-in. either would work well, i think.

now, about the outfits, i think it would make the most sense to either follow other events and do something traditional, or we mix it up and adorn the characters in attire from the varying places being showcased. (perhaps someone in the suit of armor we see come to life at the beginning of the ride?)

...and there is a song featured on this ride the characters could sing, if by some miracle we got a dedicated mystic manor event.

lettie i have such a good idea for the next halloween event, but i have absolutely no faith it would actually end up this way. do you want to hear about it?

it does make sense for a lilia SSR + silver SR. honestly, maybe a little too much sense. i saw that ask about the next halloween event and essentially speedran an investigation to try and narrow down ideas.

so here's where i confess that in my entire life i've seen a grand total of FOUR disney movies from start to finish :') SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY COULD BE PULLING IDEAS FROM but i am all ears, i am excitedly kicking my feet as i go to bed, WHAT TREATS COULD WE POSSIBLY BE IN FOR NEXT YEAR

[malsmanor]

I just found out that there’s an official plush of Albert from Mystic Manor and I mean, LOOK AT HIM ToT

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迷離大宅

🙈 ⚔️ 🙈 ⚔️ 🙈 ⚔️ 🙈 ⚔️

[societyofexplorersandadventurers]

Mystic Manor

[progirl88]

Drawings of different mansions because I was bored without class for 3 hours

[disneyparksattractionstournament]

Disney Parks Animatronic Tournament: Bracket A/Tier 1 Round 2

Hatbox Ghost: Haunted Mansion(2015/2023-current) - Disneyland and Magic Kingdom Disney world

Propaganda:

"His head disappearing affect is really well done. His also so dapper!"

Albert: Mystic Manor (2013-current) - Hong Kong Disneyland

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[ctxrover]

(New connections are in bold) In this universe we have:

The “Honey” trilogy

Spun off from the “Honey” trilogy is the canonical Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!, which introduces Dr Nigel Channing

Dr Nigel Channing is the chairman of the Imagination Institute and works with the little purple dragon, Figment in Journey Into Imagination. He also works with Dexter Reilly from The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, and Philip Brainard from Flubber. The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes is set at Medfield College, which is also where The Shaggy Dog and Merlin Jones films are also set.

Then you have Figment, who was created by the Dreamfinder. The very same Dreamfinder whose voice can be heard in the Jungle Cruise Skipper Canteen

Connected to the Jungle Cruise we have The African Queen, a non-Disney property that is somehow connected anyway. Rosita, who can be seen in Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise is a bird from The Enchanted Tiki Room, which is in Florida connected to the Orange Bird.

Also connected to the Jungle Cruise is the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

This storyline connects Big Thunder Mountain in Disney World and Disneyland, and also Disneyland Paris, therefore also connecting it to Phantom Manor.

Also in this storyline is Miss Adventure Falls over at Typhoon Lagoon, which has writing on a diving bell written in Atlantean from Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire is itself connected to the League of Adventurers storyline in Shanghai Disneyland and their attraction, Camp Discovery. Milo Thatch is a member alongside Cooter Carter, who stole his idea for dogs flying dirigibles from Charles Muntz from Up! However, they aren’t the only ones in this storyline who piloted a dirigible - Captain Brieux from The Island At the Top Of the World also did.

Back to the S.E.A., and we have another connection to a foreign Haunted Mansion, Mystic Manor, which itself connects to the original Tower of Terror storyline from Tokyo DisneySea through the S.E.A. members Harrison Hightower and Henry Mystic.

Other members include: Albert Falls from the Jungle Cruise, Mary Oceaneer from Disney Cruise Line, Camellia Falco from Soaring: Fantastic Flight, and Merriweather Adam Pleasure from The Adventurers Club.

The Adventurers club was located on Pleasure Island in Downtown Disney, now Disney Springs and featured such colourful characters as Pamelia Perkins and Madame Zarkov, head of the Museum of the Weird and friend of S.E.A. member and president Jason Chandler of the Big Thunder Mountain storyline. The Museum of the Weird was never built, but its legend lives on through this storyline.

As does the legend of Jason Chandler and Discovery Bay, a planned expansion to Disneyland that was eventually used by Galaxy’s Edge.

Another member of the S.E.A. is Jock Lindsey from the Indiana Jones series. He runs a bar, Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar, in Disney Springs. There, you can find all kinds of items from Jock’s adventures, including from him palling around in the 40s with The Rocketeer, and with Howard Stark, father of the MCU’s Iron Man, and even meeting with Steven Spielberg on an island with some dinosaurs

Speaking of dinosaurs, Disney Springs is also where Dr Grant Seeker from the Dinosaur! attraction hung up his “lost Dinosaur” posters after he sends riders back in time, brought an iguanodon to the present, and lost it. The iguanodon is Aladar from the Dinosaur film! Next door to Seeker’s place of work is a tacky amusement park, Chester and Hester’s DinoRama, and a dig site, The Boneyard. But that’s not all, as Bill Nye the Science Guy also appears over the PA system giving facts about dinosaurs.

Other unnamed or unseen S.E.A. members have appeared in Tropical Hideaway at Disneyland, AbracadaBar at Disney World’s Boardwalk Inn Resort, the United Kingdom Pavilion at EPCOT, Colonel Hathi’s at Disneyland Paris, Cafe Hyperion at Disneyland Paris, Disney’s Explorers Lodge at Hong Kong Disneyland, and the attraction that started it all off, Fortress Explorations at Tokyo DisneySea.

I know I’ve missed something.

Oh yeah!

The Skipper Canteen - on the shelves are books. Obviously. But those books are pretty interesting. Keeping Time by Williams (Timekeeper) , The Wildest Ride by J.T. Toad (Mr Toad’s Wild Ride), The Eyes of Mara by Jones (Indiana Jones), The Stars Above by Quill (MCU), Scaling the Matterhorn (Matterhorn Bobsleds), Keelboats of the Mississippi by Fink (Davy Crockett), Mission to the Red Planet (Mission to Mars, Rocket to the Moon, and the PeopleMover), Everest Expedition: Search for the Yeti by Harrison Hightower III (Expedition Everest) and Harambe Chronicles by Wilson (Kilimanjaro Safaris) both of which bring Harambe and Anandapur in Animal Kingdom into the story. There’s also a map with a photo of the sea serpent from World of Motion.

There’s the real world books that feature members such as the Tales from Adventureland Series and the Shinji Takshashi Series. You can pick those up from like Amazon or something like I did.

There’s also Trader Sam’s bars, which have shown Trader Sam to have interacted with such rag tags as Indiana Jones and Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. Well, Sam is an immortal bisexual witch doctor. Also he knew Captain Nemo and was good pals with Ned Land from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Others he knew: Lampie from the original Pete’s Dragon, Bert from Mary Poppins, Rick Blaine from Casablanca(!), Robinson Crusoe, Archimedes Porter from Tarzan, and the eponymous Swiss Family Robinson. He also has a book called Lava Songs From Hawai’i (Lava) and a life preserver from Maelstrom.

I really hope I’ve caught it all, it’s hard to remember off the top of your head.

It goes fucking deep, man.

I love the fact that there’s this shared universe between Honey I Shrunk The Kids, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The Shaggy Dog, The Absent Minded Professor, Flubber and Journey Into Imagination and people have slept on it.

[disneyparktournament]

Here is the bracket:

Group 1 - The Frontier

Barnabas T Bullion (Big Thunder Mountain) vs Jason Chandler (Big Thunder Mountain)

Big Al (Country Bear Jamboree) vs Henry (Country Bear Jamboree)

Billy the Goat (Big Thunder Mountain) vs Rocky, Mother Lode, & Nugget (Big Grizzly Mountain)

Constance Hatchaway (Haunted Mansion) vs Melanie Ravenswood (Phantom Manor)

Hatbox Ghost (Haunted Mansion) vs Hitchhiking Ghosts (Haunted Mansion)

Ghost Host (Haunted Mansion) vs The Phantom (Phantom Manor)

Madame Leota (Haunted Mansion) vs Mayor (Phantom Manor)

Sun Bonnet Trio (Country Bear Jamboree) vs Swamp Boys (America Sings)

Group 2 - The Future

Cynthia Lair (Body Wars) vs Go Go Scientist (Spaceship Earth)

Dreamfinder (Journey into Imagination) vs Nigel Channing (Honey, I Shrunk the Audience)

Figment (Journey into Imagination) vs Kimballum Horriblus (World of Motion)

Grant Seeker (Dinosaur) vs John (Carousel of Progress)

Officer Zzzzyxxx (Star Tours) vs Sonny Eclipse (Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe)

R-3X (Star Tours) vs Seeker’s Puppet (Dinosaur)

Robot Butler (Horizons) vs SMRT-1 (CommuniCore)

Timekeeper (Le Visionarium) vs Tom Morrow (Innoventions)

Group 3 - Adventure

Albert Awol (Jungle Cruise - Magic Kingdom) vs Nigel Greenwater (Jungle Cruise - Disneyland Park)

Albert Falls (Jungle Cruise) vs Merriweather Adam Pleasure (Adventurer’s Club)

Albert the Monkey (Mystic Manor) vs Prison Dog (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Alberta Falls (Jungle Cruise) vs Paco (Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull)

Fortune Red (New Orleans Square) vs Shrunken Ned (Adventureland)

Harrison Hightower III (Tower of Terror) vs Henry Mystic (Mystic Manor)

Mara (Indiana Jones Adventure) vs Q’arác (Roaring Rapids)

Mary Oceaneer (Disney Cruise Line) vs Redd (Pirates of the Caribbean)

Group 4 - Fantasy

Bill McKim (Test Track) vs Patrick (Soarin’)

Betty (Expedition Everest) vs Harold (Matterhorn Bobsleds)

Buzzy (Cranium Command) vs Chuuby (Runaway Railway)

Chandu (Sindbad’s Storybook Voyage) vs Small World Cactus (It’s a Small World)

George (Cinemagique) vs Sage of Time (Tapestry of Nations)

Ice Gator (Blizzard Beach) vs Lagoona Gator (Typhoon Lagoon)

Jose (Enchanted Tiki Room) vs Orange Bird (Sunshine Tree Terrace)

Monorail Voice (Monorail) vs Skyliner Voice (Skyliner)

(Characters are listed by the attraction they first appeared in)

[disneyshauntedmansion]

albert is living his best life on eBay

[shojogoestochina]

[toyboyfan]

"Magic's in the air today, stand beside me don't look away. Try to find some words to sing! Who do you think will find him? Somebody's got to pay! Running away from an ancient curse and hiding will only make it worse!"

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