The Official Disney Fan Club shared some incredibly cool “The Haunted Mansion” images with Buzzfeed ahead of the launch of its D23 Disney Fanniversary Celebration roadshow.
What you’ll see below are rarely seen early renderings of the classic Disney World/Disneyland ride, “The Haunted Mansion”. They don’t specify who the artist behind the sketches are, but my guess would be Marc Davis, one of Walt Disney’s “nine old men” animators and Imagineers who also created rides such as “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “The Jungle Cruise” and “It’s a Small World.”
In celebration of the 45th anniversary of this iconic Disney attraction, here’s some concept art from the 1950s and early 1960s that reflected some of the ideas for the “Haunted Mansion” ride.
