Uhhh.... 7. PeopleMover Ghost 6. Gotta be uhh the uhh Ghost of Walt or something 5. Mr One Way, easy 4. Hatbox Ghost (but specifically the Leto version) 3. Haunted Mansion Ghost that's not real 2. Haunted Mansion Ghost that IS real (you all know the one) 1. THE MUMMY OF COURSE WHO ELSE?!?!?!?!
If there are total number of 999 happy haunts, yet one leaves with each group, then the mansion has to have around 42,000 ghosts incoming a day on average, so that's 15,330,000 incoming ghosts a year (not counting when it's down or closed for holiday overlay.)
REAL EXPERIENCE: My best friends grandmother passed away several months before we were all going on a Disneyland vacation. As she was nearing her death, she expressed how sad she was that she wouldn’t be able to ride the new Tower of Terror at DCA (she was always a Disney and thrill ride junkie). She told her daughter that she would be along for the ride no matter what. Flash forward several months, my friends grandmother had passed, and we find ourselves in line for Tower of Terror. Our boarding group leaves the film room to join the boiler room queue, we are the last people in line until they let the next film room group out. I’m 12 years old at the time, minding my own business at the back of the line (with my friend and his mom whose mother had died, ahead of me), I’m staring off into space when just beyond the stanchion, I see a ghostly white silhouette appear that looked like my friends grandmother. No sooner than I began to realize what I was looking at, the next boarding group leaving the film room starting coming down the corridor. When I looked back to see the ghostly figure, she was gone. However, after riding the ride, we go to look at our pictures and see that our whole elevator was full besides one empty seat next to my friends mom, her mother had ridden it with her like she promised.
I was a DCA custodian, I am still with the company in a different department, and a fellow cast member and I had an experience together within “guardians of the galaxy: mission breakout” after closing. In Avengers campus, there is a designated person to take care of the trash cans in the queues for guardians and Webslingers. Often times we would team up to get it down faster. This one night, a cast member and I went in after closing and it was going normal. We were in the large room where guests load onto the gantry lifts. The work lights were on, the noises were off, and we only heard the Joel’s we were cracking with each other. While taking care of the cans downstairs, we started hearing banging on the cans on the second floor of the building. We thought it was another cast member playing a prank on us so we weren’t scared… at first. Like I said, we could hear everything in the room. But we didn’t hear a door open or close, just banging on the cans. So we walked up the stairs to take care of the cans but there was no one there. We didn’t hear anyone enter or leave and it was only us in the room. Needless to say, we were pretty terrified of going back into guardians after closing.
I'm so happy someone finally put it out there that these were viral marketing. So tired of seeing them everywhere when they should be known fakes. Thank you.
I have a photo! I took it in pirates about 4 years ago. It is near the skeleton in the bed. It is a woman wearing a very large hat standing in the corner near the bed in an area that nobody could possibly stand. I would love to share it.
I worked at Rafiki’s Planet Watch. The people working the railroad would tell me they would see ghosts of Pioneer-era people standing or walking along the tracks, always without shoes on.
my mother saw the spirit of a black boy in vintage clothing at disneyworld in the 90s when i was very little. My mother is a medium, she saw the child was pale and was soaked in water crying. The boy said he was looking for his mother. My mother wanted to help him but in a moment he disappeared. Another psychic woman spoke to my mother, she told my mother that she saw her talking to the ghost boy. My mother and that woman saw how the child had left a water stain on the floor. possibly in the tom sawyer area
For a half second when Dalin said it was the spookiest time of the year, I thought he was going to say "tax season" EDIT: Wow I'm surprised how popular this is. Thanks so much!
I work in entertainment costuming at Disneyland and, while I’ve never had an issue with the Toon Town basement, I’ve had plenty of coworkers who have. It stayed opened through the remodel and wasn’t changed at all. From what I know it’s fine during the day, but at night is when stuff happens like hearing voices or strange sounds. My sister works on Main Street and has told me they have lots of ghosts there. She says there’s a little girl spirit who hangs out by Gibson Girl and they often hear her crying. My sister was once alone in a storage room there and had the lights turn off on her even though they can only be turned off by pressing a button by the door, which she was nowhere near. She claims it was the little girl and now she makes sure to be nice to her before being alone in the back.
Former Main Street candy maker here and I can attest the storage room downstairs has DEFINITELY got a creepy “off” vibe for a place loaded with chocolate and nuts and rice crispy treats. I was told in training not to go down there alone. Probably for team lifting or the risk of being locked in accidentally, but I took it seriously.
Former 2019 Disney world mansion maid here! There were quite a few times I experienced some eerie moments at the mansion. I never liked skipping a stretch and being in there by myself… I always turned my flashlight on when the room was pitch dark because my coworkers on numerous occasions said they felt something touch them or someone breathe on them despite being the only person in there. BUT my own experience was at the unload area. We would be walking on the unload belt and making sure guests got off the ride safely. One time I was near the control panel and noticed, out of the corner of my eye, a shadow walk past me on the other side of the unload belt (not the side the buggies were on, but the control panel side) yet there was no one there when I looked. This happened more than once on either side of the load belt and left me feeling very unsure of unload… my former coworkers and I all agreed that unload was the most haunted place and especially at closing when not many people were riding the ride! Another area that felt haunted was the wheelchair walkway that goes from load to unload. Sometimes you heard strange voices or felt something… There was another time we were getting ready to close and the last guest had got on the ride, a group of my coworkers and my load 1 partner got on as well. The ride E-stopped due to an intrusion in one of the scenes. As the only person at load, I had to run into the ride to see what caused the intrusion… there was no one in the area that would of caused it - turns out one of the buggies lap bars didn’t come down and triggered an IR beam 😂 had my heart racing though!
My sister works at Disneyland. She’s worked almost everywhere in the park. She’s at Smugglers run now. Asked her if she’s had any ghostly encounters since she usually does the closing shift and she said she knows cast members who are afraid to close up Soaring in DCA because of a ghostly child that walks the catwalks up above
I was working at Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress late one night in the exterior position when my interior counterpart came out, shaking and refusing to go back into the theater. She was waiting inside for guests to enter so she could spiel and was leaning against the wall. There are break-away walls inside now because of what happened to the CM back in the days of America Sings. Out of nowhere, she heard a voice yell right in her ear “STOP LEANING ON THE WALL” and there was no one else around. She was so shaken I had to call for someone to take her spot. The guy who replaced her said he often felt uneasy at Carousel of Progress and we would blame the ghost for phantom intrusions that would stop the show. I was later told separately that the turn table from the original Carousel of Progress/America Sings was brought to Florida for the new one, but I can’t confirm that. Almost every Attractions CM has some spooky story and I was told about phantom intrusions at Splash Mountain that would travel through the ride when no one was there and ghosts at the exits of Mission Space and Journey Into Imagination.
Hi there! The story from Dinosaur about the Weird Old Man is actually mine! I can't remember where I originally posted it, maybe on the DisBoards, but I was in my late teens/early twenties when it happened, so probably around... 2006-2007 ish. It's not fake - in that, yeah it actually happened to me, and that's my old post about it. Obviously can't comment on the veracity of his status as UnDead! ;) To this day my aunt and I can't explain it. We kick ourselves regularly for not buying that on ride photo so we'd have proof of the guy. Hindsight is 20/20, I guess. The photos were overpriced and I guess at the time we didn't think about it, but my post about him surfaces every now and then in random spots and "Top 10 disneyworld ghost stories" articles, and I find myself wishing I had that photo. My own little slice of anonymous internet fame I guess LOL. We didn't see or notice him at all on the way out of the ride/through the giftshop, it's like he vanished into thin air as soon as we got off the ride vehicle. I did watch and look for him, I think at the time I was a bit like, is this guy OK? Because of how oddly he acted, and he seemed old, maybe he was unwell, etc. I even remember the colour of some of his clothes, it made quite the impression on me, and every time I see the post surface I wonder who he was!
Back when I worked at Schmoozies in DCA there was, of course, the story that a little girl had passed away in that area in the time that it was still a parking lot (people said it was a car accident). Other CMs would spread the story that you could hear a girl laughing or mumbling in the back of house and I never believed it because the back of house leads directly into the Hollywood backlot area so it could of just been guests that we heard that were close to the door or walking by. BUT! When I had to close Schmoozies for the night with my lead and we were close to the front of house in a little corner where a computer for my lead to type end of day notes was, we could hear footsteps and movement just around the corner as if someone else was with us. Normally I would assume it was guests outside but this sounded like someone was inside maybe 3 feet away from us close to the dishes and giant freezer around the corner wall. I was going to investigate but my lead just kept typing and looking at the screen when she told me "No, just ignore it, just ignore it. Don't go over there." I know she was talking to me but it also felt like she was telling herself that. When she was done, we got our coats and booked it out the back while focusing on the ground because Schmoozies only has one entrance/exit and we had to cross the back of house area to get out...
Went through all of the listed disney deaths, and a little girl did die in a parking lot from being crushed by a bus in 1985 while with her uncle looking for his car.
I’ve worked at Disneyland in CA for the past 6 years. I’ve heard some wild stories and have had two experiences of my own so rest assured… there’s plenty of ghosts at Disneyland lol
This isn't a ghost story but I remember having had the 'you know what' scared out of me at Disneyland. There was a short period of time between '89-'91 where Disneyland used live scare actors on the Haunted Mansion. There was a Knight that would jump out and yell Boo or Raw as you were in the doom buggy going through the hallway. I think it was in place of the animatronic knight that looks like its tipping over at you. Scared me so bad!
I was friends with someone who was the knight in the mansion! He said he was really surprised by how many people he startled who were getting frisky with each other in the dark, LMAO
I had a creepy experience at Disneyland during the era of Covid restrictions. I was on Indiana Jones by myself as my wife was pregnant and no one other than your party could ride together. The infamous boulder malfunction was taking place and I was stuck in complete darkness for about 2 minutes. I swear I felt something or someone blow on the back of my neck. I wanted to get off the ride immediately.
Something similar happened to me as well! I was coming out of the women's bathroom in Disney world when suddenly I felt a breath of air on my neck, a strong one. I panicked a little and ran away from the area. Weird...
I may believe you but are you sure it wasn't a worker playing a joke on you or an air-conditioner , or a chill from a door being opened or closed . If you can honestly cancel out any of these . Then you may be indeed been truly spooked.
Former Cast Member at the France theater, that place was definitely haunted. Other cast members said they saw ghosts there (if I remember correctly one said they saw a woman in white). Also one time me and some other CMs were sitting around after closing talking with the managers, when suddenly the curtains started opening. Normally they only open if a show is starting or if someone flips a switch on the control panel. But the show was stopped and we were nowhere near the control panel… so naturally we ended the conversation and all got out of there as fast as possible
I can tell you that a haunted mansion hitchhiking ghost definitely followed me home a long time ago. He still haunts me to this day with a desire to design rides myself.
Not exactly a ghost story, but it's definitely on the standard real-life creepy side of things. My family went to Disneyland a few years ago. Almost all of us were adults, except my sister's kids. It was around that beautiful time just before the fireworks when everyone is too busy with them to get their last ride in for the day. So we blow through the line and it's just one cast member on their radio just very quietly (but very obviously) saying things like "Are you fucking kidding me? Again? For fuck's sake. I'm not getting out of here until 3am." before realizing us and they go back to their trademark "Why, hello folks! Sorry for the wait. We can help you in a second!" My dad just kind of butts in and kept trying to figure out what was going on. The cast member kept saying "Oh, it's okay. Just a problem with another guest." Dad kept pushing. The cast member kept going off the scripted answer. Dad pushes still and promises that he'll be cool about it. Cast member cracks. Apparently, people spreading ashes on rides is far more common than I thought and it takes an entire process to sterilize the whole ride - you know, because of obvious reasons. Don't do it, folks. You're a douchebag to the crew and your memaw's remains are just going to be emptied out of a vacuum cleaner into the dumpster.
I don’t know about the rest of you guys but the innovations building in Tomorrowland is very eerie. I remember going in and feeling chills and cold spots in certain areas. Not to mention that the Innovations got history so that’s the cherry on the top too.
While I never had any outright paranormal experiences, that building always gave me bad vibes too. Like something about the whole structure was telling me, "this place is not for you. You shouldn't be here." And that was before I learned about the tragedy that happened there back when it was America Sings! I do think you can chalk a lot of those feelings up to the cavernous, empty spaces that felt like they should have been filled with stuff, the abandonware of the supposedly "cutting-edge" exhibits that were outdates within months of being installed, and the gloomy lighting. It was oddly chilly in parts, which you can maybe blame on an HVAC system that was built decades ago to service a very unusual building. I'd never discount someone who felt they'd encountered the supernatural in there, though.
A few years ago(pre c*vid) i was at disneyland and i was walking alone in the afternoon to meet up with my family who went to a different ride while i was in a line. I was walking over the bridge from the center circle place to adventure land and i was walking under the tikis when i felt a kid grab my wrist and jerk me. For a second my brain thought a kid thought i was theyre mom or something but when i turned there was nothing there, but i swear to God something was still holding my wrist in place in midair. I didnt have any sleeves or bracelets or anything to snag on, my wrist was just being held and i had to actually hard-jerk it away it wasthe weirdest thing. Glitch in the Matrix? Ghost child? Who knows?
During a Christmas party at the Magic Kingdom I rode Haunted Mansion 5 times in a row and the fourth time I was laughing with mom about how my Grammy used to be afraid of places like that because ghosts love even fake spooky places. Well on the next ride someone behind up kept knocking on the back of our doom buggy and I thought it was funny until we spun around and I realized there was no one behind us… mom still teases me about how completely freaked out I was and that was our last Haunted Mansion ride… for a while.
Great video! Next ghost video, you have to include the ghost stories of the Disneyland Railroad! Two of the five locomotives are haunted. No.3 the Fred Gurley is haunted by a former engineer named Harley Ilgen and No.5 the Ward Kimball is haunted by the locomotives former owner since the engine was built in 1902. Most people don’t know that even the railroad has ghost stories.
My boyfriend and I were in Mickeys house in toontown one night with no line. We walked all the way through and we both had this really weird feeling. We ended up leaving before even seeing Mickey. It just felt like we shouldn’t be in there or that we weren’t wanted in there…
When I really young I went on the haunted mansion and I swear I saw something like a small mist near one of the props. It wasn't like fake fog or a light it was just like a semi solid cloud. I thought it was apart of attraction for many years until I told a kid about it and they said that of the many times they've been on it they never saw it. So yeah it sent a few shivers down my spine.
I don’t know if this counts as a ghost story, but it was pretty damn weird. I was eating dinner with my family at the Grand Californian, at the restaurant by the pool. There was nothing unusual about the weather, it wasn’t windy at all or anything, but out of nowhere one of the pool umbrellas came flying in our direction, then suddenly stopped before it could actually hit any tables. I have no idea how to explain it, I could only interpret it as supernatural
Aight, I got a ghost story for ya; Me and my mom were riding on the Haunted mansion one night. After the fireworks, park closing down, last ride of the night type of deal. There was nobody in the seat in front of us, nobody in the one behind us. So, as we get to the graveyard scene, going down the backwards bit, we hear something- A very clear, very solid *Knock. Knock. Knock.* on our Doombuggy- Like, right at the back of it, above our heads. Neither of us said anything immediately, but as we were getting off the ride, I asked her, and she had heard it too. It was on the outside of the buggy, at the back, and there was nobody in front of or behind us- Not that anyone could reach anyway, I think.
Never experienced anything paranormal at the parks, but ive spent time alone near closing when most people have left for the day. It gets super creepy in some places, especially the tomorrow land side of the Matterhorn area, where the fence separates the autopia track. At like 11:30 on slow days there are like zero people and it's incredibly dark, I kinda can imagine how it must feel to be there at night when the parks are closed and it's such a different energy.
I am a former Disney CM. I was on my college program when this happened. So Disney World used to have extra magic hours when you can stay in the park until like 2 AM and this was the case for MK. My family was in town so we decided to go to MK on my day off. We had a great day and as the night progressed, my older brother and I decided to ride Haunted Mansion at midnight…stupid idea. My brother, my mom and me went into the elevator scene right at midnight and it was the creepiest moment in my life. I just don’t even know how to describe it. The air was palpable, the vibe was WAY off, it’s almost like the ride itself knew it was haunting hour. So we were the last people in our “group” to be seated in a doom buggy, so there was NO ONE behind us the entire ride but there was people in front of us. So we go along still feeling paranoid and then it happens: the ride stop us right in front of the ballroom scene. At first I was happy about it because then I could catch everything that happened in this scene but after 5 minutes it got old. It was probably another 5 minutes after it getting old that I look over to my right (which would have been the seat behind us) where I saw a light being casted on me and my family. I freaked out so hard! Come to find later it was a CM but what were they looking for? They were about 10 buggies behind us and never went behind us at all. After that I told myself never again at midnight. It’s a little too real
Ridley Pearson, who was the author of the Kingdom Keepers books, got the idea for the famous scene in the book where the main characters went to Small World and had a battle with the dolls from a spooky encounter he had while riding Small World. He went on Small World with the all the power off to get inspiration and learn more about the parks for the books and he swore he saw two of the dolls moving.
i always wondered if those ghost videos at disneyland were like pranks made by cast members or something, i never would've guessed they were all made by the same guy
I’m really glad we have an explanation for all this now, because I have to be honest, the fireworks ghost really creeped me out. I mean beyond bizarre. Every time I saw the footage I was like “Nope!” Somewhere in my brain, I felt the others were explainable, but that one really threw me for a loop.
Hey I am a cast member at Galaxy Edge in California, and one night I was working on the falcon at the unload and when the cabin door opened to allow guests to come out I was ready to inform them what a “ horrible job and thanks for crashing the Falcon” and the door opened and I stepped into the cabin and I did my spiel and I saw a silhouette of someone sitting in the Co-pilot seat and I asked for them to unbuckle and grab their cargo and when I flashed my flashlight on no one was in there,it was a completely empty cabin. I felt heaviness and a bad vibe, so I sent it to load after I was done doing my sweep. I was talking to my fellow cast members and they as well have had similar experiences. It was spooky but I loved it lol. I’m now currently at Rise of the Resistance and so far no experiences but that may change. Thanks for this video!!!
One of my favorite Reddit stories about Disney World is about It’s a Small World. The story comes from a former security guard. This family of 4 slowly starts to disappear on the ride. They had the photo pass and new photos keep getting added to their account from the ride
Some of my WDW Ghost Stories: Fort Wilderness: I saw a person in white, glowing like a lamp, on a particularly stormy night after I returned from EPCOT. I looked back and they were gone. POTC: Might have encountered George. I was at the ship battle when I felt some chills. Jungle Cruise: In the Mekong Temple, I could have sworn I saw a nearly invisible man wandering the treasure chamber. Haunted Mansion: A friend told me about a skeletal man he encountered and the scent of Ginger in the ballroom. I have witnessed some chills near these busts in the standby line that kinda creep me out!
You know, there's never going to be a better place to share this story so why not here? This was several years ago but I was at the conservation station in one of the booths where you could watch the animals in their cages. The system was so slow and the cameras even slower, so I had been on them for a few minutes just getting a sense for it while switching between the different pens. Then all of a sudden, it might've been one of the rhinos, but there was a small lone boy in a green shirt, no older than 10, petting it from the other side of the gate. They ran off faster than the camera could catch up with, but after checking that camera and all of the other ones for a while I couldn't spot the kid, nor any tour groups or cast members they could've been with. It very well could've been a kid that had run off or a tour group just out of sight, but it was definitely a weird experience.
I'm a Magic Kingdom Watercraft CM, and there are many other CM's that believe the General Joe Potter has a ghost aboard. There have been multiple incidents of unexplainable random events that have happened.
This is less of an "I encountered a ghost" story and more of an "I might be someone else's ghost" story. In 2002, I attended Grad Night at Disneyland with most of my high-school class. We were locked inside the park all night, running as wild as we felt like, and I have two lasting memories from that night: riding the teacups while Jimmy Eat World was blasting from the speakers and accidentally haunting the Main Street nickelodeon. Around 2 or 3 a.m., most of my friends were getting tired, so they suggested finding a spot to nap. We went into the nickelodeon on the assumption that no one else would be watching a bunch of black-and-white cartoons, and we found four or five other kids sacked out on the floor. My friends decided, ehh, good enough, and they lay down too. I, however, have always been an extreme night owl and a pretty poor sleeper, so I just kind of sat there in a corner, watching the cartoons. I was raised in a strictly religious home by parents who disapproved of most movies made in color, so I had grown up watching the Marx Brothers and such on VHS. Consequently, I actually had a frame of reference for those old cartoons. I remember one featured a polo match between Disney characters and 1930s celebrities like Clark Gable and Harpo Marx. Harpo was riding an ostrich for whatever reason, and I was tired, loopy, and culturally time-displaced enough to find that absolutely hilarious. So I sat in a little nook out of sight of the door, watching ancient cartoons, and giggling because there was no one awake to judge me for knowing who Harpo Marx was. At one point, I heard footsteps approaching the curtained entrance and the curtain being brushed aside. Then someone hissed, "Oh SHIT!" and ran. I wouldn't get the joke until after I'd slept, but some sleep-deprived teenager had just seen the nickelodeon with its floor covered in motionless bodies and the air filled with seemingly disembodied giggling. I would probably have run away too.
When I worked merchandise in WDW’s Frontierland I would intentionally trade shifts to avoid working at Prairie Outpost due to how haunted it felt. It was a sized-down version of the confectionary on main street with various treats and sweets. Unfortunately, the stock room was above the shop, and you had to go up this narrow staircase to get there. Prairie Outpost is connected to the Country Bear Jamboree, so you can hear the show from the attic area. Whenever I would be up in the attic getting supplies I would hear things and feel as if i was being watched. Everyone who worked there swore that they felt a presence when going into the attic. At night you had to shut the lights out and go back down the narrow staircase. Im honestly glad the store isn’t open anymore.
i was in the paradise pier hotel, at about 8-9:00 pm, going to get a fanta from the vending machine, when i turned a corner and saw the silhouette what looked like a little head peeking out, all the way at the end of the hallway, i had to walk the opposite way, however, so i kept visual contact with that thing, walking backwards, until i got to the vending machine room, got into the room, got my soda as fast as possible, and did the same thing coming back. i was always weary of the disney hotels' hallways, but i'm never walking around alone again. it's possible what i saw could have been a maid's cart, but it was 8-9 pm. the ambience in their hotels gets creepy when alone, when i was on a disneycruise, i was walking back to my room, back against the wall, keeping visual contact on both sides, all to the cheery audio of "rainbow connection" however, i, being the absolute unit that i am, got to the room safely both times.
I’m convinced Winnie the Pooh in DLR is haunted. I was on a solo trip to DLR in early August 2019 (which I’ve done before), I happened to be in Critter Country around 9-10pm. I decided to hop on Winnie the Pooh as it had no wait. I got in line and the cast member loading me into the honey pot ride vehicle made a joke that they were closed (which wasn’t true as the park closed at Midnight and the ride was indeed open). I’ve been on Winnie the Pooh many times, but never completely alone (no one in my ride vehicle or any of the ride vehicles close to me). Everything was fine until I reached the scene where Pooh is asleep and Tigger says ‘Heffleumps & Woozles’, all of a sudden I heard this extremely loud clap (just one but it sounded human made) and it got eerily cold. I never saw anything but I was weirded out for the remainder of the ride. I have gone on DLR Winnie the Pooh attraction since (but never alone) and it’s alway been warm/hot in the ride and I’ve never heard that sound again. Since then I’ve just had a feeling that it’s haunted and I will never ride it alone again. Side note: I’ve been to DLR & WDW many times over the last twenty years and many of them include solo trips or just generally solo rides (if people in my group don’t want to ride something). I’ve also ridden things like Pirates and Haunted Mansion by myself at night (in the good old days when close to midnight, the parks have been pretty empty) and I’ve NEVER had any “haunted” experiences aside from that August 2019 night on Winnie the Pooh.
In retrospect, it makes a lot of sense that they were put together these videos in the early 2000s because Michael Eisner was really trying to get in the tean demographic into the parks and teens loves spooky stuff, so if they think they are the ghosts on some of the rides they might come in check it out
I once meet a former cast member who said one of the bathrooms at Magic Kingdom was haunted by a female cast member that died there when her abusive ex-boyfriend broke into the park after closing and beat her to death.
Somebody(s), somewhere started up a ghost story related to the young lady that sadly lost her life on the Carousel of Progress. Haven’t heard this supposed ghost story, for the longish of time. Among the numerous folklores, and myths, passed down thru Disney history.
My dad has a friend who was a security guard that worked at Disneyland he said when he worked the night shift he would hear noises at night and see Walt Disney
When I die, I hope I end up in the haunted mansion, and then go home with a random family to harass them when they leave Also if Walt is still haunting the park, he’d 100% just ride haunted mansion on loop
The scariest thing at the parks is jumping jellyfish at California adventure. Every time I go on it I feel like I’m going to be the next urban legend Disney ghost
The so called ghost walking from the haunted mansion is from the old way the security videos were made. They are taped over and over and as the take degrades you get this ghostly effect.
As someone who has lived in Anaheim for decades and worked at Disneyland as a cast member, I know of five ghosts at the Magic Kingdom: 1. The Monorail Spook. In the late 1960's, a teenager attempted to sneak into the park on Grad Night by walking down the monorail track--what we in Anaheim used to call the "Suicide Run"--but was run down and killed by the monorail train. Monorail operators claim to see the silhouette of someone walking down the track late at night, but the figure vanished just before the monorail reaches it. 2. The 1,000th Ghost in the Haunted Mansion. A seven-year-old boy was dying of childhood leukemia and loved the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland, his dying wish was to become "the 1,000th Ghost in the Haunted Mansion," i.e. "There are 999 ghosts here, but there is room for a thousand." To grant his wish, his mother scattered his ashes on the ride, and became involved with a lawsuit with Disneyland after she was caught doing it. Ever since then (circa 1991), the mournful ghost of a little boy has been spotted in the shadows on the ride, looking very sad and lonely. People claim to see thew little boy out of the corner of their eye... but when they look directly at him, the boy is gone. 3. The Matterhorn Ghost. A woman fell from the Matterhorn bobsleds in 1985 and was dragged to her death, and her ghost is reputed to haunt the tunnels inside the Matterhorn after hours, where she is encountered by employees inspecting the ride. I used to work for Knott's Berry Farm, and I encountered a ride engineer who in turn used to work for Disneyland on the Matterhorn. He swears to have encountered her ghost one night while inspecting the ride for pneumatic and hydraulic leaks; the engineer saw a woman who was wandering around the tunnels inside the Matterhorn like a sleepwalker, but before he could call security, she walked around a corner and vanished into thin air. No one saw her leave, and another employee later showed him an obituary photo of the deceased woman... who was the person he encountered. 4. The 'America Sings' Poltergeist. I've had a personal encounter with this ghost. This mischievous spirit is believed to be the ghost of an employee who was killed on the America Sings attraction in 1976, and has since haunted Tomorrowland. She enjoys playing pranks on the employees, often rearranging the inventory in locked buildings after hours, triggering burglar alarms, calling for the elevators when no one is there, and telephoning the security office in the middle of the night... and then immediately hanging up when the security guard answers the phone. In my case, I was alone in Star Trader late at night when a heavy wooden drawer slammed shut right next to me. WHAM! No one else was there--no guests, no cast members--no one. I opened the drawer to see if anyone was playing a prank on me... but it was just an ordinary wooden drawer. There was no logical explanation for how this heavy drawer could have slammed shut--and this was LOUD. 5. The White Lady of Main Street. This ghost is a bit of a puzzle to local ghost hunters, since no one can figure out where she came from. Her most common manifestation is to trigger the motion detectors in the shops along Main Street long after the park is closed and after the cast members have gone home for the night. The buildings along Main Street are locked tight, yet one by one the motion detectors go off--as though someone is walking through the buildings from one end to the other. Yet when security checks the buildings, nothing is disturbed. Technicians repeatedly have checked the circuits, but nothing is malfunctioning. Her most dramatic manifestation is a full body apparition, looking like an attractive young woman in her late twenties wearing turn-of-the century clothing. No one at Disneyland wears a costume like that, so she is not a cast member; she seems to have a streak of mischief, since the White Lady likes to materialize in the early morning hours after the cast members have gone home and the security guards are patrolling Main Street. Usually a security guard will spot her, run after the mysterious woman, then the White Lady will smile, nod, turn a corner... and vanish into thin air. Since Disneyland is built on what was once orange groves, no one knows why the White Lady haunts Disneyland; the current theory among ghost hunters is she is the ghost of someone who lived in Anaheim around the turn of the century... and Main Street, USA just reminds her of home. 6. There was one ghost sighting in the 1980's that was so horrifying it made the security guard quit on the spot... but we won't talk about that one!
Having been a teen in the 70's - 80's, I've actually felt the PeopleMover Ghost. It was years before I realized it was just the bars where the hydraulic roof lift inter-connected. The story of the kid who fell during grad night was brought up every time someone in school mentioned Disneyland. (Since this was Los Angeles, that was a lot.) There were small variations - he had a crush on the girl in the back PeopleMover car and was trying to get to her vs she was his girlfriend but the main story was always the same. Teen boy falls out of PeopleMover in the speed (later Tron) tunnel, is pulled under and tries to save himself by grabbing the long blond hair of the girl. If you had long hair and sat in the very last car, he would pull your hair in that tunnel.
My only Disney World ghost story: Me, my brother, and my mom boarded The Great Movie Ride (R.I.P.) to end off our day at Hollywood Studios. Everything seems fine and we shuffle onto the ride with a few others near park close. As we pull into the western scene however that’s when things get a little odd. On the right hand side of the John Wayne animatronic sat a little saloon with a window and blinds. Between the blinds was a figure which we all 3 saw and quite honestly I didn’t know what it was. We could definitely make out an eye and part of a face but that was it. We tried looking in from the door as our ride vehicle kept rolling forward but we couldn’t see anything from that angle, our best guest was that it was likely a cast member trying to find a hiding spot while maybe fixing an issue in that room. But it seems unreasonable if you ask me, I’m not sure what I saw that day, but it definitely spooked me a bit.
Pareidolia is fun. I worked at Disneyland from 1990 to 1993, in Wardrobe, I experienced nothing. I even went on and in the rides after, during and before after hours, because I was a wardrobe lead that had to visit all rides involving animatronics wearing cloth. My current job, however, I have heard many a strange noise.
Former Mission:SPACE cm here, and MS is haunted! A 4 year old boy named Daudi died to an undiagnosed heart condition after riding in 2005, and now he haunts bay 3 (one of the two orange side bays) of the attraction. He is mischievous but not malicious. He causes ride stops, interferes with the cameras, and makes strange noises. Bay 3 is the most finicky of the 4 bays in the attraction, and it’s due to him. The ride has a safety feature in which there are cameras and motion sensors in they bays that detect if there are any people or things left in the bay before the ride starts, and the ride won’t go if they see anything. Sometimes people leave backpacks outside the capsules, stuff like that. But sometimes the cameras alert that there is something there, but when a cast member goes in to check, there is nothing. This is the work of Daudi. We always wanted to have a sleepover in the haunted bay so we could have a seance, but for some reason, they wouldn’t let us.
I don’t personally have any Disney parks ghost stories (unless you count rides on the haunted mansion lol). But I can’t wait to hear everyone else’s! That will be a super interesting video.
Here's a weird story. Back in the years when the Disneyland Haunted Mansion had barely opened, my late sister was riding with her friend in the buggy behind me and my friend. Now, this was back when it opened so it was still a ride that was somewhat mysterious. Anyway, we get through the ride and my sister and her friend are sort of in hysterics. Then she asks me if I saw The Hand while on the ride. "The Hand"? What hand, I ask. She says there was a hand gripping the edge of the buggy near her shoulder. Then she said she reached over to touch it, and when she did, it Slowly disappeared behind the buggy. I think she said it happened around the endless hall scene, so every time we rode it again, I kept looking for the Hand, but it never appeared, and she never saw it again either. I think I chalked it up to a cast member pranking her, unless she was trying to mess with me, but she seemed pretty adamant that it really happened. Also, just a little side tidbit (Not a ghost story), when the Mansion first opened, there was a rumor going around our school that the ride originally had a super-scary room called "The Devil's Room", and that a woman had a heart attack in there, so they closed the room and re-routed the track. This one I always felt was BS, but it definitely got my imagination going as to what could have been in that room.
When you made the other video on haunts I was waiting for #9 on this video. I have seen this footage and I believe most Disneyland fans have, it's pretty solid and seems to be authentic. And then we find out it's all a marketing skeem .
My family never knew of George, but ever since I was a toddler my dad would have us throw pennies into the treasure room "to buy safe passage", so I guess we were paying George 😂Lord knows he probably was paid pennies in life too.
I've never felt any human ghosts, but I definitely felt the Ghost Of The Spirit Of A Place Itself walking around the empty Hollywood Studios lot after they cancelled Mad T Party in 2016, but before they converted it into part of the Avengers Campus, so it was just the Monsters Inc ride and the Not-Muppets Theater, and scattered seating, and just. Emptiness.
I don't have any ghost stories, but thinking about it now there were a couple of times when I rode Pirates at Disneyland I always got the chills and thinking about it now it usually was or near the battle ship scene. It could be the ac in the dark ride, but I remember clearly at least 3-4 times getting chills. My last ride though (sadly) I couldn't tell you. I was upset because the ride was nothing but "boat on boat action". Also thinking about it, again, in Innovations when the walls moved I always felt uncomfortable getting close or near the rotating walls. This was before launch bay in the 90s. I just remember really the one time and something just told me not to get close to the walls. I'm not sure if it was just a reaction or not, but back then I hadn't heard about the death of Debbie Stone. I've always been an overly sensitive child and always felt like I picked up on things I couldn't explain. So while I can't say it is or isn't, it's possible I was just picking up on Debbie's energy or warning. People have "claimed" to hear her screams in the building or claim they've heard her speak, so anything is possible.
My sister and her friend were stuck on Indiana Jones in Disneyland in the arrow room before the rolling stone room. The lights were turned on and they were evacuating the ride. No one had come for them just yet and my sister swore she saw a shadow walking across in front of them but nobody came for their car from up ahead. 👀👀
A Freind of mine was the mgr or lead and was in charge of pirates the gift shop and the ride.He told me about George and how you must greet him by saying hello or goodnight. One night a man was spotted in the dark control booth.the cast members thought it was a guest.They ran up to find no one there. One other time they were leaving for the nigh the phone rang my freind picked up heard nothing and said Goodnight George then he heard the phone hang up so.....When I go on pirates now I tend to look around ti see if I can see him😮
Me and my sister saw something weird at tower of terror in disneyland before it was replaced. After the 1st part when they make you wait in the boiler room, you can kinda look down and see people. Idk if theyre real people or not, but we saw someone with completely black eyes staring up at us
I used to work at Disneyland in Fantasyland attractions. Walking through Pinocchio was my least favorite thing to do because of the experiences I had with that ride. On more than one occasion I heard voices whispering, felt someone touch my back and just had an overall sense of unease and like someone was watching me. Once I was walking through and Monstro activated without any prompt (usually it’s activated by either a remote button to test the figure or by a vehicle passing a certain track zone). That was the day I literally RAN out of the attraction in a cold sweat and tears. Mind you - you usually walked the track by yourself whether you’re opening or closing so there wasn’t anyone else there to spook me (though we did like to do that on occasion 😂)
😂😂😂😂😂 Mid-April❤ Ive always gotten spooky vibes on the matterhorn, I literally just learned about the lady that died on it because she had no safety belt, so creepy, I think there was one more death on that ride but dont recall, now that im a mother I try not to think about death at Disneyland lol I am super anxious already but man motherhood will do it to ya lol Love the Disneyland ghost stories❤🎉❤🎉
I am too old to have gotten in on the whole Disneyland is haunted or creepy vibe. I was a small child when these rides were going up and can remember the thrill of them opening: Small World, Pirates, then Haunted Mansion. Audioanimatronics were new and cutting edge. I remember them literally being magic for me when I was ten, but then being able to see the mechanics at eleven (brain growth). Everything was always clean and dust free. But, if I ever get to return, I will be watching.
One time back in October, 2010 or 2011 at Disneyland, CA. I was eating dinner at the Plaza Inn when I saw a small ghost of a man at the top spire of the castle, it was fairly dark and I didn't have my glasses on, along with this taking place during a show, I was still young at the time and could have seen something like fog from the machines, but that is my Disneyland ghost story.
My step daughter was riding in the haunted mansion with my girlfriend, it was the two of them by themselves and i was in the doom buggy in front of them with my twins. the ride broke down for a good two minutes or so in the seance room, then I hear a blood curling scream from their doom buggy, I tried asking her what happened but I couldn’t see behind me and once it started moving and we got off I asked her what happened, she mentioned that she felt gentle cold hands touch her behind her neck, like a kid trying to play with her hair, she knew it wasn’t a breeze and my girlfriend legit told me it wasn’t her playing a prank. She’s the one who always felt or saw ghosts when she was a kid. I also took pictures around the firehouse in Disneyland and might have captured a spirit around a cast member to the front of him, there was a worker walking to the door and it shows another person in front of him, totally different outfit from the actual worker and he was the only one there and it looks like a glass reflection but there is not one near him, that picture also has an orb floating next to the firehouse. A lot of things happened that night, I was outside the Emporium waiting for my family to finish shopping and a lady approached us and gave us a Disney tumbler for free. Supposedly she does it for selective families every night and she’s a local that lives outside the park. It was around the time I took the pictures.
I have the scariest Disney World story of all time. Me and my family were visiting in 2018. We stayed for 4 nights in the Dolphin hotel. We made a point to visit each park once, eating out in each park. It was my kids first time at Disney, so of course they begged and bagged for souvenirs. Overall, the trip was decent, but way too stressful in many respects. I digress, so we get home and start unpacking, and low and behold...my wife checks our bank account, and a large portion of our savings is gone!!!! It was as if some specter from the Haunted Mansion had snuck in and took all our money 👻
Never leave your personal fund holdings with anyone or trust anyone else not to get in to your belongings . All ways keep your wallet an stuff like that on you , wear tight clothes to make sure it keeps where you put it . An they do have water proof cases to if you're going on water rides . If someone hackes in your account you cancel your card get a police report done an talk with your bank or banks about it . But if you were the ghost just being silly ,then that's a good one !
@@tam9571 I think that what Blue Neon Traveler was trying to say is that a large amount of their money "disappeared" because they spent it all on the trip, not that someone stole their bank info.
What about the story of a female cast member in Disneyland on the old carasoul building that became the singing animals..She was crushed as the seats rotated
That was 'America Sings' and the cast member was killed in the summer of 1976. The young woman was caught between the stage and the building as it rotated, and was crushed to death.
Hey! Great to meet you in Disneyland the other night and by Soarin' the next day. Really hoping we can chat it up some time! Also, my best to the Mrs.!
I remember going on big thunder mountain at Disneyland with my friend, we got the very last cart in the back, right when the ride started going, the first chain lift into the tunnel going up. I then feel this sensation of back of my head my hair getting brushed up i look back and obviously see nothing my friend turns to me too and asks" did you just touch my head?" was about to ask her same thing. could be just a rush of air but kinda creepy in dark tunnel
That Lotso commercial... I just sort of recognize the streets in CA they filmed it on- it's nearish to Pasadena.. which- is used alot. I love that the Haunted Mansion ghost was actually really well done VFX and filming work. Bravo! 👏🎬
I heard that in the Golden horseshoe corral where Walt Disney would sit, you can smell the cigarette smoke or the cigar smoke and allegedly that’s his ghost visiting.