Disneyland Haunted Mansion Closure 2024 – Dates, Why It’s Closed, What’s Coming

The Disneyland Haunted Mansion now has a closing date for early 2024. Typically the Disneyland Haunted Mansion closes at this time of year to remove the Nightmare Before Christmas-themed Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay from the attraction but this year the closure is related to bigger construction coming.

A few months ago Disney revealed new details about a big expansion of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion area to redevelop the area around the Haunted Mansion attraction to improve guest flow, add in an elevator for wheelchair users to exit the attraction, and to add in a new store. You can read more about this Haunted Mansion construction below.

Disney has now revealed when the Haunted Mansion attraction will close for this redevelopment of the area around the Haunted Mansion attraction.

Disneyland Haunted Mansion Closure

Disneyland has now released on the refurbishment calendar that the Haunted Mansion will close starting on January 22, 2024. The attraction will remain as the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay until this date. That means that the attraction will remain open a couple of additional weeks after the official end of the Holidays at Disneyland celebration which is on January 7, 2024.

The Haunted Mansion closing date is listed on the Disneyland calendar and we confirmed it with a Disneyland spokesperson.

The “it's a small world” Holiday overlay also has to be removed during this period.

With the closure of the Haunted Mansion, two of the major attractions in this corner of the park will be closed. There is still no Splash Mountain reopening date set for when the ride will become Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Disney just confirmed that the Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction will not open until “later in 2024” at Disneyland so we can expect to see this area with the two attractions closed for at least a little while.

That leads us to wonder…

When Will Disneyland Haunted Mansion Reopen?

The Disneyland Haunted Mansion does not currently have a reopening date set for the attraction. When the news of the changes coming to the area around the attraction that we detail below were first announced we actually assumed that the attraction would keep operating normally or largely normally with a few interruptions throughout the year while the construction happened around the attraction. It's amazing what they can accomplish with construction walls!

Typically the Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction closes every year in early January around the least day of the holiday season as we detail in our Disneyland refurbishments and closures article.

While it could have been that this was just a normal closure for the Haunted Mansion to remove the holiday overlay, we now have the further context that this closure relates back to the announcement made about the work starting on the changes to the exterior of the attraction in 2024. We don't yet know the length of the closure coming in January but if the attraction is going to be closed for the entire time that these changes are coming to the park, it could be quite a long closure that stretches further into the year. Some of the changes, which we'll share a little more on below won't be quick and will be structural changes made to the attraction building.

What we do know is that when Disneyland shared all the 2024 special events they mentioned that Disneyland Halloween would include “uniquely themed attractions” so we can assume that the work will be all done in time for the August 23, 2023 beginning of Disneyland Halloween 2024.

What is the Haunted Mansion Construction Coming to Disneyland?

Disney previously announced that Haunted Mansion will be getting some new additions that will “build on the story and lore” of the beloved attraction. The construction during the Haunted Mansion closure will add an expanded outdoor queue and a new retail shop adjacent to the attraction's exit. Construction will also introduce new additions to improve the accessibility of these areas, including an elevator exit from the attraction for guests with disabilities.

The expansion will connect to the local legend of the Haunted Mansion being first built by a prosperous sea captain and new gardens inspired by Master Gracey, Madame Leota, and the one-eyed cat. The gardens will feature unique elements like a water fountain, gazebo, themed statuary and landscaping, and more. The pet cemetery and horse-drawn funeral hearse will still be featured. You can see the concept art for this outdoor queue area above!

In addition to the queue expansion during the Haunted Mansion closure, a new retail shop inspired by Madame Leota will be added. The shop will be the “carriage house of the mansion” belonging to Leota, with more details to come in the future. You can see the concept art for the shop below:

There will also be enhancements made to the plaza adjacent to Tiana's Palace to create a “new, elegant park-like setting” that will be a place to rest and enjoy live entertainment. You can see the concept art for this area below:

Importantly for the construction closure timeline for Haunted Mansion, they will also be adding an elevator to the exit of the attraction. This could cause the longest part of the closure as it is structural and work could end up block the attraction from running.

We are looking forward to seeing these new additions added to the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland!

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