The Haunted Mansion reopened late last night after a short renovation. Although the highly-anticipated Hatbox Ghost is not quite ready to materialize, visitors can now enjoy the reappearance of a long-missing animated character.
The mummy, who has been part of the attraction for many years, has returned to its place in the graveyard scene. It's dressed in typical Egyptian mummy garb and is seen holding a cup of tea and muttering incomprehensible phrases.
The mummy appears to have been fully repainted, with the purple-blue color scheme of the other Graveyard Ghosts that were refreshed in 2007.
The Haunted Mansion opened in Disneyland in 1969 and later at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in 1971. It was one of the original attractions developed by Disney's first-generation Imagineers, who were responsible for creating many of the iconic rides at the Disney parks.
While mummy doesn't have an extensive story tied to it within the official lore of the Haunted Mansion, it contributes to the overall theme of the whimsically eerie finale in a haunted estate filled with "999 happy haunts."
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