Haunted Mansion Entrance Gets New Cobblestone-Style Concrete at Magic Kingdom

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Haunted Mansion Concrete Refurbishment - June 15, 2025.

Posted: Monday June 16, 2025 6:40am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has begun refreshing the pavement throughout the entrance area of the Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom, with new stamped concrete now being installed.

Haunted Mansion Concrete Refurbishment - June 15, 2025.

The updated surface features a cobblestone-style appearance, Work around the hearse and carriage display has already been completed, and crews are currently focused on the section near the queue entrance and wait time clock.

Haunted Mansion Concrete Refurbishment - June 15, 2025.

There are currently no construction walls in place, and the Haunted Mansion attraction remains open to guests during the project.

Haunted Mansion Concrete Refurbishment - June 15, 2025.

Disney has not announced a completion date for the pavement refresh, but work appears to be progressing in phases to maintain guest access to the queue.

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larryz15 days ago

Gives it an aura of foreboding...

the_rich16 days ago

Oh. The post said it was stamped concrete.

peter1143516 days ago

Because it is

castlecake2.016 days ago

Whole area needs redone. The queue area is not great and overcrowded at the front. Adding the new path on the left of yankee trader building also just created a confusing traffic flow. Hope they make some adjustments, will be curious to see what happens over here with the old fast pass building, keel boat docks, and old gift shop and if they will survive all the changes

the_rich16 days ago

That really looks like cobblestones. Well done.

JD8016 days ago

that looks nice

wdwmagic16 days ago

Haunted Mansion Entry Gets Fresh Look with Completed Concrete Work https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/haunted-mansion/news/23jun2025-haunted-mansion-entry-gets-fresh-look-with-completed-concrete-work.htm

Purduevian19 days ago

Honestly with how much room they could have for a HM queue... I would love them to try something like the dumbo or Jimmy Fallon Queue at USO. Cut the current interactive queue and add in a massive garden/cemetery area that is free roam. Put in some bathrooms and a snack/drink stand to make some great money. Move the interactive gravestones here for the kids, have lots of benches and umbrellas, picnic tables, ect.

peter1143520 days ago

It wasn’t her idea

eddie10420 days ago

Well the Imagineer who spearheaded the changes for Disneyland is retiring so ours might remain.

Purduevian21 days ago

I'm not saying they need to remove the corpse... however, just because it's been around for 50 years does NOT mean it should stay. Times change, people change, culture changes, values change some things that have been fine for most of human history are no longer viewed as ok now. As a side note, my wife and I are re-watching old seasons of survivor and one of the contestants from season 1 is gay and another of them has multiple children out of wedlock, one of the older contestants "Rudy" says some stuff on the show that 100% would not fly today and this aired only 25 years ago.

HMF21 days ago

They didn't bother explaining how Disneyland's Attic Scene makes sense now either. https://vocal.media/wander/the-history-of-the-heart-of-disney-s-haunted-mansion

HMF21 days ago

I had floated the idea back in 2011 that WDI probably made the queue as obnoxious as possible to encourage more Fastpass+ riders.

Goofyernmost22 days ago

I don't think they were attempting to create an "aura of foreboding" at all. What they were trying to do, in my mind, is give the standby folks something to keep them amused and not start throwing objects that the Fastpass line people. There really is nothing foreboding at all about HM. To me it is just the opposite. The entire ride has some creepy music but all the visuals are set up comically as is the queue. The best I can call the HM is sometimes spooky, but mostly cartoonish. Damn good ride but I don't think anyone has died from fear because of the interior.