planaholic
the anticipation is my favorite part
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Today, I saw the new hitchhiking ghosts in Haunted Mansion. As recently as yesterday, they had covered the original hitchhiking ghosts which "follow you home" (the one that were animatronics that floated along with the reflection of you in your doom buggies) with a screen with temporary ghost projections. This screen was obviously covering the hitchhiking ghosts refurb.
However, today the screen was removed and we got to see the new ghosts. Using face recognition technology, the reflection has been replaced with a video of you in the doom buggy. On the first ride through, our ghost switched our heads. On second and third ride throughs - our heads were made to disappear and reappear. There are more than just 3 effects to go with the 3 classic hitchhiking ghosts. I won't describe much more than that (some surprises are good), but I know I could ride a few more times and still see new variations of this addition. It seems like this was beta testing since I hadn't heard any fanfare of the reopening - but check it out if you can!
However, today the screen was removed and we got to see the new ghosts. Using face recognition technology, the reflection has been replaced with a video of you in the doom buggy. On the first ride through, our ghost switched our heads. On second and third ride throughs - our heads were made to disappear and reappear. There are more than just 3 effects to go with the 3 classic hitchhiking ghosts. I won't describe much more than that (some surprises are good), but I know I could ride a few more times and still see new variations of this addition. It seems like this was beta testing since I hadn't heard any fanfare of the reopening - but check it out if you can!
