Haunted Mansion Holiday Returns to Disneyland with New Gingerbread House

This year's gingerbread house has a musical theme

It's officially Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort and that means the return of Haunted Mansion Holiday. The Return of haunted mansion Holiday, in turn, means a brand new Gingerbread House design and this year.

What's Happening:

  • Haunted Mansion Holiday, the Nightmare Before Christmas overlay that runs at Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, starting during Halloween Time, and going through the end of Christmas holiday season, is officially open.

  • The attraction tells a version of the Nightmare Before Christmas story with elements of the traditional Haunted Mansion given some holiday themed sizzle.
  • Haunted Mansion Holiday has been running since 2001, and while the overlay has changed significantly over the years, from year-to-year there are few significant differences.

  • The one exception is the Gingerbread House. On the table in the ballroom is a themed gingerbread house that changes from year to year.
  • This year's house, as captured by Laughing Place, is a music box design, complete with a skeletal ballerina who pops out of the top and spins around.
  • Check out the full house in action here:

  • While not everybody loves Haunted Mansion Holiday, or at least doesn't love the significant portion of the year given over to it, the gingerbread house is always a highlight, and this year is certainly no exception.

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Dirk Libbey
Dirk has been covering the entertainment industry, with a focus on theme parks, for over 10 years. Writing for Laughing Place is the first time he wasn't the only staff Disney nerd. His time not spent inside a theme park is spent wishing he was inside a theme park, and waiting for kids to get tall enough to go on all the rides.
Eric Goldman
Growing up in Los Angeles, Eric grew up adoring movies and theme parks, carrying that love with him into a career covering a wide gamut of entertainment and pop culture that also includes TV, toys and comics. As a lifelong fan of both Disneyland and horror, the Haunted Mansion is his dream home.