Disneyland Finds

Disneyland Haunted Mansion Olszewski Stretching Portrait Box

If I still lived near Disneyland, I would have one of these babies on my desk right now. First in a series of four, when closed, this box shows a proper young lady daintily holding a parasol. Upon opening the box, it is revealed she is precariously perched over a hungry alligator (or is it a crocodile..?). I had always wondered why she put herself in that position...

Disneyland Haunted House/Haunted Mansion Bank

I've seen this a couple of times, but this is the first one I've seen that works. It's advertised as a 1960s Disneyland "Haunted House" bank, so I assume they mean it's the Haunted Mansion. What I'm not so clear on is if it was sold at the park as a Haunted Mansion attraction souvenir, or if it was a "Disneyland" toy sold in regular stores. Since it doesn't really look like the Haunted Mansion (where are the columns?) I'm guessing it was the latter.

Still very cool, though.

Haunted Mansion Bat Stanchion Queue Pole

This is a reproduction of one of the bat queue pole thingies in the Haunted Mansion. Did you know they were called "stanchions"? I didn't. I thought they were called "queue pole thingies." Huh. The more you know.

These are the kinds of items I really like -  stuff you'd have to explain to puzzled guests when they ask why, exactly, you have a brass bat sitting on your shelf. You can tell them, "Oh, it's a bat queue pole thingie from the Haunted Mansion. Did you know they're called 'stanchions'?"

Haunted Mansion Bat Stanchion Queue Pole

Buy It Now: $399

Disneyland Haunted Mansion Secret Panel Chest

I see these come up every now and then. They seem to be highly collectible. It's a Haunted Mansion secret panel chest, and is basically a puzzle box. It has a secret drawer you can hide stuff in, and you have to move panels around in the right order to get it to open. One of the better attraction souvenirs.

Haunted Mansion Stretching Portrait Tapestries

Holy crap! Here's all four of the Haunted Mansion stretching portrait tapestries! Hanging rods and bat finials (modeled after the queue posts) are included.

Haunted Mansion Singing Busts

...They don't sing, though. They just sit there and look... um... Busty? No, that can't be right...