Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion could lose one of its 999 happy haunts if Walt Disney Imagineering ultimately decides to eliminate the Ghost Host hanging corpse from the pre-show scene of the classic dark ride to avoid triggering sensitive guests.

Disney currently operates classic versions of the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland.

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The Haunted Mansion has always been a strange blend of horror and humor, and arguably the scariest part of the entire attraction comes at the very beginning. The disembodied Ghost Host that narrates your experience reveals that he only found one way to escape the famous Stretching Room, by hanging himself from the rafters.

Jack Skellington had his turn, but now that the winter holidays are over, Disneyland's Haunted Mansion is getting back to its original spirit. The Halloween- and Christmas-themed "Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas" overlay ended Jan. 6. The traditional ride will haunt the mansion again starting Jan. 18.