Kicking Off The Countdown To Halloween 2025

Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding… could it be that the 2025 Countdown to Halloween blogathon is upon us? Yes, here begins 31 days of macabre merriment that will lead us straight to the spookiest day of the year! As October 1st is the anniversary of the opening of Walt Disney World, it’s a Tulgey Wood tradition to begin with a truly boo-titful Opening Day attraction. This haunting view of the Haunted Mansion is from an early postcard I recently added to my collection, showing off the Florida house of haunts at night, glowing with lighting both eerie and alluring. Early concept art by Herb Ryman from 1967 shows that plans were to make the new version of the Haunted Mansion in a more traditional pre-revolutionary manor style. However, it was decided to design the exterior of the attraction as a Dutch manor house with a truly distinctive English Tudor influence and Hudson River area styling. Come on back tomorrow (and all through October) for more Halloween fun. And be sure to visit all the blogs that are also counting down. There’s no turning back now! #CountdowntoHalloween2024