{"id":259611,"date":"2026-05-05T19:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259611\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:27:18","slug":"magic-kingdoms-haunted-mansion-reopens-after-extended-unexpected-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259611\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Kingdom&#8217;s Haunted Mansion Reopens After Extended Unexpected Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haunted Mansion is back open at Magic Kingdom. The attraction reopened with the park at 9am on Monday, May 4, ending nearly two full days of unexpected closure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdwmagic.com\/attractions\/haunted-mansion\/gallery\/25apr2023-haunted-mansion-overview\/51552.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2560\/1710;\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1710\" data-twic-src=\"https:\/\/www.wdwmagic.com\/attractions\/haunted-mansion\/news\/image:\/ElementGalleryItems\/attractions\/Fullsize\/Haunted-Mansion_Full_51552.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wdwmagic.twic.pics\/ElementGalleryItems\/attractions\/Fullsize\/Haunted-Mansion_Full_51552.jpg?twic=v1\/output=preview\" title=\"Haunted Mansion overview\" alt=\"Haunted Mansion overview\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The ride went down at some point early on Saturday, May 2, and remained closed through Sunday, May 3 \u2014 with no operational windows during that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the closure, guests checking the My Disney Experience app received a message from Magic Kingdom Vice President Sarah Riles, apologizing for the downtime and asking guests to enjoy other attractions in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>Disney never publicly explained the cause of the closure, but it appears to have been an unexpected technical issue that required a lengthy troubleshooting process.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re heading to Magic Kingdom today, wait times may be higher than usual as guests who missed out over the weekend make it a priority stop.<\/p>\n<p>As always, check the My Disney Experience app for real-time wait times and status before you head to Liberty Square.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdwmagic.com\/attractions\/haunted-mansion\/gallery\/25apr2023-haunted-mansion-overview\/51567.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2560\/1710;\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1710\" data-twic-src=\"https:\/\/www.wdwmagic.com\/attractions\/haunted-mansion\/news\/image:\/ElementGalleryItems\/attractions\/Fullsize\/Haunted-Mansion_Full_51567.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wdwmagic.twic.pics\/ElementGalleryItems\/attractions\/Fullsize\/Haunted-Mansion_Full_51567.jpg?twic=v1\/output=preview\" title=\"Haunted Mansion overview\" alt=\"Haunted Mansion overview\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>                         Get Walt Disney World News Delivered to Your Inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haunted Mansion is back open at Magic Kingdom. The attraction reopened with the park at 9am on Monday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[51220,17426,112389,115,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-259611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-liberty-square","tag-magic-kingdom","tag-magic-kingdoms-haunted-mansion-reopens-after-extended-unexpected-closure","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}