LPWire: Disney Auctions Offers Personalized Tombstone to Be Placed in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion

Disneyland Puts Haunted Mansion Plot Up for Auction

eBay Auction to Bestow Honorary Ghosthood

Disney fans who have been "dying" to be a part of Disneyland history have a "once-in-an-after-life-time" opportunity to become an honorary ghostly resident of "Haunted Mansion." This marks the public's first-ever chance to be an enduring part of a Disneyland attraction.

The lucky bidder of the online eBay auction will receive:

• A personalized "tombstone" in the finale graveyard scene of the attraction with a humorous epitaph (inspired by the lucky bidder's interests and hobbies) written by the team at Walt Disney Imagineering  -- the creative team responsible for designing and developing the attraction;
   
• A one-of-a-kind miniature replica of the tombstone and a certificate officially recognizing him / her as an "Honorary" resident of the "Haunted Mansion;" and * The successful bidder and a guest will be spirited away from his or her hometown to Disneyland in time for a midnight "burial" ceremony on Thursday, October 28, officially placing the tombstone in the graveyard of the "Haunted Mansion."

The auction will be featured on eBay at www.DisneyAuctions.com and begins at 6:00 p.m. (EST) on Thursday, October 14 and ends Thursday, October 21 at 6:00 p.m. (EST). The winning bidder will be publicly announced on Friday, October 22.

As "die-hard" fans of the landmark Disneyland attraction know, the "Haunted Mansion" is home to "999 happy haunts ... but there's always room for one more!"

Proceeds from the auction will benefit selected chapters of The Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

--Posted October 12, 2004
Source: Disneyland