There is a long line of Walt Disney Imagineers who are responsible for our favorite Disney attractions we’ve gotten to experience over the years. Rolly Crump is one of those imagineers who is responsible for making the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake and he discusses his work on Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion in a new video from the Disney Parks Blog.
- Crump began working with the Walt Disney Company in 1952 when he joined Walt Disney Studios.
- He joined WED Enterprises, now known as Walt Disney Imagineering, in 1959.
- He was eventually named a Disney Legend in 2004.
- In the video released by Disney Parks, he discusses his relationship with Walt, his direction to work on The Haunted Mansion and Walt’s idea to create a Museum of the Weird to house all of Crump’s “weird stuff.”
- He also credits Yale Gracey with making The Haunted Mansion what it is, calling him the “Hero of the Haunted Mansion.”
- Crump even touches on the history of the iconic Haunted Mansion wallpaper.
ICYMI – More Disney Parks news:
- Take a look at our construction update from EPCOT to see how the park is progressing.
- After the success of the first episode of “The Rohdes, Less Traveled,” Imagineer Joe Rohde took on the creative challenge of figuring out how to do this series with the stuff he has around the house, and is presenting the second episode in the series which focuses on aging and patina.
- The Walt Disney Company is hosting Florida state COVID-19 testing to residents, including Cast Members, Operating Participants, and their immediate families. With this decision, the Actor’s Equity Association has signed a memorandum to allow their performers to return to work.
- A new nature docuseries is coming to Disney+ this fall. Produced by National Geographic, Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom will take audiences behind the scenes of two Disney Parks to discover how they create magic while providing world class care to hundreds of species.