And I want to take this opportunity to say thank you to all the new followers and friends I made in the past year! Your support has meant the world to me <3 special thanks to those who joined in on the madness in my PM discord server <3 you guys are incredible. More ramblings under the cut!
Phantom Manor was probalby one of the most influencial things in my life since my parents dragged me on it at the tender age of three. I metabolized and reimagined its story several times during the years both through the creation of original characters that were based on those from the ride or simply by putting not-so-subtle references to it in my work. And in my humble opinion, that’s the greatest accomplishment any story can achieve: spark a child‘s imagination and inspire more stories.
I am immensely grateful to the Imagineers for what they did with the 2018-2019 refurbishment and I hope they will continue to show this unique attraction the love it deserves. I know that the changes have been quite the divisive topic within the fandom (believe me, I understand :V) but I absolutely love them and can’t wait to experience the new version of the ride myself.
Now that high quality pictures of the Foyer portrait had publicly surfaced on the Internet, we can have a good look upon all the details of the paintings by artist Greg Pro. The most interesting detail to me is that Melanie is actually portrayed with a mourning dress and not a wedding dress as previously supposed. But it makes more sense now. Or else it wouldn’t have matched the bridal dress from the Gallery portrait and the animatronics.
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Maintenant que des images en haute qualité du portrait du Foyer ont publiquement fait surface sur Internet, nous pouvons avoir une bonne vue sur les détails de la peinture par Greg Pro. Le détail le plus intéressant selon moi est le fait que Mélanie porte en fait une robe de deuil et non une robe de mariée comme précédemment supposé. Mais cela a désormais plus de sens, sinon elle ne concorderait pas avec la robe sur le portrait de la Galerie et des animatronics.
More great memes from my Phantom Manor discord… once again, thanks to @luzisms , @kou-kagerou@nola-schuyler and all other members for their contributions! <3
This is a great day for Phantom Manor enthusiasts ! This is the very first official figurine depicting the attraction’s characters and designed specifically for Disneyland Paris. In the link above, i listed all the Phantom Manor merchandising released over the year in order to study its evolution - spoiler, we’re good !