To match recent Haunted Mansion updates, Disney has switched the prop held by the Bride during character meet and greets.
Updated Haunted Mansion Bride Meet and Greet
The Bride does not meet regularly but is appearing for meet and greets during Disneyland After Dark: Sweethearts’ Nite. She initially held Constance Hatchaway’s hatchet, and then switched to a bouquet. Now, the Bride carries a candelabra, a symbol of the updated Bride on the Disneyland version of The Haunted Mansion. The meet and greet character’s costume has not changed and she is still listed as “Constance Hatchaway.”
The Haunted Mansion’s new Bride pays homage to the attraction’s original character and is a sadder, less murderess Bride than Constance Hatchaway, who was introduced in 2006. In line with the original “Beating Heart Bride,” the new Bride has a glowing red beating heart visible behind her ghostly dress. The candelabra she carries is modeled after the floating prop in the Endless Hallway, suggesting the Bride is invisible carrying the candelabra during the earlier scene.
Other updates to The Haunted Mansion include the digitization of the Hitchhiking Ghosts. Watch a full ride POV:
Disneyland After Dark: Sweethearts’ Nite is on select nights through February 13 but is sold out. It features a new cavalcade and updated Royal Ball. Other character meet and greets include Mickey and Minnie, Donald and Daisy, Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood, Winnie the Pooh, and Princess Leia and Han Solo.
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