The happy chase had come true and had turned grim, and the smiling ghosts had come out to mingle in a house in the Highlands.
The Grossberg family and a few of their friends got together to recreate beloved scenes from Disneyland’s beloved Haunted Mansion ride just in time for Halloween.
The ride, which opened in August 1969 and spawned a live-action film this year, takes guests through the grand mansion filled with 999 spirits in a buggy accompanied by everyone’s favorite ghost host.
Steve Grossberg and his daughter Savannah stand next to the singing busts, a Halloween decoration inspired by Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, in the front yard of their Upland home on Monday, October 30, 2023. (Photo by Wachara Phumisinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Steve Grossberg and his daughter Savannah stand next to their Disneyland-inspired Haunted Mansion Halloween decorations in the front yard of their Upland home on Monday, October 30, 2023. (Photo by Wachara Phumisinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Steve Grossberg looks at one of the Disneyland-inspired Halloween decorations at his Haunted Mansion in his front yard in Upland on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Steve Grossberg and his daughter Savannah stand next to their Disneyland-inspired Haunted Mansion Halloween decorations in the front yard of their Upland home on Monday, October 30, 2023. (Photo by Wachara Phumisinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Savannah Grossberg poses with Madame Leota, the medium in a crystal ball, one of her and her father’s Halloween decorations at a Disneyland-themed Haunted Mansion in the front yard of their Upland home on Monday, October 30, 2023. (Photo by Wachara Phumisinda, Press) -Enterprise/SCNG)
Steve Grossberg and his daughter Savannah work on Halloween decorations inspired by Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion in the front yard of their Upland home on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo by Watchara Phumisinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Savannah Grossberg adjusts a crow, one of the Halloween decorations for their Disneyland-inspired Halloween Palace, in the front yard of their Upland home on Monday, October 30, 2023. (Photo by Wachara Phumisinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
The Grossbergs drew inspiration from the Swinging Awakening to bring favorites such as the Barber Shop Quartet of Singing Busts, a hearse with a skeletal horse, and The Man Who Installs Himself in His Shrine to life in the Inland Empire.
Steve Grossberg said the inspiration for the Haunted Mansion theme came from his youngest daughter, Savannah Grossberg. The family usually recreates a pirate ship in their yard, and after nearly two decades, his daughter came up with a new theme and the whole family took it.
“We got a lot of smiles,” Grossberg said of the new theme. “People stop and take pictures and talk to us all day long while we’re building here, so it’s great.”
To see the Haunted Mansion, visit the Grossberg House on North Vallejo Way between San Antonio and Euclid Avenue in Upland.
