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NEED TO KNOW
- A cause of death will not be revealed for the Disneyland guest who died after riding the Haunted Mansion
- On Oct. 6, a woman in her 60s required medical treatment in the park and was later transported to the hospital where she died
- A representative for the Anaheim Police Department told PEOPLE the Orange County Sheriff’s Coroner did not take custody of the body, thus no autopsy will be completed
- In a statement, the spokesperson person previously called the incident an “unfortunate medical episode”
A cause of death will not be revealed for the Disneyland guest who died after riding the Haunted Mansion attraction, PEOPLE has learned.
On Thursday, Oct. 9, Matt Sutter, public information officer for the Anaheim Police Department, confirmed to PEOPLE that the Orange County Sheriff’s Coroner’s office did not take custody of the body following the woman’s death. Thus, an autopsy will not be completed.
The representative said this likely indicates a doctor signed off on a death certificate and the family made their own arrangements to gain custody of the body.
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On Oct. 8, Sutter shared in a statement to PEOPLE that Anaheim Fire & Rescue responded to the park around 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6. Upon arrival, they found “an unresponsive woman in her 60s who had just finished riding the Haunted Mansion attraction.”
“Disneyland security personnel provided CPR until paramedics arrived,” the statement continued. “She was transported to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased.”
At the time, the officer called the incident an “unfortunate medical episode,” and said “there is no indication of any operation issue with the attraction, which reopened soon after.”
A representative for Disneyland confirmed to PEOPLE that a guest required medical treatment on Oct. 6 and they were later transported to a local hospital.
According to Disneyland’s website, the Haunted Mansion is “dark and contains some mildly frightening scenes, but there is no gore,” and is described as a “slow-moving” ride. Guests board a “Doom Buggy” that takes them through a highly-themed ghostly estate.
The Haunted Mansion attraction first opened on August 9, 1969 and has been at Disneyland ever since, according to The Walt Disney Family Museum, It was one of the last attractions Walt Disney personally worked on before his death in December 1966.
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The ride has also spawned different iterations at Disney parks all over the world. Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Fla., and Tokyo Disneyland have their own versions of the ride.
Disneyland Paris has an attraction called Phantom Manor, which features a darker, western-themed storyline. Meanwhile Hong Kong Disneyland opened with Mystic Manor, which is a similar dark ride that follows a monkey named Albert.
The Haunted Mansion attraction served as the primary inspiration for Eddie Murphy’s 2003 film of the same name. In 2021, a Muppets Haunted Mansion movie was released on Disney+ and featured guest appearances by John Stamos, Chrissy Metz and Alfonso Ribeiro. A remake of the original film was released in 2023 starring LaKeith Stanfield, Jared Leto, Tiffany Haddish, Jaime Lee Curtis and more.
