And I thought winning the Disney Dream Job contest a couple of years ago was cool…

From ocresort.freedomblogging.com:

Four brave souls are scheduled to spend the night in Disneyland’s chamber with no windows and no doors.

Disneyland is permitting guests to sleep in the Haunted Mansion for what is believed to be the first time as part of the ride’s 40th anniversary. Classic rock radio station, KLOS 95.5, is running a promotion to win an overnight stay inside the  ride.

Beds will be set up in an elevator at the entrance of the ride, said Roxane Requio, KLOS’ manager of marketing and promotions. That’s the chamber that visitors first enter in the attraction [pictured here]. The room stretches as guests descend to the bottom where they walk to the “doom” buggies. The narrator announces: “This chamber has no windows, and no doors. Which offers you this chilling challenge: to find a way out!”

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The Haunted Mansion will stay open as usual Aug. 9 — the ride’s 40th birthday. After the park closes, winners can snuggle up in their spooky suite, although the night may not be so restful or private. A live feed will be broadcast from inside the mansion that night on 955klos.com from midnight to 6 a.m.

“The Haunted Mansion is 40 years old and, like any building its age, it may be full of creaks and other eerie noises throughout the night,” according to [Disney spokewoman Michele] Himmelberg. “The guests may also be visited by the ‘occupants’ of the Haunted Mansion.”

Mark and Brian will broadcast from the park the following morning. The Haunted Mansion’s 40th-anniversary promotion coincides with the radio station’s 40th anniversary.

There is no way I’d be able to sleep if I had the chance to spend the night inside The Haunted Mansion. Of course, with no windows and no doors, the guests won’t have a chance to peer out into the Mansion to witness the nightly maintenance or look into the nearby New Orleans Square streets to watch what happens overnight.

But on top of all of that, it sounds like Disney will be assembling a few ghosts for a swinging wake to entertain the temporary new residents during their stay. I hope they bring their cameras and record the whole thing.