Disneyland‘s Haunted Mansion is expected to “soft open” on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, with the now-traditional Halloween/Christmas holiday overlay.The official reopening of the refurbished Mansion  on Friday, Sept. 26, 2008  coincides with the kickoff of Halloween festivities at the Anaheim theme park.

Since 2001, the Mansion has closed each September to give crews time to replace many of the haunted props and Audio-Animatronics with characters and themes from Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” movie.

Jack Skellington and his ghoulish friends typically stick around until the end of the year.
Find complete details on the Haunted Mansion at the exhaustive DoomBuggies, one of my favorite fan sites. The Orange County Register offers a nice roundup of Halloween events at area theme parks.