Mélanie Ravenswood

Mélanie Ravenswood is the main protagonist of the Disneyland Paris attraction, Phantom Manor, which is that park's version of the classic Haunted Mansion attraction found at Disneyland in California, Walt Disney World in Florida, and Tokyo Disneyland in Japan. She is the ghost of a bride whose groom never appeared on their wedding day.
She was voiced by Oona Lind while her singing voice was provided by Katherine Lench Meyering. 
== Biography ==
In 1842, Mélanie Ravenswood was born to Henry Ravenswood (a miner who struck gold in Big Thunder Mountain and founded the Big Thunder Mining Company which created the town of Thunder Mesa) and his wife Martha Ravenswood. Big Thunder Mountain was rumored by Natives to be home to the spirit, the Thunderbird, who will unleash it's wrath in the form of an earthquake. Henry wouldn't believe such stories, however. Time went by and the gold in Big Thunder Mountain became scarce making miners dig deeper into the Mountain. 
Years later, when Mélanie's became an adult, four men were seeking to marry Melanie but they ended up being killed by her father, Henry Ravenswood. Melanie then became engaged to a train engineer named Jake Evans who planned to take her away from Thunder Mesa, much to the fury of Henry. Henry did everything he could to stop the wedding from happening, but a terrible earthquake killed him and his wife in 1860. It seemed that the Thunder Bird had been awakened and the family was never heard from again.
On Mélanie's wedding day, a mysterious Phantom appeared at the manor. While Mélanie was preparing for the wedding in her room, the Phantom lured her suitor up to the attic, where he killed him by hanging him by the neck from the rafters.
In the ballroom, Mélanie sat alone. Hours went by with no sign of Jake. Guests slowly filed away, leaving Melanie alone in the house with the staff. Never taking off her wedding dress or putting down her flower bouquet, she waited for Jake to appear. 
The Phantom then used his powers and Madame Leota's to summon ghosts and demons from all over the world to haunt the manor. Mélanie eventually died in the manor (most likely of old age) and haunted the manor as a ghost and continue to wait for Jake, while being followed and laughed at by The Phantom for her devotion. 
== Attraction ==
Mélanie serves as a counterpart to Constance Hatchaway, Little Leota, and The Bride in The Haunted Mansion at the other Disney Parks. Mélanie's singing is heard throughout and appears various times throughout the attraction. She is first seen in the foyer, in a portrait with her father, Henry Ravenswood. She is dressed in her wedding gown, while he has his hands on her shoulders. As the Phantom speaks, the portrait fades into one of Mélanie and her father during a sunny day and she dressed in a yellow gown. Mélanie appears in the stretching room. In each portrait, she's with her four suitors. When the doors close and the music begins, Mélanie disappears from each portrait, and their demises are revealed when the room and each portrait stretches. Once guests board their doom buggies, she is first seen in the endless hallway, alongside the Phantom, holding a candlestick, as he looms over her, where they disappear and reappear every few seconds. In the ballroom, she stands on the balcony, overlooking the ghostly wedding party taking place, while the Phantom stands behind her. In her boudoir, she sits in front of the vanity mirror while the Phantom looks back through the mirror. At the end of the attraction, in the mirror hall, she sits in the doom buggies with the guests (similar to the Hitchhiking Ghosts in The Haunted Mansion) asking guests to marry her. As guests exit through the wine cellar, her voice is heard, beckoning guests to hurry back (identical to Little Leota in the Haunted Mansion). 
==Gallery==
Phantom stretch-1-% 7E1.jpg|Stretching portraits of Mélanie prior to 2019 refurbishment
Hauntedmansionbrides.jpg|Mélanie (second to last) with the other Haunted Mansion brides
Ravenswood Portrait.png|Portrait of Mélanie
File:Melanielittleleota.jpg|Mélanie in wine cellar prior to 2019 refurbishment
File:Melanie.jpg|Mélanie with Barry Claude
File:Melanie2.png|Mélanie with Sawyer Bottom
File:Melanie3.png|Mélanie with Rowan D. Falls
File:Melanie4.jpg|Mélanie with Ignatius "Iggy" Knight
File:Father and Daughter.png|Mélanie with her father when they were alive
File:Father and daughter2.jpg|Mélanie with her father during a happier time
File:Phantom manor bride paris.jpg
== Videos ==
-4K-Extreme Low Light- Phantom Manor 2019 - Exclusive Night - Disneyland Paris|Phantom Manor after the 2019 refurbishment.
Disneyland Paris - The Phantom Wedding (Halloween 2004)
Phantom Manor Soundtrack - Bride's Boudoir
POV Phantom Manor at Disneyland Paris (Haunted Mansion)|Phantom Manor prior to the 2019 refurbishment.
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