Disneyland guests have been riding Doom Buggies for 55 years now, but what story is the attraction trying to tell?

As the ride re-opens this weekend after its annual holiday makeover, fans might not be too keen on the change to the classic spooky attraction.

Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion could lose one of its 999 happy haunts if Walt Disney Imagineering ultimately decides to eliminate the Ghost Host hanging corpse from the pre-show scene of the classic dark ride to avoid triggering sensitive guests.

Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.