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  • At Disney Theme Parks:
    • Whenever there is a need for characters from The Haunted Mansion to do something new, Corey Burton and Joe Lehery (the narrator from Freakazoid!) take over for the Ghost Host for Paul Frees, while Susanne Blakeslee voices Madame Leota for Eleanor Audley (appropriate, since Blakeslee has also taken over Lady Tremaine and Maleficent as well).
    • Haunted Mansion Holiday has Imagineer Kim Irvine as the projected face of Madame Leota (lip-synching to Susanne Blakeslee's voice); Irvine's mother, Leota Toombs, acted in the original projections of Madame Leota's head.
    • Captain Hook had a different voice actor for Walt Disney World's version of Peter Pan Flight.
    • The same can be said for The Hag in the older version of Snow White's Adventures in the early 90s.
    • The often reviled "Under New Management!" version of the Walt Disney World version of the Enchanted Tiki Room had Pierre being voiced by Jerry Orbach instead of Ernie Newton from the original attraction who'd died two years prior to it's debut.
    • Tigger was voiced by Paul Winchell in the Walt Disney World version of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, but was voiced by Jim Cummings in the Disneyland version as Winchell had retired by then.
    • At Disneyland's Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!, they were able to get the actual actors to reprise their roles for the cinematic portions of the ride except for Vin Diesel apparently, as the voice of Baby Groot is very different than what was used in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
    • The Avengers: Quantum Encounter attraction for Disney Cruise Line recasts Ultron with the voice of Ross Marquand, replacing James Spader, the actor who provided the character's voice in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
    • In The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, the ride (like its source show) is hosted by Rod Serling, but Serling's voice is provided by Mark Silverman as the real Rod Serling passed away in 1975 (Silverman was selected through a blind audition that was held with cooperation from Serling's widow). Archival footage of Rod's appearance in the episode "It's a Good Life" is used and synchronized with Silverman's voice while the background is digitally replaced to make it look like an authentic Serling narration for the ride.
    • Doug Live! used about four different actors for the main five characters in the play. One that stood out was the second Doug, who was in his mid-40s, while most of Doug's other actors were around their 20s.
  • The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera at Universal Studios Florida had several characters recast due to the deaths or health problems of their original voice actors.
    • Elroy Jetson is voiced by Patric Zimmerman, who also voiced him in Jetsons: The Movie, due to Daws Butler's death two years prior. Another one of Butler's characters, Yogi Bear, is voiced by Greg Burson.
    • Dick Dastardly is voiced by Michael Bell instead of Paul Winchell, as Winchell was still recovering from a stroke during production of the ride. He eventually recovered and returned to voice Dastardly one final time in the Fender Bender 500 segments of Wake, Rattle and Roll.
    • George Jetson is voiced by Jeff Bergman, due to George O'Hanlon dying before production began. He had filled in for O'Hanlon in some parts of Jestons: The Movie.
    • Barney Rubble is voiced by Frank Welker due to Mel Blanc's death.

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