Haunted Mansion "alligator tightrope girl" cosplayer

Here's Roxy Rot cosplaying the alligator tightrope-walker that appears in the Haunted Mansion's stretch-gallery, one of the iconic comic-horror images of the 20th century. She's perfectly awesome in the role, too. She's dressed up for Bats Day 2011, the annual goth day at Disneyland, which is enormous good fun. She notes, "The corset is from here and the skirt and cape I had help with from my old coworker Joy."

Best cosplay so far: the alligator tightrope walker painting girl from the Haunted Mansion (Thanks, Matthew!)

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I don’t know if it is safe to be within 20 feet of that corset. Those things are under a lot of pressure and they want to be free.
WaferMouse

Aah. Side-cleavage. Somehow, I should’ve expected this, I was a goth for long enough.
Bucket

Is she wearing bright blue contact lenses, or can she just naturally stare through your soul like that?
- ocker3
  
  contacts, unless the camera is giving both irises exactly the same defect.
  
  Talk about uncanny valley, but it looks exactly like what she’s cosplaying, so have to give props there
- http://www.facebook.com/RoxieRot Roxie Rot
  
  natural color but i was wearing my contacts instead of glasses
- http://www.facebook.com/RoxieRot Roxie Rot
  
  pic of me with my glasses, same eyes ^_^
tavie

This is pretty great.
Larry Hanbrook

Here she is!
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmi4fiG1W11qczhmfo1_500.jpg
Chentzilla

One would think that kind of cosplay would include a tightrope and an alligator.
puppybeard

She should be wearing fake tan to match the skin colour, seeing as she’s already gone to so much effort.

That said, I’ve no idea what cataclysmic reaction would be initiated by a goth applying fake tan.