trufan
n.— «Jeff Baham has interviewed the author, who appears to be a real Mansion trufan who set out to write a comprehensive historical document about the bestest ride the Imagineers ever built.» —“New Haunted Mansion book probably won’t suck” by Cory Doctorow BoingBoing Sept. 18, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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