Tower of Terror
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The Story: On October 31, 1939, something awful
happened to the Hollywood Tower Hotel, a place for
Hollywood's elite. Four guests, which consisted of a couple,
a child actress and her nanny, along with a bellhop, stepped
into an elevator to stop by a party at the hotel's Tip Top
Club on the top floor.
During the elevator ride, the building was struck by
lightning and the five people, and the elevator, disappeared
into the Twilight Zone.
Years pass, and eventually the Hollywood Tower Hotel is
rediscovered by some average guests. When they hear the
story and see the bellhops, who may or may not be ghosts,
they share the story of the Hollywood Tower Hotel with
everyone they know until guests of all ages begin to take on
the Tower of Terror in...the Twilight Zone.
Height Restriction: 40 inches
Attraction Length: About 3 minutes
Fastpass? Yes!
The History: Amazingly enough, The Twilight
Zone Tower of Terror didn't always have a home at Walt
Disney World, or anywhere in the world for that matter!
While the Imagineers were |
trying to come up with a new attraction with an in depth
storyline, they went to an outside company to get the rights to
The Twilight Zone. They figured this would be a great way to
introduce a brand new story that was kind of spooky and allow
teenage guests to have a ride they could call their own.
The attraction, along with Sunset Boulevard would open in June
of 1994.
Fun Facts: The Hollywood Tower Hotel is 199
feet tall, which is one foot short of putting a red light on top
of the structure!
Due to the popularity of the attraction, the Tower of Terror
would eventually find a home in Disney's California Adventure,
Tokyo DisneySea, and Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland
Paris. It would also inspire a made for TV movie in 1997!
Location: Sunset Boulevard
Touring Tips: While the attraction is popular,
you can usually get a Fastpass up until the mid-afternoon. If
the wait time states "13 minutes", that usually means it's a
walk on!
Reader Review: If you'd like to share your
review of Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, please submit a review to
Review@fromscreentotheme.com!
To learn more about the Tower of Terror, please
watch the
62nd Episode of the W.E.D.nesday Show!
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