As the story goes, guests are checking into the Hollywood Tower Hotel, which, following an incident, has been closed since Halloween night Want to find all the Twilight Zone Easter eggs in the queue and on the ride? Subscribe to our print edition by August 31 for our special Halloween issue in September.
One such change is that Serling is not holding a cigarette in the pre-show of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. He did have one between his fingers in the original footage, but it was edited out when it was added to the attraction. Are you ready for the drop? Photo by Cliff Wang. The corridor fades to a starlit night sky, except the window at the end of the corridor.
The window then morphs into a more ghostly black-and-white version and shatters like in the opening sequence of each episode. The elevator doors close again and the car continues ascending. Serling's voice continues: "One stormy night long ago, five people stepped through the door of an elevator and into a nightmare. That door is opening once again, and this time, it's opening for you".
At the top, the doors open again and the car mysteriously moves forward out of the shaft, through a section of the ride called "The Fifth Dimension": a surreal collection of objects and sights, once again in the style of the television show's opening sequence. A field of stars appears at the end of the corridor. After the segment is done, the stars fade, forming a hidden Mickey right before disappearing, then reveals a vertical line, which splits in half and opens like elevator doors.
Serling's voice is heard again, saying "You are about to discover what lies beyond the fifth dimension, beyond the deepest, darkest corner of the imagination, in the Tower of Terror".
After the elevator moves into the shaft, the randomly-selected drop sequence begins. At one point, doors in front of the riders open to reveal a view of the park from a height of 13 stories. In the years since the attraction's initial opening, a randomized pattern of drops and lifts have been added, where the ride vehicle will drop or rise various distances at different intervals. Other effects were also added, including new projection images of the breaking window, wind effects, ominous black-lit figures of the five ghostly original riders, and even fake endings.
These changes were made to make every trip to the Twilight Zone a different experience. After a series of these drops have been made, the opening sequence of the show's third season plays showing images of the objects from Season 5's opening, the lost passengers and Serling as the vehicle enters the hotel's basement.
Then Rod Serling's voice says, "A warm welcome back to those of you who made it and a friendly word of warning; something you won't find in any guidebook. The next time you check into a deserted hotel on the dark side of Hollywood, make sure you know just what kind of vacancy you're filling or you may find yourself a permanent resident While retaining the same exact concept and theme of the original attraction in Florida, the version at Disney California Adventure Park had some major differences.
Imagineers redesigned the entire ride system for the west coast incarnation of the attraction and made some general changes to many show scenes. The attraction featured three elevator shafts. Each shaft, in theory, is its own separate ride with its own separate operating system. Doing this made it easier to repair individual areas of the attraction without causing the entire attraction to go down. Each shaft has two vehicles and two loading levels. It is designed so that the lower vehicle can be in profile while the upper vehicle is loading, making the attraction much more efficient.
Since each vehicle loads and unloads from the same point, it also saves space. Since this system works so much more efficiently, it is the system used in both the Paris and Tokyo versions of the ride as well.
When the show cycle started, the vehicle pushed backward away from the elevator door while a starfield and a purple spiral appeared on the doors. The voice of Rod Serling said: "You are the passengers of a most uncommon elevator, about to take the strangest journey of your lives.
Your destination The first stop for the elevator was a hallway with a large mirror. Rod Serling told the riders to "wave goodbye to the real world". As they do, lightning struck and electricity began to arc around the mirror and the reflection of the riders is replaced by a ghostly silhouette of themselves.
The passengers' reflection then disappears as Serling says "For you have just entered The Twilight Zone! The elevator door closed as it moved to the next show scene. As the door reopened, it revealed a corridor of the hotel, with an elevator door located on the far end of it. Here, Serling said "What happened here to dim the lights of Hollywood's brightest showplace is about to unfold once again", which is followed by an appearance of the ghosts of the 5 passengers.
Electricity coursed through the hallway after their disappearance as Serling said: "One stormy night long ago, five people stepped through the door of an elevator and into a nightmare. Serling then says "That door is opening once again, but this time, it's opening for you. A second later, the guests' elevator began its drop sequence: a drop from the show scene to the first floor, then rise to the "13th" floor.
It is then that the top floor doors open and you are treated to a sky-high overview of both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. It paused there for a moment and fell into place between the load levels so that both load levels give the same ride and a door opens again and you see an elevator door.
The vehicle then moved toward the door. The Twilight Zone theme began to play again as Rod Serling said, "The next time you check into a deserted hotel on the dark side of Hollywood, be sure you know just what kind of vacancy you're filling or you may find yourself a permanent resident The door opened and the guests disembarked from the ride vehicle, making their way to the Tower Hotel Gifts shop.
In July of , the Walt Disney Company announced that they would officially be retheming the California Adventure version of the ride into an attraction themed to the Marvel film, Guardians of the Galaxy. The announcement was met with astoundingly negative feedback by fans. After the dark ride scenes, you head into the drop shaft for your randomized drop pattern before traveling over to the unload, and then exit through the super neat gift shop.
Tower of Terror is a very popular attraction, so wait times can average between 40 and 90 minutes note that this is an estimate and can still vary depending on how crowded the park is! Note that, at this time, FastPasses are currently suspended , but when they were in use before the closures, Tower of Terror was listed as a Tier 2 attraction, making it slightly easier to nab a FastPass for it during the day. Still, even without a FastPass you can find pretty short lines at certain times of the day.
The height requirement for this attraction is 40 inches and Rider Switch is available. The queue for Tower of Terror is pretty neat and will take you through the front gate, overgrown gardens, a vine-covered pavilion, and the abandoned lobby of the hotel before taking a trip to the spooky boiler room.
Remember to always follow the advice on the signage and from Cast Members to determine whether you, a family member, or kiddo should ride. And there you have it! Do you love Tower of Terror? Or not so much? Share your thoughts in the comments! Next time you find yourself in a crowded Disney World theme park, keep these lesser-known Still wondering what's up with Mears Connect, the replacement bus service at Disney World? And we'll tell you Not every movie Disney touches turns to gold.
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