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Twilight Zone Tower of TerrorDrop rideMinimum height to ride: 40 inches DescriptionThis did for free-fall rides what Splash Mountain did for flumes. The story takes place in the Hollywood Tower Hotel, an old hotel in Hollywood from the late 30's. As you pass through the overgrown foliage of the garden, you make your way into the once-abandoned hotel. Bellhops greet you and, while they "prepare your rooms", you wait in the library. All of a sudden, the lights go out as the old, black-and-white television turns on to reveal that "The Twilight Zone" is on. Rod Serling explains what happened in the Hollywood Tower Hotel many years ago, and that you, the riders, are "about to star in your own episode of... The Twilight Zone." As these words are said, the TV turns off as lightning is heard. The bellhop comes to take you to the boiler room, where you will ascend to your room in a Service Elevator. Just as the doors of the elevator close, a sinister look comes over the bellhop's face. "You've just crossed over into... The Twilight Zone!" Prepare for the elevator ride of your life!! -- Last edited by Mitch Rozetar [Update this description | Read previous versions] Photos
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Hollywood, 1939, Amid the gliz and glitter of a bustling movie town, at the height of it's golden age, the Hollywood Tower Hotel was a star of its own right, a beacon for the show business elite Now.... something is about to happen that will change all that. The Tower of Terror is perfect! I will tell you how the ride goes. First once you get to the Lobby of the hotel. The "Bellhops" will send you to The Library which is right behind them. There is 2 libraries there. Then you watch a clip in the library about a night were 5 people went in an elevator never to be seen again. There was a little girl named Sally Shine ( from the movie), her nanny, two young couple, and a night working bellhop. Then once the clip is over the doors open and you go to the boiler room. There is 2 lines you can go in. one makes a curve and one goes straight. If you want to get on faster go on the one with the curve. It is longer and funner! They are both different. If you are new I would ride the one that goes straight. After you get on the elevator takes you to the third demension. There you see just a regular hallway with rooms on both sides. Then you see the 5 people you saw in the clip you watched in the library. Then they turn around and then they disapper. But then you think your going to go up when everything turns into stars. Then, the window from the back of the room starts coming forward and then turns in a painting you see in the clip and then brakes. Then Rod Sterling's voice comes out and says " One stormy night long ago five people steped through the doors of an elevator and into a nightmare, that door is opening once again and this time it's opening for you." Then the elevator comes out of the shaft! Then it keeps moving forward until you go into a dark room that you can not see anything but at the same time you can feel yourselve come of of the ground and you know what that means." You gonna drop." Then Rod Sterling once again says " You are about to discover what lies beyond the fifth demension beyond the deepest darkest corner of your immagintion, in the tower of terror. Then everything pauses for like 5 seconds. I think they let you get ready to catch your breath. then the drop. But thank goodness it's only a little drop. Then the big one and it keeps going on and on. Then at the end Rod Sterlings says once again "a warm welcome back for those of you who made it and a friendly word of waring something you wont find in any guide book the next time you check into a deserted hotel on the dark side of hollywood make sure you know just what kind of vacancy your filling, or you may find yourselve a perminent resident of the twilight zone! Oh ya and here's a hint if you want your body to go up during the ride. put your hands up and dont hold yourself down. You will go up! - Katie G-Desjardins Best ride at Hollywood Studios. Random experience and can be different every time. - Joe YO No ride is better. Period. Weightlessness AND THEN SOME!! You're not just falling, you're being PULLED down! Don't forget to take a look at the attention to detail inside the hotel while you're waiting in line. MANY MANY "Hidden Mickeys." ENJOY!! - T Aaron Metz This is worthy of 10 go on it - max mooney The thrill factor is perfect, the theming gives extreme feeling of terror and horror and mystery. Absolutely one of a kind experience especially the amazing part when the elevator actually goes out of the shaft. - Adriel Tjokrosaputro Terrific ride. Not half as scary as you think it will be, but twice as cool. - Kelly Smith My family had 3 weeks in Orlando in March '07 - with unlimited use of all the parks. This was my favourite ride - bar none. Great theming, which really builds the suspense, and everytime you ride it's slightly different. This ride was worth the admission fee alone. My eldest boy queued for half an hour & then 'bottled it' & ran to find his mum rather than ride.His loss!!! - neil Jackson In comparison to many other drop rides, Twilight Zone Tower of Terror falls short in the thrill department. What it lacks in thrills, however, it makes up in storyline, special effects, atmosphere, and overall satisfaction. The attraction receives an Outstanding review, and would have been Perfect had the ride given its patrons one last top-to-bottom thrilling drop (and bonus points if it explained why the guests sit). - Joshua Counsil |
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