![]() ![]() The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror’s story is framed within the television series with guests entering the story as they visit the Hollywood Tower Hotel, once a star in its own right, and a beacon for the show business elite. It has aged incredibly well, and is proof-positive that Disney’s best attractions are timeless. If you get past the intentionally-dilapidated looks of the hotel, you’d be hard-pressed to guess that this were a 25-year old attraction. Opened in 1994, the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is still as fresh and original as it was when it opened 25 years ago. Let’s start with the original, and arguably the best. ![]() Your destination…the worldwide Disney theme parks… Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World With that, we invite you if you dare, to join us in a most uncommon elevator, about to take a strange journey. My fandom of the Tower of Terror stems from two things: the queue to post-show detail and brilliance of the Tower of Terror, and the way it weaves in the Twilight Zone (one of my all-time favorite television shows) universe into most versions of the attraction. Second, there are enough differences among the various versions that, as a fan of these attractions, it’s actually a joy to see a ‘new’ take on a familiar concept when in the other parks. First, all of these attractions are so good that they are deserving of homes in every park in the world (you dropped the ball, Hong Kong!). While I normally am not a huge fan of cloning attractions, Tower of Terror is an exception, right there with Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion. As I believe this is a seminal Disney attraction that showcases Walt Disney Imagineering at its peak, and since there are a few very different incarnations of the Tower of Terror, I thought it’d be fun to look at how they vary around the world. Guests have now been “dropping in” to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Walt Disney World for over 25 years. ![]()
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