Talk:The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

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[edit] Photo Captions

Can we make a decision on what the photo of the Tower of Terror ride is supposed to be captioned? The photo in question has been captioned correctly for many many moons as a picture of... the Tower of Terror ride at Walt Disney World.

The theme of the exterior of the building is the Hollywood Tower Hotel, but the building itself is *not* the HTH, nor should it be captioned as such. Your opinion, so we don't continue to go back and forth in the editing? SpikeJones 8 July 2005 22:35 (UTC)

--- Actually the building has the sign, and most people I know call it that because of the huge sign that says Hollywood Tower Hotel!

[edit] Ride Description

The ride is not a "faster-than-gravity freefall". Because the ToT ride technology, as already explained in the article, moves the elevator car "faster than gravity" would normally handle AND because the car is not in true freefall format, the description of "simulated freefall" is accurate. The elevator car is moved in a system that controls the speed, both up and down vertical motions. The ride simulates freefall, but in reality the car can move at any speed or distance it needs to to make the ride entertaining, whether that speed be faster than gravity or not. Riders expect the ride to be a freefall style ride (and in it's original incarnation, it was close), but due to the mechanics involved, it ends up being a simulated freefall.SpikeJones 05:58, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

"Although the ride is designed to feel like a freefall, the elevator is actually accelerated downward faster than the pull of gravity for extra thrills. This can actually be observed by passengers: loose objects such as water bottles or purses will actually "float" in mid-air for a couple of seconds during the longer drops, as the lift falls faster than the objects themselves can. This effect is similar to that seen in the Reduced Gravity Aircraft used by NASA to simulate weightlessness."

"Isn't the ride based on a 'made-for-TV' movie called 'The Tower of Terror' starring Steve Guttenburg?"

No - The movie is based off the ride.

[edit] Poor girl (ToT in the News)

I think it would be in bad taste to include a copy of the souvenir photo that was taken just prior to her collapse on the ride, as released by the sheriff's department, in this entry. I'll include the (current) URL to the image in case somebody needs it for a Wikinews article, where it would be more appropriate. photo from ride SpikeJones 19:06, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Editing of "Video" information

is the information that was removed not correct about who portrayed Rod Serling in the Twilight Zone-esque video in the library? SpikeJones 23:56, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

If I'm not mistaken, the footage of Serling from the introduction is actually him from the introduction for It's a Good Life (The Twilight Zone) (Tonight's episode calls for a different sort of introduction. Behind me, as you may recognize, is a- (map of the United States/service elevator)). The article cited talks about him standing in the lobby, giving his narration, but in the video (as I remember it, I'll have to check again) his narration is given with him off-camera. [01:00, 19 June 2006 12.170.66.130 ]

There is some conflict, for sure -- there are a number of references that talk about Joe Dante directing (the guy whose name I've forgotten, but it's in the article history) the film, and it using both a physical impersonator as well as a voice actor to replace/replicate Serling. Leonard Maltin's reference to it WDWMagic's reference to it SpikeJones 12:12, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Ive been on this ride atleast 100 times and there is no Rod Serling physical impersonator, just a voice over impersonator mrbellcaptain 11:19, 12 February 2008

There are two points on the ride that a stand in could have been used: The Library (preshow video) and a very short film after the drop sequence. WDWMagic's original interview was retracted. However, there are some other websites to look at:

[1] says "In '93 Disney wanted to use a "lookalike" for Rod Serling in the pre-show and for the closing speech after the drops. This man was filmed "mouthing" my Serling dialogue. Disney instead used an actual clip of the real Rod Serling from the episode "It's a Good Life". That is the clip you see in the pre-show. NO footage of the "lookalike" performance has EVER appeared in ANY "TOWER OF TERROR" attraction. What ever was shot that day was not used."

[2] says "He will be forever immortalized portraying Rod Serling for director Joe Dante's "Twilight Zone - Tower of Terror" ride at Disney, Orlando Florida." and the official site says almost the same thing

[3] that says Rhine portrayed Serling on this site. --blm07 16:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Historical Site

I've added this - feel free to edit / move this information. someYoungGuy 04:43, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sequels

What differences were made in the different incarnations of the Tower (1 through 4)? It lists the taglines, but not what they actually amounted to.

[edit] Tower Of Terror, Dreamworld, ambiguity

I just created the Tower_of_Terror_(roller_coaster) page. Should the redirect page at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tower_of_terror&redirect=no now be updated?

--LightYear 04:10, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tower of Terror - Tokyo DisneySea

It's worth revamping the description now that the ride has opened, after watching the video taken by one of the guests the typed description on the Wiki entry does not actually match the ride in a number of details. It's probably also worthwhile shifting the concept art so it appears further down in the listing.

[edit] Tokyo Tower of Terror - Tone

There's a entry saying the tone for TokyoSea's tower entry on the page does not reflect Wikipedia guidelines, that might be the case but that narrative is taken from official Disney sources... they entered it as it exists so fault should lie with them, not the person who transcribed the official description. Kingpin1055 12:49, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paris facts

Under Paris' facts it has listed "Grand opening: Fiscal Year 2007 (likely October 2007)." New fiscal years start on Oct 1. So either it's before October 2007 for FY07, or October 2007 is FY'08. LordBleen 00:31, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edits by 64.12.122.198

So? What's the story, 64.12.122.198? Would you care to enlighten us to why you deemed it neccesary to edit out all of that content without stating why? Or should we just take it as vandalism?

If you haven't replied to this within a maximum of two days, the removed content is going back up and is staying there until you can put forward a reason.Kingpin1055 23:52, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Just add it back in, it looks like he just screws around with articles to his liking. --blm07 00:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Done and done. Kingpin1055 12:33, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] film?

tower of terror was also a film with steve guttenberg and kristen dunst in it he played a jobless reporter and she played his niece

Yes. The movie was based off the ride at Disney-MGM Studios, Walt Disney World.

[edit] based on Twilight Zone?

Although the ride has a Twilight Zone theme, I wouldn't say it's "based" on the show. The show was an anthology, so I would say it's more of an "interactive episode" than anything else. Anyone else agree with this line of thought? -Eridani 21:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I believe that when a movie is generally related to a novel (although not directly following it, they used the phrase, "based on". Tiggerjay 03:02, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Any fan of the Twilight Zone would agree that the ride is not "based" on the Twillight Zone TV show. Im sure Disney would have us believe that, but you wont find any episode of the original TV show that features a hotel with a falling elevator or characters similar to the ones on the ride. I think this is best described as a ride with a Twilight Zone "Tie-In". 76.212.144.15 10:51, 16 August 2007 (UTC) Sandy

[edit] Script

I removed the script section because just like lyrics, isn't that a copy write violation? --blm07 07:41, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tower of Terror Paris

"Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Resort Paris in France will open a fourth version of the attraction in January 2008 as the centrepiece of its movie studio-based park."

Some of my family members visited the park yesterday and they say the attraction is open and they tried it out. Can someone confirm this? If this is the case, this should be edited in both article and the Walt Disney Studios Park article. 194.78.37.122 (talk) 13:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

From various news reports I have read, the ride is indeed open. Officially, couldn't say.SpikeJones (talk) 15:27, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
It is open. I had trouble editing the article earlier, so could someone else try it? It opened officially on December 22, 2007. --GSK (talk) 17:04, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Twilight Zone references

This section looks terrible, should I try to organize it or incorporate the info into the attraction description sections? --blm07 16:02, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Info Box

Does the info box (giving capacity details) refer to the WDW or franchise installations?

Given their different mechanisms, I would expect them to be different.

Does the WDW version have two complete rides (it has two drop towers) to increase capacity? 84.9.233.63 (talk) 13:28, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Photo from Disneyland Paris

I've got one which was taken this month - however I must be thick because I can't work out the policy on photos! Also I have no idea how to load (apart from that I;m fine...) so if anyone wants it let me know and I'll get it to them for inclusion. Gertie100 (talk) 10:52, 28 April 2008 (UTC)