I'm BAAACK! Sorry for such a long wait, but school is practically eating away my free time and my life. Anyway, I present to you the newest chappie of Total Drama Disney World!
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The Mouseketeers all headed to Animal Kingdom to start the challenge.
"Okay Justin, what's your plan?" Asked Heather.
"Split up. I want each of you to go to something different. Take care of the shows first. Before we split up, let's check the times board so that we know what to fast pass." Instructed Justin.
"Justin, wow, I'm impressed. And that's a lot coming from me!" Said Heather.
"Thanks. I'm using my brain now." Replied Justin.
The team walked to the middle of Discovery Island, where the times board is located and from there Justin started to give out assignments to his teammates.
"Okay, I want Ezekiel and DJ to go to the Festival of the Lion show. Owen and Leshawna will go to It's Tough to Be a Bug!. I want myself and Heather on Expedition Everest: Legend of the Forbidden Mountain, and –
Heather put her hands on her hips and gave him a look.
"What!" Said the annoyed supermodel.
"Come here!" Said Heather as she pulled him away from the team.
"What!" Said the handsome teen, again.
"Who says that I want to go on Everest." Replied the Queen Bee, hands still on hips.
"Who says you have a choice?" Said Justin very smugly, as the two walked back over to their team.
Heather rolled her eyes and brushed that comment off seeing as though she was not in the mood to fight with him.
"What was that all about?" Said Leshawna, unhappy.
"Nothing of your concern." Replied Heather.
"I wasn't talking to you!" Said Leshawna.
"So?" Snapped Heather.
"Ladies, please settle down, I have to finish giving out instructions." Said Justin, in an effort to calm his teammates down.
The two stopped their bickering and turned their attention to their Pass holder.
"Thanks. Okay, so let's have Eva and Harold go on Dinosaur and Lindsay and Tyler will ride Chester and Hester's Primeval Whirl. Who wants to go on Kilimanjaro Safaris, see the Finding Nemo show and ride the Wildlife Express Train to Rafiki's Planet Watch?
"I'll take my lovely lady, Leshawna, on Kilimanjaro Safaris and perhaps on the Maharajah Jungle Trek as well." Replied Harold.
"I'll watch the Finding Nemo show and the Jammin' Jungle Parade." Said DJ.
"I'll go to Rafiki's Planet Watch and ride TriceraTop Spin, eh" Said Ezekiel.
"Think you can do the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail as well, its right near the train?" Asked Justin.
"Sure, eh" Replied the homeschooled boy.
"Oh and Harold, do me and favor and cover the rest of the trails at the Oasis and here at Discovery Island too. That includes the Cretaceous Trail in Dinoland U.S.A." Requested Justin.
"Sure." Replied the nerd.
"Ahem, what about Kali River Rapids?" Asked Heather.
"Who doesn't mind getting soaked?" Asked Justin.
Eva, Owen, Ezekiel, and Tyler raised their hands.
"Eva and Tyler it is then. Get your assignments completed as soon as possible and meet back here." Ordered Justin.
Back to the Goof Troopers:
"Okay, who's going to take one for the team and suffer through Playhouse Disney: Live on Stage?" Asked Noah.
"I'll do it." Said Beth. "I don't mind, I find those shows cute." She said.
"You do know that that show is for toddlers, right, Beth?" Asked Courtney.
"Yeah, but I don't care." Said Beth, as she walked towards the show.
As she walked away some of her teammates gave her strange looks, as they were weirded out by her enjoyment of toddler shows.
"Do we have any volunteers for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror?" Asked Noah.
"I'm going on that one!" Said Duncan and Gwen, unknowingly in unison.
"Wait, you love Tower of Terror too?" Asked Gwen.
"Like I said, I've never been here, but hey I'm game for any ride that can get a scream out of someone." Replied Duncan.
"You're going to love it!" Said Gwen.
"Since two are adrenaline junkies, you can also go on Rock n Roller Coaster?" Asked Noah, sarcastically.
"A roller coaster, huh? How about' you and me ride that together, Princess?" Asked Duncan.
"No thank you, but I would love it if you accompanied me to the next showing of Beauty and the Beast." Requested the C.I.T.
"Let's make a –"
He noticed Courtney was giving him the puppy dog face. Courtney only used the puppy dog face when she either really wanted or really did not want to do something or get something.
"It looks as though Princess here is scared of Roller Coasters" Said Duncan, wrapping an arm around his girl's shoulders.
" I'M NOT SCARED YOU OGRE!" She said, pushing his arm off of her.
"Really? Then, you and I will ride and if you go on that with me, I'll watch that show with you." Stated the delinquent.
"But I-"Before she could start protesting, Duncan was dragging her by the arm towards the ride, kicking and screaming with Gwen and Trent following closely behind.
"Noah, what can we do?" Asked Katie, referring to herself and Sadie.
"You two can handle all and every street performance, parade, and show in every park. Okay?" He replied.
"Okay!" Said Sadie.
"Geoff and I are going on Star Tours." Said Bridgette.
"No, Geoff is going on Star Tours and you are going on The Great Movie Ride." Corrected Noah.
Disappointed, the two walked off to their assigned attractions and Beth came back from Playhouse Disney: Live on Stage.
"Beth, good you're back. Your next task is to go to The American Idol Experience." Ordered the Pass holder.
"Got it!" She replied.
"Cody, you go and watch Sounds Dangerous Starring Drew Carrey and Muppet Vision 3D." Ordered Noah"
"Now all that's left are the galleries, showcases and –"
"And the Journey into Narnia: Prince Caspian attraction." Finished Millie. "So what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
And with that, the two went off together while everyone else finished their own tasks as soon as possible.
Mouseketeers:
"Hey Harold baby, where are you?" Asked Leshawna through her walkie talkie. The ghetto girl leaned back on the bench that she was sitting on and waited for a reply from her man. It had been over twenty minutes since she had gotten out of Its Tough To Be A Bug with Owen. When they had gotten out, she had given Owen five Disney Dollars so that he could get a small bite to eat and then she had sent her first call to Harold. "Harold baby?" She tried again with no prevail. After another ten minutes, the big sista got tired of waiting and walked from her spot under The Tree of Life to the Kilimanjaro Safaris. Harold or no Harold, she had to get moving. There was no way she could let her teammates down.
When she arrived at Kilimanjaro Safaris, she noticed to her benefit (and luck since she had wasted so much time and there is no doubt a pissed off Heather and Justin are looking for her) there was only a fifteen minute wait. She walked up the line and through the waiting area. Within minutes, she was seated on the ride and the ride started. There was a "tour guide" in the front of the safari car giving info on what there were going to and about to see while making some jokes as well. She paid no attention to him and focused on the person seated next to her. It was a girl with elbow length mocha hair with red streaks and smokey gray eyes. She appeared to be wearing a gray tee shirt over orange skinny jeans, and black knee high converse. The girl happened to be drawing in her sketchbook.
"Hey girl, what's your name?" Asked Leshawna.
After a couple of seconds, the girl realized that someone was talking to her and looked up from her sketchbook to answer.
"Oh um, Ashley Marie Burke, but just call me either Ash or Ashley." She replied.
"I'm-"
"I know who you are. You're Leshawna from Total Drama." Said Ashley, cutting her off.
"That's right girlfriend and I can see that you really like your sketchbook." Said Leshawna, pointing at the sketchbook.
"Um, yeah I do." Replied Ashley. "Drawing is a hobby of mine, but I'm not really that good at it."
Ashley handed the sketchbook to Leshawna. Leshawna flipped through the sketchbook and was amazed at the quality and skill shown with each drawing in it.
"These are amazing girl!" Leshawna said, handing back the sketchbook.
"Really, you think so?" Asked Ashley.
"Totally girl! These pictures of me and my friends are spot on." Complimented Leshawna.
"Thanks." Replied Ashley, slightly blushing.
"Wanna hang with me and the team for the rest of the day?" Asked Leshawna as they got off the ride.
"Sure, that would be cool." Replied Ashley.
The two girls left the African section of the park and went to meet the rest of the Mouseketeers at the times board in Discovery Island. There was one Mouseketeer in particular that seemed to be very very pissed off.
"JUSTIN!" Yelled Heather. When he didn't reply, the aggravated Asian-Canadian looked in his direction to see what he was doing.
Apparently the gorgeous teen was trying to contact his team using the walkie talkie. Each of his tries were unsuccessful.
"JUSTIN!" Heather yelled again, this time getting the other teen's attention.
"Hmm." He replied.
"What the hell are you doing!" She asked.
"I'm trying to contact the rest of the team." He replied.
"Let me see that walkie talkie." She demanded.
He held it out and she grabbed it from his hand and quickly investigated the problem.
"The batteries died you idiot!" She snapped.
"How was I supposed to know that the batteries wouldn't last?" He asked throwing his hands in the air with annoyance.
The Queen Bee rolled her eyes and tried her own walkie talkie.
"Hello! Anyone!" She called.
BOOM! Her walkie talkie exploded right in her face. Luckily, it did no damage other than demolishing her perfectly drawn on eye brows.
All her teammate could seem to do was laugh at her well-deserved fate.
"Justin, stop laughing now!" She ordered.
He did not.
"CHRIS!" She screamed. From experience she knew that the walkie talkie explosion was rigged by the infamous host. And speak of the devil.
"What seems to be the problem?" Asked Chris not caring.
"When did you get here!" She asked, venomously.
"Just now. I came to take your team picture in front of The Tree of Life." He replied.
"Obviously the team isn't here and will NEVER know where they are thanks to YOUR walkie talkie tricks!" The extremely angry teen replied, clenching her fists in rage.
"Don't know what you're talking about, but I DO have a spare walkie talkie on me." He said handing it to Justin. "Just don't break it and remember to have your whole team have their picture taken by one of my unpaid interns that I have waiting. Oh and you might want to hurry up because it's almost noon." He finished.
With that the host left the two to find their teammates, wherever they are.
GoofTroopers:
"Duncan, please?" Asked the C.I.T.
"No." Replied the punk.
"Please?" She asked again, this time much sweeter.
"N-O!" He replied, using extra emphasis.
Duncan had just gotten off Tower of Terror and …..
FLASHBACK:
The four Goof-Troopers faced the creepy old hotel at the end of Hollywood Boulevard and watched as the windows opened and heard the screams of those on the ride.
"I'M NOT GOING ON THAT THING!" Yelled Courtney.
"And you don't have to, but you ARE going on Rockin' Roller Coaster with me." Replied her punk boyfriend.
"Why are you letting her get off that easily?" Asked Gwen, playfully. "Hey, Courtney, I dare you to ride BOTH Tower of Terror and Rockin' Roller Coaster!"
"I do NOT accept your dare." Stated the brunette.
"Why don't we change the dare to only Tower of Terror since she already promised to go on Rockin Roller Coaster with me?" Said Duncan.
"Alright then." Agreed the Goth. "Hey, Trent, what should be the prize if she does the dare?"
"Hmm, how about a permanent alliance for this season? Or maybe Duncan has to be her servant for a day? Suggested Trent.
"How about both, plus Duncan has to dress like a prep one day during the competition! And that means no spiked collar, no piercings, and no Mohawk!" Replied Gwen.
"Okay….deal. But ONLY for the alliance." Agreed the preppy girl, with a small smile on her face.
"Yeah uh huh, just for the alliance." Mocked Trent, playfully.
"Okay, maybe the other options sound good too." She replied, rolling her eyes.
"Ready to enter?" Asked Gwen.
The three nodded their heads and went into the waiting area. The was a twenty minute wait and it wasn't so bad because Courtney had her book of Hidden Mickeys and other hidden Disney secrets and they had fun spotting all the things mentioned in the book for that attraction. Finally, they stepped into the room where the short pre-ride film was shown and by the time it was over, Courtney was shaking.
"Princess, don't be scared. That movie was fake, make to scare people. There's nothing you need to worry about." Duncan said sweetly as he put his arm around her.
"I'm not scared!" Protested Courtney.
"Then why were you shaking?" Asked the juvie, knowing that he had won.
"I uh..." Said Courtney, speechless.
"Come on Princess, let's ride." Said Duncan.
The two boarded the "elevator car" and sat next to each other in the same row as Gwen and Trent. As the ride was about to start, Courtney gripped Duncan's hand tightly. The ride started moving and the first of many commentaries started.
"You are the passengers on a most uncommon elevator about to ascend into your very own episode of The Twilight Zone.
The elevator car went up a little and stopped. In front was what seemed to be a normally haunted hallway. Ghosts appeared and then the ghosts turned into glitch electric sparks (AN: I'm doing the best I can describe the ride from a video on you tube). Next, the car started to go down that hallway. Then everything went black and it looked as if the night sky was in the ride because there were stars everywhere (AN: Next time you ride, look for a Hidden Mickey in the stars!). Then it went black again and the car started to move across the ride building, while commentary played again.
"One stormy night long ago, over five people stepped through the door of an elevator in one nightmare. That door is open once again, but this time they open for you."
By this time, Courtney was squeezing Duncan's hand so hard that there was probably no feeling left in it. As the commentary ended, the electric appeared to be glitching again. Then the car moved into a creep hallway and creepier music started to play. There was a clock with spinning hands and then stars appeared again, only to disappear a second later to be replaced by a white light that opened. The car kept moving forward and more commentary began:
"You are about to discover what lies beyond the fifth dimension. Beyond the deepest, darkest corner of your imagination, in the tower or terror."
The car stopped and then it DROPPED!
"AGGGGGGGGGGGGHHH!" Screamed Courtney as she lifted out of her seat.
"Woohoo!" Shouted her friends and boyfriend, as they were enjoying this ride to her disgust and displeasure.
With every drop, Courtney screamed and screamed, crushing Duncan's hand to bits.
After the last drop, creepy music started again, a swirling screen with objects floating through it appeared in front of them. The swirl got smaller and smaller until went away. Then the final commentary started:
"A warm welcome back for those of you who made it. A friendly word of warning, something you won't find in any guide book: The next time you check into a deserted hotel on the dark side of Hollywood, just know what kind of vacancy you're filling, or you just may find yourself a permanent resident of The Twilight Zone. "
The sound of an elevator door opening was heard and then the sound of a falling elevator car was heard, after that the ride came to an end.
The ride dropped nine times (get the joke !) before it ended. As the ride stopped, most of the passengers cheered and clapped. All except for one VERY unhappy C.I.T. Everyone got out of the "elevator car" one by one and talked about their experience.
"That was awesome man!" Said Trent, high fiving Duncan and Gwen.
"I couldn't agree more!" Replied Duncan.
"I'm glad you enjoyed your first ride into the twilight zone." Gwen said to Duncan, as this was his first time on said attraction.
"Ahem, what about me!" Announced a very pissed off brunette. Courtney was in a very, very, very bad mood. "There's a reason I skip this attraction every time I come here!"
"Sorry, Princess, I should have paid more attention to you while on the ride, and I think my hand agrees." Responded the bad boy with a smile, showing off his red and most likely bruised left hand.
"Oh, oops!" Giggled Courtney, at the sight if his hand." "It's okay, I'm glad you enjoyed the ride."
They walked over to the exit and waited for Gwen and Trent to purchase the ride photos. When the two finished making their purchases, they walked over to Tower of Terror and before they could even enter the ride's grounds, Courtney started her protests again.
END OF FLASHBACK
...was about to get on line for Rockin Roller Coaster with his friends, and then Princess started her one last plea to not go on the ride.
"Duncan, please?" Asked the C.I.T.
"No." Replied the punk.
"Please?" She asked again, this time much sweeter.
"N-O!" He replied, using extra emphasis.
"Haven't I already suffered enough?" She asked, acting extra cute,
"We have a deal, remember? If you don't ride with me, then I don't watch the show with you. Now come on, if we get on line now, we just make the last showing before it gets too late." Replied the bad boy, eager to get on the ride.
Courtney, mourning her second defeat today walked with Duncan into the Queue (waiting area). The wait was twenty five minutes, but it felt more like ten and probably was only ten. Courtney got in the stretch limousine shaped roller coaster car, in the seat right next to Duncan. They had the second row, Trent and Gwen had the first row (Duncan had wanted the first row badly, but to make Courtney happy he took the second row). The ride started, the countdown began and then they took off.
Courtney had her eyes closed at first, right after they had taken off. She started squeezing Duncan's hand (his right one this time) again. Mid ride, she started to calm down. She opened her eyes and screamed and this time the scream was a fun scream, not a scared scream.
"Woohoo!" She shouted.
"Now that's my Princess!" Yelled Duncan, giving her a quick peck on the cheek before returning to yelling his own woohoos!
Gwen and Trent even stopped screaming and turned around for a second to be sure it was still her and to be sure that she was alright. When they found out that she was okay, they turned around and the four of them enjoyed the rest of the ride.
Quicker than any of them would have liked, the ride ended. When the car stopped, they all cheered for a great ride and got off, all smiles!
"That was soooooo much fun!" Said Courtney, as they walked into the gift shop to purchase their souvenir photos.
"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself, Princess." Replied Duncan.
Courtney then grabbed Duncan by his shirt and gave him a big kiss right on the lips, to which Duncan sank right into. It lasted about five seconds and then Courtney pulled away.
"That's for making me go on the best ride of my life." She said as she walked off to join Gwen and Trent, who were buying the photos for everyone.
"I still can't believe you actually screamed "Woohoo!"" Said Gwen. "
We are definitely that to telling Geoff and everybody else when we meet them back at Pixar Place." Said Trent as they purchased the photos.
The group of four walked back to Pixar Place just in time for their Toy Story Mania fastpass time.
"Great, you're back. Here's your passes." Said Noah, handing those who wished to ride their fastpasses. "To save time, I had Beth and Cody go to Epcot and fastpass Test Track and Soarin. Three people per ride, I don't care who goes, as long as it's quick."
Everyone on the team except for Noah looked at each other, each individual wanting the same thing, to be part of one of the two groups of three people who get to go on those rides.
Okay I know that this is taking longer than it should and I'm very, trully, deeply, sorry! School has been eating my life and I'm just HATING this DEAD AWFUL challenge! To make up for the long wait I have three suprises.
1.) The Facts! - A favorite of all! In this chapter, I mentioned Disney Dollars. What are Disney Dollars? Find out right here:
Disney Dollar History
The idea of Disney Dollars first started when Harry Brice, a silhouette cutter on Main Street in Disneyland was visiting a Disneyana(Disney Collectors) Convention. Mr. Brice stated,"I couldn't believe that people were paying, money for - anything with Disney on it. So I began to wonder, 'why couldn't Disney make something just for the collector?' So I came up with the idea to make a souvenir item, which would be sold in the park, that looked like money." (Clark & Cahill,1987, 4).
After sharing this idea with an associate, ideas were discussed and the design process was set into motion. Some of the original ideas were to create "a three dollar bill with a picture of the Three Pigs or a seven dollar bill with the Dwarfs"(Clark & Cahill, 1987, 4) In fact the first rendering of the Disney Dollar was created as an advertisement tool. As seen in the image (above left) of Disneyland's Star Tours attraction.
The designs were eventually finalized then illustrated by the Creative Service Illustrator Matt Mew. The printing was done by EPI of Battlecreek, Michigan. They were known for high quality printing using intaglio steel engraving. This printing process along with using special 100% cotton paper, "gives the bills the look and feel of real money"(Clark & Cahill, 1987, 5) Disney Dollars were released in 1987; the first series was the A series released at DisneyWorld and Disneyland. The bills stated, "May Be Used As Legal Tender Only At Disneyland". Shortly thereafter both the D series and the 1987A series were released with "May Be Used As Legal Tender Only At Disneyland and Disneyworld" Disney printed 870,000 of the original series for the May 5, 1987 release at both parks. The "1987A" bill first noticed on September 9, 1987 at Disneyland and a new D series became available on October 2, 1987 at DisneyWorld (A "D" series was not released on May 5, 1987.)
Each bill was series "A" or "D". The former created for Disneyland in Anaheim, California (hence the "A"), and the latter "D" for Walt Disney World in Florida.
New Disney dollars have been produced every year since 1987 except 1992 and 2004.
Later in this chapter, I put some of our favorite characters on Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror.
The original concept for the Tower of Terror had the attraction staged as a walk-through murder mystery where guest would be awarded a certificate if they were able to "solve" the mystery. When the idea of a walk-through anything fell through, the murder mystery idea was modified. The the attraction would tell the story of a hotel manager who went insane and murdered all the guests at his hotel during an elite Hollywood 1930′s party to to somehow end up on the elevator of the Hotel and never be heard from again. In keeping with the family friendly theme of Disney stories, to his credit, Micheal Eisner "killed" the murder theming idea before it ever went to the story board process.
Very early on in the development life cycle of the Tower of Terror, Michael Eisner wanted to theme the ride after the Mel Brooks movie "Young Frankenstein." At the time this was seen as an obvious attempt by Eisner to involve Brooks with Disney in some way. Eisner, knowing Brooks was a huge fan of Disneyland saw this as an opportunity for collaboration. This would give Disney a foot in the door with Brooks, with the hopes that Disney could end up producing his future movies.
Initially Brooks had to be sold on the idea, but once he was he became very involved in the creative process. The Tower of Terror would be "Castle Young Frankenstein", complete with Bavarian village streets leading up to the castle drawbridge. When the theming of the ride didn't pan out (Honestly, would you really want to see a medieval village and castle admits the other movie and television themed attractions in Disney Studios?) Castle Young Frankenstein was scrapped and the concept became "Mel Brooks' Hollywood Horror Hotel". The Imagineers nicknamed the project "Hotel Mel".
The Tower of Terror was struck by lightning during it's construction. This is ironic as because in the introduction movie to the ride, it shows the tower being stuck by lightning. I'm sure this was somehow arranged by Disney to keep up the overwhelming attention to detail that they've become famous for. However, unlike the movie, nobody disappeared to haunt the ride after the event.
The lobby section of Tower of Terror Queue feels like it was taken out of a Twilight Zone episode and contains a few points of interest.
The luggage found in the lobby is a genuine set manufactured from alligator skin. Many of the items of the Lobby queue area were purchased, not created, for realistic theming and are quite valuable.
Trying to find inspiration of a 1930′s furniture catalog, Imagineers ended up contact the company (first checking to see they were still in business) and hired them to reproduce entire furniture sets in the catalog.
A set of leather chairs found in the corner of the lobby is an authentic Renaissance antique.
Imagineers hire mahjongg players to sit in the lobby and play half a game. This was done to give an authentic impression that people "dropped everything" to leave the hotel immediately after lightning struck the building.
The cast members assigned to work at the Tower of Terror are required to wear authentic looking 1930′s-esque bellhop uniforms. Costing over $1,000 per uniform they are the most expensive costume in all of Disney World. Looking at the bellhop's jackets, it would also be safe to assume that these are some of the hottest costumes in all of Walt Disney World.
The Tower of Terror dwarfs all but one attraction in all of Walt Disney World. With the top of the tower reaching 199 feet, only Expedition Everest stands taller with it's peak at 199.5 feet.
A fun side note: Walt Disney didn't want any of his attractions to cross the 200 feet height threshold. Florida building code mandates that any building 200 feet or taller must have a flashing beacon placed on top of it. Walt felt that this would spoil the stories he was trying to tell with his parks and encouraged his Imagineers to use other architectural tricks, such as forced perspective, to make the attractions appear taller.
Once it was decided that the theming for the attraction would be based off of the Twilight Zone, Imagineers spent days watching every Twilight Zone episode in the series. Some were watched back to back more than once.
Mark Silverman, the voice actor who supplemented the voice of Rod Sterling in the introduction video, had to be personally approved by Sterling's widow before he was given the part. The video clips of Rod Sterling used in the creation of the introduction movies was taken from the episode "It's a Good Life"
The ride takes place in an AGV (Autonomous Guided Vehicle). An AGV is a self contained and controlling ride vehicle that can movie without the aid of a track. With on-board power and computer systems the AGV follows a developed path and keeps in constant communication with the RCS (Ride Control System), so the attraction can track where each car is at any given time. A similar system is used in the Ellen's Universe of Energy.
The attraction's drop is not actually a drop. There are two sophisticated pulley systems that are attached to the top and bottom of the elevator's cage or VVC (Vertical Vehicle Conveyance). When the drop sequence takes place, the lower pulley system literally pulls the VVC downward allowing it to "drop" faster than the speed of gravity.
A sole computer algorithm determines the drop sequence the attraction is going to take once the ride begins. The advertisements state "The ride is in control" and they are right. Nobody can predict what the next drop sequence will be.
The maximum speed of the ride is 28.4 mph, and guests experience 1.3 G's while inside the ride.
You may know that the whole of Disney Studio's Sunset Boulevard was designed to incorporate well with the design of the Terror of Terror. The attraction was meant to bring foot traffic through a, at the time, unpopular Disney-MGM Studios theme park. The idea was to create a 1930′s style high-rise hotel that towers over the tinsel town street. But what you might not know is that the over all color scheme of the Tower of Terror, and subsequently Sunset Boulevard, was influenced by EPCOT's Morocco Pavilion. While standing across from Morocco, within the World Showcase, you can clearly make out the backside of The Tower of Terror. Because of this, the tower was themed so that it would appear to be part of the Pavilion and not break the continuity of World Showcase.
Being one of Disney's more popular transactions, there is a version of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in every Disney theme park but one. Tokyo Disney has "The Tower of Terror" but The Twilight Zone branding has been dropped completely. This has to do with the Hollywood glitz being lost on a Japanese audience and The Twilight Zone series being relatively unheard of in Japan.
Instead the attraction is themed as The Hotel Hightower; a 1890′s New York City hotel owned and operated by the eccentric billionaire Harrison Hightower.
In the loading area before you board the elevator there is an safety inspection certificate handing on the wall. The certificate has two Twilight Zone references. First, it's signed by "Cadwallader". Cadwallader is a character from the Twilight Zone episode "The Escape Clause" who turns out to be the devil. Secondly, the certificate number is listed as 10259, which read as a date is 10/2/1959… the date the first episode of The Twilight Zone premiered.
An interesting omen within the Terror of Terror's lobby exists as a cryptic message spelt out from fallen letters off of the hotel's directory. Though you can't see it anymore, the letters that supposedly fell on the floor used to spell out "evil Tower U R doomed".
The reason you can't see it anymore is debatable. One rumor is that the letters where never put there by Disney Imagineering in the first place, but rather by over zealous cast members looking to add an extra effect to the atmosphere of the tower. Another rumor is that the Imagineers did put the letters there, but removed them because people could somehow move the letters around to spell out new words, taking away some of the effect of the foreboding tower.
Though I can't find a concrete answer, I'm leaning toward the first rumor. I would like to think that Walt Disney World Imagineers have more than the ability to glue a few letters on the floor to keep unwanted hands from re-arranging them. It just doesn't make sense that they were "placed" there.
Hidden Mickeys
Images of MICKEY MOUSE have been hidden throughout the attraction by mischievous Imagineers. During the entire show, for example, the little girl is holding a MICKEY MOUSE doll.
Also, look for the famous silhouette of three circles along the balcony railing just before you enter the building and as a water stain on the wall in the boiler room.
Although probably not intentional, the bell for the elevator above Rod Serling's head in the Library film also bears a resemblance to those famous mouse ears.
A reference to Mickey Mouse can also be seen in sheet music in the Echo Library which is a copy of actual music written in the 1930s (titled, "no mickey mouse? what kind of party is this?").
In the Fifth Dimension scene on the Foxtrot side, the swirling stars form a Hidden Mickey just before they disappear.
For more facts on Disney Dollars and the Tower of Terror, go to PaulHobson . com, DisneyDollars . net, and Secrets of the Tower of Terror.
2.) The other day I came up with a theme song sequence for TDDW. Let me know what you think of it.
SceneOne: Starts at campgrounds showing Chef cooking. Noah sneaks up and without Chef notcing, replaces the month old vegtables with a mickey pop. SceneTwo: Camera goes to Epcot where an unfased Eva and a terrified Zeke zoom by on Test Track. SceneThree: Camera then goes to the French Pavillion in Epcot and shows Lindsay and Beth with their shopping bags, having a great time. SceneFour: Camera goes to Hollywood Studios and shows the TofT. The windows open up to reveal Duncan and Courtney. Courtney gets scared and Duncan is fist pumping and having a great time until he notices Courtney and comforts her. SceneFive: Camera goes to the Star Tours ride and shows Harold and Cody in the gift shop, playing with lightsabers. SceneSix: Camera then goes to Animal Kingdom and shows Gwen and Trent spotting the yeti on Expedition Everest. SceneSeven: Shows Justin, Katie, and Sadie getting off of Kail River Rapids. They are all soaked but Katie and Sadie could care less as they are starring a shirtless Justin. SceneEight: Shows Izzy hanging upside down in the Tree of Life. SceneNine: Camera goes to Magic Kingdom. It zooms in on Splash Mt., Heather and Leshawna are in the front row. They are not looking at each other, each has their arms folded over their chests and they go down the big drop. SceneTen: Camera then goes to Buzz Lightyear and shows DJ kicking Tyler's butt, scorewise and then Tyler gets upset, hits the steering stick and they spin in circle into the next room/part of the ride. SceneEleven: Camera now goes to Main Street USA, where Owen is shown holding a Mickey pop, popcorn in a collectable bucket, soda in a large collectable mug and a bag of Mickey pretzels. SceneTwelve: The Camera finally goes to the castle where Bridgette and Geoff are shown sharing a quick kiss. The camera zooms out to reveal the whole cast on the stage with Chris McClain in front of them, next to the microphone.
3.) Preview of the next chapter - it's not a long preview, but it's a preview none the less.
"Justin!" Seethed Heather "Where the hell is the rest of our team?"
"I sent them to Epcot." Replied the male supermodel.
"EPCOT!" Shrieked the Queen Bee, now fed up with the Passholders actions. "I thought I told you to send them to Hollywood Studios!"
"Um..."Replied Justin, unsure of what to say.
"YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT!" Yelled Heather. "Oh how I wish he was here." Thought the Queen Bee as she tried to fiqure out what to do.
"Duncan, who are you talking to? Get back to the challenge!" Asked Courtney. "This is Allison, my biggest fan. She'll be hanging with us for the rest of the challenge. You don't mind, right princess?" Replied Duncan.
"No, of course not." Said Courtney, as pleasantly as she could with gritted teeth.
Okay, so that's it for this chapter, hopefully the next one will be up soon, but I can't sure because of school and how hard it is to work with this challenge. Please Review, thank you, your reviews mean alot and help me to update faster!