Is Tower of Terror based on a real episode?

For the 1997 TV film adaptation, see Tower of Terror (film). Tower of Terror is the fictitious lost episode of the original American television anthology series The Twilight Zone and the set up for the Disney Parks drop tower attraction, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.



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The Tower of Terror is a different species of Disney thrill ride, though it borrows elements of The Haunted Mansion at the Magic Kingdom. The story is that you're touring a once-famous Hollywood hotel gone to ruin.

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While there's plenty to see throughout this attraction and its queue, it's a bit spookier than it may seem at first glance. In fact, there are various hidden facts and secrets located throughout Tower of Terror.

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On July 12, 2005, a 16-year-old girl experienced a heart attack within minutes after she exited the ride. Doctors later discovered bleeding on her brain. Just three months later, a man experienced an irregular heartbeat and memory loss after riding the Disney Tower of Terror.

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On August 18, 2010, a 20-year-old man was hospitalized after falling 25 feet (7.6 m) from the platform of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. He was waiting in line to ride the attraction and climbed over a barrier before losing his balance.

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The Resort's version of Tower of Terror will be closing on July 1, 2023, for a refurbishment.

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Imagineers floated everything from a Mel-Brooks-narration theory to a storyline based on a Stephen King novel. Eventually, inspiration was drawn from Rod Serling's 'The Twilight Zone', and Disney moved to license the rights to use intellectual property owned by CBS.

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This unfortunately is only an attraction and has no space for real accommodations. If you are looking for a place to stay I have some towers with a view ready for you unless you are willing to become one of the 999 permanent fixtures inside the Haunted Mansion where they always have room for a thousand.

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The People Mover Becomes the People Killer On Aug. 21, 1967, 17-year-old Ricky Lee Yama was crushed to death while riding on the People Mover. Ricky decided that he would jump in between two of the moving cars just as the ride was entering a tunnel.

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It was one of Disney's few thrill rides, with a hair-raising drop meant to mimic the plummeting of an elevator as the culmination. Despite being a fan favorite, Disneyland's Tower of Terror was closed to be rethemed around the blockbuster "Guardians of the Galaxy" Marvel film and had its last ride on January 2, 2017.

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Though many will see the number 13 as unlucky, if you see this posted as the wait time on Tower of Terror, you should jump into the queue immediately. Disney posting 13 isn't a spooky way of saying 15 minutes, it actually means that the ride is pretty much a walk-on.

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The ride's slogan, Never the Same Fear Twice!, refers to the drop pattern being randomly selected by a computer before the ride begins. The drop reaches a top speed of 39 miles per hour (63 km/h).

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