What Disney movie is about the haunted elevator?

Tower Of Terror is a 1997 Disney TV movie starring Steve Guttenberg(Police Academy) and Kirsten Dunst(Spiderman).



The Disney movie based on the haunted elevator attraction is titled "Tower of Terror," a 1997 television film starring Steve Guttenberg and a young Kirsten Dunst. The plot follows a down-on-his-luck journalist who investigates a 1939 mystery at the Hollywood Tower Hotel, where five people vanished from an elevator after it was struck by lightning on Halloween night. The film was largely shot at the actual Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida. In 2026, the movie remains a nostalgic favorite, though a modern big-budget remake starring Scarlett Johansson has been in development to further capitalize on the attraction's enduring popularity. It is unique as the first Disney film ever based directly on one of its theme park rides, predating the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion film franchises.

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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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Really big. It is a bouncing that does bring you out of your seat as you drop (lap belts should be tightened to help minimize this movement). Tower of Terror is absolutely a scary ride and just may be too scary for some kids.

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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 Twilight Zone Tower of Terror initially featured a single drop until May 1996, when the ride was upgraded with a second one. A third drop was added three years later in 1999. In January 2003, the attraction's triple drop was replaced with randomized multi-drop sequences selected by a computer within the ride.

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Originally Answered: Has anyone hid in a Disney park over night? In 1973, two brothers hid out on Tom Sawyer's Island past Disneyland's closing time. They later decided to get off the island by swimming across the river.

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The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney's Hollywood Studios is the taller of the two at 199 ft. tall while Disney's California Adventure's version tops 183 ft.

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The Bottom Line. We rate the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror as not to be missed. It's totally unlike any other ride at Walt Disney World, which alone should put it on your must-do list. If it's not your thing, you can do what we did: bail out at the “chicken exit” in the boiler room, right before others board.

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A pile of tangled metal remains Thursday after Twilight Zone Tower of Terror sign on World Drive was demolished at Walt Disney World.

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According to Cast Members we spoke with earlier, Tower of Terror is refurbishing one set of elevators, so only one half of the ride is currently running. That's why the wait times for the ride have been pretty high and because only half of the ride is going, it's probably more likely to go down.

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On July 23, 2016, at San Diego Comic-Con, Disney announced that the California version would be replaced by an attraction based on Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy film series, titled Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!, which opened in May 2017 and uses the same structure and ride system.

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