thank you so much for discussing these attractions as literary works--you perfectly summed up the way i felt about the twilight zone tower of terror after leaving the ride. it's fun, the theming is beautiful, the work that went into the preshow was spectacular, but even with rod serling's posthumous introduction to the story, it just didn't feel like it had anything to do with the twilight zone. it was an elaborately themed bouncing ghost story. the cautionary tale of hightower being cursed is so much more in line with the various stories the twilight zone tells. it also fits in beautifully with mystic manor over in hong kong, with themes of bizarre happenings occuring due to curses and enchantment rather than any form ghosts or spirits and a member of the society of explorers and adventurers as the central figure.
Thanks so much! I love mystic manor too but I haven’t ridden it yet so it doesn’t feel right to do an episode dedicated just to that. Someday though I will get to Hong Kong and it will happen.
When I was actually at the park, I wasn't fully aware of how incredible this ride was....it didn't hit me until after I was out of the park that Tokyo's Tower of Terror is my all time favorite Disney attraction even more so than Orlando's version.....and I can say the same for Tokyo DisneySea as a whole park....it's unbelievable and I'm promising myself another trip soon
Good lord, i just had alot of fun riding tower of terror in disneysea, n u went ahead n turned it into such an amazing lecture that mskes me wanna go to disneysea again!
Thanks for doing this great analysis! It helps people to appreciate better the original storytelling of this incredible ride. I love how you touched on themes of morality and colonialism behind this attraction, which when I think about it again, it’s a very relevant message even until today ...
That was fantastic! Tokyo's Tower deserves more love! I totally agree that the Twilight Zone version is not very faithful to the source material. Another thing I feel the Twilight Zone version lacks is something that simply can't be recreated in a theme park attraction. Isolation has always been a facet of The Twilight Zone, a feeling that there is no one to turn to for help or understanding. It's just the protagonist(s) left to make sense of this bizarre, other worldly scenario. No narration to guide them, no prior context or story to allow them to understand their predicament. While the Rod Serling dialog is an iconic aspect of The Twilight Zone, having it explain the story and narrate the ride as if you are a member of an audience and not a character with in the story ends up betraying the what the imagineers wanted riders to experience, to feel like you are on an episode of the Twilight Zone. The fact that you have to experience it with massive crowds doesn't help the atmosphere either (though that is a problem that can't really be fixed at a high capacity theme park.) The Tokyo version implements the preshow and ride narration WAY better. Rather than having some disembodied Rod Serling voice talking to you just because it's the Twilight Zone and you need to know the story, the Tokyo version integrates it into the story by having the ghost of Hightower telling his story and warning them to leave and save themselves. Very cool! Also, the Tokyo version's score is fantastic!
Dude, I don't know how it took me so long to find your channel, but this is great. I totally agree that DisneySea's ToT feels way more "Twilight Zone" than the original. I haven't gone on it, so I cannot judge for certain, but it does seem like this may be the best version. I do think that the Hollywood Studios version still deserves to be recognized as one of the greatest theme park attractions ever built. It may do a poor job of capturing the essence of the show, but I believe that its approach to storytelling and atmosphere is still second to none. Also, I find it interesting that Mystic Manor in Hong Kong is kind of like a bizarro version of the Harrison Hightower story. That one is about being respectful when collecting artifacts instead.
ytctc 1 so so true about the Hollywood Studios attraction. It’s a world class attraction and everything great about Tokyo is still just building off what it established. It also has the superior ride system where you move forward into the drop shaft in the 5th dimension scene! I’d love to do a video on mystic manor because it looks like one of the best Disney rides ever! Haven’t been on it though so I kinda want to experience it in person first
Very interesting video, honestly I saw a comment the other day talking about the same points that you brought up in the video about how the Twilight Zone version of the towers is pretty much just a backdrop. Honestly if you were to remove the Twilight Zone from the Towers nothing really would change from its main story. I honestly love the DisneySea version of Tower of Terror from its looks to its story to its atmosphere I really applaud all the imagineers behind that version. Now to answer your final question about the tower being a self-critique, normally I would probably infer that but...well...**looks at Mulan 2020**
I think both towers are great but I love original and I think it matches the Twilight Zone theme just as well as the Tokyo theme because not all Twilight Zone episodes are about morality. In Little Girl Lost a similar thing happens where a little girl is sent to another dimension and there’s no moral but that episode is pretty iconic
TERASSI ahhhh thank you so much. It blows my mind to know people are finding my videos and enjoying them. Editing a new video right now so hopefully it’ll be out soon(I’m slow so soon means next week or two)
Will Lyon I would say yes that will come eventually! My process is very slow because this is really just a hobby for me but I should have a new video or two out before the end of the year and phantom manor would be high on the list for next year. It was by far my favorite attraction in Disneyland Paris
I highly doubt they will do that, keep in mind the Disneyland Resort in Japan is owned by the Oriental Land Company. They just licensed the Disney theme from Disney in order for them to have their own Disneyland. They have final say on what is approved or not so Disney can't touch them
haha exactly right! I started thinking about what kind of music I wanted for this video and the chicago theme instantly came to mind so I just went with it
Kohltan M the artist who created the murals has the full images of them on his blog where he talks about the whole creation process of them ksean.com/blog/?cat=24
You best to appreciate the original or you would have never got all the copies in the other parks. While tokyos is great theres no denying the fact that all other towers built since orlando are mechanically identical and nothing more than cheaper scaled down versions of the original. What they all share is the original ride system copied from Orlando. There is something much more special about the elaborate retro trip through the hollywood tower hotel in orlando. Tokyo's is great as far as theming. But the actual ride is a scaled down version of the original. Same goes for mission breakout. Great ride but nothing more than simple drop towers. Orlando is a much better and more elaborate ride system
thank you so much for discussing these attractions as literary works--you perfectly summed up the way i felt about the twilight zone tower of terror after leaving the ride. it's fun, the theming is beautiful, the work that went into the preshow was spectacular, but even with rod serling's posthumous introduction to the story, it just didn't feel like it had anything to do with the twilight zone. it was an elaborately themed bouncing ghost story. the cautionary tale of hightower being cursed is so much more in line with the various stories the twilight zone tells. it also fits in beautifully with mystic manor over in hong kong, with themes of bizarre happenings occuring due to curses and enchantment rather than any form ghosts or spirits and a member of the society of explorers and adventurers as the central figure.
Thanks so much! I love mystic manor too but I haven’t ridden it yet so it doesn’t feel right to do an episode dedicated just to that. Someday though I will get to Hong Kong and it will happen.
Loved this! Please do more. Your storytelling is great!
Alicia Farkas thank you so much! I will make more I promise
When I was actually at the park, I wasn't fully aware of how incredible this ride was....it didn't hit me until after I was out of the park that Tokyo's Tower of Terror is my all time favorite Disney attraction even more so than Orlando's version.....and I can say the same for Tokyo DisneySea as a whole park....it's unbelievable and I'm promising myself another trip soon
Good lord, i just had alot of fun riding tower of terror in disneysea, n u went ahead n turned it into such an amazing lecture that mskes me wanna go to disneysea again!
Thanks for doing this great analysis! It helps people to appreciate better the original storytelling of this incredible ride. I love how you touched on themes of morality and colonialism behind this attraction, which when I think about it again, it’s a very relevant message even until today ...
That was fantastic! Tokyo's Tower deserves more love!
I totally agree that the Twilight Zone version is not very faithful to the source material.
Another thing I feel the Twilight Zone version lacks is something that simply can't be recreated in a theme park attraction. Isolation has always been a facet of The Twilight Zone, a feeling that there is no one to turn to for help or understanding. It's just the protagonist(s) left to make sense of this bizarre, other worldly scenario. No narration to guide them, no prior context or story to allow them to understand their predicament. While the Rod Serling dialog is an iconic aspect of The Twilight Zone, having it explain the story and narrate the ride as if you are a member of an audience and not a character with in the story ends up betraying the what the imagineers wanted riders to experience, to feel like you are on an episode of the Twilight Zone. The fact that you have to experience it with massive crowds doesn't help the atmosphere either (though that is a problem that can't really be fixed at a high capacity theme park.)
The Tokyo version implements the preshow and ride narration WAY better. Rather than having some disembodied Rod Serling voice talking to you just because it's the Twilight Zone and you need to know the story, the Tokyo version integrates it into the story by having the ghost of Hightower telling his story and warning them to leave and save themselves. Very cool!
Also, the Tokyo version's score is fantastic!
I loved this ride
Dude, I don't know how it took me so long to find your channel, but this is great. I totally agree that DisneySea's ToT feels way more "Twilight Zone" than the original. I haven't gone on it, so I cannot judge for certain, but it does seem like this may be the best version. I do think that the Hollywood Studios version still deserves to be recognized as one of the greatest theme park attractions ever built. It may do a poor job of capturing the essence of the show, but I believe that its approach to storytelling and atmosphere is still second to none.
Also, I find it interesting that Mystic Manor in Hong Kong is kind of like a bizarro version of the Harrison Hightower story. That one is about being respectful when collecting artifacts instead.
ytctc 1 so so true about the Hollywood Studios attraction. It’s a world class attraction and everything great about Tokyo is still just building off what it established. It also has the superior ride system where you move forward into the drop shaft in the 5th dimension scene!
I’d love to do a video on mystic manor because it looks like one of the best Disney rides ever! Haven’t been on it though so I kinda want to experience it in person first
Really loving all your videos, man! Started with the Pandora one and then worked backwards. Keep going and you’ll grow fast.
Thank you so much it really does mean so much to me!
Great video. Please keep making them. I can watch themepark videos all day.
Thank you! Took a break for a few weeks but I am working on another new video now
Very interesting video, honestly I saw a comment the other day talking about the same points that you brought up in the video about how the Twilight Zone version of the towers is pretty much just a backdrop. Honestly if you were to remove the Twilight Zone from the Towers nothing really would change from its main story. I honestly love the DisneySea version of Tower of Terror from its looks to its story to its atmosphere I really applaud all the imagineers behind that version. Now to answer your final question about the tower being a self-critique, normally I would probably infer that but...well...**looks at Mulan 2020**
That’s a lot of lore for one Disney ride
Really enjoyed the video! This was obviously well researched and had a lot of thought and effort put into making it. Thanks for sharing!
So glad you liked it!!! It does take a ton of work to put these together but it’s really worth it to know people appreciate the effort. Thanks!
I think both towers are great but I love original and I think it matches the Twilight Zone theme just as well as the Tokyo theme because not all Twilight Zone episodes are about morality. In Little Girl Lost a similar thing happens where a little girl is sent to another dimension and there’s no moral but that episode is pretty iconic
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You need more subscribers! The quality of your videos is nuts! Great vid! You just earned a sub!
xFaded_Chew thank you so much it means a ton to hear that! I’m working on a new video right now so be on the lookout for it soon!
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Jeez, Hightower 'disappeared' on New Year's Eve, 1899. I wonder what happens on an actual New Year's Eve...
Wow! This was so great! I love this video!
Thank you! I should have a new video coming out today or tomorrow so stay tuned!
I can’t wait!!! I just made a video about the tower of terror in Tokyo Disney sea! Thanks for being such an inspiration!
just passing by to tell you i am craving for new videos
lots of love
TERASSI ahhhh thank you so much. It blows my mind to know people are finding my videos and enjoying them. Editing a new video right now so hopefully it’ll be out soon(I’m slow so soon means next week or two)
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Does anyone else see a face in the clouds? (and of course it's on the 13th second)
Me personally I think it's great the way it is
Because a broken elevator scene is very cool 😎
Will you be doing a video on Phantom Manor?
Will Lyon I would say yes that will come eventually! My process is very slow because this is really just a hobby for me but I should have a new video or two out before the end of the year and phantom manor would be high on the list for next year. It was by far my favorite attraction in Disneyland Paris
unlike california adventure,im gonna be sad if they change this ride for a marvel ride,i love it.
I highly doubt they will do that, keep in mind the Disneyland Resort in Japan is owned by the Oriental Land Company. They just licensed the Disney theme from Disney in order for them to have their own Disneyland. They have final say on what is approved or not so Disney can't touch them
@@RikkiSan1 i also read that since in universal tokyo,they had a spiderman ride,they can do marvel rides there.
Time Splitters 2 music! I see what you did there...
haha exactly right! I started thinking about what kind of music I wanted for this video and the chicago theme instantly came to mind so I just went with it
Nice use of TimeSplitters 2 music
Justin I love TimeSplitters 2 so much. When I was thinking of other music to use, the Chicago theme just popped into my head and I had to use it haha
It works!
Where’d you find the images @ around 7:27??
Kohltan M the artist who created the murals has the full images of them on his blog where he talks about the whole creation process of them
ksean.com/blog/?cat=24
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You best to appreciate the original or you would have never got all the copies in the other parks. While tokyos is great theres no denying the fact that all other towers built since orlando are mechanically identical and nothing more than cheaper scaled down versions of the original. What they all share is the original ride system copied from Orlando. There is something much more special about the elaborate retro trip through the hollywood tower hotel in orlando. Tokyo's is great as far as theming. But the actual ride is a scaled down version of the original. Same goes for mission breakout. Great ride but nothing more than simple drop towers. Orlando is a much better and more elaborate ride system
is it just me or does it give you trypophobia to look at it
The guardian of the galaxy mission breakout in monsters after dark is better than all the other tower of terror :)
Tokyo disneysea the best
Disney Sea is the best
There’s no bellhop in that story
You know what? Im gonna say it
Harrison Hightower: DIES
Shiriki utundu: Get NAE NAED
Also Shiriki: Not sorry lol >:)
yeah... tokyo is better