Tower of Terror is quite possibly my favorite anything to exist, ever. I cannot quite recall when I saw it for the first time, but my earliest memory is crying because I was not tall enough to ride it. The cast members at the entrance gave me a small certificate, signed by Mickey himself, and told me that when I was tall enough that I could come back and get to the front of the line for free. Ever since then, I have been enthralled with its every nook, cranny, and any detail about it, no matter how small. I came to love everything about it, and one day during one of my family's yearly summer vacations to WDW, some imagineers stopped my family and allowed me and my brother to "work" at Tower of Terror for the day. They gave us our own bellhop uniforms and took us on an entire tour of the ride: we got to sit on the couches in the lobby, they gave us lots of lore and trivia about the ride, and they even took us to the camera room at the bottom of the attraction once you exit. One of the cast members that toured with us (his name was Josh) was the best performance I have witnessed at any attraction. He pulled off an eerie bellhop better than anyone I have seen. He also gave me a copy of the ride's soundtrack. Ever since then, I have probably ridden ToT over three hundred something times. I just cannot get enough of how perfect and special this attraction is to me. It also prompted me to become obsessed with The Twilight Zone as well. It has inspired me, as well as all of WDW, to pursue my dream of becoming an imagineer that I hope to accomplish someday. My only fear is that it will get re-themed one day. I promise I will cry if that day ever comes.
Wow! You're such an enormous fan and got to experience so much! So extraordinary and interesting! Is there anything I missed in the episode you could share?
@@disfarers Thanks for the response, and since I did not congratulate you in my first comment, awesome job on the video! You pretty much nailed everything that I know as well as some easter eggs and tidbits even I was unaware of. I think the only things I can add is that the "B" on the basement elevator door when you enter the ride vehicle separates into another "13" when the doors are open, and that the cast members watched all 156 episodes of The Twilight Zone to gain as much knowledge on the show as possible, if that was not mentioned in your video. I am always looking for quality content on the Disney parks, so you have my support!
It is me, Mark Silverman. I grew up watching so much Twilight Zone and I was obsessed with Disneyland and Walt Disney World, so getting the job to narrate a Twilight Zone ride for Disney seemed like a Twilight Zone episode in itself.
I can't tell you how astounding and amazing it is to know you watched my episode!!! Or the fact that you took the time to comment! Thank you so much. It's so amazing. And you did such a phenomenal job. I grew up watching the Twilight Zone as well. My father had shelves of VHS recordings that he taped; it must have been nearly every episode (he loved the Twilight Zone as well) and I can't even try to recall how many times I watched through all of them. And not once until I researched this episode did I ever realize that it wasn't Rod Serling's voice the entire way through on the Tower of Terror (which I've been on dozens of times). Really, you are so great! All I can say is thank you about a thousand more times!!!
I can't agree with you more! I haven't watched it on television in years, but I really miss not knowing what episode I was going to get. There was a thrill in NOT knowing what level of awesome I was going to experience. I also don't think I participated in many Fourth of July's growing up, because there was always a Twilight Zone marathon and I circled my day off around it.
As a cast member who got to ride the "new randomized" test program in a cast exclusive night, sooo many times, as well as a guest who saw the billboard preconstruction, this has been a fav, the theming is pure Disney. Walt level. From the only CM's who are allowed to not smile at guests, to the finale, quite a ride. Got quite a shock at DL when it DID plummet down in the furst lift.!. Don't believe the haters, the random intercuts of movie clips is your style, live it...
The wire ‘track’ that emits radio signals was first used at The Great Movie Ride. A different signal was used for each vehicle, known as the A and B vehicles for the show scenes in which guests were ‘kidnapped’ by either a gangster or a bandit, as well as their stopping points along the track. At each stop along the way, the vehicles would connect to a charger beneath the vehicle. The vehicles on the Great Movie Ride were not automatic. The tour guide would “check-in” by pressing two buttons, so the vehicle would move and then change the speed depending on the scene, in order to create enough space between the vehicles along the way. Naturally, the steering wheel was fake, though. There is no way a tour guide could safely navigate those tight corridors and turns. It has been said that the lights in the mirror-like star field at the end of the 5th dimension converge into a Mickey head just before the light turns vertical and the doorway opens to the drop shaft.
This was the absolute BEST comment I got today. You got me so excited about making an episode on The Great Movie Ride. I had no idea about any of this and now I have to go learn more. I can't thank you enough for sharing. Where did you learn all of this? I had actually written in and audio recorded the part about Mickey's head but I couldn't get any footage to go along with my audio so I had to edit the lines out. Great catch!!! Thanks so much for your comment and for watching. If you find the time in the future to share any more info or opinions, please do. I'd really appreciate your feedback.
@@disfarers Glad to hear I was able to provide some help and thanks for the nod to my comment; I appreciate it. I was a tour guide at GMR for a bit back in the mid 90s when it was sponsored by Coca Cola. Tour guide had to stay word-for-word on script, which I believe was 22 pages long. This was long before the refurbishment that added the AMC host recording. When the Studios opened in 1989, GMR was the most advanced ride in the world. Now the technology seems quaint.
It's so awesome that you were a tour guide! I can't believe the script was that long. And you're saying you had to keep to it word for word? That's definitely going into the episode too! I remember going on in '89. I had no idea it had been so ahead of the game! Thanks so much for sharing! I really appreciate it. If the urge strikes you to comment on anything in the future, please don't hesitate. You're a font of fun knowledge!
You are making amazing content. I just recently visited Walt Disney World for the first time last week and all I could think about was how these rides were made/maintained. I would LOVE to see more especially ones like Flight Of Passage. Keep it up!!
Thanks so much for the compliments! And I'm so glad you seemed to have such an amazing time at Walt Disney World. I like making episodes about attractions but I try to spread them out and pace myself with them. Big rides mean a lot of research that takes me about a month just to write and people will jump on the smallest inaccuracy and I like to do the best job I can so...you know...I pace myself with rides. But I absolutely want to make an episode about Flight of Passage. Such a great idea. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
I have a love/disregard relationship with Hidden Mickey's. I personally love knowing about all of them, want to know where they all are, go out of my way to locate them. On the other hand, it always seems to make my episodes drag the moment I bring them up. And yet, if there's interesting stuff that isn't a hidden Mickey but a hidden "something-or-other" it comes across as pretty interesting. I wish I knew why it works out that way, but there it is. You meant the mickey on the actual boiler, right? Oh and hey thank you so much for watching, sharing, commenting and reading this mini-rant of mine. (I'm having a slow morning .)
I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed it! I was nervous the smaller details would have become boring after awhile. Always happy to hear your thoughts. And thank you for watching!
Really?! I can't believe I've missed that all of these years! I totally have to check it out for myself now. I'm working on an episode right now that mentions Talking Tina too. Thank you so much for sharing this! And thank you for watching and commenting.
Couple of tidbits you might find interesting: The motors in the top of the DHS ToT are 5k horsepower, not 2k. After about a year of operation, the maintenance staff noticed stress cracks and fractures in the outer wall structures that shouldn't have been there. After some mechanical analysis and testing, it was determined that the ride vehicles were creating mini vacuums and high pressure fronts in the drop shafts when the vehicles were raised and lowered, due to the drop shafts being so well enclosed. To get around this, engineers opened holes in the sides of each drop shaft and themed them appropriately to compensate for the air pressure. Problem solved. At one point, early in the ride's life, one of the 5kHP motors in the attic stopped working. Since the Imagineers built the motors into the attraction itself, never thinking that they may have to change them out someday, there was no way to get the motor out of the ride. The only solution was to partially tear off the top of one of the drop shafts, remove the defective motor, and put a new one in. Now you can see why the Yeti at Expedition Everest has been such a thorn in Imagineering's side. There are 5 ride profiles. There is no random element to any of them. Any ride designer or engineer will tell you that allowing a massive industrial grade machine 'go random' is a recipe for disaster. Disney doesn't do disasters. The designer/engineer HAS to know what the ride is doing at ALL points of the ride at ALL times and adding a random element to a ride profile removes that crucial control aspect, meaning the ride would never be classified as safe for the public. You can't predict or control Random, so you can't build safety or compensation systems to account for it. Sure there are attractions that appear to have randomness in them, but in truth, all of the possible outcomes of the ride profile have been thoroughly worked out ahead of time.
This is all really interesting! Where did you learn about all of this??? I researched for weeks and never heard of any of this! So awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!
@@disfarers You probably wouldn't have heard any of it unless you worked at WDW. And I suppose some of it is things the Company doesn't really want everyone to know about. I worked at DHS both as an engineering intern and a ride technician in the mid-late 2000's. Met, chatted with and worked with LOADS of management, old mechanics, park engineers, sustaining engineers, technicians, and people who'd been around since the beginning of several of the parks. Also worked in QA for a while and was able to boast that I'd had my hands on EVERY Disney attraction at WDW at one point or another, including water parks. Had the benefit of a lot of TOTALLY behind the scenes looks at a LOT of things even my crew mates never had access to (benefits of being an engineering intern, and later QA, and having ultra-cool bosses, like the time 2 of us interns got a grand tour of the under-refurbishment Pirates of the Caribbean, or stood on the track just under the Yeti right before Expedition Everest opened). Best time of my life. Best job I ever had. You've got great content here. Well researched and doesn't give credence to rumors and silly legends. Very refreshing when it comes to a Disney-based channel. When I worked in Operations at the Magic Kingdom (Fantasyland of course), I met a TON of guests who knew more about Walt Disney than Walt ever did. A little scary to say the least. My hobby was learning all I could about my job and the machines (rides/attractions) that I worked on, including histories, improvements, etc. As you can probably tell, get me talking about Disney parks and I tend to ramble. I also left what I think is an interesting story on your Star Tours vid (yeah, I know it's a bit old, but...). Oh, and ToT is my favorite attraction at WDW.
I'm so incredibly sorry for not replying to this sooner! I didn't notice and don't get updates on replies to replies (if that makes sense). I really appreciate the compliments and hearing about your background! So amazing! Thank you so much for sharing! You say you've had your hands on all of the attractions at WDW... do you have any other interesting info on them like you did on ToT that you'd be willing to share? I'd love to be able to add your stories to future content. (I have files of upcoming episodes and there's a lot of WDW attractions as you could well imagine.) If you're not up for it, I totally understand. Either way, thank you so much for commenting and sharing. This has been so great!
@@disfarers S'OK. I know life tends to get in the way of our plans. What attraction would you like to know about? I'll tell you what I've experienced with it. Just remember, it's been a decade since my time at WDW, so I don't know much of anything about the latest additions, like Star Wars land or whatever they're calling it. Disneyland was building Cars land around the time I left Florida. As you can see, I was actually working in Disney QA when I made this account.
FUN FACT: when Disney went to Otis about doing a “drop shaft” ride, Otis originally declined, saying, “We have spent our entire career making sure elevators DON’T drop like that!!!”
Trivia: The 5th dimension tunnel is supposed to be sideways looking up (look at the signs and lights). There was supposed to be an additional effect where the hallway turns but the effect was cut. But the sideways tunnel remains
Wait a second, is this true? How did this information get past me? Do you realize how many hours I spent researching for this episode? I had no idea about this! I'm totally going to look into it AND check it out with my own eyes! Do you know why it the idea was scrapped? Also, of course, thank you so much for commenting and watching!
@@disfarers I rode with an imagineer who told me to look at the signs. When I asked why they were sideways he told me about the planned effect but the ride was over budget so it was scrapped :)
You met THE John Hench too!!! What the what?!!! That's so amazing too!!! What do you mean by outspoken? Can you share what he spoke about? I'm so curious!
So just as an add to the Directory before the preshow rooms. If you look at the bottom of the tray, the letters have fallen to say "Take the Stairs" Also, it is kind of a superstition that if the CMs do not say "Hello" to Caeser in the morning, the ride will have issues that day.
You're so right about the "take the stairs"! I have no idea why I didn't add it. I remember learning about it, yet it didn't make it into the script for some reason. But I had absolutely no clue about cast members having to say hello to Caeser in the morning! That's so awesome! I totally would have added that if I had known about it. Thank you so much for sharing that! And for watching and commenting too, of course.
Excellent video! The first thing that stood out to me after taking the time to think about this installment was how CLEAN it felt. More so than I think any of your videos thus far, quite frankly. Your editing was on point and perfectly paced, the music choices were phenomenal and at the perfect volume, your dialogue was very well put together, and the information you provided felt like it covered everything while also not being overwhelming. Your usage of clips unrelated (directly) to the ride itself for comedic effect was also great and I very much appreciated how you often used them to make clean transitions between points. Learning about the history of this ride, the many Twilight Zone easter eggs scattered throughout, the engineering behind the ride, and the individuals involved in it was fantastic! Of the videos you have posted so far, this is easily my personal favorite! Great work man! I can't wait until the next episode drops!
Well that was a lot of compliments. So thank you for that. I like hearing what people don't like so I know where to focus on improvements! But I'm seriously glad you enjoyed it. I was worried about making the engineering portion, but it's awesome to hear that you didn't spot anything to critique. Thanks so much for watching and for the comment!
@@disfarers Honestly, I didn't spot too much that needed to be immediately addressed! If i had to pick something, it'd be that you didn't go into much detail about the other two versions of the ride! It would have been cool to have bit more info about them and what makes them unique (apart from their exteriors). That having been said, the runtime of this video would've been longer as a result so it may have been best to leave it as brief as you did! Like I said, this episode is easily my favorite so far. But it's not just because of the content; it's also because of how well you put everything together. As another commenter said, it really feels like we are watching the beginning of the next great Disney related channel!
That's really nice of you to say about the "next great channel". Thanks. As for the other two towers. I've honestly contemplated about making one episode per year about other great attractions from one of the other Disney parks overseas. And if I did I would have to cover one of the other towers because of a certain someone in my circle. So because of that, I kept them brief. So glad you liked the pacing and runtime. I felt I could have slowed things down about 5-10 percent more but overall I'm happy with the editing. I was thinking of putting together a five minute long episode, keeping it short and sweet just to change things up. What do you think?
@@disfarers I think that idea is great; doing occasional episodes on attractions outside the US! As for your pacing, try it! I thought it was fine personally, but slowing it down a bit more might not be too bad. And finally, on the shorter episode, I think that would work really well! Especially if you have some attractions, people, or general Disney stuff you want to discuss that might not warrant a full on episode. Could be a "Disfarer's Shorts" kinda deal!
Love your channel. We first went on the ToT when it was new. Interesting that the safety belts that are on the ride now for each rider were not there originally. Each row had one lap bar. My husband is bigger than me and my two kids so when the ride dropped we really came out of our seats. It was really awesome. I suppose the “danger” factor would be why they installed individual laps belts. Always loved this attraction.
You're so absolutely right! The long lap bars made for more "air time" during the drops if you were with someone bigger. I had totally forgotten about that! I remember when I was younger always trying get the middle seat and tucking the seatbelt under my shirt so I could make the picture look like I was flying out of my seat. Thanks so much for sharing and for watching too. It's so great to hear that you enjoy the channel!
Yeah, I've been hit with my mispronunciation on that one quite a few times now. I even went back and made a correction to an episode I'm currently working on. Not only did I not know I said it wrong (my whole life) but I didn't even know I used the word that often. But hey, thank you for pointing it out so I could fix it in the future. And also thank you for letting me know about Elysian! You're the only person who commented to let me know if that was right or not. Double also thanks for watching! It was really nice of you.
You have given this attraction so much justice by this documentary! Like the other commenter I feel I have stumbled across the next big Disney channel too! I pray Disney never re-themes this attraction, it would be a travesty. The whole Twilight Zone theme is spooky and really fits a haunted hotel theme. I love the historic nature to the whole thing. I love Guardians, but if they re-theme Orlando’s i’ll be upset! Loved learning about the history, the hidden gems and the functionality of the ride system and how that works. This year at Disney I’ll be looking for these hidden gems in the hotel! I’ll also be thinking about how the ride works. Thank you! 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for all of those compliments! Wow! I don't understand why Disney doesn't add a spooky attraction to the Animal Kingdom. I mean, they work so well at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom and Hollywood, that you would think they would try to keep the idea going. I understand why there isn't such an attraction at Epcot, it just wouldn't fit. But anyway, getting past all of that, I really appreciate YOUR appreciation for the attraction. It's seriously one of the best and I'm glad you enjoyed this episode and learned some fun stuff. Still waiting on your new episode by the way!!! I rang the bell!!!
I agree they should add a spooky attraction to animal kingdom. I understand that they were going to have a dragon themed land at Animal kingdom and in the sign you can see the dragon. Sadly that just never happened. Did you do a video about that? The latest video just dropped! Hopefully the algorithm gets me some hits, part 3 just did not do well.@@disfarers
I really got excited when I saw you had a new video! I'll leave a comment now, and another when I watch the whole thing. Thanks for making such great Disney content.
I really appreciate your enthusiasm and I always like reading your comments. I'm getting faster at editing so I'm hoping the gap between episodes won't be nearly so long. I can't wait to hear what you think. And hey, thanks for the compliment!
Very good video. Note, Rod Serling did do a part of the narration. The video clip and audio of Rod were from the episode "It's a good life". Rod says "Tonight's story on The Twilight Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a" And the new narrator picks up at that point, "maintenance service elevator". In the episode, points to a "map of the united states". On the ride he points to a "maintenance service elevator".
I take it as a compliment that you think Rod says "Tonight's story on the Twilight Zone is somewhat unique..." I find it a compliment because I am the one that said that line. I am Mark Silverman. I won't say EXACTLY how it was done but that is indeed ME saying that line.
Wow, it’s not often these days I actually learn new disney info from UA-cam. I’m certain that without your ride construction videos, someone like me would have never known the planning and consideration imagineers took. Now people can know forever! And also, your b roll/commentary editing is incredible, do you work in media?
I can't thank you enough for your comments! It's really nice of you and I'm so glad you enjoyed the episode. I've worked as a web animator quite some time ago, but I've never worked in editing. However, I did take three editing classes in college...so ya' know, there's that. Thanks for watching!!!
There’s literally a place called the Hollywood tower that’s an apartment complex now that looks a lot like it too albeit a bit smaller and not as towering.
Cool video. And You mention the one library being called "Echo". Later, you should a diagram showing the 4 elevators up called alpha through delta, with the drop shafts being called Echo and Foxtrot. 2 drop shaft, 2 libraries and 1 called Echo in both regards. If The echo library matches to the Echo drop shaft, then I'd guess that The library that precedes the Foxtrot drop shaft would be called Foxtrot? It is a guess.
I thought the very same thing about Foxtrot, but didn't want to just assume. I hate putting out bad or wrong information. But good eyes on you! Thanks so much for watching, the kind words and for taking the time to comment!
Great video. You can tell you’ve put a lot of time and effort into it. You’ve earned yourself a subscriber. Looking forward to watching your other videos and what’s to come. Nice work!
Thank you so much! I do put a lot of effort into these, but I can also honestly say that I really enjoy each part of the process. None more so than learning all kinds of new Disney stuff from research and viewer comments. I'm so glad to have you as a subscriber! And thanks for watching and listening!
HA HA!!! That's so clever! I wish I had thought of that. I absolutely would have used it! Well done, sir. Thanks so much for sharing that and for watching. I really appreciate it.
First time I rode it, when I got off, I said to the cast member, “where does it go now?” And he promptly opened the elevator doors and let me watch the car back up and move over into the load shaft!!!
I actually knew very little about this ride so the whole thing was informative. I am a huge Twilight Zone fan, so it was cool that you spotted all the artifacts from episodes from the original series. Thanks for making this amazing content.
I'm glad I found something you didn't already know about! And I'm glad you enjoyed the artifacts portion. I thought people part would have found that part boring. Glad you enjoyed it and that's so much for watching and commenting!
Are you sure about WDW No Fly Zone? I tought it was only Magic Kingdom. I've done several Helicopter Tours from Orlando/Kissimme, and they fly above all the parks (except MK) because of that reason.
I'm not certain about the exact parameters or how close or what not, but I recall specifically researching this during the scripting of this episode and I don't believe anyone other than Disney themselves are allowed to use the airspace above all of Walt Disney World. So I really don't know what to say in relation to your helicopter tours. Thanks so much for watching, commenting and healthy curiosity!
@@disfarers I included some details on the reply to my reply. It's a 3 mile radius, and the center point is in Bay Lake, so MK is a no fly zone, and a sliver of Epcot. All the other parks are out of the no fly zone. I included a post to the NOTAM notice as well as an image of the not fly zone area.
That's really interesting about the 3 mile radius. I wonder why they never bothered to expand it to include the other areas? I'm knee deep in a new episode atm to look it all up right now, but I'll be revisiting this topic for sure. Thanks so much for sharing.
Man!!! I so wish I had considered or been told that before this episode. I really like comments like these, bittersweet as they are for me. Thanks so much for watching and listening.
I've looked deeper into this because of other comments and I believe helicopters fly to the edge of Disney property but not directly over any of thier property. If you look at a map of their property you can see that the other parks are at the edge of thier property line but the MK is deeply surrounded by land. Also, I've obviously been to the parks many times and though I've seen helicopters, I don't ever recall one being directly over me. (But that last part's just anecdotal)
Very well made video! As a fan of Tower, I love videos like this that go into the lesser known Easter eggs or facts. SMALL NOTE THOUGH, I don't think it's true that they misplaced the sign on the front of the building. While the sign is higher in the matte painting during the preshow, the actually imagineering model of the tower shows the sign in the same location as it is in real life.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I had no idea the sign was in the same place as the imagineering model. That makes things wonky for me because I could have sworn I heard that it was a mistake by someone on the imagineering team. I could absolutely be a hundred percent wrong though. Thanks for pointing it out, I'll definitely keep my ear open for that while I dig up new information in episodes to come. And thank you for the compliment! I have another Easter egg kind of episode coming up in the not too distant future.
@@disfarershey man no problem! Also yeah, I saw the 1992* model of the tower in the waiting area for One Man's Dream. I don't know if it's still there since they rotate out the exhibit props but it was cool to see in person. The model is shockingly spot on with the major noticeable difference being the very top middle spire was included. It was removed for the real tower to keep the it under the limit for the airplane light inclusion. The scar on the model is also painted similar how it appears today unlike the opening day scar which was more similar to DCAs color scheme and size. (I honestly know too much about this ride I swear).
You totally sound so knowledgeable though! It looks like I'm going to be at Hollywood Studios this weekend so I'll check to see if the model is still One Man's Dream. Fingers crossed. I know things are always changing. It would be great to see the 1993 imagineer's model with my own eyes.
Hey, I went over to One Man's Dream and the model was still there and you are totally right! The sign IS over the lightning scar. I couldn't believe it. Thanks for the correction and the good info!
@@disfarers yeah no problem! Hope you got some good pictures of that model, it still amazes me how despite it's age it's almost a perfect replica of what was actually built. Insane, the imagineers had such a clear vision for Tower of Terror and it shows.
Disney: (FL) let’s theme the whole back of a building so it doesn’t interrupt the sight lines from a whole other park. (CA) lets make sure all the major landmarks (like the castle, Matterhorn, big Thunder, the Batuu rocks, Space Mountain, the Carthay Circle tower, Guardian’s, Pixar wheel, Cars Land rocks, and grizzly peak are all well hidden from one another (or at least blended) to make sure people stay immersed Universal (California): yeah, you can see the Hogwarts castle clearly from the Simpson’s area, but who cares
The only mispronounced word that stood out to me was (and I had to rewind to verify) was at 2:11 where you said, "debuting." As in "day-byoot-ing" when it should have been "day-byoo-ing" (no T). [Only commenting because you asked] Still though, you have a talent, and are producing great content! Keep it up!
Hey, thanks for commenting! And you're right, I absolutely say it wrong and have said it wrong in several episodes. But no more. After comments like yours, letting me know that I said the word incorrectly, I (re)recorded the audio for December's episode and I will have you know that it is pronounced correctly. Seriously though, I have no idea why I used to say it wrong. I think it comes from reading more than socializing. Anyway, thanks so much for helping out, the great compliment and for watching too!
Ok, I'm sorry, but I've heard this in SEVERAL of your videos now. You don't pronounce the T in debut. Ever. Not in the past tense. Not in any form of the word. It's dey-byoo.Dey-byooed. De-byooing. To quote Back to the Future II - "You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong " lol.
It's not true?!!! They didn't paint the backside a different color?I even checked it out myself from Morocco before posting the episode. I suppose I may have just wanted to believe it though. Where did you learn about this? Thanks for watching and commenting by the way.
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it. I did watch many other youTube videos and tried to fill it with as much new material as I could. There are a number of things I didn't find on other channels, though I'd have to admit that youTube is huge and I of course couldn't have possibly watched every one of them regarding the Tower of Terror. I really am sorry you were disappointed.
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Tower of Terror is quite possibly my favorite anything to exist, ever. I cannot quite recall when I saw it for the first time, but my earliest memory is crying because I was not tall enough to ride it. The cast members at the entrance gave me a small certificate, signed by Mickey himself, and told me that when I was tall enough that I could come back and get to the front of the line for free. Ever since then, I have been enthralled with its every nook, cranny, and any detail about it, no matter how small. I came to love everything about it, and one day during one of my family's yearly summer vacations to WDW, some imagineers stopped my family and allowed me and my brother to "work" at Tower of Terror for the day. They gave us our own bellhop uniforms and took us on an entire tour of the ride: we got to sit on the couches in the lobby, they gave us lots of lore and trivia about the ride, and they even took us to the camera room at the bottom of the attraction once you exit. One of the cast members that toured with us (his name was Josh) was the best performance I have witnessed at any attraction. He pulled off an eerie bellhop better than anyone I have seen. He also gave me a copy of the ride's soundtrack. Ever since then, I have probably ridden ToT over three hundred something times. I just cannot get enough of how perfect and special this attraction is to me. It also prompted me to become obsessed with The Twilight Zone as well. It has inspired me, as well as all of WDW, to pursue my dream of becoming an imagineer that I hope to accomplish someday. My only fear is that it will get re-themed one day. I promise I will cry if that day ever comes.
Wow! You're such an enormous fan and got to experience so much! So extraordinary and interesting! Is there anything I missed in the episode you could share?
@@disfarers Thanks for the response, and since I did not congratulate you in my first comment, awesome job on the video! You pretty much nailed everything that I know as well as some easter eggs and tidbits even I was unaware of. I think the only things I can add is that the "B" on the basement elevator door when you enter the ride vehicle separates into another "13" when the doors are open, and that the cast members watched all 156 episodes of The Twilight Zone to gain as much knowledge on the show as possible, if that was not mentioned in your video. I am always looking for quality content on the Disney parks, so you have my support!
I feel as if I just stumbled across the next big Disney channel in its infancy. Thanks for the entertaining edit and friendly read. I'm onboard.
Wow that's high praise! Thanks so much for watching, the compliments and for jumping aboard. There's more fun stuff on the way!
It is me, Mark Silverman. I grew up watching so much Twilight Zone and I was obsessed with Disneyland and Walt Disney World, so getting the job to narrate a Twilight Zone ride for Disney seemed like a Twilight Zone episode in itself.
I can't tell you how astounding and amazing it is to know you watched my episode!!! Or the fact that you took the time to comment! Thank you so much. It's so amazing. And you did such a phenomenal job. I grew up watching the Twilight Zone as well. My father had shelves of VHS recordings that he taped; it must have been nearly every episode (he loved the Twilight Zone as well) and I can't even try to recall how many times I watched through all of them. And not once until I researched this episode did I ever realize that it wasn't Rod Serling's voice the entire way through on the Tower of Terror (which I've been on dozens of times). Really, you are so great! All I can say is thank you about a thousand more times!!!
I can't agree with you more! I haven't watched it on television in years, but I really miss not knowing what episode I was going to get. There was a thrill in NOT knowing what level of awesome I was going to experience. I also don't think I participated in many Fourth of July's growing up, because there was always a Twilight Zone marathon and I circled my day off around it.
You do an amazing job replicating Rod Serling's vocal mannerisms!
Excellent B-roll editing on this episode. The salt shaker bit and the emperor's new groove "ooooo" especially stood out to me.
My inserts don't typically get addressed. Thanks for watching and commenting!
As a cast member who got to ride the "new randomized" test program in a cast exclusive night, sooo many times, as well as a guest who saw the billboard preconstruction, this has been a fav, the theming is pure Disney. Walt level.
From the only CM's who are allowed to not smile at guests, to the finale, quite a ride.
Got quite a shock at DL when it DID plummet down in the furst lift.!.
Don't believe the haters, the random intercuts of movie clips is your style, live it...
Thanks so much for sharing! It's so cool that you got to experience all of that. Thanks so much for watching and listening!
The wire ‘track’ that emits radio signals was first used at The Great Movie Ride. A different signal was used for each vehicle, known as the A and B vehicles for the show scenes in which guests were ‘kidnapped’ by either a gangster or a bandit, as well as their stopping points along the track. At each stop along the way, the vehicles would connect to a charger beneath the vehicle. The vehicles on the Great Movie Ride were not automatic. The tour guide would “check-in” by pressing two buttons, so the vehicle would move and then change the speed depending on the scene, in order to create enough space between the vehicles along the way. Naturally, the steering wheel was fake, though. There is no way a tour guide could safely navigate those tight corridors and turns.
It has been said that the lights in the mirror-like star field at the end of the 5th dimension converge into a Mickey head just before the light turns vertical and the doorway opens to the drop shaft.
This was the absolute BEST comment I got today. You got me so excited about making an episode on The Great Movie Ride. I had no idea about any of this and now I have to go learn more. I can't thank you enough for sharing. Where did you learn all of this?
I had actually written in and audio recorded the part about Mickey's head but I couldn't get any footage to go along with my audio so I had to edit the lines out. Great catch!!!
Thanks so much for your comment and for watching. If you find the time in the future to share any more info or opinions, please do. I'd really appreciate your feedback.
@@disfarers Glad to hear I was able to provide some help and thanks for the nod to my comment; I appreciate it. I was a tour guide at GMR for a bit back in the mid 90s when it was sponsored by Coca Cola. Tour guide had to stay word-for-word on script, which I believe was 22 pages long. This was long before the refurbishment that added the AMC host recording. When the Studios opened in 1989, GMR was the most advanced ride in the world. Now the technology seems quaint.
It's so awesome that you were a tour guide! I can't believe the script was that long. And you're saying you had to keep to it word for word? That's definitely going into the episode too! I remember going on in '89. I had no idea it had been so ahead of the game! Thanks so much for sharing! I really appreciate it. If the urge strikes you to comment on anything in the future, please don't hesitate. You're a font of fun knowledge!
Actually, the wire guided system was first used at the Universe of Energy in EPCOT in 1982 for the “traveling theater” cars!
You are making amazing content. I just recently visited Walt Disney World for the first time last week and all I could think about was how these rides were made/maintained. I would LOVE to see more especially ones like Flight Of Passage. Keep it up!!
Thanks so much for the compliments! And I'm so glad you seemed to have such an amazing time at Walt Disney World. I like making episodes about attractions but I try to spread them out and pace myself with them. Big rides mean a lot of research that takes me about a month just to write and people will jump on the smallest inaccuracy and I like to do the best job I can so...you know...I pace myself with rides. But I absolutely want to make an episode about Flight of Passage. Such a great idea. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
In the boiler room there’s a hidden Micky on the wall
I have a love/disregard relationship with Hidden Mickey's. I personally love knowing about all of them, want to know where they all are, go out of my way to locate them. On the other hand, it always seems to make my episodes drag the moment I bring them up. And yet, if there's interesting stuff that isn't a hidden Mickey but a hidden "something-or-other" it comes across as pretty interesting. I wish I knew why it works out that way, but there it is.
You meant the mickey on the actual boiler, right?
Oh and hey thank you so much for watching, sharing, commenting and reading this mini-rant of mine. (I'm having a slow morning .)
My friend you really are a kindred spirit. I love the golden age depicted in Hollywood studios. This video was great. I appreciate all the details.
I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed it! I was nervous the smaller details would have become boring after awhile. Always happy to hear your thoughts. And thank you for watching!
Brilliant in every detail, great narration, visuals and information. Thanks
That's so nice of you to say! Thanks so much for watching and commenting! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
In the TOT gift shop the doll from the episode with Talkie Tina is on a shelf behind the registers.
Really?! I can't believe I've missed that all of these years! I totally have to check it out for myself now. I'm working on an episode right now that mentions Talking Tina too. Thank you so much for sharing this! And thank you for watching and commenting.
Couple of tidbits you might find interesting:
The motors in the top of the DHS ToT are 5k horsepower, not 2k.
After about a year of operation, the maintenance staff noticed stress cracks and fractures in the outer wall structures that shouldn't have been there. After some mechanical analysis and testing, it was determined that the ride vehicles were creating mini vacuums and high pressure fronts in the drop shafts when the vehicles were raised and lowered, due to the drop shafts being so well enclosed. To get around this, engineers opened holes in the sides of each drop shaft and themed them appropriately to compensate for the air pressure. Problem solved.
At one point, early in the ride's life, one of the 5kHP motors in the attic stopped working. Since the Imagineers built the motors into the attraction itself, never thinking that they may have to change them out someday, there was no way to get the motor out of the ride. The only solution was to partially tear off the top of one of the drop shafts, remove the defective motor, and put a new one in. Now you can see why the Yeti at Expedition Everest has been such a thorn in Imagineering's side.
There are 5 ride profiles. There is no random element to any of them. Any ride designer or engineer will tell you that allowing a massive industrial grade machine 'go random' is a recipe for disaster. Disney doesn't do disasters. The designer/engineer HAS to know what the ride is doing at ALL points of the ride at ALL times and adding a random element to a ride profile removes that crucial control aspect, meaning the ride would never be classified as safe for the public. You can't predict or control Random, so you can't build safety or compensation systems to account for it. Sure there are attractions that appear to have randomness in them, but in truth, all of the possible outcomes of the ride profile have been thoroughly worked out ahead of time.
This is all really interesting! Where did you learn about all of this??? I researched for weeks and never heard of any of this! So awesome! Thank you so much for sharing!
@@disfarers You probably wouldn't have heard any of it unless you worked at WDW. And I suppose some of it is things the Company doesn't really want everyone to know about.
I worked at DHS both as an engineering intern and a ride technician in the mid-late 2000's. Met, chatted with and worked with LOADS of management, old mechanics, park engineers, sustaining engineers, technicians, and people who'd been around since the beginning of several of the parks. Also worked in QA for a while and was able to boast that I'd had my hands on EVERY Disney attraction at WDW at one point or another, including water parks. Had the benefit of a lot of TOTALLY behind the scenes looks at a LOT of things even my crew mates never had access to (benefits of being an engineering intern, and later QA, and having ultra-cool bosses, like the time 2 of us interns got a grand tour of the under-refurbishment Pirates of the Caribbean, or stood on the track just under the Yeti right before Expedition Everest opened). Best time of my life. Best job I ever had.
You've got great content here. Well researched and doesn't give credence to rumors and silly legends. Very refreshing when it comes to a Disney-based channel.
When I worked in Operations at the Magic Kingdom (Fantasyland of course), I met a TON of guests who knew more about Walt Disney than Walt ever did. A little scary to say the least. My hobby was learning all I could about my job and the machines (rides/attractions) that I worked on, including histories, improvements, etc.
As you can probably tell, get me talking about Disney parks and I tend to ramble.
I also left what I think is an interesting story on your Star Tours vid (yeah, I know it's a bit old, but...).
Oh, and ToT is my favorite attraction at WDW.
I'm so incredibly sorry for not replying to this sooner! I didn't notice and don't get updates on replies to replies (if that makes sense). I really appreciate the compliments and hearing about your background! So amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!
You say you've had your hands on all of the attractions at WDW... do you have any other interesting info on them like you did on ToT that you'd be willing to share? I'd love to be able to add your stories to future content. (I have files of upcoming episodes and there's a lot of WDW attractions as you could well imagine.) If you're not up for it, I totally understand. Either way, thank you so much for commenting and sharing. This has been so great!
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S'OK. I know life tends to get in the way of our plans.
What attraction would you like to know about? I'll tell you what I've experienced with it. Just remember, it's been a decade since my time at WDW, so I don't know much of anything about the latest additions, like Star Wars land or whatever they're calling it. Disneyland was building Cars land around the time I left Florida. As you can see, I was actually working in Disney QA when I made this account.
FUN FACT: when Disney went to Otis about doing a “drop shaft” ride, Otis originally declined, saying, “We have spent our entire career making sure elevators DON’T drop like that!!!”
That's so funny! And true, right?
Trivia: The 5th dimension tunnel is supposed to be sideways looking up (look at the signs and lights). There was supposed to be an additional effect where the hallway turns but the effect was cut. But the sideways tunnel remains
Wait a second, is this true? How did this information get past me? Do you realize how many hours I spent researching for this episode? I had no idea about this! I'm totally going to look into it AND check it out with my own eyes! Do you know why it the idea was scrapped?
Also, of course, thank you so much for commenting and watching!
@@disfarers I rode with an imagineer who told me to look at the signs. When I asked why they were sideways he told me about the planned effect but the ride was over budget so it was scrapped :)
Oh my gosh! You're so lucky! Such an amazing experience! Did you get to ride other attractions with the imagineer? It sounds like so much fun!
@@disfarers I never got to ride with any others, but met a few when I worked there in the 70s. John Hench was a hoot (and quite outspoken )
You met THE John Hench too!!! What the what?!!! That's so amazing too!!! What do you mean by outspoken? Can you share what he spoke about? I'm so curious!
So just as an add to the Directory before the preshow rooms. If you look at the bottom of the tray, the letters have fallen to say "Take the Stairs"
Also, it is kind of a superstition that if the CMs do not say "Hello" to Caeser in the morning, the ride will have issues that day.
You're so right about the "take the stairs"! I have no idea why I didn't add it. I remember learning about it, yet it didn't make it into the script for some reason. But I had absolutely no clue about cast members having to say hello to Caeser in the morning! That's so awesome! I totally would have added that if I had known about it. Thank you so much for sharing that! And for watching and commenting too, of course.
Excellent video!
The first thing that stood out to me after taking the time to think about this installment was how CLEAN it felt. More so than I think any of your videos thus far, quite frankly. Your editing was on point and perfectly paced, the music choices were phenomenal and at the perfect volume, your dialogue was very well put together, and the information you provided felt like it covered everything while also not being overwhelming. Your usage of clips unrelated (directly) to the ride itself for comedic effect was also great and I very much appreciated how you often used them to make clean transitions between points.
Learning about the history of this ride, the many Twilight Zone easter eggs scattered throughout, the engineering behind the ride, and the individuals involved in it was fantastic! Of the videos you have posted so far, this is easily my personal favorite!
Great work man! I can't wait until the next episode drops!
Well that was a lot of compliments. So thank you for that. I like hearing what people don't like so I know where to focus on improvements! But I'm seriously glad you enjoyed it. I was worried about making the engineering portion, but it's awesome to hear that you didn't spot anything to critique. Thanks so much for watching and for the comment!
@@disfarers Honestly, I didn't spot too much that needed to be immediately addressed! If i had to pick something, it'd be that you didn't go into much detail about the other two versions of the ride! It would have been cool to have bit more info about them and what makes them unique (apart from their exteriors). That having been said, the runtime of this video would've been longer as a result so it may have been best to leave it as brief as you did!
Like I said, this episode is easily my favorite so far. But it's not just because of the content; it's also because of how well you put everything together. As another commenter said, it really feels like we are watching the beginning of the next great Disney related channel!
That's really nice of you to say about the "next great channel". Thanks.
As for the other two towers. I've honestly contemplated about making one episode per year about other great attractions from one of the other Disney parks overseas. And if I did I would have to cover one of the other towers because of a certain someone in my circle. So because of that, I kept them brief.
So glad you liked the pacing and runtime. I felt I could have slowed things down about 5-10 percent more but overall I'm happy with the editing. I was thinking of putting together a five minute long episode, keeping it short and sweet just to change things up. What do you think?
@@disfarers I think that idea is great; doing occasional episodes on attractions outside the US!
As for your pacing, try it! I thought it was fine personally, but slowing it down a bit more might not be too bad.
And finally, on the shorter episode, I think that would work really well! Especially if you have some attractions, people, or general Disney stuff you want to discuss that might not warrant a full on episode. Could be a "Disfarer's Shorts" kinda deal!
Thanks for the feedback. I really think I'm going to give the "Disfarer's short" a try in a month or two.
Love your channel. We first went on the ToT when it was new. Interesting that the safety belts that are on the ride now for each rider were not there originally. Each row had one lap bar. My husband is bigger than me and my two kids so when the ride dropped we really came out of our seats. It was really awesome. I suppose the “danger” factor would be why they installed individual laps belts. Always loved this attraction.
You're so absolutely right! The long lap bars made for more "air time" during the drops if you were with someone bigger. I had totally forgotten about that! I remember when I was younger always trying get the middle seat and tucking the seatbelt under my shirt so I could make the picture look like I was flying out of my seat. Thanks so much for sharing and for watching too. It's so great to hear that you enjoy the channel!
Elysian correct. Debuting incorrect (“t” is silent).
Yeah, I've been hit with my mispronunciation on that one quite a few times now. I even went back and made a correction to an episode I'm currently working on. Not only did I not know I said it wrong (my whole life) but I didn't even know I used the word that often. But hey, thank you for pointing it out so I could fix it in the future. And also thank you for letting me know about Elysian! You're the only person who commented to let me know if that was right or not. Double also thanks for watching! It was really nice of you.
I noticed it too.
Amazing channel , content and production.
First Class 🏆
I subscribe ✅
Hey, thanks so much for the kind words and for subscribing! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
You have given this attraction so much justice by this documentary! Like the other commenter I feel I have stumbled across the next big Disney channel too!
I pray Disney never re-themes this attraction, it would be a travesty. The whole Twilight Zone theme is spooky and really fits a haunted hotel theme. I love the historic nature to the whole thing. I love Guardians, but if they re-theme Orlando’s i’ll be upset!
Loved learning about the history, the hidden gems and the functionality of the ride system and how that works. This year at Disney I’ll be looking for these hidden gems in the hotel! I’ll also be thinking about how the ride works. Thank you! 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for all of those compliments! Wow! I don't understand why Disney doesn't add a spooky attraction to the Animal Kingdom. I mean, they work so well at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom and Hollywood, that you would think they would try to keep the idea going. I understand why there isn't such an attraction at Epcot, it just wouldn't fit. But anyway, getting past all of that, I really appreciate YOUR appreciation for the attraction. It's seriously one of the best and I'm glad you enjoyed this episode and learned some fun stuff.
Still waiting on your new episode by the way!!! I rang the bell!!!
I agree they should add a spooky attraction to animal kingdom. I understand that they were going to have a dragon themed land at Animal kingdom and in the sign you can see the dragon. Sadly that just never happened. Did you do a video about that?
The latest video just dropped! Hopefully the algorithm gets me some hits, part 3 just did not do well.@@disfarers
I really got excited when I saw you had a new video! I'll leave a comment now, and another when I watch the whole thing. Thanks for making such great Disney content.
I really appreciate your enthusiasm and I always like reading your comments. I'm getting faster at editing so I'm hoping the gap between episodes won't be nearly so long. I can't wait to hear what you think. And hey, thanks for the compliment!
Very good video. Note, Rod Serling did do a part of the narration. The video clip and audio of Rod were from the episode "It's a good life". Rod says "Tonight's story on The Twilight Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a" And the new narrator picks up at that point, "maintenance service elevator". In the episode, points to a "map of the united states". On the ride he points to a "maintenance service elevator".
Thank you for the compliment. You're right about Rod doing the voice during the first portion of the monologue. Thanks for watching and listening!
Thank you for the compliment. You're right about Rod doing the early portion of the monologue. Thanks for watching and listening!
I take it as a compliment that you think Rod says "Tonight's story on the Twilight Zone is somewhat unique..." I find it a compliment because I am the one that said that line. I am Mark Silverman. I won't say EXACTLY how it was done but that is indeed ME saying that line.
Really good job.
That's really nice of you to say. Thank you so much.
Wow, it’s not often these days I actually learn new disney info from UA-cam. I’m certain that without your ride construction videos, someone like me would have never known the planning and consideration imagineers took. Now people can know forever!
And also, your b roll/commentary editing is incredible, do you work in media?
I can't thank you enough for your comments! It's really nice of you and I'm so glad you enjoyed the episode. I've worked as a web animator quite some time ago, but I've never worked in editing. However, I did take three editing classes in college...so ya' know, there's that.
Thanks for watching!!!
The Mission Inn Hotel in Riverside CA, is the inspiration for the HTH
It is absolutely one of the inspirations, yeah! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
There’s literally a place called the Hollywood tower that’s an apartment complex now that looks a lot like it too albeit a bit smaller and not as towering.
I looked it up and it's really neat. Thanks for sharing!
Cool video. And You mention the one library being called "Echo". Later, you should a diagram showing the 4 elevators up called alpha through delta, with the drop shafts being called Echo and Foxtrot. 2 drop shaft, 2 libraries and 1 called Echo in both regards. If The echo library matches to the Echo drop shaft, then I'd guess that The library that precedes the Foxtrot drop shaft would be called Foxtrot? It is a guess.
I thought the very same thing about Foxtrot, but didn't want to just assume. I hate putting out bad or wrong information. But good eyes on you! Thanks so much for watching, the kind words and for taking the time to comment!
Great video. You can tell you’ve put a lot of time and effort into it. You’ve earned yourself a subscriber. Looking forward to watching your other videos and what’s to come. Nice work!
Thank you so much! I do put a lot of effort into these, but I can also honestly say that I really enjoy each part of the process. None more so than learning all kinds of new Disney stuff from research and viewer comments. I'm so glad to have you as a subscriber! And thanks for watching and listening!
So you're saying the elevator travels 39 mph… or 3 × 13 mph, another 13 recurrence, times 3 for the 3rd gate at WDW?
HA HA!!! That's so clever! I wish I had thought of that. I absolutely would have used it! Well done, sir. Thanks so much for sharing that and for watching. I really appreciate it.
First time I rode it, when I got off, I said to the cast member, “where does it go now?” And he promptly opened the elevator doors and let me watch the car back up and move over into the load shaft!!!
Oh wow it's so great that you got such an awesome cast member to show you! Especially so early on. Everyone was so creepy during those early days.
I actually knew very little about this ride so the whole thing was informative. I am a huge Twilight Zone fan, so it was cool that you spotted all the artifacts from episodes from the original series. Thanks for making this amazing content.
I'm glad I found something you didn't already know about! And I'm glad you enjoyed the artifacts portion. I thought people part would have found that part boring. Glad you enjoyed it and that's so much for watching and commenting!
Good to see you’re over 1k subs 🫡
Yeah, it happened not too long ago. Thanks for kind words again. I appreciate it.
Are you sure about WDW No Fly Zone? I tought it was only Magic Kingdom. I've done several Helicopter Tours from Orlando/Kissimme, and they fly above all the parks (except MK) because of that reason.
I'm not certain about the exact parameters or how close or what not, but I recall specifically researching this during the scripting of this episode and I don't believe anyone other than Disney themselves are allowed to use the airspace above all of Walt Disney World. So I really don't know what to say in relation to your helicopter tours. Thanks so much for watching, commenting and healthy curiosity!
@@disfarers I included some details on the reply to my reply. It's a 3 mile radius, and the center point is in Bay Lake, so MK is a no fly zone, and a sliver of Epcot. All the other parks are out of the no fly zone. I included a post to the NOTAM notice as well as an image of the not fly zone area.
That's really interesting about the 3 mile radius. I wonder why they never bothered to expand it to include the other areas? I'm knee deep in a new episode atm to look it all up right now, but I'll be revisiting this topic for sure. Thanks so much for sharing.
@@disfarers tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_4_3634.html apparently it was renewed on 2014.
If you split the B on the Elevators' dials, its a 13 as well
Man!!! I so wish I had considered or been told that before this episode. I really like comments like these, bittersweet as they are for me. Thanks so much for watching and listening.
4:40 - I thought it was just Magic Kingdom that was?
You see Helicopters directly over Epcot and other parks but never MK
I've looked deeper into this because of other comments and I believe helicopters fly to the edge of Disney property but not directly over any of thier property. If you look at a map of their property you can see that the other parks are at the edge of thier property line but the MK is deeply surrounded by land. Also, I've obviously been to the parks many times and though I've seen helicopters, I don't ever recall one being directly over me. (But that last part's just anecdotal)
@@disfarersthanks for info 👍
I just thought I saw a video of a helicopter tour once and they went over the other parks, but weren’t allowed near MK.
Very well made video! As a fan of Tower, I love videos like this that go into the lesser known Easter eggs or facts. SMALL NOTE THOUGH, I don't think it's true that they misplaced the sign on the front of the building. While the sign is higher in the matte painting during the preshow, the actually imagineering model of the tower shows the sign in the same location as it is in real life.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I had no idea the sign was in the same place as the imagineering model. That makes things wonky for me because I could have sworn I heard that it was a mistake by someone on the imagineering team. I could absolutely be a hundred percent wrong though.
Thanks for pointing it out, I'll definitely keep my ear open for that while I dig up new information in episodes to come.
And thank you for the compliment! I have another Easter egg kind of episode coming up in the not too distant future.
@@disfarershey man no problem! Also yeah, I saw the 1992* model of the tower in the waiting area for One Man's Dream. I don't know if it's still there since they rotate out the exhibit props but it was cool to see in person. The model is shockingly spot on with the major noticeable difference being the very top middle spire was included. It was removed for the real tower to keep the it under the limit for the airplane light inclusion. The scar on the model is also painted similar how it appears today unlike the opening day scar which was more similar to DCAs color scheme and size. (I honestly know too much about this ride I swear).
You totally sound so knowledgeable though! It looks like I'm going to be at Hollywood Studios this weekend so I'll check to see if the model is still One Man's Dream. Fingers crossed. I know things are always changing. It would be great to see the 1993 imagineer's model with my own eyes.
Hey, I went over to One Man's Dream and the model was still there and you are totally right! The sign IS over the lightning scar. I couldn't believe it. Thanks for the correction and the good info!
@@disfarers yeah no problem! Hope you got some good pictures of that model, it still amazes me how despite it's age it's almost a perfect replica of what was actually built. Insane, the imagineers had such a clear vision for Tower of Terror and it shows.
Disney: (FL) let’s theme the whole back of a building so it doesn’t interrupt the sight lines from a whole other park. (CA) lets make sure all the major landmarks (like the castle, Matterhorn, big Thunder, the Batuu rocks, Space Mountain, the Carthay Circle tower, Guardian’s, Pixar wheel, Cars Land rocks, and grizzly peak are all well hidden from one another (or at least blended) to make sure people stay immersed
Universal (California): yeah, you can see the Hogwarts castle clearly from the Simpson’s area, but who cares
The only mispronounced word that stood out to me was (and I had to rewind to verify) was at 2:11 where you said, "debuting." As in "day-byoot-ing" when it should have been "day-byoo-ing" (no T). [Only commenting because you asked] Still though, you have a talent, and are producing great content! Keep it up!
Hey, thanks for commenting! And you're right, I absolutely say it wrong and have said it wrong in several episodes. But no more. After comments like yours, letting me know that I said the word incorrectly, I (re)recorded the audio for December's episode and I will have you know that it is pronounced correctly.
Seriously though, I have no idea why I used to say it wrong. I think it comes from reading more than socializing. Anyway, thanks so much for helping out, the great compliment and for watching too!
2:10 that's the DCA Tower in the timelapse.
A little high fa'loot'n but overall, cool channel man! Lol
I had fun adding in that line. I'm glad someone appreciated it. Thanks for the compliment and for watching!
@@disfarers Only other person I've heard use that is Granny Clampett*! Keep up the good work!
WOW...I haven't thought of the Clampetts in decades. Nice recall!
And thanks for inspirational boost!
Ok, I'm sorry, but I've heard this in SEVERAL of your videos now. You don't pronounce the T in debut. Ever. Not in the past tense. Not in any form of the word. It's dey-byoo.Dey-byooed. De-byooing. To quote Back to the Future II - "You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong " lol.
All the meme clips, completely unnecessary. Otherwise good stuff.
The Morocco fact is a myth but overall a great episode.
It's not true?!!! They didn't paint the backside a different color?I even checked it out myself from Morocco before posting the episode. I suppose I may have just wanted to believe it though. Where did you learn about this? Thanks for watching and commenting by the way.
All of this information has been available via other videos for many years, not new.
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it. I did watch many other youTube videos and tried to fill it with as much new material as I could. There are a number of things I didn't find on other channels, though I'd have to admit that youTube is huge and I of course couldn't have possibly watched every one of them regarding the Tower of Terror. I really am sorry you were disappointed.
Let the guy do his thing you douchebag. Jesus. You say the same when you see & hear the same things in nature documentaries etc.