4408 x 3682 px | 37,3 x 31,2 cm | 14,7 x 12,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
15 avril 2014
Lieu:
Walt Disney Studios, Marne-la-Vallée, France.
Informations supplémentaires:
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, commonly known as Tower of Terror and sometimes Twilight Zone: The Ride, is an accelerated drop tower thrill ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida, Disney California Adventure, Tokyo DisneySea and Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris. All but the Tokyo version are based upon the famous television show The Twilight Zone, and takes place in a fictionalized version of an actual location, The Hollywood Tower Hotel. The inspiration behind this theming is located in Hollywood, California. The Tokyo version, which features an original storyline not derived from The Twilight Zone (due to the TV show being relatively less recognized in Japan), takes place in the fictional Hotel Hightower. The three Twilight Zone-based versions and the unique Tokyo version all place riders in a vehicle themed old hotel elevator, and present riders with a fictional back story in which people mysteriously disappeared from a hotel elevator under the influence of some supernatural element many years prior. The original version of the attraction opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios in July 1994, and was the basis of the 1997 made-for-television movie Tower of Terror where several scenes were shot at the actual attraction. A decade later, Disney began plans to add similar versions of the attraction at their newest parks at the Disneyland Resort in California, Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan, and Disneyland Resort Paris; in California and Paris, Disney sought to use the popular attraction to boost attendance at the respective resorts' struggling new theme parks. The California and Tokyo versions of Tower of Terror opened in 2004] and 2006, respectively, while financial problems caused the Paris version to be delayed; resulting it only to be opened in 2008. The Tower of Terror buildings are among the tallest found at their respective Disney resorts. At 199 feet (60.7 m), the Florida version is the second tallest attraction building at the Walt Disne