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The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is an attraction located in [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]].
{{Template:Infobox Disney ride |
| land=Sunset Boulevard
| image=Towerofterror.jpg
| smaller=true
| caption='''The Hollywood Tower of Terror'''
| park=Hollywood Studios
| duration=10
| opened=July 22, 1994
| height_requirement=40
| based_on=The Twilight Zone
| fastpass=Yes
| host= Rod Serling
}}
==Attraction History==
Although the murder angle of the story was eventually dropped, Imagineers liked the idea of guests trying to solve a mystery within the haunted hotel. Disney decided that to enhance the attraction, it needed some kind of movie tie-in. Imagineers eventually agreed on the idea of theming the attraction after the Twilight Zone. The initial concept of the attraction, called for various cast members, who would dress up like various employees of the hotel. Each employee would seem a little unstable, (such as a bell boy who walked through the line asking if guests wanted to check any luggage). Other enhancements to the queue, including a old man who would "come to life" and interact with guests, and a audio Animatronic elevator repair man were eventually discarded. Disney decided that the cast members would slow down the line too much, and park Operations was hesitant to assign more cast members to the attraction then was absolutely necessary.
After deciding on the basic concept of the attraction, Imagineers began working on the plot. In order to tie in the attraction with the rest of the studios, it was decided that guests would be filming a "lost episode" of the Twilight Zone. Although Rod SterlingSerling, the host of the Twilight Zone had passed away in 1975, Disney Imagineer's still wanted to include him in the attraction. To do this, Mark Silverman recorded an impersonation of Rod, which was synced with the introduction of a 1961 episode titled "It's a Good Life". The background image was then replaced with images of the Tower of Terror, thus giving the attraction an "authentic" Twilight Zone introduction.
As far as the layout of the attraction was concerned, tt was decided that guests would enter the attraction on foot, here; they would discover an abandoned hotel lobby, setting the mystery into motion. Guests would then watch a preshow video, which would tell guests the attraction's back-story. The attraction would then conclude with guests going into the haunted elevator (the drop shaft) and discovering what really happened in the hotel.
===Preshow===
Inside the Library, lightning strikes the hotel, shutting off all of the power except for a television which seems to be working by itself. As the TV turns on, the opening for the Twilight Zone television show begins to play. Rod Sterling Serling tells guests that in Hollywood 1939, the Hollywood Tour Hotel was a star in its own right. As glamorous people enter the elevator, the tower is struck by lightning, causing the guests to vanish. Rod Sterling Serling then shows guests the maintenance service elevator which is still working, and "waiting for you". He then tells guests that in tonight’s episode they are the stars in the Twilight Zone. Before the television turns off and guests are ushered into the boiler room, where they enter the service elevator.
===Actual Ride===
Once inside the elevator, Rod Sterling Serling tells guests:
{{Quotation| "You are the passengers on a most uncommon elevator about to ascend into your very own episode of The Twilight Zone."}}
The elevator then begins rising for a moment before coming to a stop. Here, the doors open revealing a long corridor. At first, the only recognizable object in the corridor is a single window directly across from guests. Then, as a storm rages outside, the five ghosts of the dead 1938 guests (who were shown in the preshow) appear, telling guests to come and join them, before disappearing in a wave of electricity. After the ghosts vanish, the corridor fades away, turning into a field of stars (with the window still remaining). The window then morphs into a more ghastly looking window before shattering. After the window shatters, the elevator doors close and guests begin ascending again. Rod Sterling Serling then informs guests:
{{Quotation| "One stormy night long ago, five people stepped through the door of an elevator and into a nightmare. That door is opening once again, and this time, it's opening for you."}}
As his narration ends, the elevator moves horizontally into the Fifth Dimension. Here, odd sights and sounds from the television shows opening can be seen. As guests travel through the Fifth Dimension, the Twilight Zone theme song plays. After guests reach the back of the scene, a star field opens in front of them (like an elevator door) as Sterling Serling warns guests:
{{Quotation| "You are about to discover what lies beyond the Fifth Dimension, beyond the deepest, darkest corner of the imagination, in the Tower of Terror."}}
