You may have ridden the Tower of Terror at Disney World more times than you can count, but did you know there's a whole world of hidden details and secrets only the hardcore fans know? Check out these cool (and spooky!) facts to up your Tower of Terror game:
- The “Take the Stairs” Message: In the lobby directory, there's a spooky detail many miss. Some of the letters on the directory are missing, and if you look closely, you'll see a message that reads “Take the Stairs.” A chilling reference to the disaster that befell the hotel guests in 1939, just before everything went south!
- The “To Serve Man” Book: Keep an eye out for the creepy “To Serve Man” book in the pre-ride. It's a nod to one of The Twilight Zone's most famous episodes, where aliens offer humans food, only to later reveal that the book's title is actually a cookbook!
- A Broken Pair of Glasses: You'll spot a pair of thick glasses in the hotel lobby. These are a reference to The Twilight Zone episode “Time Enough at Last,” where a book-loving man survives a nuclear apocalypse only to accidentally break his glasses, leaving him unable to read in a world of devastation.
- The Creepy Doll: There's a haunted doll on the stairs that fans may recognize from the Twilight Zone episode “Living Doll.” Her name is Talking Tina, and she's not a fan of anyone who dares to cross her path.
- The Plane on the Stairs: On the stairs, look for a reference to “Nightmare at 30,000 Feet,” an episode with William Shatner. In it, Shatner's character sees a creature tearing apart the wing of a plane mid-flight, but no one believes him! You'll spot a tiny plane as part of the hotel's eerie decor.
- The “Unusual Camera”: Another Easter egg is the “most unusual camera” seen in the hotel lobby, referencing an episode where a camera shows the future — but it's not the future anyone would want to see.
- The Monkey Connection: Hardcore fans know that the Tower of Terror at Disney's Hollywood Studios shares a little Easter egg with another Disney park. If you look closely, there's a monkey statue in the hotel, similar to an animatronic monkey found at Hong Kong Disneyland's Mystic Manor. The monkey even shares the same name: Albert!
- Hidden References to Aging and Time: One of the final nods fans love is the letter to Pamela Morris, a movie star who never ages, referencing the Twilight Zone episode about a star who never grows older, staying forever youthful — an eerie touch for the already haunted hotel.