Tower of Terror is a 1997 made-for-TV supernatural thriller, it's based on which accelerated drop tower dark ride?
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Tower of Terror (film) Tower of Terror is a 1997 made-for-TV supernatural thriller directed by D. J. MacHale. It is based on the theme park attraction, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, at Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida and was originally a presentation of "The Wonderful World of Disney". It is also Disney's first film based on an attraction at one of its theme parks, and the only adaptation to be made for television.
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The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror "The Twilight Zone" Tower of Terror, also known as Tower of Terror, is an accelerated drop tower dark ride located at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Tokyo DisneySea, Walt Disney Studios Park, and formerly located at Disney California Adventure Park. Except for the Tokyo DisneySea version, the attractions are inspired by Rod Serling's anthology television series, "The Twilight Zone", and take place in the fictional Hollywood Tower Hotel in Hollywood, California. The Tokyo version, which features an original story line not related to "The Twilight Zone", takes place in the fictional Hotel Hightower. All three versions place riders in a seemingly ordinary hotel elevator, and present the riders with a fictional backstory in which people have mysteriously disappeared from the elevator under the influence of some supernatural element many years prior.
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The Fall (Nix novel) The Fall is the first book in Garth Nix's "The Seventh Tower" series, published in 2000 by Scholastic. It tells the story of Tal, a boy who lives in a world with eternal darkness. His home is a Castle with seven towers.
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Hotel Ground Zero Hotel Ground Zero (titled The 9/11 Hotel in the UK) is an American television documentary special that premiered on September 11, 2009 on the History channel, marking the eighth anniversary of the event. The program features the overshadowed story of the Marriott World Trade Center (3 WTC) on the day of the 2001 attacks, resulting in its destruction caused by the collapse of the adjacent South Tower followed by the North Tower, as told by people who had escaped from the hotel.
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Corkscrew (Cedar Point) Corkscrew is a steel roller coaster built by Arrow Development at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. When built in 1976, it was the first roller coaster in the world with 3 inversions. The coaster, which features Arrow's first vertical loop, was built during the same time period as The Great American Revolution at Magic Mountain. However, Revolution opened seven days prior and is therefore credited as the first modern-day coaster to feature a vertical loop.
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Steel Force Steel Force is a roller coaster at Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing and designed by Steve Okamoto, it opened in 1997. It is 5600 ft in length (over 1 mi ), making it the second longest coaster on the East Coast (behind Fury 325). It has a 205 ft first drop, with a top speed of 75 mph . Riders experience over 2.5 G's at the bottom of the first hill.
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They (1993 film) They (also known as "They Watch" or "Children of the Mist") is a 1993 television film about the supernatural. A father loses his daughter in a car accident after missing her ballet recital. However, with the help of a mysterious old lady he is able to communicate with her spirit. It is based on an early-1900s (decade) short story by Rudyard Kipling.
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The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man is a motion-based 3D dark ride located at the Islands of Adventure, Orlando and Universal Studios Japan, Osaka theme parks. Built for Islands of Adventure's opening in 1999, the attraction is a hybrid ride combining special roving motion vehicles with 3D projection, elaborate physical sets, and both practical and tactile effects.
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Ripsaw (Alton Towers) Ripsaw was a Top Spin ride at Alton Towers theme park in Staffordshire, England. It opened in 1997 and closed at the end of 2015.
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Freefall (ride) The Freefall is an amusement ride developed by Giovanola and marketed throughout the world by Swiss company, Intamin. Two generations of this ride were developed. First generation Freefall rides can be identified by the angled supports at the base of the lift tower. Second generation Freefall rides were identical, but the tower's base structure on those variants did not taper outward.
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Luna Park, Paris Luna Park was an amusement park near Porte Maillot in Paris, France from 1907 (or 1909) to 1931. Features of the park included a shoot-the-chutes ride, a scenic railway, "Le Chatouilleur" ("Diabolic wheels", a roller coaster-type ride in which people ride in a car that rocks as it is pulled up a mountain), a river ride through the mountain that was the base of the scenic railway, and a dance hall. An additional attraction was named the Brooklyn Bridge. Its operating hours were from 1:00 p.m. to midnight.
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Falcon's Fury Falcon's Fury is a free-standing Sky Jump drop tower attraction at the Busch Gardens Tampa amusement park in Tampa, Florida, United States. Manufactured by Intaride (a subsidiary of Intamin), the ride reaches a maximum height of 335 ft making it North America's tallest free-standing drop tower. Riders experience about five seconds of free fall, reaching a speed of 60 mph . The ride's name was chosen to invoke a falcon's ability to dive steeply at high speed to capture prey.
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Scared! Scared! (stylized as SCARED!), formerly titled as Scared on Staten Island!, is an American paranormal public-access television cable TV series that was first shown on September 12, 2002, on Staten Island Community Television. Produced by Core Films and Thousand Hats Productions, the program follows and stars a Staten Island-based team of urban explorers who venture into abandoned and condemned buildings in search of paranormal activity. In each episode, three main members, who are collectively known as "The SCARED! Crew" and who vary throughout the series, represent three points of view or beliefs: the psychic, scientist and skeptic.
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Kang &amp; Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl Kang & Kodos' Twirl 'n' Hurl is a children's ride at Universal Studios Florida. It opened on August 11, 2013. The ride is based on "The Simpsons'" Treehouse of Horror specials.
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Hollywood Tower Hollywood Tower, originally known as La Belle Tour, is a large apartment building in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The tower, built in 1929, was a popular residence for entertainment industry employees for many years and has often been cited as the inspiration for Disney's Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attractions. The real-life Hollywood Tower was listed in the National Register of Historical Places in 1988.
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The Dark Side of Midnight The Dark Side of Midnight (also known as The Creeper) is a 1984 thriller written and directed by Wes Olsen. The plot follows a detective on the trail of a serial killer known as 'The Creeper', whose relentless string of murders are terrorizing the residents of a small town.
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Speed: No Limits Speed: No Limits is a roller coaster at Oakwood Theme Park, Pembrokeshire, UK. It is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter and contains a 90° chain lift hill and a 97° first drop. The ride was installed by Ride Entertainment Group, who handles all of Gerstlauer's operations in the Western Hemisphere.
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Tower of London (1962 film) Tower of London is a 1962 historical drama and horror film, starring Vincent Price and Michael Pate. Directed by Roger Corman, the film was produced by Edward Small Productions.
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X-Scream X-Scream is, at a height of approximately 866 ft , the world's third highest amusement ride, located on top of the Stratosphere Las Vegas. The name of the ride is a play on the word 'Extreme'.
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Demon (roller coaster) Demon is a multi-looping roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois in the Chicago area and California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. Both coasters opened in 1976 as Turn of the Century and were heavily rethemed and renamed as Demon in 1980.
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Revenge of the Mummy Revenge of the Mummy, officially named Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride, is an enclosed roller coaster based on the "Mummy" film franchise, located at Universal Studios Florida, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Universal Studios Singapore, using linear induction motors (LIMs) to launch riders from a complete standstill to a top speed of between 40 and in a matter of seconds. All Revenge of the Mummy roller coasters have a minimum passenger height requirement of 48 in . Two versions of the attraction have the same track layout but different storylines, however the attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood has an original layout and storyline. All three attractions are manufactured by Premier Rides, feature track switches by Dynamic Structures, and are themed by Universal Creative and ITEC Entertainment Corporation. Some of the alternate features of the Singapore version were designed by Adirondack Studios .
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Superman the Ride Superman the Ride (formerly known as Bizarro and Superman: Ride of Steel) is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts. Built by Intamin in 2000, it features a 208 ft lift hill, a 221 ft drop, and over 1 mi of track. The park announced plans to change the name from Bizarro to Superman the Ride for the 2016 season, as well as adding a virtual reality feature to the ride, starting June 11.