Sally Shine

Sarah "Sally Shine" is a character from the *Twilight Zone Tower of Terror*.

## History

### Background

   Sally Shine was a child-actress in the vain of Shirley Temple during the 1930s in Hollywood, LA. She was largely cared for by her stern nanny Emeline Partridge. In the October of 1939, Emeline, Sally (and Sally's Mickey Mouse doll) attended a Halloween party in the esteemed Hollywood Tower Hotel on Sunset Boulevard.

Emeline and Sally boarded an elevator in the lobby along with two other guests and a bellhop to reach the Tip Top Club on the 13th floor of the hotel. On the way up to the 13th floor, paranormal lightning struck the hotel's elevator shafts and resulted in them free falling and crashing while those inside were spirited away. Following this event, Sally and her compatriots became ghosts bound to the hotel and the 5th dimension from whence the lightning came.

### Alternate versions

#### Film

In the Tower of Terror film (where Sally's name comes from), Sally Shine was the younger sister of one Abigail Gregory. In this continuity, the 1939 lightning was summoned by a jealous Abigail using witchcraft and that her ghostly nature was part of a curse. By the end of the film, the two sisters reconcile with an elderly Abigail dying and joining Sally as a young girl ghost in the afterlife.

## Appearances and allusions

### Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

   Sally is one of the antagonists in this attraction, being one of the ghosts terrorizing guests following the hotel's 1994 reopening. She appears before her death in the pre-show *Twilight Zone* video of the attraction and later as a ghost in the halls of the hotel. Her silhouette is amongst the spirits watching guests from the 5th dimension and during the drop sequence, her singing, "It's raining it's pouring" in-front of guests is one of the randomized scenes. Her ghost once again appears at the end, waving to guests as they exit the Twilight Zone.

#### Disneyland Paris

In one of the three stories for this attraction, Sally Shine ostensibly replaces the narrator in this version of the Tower of Terror. In this version of the attraction, Sally's ghost appears directly after the elevators pull backwards while singing, "It's raining it's pouring". She appears again within the mirror of one of the hotel's corridors, begging for help. Ultimately she helps the guests escape from the 5th Dimension and makes her last appearance saying goodbye to guests while singing the theme to the Twilight Zone TV series.

#### Disney's California Adventure

In this defunct version of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, Sally made an additional appearance in the boiler-room segment of the attraction's queue. Here, her voice could be heard begging for help, asking where she was and pleading for her, "Mommy and daddy". Her voice is heard nearby a chalk symbol on the wall which is taken from the Twilight Zone episode Little Girl Lost where a young girl becomes stuck in the 5th dimension.

### Camp Discovery

Sally is paralleled by the daughter of Hollywood's Herman family in a newspaper article in Adventure Isle's Camp Discovery. The newspaper article details an incident in the hotel from the July of 1931 where the Herman daughter left behind her doll (not Mickey Mouse doll).

## Trivia

* Sally Shine's voice in Disney's California Adventure was provided by actress Kat Cressida who is better known for voicing Constance Hatchaway in the Haunted Mansion.
	+ In real-life, Kat was born on Halloween.
* Actress Lindsay Ridgeway portrayed Sally in the original ride as well as the film adaptation.
* Based off of the film-continuity, some presume that Sally's true surname was, "Gregory" as it was the surname of her sister.
* Based off of actress Lindsay Ridgeway's age in the pre-show video for the Tower of Terror, it can be presumed that Sally was around 9 years old during the Halloween party and as such likely born c. 1930.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuAlQlnTx90