Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!

**Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!** is an attraction in Disney California Adventure, based on the *Guardians of the Galaxy* films belonging to Marvel. It replaced the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in Disney California Adventure in 2017 and reuses the attraction's ride-system and basic architecture while also having some story connections to the defunct attraction.

## History

### Backstory

The ride takes place in the *Tivan Collection*, a teleporting alien structure which is run by the evil alien Taneleer Tivan AKA The Collector. In the late 2010s/early 2020s, Tivan took the collection to the Avengers Campus of Orange, California where he lured and kidnapped the anti-heroic *Guardians of the Galaxy* to be part of his collection. Guests assist the guardians in breaking out by helping teammate Rocket Raccoon in destroying the fortress' energy source and causing the fortress to turn to pandemonium as the guardians escape.

### Development history

*Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!* replaced the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in 2017 as the first part of converting *A Bug's Land* and parts of Hollywood Land into Avengers Campus. The final days of the attraction had the Silver Lake Sisters performing in the hotel's lobby. The attraction was largely developed by Joe Rohde, an imagineer who previously worked on *Tower of Terror* where he portrayed Harrison Hightower III.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Attractions

#### The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

The attraction replaced California's Tower of Terror while also reusing its basic architecture and ride-system. In the Collector's office is the hat of one of the bellhops and two bookmarks from the Hollywood Tower Hotel, both of which are adorned with the hotel's logo. The Collector's Fortress also contains assorted reused props from the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror such as books and a portrait of Napoleon III. In the Collector's office is a book titled, "*A Far Cry From the Top Floor*" with the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror's font, referencing the attraction.

##### Twilight Zone Tower of Terror: A New Dimension of Chills

At Walt Disney Studios Park, the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror was given projections to look like the Tivan Collection for the 2023/2024 New Years.

### Television

#### Behind the Attraction

This Disney+ series included the creation of G*uardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!* as one of the incarnations of Tower of Terror in its episode, "*The Twilight Zone* Tower of Terror".

### Other connections

#### Haunted Mansion

On the Collector's desk in the pre-show video is a maquette of the Haunted Mansion's Hellhound.

#### Red Car Trolley

The *Pacific Electric Railway* connects to Avengers Campus.

#### Skipper Canteen

Along with having books written by Harrison Hightower III, one of the books in the library is written by Star-Lord and is titled, "*The Stars Above Us*", alluding to the EPCOT attraction *Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind!* which is also based on Guardians of the Galaxy. The canteen also has a book written by L.C. Clench from *ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter* who has a signed invoice to the Collector in the fortress, multiple books written by Professor Tom Morrow from *Rocket to the Moon* whose severed robotic head is in the Collector's possession, and mention of the canteen being attended by Figment from *Journey Into Imagination* who appears in a tank as part of the Tivan Collection.

## Trivia

* The Rocketeer and Guardians of the Galaxy are both superhero films owned by Disney which are connected to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
* A book in the Collector's office titled "Migration Patterns of Earth's Avifauna" tributes Joe Rohde.
* In Paris, the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror's sister-attraction *Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith* is also to be replaced by a Marvel inspired attraction in the form of *Avengers Assemble: Flight Force*.
* In addition to referencing the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, the attraction has a tribute to Walt Disney World's defunct horror attraction *ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter*. This comes in the form of an invoice from *X-S Tech* in the Collector's office for a variety of science-fiction products, signed by one L.C. Clench. In ExtraTERRORestrial, X-S Tech was an evil alien mega-corporation, the products listed were products listed in the queue, and L.C. Clench was X-S's evil chairman whose corruption and/or negligence caused the plot of the attraction.
	+ Incidentally, the head of the Tomorrowland character Tom Morrow appears in the Collector's possession. Tom Morrow was referenced in the queue for ExtraTERRORestrial.

## Gallery

Hollywood Tower Hotel memorabilia in the Collector's officeA portrait from the hotel in the fortress' boiler room
## References

1. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2017/05/photos-guardians-galaxy-mission-breakout-queue-pays-tribute-tower-terror/
2. ↑ https://www.slashfilm.com/551270/guardians-of-the-galaxy-mission-breakout-easter-eggs/
3. ↑ https://mouseinfo.com/2017/06/watch-easter-eggs-and-other-surprises-inside-guardians-of-the-galaxy-mission-breakout-summerofheroes/
4. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2023/12/tower-of-terror-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dlp-nye/
5. ↑ https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/disney-vacations/guardians-of-the-galaxy-easter-eggs