New York

**New York** is an American state with many connections to the Disney Parks.

#### New York City

* **Hotel Hightower**: Hotel Hightower is a hotel found at One Park Avenue, New York City, **NY**, 10016. It is 14 stories tall and was constructed in the 19th century. The hotel was designed in the 19th century by architect Oscar Klinovski. The hotel served as the home of S.E.A.and Pillagers Brigade member Harrison Hightower III along with holding many of his stolen and collected artifacts. Artifacts included a water idol head stolen from ruins in the Lost River Delta and the idol of African deity Shiriki Utundu. At a New Year's Eve party in 1899, Harrison disrespected Shiriki and was subsequently pushed by an energy bolt down an elevator-shaft. Harrison was subsequently bound to the hotel as a ghost and prisoner of Shiriki Utundu with the hotel subsequently being closed down. In 1912 it was going to be destroyed but was saved by the New York City Preservation Society, namely Beatrice Rose Endicott who was manipulated into having the hotel declared as a historic landmark by Hightower's manservant Archibald Smelding.

## Appearances and allusions

### Haunted Mansion

The non extended-universe cannon Magic Kingdom (and Tokyo Disneyland's Fantasyland) version of the Haunted Mansion is a dutch-gothic manor located in the Hudson River Valley of Upstate New York. Here figures such as the Gracey family and Madame Leota were New York residents in the 17th century within a *Sleepy Hollow* inspired setting. In the 19th century it would become home to George Hightower and his bride Constance Hatchaway, both presumed relatives of Harrison Hightower III. Furthermore, the non-cannon but influential Ghost Gallery backstory for the Haunted Mansion is set within New York State.

### Phantom Manor

In the boudoir of Ravenswood Manor are letters from supposed neighbours of the Ravenswood family from the village of Livonia, New York.

### Tower of Terror

Tokyo's Tower of Terror is entirely set in New York City within the fictitious Hotel Hightower. Several groups featured in the attraction are tied to New York's region such as the New York Preservation Society and New York Globe-Telegraph.

#### Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

Within the non-cannon book *The Pilgrims of Rayne* (2006) by D.J. McHale (director of the Tower of Terror film) the Hollywood Tower Hotel has a sister-location in Manhattan known as the Manhattan Tower Hotel.

### Trader Sam's Grog Grotto

A portrait of Billamongawonga from the Hotel Hightower was acquired by the New York Preservation Society in 1912 during their acquisition of the establishment. On November 6, this portrait was sent to Billamongawonga's alleged grandson, "Trader Sam" (a character from the Jungle Cruise) with NYPS representative Vanessa Capsaw proposing he might be the founder of Sam's family. Sam has this portrait hung up in his Enchanted Tiki Bar.

### In other media

#### Disney Kingdoms

In Disney Kingdoms: Haunted Mansion, the New York variant of the Haunted Mansion is shown on a photograph in the *Ghostly Materials Gallery* of the Haunted Mansion as having been a location visited by the Hatbox Ghost.

## Connections

### Adventurers Club

Early Adventurers Club member and historic USA president Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York where he also served as governor.

## Trivia

* In real-life New York hosted the *1964 New York World's Fair* which debuted several Disney attractions such as the Carousel of Progress, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, and It's a Small World.

## References

1. ↑ https://phantommanorlegends.wordpress.com/tag/boot-hill/
2. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/images/stories/Disneyland/Disneyland%202011/Trader%20Sams/IMG\_7374.jpg
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrIqKqAM1g/