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Ghost Hunters Materialize at Hollywood Tower Hotel

**Ghost Hunters Materialize at Hollywood Tower Hotel** is an article from The Buena Vista Bugle's Volume 1, Issue 4 released the Fall of 2012. It was accompanied by an in-universe photograph of the ghosts of Gilbert London, Carolyn Crosson, Dewey Todd and Emeline Partridge.

## Transcript

As the October 31st anniversary of the lightning strike comes, the Tower Hotel is reporting increased episodes of paranormal activity. As you recall on that fateful day, several hotel guests were struck by a phantom storm while in a service elevator, where they vanished to a place only referred to by spectrologists as "The Twilight Zone". Since then, apparitions of the guests who were missing have been reported and even photographed. Still, more questions than answers remain.

If you dare to join those seeking a deeper truth, bring your recording equipment and your courage to Hollywood Land tonight. Meteorologists have predicted increased air pressures in the area.

And if you've had your fill of frights, be sure to check out that new merchandise inspired by the Tower of Terror and Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in the Tower Hotel Gift Shop.

## Trivia

* An in-universe date for the newspaper is not given, though it is most likely some point of the 1940s as the anniversary of the 1939 Halloween is referenced while the hotel still has allusions to various characters active in the 1920s-1930s.
* In the same newspaper, Gayle and Gail mention going to the Hollywood Tower Hotel's elevators as a possible Halloween offering.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-1-iss-4.pdf
The Mummies

**The Mummies** are deceased characters in the *Tower of Terror*.

## History

### Background

These were African individuals of some notability who lived in Ancient Egypt. Upon their deaths, they were mummified and seemingly left to rest in Giza. In 1887, the corpses were stolen by evil colonial explorer Harrison Hightower III for his collection in the Hotel Hightower of New York City.

## Appearances

### Tower of Terror

The mummies appear in the Hotel Hightower's vault, during its time being run by the *New York City Preservation Society*. The mummies also appear in a mural, being stolen by Hightower while one of the corpses leans on his manservant, Smelding. Another mural shows one of the sarcophagi being unloaded from Hightower's yacht, the *Hightower's Pride*.
Irving Caesar

Irving Caesar in 1930.

**Irving Caesar** (July 4, 1895 – December 18, 1996) was an American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards including "Swanee", "Sometimes I'm Happy", "Crazy Rhythm", and "Tea for Two", one of the most frequently recorded tunes ever written. In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Caesar composed the song, What! No Mickey Mouse? sometime between 1927, and 1932. The sheet music for the song can be seen in the library of The Hollywood Tower Hotel.
S.S. Columbia

**The S.S. Columbia** or **Steamship Columbia** is a boat from the *American Waterfront* of Tokyo DisneySea which is affiliated with the Tower of Terror.

## Description

### Features

* **S.S. Columbia Dining-Room:**
* **Teddy Roosevelt Lounge:**
* **Undersea Observatory**: The Columbia's *Undersea Observatory* was a state-of-the-art facility located at the lower levels of the ship's stern used to study the underwater world. It was also equipped with an invention known as the, "Hydrophone" which was capable of converting the sounds of underwater creatures to human language.
* **Upper Deck:**

## History

The S.S. Columbia was a product of the U.S. Steamship Company, owned by business-tycoon Cornelius Endicott II. Construction began on the ship in 1909 with Cornelius' daughter Beatrice designing the interior of the vessel. Alongside the Columbia's construction were two sister vessels known as the S.S. Housatonic and the S.S. Monongahela.

After two years of construction, the Columbia was christened by Beatrice on the April 11th of 1911. On the March 20th of 1912 she went on her first maiden voyage to Liverpool, England with a guest-list which included the likes of historic U.S. presidents Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. The primary harbour for the Columbia was New York City in the state of New York and frequently made passage to the Italian city of Porto Paradiso.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

There is a souvenir banner from the S.S. Columbia hung in the Jungle Cruise's Amazon rainforest base, over the door for their, "Banana Troop" members.

## Behind the scenes

The S.S. Columbia is designed after several historic streamliners such as the *RMS Queen Mary* and *RMS Titanic*. She is used as a form of transportation between the, "Lands" of the American Waterfront and Mediterranean Harbour. The SS Columbia was also named for the *Sailing Ship Columbia* in Disneyland.

## Trivia

* In Disney Parks lore, President Teddy Roosevelt who was a guest aboard the ship was also an early member of the Adventurers Club, a successor organization to the Pillagers Brigade which was founded by S.E.A. member Merriweather Adam Pleasure. Roosevelt was also close with one Trader Sam, the alleged grandson of Harrison Hightower III's right-hand man Billamongawonga.

## Gallery

A photograph of the SS Columbia's maiden voyageThe Columbia's christeningThe Columbia alongside her sister-ships as seen in an advert for United States Steamship Co.<gallery>

## References

1. ↑ https://foursquare.com/v/タートルトーク-turtle-talk/4b77b888f964a52023a82ee3/photos
2. ↑ https://allears.net/2023/08/23/25-things-you-didnt-know-about-jungle-cruise-in-disney-world/
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BdK88XzFdXc/
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BdK\_AWylVg2/
5. ↑ https://foroparquesdisney.foroactivo.com/t2093-trader-sam-s-enchanted-tiki-bar-disneyland-hotel
Herman family

**The Herman family** is a group of characters in the backstory of *The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror* who originate from *Camp Discovery*.

## History

### Background

The Herman family was a famous and beloved family of Hollywood performers in the early 1930s. They consisted at-least of a patriarch and of a young girl. On the July 15 of 1931, the family attended the popular Hollywood Tower Hotel and took an elevator to the *Tip Top Club* on the 13th floor. However, an elevator malfunction occurred which sent the elevators crashing down with the Hermans inside.

The bodies of the Hermans were never recovered from the rubble, implying them to have disappeared into the 5th Dimension which had a mysterious connection to the hotel. All that was found was the young girl Herman's teddy-bear with the incident having made worldwide news, causing many to think it would mark the end of the Hollywood Tower Hotel. This was not the case however as the hotel would return to its former glory until another elevator incident eight years later.

## Appearances

### Camp Discovery

First International News has a story on the family's disappearance.

## Trivia

* The Herman family parallels and foreshadows the disappearance of hotel guests Gilbert London, Carolyn Crosson, Emeline Partridge and Sally Shine on the October 31 of 1939. The Herman daughter shares similarities to Sally Shine though Sally had a Mickey Mouse plush, rather than a teddy-bear.
* The edition of First International News covering the incident also had front-page news about Indiana Jones and the League of Adventurers uncovering the Temple of the Crystal Skull in the Lost River Delta.
NewsView

***NewsView*** is the name of the fictitious magazine featured in *Tower of Terror*. It is an apparent parody of *Time Magazine*, and *News Week.* The magazine's tagline is, "The Magazine of Time". It logically was founded before November 16, 1939, and only cost 10 cents.

The only cover of *NewView* ever seen features The Hollywood Tower Hotel on the cover.

## Gallery

Buzzy from Tower of Terror holding NewsView.Abigail Gregory from Tower of Terror holding NewsView Magazine.Recreation of the NewsView Magazine prop from the film.
Lawrence Jones

**Lawrence Jones** is a character from the *Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe* who is identified with the backstory of *the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror*.

## History

### Background

Lawrence Jones was a musician in the 1920s/1930s affiliated with a big-band group known as the GoldenTones. He and his band were known to perform in the Stardust Lounge of the Hollywood Tower Hotel, namely on the 8 o'clock of a Thursday in an unspecified year.

## Appearances

### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

Jones and the GoldenTones are mentioned on a poster.

## References

1. ↑ http://df82.blogspot.com/2012/10/Hollywood-Tower-Performers.html
Poseidon

**Poseidon** (Roman: **Neptune**) is a god from Hellenistic greek mythology.

## History

### Background

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## Tower of Terror appearances

### Tower of Terror

A mural in the *Hotel Hightower* depicts Harrison Hightower III and Smelding stealing a statue of Poseidon from a seaside greek temple. The two take a boat through a stormy sea, possibly implying the theft to have upset the sea god. Another mural depicts the statue being unloaded from Hightower's yacht the *Hightower's Pride* into New York City.

### Other connections

#### Mystic Manor

The *Mystic Point Freight Depot* has the giant statue of Poseidon's head as one of Lord Henry Mystic's acquisitions. Mystic's, "Garden of Wonders" has a shifting mosaic of Neptune in the ground.

#### Paradise Pier

In mythology, Poseidon is the father of King Triton whose likeness and name appears throughout Paradise Pier.

## Other appearances

### Italy Pavilion

A roman statue of Neptune appears in this pavilion of World Showcase.

## Trivia

* In the Disney film *The Little Mermaid* (1989), Poseidon is implied to be the father of King Triton and Ursula. Captain Mary Oceaneer who was a contemporary of Harrison Hightower III, present the night of his disappearance would acquire artifacts from the Little Mermaid such as Ursula's magical contract and Ariel's, "Snarflblatt" by the 1950s.
* Poseidon was once planned to be the central character of the EPCOT pavilion *The Living Seas*.
* Poseidon and the God of Water from Raging Spirits are both water deities referenced in Tower of Terror.
* Medusa is one of the spirits of the Haunted Mansion, represented via a painting within the building. In mythology, Poseidon was the god who assaulted Medusa resulting in her transformation into a gorgon.

## Gallery

In Mystic PointIn Mystic PointIn World Showcase
Hightower Industries

**Hightower Industries** is a business affiliated with *Tower of Terror* that was first directly referenced in Disneyland's Jungle Cruise.

## Description

Hightower Industries was a business run by the Hightower family.

## History

Hightower Industries was active during the 1930s. It is unknown which members of the Hightower family founded the company nor when.

## Appearances

### Jungle Cruise

A crate from Hightower Industries appears in the Lost Delta of India, being transported by the Jungle Navigation Company. Another crate appears in the Amazon River Base of the Magic Kingdom's Jungle Cruise.
McKenzie Ewalds-Sanchez

## Veteran Writer for The Conversationalist\* (current) Formally known as McKenzie Ewalds-Sanchez.

Bio from Your Conversation Starters

> The recently widowed, Mckenzie is a veteran writer and long time resident of our fair town. You can usually find her tending to the gravestone of her dearly beloved or at the office typing out the freshest scoop!
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Bio from Your Conversion Starters

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## Articles

### Slow News Day

> May 9th, 2015
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### Historical Motel Sign Tragically Damaged in Freak Incident

> July 4, 2015
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### Gastric Irrigation Sweeps the Nation

> Subtitle: St. Richie's General Plans to Open New Wing to Accomodate Strange New Diet Trend
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> No Date - Exclusive by McKenzie Ewalds
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### Bold Strokes in Panic Over Missing Proprietor

> July 16, 2016
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### The Mysterious Fur-Man: Man or Myth?

> July 16, 2016
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### Fur Real? Fur-Man Phobia Sweeps San Isidoro

> August 4, 2016
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## Personal Life

Her father died July 3rd, 2015.

She was probably married to Mike Sanchez of the San Isidoro Police Department.

Currently goes by the name McKenzie Ewalds.

## Footnotes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 New name first appeared in: Bold Strokes In Panic Over Missing Proprietor
2. ↑ Previous versions of her bio listed her as "recently married."
3. ↑ Since date is unknown this may have been either before or after Mike Sanchez died.
4. ↑ Date of death hard to tell from context in Historical Motel Sign Tragically Damaged in Freak Incident.
5. ↑ Her Conversation Starter bio changed to "recently widowed" shortly after The Conversationalist\* published that Mike Sanchez had been killed.
El Capitan Theatre

The **El Capitan Theatre** is a real-world playhouse turned movie theatre in Los Angeles, owned by the Walt Disney Company.

## Description

The El Capitan Theatre is a Spanish Revival influenced movie theatre located on Hollywood Boulevard.

## History

### Background

The theatre opened on May 3, 1926. At some point, it held a one-night only performance of the Silver Lake Sisters. From 1941-1942, the playhouse was transformed into a movie theatre.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

A poster Silver Lake Sisters are identified as having performed in the theatre back for a one night show when it was a playhouse.

## Trivia

* The Disneyland version of the attraction *Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway* has a queue set in Toontown's, "El CapiToon Theatre".

## References

1. ↑ https://www.micechat.com/159768-dca-photo-update-dropping-dropping/
Pete Corrigan

**Peter "Pete" Corrigan** is a character from the Twilight Zone TV series' episode, "Back There" included in the backstory of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

## History

Peter "Pete" Corrigan was a man during the 1920s who was lined up to be hotel manager of the under-construction Hollywood Tower Hotel in Los Angeles, California. By the May 4 of 1927, Corrigan did a press-release interview with the Buena Vista Bugle newspaper to promote the hotel being planned to open in a year. Corrigan's later history is unknown.

## Tower of Terror appearances

### Mortimer's Market

The Buena Vista Bugle has quotes from Corrigan on the subject of the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

## Behind the Scenes

Pete Corrigan was the main-character of the Twilight Zone episode, "Back There". This this episode, he was a member of the, "Potomac Club" gentleman's club who debates if the past can be changed, before inexplicably being transported back in time to Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Despite Corrigan's efforts to save the president, Lincoln was still shot dead and Corrigan returned to the present. However, in the present Corrigan discovered that he changed the histories of certain club members, namely resulting in a club-member named Peter being descended from John Wilkes Booth who in this new timeline made fame by trying to stop the Lincoln assassination while no-one else believed Corrigan.

## Trivia

* Some of Corrigan's quotes in the press-release contain easter-eggs:
	+ A quote from Corrigan mentions playing mahjong with celebrities in the hotel lobby. This references the detail of an unfinished mahjong game visible in the hotel lobby portion of the Tower of Terror's queue.
	+ Corrigan mentions the Carthay Circle Theatre, notable in Disney history for having been where the first feature-length animated film *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* debuted in 1937 and for being te first theatre integrated with a *Fantasound* audio system for the debut of *Fantasia* (1940).
	+ Corrigan mentions Anthony Fremont performing with an orchestra. Fremont is the villain of the iconic Twilight Zone episode, "It's a Good Life" which has footage used for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, and who was referenced in the ride as a performer.
* The article says the hotel aims to open the next year. However, that would be in 1928 while the actual hotel's opening date (in Disney California Adventure) is 1929, implying some event occurred to delay the planned opening.
* Abraham Lincoln held significance in Corrigan's original Twilight Zone appearance. In *Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!*, the Collector has an audio-artifact of Lincoln giving a speech play in the queue.
	+ Lincoln is also significant to the Disney Parks as having been Walt Disney's favourite president and subject to the first AA figure.

## References

1. ↑ https://a-land-of-shadow-and-substance.blogspot.com/2018/03/
Nia Peeples

**Nia Peeples** was born in Hollywood, California, on December 10, 1961. Her family moved to West Covina, California, where she and her two sisters, Paula and Cynthia, grew up. At eight years old she began performing with her family, giving concerts for community groups and conventions and doing dances of different cultures, Polynesian, Spanish and Irish. She attended West Covina High School and was an "A" student and a member of the marching band, involved in cheerleading, tumbling, volleyball, student government, choral singing and singing for a rock 'n roll band. She starred in the school production of "South Pacific" as Bloody Mary. She got her first standing ovation for her performance.

She attended UCLA on a music scholarship, during which time she performed asLiberace's opening act in Las Vegas on weekends. She took one semester as a voice major, dropped out of UCLA and took three jobs in order to afford acting lessons. She studied singing with Gloria Rush and the Sanford Meisner acting technique at Playhouse West.

She accompanied a friend to a rehearsal one day and was spotted by the producers, who cast her in the play "Music Shop". This led to guest appearances in such TV series asHardcastle and McCormick (1983) and T.J. Hooker (1982). Her first starring role came when she played a deaf girl opposite William Atherton in the HBO film A Single Light(1981). She auditioned for and won the part of Nicole Chapman in the series Fame(1982). Her hobbies include hiking, tandem surfing, rollerblading and skiing. She also does a lot of charity work. She is of Scottish/Filipino descent.

She is known for portraying Jill Perry in the film Tower of Terror.
Los Angeles Examiner

The ***Los Angeles Examiner***, was a daily published newspaper. Prop newspapers bearing the name of the newspaper, the Los Angeles Examiner, can be found in the lobbies of The Hollywood Tower Hotel.

At The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in Disney's Hollywood Studios a copy of the prop newspaper can be found resting on the check-in counter. Walt Disney Studios Park at the Disneyland Paris Resort, has multiple copies of the prop in the lobby. Specifically on a shelf behind the check-in desk, draped over the arm of one of the leather couches, and on a table.
Cadwallader

**Ted Cadwallader** or **The Devil** is a character from the *Twilight Zone* TV-series featured in *the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror*.

## History

Cadwallader is the name of a supernatural (likely being connected to the 5th Dimension) who seemingly personifies Earth's devil from Abrahamic faiths. He is best known for having made faustian bargains with mortals that came with dark consequences on their behalf and their immortal souls as payment. One of Cadwallader's charlatanizeid occupations was working as an elevator inspector in California.

On the October 31 of 1939, Cadwallader inspected the elevators of the Hollywood Tower Hotel and gave them a permit to operate. That evening, the hotel's public elevators were struck by lightning from the 5th Dimension, resulting in the deaths of five people and convergence between the hotel and the 5th Dimension. Why he did this is unknown however it is likely that he knew of their supernatural origins and that he possibly had or has a hand in the tragedy of the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

## Appearances

### Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

Cadwallader's name is signed on the Permit to Operate in the boiler room of the Tower of Terror in Walt Disney World.

## Behind the scenes

Cadwallader is a character originating from the episode *The Escape Clause* of the Twilight Zone where he was portrayed by actor Thomas Gomaz. In that episode he made a faustian bargain with a man named Walter Bedecker for his soul in-return for immortality. Ultimately Walter is driven to madness by his own inability to die and takes an escape clause in their deal, dying of a heart-attack in the process.

## Trivia

* Another death in the hotel's elevators which Cadwallader checked is referenced in Camp Discovery. *First International News* reported on Hollywood's Herman family dying in an elevator crash in 1931.
* The likeness of the Devil appears on the Mystic Seer machine in the hotel library.

## References

1. ↑ https://allears.net/2019/04/24/7-things-die-hard-twilight-zone-fans-should-look-for-in-the-tower-of-terror/
Julius Katz

**Julius Katz** is a fictional character from Buena Vista Street. He is central character of *Julius Katz & Sons*, an attraction connected to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror's backstory.

## History

### Background

Julius Katz was an immigrant citizen of Buena Vista Street in Los Angeles during the early 20th century. The Katz family ran a watch & radio-repair shop at 2705 Buena Vista Street since 1911. Julius had three sons named Allie, Farrell, and Tom who assisted in running the business. By the 1920s, Katz had multiple sons who assisted in running the business. Julius had some encounter with a young Walt Disney, inspiring Walt to create a cartoon-character named, "Julius the Cat"

### Development history

Julius Katz is inspired by Julis the Cat from Walt Disney's *Alice Comedies* shorts.

## Tower of Terror appearances

### Buena Vista Street

#### Atwater Ink & Paint

Julis' business is advertised on the bulletin-board in the shop.

#### Julius Katz & Sons

This shop is themed to being Julius' business.

## Trivia

* Julius' three sons have names which are cat puns. These being: Alley Cat, Feral Cat, and Tomcat.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-2-iss-1.pdf
2. ↑ https://duchessofdisneyland.com/california-adventure/atwater-ink-and-paint-art-supply-bulletin-board/
Carolyn Crosson

### Appearance

Has brown hair, wears a white satin dress; in certain scenes she wears a flower-print dress or a drab gray outfit.

### Fate

Struck by lightning while riding an elevator along with four others

**Carolyn Crosson**, better known by her stage name **Claire Poulet**, is a character in the 1997 TV film *Tower of Terror*, based on the actress character in *The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror* attraction. In the film, she was portrayed by Melora Hardin.

## History

### Biography

#### Film

Like Sally, Claire is shown to be more friendly and outgoing, expressing compassion and sympathy to her fellow ghosts, most especially Dewey, whom Gilbert often tends to pick on. She was absent during the time when the four other guests tried to ward off Buzzy Crocker and his niece Anna from the hotel, preferring to converse with Buzzy and the others outside as she was looking for someone who can help them in their situation; Gilbert dismisses this as something of an infatuation with Buzzy upon meeting him while under cover as an actress.

## Appearances

### Disney Parks

#### The Buena Vista Bugle

The hotel's five central ghosts were photographed in the story, "Ghost Hunters Materialize at Hollywood Tower Hotel", an article released on the anniversary of their deaths.

#### Sunset Boulevard

Gilbert and Carolyn's luggage is located under a sign for Route 66 on Sunset Boulevard in Disney's Hollywood Studios.

## Gallery

London and Crosson's luggage (turquoise) on Sunset Boulevard
## References

1. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-1-iss-4.pdf
2. ↑ http://ultimateorlando.blogspot.com/2013/09/new-inside-jokes-tributes-added-to.html
Montgomery Morgan

**Montgomery Morgan** is a character from *Buena Vista Street*.

## History

### Background

Montgomery Morgan was host of the radio-station KBVS Radio (K. Buena Vista Street) in Los Angeles during the 1920s. His show was sponsored by the *Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe* whose owners, the musical-performing, "Silver Lake Sisters", would host live-concerts on the radio as the, "FF&P Classical Music Hour".

## Tower of Terror appearances

### Buena Vista Street

#### Atwater Ink & Paint

A card for the show is on the bulletin board.

#### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

A card for the show is on the bulletin board making reference to the sisters and café.
Crush

**Crush** is a character from the 2003 film *Finding Nemo* who is central character of *Turtle Talk* on the *S.S. Columbia*, which has a backstory tying into that of *Tokyo DisneySea*'s *Tower of Terror*.

## History

### Background

#### Origins

"Crush" is the name of a leatherback sea-turtle born approximately around the year 1853. Crush became distinguished by his laid-back, California-surfer style personality. Crush frequently travelled alongside other sea-turtles on the *East Australian Current*, which they called the, "E.A.C.".

#### Turtle Talk

In 1925, New York City businessman Cornelius Endicott II began experimenting with a, "Hydrophone" which would allow him to communicate with sea-life. Crush would regularly converse with humans through this hydrophone in the *Undersea Observatory* with a hydrophone aboard Endicott's ship the S.S. Columbia.

#### Finding Nemo

By the early 2000s, Crush had a young son named, "Squirt". Crush and Squirt happened upon a pair of fish named Marlin and Dory who were searching for Marlin's lost son, "Nemo". Crush and Squirt assisted them in using the current to reach Nemo in Australia. Some time later, the two also assisted Marlin, Nemo and Dory in reaching the *Marine Life Institute* of Morro Bay, California.

#### Later history

Crush was involved in helping Dory and Nemo with finding Nemo on another incident which was observed by submarines of the *Nautical Exploration and Marine Observation Institute*. Crush would also regularly visit a marine observatory on *Coral Caves Beach*, outside of *EPCOT* in Florida where he talked with humans using a hydrophone similar to that used by Endicott.

## Tower of Terror appearances

### S.S. Columbia

The attraction, "Turtle Talk" in Tokyo DisneySea is set on the S.S. Columbia, steamship of Harrison Hightower III's arch-rival Cornelius Endicott II. This attraction revolves around guests representing early 20th century passengers of the Columbia who use Endioctt's patented hydrophone to converse with Crush.

### Other connections

#### Buena Vista Bugle

Volume 5, Issue 3.1 of the Buena Vista Bugle featured the article, "Duuude! This just in from the E.A.C.", imitating Crush's speak to promote Turtle Talk with Crush in Hollywood Land. He was covered in other stories like, "Coo Coo Cachoo! News from the Big ol' Blue".

#### Hollywood Land

"Turtle Talk with Crush" has a version of the attraction in Hollywood Land.

## References

1. ↑ Claims he is 150 years-old in 'Finding Nemo' (2003) which appeared to be set in its present-day.
2. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/3-1-3.jpg
3. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/4-1.jpg
The Buena Vista Bugle

“*Trumpeting the News Daily*”
―Slogan

**The Buena Vista Bugle** is a fictional newspaper handed out for special events at Buena Vista Street in Disney California Adventure. The newspaper has an inconsistent continuity, generally being themed to a 1920s/1930s newspaper in Los Angeles but also frequently making anachronisms and breaking the fourth-wall.

## Description

The Buena Vista Bugle was a newspaper based in the neighbourhood of *Buena Vista Street* in Los Angeles, California during the 1920s. The logo for the newspaper was an illustration of the *Carthay Circle Theatre*, a location famously affiliated with old Hollywood.

### Employees

* **Gayle & Gail**: Gayle & Gail ran the gossip-section, "The Buzz".
* **Inglebert Irving**: This was the newspaper's resident food-critic for the section, "*"I" on Food*".
* **Mirna the Fashion Maven**: A fashion columnist.
* **Phiphi Francis**:
* **Walt Disney**: Walt Disney created, "Merry Menagerie" comics for the newspaper.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

The first edition featured a review of the Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe by Inglebert Irving in which he mentions appreciating the Silver Lake Sisters' music.

### The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

Three editions of the newspaper have featured stories on the Hollywood Tower Hotel. The first was "Lightning Strikes the Hollywood Tower Hotel" which detailed Officer Calvin Blue's investigation of the hotel after it was struck by lightning and five people disappeared. Another story was , "Ghost Hunters Materialize at the Hollywood Tower Hotel" which featured a picture of the hotel's ghosts Sally Shine, Dewey Todd, Emeline Partridge, Carolyn Crosson and Gilbert London. Other stories were, "Fall's Top Fall", and, "Top Four Fall Favourites"; all of which stories were set after the Halloween incident of 1939.

At Mortimer's Market, a copy of the newspaper from May 4, 1927 can be found with the headline, "Hollywood Tower Hotel set to open next year". The front-page shows the Hollywood Tower Hotel sign being lifted onto the hotel while under construction with the tag-line, "Promises to be a star in its own right!", referencing the Narrator's dialogue from the attraction.

#### Tower Hotel Gifts

Sometimes the newspaper advertised this shop as a local business.

### Other connections

#### Paradise Pier

Stories on the pier and advertisements for their services were often featured.

#### Red Car Trolley

Various stories centred around the Red Car Trolley and Pacific Electric Railway.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-1-iss-1.pdf
2. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-1-iss-4.pdf
3. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-3-iss-4.pdf
4. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-4-iss-4.pdf
5. ↑ https://a-land-of-shadow-and-substance.blogspot.com/2018/03/
Chief Kijanji

**Chief Kijanji** is a character from Tower of Terror.

## History

### Biography

Chief Kijanji was leader of the Mtundu tribe of the Congo during the 1890s. He and his people had taken up the role of safekeeping the idol known as Shiriki Utundu, a bloodthirsty deity which they protected from the rest of the world. The tribe guarded the idol for 60-70 years until 1899 when the tribe crossed paths with wealthy explorer Harrison Hightower III and his manservant Smelding.

Kijanji gave the pair shelter after they were separated from their safari group by an angered tribe. After telling the two men the story of Shiriki Utundu, Harrison attempted to purchase the idol from Kijanji so it could be part of his collection in the Hotel Hightower. Kijanji refused so Hightower and Smelding stole the idol in the night, only to hear laughing from the tribe when they learned the deity was taken.
Marge Champion

**Marge Celeste Champion** née. **Belcher** (1919-2020) was an American dancer and broadway performer. As a teenager, Marge served as the animation reference model for Snow White in *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (1937), the Blue Fairy in *Pinocchio* (1940), and Hyacinth Hippo in *Fantasia* (1940).

## History

### Background

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## Tower of Terror appearances

### Buena Vista Street

#### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

There is a flyer on the bulletin-board promoting dance-lessons with the note, "Ask for **Marjorie**".
Mystic Seer

**The Mystic Seer** is a device from the Twilight Zone TV show which appears in the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

## Description

The Mystic Seer is a coin-operated fortune-telling device designed to answer yes-or-no questions. It was equipped with a simple autonomous head which resembled a cartoon depiction of the Devil. Additionally, the seer's predictions were seemingly accurate and would result in mortals becoming addicted to its counsel.

## History

### The Twilight Zone

The Mystic Seer was a device found in the Busy Bee Cafe of Ridgeview, Ohio. Many would pass through the town and be briefly stuck there by automobile malfunctions only to stay out of addiction to the Mystic Seer's wisdom.

## Appearances

### The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

The Mystic Seer sits on a shelf in the library of the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

## Behind the scenes

The Mystic Seer originates from the Twilight Zone episode, "Nick of Time".

## Trivia

* The Devil from the Twilight Zone TV series inspected the hotel's elevators, potentially being connected to the demon portrayed on the seer.

## References

1. ↑ http://towersecrets.com/twilight-zone-references-in-the-tower-of-terror/
New York American

***New York - American***, is a newspaper featured in the film Tower of Terror. Formerly a real company it was founded in 1902, in New York. The newspaper ran until 1937, when it merged with the New York evening journal. This is important because it reveals that Sally Shine's career existed prior to the merger of the paper.

## External Links

* https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030023/
Abigail Gregory

**Abigail "Abby" Gregory**, was born October 31, 1929, and is the sister of fictitious child star Sally Shine, from *Tower of Terror*. She was always very jealous of her younger sister because she couldn't sing or dance like her sister could.

## History

### Early childhood

Abigail was born on Halloween sometime before the beginning of the great depression. She spent her 10th birthday at the Hollywood Tower Hotel, where she believed everyone had forgotten her birthday. But unbeknownst to her the party in the *Tip Top Club*, happened to be a secret surprise birthday party for her.

### Occultism

Abby, feeling neglected by her parents due to their love of her sister, caused her to take action against her sister. October 31, 1939, her birthday, and the return of her sister from a publicity tour. Was the day Abby crept into the basement of *The Hollywood Tower Hotel*  with her book of souls and cast a curse upon her sister that was supposed to banish her sister to an eternity in hell. Unfortunately her spell back fired, she didn't plan for the other patrons in the elevator. She only planned for Emeline Partridge, her sister's nanny, and her sister. Due to the lack of identifiers for the others in the elevator, the spell backfired killing everyone on board the elevator sending them all into purgatory.

### Following disappearance

As her parents determined that her deep-seated hatred for her sister brought her into insanity, Abigail was later admitted into the Westchester Sanitarium for the mentally insane in the spring of 1940. She defaced photos of her sister, and cut off the heads of the dolls that were modeled after Sally. The sanitarium served as her home until the summer of 1997, when Dr. Daniels, her psychiatrist, believed she was mentally healthy enough to venture out of the sanitarium. He didn't know she secretly had a section of her chest that held marked up photos.

## Appearances

### Tower of Terror

Abigail is the main-antagonist of this film, initially being introduced as a harmless supporting character but later revealed to have orchestrated the events of 1939.

## Behind the Scenes

Abby was first introduced in the 1997 film *Tower of Terror.* Shira Roth played the role of Abigail as a child, while Amzie Strickland appeared as an elderly Abigail.
Disney's Hollywood Hotel

**Disney's Hollywood Hotel** is a hotel resort at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort with connections to the Tower of Terror.

## History

### Backstory

This is themed to being an Art-Deco hotel in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Tower of Terror

The movie, "The Bride of Frankenollie" listed one Harrison Hightower IV as screenwriter.

### Other connections

#### Disney's Hollywood Studios

##### The Magic of Disney Animation

Various fictional film posters from this attraction appear in the hotel.

##### Sunset Boulevard

There is a street-sign outside the hotel for the intersection of Sunset Boulevard & Hollywood Boulevard.

#### Hollywood Land

The front-desk's mural features the Animation Academy building from this park.

#### Tropical Hideaway

Another movie-poster was for, "Mouse Pacific" which seemingly revolved around the Enchanted Tiki Room.
Mortimer McKenzie

**Mortimer McKenzie** is a fictional character from Buena Vista Street. He is central and namesake character for Mortimer's Market which has story connections to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

## History

Mortimer McKenzie was a man living in Buena Vista Street, California during the 1920s-1930s. He is described as having been a small man with a a distinct high voice and cheerful personality. McKenzie ran, "Mortimer's Market" on Buena Vista Street where he sold fruits and vegetables. At some point, he inspired Walt Disney's creation of the character Mickey Mouse, originally planned to be named, "Mortimer" before said name was recycled for Mickey's rival.

## Appearances

### Buena Vista Street

#### The Buena Vista Bugle

Mortimer is sometimes covered in this newspaper.

#### Mortimer's Market

Mortimer is central character behind this shop.

#### Red Car Trolley

Advertisements for Mortimer's Market appear in the trolleys.

## Tower of Terror connections

### The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

Copies of the newspaper from May 4, 1927 can be found with the headline, "Hollywood Tower Hotel set to open next year". The front-page shows the Hollywood Tower Hotel sign being lifted onto the hotel while under construction with the tag-line, "Promises to be a star in its own right!", referencing the Narrator's dialogue from the attraction. The press-release is done by Twilight Zone character Pete Corrigan who is identified as the hotel's manager, and who also mentions Anthony Fremont and his orchestra being planned to perform in the hotel.

The character of Mickey Mouse whom McKenzie inspired is present in the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, being a plush owned by Sally Shine and through the music, *What! No Mickey Mouse?* by Irving Caesar.

## References

1. ↑ https://a-land-of-shadow-and-substance.blogspot.com/2018/03/
KBVS Radio

**KBVS Radio** is a fictional radio-station from Buena Vista Street.

## Description

KBVS (presumably **K. Buena Vista Street**) was a radio-station active for the Los Angeles neighbourhood of *Buena Vista Street* during the 1920s. The radio station received funding from the street's *Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe* who sponsored the radio's, "*FF&P Classical Music Hour*" where the three Silver Lake Sisters would perform. The station also played, "The Adventures of Hank and Wally" and, "Scary Symphony", a radio-show performed by, "The Flower Street Players" which presented itself as an authentic broadcast of horrific events.

The radio was also known to play music being performed at the *Tip Top Club* of the Hollywood Tower Hotel, such as Anthony Fremont and his orchestra.

### Members

* **Montgomery Morgan**: The primary host of the station.
* **Dolly "Fiddler" Bounds**: The Silver Lake Sisters' violinist.
* **Dottie "Fifer" Bounds**: The Silver Lake Sisters' lead-singer.
* **Ethel "Practical" Bounds**: The Silver Lake Sisters' pianist and brains behind their operation.

## History

### Background

The KBVS Radio radio-station was active in 1920s Los Angeles. Around the 2020s, they were involved in the Stark Industries production, "Rogers: The Musical" at the Hyperion Theater.

## Appearances

### Buena Vista Street

#### Atwater Ink & Paint

There is an advertisement for the radio on the bulletin-board.

#### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

There is an advertisement for the radio on the bulletin-board.

#### Julius Katz & Sons

Radios inside of the shop will be tuned to KBVS.

#### Oswald's

Radios inside of the shop will be tuned to this radio station.

### Rogers: The Musical

The KBVS radio played in this show, with advertisements for Buena Vista Street businesses like *Elias & Co.*.

## Trivia

* Anthony Fremont is a character from the Twilight Zone TV series.
* "Scary Symphonies" is named in tribute to Disney's Silly Symphony cartoons, while performed as tribute to Orson Welles' infamous *War of the Worlds* broadcast of 1938. The events of the Scary Symphony broadcast is a reference to Disney's 1929 Skeleton Dance. The Flower Street Players' name is an allusion to Disney Imagineering being located at 1401 Flower Street.
* The Adventures of Hank and Wally is inspired by the Amos & Andy show.
* In Rogers: The Musical, the radio refers to the Hyperion Theater as, "a beacon for the show business elite", which is how the Narrator described the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mouseplanet.com/10464/D23\_Expo\_\_Broadcasts\_From\_Buena\_Vista\_Street
2. ↑ https://disneydiary.com/2014/08/disney-facts-5-facts-about-buena-vista/
Cornelius Endicott II

**Cornelius Endicott II** is a character from the Tower of Terror, the *S.S. Columbia*, and *Turtle Talk*.

## History

### Biography

#### Background

Cornelius Endicott II was born into the wealthy Endicott family. He would be sent to the boarding school Snoddington Academy in England for his education. At school in 1847 he met a young Harrison Hightower III whom he would go on to begin rivals with for the rest of Hightower's life.

As an adult, Cornelius became a powerful business tycoon in New York City where he still rivalled with a wealthy Harrison Hightower III. Cornelius ran the U.S. Steamship Company which had been founded in 1865. Endicott's operations involved global-shipping, steel-mills, gold-mines and railroads. At some point prior to 1883, Endicott founded the New York Globe Telegraph newspaper which he would own. Throughout the 19th century, Cornelius II had seven daughters including one Beatrice Rose Endicott in 1883. Other businesses owned by Endicott and Endicott Industries would include *The Endicott Industries Reporter* and *Endicott Glassworks*.

#### Tower of Terror

On the December 31 of 1899, Harrison Hightower III mysteriously disappeared within his property the Hotel Hightower which was subsequently left abandoned. Around 1908, Cornelius aimed at destroying the Hotel Hightower as a final blow to his late-rival, a goal which took many years to achieve. In the meantime he constructed a new vessel known as the *S.S. Columbia* in 1909 with Beatrice having designed the interior of the vessel. Endicott had the *Endicott Glassworks* construct the strongest sheet of glass ever made for the ship's underwater observatory.

The S.S. Columbia was completed and christened the April 11 of 1911 then later made her maiden-voyage on the March 20th of 1912. The Columbia departed from New York City to Liverpool, England with a guests' list including the likes of Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. In this same year however, Beatrice went against her father's wishes and founded the *New York City Preservation Society* with the express purpose of preventing the destruction of the Hotel Hightower.

#### Turtle Talk

In 1925, Endicott experimented with his patented invention the, "Hydrophone" which allowed him to communicate with sea-life. Endicott had one of these devices equipped to a special observatory on the S.S. Columbia. This observatory was frequently used to study underwater life and also to converse with a sea-turtle known as, "Crush".

## References

1. ↑ https://df82.blogspot.com/2012/11/hotel-hightower-terror-tokyodisneysea.html
2. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/cafetricot/4003740951/in/photostream/
3. ↑ https://allears.net/2010/06/14/tokyo-disney-a-few-more-things/
California

**California** is a real-life state in the United States of America.

* **Paradise Pier**:

## History

#### Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!

This attraction takes place in the colony of Avengers Campus in the city of Orange, California where the Collector took his collection.

#### Haunted Mansion

The Hightower family member George Hightower lived in the city of Newport Beach, California. His bride Constance Hatchaway came from Money County in California and was previously married to the Californian men Frank Banks from Bulfor's Isle, California and Ambrose Harper from Secret County, California. C. 1877 the couple moved to New Orleans where Constance would go on to murder George for his estate.

## Trivia

* In the backstory for the unbuilt Disneyland expansion, "Discovery Bay", the president of the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers* Jason Chandler would have founded a 19th century science utopia in California known as Discovery Bay.
* A mural advertisement for the Red Car Trolley's California locales features a depiction of *Radiator Springs* from the 2006 Pixar film Cars albeit with the car pictured being presumably inanimate. This is in reference to the heavily themed *Cars Land* area of Disney California Adventure.
	+ In-universe references to the Cars franchise have also included an Avengers Campus map of Howard Stark's colony where a, "Scrapyard" is detailed in the area used for the attraction *Mater's Junkyard Jamboree*, and the scrapped parts of plane Skipper Riley appearing in the Disney Springs hangar bar of Jock Lindsey, a comrade to Indiana Jones and member of S.E.A..

## References

1. ↑ http://ghostrelationsdept.blogspot.com/2008/02/name-game.html
2. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/blogs/disney-extinct-attractions/2018/07/26/disney-extinct-attractions-discovery-bay/
Calvin Blue

**Officer Calvin Blue** also known as **Officer Blue** or **Calvin the Cop** is a character from the attraction *Citizens of Buena Vista Street* at Disney California Adventure.

## History

### Biography

#### Background

Calvin Blue and his brother Clyde Blue were the children of Los Angeles' female chief of police during the early half of the 20th century. The two were groomed by their mother from a young age to take up the family business themselves. By their adulthood around the 1920s/1930s, the two were stationed as officers in Los Angeles where they mainly worked in the neighbourhood of Buena Vista Street.

As a police-officer, Calvin oriented his law-enforcement towards, "Positive reinforcement" authority. The keys which Calvin kept on his person were in actuality used for Buena Vista Street's chamber of commerce, his bike lock, and his mother's house. While in the neighbourhood, the brothers were known to reward citizens and passers-by with awards such as, "Best smile" or, "Good Behaviour Citations".

#### Tower of Terror incident

Following the October 31 of 1939, Calvin lead the investigation regarding the disappearance of Sally Shine, Emeline Partridge, Dewey Todd, Carolyn Crosson and Gilbert London at the Hollywood Tower Hotel, following an evacuation when the hotel was struck by lightning. When interviewed by *The Buena Vista Bugle*, Blue expressed the belief that those missing were fine and that he would reward them for their experiences.

In actuality, the five missing persons were killed in an elevator-crash while the hotel converged with the paranormal 5th Dimension. For safety reasons, the Hollywood Tower Hotel was left shut off from the public until its reopening in the July of 1994.

## Tower of Terror connections

### The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

An of the Buena Vista Bugle has an article titled, "Lightning Strikes the Hollywood Tower Hotel" identified Blue as the officer in charge of investigating the disappearances at the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

## Other appearances

### Citizens of Buena Vista Street

Blue is a live-performed character in this attraction.

### The Buena Vista Bugle

Clyde frequently was featured in, "Letters to the Editor".

## Trivia

* Blue is similar to the character Officer Percival P. Peabody from *Citizens of Hollywood* at *Disney's Hollywood Studios*, another police officer and possible resident of Buena Vista Street.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mouseplanet.com/12168/Meet\_the\_Citizens\_of\_Buena\_Vista\_Street
2. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-1-iss-1.pdf
3. ↑ https://duchessofdisneyland.com/california-adventure/buena-vista-street-mailboxes/