Albert the monkey

**Albert the monkey** is a character from the Hong Kong Disneyland *Mystic Manor* who is connected to the story of Tower of Terror.

## History

In the late 1870s/early 1880s, Lord Henry Mystic of the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers* travelled to the jungles of Papua New Guinea where he happened upon a small monkey caught in the web of a giant spider. Mystic saved the monkey and took it in as a pet which he named, "Albert" after a beloved uncle of his. Mystic would go on to take Albert with him wherever he travelled and have the monkey treated as if it were a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

In the June of 1882, Lord Henry and Albert travelled to Morocco where they became found of middle-eastern fashion such as the fez. This voyage is believed to have become the reason behind why other members of the society would wear the fez as a staple fashion-piece. In 1889 the pair travelled to India where Lord Henry Mystic failed at trying to learn to play the tanpura.

In 1896, Lord Henry returned to the jungles of Papua New Guinea with his nephews James and Edward Mystic. Being British, the Mystics began to colonize the jungles into land which they named, "Mystic Point" after themselves. Part of the construction involved the creation of a manor known as Mystic Manor where Lord Henry and Albert made their residence and which he also used to keep all of his, "Collected" artifacts from across the globe.

In 1899, Mystic and Albert travelled to India and then to New York City by December. The duo attended a New Year's Eve party thrown in the Hotel Hightower by S.E.A. contemporary Harrison Hightower III. Hightower had partly thrown the party to show off his most recent acquisition, the African idol known as Shiriki Utundu that he had stolen from the Mtundu tribe of the Congo. At this party, Harrison died at the hands of his stolen idol Shiriki Utundu leaving the Hotel Hightower to be shut down.

In 1900, Mystic and Albert attended Paris, France for the l'exposition de Paris where Lord Mystic showed off an invention of his known as the *Mystic Magneto-Electric Carriage*. This invention was a vehicle which won first-place and would inspire Henry Ford to create a new gasoline automobile design. In the April of 1903, Mystic and Albert travelled to Siberia on a Russian expedition.

In 1908, Mystic Point and Mystic Manor were both opened up to the public so Mystic could share his artifacts with the world. On the June 12 of that year, Lord Mystic established the, "Explorers Club" restaurant which he would decorate with many of the artifacts from Mystic Manor. Also in 1908, he and Albert returned to Paris and watched the construction of the Eiffel Tower before stealing a part of it as a memento. In 1909 they went to Bali, India where Lord Henry acquired a supposedly magic music-box that he brought back to Mystic Manor.

In this same year, Albert opened up the Balinese music-box resulting in its spirits being set free and bringing Mystic Manor to life during a tour. The music-box nearly destroyed Mystic Manor with Albert narrowly having been able to shut it and save both himself, his master and the guests. Lord Henry Mystic was seemingly none the wiser of these events having ever transpired.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Tower of Terror

Lord Henry and Albert attended the Hotel Hightower, the night of Harrison Hightower III's disappearance. The Lord also mounted a portrait from this meeting in his colonial home of Mystic Manor.