Tivan Collection

**The Tivan Collection** also known as **the** **Collector's Fortress** is the setting of *Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!* in *Disney California Adventure*. Due to having replaced the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror while repurposing its basic architecture and ride-system, the attraction and location are considered to be incarnations of the Tower of Terror while also having story connections to the property.

## Description

The Tivan Collection is a fortress of advanced alien technology, capable of teleporting across the universe. The fortress houses a massive collection of artifacts from across the galaxy, predominately housed in a variety of tanks. The Tivan Collection utilizes technology from the evil alien mega-corporation X-S Tech and is largely staffed by enslaved females from the planet Krylor.

### Features

* **Collector's Office**:
* **Gantry Lifts**:
* **Gardens**:
* **Generator**:

## History

### Background

#### Origins

The Tivan Collection was the headquarters for ancient alien, Taneleer "The Collector" Tivan and his organization the Tivan Group. Tivan was apparently familiar with one L.C. Clench, the chairman of the evil alien corporation *X-S Tech* whom supplied the fortress with technology. By around this time, the Collector teleported his fortress across the galaxy to show off his collection as an attraction while also obtaining new acquisitions.

#### Mission: BREAKOUT!

Around the late 2010s, Tivan had bounty-hunter Jeutar Mörat follow an unidentified, "Stranger" to Earth (known to aliens as Terra). Intrigued, the Collector took his fortress to Earth and set up shop in the city of Anaheim, California within a militarized colony known as, "Avengers Campus". The campus was run by billionaire industrialist and US military ally Tony Stark who allowed the known super-villain to move his lair to the base without incident. Here, the Collector used spam texts and advertisements to bring humans to the fortress though his lair was briefly attacked by rogue robots from the nearby *Wordwide Engineering Brigade* but quickly defeated and subdued.

While in the Campus, the Collector lured intergalactic outlaws/anti-heroes, "The Guardians of the Galaxy" into his acquisition by promising team-member Peter "Star-Lord" Quill a free tour. After making the guardians his new main attraction, the guardian *Rocket Raccoon* escaped and made an S.O.S. tour for help. A group disguised as tourists came to the fortress and assisted Rocket in destroying the fortress' main power source, causing all of the creatures within to break free and wreak havoc as the guardians escaped.

## 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".

## Appearances

### Attractions

#### Avengers Campus

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

The Tivan Collection is the setting of this attraction.

###### Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark

This overlay takes place directly after the events of the main attraction and has the Tivan Collection in red-alert mode with malfunctioning technology.

##### PYM Test Kitchen

Wasp's cellphone sometimes receives spam-text advertising the Tivan Collection. Other texts referencing the fortress include Ant-Man mentioning the Collector inviting him over for a *Sakaaran Cold Brew* along with Star-Lord and Gamora texting Wasp for help escaping the Tivan Collection.

##### Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure

One of the levels in this attraction has guests fighting Spider-Bots loose in the fortress, released after an accident at the *Worldwide Engineering Brigade*.

### Film

#### Thor Ragnarok

The fortress can be seen in the background on the planet Sakaar, outside of the Grandmaster's window.

## Behind the scenes

Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! replaced the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in Disney California Adventure. The attraction repurposed the basic architecture and ride-system of Tower of Terror for the new attraction along with various props. The main aesthetic difference here was that the Collector's Fortress had a facade inspired by the artwork of comic-book legend Jack Kirby (1917-1994).

## Trivia

* The Tivan Collection is the third main reimagining of the Tower of Terror's setting: the first being the Hollywood Tower Hotel and the second being the Hotel Hightower.
* Tivan, the Invaders, and the Kanamits authors of *To Serve Man* are all aliens connected to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
* In the office is a book titled, "Migration Patterns of Earth's Avifauna" by Rohde, tributing Tower of Terror imagineer Joe Rohde who developed Mission: BREAKOUT! and who also portrayed Harrison Hightower III in *Tower of Terror*.
* Various acquisitions in Tivan's fortress connect to other Disney Parks attractions:
	+ One of the tanks suspended from the ceiling contains an imprisoned Figment from *Journey Into Imagination*.
	+ The lifeless bodies of the Matterhorn Yeti from *Matterhorn Bobsleds* and Dolores the Octopus from *Country Bear Vacation Hoedown*.
	+ In the fortress is the severed robotic head of Tomorrowland's mayor Prof. Tom Morrow from *Rocket to the Moon*and *Innoventions*. Many of the Collector's Asgardian artifacts are recycled props from Innoventions as well.
	+ As previously stated, the Collector has various artifacts related to the Hollywood Tower Hotel.
* In his office, Clench has an invoice from X-S Tech signed by chairman L.C. Clench, both characters from the defunct horror attraction *ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter*.
* Figment, Tom Morrow and Star-Lord are all referenced alongside Harrison Hightower III and Shiriki Utundu in the *Skipper Canteen* restaurant. The *Country Bears Jamboree* characters are also referenced in Paradise Pier.

## Gallery

Hollywood Tower Hotel memorabilia in the Collector's officeA portrait from the hotel in the fortress' boiler roomConcept-artThe generatorDuring the mass breakoutThe Collector's officeThe Collector's desk
## External links

* Collector's Fortress on *Marvel Theme Park Universe Wiki*

## References

1. ↑ https://nerdist.com/article/36-easter-eggs-in-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-ride-queue/
2. ↑ https://www.superherohype.com/news/398047-guardians-of-the-galaxy-mission-breakout#/slide/1
3. ↑ https://insidethemagic.net/2017/05/photos-guardians-galaxy-mission-breakout-queue-pays-tribute-tower-terror/
4. ↑ https://www.slashfilm.com/551270/guardians-of-the-galaxy-mission-breakout-easter-eggs/
5. ↑ https://mouseinfo.com/2017/06/watch-easter-eggs-and-other-surprises-inside-guardians-of-the-galaxy-mission-breakout-summerofheroes/
6. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2023/12/tower-of-terror-guardians-of-the-galaxy-dlp-nye/
7. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2021/06/04/marvel-character-text-messages-at-avengers-campus/
8. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2017/04/11/mission-breakout-disneyland-resort-thor-ragnarok/