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God of Water

The **God of Water** also known as the **Water God** or the **Water Spirit** is a character from the attraction *Raging Spirits*.

## History

### Biography

#### Origins

The God of Water was a water deity represented similarly to a multi-headed snake who was worshiped in the Lost River Delta of what would become Cusco, Peru. The water god was arch-rivals with a fire god, both of whom were given tribute to via a temple constructed around 5000 years prior to 1931. This temple was later lost similarly to much of the rest of the Delta's structures.

#### Raging Spirits

In 1883, the temple was desecrated by evil colonial explorer Harrison Hightower III and his loyal manservant, Smelding. The duo stole the Water God's idol and took off with it in a canoe, upsetting the natural order of the delta. The idol was later placed in a crate and shipped to New York City aboard Hightower's private-yacht, *Hightower's Pride*. The idol was subsequently put on display in Hightower's lair, the Hotel Hightower.

During the early 1930s, the *Cantera El Barranca Rocoso* archaeological team acquired the idol's head from the *Hightower Trust* but put it on backwards, facing the water-god. Because of this, the two rival gods caused supernatural incidents of fire and water around the temple.

## Tower of Terror appearances

### Tower of Terror

A mural within the Hotel Hightower depicts Harrison Hightower III and Smelding making off with the water idol in a canoe. Another mural shows the idol in a crate on the Hightower's Pride, being unloaded. Crates from the, "Hightower Trust" are also found in the queue of Raging Spirits.

## Trivia

* The god is portrayed as a giant double-headed serpent. Turquoise art of such beings have been documented in Mexican Nahuatl culture, with turquoise being a material which among other things signified water and prosperity.
* The architecture of the temple was inspired by the palace from *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000).
* The God of Water and Poseidon are both water gods referenced in Tower of Terror.
MINE!

**MINE!** is a fictional book written by Harrison Hightower III.

## History

MINE! was a book written by evil explorer and collector Harrison Hightower III prior to his death in 1899. The book was presumably on the subject of Hightower's pillaging, grave-robbing and otherwise crimes of colonial theft which he commit to acquire a collection of antiquities in the Hotel Hightower of New York City.

## Appearances

### Skipper Canteen

The book appears in the library of the Skipper Canteen along with Hightower's books *Everest Expedition: In Search of the Yeti* and *Treasures of the Animal Kingdom*.

## Trivia

* The name of the book may be an allusion to the controversial Disney animated film *Pocahontas* (1995) where the main-antagonist is an evil colonist that has a song about his greed called, "*Mine, Mine, Mine*".
Photoplay (Jan. 1939)

***Photoplay***, was one of the first American film fan magazines. It was founded in 1911 in Chicago, the same year that J. Stuart Blackton founded *Motion Picture Story,* a magazine also directed at fans. For most of its run, *Photoplay* was published by Macfadden Publications.

The January 1939 edition of photoplay is featured in the lobby of The Hollywood Tower Hotel sitting on the concierge desk, positioned under a hat.

The magazine features artwork from Walt Disney.
Indian idol

The **Indian idol** is the conjectural name for a prop from *Tower of Terror*.

## Description

This was a large idol depicting a horned, fanged creature. The idol was Indian in origin.

## History

### Background

This was an idol located in a city of India during the 19th century. At some point in the 1800s, the idol was stolen by colonial explorer Harrison Hightower III and his manservant, Smelding. The two dragged the head through a farmer's field by elephant-back and would move it to their headquarters the Hotel Hightower in New York City.
Eudora Enchantworthy

Johannes Enchantworthy (oldest son)

Alanna Enchantworthy (youngest daughter)

Caleb Enchantworthy (youngest son)

### Dislikes

The Glooms, violence, people who have hatred of dwarfs, washing, ironing, vacuuming

### Personality

Kind, friendly, motherly, supportive, warm, nurturing, loving, selfless, caring, level-headed

### Voice Actor

Jill Talley

**Eudora Enchantworthy** is an original character created for The 7D: Adventures In Jollywood, who is set to appear in **"Love Thy Dwarfs".**

## Appearance

Eudora resembles a 1950's mother.

She has an athletic build with wide hips and ghostly-white pale skin, turquoise eyes, wears purple lipstick, and has shoulder-length wavy pink hair with side-swept bangs that are blush pink.

She also wears golden circular earrings and a matching bracelet on her left hand.

She wears a chartreuse dress with a light aqua collar, cuffs, and buttons, a light cerulean blue-and-pink apron, and yellow-orange high-heeled shoes.

## Trivia

* Her name means "Generous gift", which actually reflects on her personality.

* Her voice actress is Jill Talley, who is known for Karen, the computer wife of Sheldon J. Plankton in *SpongeBob SquarePants*.

Interestingly, her husband's voice actor is Tom Kenny, who is known for voicing the show's titular character.

In actuality, Tom Kenny and Jill Talley are married in real life.
Mortimer's Market

**Mortimer's Market** is a food-selling service in the Buena Vista Street area of Disney California Adventure. The attraction has some connections to the backstory of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

## History

### Backstory

Mortimer's Market was a fruit-market open in Los Angeles during the 1920s. The market's shopkeep was one Mortimer McKenzie, a man with a high-pitched voice who was known by Walt Disney. Mortimer inspired Walt's creation of the character Mickey Mouse, originally intending on naming him Mortimer before changing the name to Mickey and using Mortimer as the namesake for Mickey's rival.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Buena Vista Bugle

Editions of the Buena Vista Bugle appear in the market. Mortimer McKenzie's character is elaborated on in the bugle,

### Red Car Trolley

Advertisements for the market appear in the trolleys.

### 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.

## Trivia

* The engravings on the exterior of the building feature mice, referencing Mickey.
* 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.

## References

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

**Joe Rohde** is a Disney Imagineer best known for serving as the leader of the creative team behind Disney's Animal Kingdom from initial conception to the present. He is one of the Vice Presidents of Creative in Walt Disney Imagineering. An avid world traveler, Rohde is notable for his large collection of earrings, that he has accumulated through his travels. Rohde was an imagineer behind Tokyo DisneySea's Tower of Terror where he portrayed Harrison Hightower III and was also a major imagineer behind *Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!* which replaced the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in Disney California Adventure. Rohde hosted the announcement video for Disney closing the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

## Tower of Terror tributes

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

In G*uardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!*, Rohde is referenced via a book in the Collector's office titled, "Migration Patterns of Earth's Avifauna" by Rohde.

### Skipper Canteen

Two of the books by Harrison Hightower III in the Skipper Canteen tribute Rohde's connections to Disney's Animal Kingdom. These books are titled, "*Treasures of the Animal Kingdom*" and, "*Everest Expedition: Search for the Yeti*",

## Projects

* Aulani
* Disney's Animal Kingdom
	+ Expedition Everest

* Tower of Terror (Tokyo DisneySea) - Model and actor for Harrison Hightower III
* Adventurers Club
* Captain EO - Character designer
* Norway Pavilion
* New Fantasyland
* Mexico Pavilion - Painter
* The American Adventure - Voice of Alexander Graham Bell
* Imageworks - Portrayed Dreamfinder in the Dreamfinder's School of Drama films.
* Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!

## Trivia

* A large tribal mask modelled after Rohde with a sign reading, "Joe" is present in *Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar*, a bar which also pays tribute to Tower of Terror.
* The Silver Lake Sisters' affiliate running the audio while at the haunted Hollywood Tower Hotel was a man named, "Joe".

## Gallery

Rohde's likeness used for the Yeti of the Forbidden Mountain in Expedition Everest
## References

1. ↑ https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/disney-vacations/guardians-of-the-galaxy-easter-eggs
Amzie Strickland

**Amzie Ellen Strickland** (January 10, 1919 – July 5, 2006) was an American character actress who began in radio, made some 650 television appearances, had roles in two dozen films, appeared in numerous television movies and also worked in TV commercials. In a seven-decade career, from the 1930s to 2001, she amassed well over 100 credits.

She appeared as Abigail Gregory in the 1997 film Tower of Terror.
Inglebert Irving

**Inglebert Irving** is a Buena Vista Street character connected to the Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe.

## History

### Background

Inglebert Irving was a Los Angeles food-critic for the Buena Vista Bugle in the 1920s-1930s. His section was called, *"I" on Food* as a reference to his, "I" alliterated name.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

In the first edition of the bugle, Irving reviewed the Silver Lake Sisters' cafe. His review includes various allusions to the Three Little Pigs, whom the sisters are in-universe inspirations of. This article might have occurred in 1926 due to another article covering the opening of the Carthay Circle Theatre, though another might place it to being in 1939 as it covers the Halloween party's lightning strike at the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

## Trivia

* While reviewing the Carthay Circle Theatre's food, he said, "Heigh ho, Heigh Ho, it's off to dine I go" as a reference to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which premiered at the theatre.
* In one issue, he mentions being friends with the Three Caballeros.

## 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-2.pdf
3. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-3-iss-5.pdf
Bigelow's Air Circus

A flyer featured in Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

**Bigelow's Air Circus** is a fictional business from the film *The Rocketeer* (1991).

## Description

Bigelow's Air Circus was an air-circus with 25 cent admission that was active during the 1930s. They were mainly based out of Chaplin Airfield in Los Angeles, California.

### Members

#### Assorted

* **Ambrose "Peevy" Peabody**: "Peevy" was the circus' primary mechanic.
* **Otis Bigelow**: Bigelow was the owner of the circus who was killed by the mob in 1938.

#### Performers

* **Cliff Secord**: Cliff Secord was a stunt-pilot who in 1938 would start a double-life as the superhero, "The Rocketeer".
* **Jock Lindsey**: Jock Lindsey was an accomplished stunt-pilot who also transported passengers across the world via his business *Jock Lindsey's "Air Tours"*. Jock was the leader of a successful stunt-pilot group known as the *Air Pirates Circus* which performed in the circus on two occasions.
* **Pancho Barnes**: Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes is a famous aviator and the founder of California's *Happy Bottom Riding Club*, an establishment visited by aviators and Hollywood celebrities throughout the 1940s.

## Tower of Terror appearances

### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

A flyer for Bigelow's Air Circus is pasted on the bulletin-board inside of the Silver Lake Sisters' cafe.

### Other connections

#### Buena Vista Street

Another flyer for the air circus is hung up at Atwater's Ink & Paint.

#### Disney's Hollywood Studios

The dining-service Echo Lake, "Peevy's Polar Pipeline" in Echo Lake is themed to being run by Rocketeer character A. "Peevy" Peabody and contains the Rocketeer's gear, a newspaper with the title, "Who is the Rocketeer", and blueprints for the rocketeer's jetpack.

#### Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull

A seaplane in the Lost River Delta implies Jock Lindsey to have brought Indiana Jones to the titular temple.

#### Tower of Terror

Jock Lindsey was a member of the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers*, a secret-society of colonizers and aristocrats which previously included the evil Harrison Hightower III.

## Trivia

* The flyer in Fiddler, Fifer and Practical Cafe has planes with the numbers 7 and 13. These numbers are traditionally seen as being a lucky and unlucky number with the unlucky number 13 being a motif commonly used in the Tower of Terror.

## External links

* *Bigelow's Air Circus* on *Indiana Jones Wiki*.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.sasakitime.com/2012/06/buena-vista-street-hidden-details\_8714.html
2. ↑ https://allears.net/dining/photos/peevys-polar-pipeline/exterior/
3. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2009/06/hoax-or-reality.html
4. ↑ https://allears.net/2008/07/03/tokyo-disneysea-lost-river-delta/
Roy O. Disney

**Roy O. Disney** (1893- 1971) is the historic Republican businessman who co-founded the Walt Disney Company along with his brother Walt Disney.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Buena Vista Street

Roy and Walt are identified as denizens of Buena Vista Street, during their time making *The Alice Comedies* and other early cartoons.

#### Carthay Circle Restaurant

A photo of Roy, Walt and actress Margie Gay is hung up in the Carthay Circle Theatre.

#### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

A flyer from the Disney Brothers is hung in the café of the Silver Lake Sisters, looking for young actresses to play Alice in The Alice Comedies.

### Other connections

#### Mystic Manor

A photograph in Mystic Manor shows Walt and Roy attending the 1908 opening of Lord Henry Mystic's colony, Mystic Point. The brothers are shown as adults despite Roy having been 15 in 1908.
Dolly Bounds

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## Character Information

### Relatives

Ethel Bounds
Dottie Bounds

***Dolly Bounds***, is a former member of the girl group The Silver Lake Sisters. Dolly along with her sisters retired and formed the Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe. Dolly played piano in the violin.
Dottie Bounds

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## Character Information

### Relatives

Dolly Bounds
Ethel Bounds

***Dottie Bounds***, is a former member of the girl group The Silver Lake Sisters. Dottie along with her sisters retired and formed the Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe. Dottie was the lead singer.
The Los Angeles Banner

***The Los Angeles Banner***, is a fictitious newspaper company working out of Los Angeles. It is featured in the film *Tower of Terror**.*

## Employees

* Jill Perry - Lead Editor
* Tony - Reporter
* Chloe - Assistant

## Known Articles

* *MOBSTER MAYOR*
* *Planning Outline Zoning Purposes*
* *Licensing Procedure Changes Examined by City Counsel*
* *Track Clear in RR Cars Delay Asked*
* *HOLLYWOOD TOWER HOTEL RE-OPENS*
The Bride of Frankenollie

**The Bride of Frankenollie** is a fictional film from the *Magic of Disney Animation* at *Disney's Hollywood Studios*.

## History

### Background

The Bride of Frankenollie was a *Mickey Mouse & Friends* franchise monster-movie made by Disney Pictures, produced by one Mortimer Mouse and directed by a man named James Monstro. The screenplay for the film was written by a man named Harrison Hightower IV, a member of the powerful Hightower family. The film had the tag-line, "-to marry a guy with bolts you'd have to be nuts" and seemingly followed Minnie Mouse portraying the bride of a Frankenstein's monster type creature known as, "The Bride of Frankenollie", portrayed by Goofy. Other performers in the film were Peter "Peg-Leg" Pete, Donald Duck, and Scrooge McDuck.

### Development history

The Bride of Frankenollie is a satire of the classic Universal studios monster film *The Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), directed by James Whale. The name, "Frankenollie" was a nickname for legendary animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston while also referring to a mad-scientist monkey from the Mickey Mouse short, "Runaway Brain" (1995). Goofy replaces actor Boris Karloff with Minnie replacing Elsa Lanchester, Disney replacing Universal Studios and James Monstro being a play on the name James Whale, alluding to the monster whale, "Monstro" from *Pinocchio* (1940). Furthermore, Mortimer Mouse replaced producer Carl Lemmle, Jr. while Harrison Hightower IV replaced the duo of William Hurlbut and John Balderston.

## Appearances

### Disney's Hollywood Hotel

A poster for the film is hung up in this hotel.

### Magic of Disney Animation

A poster for the film was hung up in the Hollywood dressing-room of Minnie Mouse.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Tower of Terror

The film's screenwriter Harrison Hightower IV is an inferred relative or descendant of Harrison Hightower III.

## Trivia

* Other posters from the Magic of Disney Animation connected to the Tower of Terror mythos.
	+ The poster for a film called *The Jungle Cruise* was made with the assistance of the colonial *Jungle Navigation Company* while co-starring Trader Sam and premiering at the Theatre of the Stars. The Jungle Navigation Company was founded by S.E.A. member Dr. Albert Falls, Trader Sam was the purported grandson of Billamongawonga, and the Theatre of the Stars is a feature of Disney's Sunset Boulevard.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/2013/09/27/new-minnie-mouse-meet-greet-at-disney-s-hollywood-studios-exudes-old-world-glamour-detailed-queue-a-delight-for-disney-fans/
New York City

**New York City** (also referred to as **"The Big Apple"**, **"The City That Never Sleeps"**, **"NYC"** or simply **New York**) is the largest and most populated metropolitan city in the United States of America. It is located in the northeastern seaboard. It consists of five burroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island, and is a global mecca for commerce, politics, art, culture and entertainment.

## Important Locations

### Disney Parks

* Apollo Theatre
* Hotel Hightower
* The New York Globe Telegraph headquarters

## Tower of Terror appearances

### Attractions

#### American Waterfront

Much of this land is themed to New York City.

##### S.S. Columbia

This ship docks in New York. The boat is also affiliated with former New York governor, Theodore Roosevelt.

#### Avengers: Power the Night

At the end of the show, the Hollywood Tower Hotel is shown with brickwork designs to emulate how Queens is depicted in the MCU Spider-Man films before drones recreate Spider-Man swinging on the side of the building.

#### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

The Silver Lake Sisters have a framed photograph of the Apollo Theatre, identifying them as having performed there.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.micechat.com/159768-dca-photo-update-dropping-dropping/
Patsy and Her Problems: Surprise for Mother

***Patsy and Her Problems: Surprise for Mother,*** is a print advertisement disguised as a newspaper comic. It was written by Dorothy Urfer, in 1938 for Procter & Gamble. It was used for advertising the company's Ivory brand dish soap.

The advertisemen hangs on a bulletin board, on the lower level of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in Walt Disney World.

## References

1. ↑ https://learninglab.si.edu/resources/view/149506#more-info
Shiriki Noodle Salad

**Shiriki Noodle Salad** is a meal-item from the Skipper Canteen and is retroactively part of the Tower of Terror's backstory.

## Description

The Shiriki Noodle Salad is a salad made from rice noodles, edamame beans, mushrooms, green mango, and cucumber which are tossed with a sweet child sauce.

## History

### Background

This was a salad which was served at a New Year's Eve Party held in the Hotel Hightower in 1899. The food was named after the *Shiriki Utundu*, an idol which hotel owner Harrison Hightower III had stolen from the Mtundu tribe of the Congo. That night, the Shiriki Utundu killed Hightower resulting in the hotel being closed.

In 1938, businesswoman Alberta Falls of the colonial Jungle Navigation Company converted her family's mansion into a restaurant called the, "Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen". The Shiriki Noodle Salad was amongst the food items served at this restaurant, with the menu descriptions advertising the dish's history.

## Appearances

### Skipper Canteen

The Shiriki Noodle Salad is served in the menus of this restaurant.
1939

## Publications

* November 16 - NewsView's article on the disappearances of The Hollywood Tower Hotel was published.

## Events

* The Hollywood Tower Hotel closed permantely due to the mysterious disapearance of five hotel guests including child star Sally Shine, and hotel owner's son Dewey Todd.

## People

### Deaths

* October 31 - Carolyn Crosson
* October 31 - Gilbert London
* October 31 - Emeline Partridge
* October 31 - Sally Shine
* October 31 - Dewey Todd
Magic of Disney Animation

**The Magic of Disney Animation** was an attraction in *Disney's Hollywood Studios*.

## History

### Backstory

This attraction guided guests through the process of animation. It also was connected to the Hollywood dressing rooms of Disney characters such as Minnie Mouse.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Tower of Terror

The poster for the fictional Disney film *The Bride of Frankenollie* in Minnie Mouse's dressing-room was screen-written by Harrison Hightower IV, an inferred relative of Harrison Hightower III. The poster for The Jungle Cruise had Trader Sam featured and credited as an actor alongside a crate labelled, "Dr. Albert Falls", Sam being the asserted grandson of Harrison III's right-hand-man Billamongawonga and Falls having been a British colonial member of the *Society of Explorers and Adventurers*. The poster for, "Mouse Pacific" featured the Enchanted Tiki Room, a fictional location where the oar for Harrison Hightower III's 1872 voyage on the Yangtze River is commemorated.

### Other connections

#### Jungle Cruise

In Minnie Mouse's dressing room was the poster for a fictional Disney film titled, "The Jungle Cruise". This film starred Mickey and Minnie Mouse alongside skippers of the Jungle Navigation Company and Trader Sam while also crediting the Jungle Navigation Company as helping them shoot in Zanzibar and Calcutta.

#### Sunset Boulevard

The film The Jungle Cruise was said to have debuted in the Theatre of the Star the July 17th of an unknown year. The Theatre of the Stars is a feature near the Hollywood Tower Hotel on Sunset Boulevard where it holds *Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage*.

#### Tropical Hideaway

The poster for, "Mouse Pacific" showed the Enchanted Tiki Room and had tiki room characters such as the Orange Bird, José, Michael, Fritz and Pierre credited.

## Trivia

* Many of the fictitious movie posters from the meet 'n' greet area would be hung up in Disney's Hollywood Hotel in Hong Kong Disneyland.
Dick Tracy

**Dick Tracy** is a 1990 comic-book film made by Touchstone Pictures (a division of Disney), based on the comic-strip franchise of the same name. It has backstory and developmental connections to the history of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

## Summary

The movie takes place in the fictional city of Homeville, U.S.A. in the year 1938. The plot revolves around police-detective Dick Tracy in a game of cat-and-mouse with various grotesque mobsters lead by the evil crime-lord, Alphonse “Big Boy” Caprice.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

In this cafe there is a poster for Big Boy Caprice's nightclub the Club Ritz, advertising the Silver Lake Sisters as performing there. The poster features silhouettes of various gangsters from the film, the most recognizable of whom being Flattop.

### Sunset Boulevard

Disney over-estimated the planned success of Dick Tracy, largely due to its prolific promotional campaign and visible influence from the classic 1989 film *Batman*. Due to this, the movie was planned to have park tie-ins at Disney's MGM Studios (later renamed to Disney's Hollywood Studios), including a shooting-attraction on *Sunset Boulevard* known as, "Dick Tracy's Crime-Stoppers". The underwhelming reception of the film in-addition to concerns about Disney having a ride revolving around playing as a cop shooting people resulted in the attraction being scrapped, contributing to the development of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

Sunset Boulevard did however feature the, "Dick Tracy Diamond Double Cross", a live-show themed to the film and hosted in the *Theatre of the Stars* venue. This coincided with multiple characters from the film making live appearances at Disney's Hollywood Studios. This show lasted in Walt Disney World from the May of 1990 to the February of 1991.

### Other connections

#### Disney's Hollywood Studios

In the *Backlot Tour* there was a poster on the wall, promoting District Attorney Fletcher for mayor. In the film, Fletcher was a corrupt DA working for Big Boy Caprice while running for mayor only to be murdered by the Blank.

## Trivia

* *Dick Tracy* and *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* (1989) are both Touchstone Films which were planned to have larger influences on Sunset Boulevard and Disney's Hollywood Studios, contributing to Tower of Terror history.
* The Club Ritz and South Seas Club from the Rocketeer are both fictional 1930s nightclubs from 1990s films based on comics which the Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe has posters identifying the Silver Lake Sisters as having performed in.

## Gallery

Characters from the film at Disney's Hollywood StudiosConcept-art for Dick Tracy's Crime Stoppers
## References

1. ↑ https://www.shyguysworld.com/index.php?topic=20947.0
2. ↑ http://ultimateorlando.blogspot.com/2014/01/dick-tracy-movie-tribute-in-backlot.html
Oswald's

**Oswald's** is a shop in Disney California Adventure connected to the *Twilight Zone Tower of Terror*.

## History

### Backstory

Oswald's is themed to being a 1920s-1930s era gas-station on Buena Vista Street in Los Angeles. The gas-station and its lucky owner Oswald inspired Walt Disney to create his cartoon-character, "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" prior to the creation of Mickey Mouse.

## Tower of Terror connections

### The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

Radios will play the broadcast of KBVS Radio which includes Anthony Fremont and his orchestra playing from the Tip Top Club.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneylandmaps.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/vol-1-iss-2.pdf
2. ↑ https://www.mouseplanet.com/10464/D23\_Expo\_\_Broadcasts\_From\_Buena\_Vista\_Street
Oscar Klinovski

**Oscar Klinovski** is a character from Tokyo DisneySea's Tower of Terror. He was the architect behind the attraction's eponymous Hotel Hightower.

## History

Oscar Klinovski was hired by Harrison Hightower III in 1889 to design the Hotel Hightower. The hotel opened the January 24 of 1892.

## Appearances

### Tower of Terror

Oscar is referenced on the boards in the outdoor queue.
Harrison Hightower IV

**Harrison Hightower IV** is a character referenced in the now defunct *Magic of Disney Animation* from the Animation Courtyard of Disney's Hollywood Studios who is connected to the Tower of Terror.

## History

Harrison Hightower IV was a 20th century screenwriter who was a member of the wealthy Hightower family. At some point in time he wrote a Hollywood film for *Walt Disney Pictures* and directed James Monstro titled *The Bride of Frankenollie* which was seemingly a tribute/parody of James Whale's *The Bride of Frankenstein* (1935). The film featured cartoon characters such as Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Peg-Leg Pete, Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck with Minnie and Goofy in the film's lead roles.

## Appearances

### Disney's Hollywood Hotel

The poster for Bride of Frankenollie is hung at this hotel.

### Magic of Disney Animation

Harrison Hightower IV is referenced on a poster for Bride of Frankenollie hung in the defunct meet 'n' greet area of Minnie Mouse found within the Magic of Disney Animation.

## Trivia

* Harrison Hightower IV's predecessor in name was Harrison Hightower III, a major character from Tower of Terror.
* The name Frankenollie refers to a Frankenstein inspired evil cartoon monkey scientist from the 1995 animated short *Runaway Brain* however the name is a tribute to animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnson who are frequently referred to in the industry as, "Frank 'n' Ollie".
* The Magic of Disney Animation also has a poster referencing the Tower of Terror's fictionalized depiction of Sunset Boulevard via a poster for a film titled, "The Jungle Cruise" listed as premiering in the *Theatre of the Stars*, a building nearby the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

## Gallery

Credited on the poster for The Bride of Frankenollie
## References

1. ↑ https://www.google.com/search?q=bride+of+frankenollie&client=safari&rls=en&sxsrf=ALeKk00Yd0Qa-w\_TzE9Zqzn\_hjYHJb3Clw:1614091395173&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjd1vmBn4DvAhVDtTEKHX1vDTsQ\_AUoAnoECA8QBA&biw=1440&bih=820#imgrc=PJfTnwmXzigptM
2. ↑ https://www.micechat.com/44039-meet-minnie-minnie-at-disney-hollywoodstudios/
Dr. J.L. Baterista

**Dr. J.L. Baterista** is a character from the attraction *Mystic Manor* who is connected to the *Tower of Terror.*

## History

### Biography

Dr. J.L. Baterista was a man who was born at some point in the early-mid 19th century. As an adult he became a member of the ever-expanding *Society of Explorers and Adventurers* where he went on adventures in the jungle. Within the society, a young Baterista became close with fellow SEA-member Lord Henry Mystic.

As an older man, Baterista continued to be an active member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers. Following 1898 he donated a hat of his to fellow member Captain Mary Oceaneer for her to display aboard her vessel the R.V. Oceaneer Lab. On the December 31 of 1899 he attended a party thrown by SEA member Harrison Hightower III within the Hotel Hightower of New York City. That night, Hightower was killed by the deity Shiriki Utundu and the hotel was shut down.

In 1906, Baterista went on a voyage along the Congo river of Africa. This expedition was later commemorated in the, "Tropical Hideaway", a dining location in the Pacific Ocean used by the Society of Explorers and Adventurers along with their subsidiary the Jungle Navigation Company.

## Tower of Terror connections

### Tower of Terror

Baterista attended the Hotel Hightower meeting to celebrate the theft of Shiriki Utundu. Both are also S.E.A. members who went on expeditions in the Congo.

## Behind the scenes

Dr. Baterista is modelled after Disney imagineer Joe Lanzisero who assisted in the development of Mystic Manor.
Kevin Rafferty

**Kevin Rafferty** was an employee of Disney Imagineering from 1978 to 2019 where he worked as a creative director and show-writer. Rafferty was the imagineer who originally conceived of and pitched *The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror* and had the idea of basing the attraction on *The Twilight Zone*. He also worked on various parts of *Disney California Adventure* and the Tower of Terror's sister-attraction, *Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith*.

## References

1. ↑ https://d23.com/imagineer-kevin-rafferty-retiring-after-42-magical-years-read-his-exclusive-interview/
BaseLine Tap House

The **BaseLine Tap House** is a bar in the *Grand Avenue* section of Disney's Hollywood Studios, connected to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

## History

### Background

This Los Angeles building was formerly used by the, "Ma & Pa" style *Figueroa Printing Company*, affiliated with the Walt Disney Company. The building was later repurposed to become a bar.

## Tower of Terror connections

### The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

On the brickwork for the Baseline Tap House is an advertisement mural for the Pacific Electric Railway, depicting Red Car Trolleys outside of the Hollywood Tower Hotel.

## Trivia

* The art of the mural is recycled from posters for Disney California Adventure's Red Car Trolley.

## References

1. ↑ https://blogmickey.com/2017/10/photo-paradise-pier-billboard-appears-sunset-boulevard/
Gilbert London

**Gilbert London** is a character from the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

## History

### Biography

Gilbert London was a Hollywood performer in the film-industry during the 1930s. London is implied to have been in a relationship with another performer named Carolyn Crosson. On the October 31 of 1939, he and Carolyn attended a Halloween party at the esteemed Hollywood Tower Hotel on Sunset Boulevard. The two were headed for the Tip Top Club on the thirteenth floor so in the lobby entered an elevator alongside child-actress Sally Shine and her nanny, Emeline Partridge.

However, on the way up, the elevators were struck by a paranormal lightning originating from the 5th dimension. The elevators went crashing down, killing those within and leaving them as ghosts bound to the hotel and Twilight Zone. The hotel was subsequently closed until being reopened in 1994 with a bloodthirsty staff.

## Appearances

### Film

#### Tower of Terror

Snobbish and sarcastic, Gilbert has no qualms about picking on anyone with his snide remarks on people, which led to countless arguments with Dewey and Sally. In spite of his apparently unpleasant attitude, he does show a sense of loyalty and trust towards his fellow ghosts, which was reinforced when he and the others were surprised at Anna blaming Emeline for the tragedy, and by extension, to Buzzy and the others upon being helped in their effort at moving on with their deaths, expressing his gratitude as he and Carolyn ascend to Heaven.

The novelization refers to him as Gilbert Lawrence, and was described as having a Hamlet costume at one point in the story.

### 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.

## Behind the scenes

In the film, he was portrayed by Alastair Duncan, who was known for his voiceover and motion capture roles in several video games.

## Trivia

* He is named **Gilbert Lawrence** in the Tower of Terror novelization.

## Gallery

London in the filmLondon 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
Beatrice Rose Endicott

**Beatrice Rose Endicott** is a character from Tower of Terror.

## History

Beatrice Rose Endicott was born in 1883, the seventh daughter of New York City business-tycoon Cornelius Endicott II. Growing up she idolized her father's lifelong rival, the wealthy explorer and adventurer Harrison Hightower III. Due to this, Beatrice had a love for the Hotel Hightower which Harrison III owned until his death within the property on the December 31 of 1899. On the night of Harrison's demise, a 16 year-old Beatrice saw green glowing lights from the windows of the Hotel Hightower but did not believe in the superstition that Hightower had been killed by the deity Shiriki Utundu nor left as a ghost.

Around 1908, Beatrice's father began plotting on how he could go about destroying the Hotel Hightower as a final act against his late-enemy. That year, Beatrice met with a homeless man named Archie who shared a love for the Hotel Hightower and who managed to persuade her to make her own plans to save the hotel. Unknown to Beatrice, this homeless man was Archibald Smelding who was the manservant of the late-Harrison Hightower III. Smelding wished the hotel to be preserved and have more mortals sent within it as sacrifice to Shiriki Utundu in hopes that the sacrifices might persuade the god to release Hightower's soul.

In 1909, a 26 year-old Beatrice and her father collaborated on creating a new vessel for the U.S. Steamship Company known as *The S.S. Columbia*. After three years of construction, the Columbia was completed and christened by Beatrice on the April 11th of 1911. A year later at the age of 29, Beatrice went about her plan to save the Hotel Hightower by founding the *New York City Preservation Society* and having the hotel deemed a historic monument.

To support her efforts to save the Hotel Hightower, Beatrice organized tours of the hotel and sent off artifacts from within it to different parties. One Manfred Strang however was against the idea, being a superstitious news-reporter who worked at her father's company the New York Globe Telegraph. The two traversed the interior of the Hotel Hightower where the encountered the ghost of Harrison Hightower III only for Beatrice to deny such an event transpired and continue her efforts.
Kat Cressida

**Kathryn Nicole "Kat" Cressida** (1968-present) is a real-world voice-actress who did work for the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

## Roles

* Sally Shine- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (DCA)
* Constance Hatchaway- The Haunted Mansion.

## Trivia

* Kat's Haunted Mansion character Constance Hatchaway is a relative of Harrison Hightower III from the Tokyo Tower of Terror.
5th Dimension

The 5th Dimension as shown in an advert for The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (Paris)

## 5th Dimension

### Attractions

The Buena Vista Bugle
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

## Location Information

### Permanent residents

Narrator
Sally Shine
Dewey Todd
Gilbert London
Emeline Partridge
Carolyn Crosson

**The 5th Dimension** also known as **The Twilight Zone** is the titular location/entity from the Twilight Zone featured in *The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror*.

## Description

The 5th Dimension is a plain of existence outside of time and space which personifies human imagination albeit often with dangerous and malevolent consequences. It is frequented by a multidimensional entity known as the Narrator who serves as a guide for those in the worlds exposed to it.

## History

On the October 31 of 1939, the 5th Dimension made contact with the Hollywood Tower Hotel and caused its elevators and five people within to disappear. Since then, the 5th Dimension became conjoined to the hotel with hotel bellhops in working to send more mortals inside since the hotel's mysterious reopening in 1994.

## Appearances

### The Buena Vista Bugle

This newspaper would include references to, "The Twilight Zone" on articles regarding the paranormal occurrences at the Hollywood Tower Hotel. The article, "Ghost Hunters Materialize at Hollywood Tower Hotel" mentioned that spectrologists investigating the hotel have some awareness of the Twilight Zone's existence.

### The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

In the Walt Disney World version of this attraction, the elevators move forwards through the 5th Dimension which is filled with Hollywood silhouettes and iconography from the TV series. In the Disneyland Paris version of the attraction, it also passes through the Twilight Zone albeit for a shorter time with less intricate features.

## Trivia

* The *Rock 'n' Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith* has a backstory intersecting to that of Tower of Terror which implied some connection to the 5th Dimension. In this backstory, a manager of *G-Force Records* mysteriously escaped the Tip Top Club during the accident of 1939 and the company had its business boom in 1994 when the hotel was mysteriously reopened.

## Reference

1. ↑ https://parklore.com/main/tower-of-terror-orlando/4/
Alfred C. Chapin

**Alfred C. Chapin** is a historic Democratic mayor of New York City connected to the backstory of the Tower of Terror.

## History

### Background

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## Tower of Terror appearances

### Tower of Terror

**Mayor Chapin** is mentioned as having attended the Hotel Hightower's opening.

## Trivia

* Chapin stopped being mayor in 1891 while the article referencing him is from 1892.

## References

1. ↑ https://a-land-of-shadow-and-substance.blogspot.com/2021/12/tokyo-disneysea-tower-of-terror-part-2.html
Mission Inn

The **Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa** is a five-star luxury hotel and resort located in Sonoma, California. The property was built to resemble a Spanish mission, and sits atop Boyes Hot Springs, a natural, thermal mineral spring that is now used to offer spa services at the hotel. The property also boasts a 177-acre, 18-hole championship golf course.

It was part of the inspiration for the imagineers designing the Florida attraction, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
Roger Radcliffe

**Roger Radcliffe** is a character from the film *One Hundred and One Dalmatians* (1961). He was loosely connected to the backstory of *The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror* in *Disney California Adventure* via the restaurant *The Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe.*

## History

### Background

#### Buena Vista Street

Roger Radcliffe was an Englishman who lived in Los Angeles, California during the 1920s/1930s. He lived in the neighbourhood of Buena Vista Street where he taught piano lessons.

#### 101 Dalmatians

By the 1950s, Roger would move to London to work as a songwriter, living as a bachelor with his Dalmatian, "Pongo". Pongo pushed Roger towards courting a woman named Anita who incidentally, was also a former resident of Buena Vista Street where she was a dog-walker. Roger and Anita married while Pongo became mates with Anita's Dalmatian, "Perdita" and the two had 15 puppies together.

Roger would gain success through the song, "Cruella De Vil", inspired by mocking Anita's insane former-friend Cruella De Vil. Before this happened, Cruella dog-napped their 15 puppies to add to a stockpile of 99 puppies whom she planned to turn into a Dalmatian pelt coat. Pongo and Perdita were able to save all the puppies and brought them back, where Roger and Anita adopted them before using the money from Roger's song to buy a home in the country for them all to live in.

## Tower of Terror connections

#### Buena Vista Street

Roger and his future wife Anita are both referenced as citizens of Buena Vista Street around the 1920s/1930s.

#### Atwater Ink & Paint

An advert for Roger's piano lessons is visible on a bulletin-board. A dog-walking advert from Roger's future wife Anita can also be found on the board. The two flyers have different phone-numbers and addresses, implying that this is prior to their meeting.

#### Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

There is an advertisement for Roger's piano lessons in the Silver Lake Sisters' cafe.

## References

1. ↑ https://duchessofdisneyland.com/california-adventure/atwater-ink-and-paint-art-supply-bulletin-board/
2. ↑ http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/other-hidden-dca/buena-vista-street/16003132
Motors of the Tower of Terror

## Design of the Tower Motors and Elevators

The Tower of Terror is operated by a modified version of the common traction elevator. In this type of elevator, elevator cars are pulled up and repelled down by rolling steel cables over a common pulley system. The cable creates a loop attached at the top and bottom of the car itself. A counterweight of the elevator car is on the opposite side of the loop. The motor that pulls the elevator up also pulls it down. The motors operate a pulley system. In the common system, a wheel or wheels with a valley on them are attached to a fixed point, allowing them to rotate freely, letting the ropes or cables slide over them easily. The goal of a pulley system is to lift objects using less force. In a sense, the more pulley wheels that are used, the less force is required to lift an object.

## Size of the Terror Motors

The motor that pulls the cables of the elevator is approximately 12 feet tall, 7 feet wide, and 35 feet long. In other words, each of the motors that enable the elevator to work is the size of a garage that can fit one car. Motors that run the Tower of Terror are 3 times larger than the average elevator motor.

## Tower Acceleration

Acceleration is a change in velocity over time. Each motor accelerates 10 tons of weight. These motors accelerate 15 times as fast as the fastest elevators in the world.

## Tower Speed

The Tower of Terror can reach top speeds of 39 mph. This, however, is faster than the acceleration of gravity (9.8 m/s2). This is because when you are descending, you are actually being pulled down by the cables pulling the elevator cars, plus the acceleration due to gravity (gravity= 9.8 x mass).

## References

1. ↑ http://elevation.wikia.com/wiki/Traction\_elevators
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeOklEyUw0I
3. ↑ http://towersecrets.com/tower-of-terror-motors/
Millennium Biltmore Hotel

The **Millennium Biltmore Hotel**, originally named the **Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel** of the Biltmore Hotels group, is a luxury hotel located across the street from Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles, California, US. Upon its grand opening in 1923, the Los Angeles Biltmore was the largest hotel west of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. In 1969 the Biltmore Hotel was designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument by the City of Los Angeles. Regal Hotels purchased the Biltmore in 1996, and then sold it in 1999 to Millennium & Copthorne Hotels. As of 2009, the Los Angeles Biltmore is operated as part of the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels chain as the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. The hotel has 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2) of meeting and banquet space. From its original 1500 guestrooms it now has 683, due to room reorganization.

It was part of the artistic inspiration for the imagineers designing The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attraction in Florida.
Everest Expedition: In Search of the Yeti

**Everest Expedition: In Search of the Yeti** is a fictional book from the Skipper Canteen, written by Harrison Hightower III.

## History

### Background

This book was written by evil colonial explorer Harrison Hightower III, detailing his journeys through the Himalayas to find the mysterious Yeti.

### Development history

The book is a tribute to the attraction *Expedition Everest* which was developed by Hightower's actor, Joe Rohde.

## Appearances

### Skipper Canteen

This book appears on a shelf in the library. Other books by Hightower in the library include *Treasures of the Animal Kingdom* and *MINE!*.
Mystery of Broadwalk Asylum

“*Mystery of Broadwalk Asylum" should prove a highly successful melodrama.*”
―Charlie Chaplin

***Mystery of Broadwalk Asylum***, is a play written by C.E. Reynolds in 1935. The original poster advertising the play at The Hollywood Playhouse is in public domain.

Reproductions of the posters can be seen on the lower level of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in Paris. And formally at The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at the Disneyland Resort.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/159501104/
2. ↑ https://www.loc.gov/item/98516974/
Benjamin Harrison

**Benjamin Harrison** is the historic 23rd president of the United States, connected to the backstory of the Tower of Terror.

## History

### Background

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## Tower of Terror appearances

### Tower of Terror

A newspaper in the queue mentioned Benjamin Harrison as having attended the Hotel Hightower's opening, before reportedly going right to his bedroom to sleep through the whole night.

## References

1. ↑ https://a-land-of-shadow-and-substance.blogspot.com/2021/12/tokyo-disneysea-tower-of-terror-part-2.html