News New photo op at the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

KBLovedDisney

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Why? It's an additional gift shop photo thing akin to Haunted Mansion or a much more advanced Star Tours. It doesn't impact the ride experience or even the shopping experience much. It can be completely missed without actually missing anything
It is only going to last for a short while. I am fearing an impending doom for ToT
 

KBLovedDisney

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Why? It's an additional gift shop photo thing akin to Haunted Mansion or a much more advanced Star Tours. It doesn't impact the ride experience or even the shopping experience much. It can be completely missed without actually missing anything
Here's hoping
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Coaster Lover

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No
It is only going to last for a short while. I am fearing an impending doom for ToT

They are probably either licensing the technology from an outside group or having an outside group come in to offer the service. They've likely only committed to a three month time period to determine if this is something worth the cost for Disney to run it. The article notes that this is a "pilot' run indicating that if sales are good for the service, it will likely be extended.
 

KBLovedDisney

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They are probably either licensing the technology from an outside group or having an outside group come in to offer the service. They've likely only committed to a three month time period to determine if this is something worth the cost for Disney to run it. The article notes that this is a "pilot' run indicating that if sales are good for the service, it will likely be extended.
Sounds very cabana-ish
 

MrPromey

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They are probably either licensing the technology from an outside group or having an outside group come in to offer the service. They've likely only committed to a three month time period to determine if this is something worth the cost for Disney to run it. The article notes that this is a "pilot' run indicating that if sales are good for the service, it will likely be extended.

Regardless of if it's an outside group or not (it doesn't seem to be with the haunted mansion ones but who knows? - actually, someone on here probably knows but I digress...) the whole point about it being a pilot makes perfect sense. It really could just come down to deciding if they're going to invest in a permanent installation for the offering.

The one thing I think it is important to realize for anyone who somehow sees this as a bad sign for TOT is that they generally don't experiment with adding offerings around something they are planning to shut down unless they've announced they are shutting it down and are trying to make a quick buck on people's nostalgia over the closure. You know, like how they completely ignored UOE until they announced it was closing and then tried to sell sad-to-see-it-go merchandise to people that were either sad to see it go or wanted to up their Disney geek cred by acting like they were sad to see it go?

A pilot for something new with TOT that has the potential to make them more money off of TOT is a good sign for anyone hoping they'll be keeping TOT around, especially with current management.
 
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Magicart87

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It'll be interesting to see if the "Twilight Zone" IP is branded anywhere on the photo or frame. Not that it's exclusion would be an end-all indication of the IP being removed from the ride but it's absence could be foretelling. It sounds like a cool photo-op.
 
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durangojim

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I saw them 2 weeks ago while I was there. They looked just like the ones from Memento Mori. Didn't look close at the frame because I wasn't interested.
 

I am Timmy

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The ones from Memento Mori are themed after the three hitchhiking ghosts. The picture is taken, and depending on your face and head, they choose which of the three looks best superimposed over your face. So it's personalized. The Haunted Mansion frame is sold seperately, the pic comes in a folder. Not sure if the pics at ToT will be the same, but it will be a little strange to get a hitchhiking ghost pic at the Tower (I love them both, btw). I have the pics from HM of both of my boys (individually) and they are my favorite souvenirs. Bought the frames, too, and keep them out year round. By the front door. They freak people out.
 

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