MarkTwain
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I'll go against the grain and say that conceptually, I think it's a great idea. Tower of Terror is an environment that lends itself very well to a bar — the real Hollywood has a long history of bars, and even today is a major center for nightlife. Famous, historic bars like Musso and Frank (left) and the Pig'N'Whistle (right) have been operating on Hollywood Boulevard since the 1920s or earlier:
Musso and Frank welcomed an illustrious clientele with the likes of Humphrey Bogart and Charlie Chaplin, and the Pig'n'Whistle was a favorite stop for celebrities attending premieres at Grauman's Egyptian Theater next door. Perhaps the closest direct inspiration for the Tower of Terror, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on western Hollywood Boulevard, was well-known for its bars and nightlife activity, and was a place you could often see Marilyn Monroe performing.
This is a very real side of Hollywood history, and a side that's underrepresented at DHS, in my opinion. For a park known for its more "adult" focus and drawing its inspiration from a sophisticated American city, I've always been surprised the park's food and beverage offerings paled so heavily compared to Epcot. Tower of Terror in particular seems like a great place to change this, with its rich, historic feel and almost film noir atmosphere. Plus it's not a part of the park known for drawing very young kids anyway.
Add some jazz music, some spooky, bellhop-ish bartenders, and a few Twilight Zone-inspired drink names, and you could have one of the best-themed drinking environments this side of the Cava de Tequila.
The real challenge would be execution, and it's this that makes me nervous. Ideally I'd like to see Disney create a space that truly feels like part of the Hollywood Tower Hotel, and feels authentic to the old Hollywood theme. It also needs to be out of the way of guest traffic leaving the attraction, and not allow too much intermingling between the bar clientele and families just wanting to leave the ride. My worry is that Disney will just plunk some beer taps behind a counter near the gift shop and call it a day.
But conceptually, the pitch "Tower of Terror-themed bar" is one of the most intriguing ideas for an adult venue I've heard since Trader Sam's.
EDIT: All that said, I didn't vote because I'm not sure adding a themed environment for drinks equates to creating "drunkytown;" the poll question feels just a little bit loaded.
Musso and Frank welcomed an illustrious clientele with the likes of Humphrey Bogart and Charlie Chaplin, and the Pig'n'Whistle was a favorite stop for celebrities attending premieres at Grauman's Egyptian Theater next door. Perhaps the closest direct inspiration for the Tower of Terror, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on western Hollywood Boulevard, was well-known for its bars and nightlife activity, and was a place you could often see Marilyn Monroe performing.
This is a very real side of Hollywood history, and a side that's underrepresented at DHS, in my opinion. For a park known for its more "adult" focus and drawing its inspiration from a sophisticated American city, I've always been surprised the park's food and beverage offerings paled so heavily compared to Epcot. Tower of Terror in particular seems like a great place to change this, with its rich, historic feel and almost film noir atmosphere. Plus it's not a part of the park known for drawing very young kids anyway.
Add some jazz music, some spooky, bellhop-ish bartenders, and a few Twilight Zone-inspired drink names, and you could have one of the best-themed drinking environments this side of the Cava de Tequila.
The real challenge would be execution, and it's this that makes me nervous. Ideally I'd like to see Disney create a space that truly feels like part of the Hollywood Tower Hotel, and feels authentic to the old Hollywood theme. It also needs to be out of the way of guest traffic leaving the attraction, and not allow too much intermingling between the bar clientele and families just wanting to leave the ride. My worry is that Disney will just plunk some beer taps behind a counter near the gift shop and call it a day.
But conceptually, the pitch "Tower of Terror-themed bar" is one of the most intriguing ideas for an adult venue I've heard since Trader Sam's.
EDIT: All that said, I didn't vote because I'm not sure adding a themed environment for drinks equates to creating "drunkytown;" the poll question feels just a little bit loaded.
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