TOT altered!

mrtoadRIP

New Member
Original Poster
I just saw this in the rumors section of www.disneydreams.net It is dated 9-8-02.

09/08/2002 - Being a HUGE Tower of Terror fan and riding it well over 100 times since its inception....needless to say I "know" this attraction. I know changes are coming very soon as well....and what I experienced was simply awesome....granted they didnt have any/all of the special effects going on but I did see some of the changes. I rode the right drop chamber twice to make sure I saw what I think I saw. When you get pushed out in to the drop chamber, it started "bouncing" around in the chamber in both a vertical and horizontal motion. Then that bright light from before would come up and blind you and the drop. This time...we didnt just drop...we fell...and when i mean fell i mean...butt off the seat...the car pulling us down....type falling. When you reach the bottom of the chamber...right before you start to go back up....you can see a figure standing in the "window"...I couldnt tell if it was moving or not, but it did look like one of the people from the first stop on your way up. So now we are on our way to the top on the chamber and this thing is mov'n....of course it stops at the top to take your picture...then hold on to your britches....cause we are being forced down at MUCH faster rate of speed than we did before, just like the initial drop. I want to say it dropped us 4 (full) times the first trip and only 3 (full) on the second. It could have been the random drop sequence...or it could have been the fact I wasnt in my seat unless we were going up and simply miscounted. Now apply this to the rumors that Disney is altering the cars by removing lapbars and replacing them with seatbelts....everyone gets the "suicide seat" now. Either way....when all the effects are on....it will be one phenomonal attraction. Im going back in 5 weeks and hopefully Disney will have fully converted over.
 

pheneix

Well-Known Member
If this is true, then it would a very good decision on Disney's part. I was sorely ed after the last re-do that Disney "wimped out" and toned down the drops, so if they are making a change back to the original intensity of the ride, it would be all the better for it.
 

lentesta

Premium Member
I'd be most interested in hearing about this if true. I'm headed down for a research trip in October.

Sincerely,

Len
 

Lance

Active Member
I don't know, I was just wondering about ToT, I just rode it a couple of days ago and it seemed wimpier than ever! Like their was one big drop, then 4 little and I mean little drops. It just seems like it's bouncing 2 stories down and up, not too exciting, I don't know, I just remember getting ready for the big one, and the ride was over. Maybe I was wrong?

I've never done a seatbelt seat, and I'll try one the next time I'm on ToT...
 

westie

Well-Known Member
I hope its not to scary. My nine year old wants to do it when we go but, last time the CM's had to pry my wife's nearly dead body from the lap bar.:lol:
 

Atticus

New Member
Other than adding seatbelts to some of the elevators, there have been NO CHANGES to Tower of Terror yet!

The statues at the bottem of the drop shaft after the first mini-drop have always been there and are hard to notice! If Disney was going to test stuff out, it wouldn't be with visiting guests.

Mike
 

MrNonacho

Premium Member
Yep, I rode the Foxtrot side twice today and noticed nothing different. Just the same ol' Fear Every Drop profile. I did get to see the Bellhop featured in the Travel Channel shows, though :).
 

raven

Well-Known Member
I rode ToT last week several times and noticed nothing different other than 2 ghostly figures when you first drop. That's about it.
 

ucf disneyfan

New Member
A friend and I were just at ToT tonight and noticed nothing different after riding it 3 times. The only thing we did get to see was the one car with seatbelts in the last row. After sitting in them I realize that I'm still a fan of the lap bar.
 

cymbaldiva

Active Member
I MUST go back!

So they have changed ToT you say? It will have so many more drops and new effects? I have only one thing to say to all of these statements...

I MUST GO BACK! I must ride the new ToT!!! It's been almost 2 years....I have to ride again!!!! :sohappy:
 

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