Tower of Terror News

[agdbeanie]

I have a little tid bit about ToT and I'm not sure if it's been posted, but I don't feel like searching as I just got back in town (literally 10 minutes ago) from a day trip to MGM with my 8th grade band (I'm the director). We left at 5am...so here's the news.
Our eleveator had no lap bars, only individual seatbelts! They are gradually getting ride of all lap bars and replacing them with seatbelts. The CM said only 1 elevator still has lap bars. This is SO much better.
BTW...the new drop rocks and my b oo ty came off the seat at the end as did all of the other riders around me. The only other time this has happened was when I got stuck in the middle seat that used to be the only one with a seatbelt. Sorry if this is a repeat, but like I said, I'm too lazy to search right now. Good night:snore:

 

[FLcastmember]

Hey dont worry about it, yes, BTW it was a repeat, BUT it was news to you. Keep posting.

IMHO, lab bars are better for two reasons.
#1 I am small, so when I sit next to a fat person, I lift of the Seat, adding to the thrill.
#2 Elevators with lab bars hold 21 guests, with seatbelts, 20.
this is a 5% decrease in ride capacity, this making the line, 5% longer.

 

[The_CEO]

Great News! Thankyou for the info!


Good Night BTW hehe

 

[wizard12]

So they're putting in the seatbelts eh? Nice. Should be good.

 

[MicBat]

I never got to ride the traditional seatbelt seat, so I'm excited. Thanks for the update!

 

[MrNonacho]

I love the seatbelts. They give you more "personal space" away from your neighbor. One thing they do need is a big sign saying "Seat Belts Fasten From Left To Right" and have a diagram or something. Not every bellhop covers this, and there can be a bit of confusion.

I don't know if there's only one lap bar car left (some CMs don't even know what's going on with their own attraction), but I have seen five different converted cars. So they are at least halfway done.

 

[EmeraldDolphin]

I was always a bit nervous about getting the seat with the seatbelt, and always wanted the ones with the lap bars... TOT is one of my favorite rides... so I hope you all are right... the seatbelt is a better ride!?

 

[ChrisTUK]

I,ve not long got back from WDW and rode TOT twice, the one lift had lap bars and the second just seatbelts. The drops feel so much more intense without lap bars and the new sequences and effects are brill.

By the way WDW has been pretty busy over the past few weeks with lines for TOT, Splash etc topping 30 mins on most afternoons.

 

[Figment1986]

thats weard, i gone on 3 times, and each one has the first and second row still lap bars, and last row on 1 of them had all seat belts, anopther was going to be converted soon, and the last still had the middle seat belt oporating.

 

[Sir Hiss527]

I don't like that Seatbelt side, it freaks me out so much. I liked to have something to grab on. Thanks for the update!

-Sir Hiss527-

"Stop Hissing in my Ear":king:

 

[BRER STITCH]

JUST MY LUCK!

I rode it 3 times last week and got a LAP BAR car every time!!

:hammer: :lol: :hammer: :lol:

 

[agdbeanie]

Here's a picture. You can't really "see" the seatbelts, but it's clear that the lap bars aren't there. BTW, that's me and my husband on the second row on the far left side of the picture.

 

[agdbeanie]

Oops. Sorry, here's the link to the picture:
No lap bars!

 

[MicBat]

I can tell. Somehow, everyone doesn't look as bunched up as they used to.

 

[GenerationX]

As long as you can leave the seat belts loosely buckled for maximum air time, okay by me! Thanks for the info, agdbeanie.

 

[Mickeyman819]

Let me ask all of you guys and gals a question.

Is Tot really good. I havent rode it but i'm hoping to ride it this summer. i will go on anything else including RnRC. Im determined to this summer. WEll this is gonna show how much i dont like heights but i dont care.

 

[DarkMeasures]

When I was there, there was only 1 car with seatbelts and the rest were lap bars.

Originally posted by FLcastmember
Hey dont worry about it, yes, BTW it was a repeat, BUT it was news to you. Keep posting.

IMHO, lab bars are better for two reasons.
#1 I am small, so when I sit next to a fat person, I lift of the Seat, adding to the thrill.
#2 Elevators with lab bars hold 21 guests, with seatbelts, 20.
this is a 5% decrease in ride capacity, this making the line, 5% longer.

He he... I would like a 5% longer line. That would mean there would never be any waiting. You should put 105% longer lines.

Seat belts though rock. However, since there is no bucket seat left, maybe not. I was good sitting in the row.

 

[GenerationX]

Actually, "5% longer" is accurate. The ending clause "than the current line" was left out, but it is logically implied by the wording. Another way to put it would be to say the length of the new line will be 105% of the old line.

Mickeyman819 - ToT is the best ride anywhere.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Originally posted by GenerationX
Mickeyman819 - ToT is the best ride anywhere.

Definitely. It's the most thrilling and scary ride on property, and the special effects and theming blow me away every time I ride--whether the first or fiftieth time. I find that people with a fear of heights are usually fine with this ride, particularly because you only get short viewings of how high you are, and you can't really tell how high you are the rest of the time--it's not like the traditional drop tower where you are constantly aware of how high you are. This attraction is VERY surreal, to the point of being extremely creepy (props out to the Imagineers for that), so it doesn't really compute what has happened to you until you get off the ride--especially now, when you never know what the elevator will do--it's just such a thrilling attraction, and the screams of fright (and delight!) echoing down Sunset Boulevard speak volumes of the ride experience! It's a very psychological experience, beginning right at the end of Sunset Boulevard, as everything becomes creepier and creepier with each step you take (Courtyard...lobby...library...boiler room...ghostly apparitions...5th dimension room...height of fright).

 

[agdbeanie]

Originally posted by GenerationX
As long as you can leave the seat belts loosely buckled for maximum air time, okay by me! Thanks for the info, agdbeanie.

Don't worry. I felt like I got more air time than I did, even in the original "only" seatbelt seat, which was pretty darn scary. The new drop sequences have more pauses too from what I noticed (and my husband conferred)