davis_unoxx
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Any idea of a start date?
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News Tower of Terror to operate at reduced capacity due to an extended refurbishment
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JustInTime
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So are they removing the Twilight Zone branding?
999th Happy Haunt
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Hi
try a thread search for Tower of terror effects. There’s some lists in there.Edit; try this
Tower of Terror effects status watch
I thought that Tower of Terror deserved it's own watch thread since it's widely considered by many to one of the best or best rides, anywhere. Let me start off by noting that Tower of Terror is generally considered on the forums to have acceptable show quality for WDW, but if you're like me and...
It’s shaft specific and hopefully will be fixed.
Whilst it technically still works I doubt H&S would allow it.
mikejs78
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So randomization happens in some shafts but not others currently?
If equity can breath it, so can tourists.
If I’ve not got my wires crossed neither shaft is currently running random drops for two different reasons. I know foxtrot is profile locked.
It wasn’t air based. The floor grates got too slippy.
erasure fan1
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Well Disney has no shame when it comes to this. It wasn’t that long ago that the only 3 rides open in the park were, star tours, tower and rockin Rollercoaster Yet they still charged full boat. There are 2 drop shafts so they can still run one but I have no doubts they wouldn't care to shut the whole thing down if they needed.
JohnD
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A yeti reaches out its arm and. . . Oh wait.
Epcot_Imagineer
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I remember you bringing this up before in the effects thread -- was hoping they'd figure out a good alternative, so they could still keep the effect. I can dream can't I?
IMDREW
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@marni1971 any knowledge on when they aim to complete this refurb? Maybe not a set date, but a month?
Me any time one of my two all-time favorite rides gets some long-overdue TLC - 
Correct
They will be woefully short of capacity after SWGE.
They are even more woefully short of capacity now.
Magenta Panther
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Oh thank god. What great news!
I'm a little nervous though...somebody here said that some time ago, the lighting had been "updated" for the corridor scene (the one where you see the floating picture) so that it was obvious that the effect is actually a film. Whereas before the "update" the scene was deep rich pitch velvety black - you could only see what the Imagineers wanted you to see. If true, that "update" is appalling. And then there's apparently been an "update" for the TV in the library - the original TV screen has been replaced so that it's always on, where before the TV only turned on after the lightning strike. ?
I hope this refurb will TRULY fix what's broken, and ENHANCE the ride experience, rather than put "updates" in for the sake of new technology even if doing so will lessen the impact of convincing special effects. I'd hate to see the Tower get the same "improvements" a la the new Haunted Mansion hitchhiking ghost effect...
I'm a little nervous though...somebody here said that some time ago, the lighting had been "updated" for the corridor scene (the one where you see the floating picture) so that it was obvious that the effect is actually a film. Whereas before the "update" the scene was deep rich pitch velvety black - you could only see what the Imagineers wanted you to see. If true, that "update" is appalling. And then there's apparently been an "update" for the TV in the library - the original TV screen has been replaced so that it's always on, where before the TV only turned on after the lightning strike. ?
I hope this refurb will TRULY fix what's broken, and ENHANCE the ride experience, rather than put "updates" in for the sake of new technology even if doing so will lessen the impact of convincing special effects. I'd hate to see the Tower get the same "improvements" a la the new Haunted Mansion hitchhiking ghost effect...
Magenta Panther
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What’s wrong with the hitch hiking
The original effect looked convincing. The ghosts really looked like they were inside the Doombuggy with you. The new effect is obviously a CGI cartoon that is blurry, and too many things happen at once in too short a time for the "gags" to be effective. It's a major fail in my book.
jaxonp
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Sorry brain fart I was thinking hat box ghost... yea I agree.