Battle of the Towers:
Which Tower of Terror is better?
This is an easy one.
The Tower of Terror in Orlando is better than the one in California.
It actually wins
every portion of the battle.
If you haven’t been on both versions of the ride –you may be
confused. Isn’t it the same ride you
might thin?? The answer to that is no it isn’t . Sure it has the same basic concept and the
same backstory….but one main difference makes the ride in Florida better.
But before we get to that let us compare the rides look.
The Florida version can be seen in the distance of your
entire walk down Sunset Blvd.
Perched on a hill at the end of the street the ride looms over that area of the park.
Perched on a hill at the end of the street the ride looms over that area of the park.
The tower at Disney’s California Adventure was an addition
to the park to help with low attendance when the park first opened. It was a very welcome addition –but as a
result of not being a part of the original plan for the park—it’s placement has it hidden behind the main
Hollywoodland area. You can’t really see
the Attraction until you turn the corner next to the Hyperion Theater.
The biggest difference in the rides and what I believe
makes the Florida version better is the "Fifth Dimension" section of the Florida ride. The
Florida ride does something that an elevator isn’t supposed to do. The elevator
comes to rest on a floor and then moves forward through a hallway into a
Twilight Zone star field. It changes
from a simple elevator ride that drops you
up and down and takes you thru a dark ride portion before the thrills
begin. When the California ride opened
I was disappointed that this part of the ride was missing. The California version has its own mirror
effect where you seem to disappear –but that just isn’t the same as the dark
ride section at Florida’s version. The explanation was that the "Fifth Dimension" was the section that broke down the most.
The winner:
Orlando’s Tower of Terror.
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