Translation(Thumbs up so everyone can see) Newscaster: Mr.Hightower, this is told to be a cursed idol! Hightower: A Cursed idol? How stupid! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA *Thunder* Spirit of Hightower: The curse of shiriki utundu is real, do not proceed! You will be the same as my fate! *elevator goes up* Hightower: LISTEN TO MY ADVICE! THE CURSE IS REAL!! The Eyes of Shiriki Utundu!!! AHHHHHHHH!!! *elevator crashes* Hightower: Escape now! There is still time!! *Shiriki Utundu laughs and dissapears*
MY FIRST FASTPASS in tokyo sea. i didnt check online because i wanted a surprise, AND OMG IT WAS. i was like holding onto the thing they use to test if ur seat belt is working the whole time, and when i got off at saw the taken picture of me i was SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII and to people who say its not as fast as the other ones, i swear, this is REALLY THE FASTEST A COMPANY LIKE DISNEY CAN GO.
The one in Orlando is based off the TV show "The Twilight Zone". The show itself is in the Mystery and occasionally some Horror this one however, I really don't know much but due to my observations I think it's the haunted mansion mixed with the Tower of Terror.
Yeah I think so too. Twighlight zone tower of terror gives me the creeps every time I ride (cause of the atmosphere, not a defined antagonist) but the 'story' here has an actual 'villian'. Idk I think its just ominous versus identified evil haha.
i am SO glad they don't have that little voodoo thing in WDW's Hollywood Tower of Terror... they really don't hold back with the creeoy side of Disney in Japan... those kids man up EARLY..
When I visited TDS with my parents years ago, we got onto this ride without knowing it was anything of this sort. (My mother never rides anything scary) We thought it was some kind of haunted house for kids, and in the next second the scene from the top of the tower took us by surprise. I'm glad I didn't know because I had so much fun! Well, except my mother freaked the f out xD
When I was little I was obsessed with the Disney parks. I had been to tower of terror in Orlando but when I saw this a while ago I was seven or something like that. I immediately bought a dream catcher. This will haunt me forever
For those who don't understand Japanese, the story is different from the Twilight Zone ver. (Only very few Japanese heard of Twilight Zone which is why it is different in Disney Sea). It is basically about some rich hotel owner known as Harrison Hightower III who brought home a cursed idol called Shiriki Utundu and got himself cursed since he didn't believe there was a curse. There is more info on the Disney Wiki or PM me for more stuff. Been there billions of times.
The attractions pull you down faster than the SPEED of gravity, not the weight. That's the reason why the drops cause each passenger to rise out of their seat, because they are moving at a speed faster than gravity can pull them down.
I waited an hour in the summertime for this ride, and it was very much worth it. The pre-show has some of the best effects of any Disney ride~ So much fun! I want to go again :)
Actually the Florida one is the most advanced, longest, most intense and expensive one Disney has ever made. After building the one in Florida disney made all of the other ones shorter and like this one to save space and money. You will never find another tower like the one in Florida but you will find the same tower design for the Cali one, the Tokyo one, etc.
I am in Japan right now and going to Disney sea next week!!! 😃😃😃 definitely not this ride though..my friend has never gone on it and she wants to and I keep saying that she doesn't want to LOL
I went on this. I really loved the effects and the drop is so cool! Did you know that they actually have a computer pick a random drop sequence out of a selected approved batch? and btw, when I went on it, the idol was on the left
Overall, in my prospective Tokyo DisneySeas TOT, is waaay better than Paris, WDW, or California. The Massive details in every corner give the feel that you are actually in 1899 when the Shiriki Utundu made Mr. Hightower dissapear... The artifact chamber( which is the boiler room in the other parks), is SOOOO realistic. :D
@15preetynini no wrong, just because its in japan doesn't mean its a japanese story. it's set in new york, its about a amercan explorer and hotel owner called harrison hightower
American English speaker so I don't know what they're saying but I get the storyline, and now I'm glad I'm riding the California version where the only scary thing that happens is you fall. That Idle gives me the willies! P.S. I hope "gives me the willies" won't translate into something else in japaneese.
Im visiting disneysea in less than 30 days and ive always wanted to ride this tower of terror but am afraid id die of heart attack lol bc you see im just a teen. This time imma getting over my fears and ride this!
Translation(In Ride) Hightower: Infidels, why have you ignored my warning? But I must be the one punished for what I have done, destroying my own life because of greed, to get the most worthy treasures in the world, now I need to experience that fear, for life!! Hightower(after drop):You have survived the curse, but listen to my advice, do not go through the path of greed, never come back
Actually falling with gravity is boring. Disney wanted a much bigger thrill so all of the Tower of Terrors have motors that pull the elevators down faster than what gravity can. That is why you float. You just learned something new. :D
Not gonna lie, I screamed like a bitch on this ride but it was totally worth it! The atmosphere is definitely a lot scarier if you can't understand Japanese but it was by far my favourite ride at the park. Nice job Disney! :D
@mervinchoa90 Long story short. Rich japanese guy steals long-lost amulet. Amulet is cursed. Rich guy steps into an elevator with the amulet. Lightning strikes. Elevator plunges. No body found, just the amulet, which you can see standing at the start of the video.
Yes there are motors. All drop rides have motors. The elevators are placed inside a ride box that has steel rope (whatever that is called) that are on the top and bottom. The ride can be seen as a giant pulley if you will. The motors wither pull it down or up with a high tech computer used to time them together so they either speed up the drop or pull it down. Check your inbox I will send you the motor information.
OHH.....EM..........DOUBLE G! watching this whole video made me think of my afraid of elevators (and the tower of terror) now I'm really gonna cry if my parents ever make me go to another elevator.
I wish this ride was in America so we can learn a Japan tale about an explorer who picked up a cursed idol for a tribe and brought in an elevator and came to life and sent the elevator to ground-zero. That's really very scary.
Just in case for people who don't know what they say at the start.... The man says that the legend of the curse is fake and he laughs... then he turns old and he says that it's real and that they should get out before its too late...As he knows the consequence.. His destiny is to make the curse go away but he failed
The story for this ride is soooo cool. Unfortunately I don't think I'll ever ride it, I don't think I'll ever go to Japan in my life, (if my family is ever going to go out-of-continent I think it would most likely be to Europe) but I wanna ride it really bad! :( But I can't understand anything except for "Shiriki Utundu", I do NOT speak Japanese. Wish there was a video of this with English subtitles, watching a video of the story of this ride with English subtitles is how I learned the story :P
I prefer this over the its American counterpart , even though I couldn't understand the story I could still get the gist while I was there. It is a much scarier version.
omg i love this ride i rode on this when i was 7 and when it starting to fall i screamed for like 5 secs and i was like in my head this isn't bad and i was like sitting down there while it going up and down and i was like this is sooo fun so on the pic my face expression was normal i wasn't screaming or anything.
Im sorry to disagree but in reality there are no motors pulling down, the sheer weight and density of the "elevator" is what causes it to fall faster than a human naturally would. Its all a matter of terminal velocity.
Massive copyright infringement, obviously they could not use the amazing tower of terror, 13 levels for the elevator but only 12 floors in the hotel. Disneyland/disneyworld is much better in the U.S , I hate how they made a cheap disneyland in tokyo.
Karlina Cintia I don't speak Japanese,but from what I can pick up visually and also from what I've heard, This rich dude collects things. He found this tiki idol, collected it, turns out it was cursed. The tiki idol curses the man and the elevator. The tiki (I assume) killed the man by possessing the elevator, like he is about to do to you in the ride.
HalomasterA69 actually it wasn't because of a copyright infrigment, it was because the twilight zone wasn't too well known in Asia for it to be themed that way so they just came up with another story.
Ok, so one time when my family and I went on this thing (the one in Japan not the one you guys have) my brother apparently left his hat so he had to go back and get it but he was too scared to go alone so I had to come with him.The door closes right when we were about to go off and so I just smiled at him whispering good luck. So we sat back down and my brother is crying the whole ride and he was so scared and was crying alot that he forgot the hat... AGAIN. And this time he just looked at my dad and was just like, "I'm traumatized for the rest of my life, do you really want to make it worse?" And so we just kinda leave it there. And a few years later, we decide to go to disneyland as a goodbye because we were moving and so my dad pointed to it saying "Hey let's go on this again!" looking at my brother. And my brother jist stares at him DEAD IN THE EYES and just says "Fuck you, dad." (he was older so my dad didn't really care.)
If I can remember properly, the story behind the doll is that the scientist or the guy was not supposed to bring back the doll or i think he stole it?? Either one, he was not supposed to have it since the doll was cursed. But he didn't listen and at night, he went on the elevator on the mansion with the doll. The doll cursed the elevator making it drop all the way down leading to his death. sorry if im wrong, its been a long time since ive been to disney sea
kirakira the guy is a artifact collector and he stores all of the artifacts in his hotel the Hightower hotel. Anyways, the guy wanted more artifacts so he bought that doll from an African tribe but they told him that it was cursed and that he should be careful with it because the tribe knew how to handle it. So obviously he only cared about money so he was going to attend a meeting at the top floor but then the doll became alive and cursed the elevator causing it to drop and disappear with the guy inside (I forget his name) and he wasn't to be seen again. So obviously the hotel was immediately evacuated and was left abandoned because they fear don't want to disturb the doll. Then inspectors came years later to investigate and I forget what happens after but it's now opened to the public and the narrator is telling you to be careful and not to ride the elevator and such.
I've lived in America and Japan both so I've ridden this one and the one in Florida. The one in Japan is really good but the one in Florida is a bit better because it goes forward too
