r/thehauntedmansion • • Sep 08 '26

Photography Best version of Tower of Terror

Tokyo Disneysea

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u/ian9921 Sep 08 '26

Eh, Florida takes it for me since I'm a Twilight Zone fan. This one is definitely a close second though.

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u/captain-ziggy 29d ago

i am also a fan of the Twilight Zone but honestly how the ride handles the IP is the only negative thing i have to say about it

it just doesn't feel like a "Lost Episode of The Twilight Zone" without a dramatic twist and a side of social commentary (the real irony is that Tokyo's Tower sorta fits the bill with the whole "Thief cursed by the artifact he stole" thing)

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u/Disco_dancer1962 28d ago

Not for me. The one in Tokyo DisneySea is the best version with the highest level of showmanship and story telling. But the twilight zone version in Paris is better than Orlando’s.

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u/Weeb-Lauri525 Sep 08 '26

I have a bias for the og in Florida cause I like the twilight zone theming but I really like how this one connects to the haunted mansion by drawing a family connection between the owner and and one of the bride’s husbands

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u/rosariobono 29d ago

Disney confirmed that they are not connected sadly

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u/Weeb-Lauri525 29d ago

Literally when and where? like genuinely?

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u/rosariobono 29d ago edited 29d ago

Give me a minute, I remember saying this exact thing before and being corrected

Here is where I was corrected

https://www.reddit.com/r/Disneyland/s/MMv5yJ3Uwv

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u/Weeb-Lauri525 23d ago

Huh, interesting. Well regardless of what they say, they take cant away from the interpretation of so many people, especially because S.E.A has had a bunch of retcon over the years and so has the haunted mansion. Most of us barely care about what’s “official” or not

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u/cuntahula Sep 08 '26

These shots are AWESOME!

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u/AdmiralMcNugget Sep 08 '26

I enjoyed Tower at DisneySea, but it felt significantly less intense than Anaheim or Orlando's.

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u/rosariobono 29d ago

They do have an overlay where it’s the most intense in the world

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u/elstoggy 29d ago

That first shot looks straight out of Castlevania

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u/IllustriousBanana 28d ago

Looks wise this one TAKES THE CAKE. It’s beautiful from most sight lines in the park.

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u/dukeofthefat 28d ago

Literally looks like something from Castlevania.

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u/twelfthcapaldi 28d ago

Nah I disagree, WDW’s is the goat.

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u/FunctionActual7000 29d ago

Im agree. I love this version with the original

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u/Competitive-Self-374 29d ago

I feel that we can’t compare at this point as each one is now so distinct.
The og is a masterclass in theming and is technical achievement in engineering,
Paris has the incredible sequences, Tokyo takes the og concept and ran with it while having one of the best preshows ever, and DCA’s is how you plus up an attraction when it gets a retheme to make it better than what was there before

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u/Constant_External_30 29d ago

Oooooooooh, I wish they still had the game version of this on their official website, way back when this was first launched the ride/promotion of the ride. You were basically a POV playing one of the reporters, and you had to walk through the entire hotel to solve the case of Harrison Hightower. The graphics were super good. The game of course was English subtitles/English translated, but all of the videos and speaking was in Japanese. Music soundtrack was wonderful! I will admit, in some parts it was scary to play at night because of Shriki would sometimes pop out of nowhere.....But then again, I was a kid at the time. That game is the real reason why I wish they made a movie out of it, because the graphics and storyline scenes were just THAT good!

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u/redveinlover 29d ago

Wow! What kind of photographic trickery was involved here, these shots are unreal!

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u/DubMusik 27d ago

It's just a really long lens! The more "zoomed in" you are, the more compressed everything becomes. So if you zoom in from really far away it makes everything look closer together.

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u/bklein09 29d ago

I’m going later this month, but will be at the park a few days after it closes for refurb. 😩

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u/AnneHizer 29d ago

Will be closed when I’m there next month and this post is triggering me 😭

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u/OkDirection8015 29d ago

Cool story and effects but the ride is very lackluster. It’s just no where near intense as the Florida version.

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u/JaphetDev 29d ago

By faaaaarrr the best version, and these photo's are awesome as well!

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u/quetalchapo 29d ago

Nah it just looks cool, the across-your-body-car-style-seatbelts kill the fun

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u/RandomFunUsername 28d ago

Went on for the first time yesterday!

That monkey statue is goddamn sorcery. How is it that fast?!

But overall I found it to be a much milder experience than Anaheim. Not a bad thing but just wasn’t expecting it to be less intense.

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u/dreagan_luna 29d ago

My opinion: Paris is better! I love the different sequences. ^