Patch Notes // latest change 2003.01
Sunset Blvd · Hollywood Studios · Walt Disney World
Ride · opened 1994 · Hollywood Studios · 4 changes on record
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The fixed triple-drop sequence was replaced with a computer-randomized drop system that selects one of several preset profiles for each ride, marketed as "Never the Same Fear Twice."
A third drop and enhanced effects were added, with roughly 30% more time in the shaft, greater acceleration, a rumbling shake and a stronger weightless feel, marketed as "Fear Every Drop!"
A second full drop was added to the ride profile, expanding the original single-drop finale into a two-drop sequence, marketed as "Twice the Fright."
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror opened on Sunset Boulevard at Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios), a 199-foot Hollywood Tower Hotel-themed drop attraction whose elevator vehicle travels horizontally into a Fifth Dimension show scene before locking into a high-speed drop shaft. It launched with a single drop finale.
That's every change on the record on The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror since 1994.
The spotters in our Discord catch the next one first — and the record only grows when someone notices.
Per the documented record, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Hollywood Studios opened on Jul 22, 1994.
The latest documented change (documented Jan 2003): The fixed triple-drop sequence was replaced with a computer-randomized drop system that selects one of several preset profiles for each ride, marketed as "Never the Same Fear Twice."
4 documented changes, dating back to 1994 — the fan-kept ride changelog nobody else keeps.
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