A quartet of Towers. The Tower of Terror in Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris is the fourth debut for the popular attraction. Others are at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida; Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in California, and Tokyo DisneySea in Japan.
Room for one more. Capacity per hotel elevator is 21 passengers.
Tall tales. Reaching 13 stories, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ is the tallest attraction at Disneyland Paris, visible for miles -- drivers on Highway A4 can spot the distinctive hotel.
Architectural style. The abandoned luxury hotel reflects the architectural style, Pueblo Deco. Popular when the hotel was built in the 1920s, Pueblo Deco is characterised by the clean, geometric shapes common to Art Deco style. However, from southwestern Native American art it borrows elements such as radial sunbursts, arrowhead shapes and simplified thunderbird motifs.
Treasure seekers. Walt Disney Imagineers searched for props throughout France, Holland and the United Kingdom to elaborately decorate the aging Hollywood Hotel. Many of the Americana props, including embossed road signs, travel posters and mannequins with sculpted hair, came from one collector in Holland. Vintage clothing for hotel shop windows are from shops in Paris. And more than 4,000 books were gathered for the library.
Attention to detail. Walt Disney Imagineers built the landscape to resemble Southern California's -- but no palm trees, as they could not withstand the winter cold in France. And background music from the era is played in the queue area, including Glenn Miller's "Sleepy Time Gal" and "Mood Indigo" by Duke Ellington, chosen for their timeless, haunting quality.
'The Good Life.' Rod Serling's opening scene in the hotel library was taken in part from a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone® television series, "The Good Life." The episode told the story of a little boy who could use his mind to change things.
Extra TV time. Walt Disney Imagineers spent countless hours screening all 156 episodes of The Twilight Zone® to capture the overall mood and feel of the series, some episodes were screened as many as three or four times to carefully study the props, furnishing, music and settings.
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Disneyland Paris is Europe's leading tourist destination with over 200 million visits since the resort's opening in 1992. The resort includes two spectacular theme parks, Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park, seven Disney-owned and operated themed hotels with approximately 5,800 hotel rooms, and an additional 2,400 hotel rooms operated by partner hotels, two full-service convention centres and a 27-hole world-class golf course. In addition the resort is home to Disney Village, one of the largest entertainment districts in the Ile de France Region. Spanning over 30000 m2 Disney Village offers, themed restaurants, shops, nightclub and a cinema multiplex. In all Disneyland Paris includes 54 attractions, 56 shops, and 69 themed restaurants. The resort celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2007 with the addition of iconic attractions and unique slows and welcomed a record 14.5 millions visits (FY07).