Tower of terror!!!

[lil_miss_daredevil]

Hiya i'm going 2 florida for the first time on thursday and the only ride i am scared of is the tower of terror!!!
can any one give me more info on the ride and what to expect?

thank u
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[milmore104]

Okay this is the one ride I ALWAYS promise my DH I'll go on and NEVER do. I don't like dropping! My DH LOVES it. What I have learned about it is that the pre-show is fantastic. You are actually in the elevator moving forward looking at the hotel from the inside. I have heard also that when you get to the point of the drop you can ask to use the "real" elevator and they let you off the ride and you go down in a "normall" elevator. So there is always time to chicken out.

 

[TimeWarp]

I don't like drops but even worse I don't like the thought of being the only one in the crowd to chicken out. I've done ToT and didn't love it but felt a sense of "I did it!" afterwards. I'll do it again our next trip and would say, "Go for it daredevil!"

 

[lil_miss_daredevil]

thanks 4 the info! at least i know that i can back out at the last minute although i doubt i will i just wanted sum basic info on the ride cos i have heard so many different things thats put me off!

 

[Chip126]

I have done TOT on both of my last two trips! Once each trip is enough for me (I would much rather be on Rockin Roller Coaster). I would suggest that you at least try it for the experience. The preshow in itself is really awesome. I'm not so sure that you can chicken out at the last minute though. From what I understood, you can chicken out BEFORE getting on the elevator. I'm sure someone else can verify this.

I have not been on this since they changed the sequences, but in the past when I did it, I was not to thrilled with the drops. I felt like my stomach was rising up into my throat. However, it doesn't last all that long. It doesn't give you a "sick" feeling so I would say go for it - see what you think- at least you can say you tried it!

 

[elemusing]

Part of the solace for me that keeps me sane when riding this is that I saw on the travel channel a long time ago that the elevators aren't really "dropping" but they are being pulled down and pushed up hydrolically. Makes me feel safer somehow.

Now, with that being said - I am "pooh sized" and I still come up off my seat with every fall! I love it! I always laugh and giggle uncontrollably!

Angie

 

[AKASnowWhite]

We love ToT! DD and I will ride it over & over....(she started riding it at not-quite-4 yrs-old.....) DH & DS's feel that once per day is fine with them.....

I say give it a shot - if you don't like it, you never have to do it again. If you never TRY it, you'll never know if you would have enjoyed it. Who knows....it could become your favorite!

 

[Dolphin_Girl008]

I loved ToT! It is my favourite ride at WDW!

 

[Mackey Mouse]

Hey LiL Daredevil.. Welcome to the Dis!!!! I wish I could answer the TOT question for you.. I am just too chicken to do it.. I have gone inside though and taken the chicken elevator out... if you do not do the ride at least see the inside.. but it sounds to me like you are all set and will do it.. Enjoy your vacation to FL and WDW....

 

[lil_miss_daredevil]

thanks every1 you have all put the ride into prespective 4 me!

thanks 4 the welcome Mackey Mouse, i hope i enjoy my 1st trip 2 Orlnado.

I think i'm going to brave the tower i know if i don't go on it i will regret it

 

[normmo]

Originally posted by Chip126
. I'm not so sure that you can chicken out at the last minute though. From what I understood, you can chicken out BEFORE getting on the elevator. I'm sure someone else can verify this.

THis is true. The only chance you have to change your mind is before you get on the elevator. Once on, you have no choice but to do the drops. However, ToT is definitely worth doing at least once because there is nothing else like it! Going first thing in the morning always helps me. I'm not quite awake, just walk on and then the ride is over and I can relax for the rest of the day! lol

 

[4greatboys]

I voted best ride but it was way better with the lap bars, I hate the seatbelts. I know, I know people say leave them loose but they tighten on their own to fit you and the last cm who saw it looked a little loose made me tighten it up

 

[jscharf]

ToT is my absolut favor ride. This year my 4 and 5 year were finnally tall ehough to ride. And they love it too.

 

[lil_miss_daredevil]

i'm determind to go on it now, i know i can't let my 14 year old brother down lol

 

[Claudia Kellenberger]

This is one ride I like to do over and over.....and over.

It is not the kind of ride that gets people sick, however, if I have a very full stomach, I prefer to have my food digest a little more before getting on.

When the elevator drops, I'm usually screaming and laughing un-controlably the whole time!

 

[lil_miss_daredevil]

okies i'll make note not 2 eat b4 i go on the ride

 

[loyd]

make sure you go to MGM after the 18. ToT is closed for rehab 13 to 18. you will love it.

 

[GrimGhost]

Perhaps a MOD could put a link to the Ratings and Reviews section here--and get everyone going on rating all WDW attractions.

 

[txSleepingBeauty]

ToT is awesome!! and the best part is that now, every drop sequence is goverened by a computer so EVERY ride is different, just got back, rode it twice, and each time was better and better.....there a lot of drops now, ride is much longer, I'd say about 10 drops in the whole ride, some shorter, some longer....I highly reccomend it!

 

[Kaycee]

TOT and RNRC were the two rides I could never get my DH on at WDW. He had been on one too many jerky rides at other amusement parks that slam you into the sides of the ride and leave you feeing battered and/or sick. I kept telling him that WDW rides just aren't like that, even the thrill rides. Finally, in June, I got him to ride TOT and RNRC with me. After that, all he wanted to do was go back and forth between these two rides. He loved them both!!