Emergency Shutdown: Guest’s head hits the ceiling and he is seriously injured in the Tower of Terror

A Walt Disney World Resort guest was seriously injured after flying from his seat on the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. According to a Disney actor present at the scene, the man intentionally did not wear a seat belt during the ride to “get more air time.”

The Tower of Terror from Twilight Zone is the icon of Disney’s Hollywood Studios park. Located on Sunset Blvd., the ride takes guests back to a rough part of Los Angeles in 1939. When the regular elevator breaks down, Disney park guests must use a maintenance service elevator to check into their rooms of the Hollywood Tower Hotel – they don’t know it. , they will stay forever.

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Guests must wear seat belts during the drop cycle up to 130 feet. Disney cast members check each guest’s restraint by having them pull on a yellow tab before putting their hands in the air. Once all guests are buckled in, the Disney cast member presses a button to lock all the seat belts, making them impossible to unclip until the attraction ends.

Unfortunately, some guests try to bypass the security features for extra fun. Former Disney cast member Vanessa Marie (@xvanessaxmariex on TikTok) recently shared a story that a colleague posted on Reddit. A guest nearly died after hitting the ceiling and nearly falling down the elevator shaft of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror:

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♬ original sound – ✨ Vanessa Marie ✨

“Shipped as usual, but when I noticed the alert informing me that the elevator (which) was returning hadn’t turned on for a while, I went to see what was happening,” explained l Disney actor. “I opened my panel to see the emergency stop was depressed. It’s quite rare to touch it, so I went to see what was going on.

The Disney actor called his colleagues to the “tour” position, which monitors the attraction’s security cameras.

“They had to press because a person hit the top of the cage and almost fell into the well,” continues the employee. “I immediately started to panic, thinking maybe I had missed checking a belt and almost killed someone.”

The guest later admitted to deliberately abusing the security features. Because it was the customer’s fault, the incident was not recorded in the employee’s permanent safety record.

“Luckily, the person admitted to loosening the belt and sitting on the slack to make it look like it was on correctly,” the Disney actor recalls. “After a very long report that I had to write, I was free to work again. »

Vanessa explained that it’s a trend to “loosen the seat belt” on The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror to “get more air time.” Once the Disney cast members ask guests to raise their hands and lock the seat belts, guests can remove them.

“My question is: why do you want more air time? » Vanessa asked. “Not only that, but if you end up dying (or getting injured), then that’s on the actor. So not only are you dead, but you got someone else fired because you were stupid and dying… That’s the most horrible thing I’ve ever heard.

Never tamper with safety devices at a theme park attraction. Report a Disney cast member if you are concerned that a seat belt or other safety mechanism is not working properly.

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