This attraction is located in Disney Hollywood Studios, the old MGM studios. The ride is based on the old TV show the “Twilight Zone”.

The original version of the attraction opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios in July 1994. The story includes the hotel being struck by lightning on October 31, 1939, strangely transporting an elevator full of passengers to the Twilight Zone and making an entire wing of the building disappear.

The outside of the ride resembles an old hotel (The Hollywood Towers Hotel) with a blackened scorch mark across the front of the building where the lightning strike damaged it.

The cast members are especially selected to act scarily when they greet you and throughout their interaction with the ride. They wear a costume that resembles a hotel porter of that era. At over $1000 per uniform, it is the most expensive costume in the theme parks.

Standing 199 feet tall, it is the second tallest attraction at the Walt Disney World Resort, if it had been 200ft tall they would have had to put a red light on the top to abide by FAA regulations.

The preshow queue involves the guests on the outside being guided through the overgrown gardens of the hotel. Once inside after entering through the main hotel door, you queue to enter an atmosphere setting room that resembles a library because your room is not quite ready. The whole hotel looks cobwebby and looks as though it has been left just how it was after that October night. You can see that a thunderstorm is happening outside, through the library windows. There is a black and white TV that comes on after a thunderclap and the TV presenter gives a little insight to what happened to the hotel and the lost guests. Once the TV broadcast is complete a door at the opposite end to where you came in opens and you find yourself in the boiler room of the hotel. There are several service elevators there waiting for you. You do have to queue a little here too. A little tip keep taking the left option as this seems quicker.

Once inside the ride you have a lap strap as opposed to a bar that was originally pulled down to your lap. I will leave the rest to your imagination so as not to spoil the ride for you.