The Hotel Hightower is a fictional location from the attraction Tower of Terror in Tokyo DisneySea. The location is directly referenced in various Jungle Cruise attractions.
Description[]
The Hotel Hightower was a large 19th century hotel constructed on One Park Avenue in New York City. The hotel was used as the headquarters for Harrison Hightower III, an evil colonial explorer and robber baron. Hightower kept a large collection of stolen and amorally acquired artifacts within the hotel, while also using it to meet with contemporary colonial explorers such as the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.
On the New Year's Eve of 1899, Hightower's stolen tribal African idol Shiriki Utundu was angered and killed Hightower while trapping his soul in the hotel. In the following years, the hotel was shut down and turned into a historic site by the New York City Preservation Society for them to run tours within. However, this was orchestrated by Hightower's surviving manservant Archibald Smelding in hopes of sending human sacrifices to Shiriki Utundu in hopes that it would convince the deity to free his master's soul.
History[]
Background[]
Jungle Cruise appearances[]
Jungle Cruise[]
Over the Global Broadcasting Service, Skipper Missy mentions tours of the Hotel Hightower.
Skipper Canteen[]
In the menus of this restaurant is a meal-item called, "Shiriki Noodle Salad", identified as having been served in the Hotel Hightower on the night of Harrison III's disappearance. There are also assorted references to Hightower throughout the restaurant via books and certificates.
Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar[]
In Trader Sam's bar is a portrait of Sam's alleged ancestor, Billamongawonga AKA Trader Bill. A letter from the New York City Preservation Society identifies this portrait as having been recovered from the Hotel Hightower and sent to Sam on the November 6th of 1912.[1]
Other connections[]
Bengal Barbecue[]
A small portrait on a shelf shows the S.E.A. meeting of 1899.
Lost River Delta[]
Hightower has a mural of him and Smelding stealing an idol from the temple from Raging Spirits in the 1880s. In Raging Spirits, there are also crates from the, "Hightower Trust". Another photograph in the hotel shows Hightower outside the aforementioned Temple of the Crystal Skull.
Trivia[]
- Despite having been a member at the time, Dr. Albert Falls is seemingly absent from the S.E.A. group portrait in the hotel which occurred in 1899.
- A Rapa Nui Indigenous person on a mural in the hotel bares a resemblance to Chief Nah-mee.
External links[]
- Hotel Hightower on the Tower of Terror wiki.
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