Harrison Hightower III
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Sep 19, 2026
Kevin QuigleyHOST
Uh, so when Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, uh, uh, moved to Tokyo, they got rid of the Twilight Zone thing, and they had their own, um, storyline.
Kevin QuigleyHOST
And the storyline is this, uh, this explorer, uh, named Harrison Hightower, and he, uh, he's one of the, the early members of the SEA, the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, and, uh, he is, he's become disgraced because what he does is he goes around and instead of exploring and taking pictures, he steals things.
Kevin QuigleyHOST
He steals artifacts, uh, around, uh, around the world, and he eventually gets cursed, and this is the, the impetus behind the, uh, Tower of Terror in Tokyo.
Kevin QuigleyHOST
Uh, the, [laughs] the, the face of Harrison Hightower, the, the, uh, the inspiration is Joe Rhode.
Matt ParishHOST
Yeah.
Kevin QuigleyHOST
Um, so they asked him to dress like Harrison Hightower, and he's like this, uh, this sort of evil, not evil, but opportunistic guy who-
Matt ParishHOST
Mm-hmm
Kevin QuigleyHOST
... uh, instead of, like, collecting things and trading things, he just steals things around the world and brings them to his, uh, his place in, uh, at the, at the Harrison Hightower Hotel.
RickyHOST
He played a key role in designing both Disney's Animal Kingdom and Expedition Everest, the ride within Disney's Animal Kingdom.
RickyHOST
he's been responsible for played a key role in the refurbishment of Fantasyland at Disneyland recently he helped design the Captain EO 3D show with Michael Jackson that we all loved so good He served as a model for Harrison Hightower, the owner of the fictional Hightower Hotel, which houses the Tower of Terror attraction at Tokyo DisneySea.
RickyHOST
He also is responsible for transforming the Disneyland Tower of Terror into Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout.
ChadHOST
Okay, you pro or against that?
AlexHOST
who aren't necessarily as familiar with the Twilight Zone series.
AlexHOST
The DisneySea storyline centers around a fictional wealthy explorer named Harrison Hightower III, who steals an idol that comes to life, thus creating an elevator accident.
AlexHOST
And the character's physical appearance is modeled after legendary Imagineer Joe Rohde, who was a really good sport about representing Mr. Hightower and whose likeness is used extensively at the attraction.
AlexHOST
The attraction also expanded to Disneyland Paris in 2007, which is identical to the version in DCA, with a few exceptions.