Casey Conquers the Tower of Terror

Favorite Vacation Moment

Indianapolis, IN

by jmfanelli March 31, 2008

Casey with his new Mickey Mouse Tower of Terror shirt

In September 2007, my family went to Walt Disney World. After a great two days on the property, we went to Disney's Hollywood Studios. My 4 year old son Casey said the Tower of Terror was too scary to ride.

As we were waiting to ride the bus, his grandfather says, "If Casey goes on the Tower of Terror, I will buy him the Wii game system!". Casey's eyes opened large, "I will ride the Tower of Terror and then I will get a Wii, yea!" My wife and I Iooked at each other and shook our heads because we both thought that he would be too scared.

My son was afraid of many things, but he showed great courage and went in line. We were waiting for him to change his mind after the short preview, but he did not. He went on the ride and as soon as it was over the other 20+ people on the ride were cheering for him and most gave him high fives. Today he tells people that he doesn't need to ride it again because, he already rode it. Casey conqeuring the Tower of Terror and getting cheers was his moment (and yes, he won the Wii).