5. The Mystic Seer machine

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The Mystic Seer machine from "Nick of Time” is sitting on the high shelf in the Tower of Terror library. That machine is a napkin dispenser with a devil head that also serves mechanical fortune-teller, charging a mere penny per fortune. Even after factoring in inflation, that would still only cost us a little over eight cents in 2014! That sounds like a great deal.

However, if you happen to come across one be wary if/when your fortunes turn ominous like they did in Nick of Time. The protagonists found themselves increasingly scared of the Mystic Seer Machine as its ominous fortunes proved themselves to be uncannily accurate. Their obsession with the Mystic Seer Machine ultimately traps them in their hometown forever.

6. The Trumpet

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The trumpet featured in A Passage for Trumpet is on display when you exit from the Tower of Terror libraries. That trumpet is the property of an alcoholic, out-of-work musician named Joey Crown who finds himself a ghost in limbo after he steps in front of a speeding truck. 

7. The premiere date

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A plaque on the elevator reads that it was last checked “10259”. Those numbers also mark the day the first episode of The Twilight Zone aired: October 2nd, 1959. The plaque also explains that the elevator was checked by a Mr. Cadwallader, the devilish character who exchanged immortality for a hypochondriac’s soul in “Escape Clause”.

8. The chalk marks

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The queues at California Adventures and Paris include chalk marks on the wall reminiscent to the ones that were sketched out when two worried parents were trying to find their young daughter after she accidentally passed through into another dimension in the episode Little Girl Lost.

I hope this post will give you a little more appreciation for the mementos spread throughout the Tower of Terror. Keep an eye out for them next time you visit one of the Disney parks. If it also incentivized you into watching the Twilight Zone you can watch the whole series except for, strangely, Season 4 via Netflix. Despite being over 50 years old, it holds up well and is a truly captivating show.